Online orders delivered by your own reps
Draw the areas you deliver to, hand each order to a rep who covers it, and let the customer follow the rep on a map. Delivery updates stock, the invoice and the ledger.
How a delivery runs
Control from the office
The dispatch board
Online orders waiting for a rep, each rep’s orders by status, today’s deliveries, and a map of orders and reps.
Orders stay in their area
An order in a service area goes only to a rep that area lists. One placed in no area is open to any rep.
Rep location
The rep app reports its position every two minutes while the workday is open. Positions are kept for 90 days.
Out for delivery on the order
The office can mark a sales order out for delivery too, and every status change is kept in the order’s history.
Partial shipping
An order delivered in part shows as partially shipped, and can go out again for the rest.
Order notifications
The customer is told in the app and by push when the order is accepted, out for delivery, delivered or cancelled.
Features in this module
- Service areas drawn on a mapDraw each delivery area on a map with its price list, warehouse, delivery fee and reps.
- The dispatch board for online ordersOnline orders waiting for a rep, each rep’s orders by status and a map of orders and reps.
- Customers watch the rep arriveOnce an order is out for delivery, the customer app shows the rep on a map with the distance and an arrival estimate, and push messages mark each step of the order.
- Delivering and invoicing an orderThe rep marks the order out for delivery, delivers everything still owed or line by line, and invoices what was delivered with the delivery fee.
Questions buyers ask about delivery
Can the customer see where the rep is?
Yes, while the order is out for delivery. The customer app shows the rep’s position from the last ten minutes on a map, with distance and an arrival estimate, and refreshes on its own.
Is the arrival time based on live traffic?
No. It estimates the road distance from the straight line and assumes city driving speed, rounded up to five minutes.
Can an order be delivered in two trips?
Yes. Deliver part now and the rest later. The order shows as partially shipped, and the rep can invoice what was delivered so far.
Do we charge for delivery?
If you want to. Each area can carry a fixed delivery fee, sold as a non-stock item you choose. An area with no fee delivers free.
Are reps tracked all the time?
No. The rep app reports position only while the rep’s workday is open, and customers see it only for an order that is out for delivery.
Not in Axon Suite yet
Said here so neither side spends a demo on it.
- Route optimisation for the day’s deliveries
- Proof of delivery: a photo or the customer’s signature
- Handing orders to a third-party courier
- Delivery time slots chosen by the customer
- Delivery fees by distance, or free above an order value