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DPD

ConFlowIO books through your DPD business customer account, internationally with customs data; labels come as PDF or for label printers (ZPL). Parcel shops near an address can be found and given as a shipment's destination.

DPD does not charge for a label that is never scanned — so no cancellation is needed.

Demo on your own data

A shipment to a parcel shop whose details do not match is rejected rather than sent to the home address.

  1. DPDShipping
  2. ConFlowIOintegration platformRun active
  3. Xentral
  4. JTL-Wawi
  5. Shopware 6
  • 3ready-made building blocks
  • 7data models in the Shipping Bundle

Building blocks

Three building blocks for DPD

  • Create shipmentsWrite

    Books shipments through the DPD business customer account, several packages with one parcel and label each, internationally with customs data. Labels as PDF or for label printers (ZPL).

  • Find parcel shopsRead

    Finds parcel shops near an address as uniform records — to offer them at checkout, for instance. A shipment can be addressed there; if the details do not match, it is rejected rather than sent to the home address.

  • TrackingRead

    Reads the state of a shipment at DPD, with the delivery forecast and the time of delivery where DPD provides them.

There is no cancel block: DPD does not charge for a label that is never scanned.

In practice

Two workflows with DPD

  1. Shipping label for an order

    One mapping for every carrier, instead of one per carrier.

    1. Readorders from shop, marketplace or ERP
    2. Maporder onto a shipment with its packages in the Shipping Bundle
    3. Createone parcel with label per package at DPD
    4. Storethe labels as files

    One mapping for every carrier, including shipments outside the EU.

  2. Delivery to a service point

    Your customers choose a parcel shop at checkout instead of their home address.

    1. Findparcel shops near the delivery address, as uniform records
    2. Offerthe service points at checkout
    3. Createshipment to the chosen service point, with label at DPD

    If the details do not match, the shipment is rejected rather than sent to the home address.

Good to know

What to know about DPD

  • PrerequisiteA contract on your side.
    • A business customer contract with DPD
    • DPD's approval for API access
    • No cancellation needed: DPD does not charge for unscanned labels
  • Shipping BundleA Shipping Bundle of its own describes shipments, packages, parcels, service points, shipping rates and pickups uniformly, the same for every carrier.
    • One mapping turns an order into a shipment
    • Which carrier creates the label is decided by the last building block
    • Several packages are created with one parcel and label per package
    • Changing carrier leaves the mapping untouched
  • DurabilityApplies to this integration as to every workflow in ConFlowIO.
    • Failed steps retry themselves
    • Large reads are processed page by page, each page a step of its own
    • A failed run is continued rather than started over
    • Live logs per step, with credentials removed

Works well with

What works with DPD

Where the orders come from

One mapping for the shipment, whichever carrier.

Contact

See DPD on your own data

We are glad to show ConFlowIO on your own data. Bring a real slice of your orders.

The difference shows at real volumes — not at five sample records.

Would you like to read our whitepaper? Just say so in your enquiry and we will send it to you.

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