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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Using Software For Successful Vending

Vending industry has undergone lot of changes since its inception. Vending machine was first introduced in 215BC to vend holy water in Egyptian temples. In the initial days of its introduction, vending machine was restricted to dispensing selected products. But today the scenario is entirely different. These machines are now able to vend a wide range of products. The credit for this drastic improvement can be attributed to development in technology and introduction of latest software.

Modern vending machines come with inbuilt software like wireless data transmission and automatic transmission devices. All these devices are user friendly and help operators in several ways. Operators can now track the sale of products across counters and at the same time keep an eye on route drivers moments thus increase the performance efficiency of existing machines. Some of this software also helps in identifying any break downs in the machine.

Customer’s tastes and preferences keep changing with changing times. Handheld vending machines provide operator with data related to brand preference whenever a machine gets filled. This software is valuable to route drivers as they need not make repeated trips to the machine any more.

Handheld software has helps operators in several ways. Some of these benefits have been discussed below:

• Typographic errors can be eliminated.
• Accountability and sales analysis reports can be made available instantly.
• Management can track sales of each vending machine by utilizing cost effective brand preference analysis reports.

One of the main problems with existing accountability system is that there is greater scope for errors while counting or preparing reports by route drivers. Use of this software would avoid human intervention and reports are made available in real time. These timely reports allow you to take measure by the beginning of next business trip.

Brand analysis is primarily conducted to enhance sales and thereby gives operator an opportunity to improve profits form their existing vending business.

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