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Logistics

Shipment status and delivery questions are high-volume, repetitive, and answerable directly from a system of record, which is exactly what a flow's database and plugin nodes are built to automate instead of a person checking a tracking system by hand.

Where it fits

  • Shipment status questions are grounded lookups that a Table database answers directly, without a person reading from a tracking system.
  • Plugin actions can call your carrier or warehouse management APIs directly, so a flow's answer reflects your actual system instead of a cached or approximate status.
  • A flow answers the same tracking question over chat, API, or an inbound call, so a customer portal and a support line can share one agent.

What this looks like

  • A DATABASE node against a Table database of shipments or orders, so a flow can look up a tracking number and return its current status.
  • A PLUGIN_ACTION node calling a plugin your team writes against a carrier's or your own warehouse system's API, for anything the built-in node types don't cover.
  • A SIP gateway node so customers can call in and check a shipment by phone, using the same session and data as a chat or API integration.

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