Software in Vending

If wireless transmission of data in vending is used effectively in your Planet Antares vending business, it will enable you to solve a whole host of problems plus allow you to enjoy all the benefits that come with software. If every Planet Antares vending machine is equipped with an automatic transmitting device, dynamic scheduling would become a reality and you as the vending operator would get to know instantly when a machine is out of stock or even out of order. Nonetheless, real time transmission of data is not necessary for operators and suppliers to reap all the benefits from recording and reporting brand preference analysis, by individual machine.

Individual consumer brand preferences do not change quickly. This is something that changes over time, especially when there is a new product introduced. Brand preference data that can be harvested from a Planet Antares vending machine by a handheld computer when the machine is being filled, and then later downloaded into a host computer, is just as valuable as it would be transmitted in ‘real time’.

With this software system in your Planet Antares vending business, a route driver will not have to make more than the necessary trips to the vending machines. The use of software in your vending business will mean that you will have a more convenient vending operation.

The office functions of your vending business will improve in many ways. Changes will occur in the following areas: 1) there will be no more data entry errors due to driver counting or writing errors. 2) Accountability reports and sales analysis reports will be made available as soon as the cash is counted. 3) Management will directly impact the level of sales at each vending machine by using cost effective brand preference analysis reports.

Most professional vending operators admit that the biggest problems with existing accountability reports are errors caused by counting or writing errors on the part of the driver. With this system, human intervention will be eliminated. Daily reports of the vending operation will be available by the next business day so that they can be acted upon in a timely manner.

In addition to this, route drivers will also be able to service more vending machines. This will result in lower operating costs based upon improved route productivity which is based on no data entry costs.

The primary goal in brand analysis by machines is to increase sales, and thus creating an opportunity to improve profits for your vending business.