The Advantage of a GPS System for Your Vending Business

In recent times vending operators have been investing in new technologies such as cashless vending, category management and telemetry. Others have also invested in satellite based fleet monitoring, known as Global Positioning System. This is one technology that can prove to be very useful for your Planet Antares vending business, especially if you have a sizeable vending business.

GPS technology can provide you with current information on driver and vehicle activity such as service stops and variations in routes. As the owner of a vending business, you would have probably hired a route driver to cover the vending routes. Route drivers can decide to use the vending trucks to run their own personal errands. This will of course result in misuse and wastage of fuel. GPS technology in your Planet Antares vending business will help your counter this problem. With this system, you can get to know exactly how your vending truck is being utilized.

If you are considering a GPS system for your vending business, it is important that you first consider whether it is worth investing in. There is no need for you to invest in technology that will cost you more than you make. The GPS system has to be financially beneficial for your vending business. A GPS system consists of two main types, namely “active” and “passive.” When it comes to the active system, data is presented via cellular telemetry to the main office or to a website where the subscribing company can view its fleet activity in real time. In passive system, the data is stored for retrieval and uploaded to the main fleet computer once the vehicle returns. There is also a two way tracking system that utilizes low orbit satellites that will allow communication between you and the drivers.

The vending truck that you use for your Planet Antares vending business uses fuel to move from one point to another. If the vehicle is being misused in anyway, the GPS technology can help you to monitor the company vehicle movement to make sure that it is not being misused. This will contribute greatly to your vending business. It will also allow for more efficient routing by letting you know how fast the vehicle is traveling so that no fuel is wasted on excessive speeding.

Some of the other benefits for this system are faster response time, improved customer service, cost savings, increased reliability, improved employee accountability, decreased vehicle wear and tear and increased revenue for your Planet Antares vending business. Again, this kind of system would only be beneficial if you have a sizeable vending business.