Electrical dispatch looks like any other trade's board until the permit arrives. An inspection is somebody else's diary, it cannot be moved by the dispatcher, and work cannot proceed past it, so a day built without it is a day that will be rebuilt. Add the fact that a large share of electrical work is rough-in now and trim later, and the board is really holding a sequence rather than a list of appointments.
The inspection is a fixed point, not a task
Book it, show it on the board as immovable, and schedule the work either side of it. A dispatch board that treats an inspection as an ordinary job invites somebody to drag it, and the consequence is a crew standing on site with work they are not allowed to cover.
Rough-in and trim are one job in two parts
The second visit is scheduled from what the first one found, weeks later, often after other trades. Holding both parts on one job with the same record means the trim visit arrives knowing what was installed; holding them as two jobs means somebody re-reads the drawings on site.
Service calls and project work compete for the same people
Most electrical firms run both, and the service side arrives unplanned while the project side has committed dates. The board has to show which technicians are committed to a project and which are genuinely available, or every service call is taken from the project by accident.
Questions people ask about electrical dispatch software
How should permits be tracked?
On the job, with the application date, the permit number and the inspection date, so the board can show what is waiting on an inspector rather than on you. That distinction is also the answer when a customer asks why the work has paused.
Is electrical dispatch different enough to need its own product?
No, but it needs two things a generic board may lack: immovable third-party appointments and multi-visit jobs. A product with both works; one with neither is fought with weekly.
What about emergency call-outs?
Treat them as their own queue with deliberate slack, exactly as the other trades do. The electrical difference is that an emergency often cannot be closed on the first visit, so the follow-up has to be booked before the technician leaves site.