Order Management AutomationPurpose
1.2. Minimize delivery delays and ensure quick fulfillment for wholesale customers by dynamically determining optimal ship routes and packaging.
1.3. Reduce manual order management overhead for operations teams by handling split logic automatically when specific criteria are met.
1.4. Maintain seamless order tracking and notification for both internal logistics and customer visibility.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Ordered parts sourced from multiple warehouses or stock locations.
2.3. Customer requests partial shipment for out-of-stock items, detected via order notes or custom fields.
2.4. Urgent order flag present, requiring expedited processing where available items are sent first.
2.5. Specific SKUs with hazmat restrictions or non-compatible packaging.
Platform Variants
• API: Order Webhooks → Configure webhook to detect large multi-location orders, call fulfillment splitting API.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature: Rest API Orders Endpoint → Setup to evaluate order metadata and call split fulfillment logic.
3.3. Magento
• Module: Sales Order API → Configure observer for order_created to invoke split logic.
3.4. NetSuite
• Workflow: SuiteScript Scheduled Script → Script splits order, creates multiple shipment records automatically.
3.5. SAP S/4HANA
• Function: BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 → Custom enhancement checks order complexity, triggers subsplit.
3.6. Oracle Netsuite
• Workflow: Order Processing Automation → Script sets “partial shipment” flags, configures fulfillment per location.
3.7. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Cartridge: Order Management API → Hook logic on order placement to split and create separate shipment objects.
3.8. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature: Power Automate Flow → Triggered on new large order, splits and triggers warehouse pick for each segment.
3.9. ShipStation
• Feature: Automation Rules → Configure to split orders by item warehouse, auto-generate shipment labels.
3.10. Cin7
• API: Sales Order Endpoint → Detects mixed-location fulfillment, initiates split via API call.
3.11. Linnworks
• Rule: Order Split Action → Configure workflow to auto-split on receiving large SKU or multi-warehouse order.
3.12. Brightpearl
• Workflow: Automation App → Triggers on incoming order, splits fulfillment by stock location.
3.13. BigCommerce
• Webhook: Order/Created → Send order to custom split-order microservice, return new shipments.
3.14. Odoo
• Server Action: Automated Action on sale.order model → Calls split logic by delivery constraints.
3.15. ShipBob
• Automation: Rule Engine → Rule splits high-volume or multi-location orders into separate shipments.
3.16. SAP Business One
• Add-on: Delivery Split Function → Uses UDF trigger to split shipping lines on complex orders.
3.17. EasyShip
• API: Create Shipment → Custom workflow splits incoming large orders and creates multiple shipments.
3.18. Amazon MWS
• API: CreateFulfillmentOrder → Submit each split shipment as its own FulfillmentOrder request.
3.19. ChannelAdvisor
• Automation: Order Routing Rule → Splits order line items into multiple fulfillments as per warehouses.
3.20. Zoho Inventory
• Automation: Custom Function on Sales Order → Breaks large orders into smaller shipment batches per rules.
3.21. FedEx Ship Manager
• API: ShipService → For each split, create new shipment request using API for label generation.
3.22. UPS WorldShip
• Automation: Import Mapping → Script/EDI config to recognize split requirements, print necessary labels.
Benefits
4.2. Increases customer satisfaction via timely, staged deliveries and accurate notifications.
4.3. Lowers manual intervention in order processing, freeing staff for exception handling.
4.4. Enhances visibility and traceability across warehousing and shipping operations.
4.5. Minimizes shipping costs by automatically selecting optimal carriers for each split segment.
4.6. Ensures compliance with rules on package size, hazmat, and multi-location inventory distribution.