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Technology: My biz want to keep Pizza Pizza delivery driver and end customer in touch. Can automated dispatching systems accomplish task or human call center?
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Bryan McAnulty, Founder of Heights Platform and Velora answered:

An automated system could easily accomplish this. Human call centers would be slow and costly for something like this, if I understand correctly.

I can think of a way of testing this idea without building any technology. You can setup a toll free number with extensions for each driver's cell phone. After placing an order the customer will receive the extension for their driver should they need to be in touch. Actually, in Europe drivers delivering packages are frequently in touch with customers to determine their current location and hand over the package. There they simply use cell phones without any real backend infrastructure.

That said, what is the pain point here that you would be solving? If the customer feels they need to contact the driver, that would likely mean that the driver is either late and/or potentially lost. Both of those things would be better fixed at the root of the problem by getting a better driver/GPS.

Happy to discuss further if you'd like.

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