1. Start with Kent’s actual service boundary
Your firm may describe its service area as Kent, King County or a wider Washington market. Those labels are not interchangeable. Kent is recorded as a municipality in King County, Washington, so the first automation decision is geographic: which inquiries belong in the Kent workflow, which belong in another service area and which require review before routing?
Recommended approach
On a consultation, define the geographic questions that affect ownership. Decide whether Kent inquiries follow the same path as other King County inquiries, whether service-area screening is needed and who reviews an inquiry that falls outside the firm’s scope. Keep those decisions separate from assumptions about demand.
