How to Make your Vending Business Sustainable with Televend

In the last blog post, we were talking about the importance of sustainability and general advice for vendors to attract Gen Z. In this article, however, we will focus on areas you can improve with Televend – an automated retail management solution for remote machine management, cashless payments, and vending operations automation.

Reduce fuel consumption and carbon footprint with Televend Cloud

Thanks to AI technology and real-time data, you no longer need to visit the machines to service them based on your assumptions. Televend Cloud is vending management and optimization software based on telemetry that monitors sales, errors, and stock in real time. It helps you know exactly when and which locations to visit for a refill, money collection, or technical repair.

In the following paragraphs, we will cover a couple of Televend Cloud modules that can help you become more sustainable by reducing unnecessary visits and fuel consumption.

Dynamic routing

AI-based vending routing system analyses the sales and stock machine data to predict the right time to go to the machine. Once it calculates which locations must be visited, it optimizes service routes by combining locations most effectively and evenly assigning them to field staff. Using Televend’s dynamic routing regularly can decrease the number of refill visits to machines by 30%, thus reducing fuel consumption.

Technical Center

Televend’s real-time error tracking and dispatching center receives all the tickets created on the machine, reported by consumers or technicians on the field in one place. This allows the AI-based system to prioritize tasks, schedule technical visits according to task priority, and send this data to the routing system to optimize visit routes and eliminate unnecessary ad-hoc trips.

Staff Mobile App

On top of dynamic routing and technical center, field staff can use a mobile app that syncs their daily routes with Google Maps, showing them the fastest way to a location. This way, they can get information about a traffic jam ahead of time and reroute so they can save fuel.

Remote Machine Management

With Televend’s remote management, you can eliminate unnecessary drives to locations by managing planograms and prices remotely from your office. Less driving means less fuel consumption and gas emissions.

Pick and Pack App

With real-time data from the warehouse and machines, you can pack the exact amount you need and prevent overpacking. When overpacking the van, the engine and tires must do more work, which lowers the engine efficiency and, ultimately, fuel efficiency. So, if you’re using the Televend solution, you will save on gas and be more eco-friendly. In time, you might figure you don’t need as large vehicles, so you can consider investing in lighter, fuel-efficient vans.

Minimize food waste with Televend’s real-time stock monitoring

Many vending machines these days go beyond usual snacks and coffee. They offer fresh food, fruits, dairy, and even whole meals. However, these are all perishable goods with a limited consumption period, which makes their restocking time dependent. If not restocked in time, food waste can become a big issue with these machines.

As we mentioned, Televend tracks in real-time how many products are in the machine – whether it is snacks, coffee, fresh food, or drinks. Not only does it make daily operations easier, enabling fillers to know precisely when to visit which machine, but AI technology analyses historical data and makes predictions about consumption habits. These predictions can help you calculate the exact amount of goods sold in a specific location or machine and eliminate overstocking, thus reducing food waste.

If you liked what you read and want to learn more, do not hesitate to talk with us and see how we can bring sustainability into your business.