A blog on vending solutions by Planet Antares.

Monday, November 24, 2008

What’s New In The Vending Business Sector

As it is, the vending industry is very competitive and challenging in nature. Every month brings new and skilled entrants to the marketplace. Either these are incredible success stories or die out quickly.

Upon introduction, the New Planet Antares Refreshment Center was quite popular and continues to be that way. The existing vending equipment is being updated and enhanced constantly, making the older versions obsolete.

Since a few years now, the market has been flooded with popcorn vending machines. However, a new machine is being launched in the USA and is about to change the way popcorn has been offered in vending machines. This is just one of the many new concepts that are coming up in the vending industry.

In the meantime, even the snack and beverage vending machines are witnessing new advances. These are the most popular vending products that you can find in the market. The future is bound to see a lot of changes and new features in snack and beverage vending machines.

Another new concept is the use of occupancy sensors and controllers in vending machines to reduce power requirements during long periods of non use. Planet Antares vending machines are non electronic and this implies that you will not have to worry about saving on power.

What sets them apart from other mechanical vending machines is the technological advances made in Planet Antares vending machines. These have been greatly improved to serve the customers.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Understanding The Concept Of Vending Route Manager

The vending industry has been provided with an excellent technological innovation in the form of a very useful and affordable tool called bulk vending machine route manager.

Every vending operator aims to make vending route management easier, faster and more organized. Also, it will be highly beneficial for business profits if you can find methods for cutting down costs and increasing efficiency.

A vending route manager can be easily found online at various reputable websites at affordable prices. This impressive and powerful tool can be transferred to you over the email and allows you to:

1. Operate a vending machine route with more than 100 vending machines
2. Find locations without much effort and time through map code
3. Do automatic calculations for income generated by every vending location
4. Print tickets to be carried with you
5. Use location name
6. Use location phone number
7. Use location address
8. Use location hours of business
9. Record the number of times each location is serviced
10. Specify the date of service
11. Record the kinds of products for each vending location on the route
12. Add notes and comments

With this information, you will be able to bring about a massive change in your business performance and a positive impact on business decisions. Moreover, you can create sound strategies for different locations and make future plans on the basis of objective assessment and not only vague assumptions.

On the whole, the vending route manager will empower you to fulfill the basic aim of business profitability in an appropriate way.

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