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Automated order splitting for items shipped from different locations

Purpose

 1.1. Automates the splitting of customer orders containing items stocked at multiple warehouse or store locations.
 1.2. Ensures automated creation of individual fulfillment tickets per item/location.
 1.3. Drives automated update of inventory and order status across all systems.
 1.4. Coordinates multi-location picking, packing, and shipping processes, automatedly alerting staff and the customer.
 1.5. Automates the process of consolidating shipping costs, tracking information, and handling customer communications relating to split shipments.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Automated trigger on order submission when items within a cart originate from different fulfillment locations.
 2.2. Automates upon real-time inventory lookup detecting stock origin mismatch.
 2.3. Automatedly activates when third-party logistics or warehouse management system (WMS) indicates multi-location sourcing.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Shopify
  • Feature/Setting: Flow/Order API — Automate order splitting using order webhooks and script to re-route line items by location.
 3.2. WooCommerce
  • Feature/Setting: Orders REST API — Automates detection and splitting of order items via extension and REST endpoint.
 3.3. Magento
  • Feature/Setting: Multi-Source Inventory (MSI) API — Automatedly splits orders based on source allocation logic.
 3.4. BigCommerce
  • Feature/Setting: Orders v3 API — Automate inventory location checks and generate split orders via API.
 3.5. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
  • Feature/Setting: OCAPI Order hooks — Set automated scripts to identify and split orders across locations.
 3.6. SAP Commerce Cloud
  • Feature/Setting: Order Management APIs — Automates the process using order splitting logic rulesets.
 3.7. NetSuite
  • Feature/Setting: SuiteScript/SuiteFlow — Automated splitting of Sales Orders upon item location disparity.
 3.8. Zoho Inventory
  • Feature/Setting: Orders API — Automates order division based on warehouse assignment fields.
 3.9. Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Feature/Setting: Order Management automation — Use Power Automate for triggering splits on multi-location fulfillment.
 3.10. Oracle NetSuite
  • Feature/Setting: Workflows — Automate splitting with predefined rules in SuiteFlow Workflows.
 3.11. ShipStation
  • Feature/Setting: Automation Rules — Automatedly splits shipments per warehouse and triggers carrier selection.
 3.12. ShipBob
  • Feature/Setting: Orders API — Automates split order creation based on multi-warehouse stock insights.
 3.13. Brightpearl
  • Feature/Setting: Automation App — Uses split shipment workflow for multi-location orders.
 3.14. Cin7
  • Feature/Setting: Order automation — Splits orders by branch/warehouse using rule-based triggers.
 3.15. Linnworks
  • Feature/Setting: Order Split Automation Rule — Automatedly creates child orders per source.
 3.16. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
  • Feature/Setting: API/Workflows — Automate multi-location splitting logic at order entry.
 3.17. Skubana
  • Feature/Setting: Order Bots — Automated order splitting driven by inventory location rules.
 3.18. Fulfil.io
  • Feature/Setting: Event Rules Engine — Automates detection and split order process by warehouse.
 3.19. Deliverr
  • Feature/Setting: Order Routing Rules — Automated splits for distributed fulfillment handling.
 3.20. QuickBooks Online
  • Feature/Setting: Workflow automation via third-party app integrations — Automatable assignment and split of line items based on inventory location.
 3.21. Odoo
  • Feature/Setting: Automated Actions on Sales Orders — Split orders when multiple warehouses are detected.
 3.22. Trello (automation for notification)
  • Feature/Setting: Butler Automation — Create cards for each warehouse related to the split orders.

Benefits

 4.1. Automates accurate, location-based fulfillment, accelerating delivery speeds.
 4.2. Eliminates manual intervention and potential human error in order splitting.
 4.3. Automatedly manages communication and inventory synchronization, improving transparency.
 4.4. Automates logistics workload balancing across multiple stores/warehouses.
 4.5. Enhances customer satisfaction through automated, proactive notification of split shipments.
 4.6. Reduces operational lag by automating the end-to-end order splitting flow.

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