Your smartphone is no longer just a device that you can use to send messages to loved ones, play the occasional game while you wait for that important meeting to start or even access the Internet. Thanks to the rate at which mobile technology is developing, you can now use your smartphone to run your business – particularly if your business depends on vending machines. A number of new advancements have been made in recent years that allow you to check the status of your vending machine from your office or phone with just a few quick taps of your finger.
Vending Machine Repair Alerts
One of the major benefits of this type of advancement has to do with the type of information that you can see regarding the status of your vending machine from your smartphone. With the right service provider, a vending machine that is connected to the Internet will be constantly reporting on its status. You don’t just get to see whether it is “up” or “down” – if there is a problem, you can see exactly what is wrong and take immediate steps to fix it.
With cashless payment systems, you can also check to see how many sales a machine has made in a particular day, what types of items are selling out, what needs to be replenished and more – all from a device small enough to fit into your pocket.
VendNet USA & Greenlite
Greenlite, a new type of technology being shepherded by industry leader VendNet USA, is one of the primary examples of this type of technology in practice. Greenlite is a service designed to help make vending equipment not only more profitable but more convenient at the same time by implementing a cashless payment system. According to VendNet USA, the average machine sees a 15% increase in sales immediately after a cashless payment system is added.
In addition to the fact that it now makes it easier for consumers to pay for their items, it also helps reduce costs normally associated with filling equipment. No longer will a business owner need to make an “educated guess” regarding what types of products they should or should not be putting into their machine. With integrated remote reporting, they have access to actionable analytical information and can look at sale frequency of particular items, developing trends and more.
These are just a few of the ways in which you can check the status of your vending machine from your office or smartphone right now with the right service at your side. As technology continues to advance, it is truly exciting to think about the shape that these types of features will take just a few short years from now.
