Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for generating customized return notifications

An apparatus for facilitating a customized return process, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

• periodically monitor tracking information associated with one or more products;
• determine whether at least one of the products corresponds to a first type of product among a plurality of types of products;
• determine, at a first specified time, whether the at least one product has departed a first location of a first entity in route for delivery to a second entity, in response to determining that the at least one product corresponds to the first type;
• determine whether the first entity was given a first predetermined time period in which the at least one product was scheduled to depart the first location of the first entity in route for delivery to the second entity,
• wherein in response to the determination revealing that the first entity was given the first predetermined time period, determine whether the at least one product departed the first location of the first entity upon expiration of the predetermined time period;
• and
• send a first message to a first device which is configured to transmit the first message to the first entity in response to the determination revealing that the at least one product did not depart from the first location upon the expiration of the predetermined time period, the first message comprises data instructing the first entity to send the product to the second entity within a second predetermined time period.

A computer program product for facilitating a customized return process, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for periodically monitoring tracking information associated with one or more products;
• a second executable portion for determining whether at least one of the products corresponds to a first type of product among a plurality of types of products;
• a third executable portion for determining, at a first specified time, whether the at least one product has departed a first location of a first entity in route for delivery to a second entity in response to determining that the at least one product corresponds to the first type;
• a fourth executable portion for determining whether the first entity was given a first predetermined time period in which the at least one product was scheduled to depart the first location of the first entity in route for delivery to the second entity,
• wherein in response to the determination revealing that the first entity was given the first predetermined time period, determining whether the at least one product departed the first location of the first entity upon expiration of the predetermined time period;
• and
• a fifth executable portion for sending a first message to the first entity in response to the determination revealing that the at least one product did not depart from the first location upon the expiration of the predetermined time period, the first message comprises data instructing the first entity to send the product to the second entity within a second predetermined time period.