Sales automation
Assign sales leads to the right person
Route enquiries by service, location or availability with a visible fallback queue.
Understand the process
A lead record is only useful when someone owns the next action. An assignment workflow applies agreed business rules, records the chosen owner and flags cases that do not match. It should also account for unavailable people instead of sending every enquiry to a fixed address.
The workflow at a glance
- 01New lead
- 02Read routing rules
- 03Choose owner
- 04Create task
- 05Check acknowledgement
Illustrative process map. The exact nodes and connections depend on your applications.
How to approach the implementation
Create an assignment table
List service areas, regions and responsible people in an agreed source. Include an active status and a default team queue for unmatched cases.
Apply the rules consistently
Use clear priority when multiple rules match. If workload rotation is required, store assignment state centrally and prevent simultaneous executions from choosing from stale state.
Save before notifying
Write the owner and assignment reason to the CRM. Send the person a task or notification that links to the record, avoiding unnecessary personal data in messages.
Handle missed hand-offs
Define what acknowledgement means and when a supervisor should be notified. Reassignment should update the same lead and preserve the previous owner in its history.
What to prepare
- Current team and availability list
- Routing priorities and fallback owner
- CRM ownership and task permissions
Watch out for
Round-robin assignment is not just a counter in a workflow. Parallel arrivals need a consistent shared allocation mechanism.
How to check whether it is working
Monitor unassigned leads, reassignment frequency and time to acknowledgement.
Technical reference: Official n8n documentation . Confirm the available options against your n8n version and connected services.
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