Order and return questions answered by hand
Today
- Order status and return questions come in through the online store, the marketplace, WhatsApp, and email.
- They all land with the same person, who checks each order and writes every reply by hand.
- Unanswered questions pile up, and a return request waits its turn among them.
After setup
- Questions from every channel gather in one log and are sorted by type.
- A draft reply to a status question is prepared from the order record; the decision to send it stays with the team.
- Exceptions that need a decision, such as returns, go to a specific person on the team.
Where work gets lost
The same customer writes again on another channel, and the team spends time on the same question twice. A missed return request turns into a negative review, and a late reply can send the customer’s next order to another store.
What discovery looks at
The types of questions and the channels they come from; which replies can be prepared from the order record; who a return request reaches, and how long that takes.
Why this path
The answer to a status question already sits in the order record, so the reply can be prepared from there and the team's time goes to work that needs a decision, like returns.
Related service areas
The question log, drafts prepared from the order record, and the handoff of exceptions belong to these areas: