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How can Workflows help automate my delivery operations?

Workflows allow you to automate many of the repetitive tasks that take up valuable time in your day-to-day delivery management. For example, if you typically log in each morning to create routes, assign them to drivers, and send customers notifications, Workflows can be set up to handle all of that automatically based on rules you define. This saves your dispatchers hours of work each week and helps eliminate mistakes, such as forgetting to notify a customer or leaving a route unassigned.

Automation also improves reliability — your drivers and customers can count on consistent, timely updates regardless of how busy your team is. In short, Workflows help standardize your operations so they run smoothly, even when volumes are high or resources are stretched thin.

See: Workflows Guide

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Can customers request a new delivery date or time?

No customer self-reschedule tool, but EasyRoutes tracking pages and notifications let customers reach you so you can reschedule and re-notify.

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Can I auto-dispatch routes to my drivers?

Yes. If a scheduled start time is set, routes can be auto‑assigned and auto-dispatched to the selected driver when created.

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Can I limit or balance orders per delivery time slot?

Slot limits are set in your date picker; EasyRoutes balances the load by filtering and splitting routes by window.

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How can I handle orders with no delivery date or time?

Undated orders are still routable — EasyRoutes optimizes them for efficiency and can mix them with windowed stops.

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Can EasyRoutes help reduce delivery carbon footprint?

Yes. EasyRoutes lowers delivery emissions by optimizing and consolidating routes to cut miles and fuel, with Analytics to measure the reduction over time.

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Do Workflows trigger automatically for new orders?

Yes. Workflows function on a custom scheduling basis that can be adjusted at any time. Any new Shopify orders received prior to the scheduling cut-off will be included in auto-generated routes. A common Workflow is set up to automatically generate routes with new Shopify orders matching certain filters criteria. This ensures your team can start deliveries without manual intervention.

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Can I send notifications for BigCommerce orders?

Yes. Customers can receive branded tracking pages, email, and/or SMS notifications.

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Are real-time updates offered for BigCommerce orders?

Yes, via Zapier or API integrations.

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