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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Innovations Used In Vending

There are numerous innovations that are being used in the vending industry today. Today we even have vending machines that can accept credit and debit cards. There is also technology that allows you to monitor vending machines from afar. These are the kind of innovations that you can place in your Planet Antares vending machines, so as to make your vending business more efficient and profitable. Recent innovations also include improved coin and bill validation and the rapid adoption of sense-and-feedback systems that verify the fact that a vend sale took place. This innovation has improved the shape of the vending business.

When we talk about innovations, one very significant innovation that we must mention is telemetry. Reliable, affordable wireless technology has made telemetry practical and provided the means through which cashless payments can be authenticated. Research has shown that 50% of consumers will not make a purchase from a vending machine if there is a “use exact change only” light on. If you have a Planet Antares vending machine that is equipped with telemetry, it can transmit sales and inventory data to a route truck in the parking lot. This will help the driver know exactly which products to bring in for restocking. The data can also be transmitted to remote headquarters for use in scheduling a route stop, detecting component failure or verifying collection information. Telemetry is considered to be one of the most significant developments in vending technology since the invention of the bill changer.

Consumers today want quick and convenient access to competitively priced products. This is why technology has played a very significant role in providing consumers with the kind of service that they would expect. Vending is a multi-billion dollar industry that is still growing everyday. Planet Antares offers entrepreneurs a quick and profitable way to start vending businesses, which can grow quickly. Snack, beverage, candy and food items continue to be the most lucrative and stable business in the market. Technology has allowed customers a more convenient access to vending machines.

Modern vending machines like those that are provided by Planet Antares are equipped with spirals to hold products near the access door at the bottom. When an item has been purchased, it has to pass through a laser beam, if it fails to do so the spirals will turn three times to ensure that the product drops. If it still doesn’t drop, the customer will be asked to make another selection or the money will be refunded back

Innovations in the vending business have definitely improved the way vending operators conduct their vending businesses. They also give vending operators an edge of their competitors. More often than not you are bound to find a vending operator vending the same products in the same location as you. If you have installed a few innovations in your vending machines, you will attract customers to your vending machines.

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At 2:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

After Mobile Operated Vending Machines E3India Pioneers to Launch V-Cash

RUSHING out of office after work, you remembers you had promised your son some chocolate and Pizza. You go to mobile phone-operated vending machine in your office complex, punches out some details on your cell-phone or in simple words sends SMS and The pepperoni-double-cheesw special pizza & a bar of `Dairy Milk' appears.
For you, it was a very simple operation and you are able to keep your promise to your son but behind the ease of operation, a fair amount of technology and a lot of innovation has gone into the vending machine.
This India’s nextgen mobile-commerce tools, to help you pay the pizza company for the pepperoni-double-cheese special your child orders from home or buy a chocolate from a vending machine by just sending an SMS are being developed in a nondescript village on the outskirts of Vadodara in Gujarat by a E Cube India Solutions Limited, a Indian IT firm.
E Cube India Solutions Limited is the pioneer in Smart Card technology and vending machines in India. With comprehensive and integrated solutions, E Cube India develop, produce, market and support based on Smart Card technology. In a host of areas, it has have given the concept a fresh momentum and added innovative applications.
E Cube India is an embedded technology solutions provider, focusing on M-Commerce applications based on Smart Card and GSM Technologies.The Company is also engaged in providing M-Commerce Gateway with Mobile Communications Hub (McHub), Multi Transaction Processing System (MTPS) and Backend Connectivity.
The main asset of company is strong R & D focus to develop tailor made products using embedded technology to provide an integrated platform to a bank along with service provider card companies and mobile operators

In India, people have had an aversion to coin-gobbling AVM's. Food & Beverages supplies in India have been locking for reliable and cost effective vending machines. E Cube India is the only technology based company in India that is in a position to supply indigenously manufactured, large-sized AMV's that can be operated with Smart Card or Mobile Phones.
The MOVM is a vending machine that can be operated using SMS.
Mobile interface helps in solving the problems of cash as it allows the user to purchase product from the machine without worrying about change and currency.
It is also a wonderful and unique user experience. It makes a user feel that he is carrying very powerful tool (the cell-phone), which he can now use to make purchases. It brings him face to face with M-Commerce.
The vending machines from E Cube India are already a hit is evident from E Cube’s client list, and most importantly it includes clients from all sectors of market. — Cadbury’s, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), United Breweries Limited, Unity Hospital, L& T to name few. and it also includes firms Australia and Europe.
And up next is a mobile-commerce product, V-Cash, to enable payments to vendors directly through cellphones — all you’ll need to do is top up your SIM card. Earlier it was costly but now it is available at half price, as demand picks up it will further go down — and that will happen with the boom in retail and mobile telephony.
More information about MOVM and V-Cash is available on http://www.e3india.com

 

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