Automated Order Routing

Minimize Splits Routing Rule

The Find Routes with Fewest Splits action evaluates an order’s product quantities against available inventory to determine the smallest set of locations that can combine to fulfill the order. The action executes up to 1,000,000 times, or until finding 10,000 location combinations that meet the allocation criteria.

The action compares the ordered quantities to the available quantities to determine potential fulfillment options. It starts by looking for single locations with sufficient inventory to fulfill the entire list of ordered products. If it finds any, it returns them in a list. If it doesn't find any, it looks for pairs of locations whose combined inventory can fulfill the order. If it finds any pairs, it returns a list of them. If it doesn't find any, it looks for sets of three locations, and so on.

If you specify the maximum number of splits, the maximum number of locations in a single combination is one more than the split number. For example, if you specify a maximum of two splits, the action looks for single locations, pairs of locations, and trios of locations that can fulfill the order.

Closest Proximity Routing Rule

The Order Routing Rank by Average Distance action evaluates sets of locations to determine which set has the shortest average delivery distance based on the recipient’s postal code. When calculating distances, this rule uses a location’s Visitor Address field as the address.

For each set of locations, the action calculates the straight-line distance from each location to the recipient's postal code, then calculates their average. It then returns the location sets, sorted by their average distance to the recipient.