Flower Store in a box is releasing an incredible update for the most advanced ordering workflow management specifically for florists.
The workflow has been designed for both small and large florists from single workshops all the way up to florists with multiple retail locations and lots of staff. The workflow has significant configuration options so you can make it suit almost any size of business.
This is a very significant update to the dashboard that we have spent a considerable effort creating to provide all florists with a highly details and professional business tool.
Some highlights of the new module are:
Manage the entire workflow of an order from sale to doorstop in the dashboard
Multi user logins including store logins, florist & driver logins
Ability to allocate orders to Florists or Store Location
Ability to allocate orders to Drivers / Couriers:
- Go People
- Zippykind
- Detrack
- Sherpa (Coming Soon)
Integrated with SMS & Email Notification as the order is progressed:
- When the customer orders
- Order is available for Pickup Today when made
- Order is On-Route
- Order is Delivered
- Order will be delivered today if pre-ordered
- Order will be available for pickup today if pre-ordered
Driver & Florist SMS Notifications when an order is allocated to them
View product descriptions / orders when the order is being made
Special Mobile / Tablet Screens for florists and drivers
New user logins for:
- Workflow User
- Store Workflow User
- Florist
- Driver
Ability to create extensive notes and tracking of an order:
New order management statuses including “Problem Orders”:
- Allocated
- Making / Printed
- Waiting In Store Pickup
- Waiting Driver Pickup
- Picked Up In Store
How does the Flower Store In a Box Florist Order Workflow work?
There are two types of workflow options you can choose from:
Advanced Workflow
Where you have multiple stores or florists that fulfill the orders and you want to allocate the order to a person or store. The Workflow would look like:
- Order received
- Order is Allocated to a Store / Florist (this can be automated)
- Order is Made by Florist / Store and marked waiting pickup in store or by driver
- Driver / Courier is booked
- Order is Picked Up
- Order is Delivered
Simple Workflow
Where you are a smaller store and just want to manage the workflow with only one login.
The workflow would look like:
- Order received
- Order is Marked as Printed / Making
- Order is Made and is then marked as waiting pickup in store or by driver
- Order is Picked Up
- Order is Delivered
The main difference between the two options is in the advanced version you can set who makes the order and you can choose drivers.
You may choose to have a hybrid version of the two where you have only one florist that “makes the orders” but you might have multiple drivers or use the driver list as driver runs IE:
- Morning Driver
- Afternoon Driver
Why should I be using the new workflow?
The new workflow will allows your business to manage the entire ordering, making and delivery process electronically and if used correctly provides visibility on where in the process each order is at any one time.
The workflow and customer notifications provide an easy to use way of keeping the customer informed at each step of the process. This can reduce the phone calls asking “has my order been delivered” and can create better customer retention.
Getting started with the new workflow
The new workflow will be added to all customers currently paying $99.95 a month immediately, if you are on a legacy or starter payment plan ($49.95 a month) you will need to upgrade to the $99.95 monthly fee.
Whilst the new workflow can be used immediately we do advise that you follow our guide on Getting Started to make the most out of the new software.
We will also be offering paid consulting on setting up the workflow for the Advanced Stores. Included support for the new workflow module will be limited to the use of the modules rather than the advanced setup as this constitutes business process consulting.
New customers will be shown how to use the “Simple” version of the workflow and offered paid “Advanced” setup.
However in all of that you can set up the “Advanced” workflow yourself and configure it to your own business yourself.