Advantages Of DEX In Vending Machines

Your vending machines can be made more efficient and productive by accessing electronic data from your vending machines. This is a technology with great potential for vending operators. Even though it requires some additional investment, the payoff can be substantial, going by other operators’ experience.

Once your Planet Antares vending business route is up and running, you will witness a positive change in your business. This means that you have made a worthy investment. With this system in your Planet Antares operations, the drivers will bring back their handheld devices and download the data on to the company’s main computer. Then, you can view the cash transactions of your machines and compare them with the total cash collected in the cash room. Your driver can’t cheat you and you will get accurate estimate of your returns.

Moreover, the handhelds record sales by column for all the snack and soda Planet Antares vending machines. This enables you to tailor your product offerings to customer preferences and demands. It is also possible to use planograms in machines so that the best selling items would get the right amount of space. Another option is to mix the spirals with different products, based on the location’s sales history and therefore, menu the columns to sell at a more uniform rate.
When you don’t have to read meters at the Planet Antares vending machine and count products, your headache will be gone and a ten-minute job will be reduced to less than a minute. The time saved can be utilized to add new locations or machines or products to your vending business.

All you need to do is to plug in the DEX cable on the handheld into the DEX port on the machine. This allows the driver to download the transaction data and instantly sees what is required in the vending equipment. In the end, the driver will place the handheld into a telephonic modem and send the information to the warehouse.

After this, the computer prepares a pick list for the next day, which warehouse employees use to prepare the next day’s order. There will be no need for the driver to visit the warehouse personally.

It is not common for built in DEX ports to face any service problems once they are interfacing with the computer. So far, the only issue of concern has been the hesitation among vending operators to rely on DEX technology for their vending operations.