Tracking & Exception Management

Q: Does a person still need to be involved?

Yes, the team still handles direct carrier investigation and any judgment calls, while the routine detection and messaging steps run automatically.

Q: Can this work with the tracking and support tools we already use?

It is designed to connect with common shipment tracking, order, ticketing, and messaging tools already in place.

Q: What happens to existing tracking records and past exceptions?

Existing records stay in place and new exceptions are logged alongside them in the same shared tracking format.

Q: How are unusual or unclear exceptions handled?

Cases that do not clearly match a known exception pattern are routed to a person for review instead of being handled automatically.

Keep customers informed and exceptions resolved without a team member manually chasing carriers all day.

280 hrs

Manual time identified

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About This Automation

Tracking and exception management involves catching delayed, damaged, or stuck shipments, investigating the cause, and keeping the customer informed until resolution.

An automated version watches shipment status continuously, confirms genuine exceptions, and generates the order context, ticket, and customer notification without manual lookup. The result is faster detection, quicker customer updates, and consistent documentation of every exception.

Key features:

Detect genuine shipment exceptions automatically instead of manually scanning status lists

Pull linked order and customer details without a separate lookup step

Open a support ticket automatically for every confirmed exception

Draft and send customer notifications as soon as an exception is confirmed

Log resolution details and root cause without manual data entry

Close out tickets automatically once an exception is resolved

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Top friction points when done manually

The issues teams report most often with this process

#	Friction point	Companies Report This
1	Manual scanning misses exceptions Reviewing a full shipment list by eye risks missing delayed or stuck orders.	80%
2	Slow customer notification Customers often wait too long to hear about a delay because notes are written from scratch each time.	67%
3	Inconsistent documentation Exception causes and outcomes are logged unevenly across cases.	53%
4	Repeated system switching Moving between tracking, order, and ticketing systems slows resolution.	40%
5	Carrier follow up delays Reaching a carrier for resolution can take longer than the rest of the process combined.	26%

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Automation readiness

How well-suited this process is for automation

Process Pain Score™

8.3/ 10

AI Fit Rating™

8.7/ 10

Automation Lift Index™

8.4/ 10

Hidden Overhead™

6.8/ 10

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. New Tracking Exception Feedtrigger

The automation platform polls continuously for status changes across all active shipments.

2. Exception Classifier Scans Update

The automation evaluates the status change against delay, damage, and failed-delivery rules to confirm it is a genuine exception.

3. Pull Order Details

Once confirmed, the automation platform retrieves the customer, order value, and item details.

4. Draft Customer Notification

The notification writes a message explaining the delay and next steps using the order context.

5. Send Notification

For standard orders, the message is sent automatically to the customer by SMS.

6. Specialist Reviews & Sends Message

For high-value orders, the drafted message routes to a specialist for a quick check before it goes out.

7. Update Ticket

A ticket is created or updated with the exception details, resolution status, and root cause tag.

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50% of companies

28% of companies

15% of companies

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before mapping this process.

What kinds of shipment problems does this automation catch?

It identifies status changes that indicate a genuine delay, damage, or failed delivery, rather than routine tracking updates.

Does a person still need to be involved?

Can this work with the tracking and support tools we already use?

What happens to existing tracking records and past exceptions?

How are unusual or unclear exceptions handled?

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Process pain:8.3/10

Mapped by:4 Companies

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