Logistics & Shipping AutomationPurpose
1.2. Enable automated booking, status updates, carrier selection, real-time communication, and documentation.
1.3. Integrate order management, shipping requests, and tracking into one automated workflow for wholesale hub cap suppliers in the automotive industry.
1.4. Automate notification of shipment milestones and adjust dispatches based on real-time logistics and shipper availability.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Inventory availability and fulfillment confirmation.
2.3. Scheduled dispatch date/time arrives.
2.4. Update or cancellation of shipping request.
2.5. Exceptions such as delays, unavailability, or address changes are detected.
Platform variants
• Feature/Setting: "Order Import" API — automate fetching new orders.
3.2. UPS Digital Access Program
• Feature/Setting: "Shipping API" — automate label creation and dispatch scheduling.
3.3. FedEx Web Services
• Feature/Setting: "ShipService" API — automate booking and tracking of shipments.
3.4. USPS Web Tools
• Feature/Setting: "Delivery Confirmation" API — automate confirmations for dispatched shipments.
3.5. DHL Express
• Feature/Setting: "Shipment" REST API — automate shipment requests and booking.
3.6. EasyPost
• Feature/Setting: "Shipment Creation" — automate multi-carrier shipping and tracking.
3.7. Project44
• Feature/Setting: "Shipment Visibility" API — automate real-time tracking updates.
3.8. FourKites
• Feature/Setting: "Load Tracking" API — automate shipment lifecycle notifications.
3.9. Descartes MacroPoint
• Feature/Setting: "Automated Load Matching" API — automate carrier selection and assignment.
3.10. SAP ERP
• Feature/Setting: "Outbound Delivery Integration" — automate syncing orders to shipping modules.
3.11. Oracle Transportation Management Cloud
• Feature/Setting: "Shipment Planning" API — automate dispatch planning with carriers.
3.12. Manhattan Associates TMS
• Feature/Setting: "Carrier Connect" — automate carrier tendering and acceptance.
3.13. MercuryGate
• Feature/Setting: "Load Board Integration" — automate posting and scheduling with preferred shippers.
3.14. Kuebix TMS
• Feature/Setting: "Kuebix API" — automate order to dispatch workflows.
3.15. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: "Shipping Integration" API — automate push of shipments to carriers.
3.16. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: "Fulfillment Service API" — automate shipping request initiation.
3.17. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: "Ship Item Fulfillment" — automate shipment info sync with logistics partners.
3.18. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: "Outbound Message" + shipment modules — automate dispatch tasks on order close.
3.19. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: "Shipping Carrier Integration" — automate dispatcher-triggered workflows.
3.20. XPO Logistics API
• Feature/Setting: "Order Entry API" — automate programmatic shipper scheduling.
3.21. FreightPOP
• Feature/Setting: "Book Shipment" API — automate selection, rate comparison, and dispatching.
3.22. Cargowise
• Feature/Setting: "eAdaptor Integration" — automate document and dispatch info to shippers.
3.23. Orderhive
• Feature/Setting: "Shipping Updates" API — automate order-to-shipment workflow automation.
Benefits
4.2. Automates communication for booking, changes, tracking, and exception alerts.
4.3. Automating shipment scheduling ensures timely dispatches and better inventory turnover.
4.4. Automator-driven dispatch processes integrate existing order and warehouse management.
4.5. Automated API calls provide up-to-date visibility and enable data-driven logistics decisions.
4.6. Facilitates automatable scaling, allowing wholesalers to manage higher shipping volume with less overhead.
4.7. Creates a fully automated, auditable digital trail from order to dispatch to delivery.
4.8. Automated notifications improve customer experience and trust through shipping transparency.