# 2023-07-11: CE - Delivery Cycle Management

### Overview

Delivery Cycle Management is a major change and update to the Delivery and Shipping Services already existing in Emporix. The main change is related to the management of the delivery times, we now offer much more flexibility and extended possibilities for creating delivery slots.

The Delivery Cycle Management endpoints offer the ability to speed up the creation process of delivery times and non-delivery times through a bulk creation and time period feature. Furthermore, a large number of delivery slots can be created per day with different delivery methods. The corresponding delivery costs per delivery slot are directly displayed for optimized planning.

The corresponding maintenance options are available in the Management Dashboard.

### New features

| Feature                                                                                            | Benefit                                                                                                             |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Bulk creation**                                                                                  | Simplifying the creation of periods, like non-delivery during Christmas.                                            |
| **Several slot definition per day**                                                                | Flexibility to define several delivery slots per day to provide more precise delivery time slots for your customer. |
| **Create and configure shipping zones**                                                            | Creating delivery zones that can be based on country and postal codes.                                              |
| **Setup delivery windows, including blackout days**                                                | Meet customer expectations of available delivery days presented within the storefront.                              |
| **Calculate shipping costs based on delivery time windows**                                        | Merchant employees know during delivery time creation which costs will be calculated.                               |
| **Find locations from which ideally ship an order or from which a customer can collect and order** | Customer can select from different delivery options.                                                                |

### Fixes and improvements

None as these are new services.

### Known problems

No known problems at time of release.

### Documentation and links

User Guides:

* [Delivery Cycle Management](/ce/core-commerce/delivery-cycle-management.md)
* [Delivery Times](/ce/management-dashboard/settings/delivery-times.md)
* [API Reference](broken://spaces/d4POTWomuSS7d3dnh4Dg/pages/8haxyTIn6HuW7wFMhNye)


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