Dispatch and shipping involves receiving orders, picking inventory, packing items, generating labels, arranging carrier pickup, and notifying customers. Manual coordination across multiple systems and staff creates delays, errors, and lost time.
Automation checks inventory, generates picking lists, creates shipping labels, requests carrier pickup, and notifies customers automatically. Orders move from receipt to shipment in minutes instead of hours.
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
A new order is confirmed and ready for fulfillment. The automation is triggered immediately.
The system queries inventory levels for all items in the order. If stock is insufficient, the order is flagged for manual review.
A picking list is automatically created and sent to the warehouse team with item locations and quantities.
Shipping address and carrier details are automatically pulled from the order and a label is generated and printed.
A pickup request is automatically sent to the carrier via API or webhook, including shipment weight and pickup location.
Tracking number, carrier, and shipment cost are automatically recorded in QuickBooks for accounting and reporting.
Customer receives an automated email with tracking number and estimated delivery date.
Dispatch team receives a confirmation message that the order is ready for pickup by the carrier.
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