cazandra Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hello All!! New Addition to TVF here!! Excited to get to know everyone and talk vending! I am beginning to look into VMS's and was curious what were some of your guys most enjoyed and most hated features of some of the VMS platforms out right now. Looking forward to ya'lls replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Welcome! Are you planning on creating a new sofware system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazandra Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 No sir I am looking at the already available VMS's. I'm a college student looking to get into vending, trying to do my research to structure processes that work vs what doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHX1 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 No sir I am looking at the already available VMS's. I'm a college student looking to get into vending, trying to do my research to structure processes that work vs what doesn't work From what I have learned over the years, you will not need a VMS for quite some time. If you are a single driver company there are practically no reasons to have such a software(In my opinion.) Any prebuilt software such as streamware form crane will set you back 10's of thousands. The larger companies will use these because it practically runs their business from top to bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazandra Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 From what I have learned over the years, you will not need a VMS for quite some time. If you are a single driver company there are practically no reasons to have such a software(In my opinion.) Any prebuilt software such as streamware form crane will set you back 10's of thousands. The larger companies will use these because it practically runs their business from top to bottom. Thanks PHX1 for the input! If you don't mind me asking, are you currently using a system? And at what stage of growth did you decide to bring a VMS into your operations? What were some of the reasoning behind deciding to bring the VMS in at that time? I want to be able to plan for growth pains before experiencing them to accelerate growth as quickly as possible and from what I have heard - Vending management system's are best at that. I see what you mean with the benefits vs financial commitment due to the small size of a company at the beginning but doesn't the size of the larger company also contribute to the large upfront investment? The upfront investment for 50 machines vs 5000 machines should be substantially less right? I have spoken to a few different providers already and not all of them charge for implementation which is great for smaller size operations. This will be a side job/investment for me until I can grow it to be a full time gig so a software that can run it for me automatically will be absolutely ideal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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