Standing orders are the product
A household that takes two 19L bottles every Tuesday should be stored once. The Tuesday list is generated, not remembered. Milk rounds work the same way; office coolers often sit on a Monday/Thursday pattern.
Pauses need dates, not a note in someone's phone
Customers travel. If a pause is a WhatsApp message to the rider, they will still get water and you will argue about the bill. A start and end date on the customer stops the delivery without deleting the standing order.
Quantity changes are not a new customer
Summer in Multan or Lahore doubles bottles. Change quantity on the stop. Do not clone the customer or rebuild the week. The schedule stays; the count moves.
The schedule should post the sale
A calendar that does not update stock and the ledger is a reminder app. When the rider completes the stop, the recurring plan and the books have to be the same system.
FAQ
- What delivery frequencies do water businesses use?
- Daily, alternate-day, and weekly are the usual patterns. Mashqi stores the pattern per customer and builds each day's rider list from it.
- How do I handle a one-off extra bottle?
- Keep the standing order and record the extra quantity on that day's delivery. The statement shows the pattern and the exception.