Feature Review Q1 2024
Discover the latest feature updates on the SmartRoutes platform for Q1 2024. From system improvements to feature launches, these updates will help you streamline your delivery process.
Welcome to the latest feature review from SmartRoutes! As we say goodbye to the first quarter of 2024, we're thrilled to unveil a host of enhancements designed to make your delivery logistics smarter, more efficient, and more responsive than ever before.
Over the past few months, our team has been hard at work fine-tuning our platform to address the evolving needs of our users. From streamlining order management to empowering real-time decision-making, we've got you covered. Join us as we delve into the highlights of our first-quarter updates.
What’s New Page - Stay Up to Date
This year we launched our What’s New page, designed exclusively to keep you in the loop with all the latest developments and enhancements to our platform. With our dedicated What's New page, staying informed has never been easier! Whether it's a new functionality rollout, platform optimization, or exciting feature enhancements, our What's New page ensures you're always in the know.
How to Stay Up to Date:
- Head over to whats-new.smartroutes.io to dive into the latest updates.
- Keep an eye out for the notification symbol within our desktop app. It will alert you whenever there's fresh content on our What's New page, ensuring you're always in the loop.
Third Party Portal
Our all-new Third Party Portal is a seamless solution designed to revolutionize how you share critical delivery information with your clients. With just a few clicks, you can effortlessly provide your clients with comprehensive details, ensuring transparency and reliability every step of the way.
What You Can Share:
- Proof of Delivery: Share crystal-clear proof of delivery, complete with photos and e-signatures, providing irrefutable evidence of successful deliveries.
- Delivery Location: Share precise delivery locations, along with the exact point where the delivery was marked as completed, empowering your clients with accurate information.
- Planned vs. Actual Arrival Times: Highlight planned arrival times versus actual arrival times, ensuring transparency and accountability.
- Planned vs. Actual Delivery Duration: Provide insights into the planned duration of delivery versus the actual duration, enabling your clients to gauge efficiency and performance.
- Customer Notifications: Keep your clients in the loop. Allows them to access notifications sent to their own customers, ensuring they're informed of delivery progress every step of the way.
How to Get Started:
Our comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know, from initial setup to managing user access and permissions:
- Setting Up: Step-by-step instructions on how to set up your Third-Party Portal, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free implementation process.
- User Access: Learn how to grant access to authorized users, allowing them to leverage the portal's functionalities efficiently.
- Permissions Management: Take control of user permissions, ensuring that each user has access only to the information relevant to their role and responsibilities.
Consolidated Orders
Now, you can seamlessly combine two or more orders headed to the same destination into a single stop, optimizing your route and enhancing the precision of your stop durations.
Here's how it works:
1. Enhanced Precision:
With Consolidated Orders, you can eliminate the hassle of separate stops for multiple orders heading to the same destination. By merging these orders into a single stop, you ensure that your stop durations are more precise and reflective of the actual time needed for delivery.
2. Simplified Setup:
Enabling this feature is a breeze! Just follow these simple steps:
- Navigate to your account settings within our platform.
- Scroll down until you locate the option to 'Merge Orders into Single Stop'.
- Toggle the Feature ‘On’.
- Then select from the options which fields must match to consolidate orders.
3. Automatic Integration:
Once activated, Consolidated Orders seamlessly integrates into your delivery workflow. When multiple orders with the same destination are detected, they automatically merge into a single stop, eliminating unnecessary redundancies and optimizing your route for maximum efficiency.
Benefits:
- Time Savings: By consolidating orders, you reduce the time spent at each delivery location, enabling your drivers to complete more stops in less time.
- Improved Customer Experience: Streamlined delivery processes mean faster and more efficient service, enhancing overall customer satisfaction.
- Optimized Routes: With consolidated stops, your routes become more streamlined and efficient, leading to reduced fuel costs and increased productivity.
Release of Open API Version 2.0.0
We're thrilled to have announced the release of SmartRoutes Open API 2.0.0, packed with a host of enhancements and new features designed to take your integration experience to the next level.
What to Expect:
- Enhanced Error Handling: Say goodbye to frustrating error messages. With improved error handling, you can enjoy a smoother and more consistent integration experience, ensuring seamless communication between your application and our platform.
- Updated Documentation: We've revamped our documentation to provide you with all the resources you need for effortless integration. Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to APIs, our comprehensive documentation makes integration a breeze (linked below).
- Expanded Functionality with New Endpoints: Get ready to unlock new possibilities with our expanded range of endpoints:
- Reverse Route: Effortlessly reverse a route with our new endpoint, giving you greater flexibility in route planning and optimization.
- Paginated Lists: Access paginated lists of orders and customers in the system, making it easy to browse and manage your data efficiently.
- Update Order and Customer Details: Update specific order and customer details with ease, ensuring accuracy and consistency across your systems.
SmartRoutes now offers real-time booking slot availability checks!
Now, you can determine the feasibility of delivery slots in real-time, based on factors such as vehicle and driver availability, location of the new order, and existing orders booked for the day.
With our real-time booking slot availability checks, you can seamlessly integrate delivery scheduling into your website's checkout process, ensuring optimal delivery scheduling for your customers. Say goodbye to missed delivery windows and hello to enhanced customer satisfaction.
Self Serve Webhooks and API
With the launch of our Self-Serve Webhooks and API integration, setting up Webhooks on SmartRoutes is faster and easier than ever.
Webhooks
Setting up Webhooks on SmartRoutes is now a breeze. Here's how it works:
- Head over to the Integrations section in your SmartRoutes settings menu.
- Select Webhooks from the available integration options.
- Complete a short form with your specifications.
- Once submitted, you're ready to start receiving alerts for key events directly to your desired endpoints, such as:
- Order status changes (e.g., delivery completed)
- Plans created (routes made)
- Plans dispatched (routes sent to drivers)
- Routes edited (live route edits)
API
You can now generate your own API key to connect with SmartRoutes Open API. Here's how to get started:
- Access the Integrations menu within your SmartRoutes settings.
- Choose the SmartRoutes Open API option from the available integrations.
- With just a click, generate your unique API key to connect with our Open API.
With these updates, you gain direct access to our Open API, allowing you to harness the full potential of SmartRoutes' capabilities in your own applications and systems.
Start Optimizing Your Delivery Process Today with SmartRoutes
Don't wait any longer to experience the power of SmartRoutes for yourself. Sign up for a 7 day free trial today and witness firsthand how our solution can revolutionize your delivery process. Whether you're a small business looking to scale efficiently or a large enterprise seeking to optimize your logistics network, SmartRoutes has the tools and capabilities to meet your needs.
We're constantly innovating and striving to improve our platform, so stay tuned for more exciting updates and features in the pipeline!
Not using SmartRoutes, why wait? Start with our hassle-free 7-day free trial to see how we can revolutionize your deliveries. Take the first step towards smoother delivery operation!
For any questions for current customers visit our support page and to keep up to date with feature updates you can check our What's New page!
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