Two Systems are Better than One

The vending industry has made leaps and bounds over the past several years, improving efficiencies thanks to a variety of new technologies. Some of these technologies work best in combination. A good example is vending management and pick-to-light systems like LightSpeed.

Today's powerful vending management systems turn machine data into intelligence that helps manage routes more efficiently and improve customer service. Prekitting in the warehouse takes this intelligence a step further, loading trucks faster and slashing excess inventory.

Combining these two technologies reduces routes, inventory and trucks on the road and lets drivers spend their time more productively. Time that drivers used to spend gathering products and loading trucks can be left to lower salaried warehouse personnel, and the drivers now only visit locations requiring service or restocking.

These changes can easily eliminate 1 in 4 routes and tens of thousands in driver salaries. Vending owners and operators are finally realizing that new vending technologies let them work smarter, not harder.