Since our last monthly update, we've been busy adding new features and functionality to EasyRoutes to help streamline your deliveries on Shopify this holiday season and beyond. Here's some of the highlights from the past month.
We've added a new Route Option to assign drivers tasks and reminders of additional steps they must complete before starting a route, completing a delivery, or finishing a route. Whether collecting payment, checking identification, or returning reusable containers, Driver Tasks allows route planners to create custom checklists a driver will need to finish before marking a stop as attempted or delivered.
Driver Tasks can be configured separately for route Start & End locations, and all stops on a route. Just like Proof of Delivery, completed and pending Driver Tasks are accessible for route planners to view in real time, directly from any Route's page.
Driver Tasks can be enabled from the Route Options page before creating a new route. For more information on configuring Driver Tasks on EasyRoutes, check out the support article for this new route option.
We've added a new feature that monitors for new orders matching a custom set of filters, and automatically pre-selects them for addition to an existing route. You can enable the Route Assistant from the Add Orders tab on any new or existing route, directly from the Auto-add orders box below the map:
Once enabled, the Route Assistant will place a banner at the top of a route page whenever you load an unstarted route and new orders are available - simply head to the Add Orders tab and they'll be staged on the map ready for you to work with.
For more details on configuring and updating the Route Assistant's functionality and filters, take a look at the support article for this new feature.
Enabled Route Options can now be clicked to jump directly to and highlight that Route Option's configuration panel, bypassing the need to use the "Add/Edit Route Options" to modify any active Route Options on the fly.
This update applies to the Orders page and Route or Route Group pages to streamline workflows for both new and existing routes.
The EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app on both iOS and Android has been updated to version 1.0.35, featuring support for the new Driver Tasks feature and a number of usability improvements and UI updates, including:
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