Looking Beyond Vendex
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Quarter 4 2021: November
Simon Says...
Looking Beyond Vendex.
We took a very strong team to this month’s Vendex. It was our largest ever to date - nowadays we have more people. This means we can focus more staff on priority issues more easily, when appropriate, because we have greater cover - and ever more specialists on our books. This is good for our clients.
We all enjoyed catching up in Leeds with old friends across our sector, and sharing experiences looking back over the last two extraordinary years.
But what we enjoyed even more was looking ahead, to an ever better future together, with innovations such as:
- photo functionality, now stored/accessed from within our management system
- our warehouse app, mapping stock onto your mobile device to improve picking (see the Nutrivend case study below for reports of the tangible benefits delivered in the field)
- telemetry integration, with single walk and visit on demand growing ever more popular because they save time and money, while increasing customer service.
In this edition, we are:
- welcoming Strong Vend, our newest client
- going behind the scenes in depth with Nutrivend
- updating everyone on the benefits of integrating micromarkets within Vendmanager
- sharing press coverage about SBS and micromarkets: no-one in the UK has longer experience than us!
- announcing a change to increase and accelerate benefits for clients still further, with Dan Varney taking on the role of Head of Operations
We trust that you will find something here of use to you, whether in vending, OCS or micromarkets. And as ever, when you want to know more, just get in touch. You know how to find us.
All the best.
Simon Black, Managing Director.
COMPANY NEWS Strong Vend joins Vendmanager!
We are delighted to confirm that Strong Vend, based in and around Docklands, and serving Greater London are the latest operator to sign up with Vendmanager.
Strong Vend is an independent company providing refreshment services to commerce and industry across the London region since 1980. They have even been honoured with “The Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, Suppliers of Drinks & Snacks Vending Machines: Strong Vend Limited London.”
As it says on their website, they are recognised as leaders within the London vending industry because of their dedication to quality service and great products. This includes the move to true and ethical fair trade and healthier eating, trends that feature largely on the product list.
Everyone at SB Software is looking forward to helping Strong Vend to achieve ever more, now with Vendmanager on tap in support.
CASE STUDY Nutrivend
Fast, accurate picking with the Vendmanager Warehouse App to help.
Scott Morgan, MD: "I couldn't imagine a vending business without Vendmanager."
We go in-depth behind the scenes at the fastest growing sports nutrition distributor in the UK.
How are this Welsh rugby international and his dedicated crew achieving such results - with Vendmanager on the team in support?
Scott Morgan, Managing Director of Nutrivend.
Micromarket Integration
Micromarkets are a fantastic complement to work alongside your vending machine offering. And right now, they are the “talk of the town.”
But managing micromarkets brings a new and different set of challenges to your business. The micromarket integration developed for our vending management system will increase efficiency, dramatically reduce your admin and replenishment time, and is directly available within our award-winning software.
And it’s compliant with the NAMA VDI standard for maximum compatibility.
SBS in the Press
We have been working with micromarkets longer than any other UK-based company.
So, it was great to be asked to share our opinions so broadly across our sector in the October edition of Vending International. Thank you to Jenny, Heather and all the team at the magazine.
Company News
Dan Varney: Now Head of Operations at SB Software
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Your suggestions for specific topics to cover in our blogs in the future, or elsewhere on the website, will be most welcome.
And as ever, if you would like to discuss any challenges relating to vending and office coffee, please get in touch. There’s nothing we like more than making things simply better in our sector.
Simon Black
Managing Director, SB Software,
the makers of Vendmanager and Coffeemanager.
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