Collection Management AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automator monitors art transit, tracks real-time location, ensures condition status, logs every shipping milestone, notifies stakeholders, and archives documentation.
1.3. Automates alerts for customs clearance, insurance verifications, and temperature/humidity-sensitive cargo.
1.4. Automatedly updates provenance records and integrates shipment data with internal systems.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Tracking number issued or carrier confirmation received.
2.3. Logistics provider updates location/status via API or webhook.
2.4. Environmental sensor threshold exceeded (e.g., temperature, humidity).
2.5. Customs clearance notification received.
2.6. Delivery confirmation or receiving inspection logged.
Platform variants
• Feature/Setting: Ship Manager API—automate shipment creation, status updates, retrieve current tracking status by tracking number.
3.2. UPS (API)
• Feature/Setting: Tracking API—automate status pull, delivery confirmations, and automated exception alerts.
3.3. DHL Express (API)
• Feature/Setting: MyDHL API—automated tracking updates, event monitoring, proof of delivery fetch.
3.4. USPS (API)
• Feature/Setting: Tracking Web Tools API—automates pulling of tracking and delivery status.
3.5. ShipStation
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks and Shipment API—automates order importing and tracking updates.
3.6. EasyPost
• Feature/Setting: Tracking API—automate multi-carrier status updates and loss/damage detection.
3.7. Articheck
• Feature/Setting: Condition Report Integration—automates automatic updates on art condition during transit.
3.8. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automations—track, log, and notify on shipping events using table triggers.
3.9. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Flow Builder—automated workflow triggers for shipping milestones, task creation.
3.10. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket Automations—create and assign tickets for each shipping or customs alert.
3.11. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API—notify staff and receive two-way shipment SMS updates.
3.12. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Email API—automates shipment notifications, staff and client alerts.
3.13. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks—real-time automated notifications for shipping events.
3.14. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Connectors—automates art shipment alerts posted to relevant channels.
3.15. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script Automator—log and update shipment status in real time.
3.16. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Butler Automation—automates card creation/movement based on shipment tracking status.
3.17. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation Recipes—creates updates/tasks on shipment and condition triggers.
3.18. SAP S/4HANA
• Feature/Setting: Shipment Tracking Integration—automate and sync shipping status with asset management.
3.19. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteFlow—automated status workflow for shipping and logistics tracking.
3.20. Zoho Creator
• Feature/Setting: Deluge Scripting—automate workflows for importing tracking data, sending alerts.
3.21. IFTTT
• Feature/Setting: Applets—automates cross-platform notifications and data sync on shipping triggers.
3.22. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automated Alerting—issue escalation and incident management for shipment incidents.
3.23. Google Maps API
• Feature/Setting: Geotracking—automated plotting of location data for art shipments.
Benefits
4.2. Automatedly mitigates risk of art damage by real-time alerting and environment monitoring.
4.3. Improves stakeholder transparency via automated notifications and shared tracking.
4.4. Automates compliance and audit trails for insurance and provenance verification.
4.5. Automator synchronizes logistics data across all platforms, reducing operational friction and error.