DeftShip Automation: How to Streamline Your Shipping Operations and Save Time and Money

DeftShip is a shipping platform that helps businesses streamline their shipping operations. One of the features that DeftShip offers is automation, which allows you to set rules that will automatically apply to your shipments. This can save you time and effort, and help you ensure that your shipments are processed correctly.

In this blog post, we will show you how to set up automation in DeftShip. We will walk you through the steps involved and provide you with some tips for creating effective rules.

Here's what Deftship Automation can do:

1. Identify what type of shipment you wish to have the insurance applied to.

2. Set the box type, carrier, and/or services

3. Automate the creation of shipping labels

Here are some benefits of using DeftShip Automation:

• Increased efficiency: Automation can help you streamline your shipping operations and free up your time to focus on other tasks.

• Improved accuracy: Automation can help you ensure that your shipments are processed correctly, which can help you avoid errors and delays.

• Reduced costs: Automation can help you save money on shipping costs by optimizing your shipping routes and carriers.
  
  
  

Steps in Setting an Automation

1. Login to your DeftShip account.
   
   

2. Under Organization, find Automation.
   
   
   

   

   
   
   
   

3. Click on Create New Rule.
   

   
   

   

   
   
   

4. It will bring you to a page where you can start setting a rule, kindly put in the details required (* asterisk are required):
   
   
   

   

The variables are as follows:

• SKU

  
  

  

  
  

• Shipping Destination
  
  

  

  
  
  

• Item Description
  

  

  
  
  
  

• Order Weight
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

• Total number of Items
  

  
  

  

  
  
  

Actions available to set:

Insurance: (A) Always Insure or (B) Never Insure

Package: (A) Custom Package, (B) Custom, (C) UPS Boxes, (D) FedEx Boxes, and (E) USPS Boxes

Carrier: (A) Service Categories or (B) Deftship Carriers (Choose within options)

What's New?

We have added the feature of having "IF" and "OR" conditions to automation.

Here are the benefits:

Efficiency: IF and OR conditions combined in automation allow for efficient decision-making and action-taking based on multiple scenarios, improving the overall efficiency of the automated processes.

Adaptive Automation: By utilizing these conditions, automated systems can adapt to varying conditions or inputs, making them more versatile and responsive.

Error Prevention: Properly implemented IF and OR conditions can help prevent errors in automation by ensuring that the system responds appropriately to different situations.

To learn more about this automation, click here.

We hope this blog post has helped you understand how to set up automation in DeftShip. If you are looking for a way to streamline your shipping operations and save time and money, DeftShip Automation is a great option. With DeftShip Automation, you can set rules that will automatically apply to your shipments, saving you time and effort.

Are you looking for more tips on shipping and logistics? Contact us today to learn how we can help you streamline your operations and reduce costs.