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Supply and Demand – Laundromat Vending Machines

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Customers typically head to big, 24-hour Laundromats for their convenience, and you can make yours even more convenient with a custom laundry detergent vending machine. Custom laundromat vending machines that have single-use detergent options can benefit your customers as well as your business. Here’s how.

Less Hassle, More Convenience

Some Laundromats choose to sell single-use detergent from behind the front counter, which can be a hassle for employees as well as customers. Employees are not always stationed in that exact location, and they are often pulled away from other duties to run back to the front. An on-site vending machine also saves your customers the hassle of waiting in line or heading down the block to buy detergent from the nearest convenience store.

High Availability and Choices

Custom supply dispensing vending machines are available all night long, just like your 24-hour Laundromat, without the need to constantly man the machine or have an employee at the front counter.

Thanks to the different styles and sizing options of automated supply dispensing machines, you can personalize a machine that works specifically for your business. Choose from a variety of different laundry detergents, fabric softeners, or other supplies to meet customer demands.

Easy Inventory Management

You no longer have to spend time and energy keeping track of the different types of laundry products you have in stock. Pick a machine equipped with iQ technology and the vending machine takes care of inventory control for you. Instead of standing at the machine reviewing the stock, iQ technology lets you log in to your personal customer account and access information from its cloud-based system.

Custom vending machines not only deliver what your customers want when they want it, but they help keep your Laundromat business running seamlessly. Want to learn more about the vast options in custom vending? Give us a call at 1877-771-4446

The Origin of Custom Vending

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Historical Vending Machine

The world of vending has evolved over years to include advances like remote monitoring and inventory control software; but, vending machines have a history far older than you might think. Custom vending machines may seem like a new technology; however, they are actually a very old invention. The first custom vending machine, in fact, was created in the first century AD by a Greek mathematician.

Hero of Alexandria, was responsible for many startling inventions. He created a heat-driven engine that could open and close heavy stone doors. He also devised many objects that were used in the city’s theaters, such as a device that raised and lowered curtains and another that would create thunder-like sound effects. But, one of his most useful inventions was a custom vending machine, which is described in his book “Mechanics and Optics.” Hero’s machine would dispense holy water when a coin was inserted into the machine. The coin would be inserted into a slot at the top of the machine, falling down onto a pan attached to a lever. The lever would open a valve that let water flow out until the coin fell completely off, closing the valve and ending the dispensing.

We want to take your business into the future of vending. Here at IDS, we offer a large selection of top of the line custom vending machines with remote inventory control, custom supplies dispensing and more. Give us a call for more information 1877-771-4446.

Completely Custom and Energy Efficient

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If you do not know by now, Intelligent Dispensing Solutions is all about creating custom vending machines. Part of it has to do with what is in the machine and the other half what is on the outside. In the inside of the machine you can dispense whatever you want, from industrial tools to clothing to USB cords. And to accommodate items that are not of the food and drink kind, you need a special design to dispense. But it is not just about the mechanism. You can fully design the machine to look however you want, just like the guys at Facebook did.

Besides bring you awesome custom vending machines, Intelligent Dispensing Solutions is also proud to proclaim their vending machines energy efficient. After all, what’s the point of bringing you great innovation if it’s not going to be completely intuitive? With versatile configurations and machines that are more responsive and use better technology, there is no end to the dispensing possibilities. Best of all, the vending machines are guaranteed to make everyday life easier for your employees and to cut costs for your business.

Talk to a representative today and see what solutions you can come up with.

Building Your Brand with Retail Vending Machines

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Looking for a unique, eye-catching and even publicity-worthy way of offering your products? Retail vending could be right up your alley. Vending isn’t just for food and beverages anymore; today, they’ve become recognized as a convenient, cost-effective, customer-friendly solution for businesses providing a wide range of products.

Vending machines take your brand from the local landscape and allow you to cast your marketing net over a wider area. Portable enough to be located just about anywhere there’s electricity, retail vending machines can be customized to feature your brand logo or slogan and to promote sales and special offers, and IDS’ iQ technology lets business owners track inventory remotely so keeping machines well-stocked and responding to fluctuations in customer demand is a snap.

In addition to sales, custom retail vending can also help you track inventory of on-site supplies used in your business. For instance, many companies have begun using tool vending machines at their manufacturing facilities to track tool use and reduce the risk of theft.

Another advantage: Retail vending is still a relatively new concept, which means that if your company decides to use the technology, there’s a good chance you can use it to gain media attention for your company and your product. That means more exposure and greater customer interest, both of which can play an important role in building your brand and driving sales.

Office Supply Solutions to Enhance Your Business

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When it comes to running a business, efficiency is everything. After all, wasted time spent dealing with any mundane matter eventually leads to a reduction in profit. Therefore, keeping an office running smoothly is paramount when it comes to owning and operating a profitable business. Read below to learn how custom vending machines could help businesses do just that:

Managing supplies: 

Paper goods, pens, sticky notes and paper clips are all items that are crucial to most offices. Unfortunately, keeping an office properly stocked is not always easy. Employees who are not held accountable tend to use more supplies than they actually need or end up taking office supplies home with them.

If office supplies are kept in custom vending machine designed to dispense office supplies, employers are able to keep up with what office supplies each employee is using. Furthermore, even if employees are responsible and do not abuse their access to office supplies, having office supplies dispensed through a machine helps employers keep track of what supplies are being used the most and allows them to better judge overall costs of materials for their businesses.

Convenience:

In addition to better managing office supplies, a vending machine that dispenses office supplies also is convenient for both employees and employers. When employees are in need of a particular supply, all they have to do is make a quick trip to the machine, use their employee identification badge and just like that they have the supplies they need.

By meeting a real need for inventory control for offices, custom office vending machine solutions offers employers a way to ensure efficiency during the day-to-day operation of their businesses.

Inventory and Tracking through iQ Technology

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The iQ Technology inventory tracking system is more technologically advanced than anything that has come before it. Through the use of iQ technology, you can ensure that your inventory is properly maintained within your vending machines with limited administrative effort.

A Cloud-Based Inventory Management Solution
iQ lets you connect to the inventory on-the-fly through its cloud-based system. A cloud-based system allows access from mobile and desktop devices, so you always know whether the machine needs something. Even expiration dates can be tracked through your cloud-based inventory and information.

Manage Multiple Machines through IQ Inventory Control Software
Have more than one vending machine? iQ lets you track all of them at once. You can quickly pull reports and find out the status of multiple vending machines as desired, without having to physically go to the machines or switch through accounts.

Completely Secure Transactions
The transactions stored through the iQ inventory management system are protected and encrypted. You never need to worry about your customer’s credit card data falling into the wrong hands; both the machine itself and the server are safe.

iQ technology can easily reduce the amount of time you spend on tracking your vending machine inventory. Through iQ technology, you can manage all of your vending machines, pull up reports from anywhere in the world and track your sales transactions.

Medical Grade Dispensing Solutions

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Hospitals have a lot of supplies to keep track of, and that means a lot of manpower and resources are needed to help manage them. Incorporating a vending-based inventory control system can help hospitals distribute medicines, scrubs and other supplies securely without the need for additional staff or reams and reams of paperwork.

IDS offers vending machines designed specifically for hospitals and healthcare facilities looking for innovative, cost-effective medical inventory management solutions.

Efficiency
Each machine uses unique personal identification numbers (PINs) or encrypted ID cards to keep track of who’s using supplies so you can avoid the shrinkage problems that plague many hospitals today. Using specific ID data also helps you control the way items are dispensed by allowing you to restrict access based on the ID provided.  

Convenience
For hospital personnel, there’s no need to wait for supply room staff to get the supplies they need. Supplies can be dispensed at any time of the day or night, 365 days a year.

Hygiene
Our ScrubTrak vending machine doesn’t just dispense scrubs securely – it also provides a convenient drop-off feature so used scrubs are safely corralled until it’s time to clean them.

Inventory solutions don’t have to be complicated. Today’s vending systems can help hospitals gain efficiency while cutting costs so they can focus more of their resources on caring for the patients they serve.

iQ Technology Takes the Hassle out of Inventory Control

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Vending can be a profitable and satisfying business, but one of the aspects many vending owners find most cumbersome is having to travel to each machine to check inventory levels – especially when it turns out there’s no need to replenish that inventory.

vending machine mobile inventory control

At Intelligent Dispensing Solutions, we’ve done away with that hassle by equipping every machine we manufacture with our state-of-the-art iQ inventory control system. iQ lets vending business operators perform inventory control and management activities remotely, from any device that has a connection to the Internet.

If you have a tablet, a laptop or a cell phone, you can connect with each of your machines to check product levels – even while you’re on vacation. iQ makes it easy to know when it’s time to restock, and it also makes it easy to track the use of each machine so you can determine the time of day and day of the week when each machine is most profitable.

iQ inventory control technology can also help you serve your customers more efficiently by determining which products are most popular and by tracking the popularity of new items as they’re added. That means you can be more responsive to your customers’ needs with remote inventory reports and stock management, building your brand while you build your profits – and iQ lets you do it all remotely.

Epic Oreo Custom Cream Vending Machine

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Attendees at this year’s SXSW festival got a chance to try out treats from a very unusual custom vending machine. A pair of machines that made 3D printed Oreos were in the brand’s Oreo Trending Vending Lounge doling out a dozen different flavors and colors of cookies.

People could pick from a list of trending fillings and the custom Oreo vending machine would go to work. The flavors and colors were determined by Twitter trends such as #NYC and the Ellen selfie. Anyone who wanted to join the conversation was able to chime in under the tag #eatthetweet. The cookies were a success, with many users tweeting their pleasure at the high-tech treats. Each cookie was created in under two minutes.

While machines that make cookies that change with social media trends are a fun novelty, there are many real-world applications for custom vending machines. These machines can be used for a wide range of applications from tracking office supply inventory to dispensing medical supplies. Looking for an easier way to manage a product or supplies? We have a wide range of vending machines for sale to meet your needs.

4 Wacky Custom Vending Machines

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There are many unique custom vending machines around the world, but these four have to be a few of the wackiest ever:

custom vending machines

Gold-to-Go: 
These vending machines cater to the super wealthy and dispense gold bars or coins. Patrons can pay for their gold either by cash or plastic, and the machine even uses an ID scanner and camera combo to prevent money laundering.

Share Happy Ice Cream Vending Machines:
This $20,000 vending machine takes a picture of patrons as they approach. If the patron is not smiling, the machine will alter the picture of the patron using mustaches, glasses, funny hats and bow ties to make them smile. Once the customer smiles, the machine will give out a free ice cream treat. The profit comes not from selling ice cream but from capturing and collecting images and valuable demographic information for promotional use. If customers are not “happy” about giving away their image, they can pay for their ice cream the old-fashioned way and keep their image to themselves.

Let’s Pizza:
This vending machine makes pizza from scratch in three minutes all while allowing patrons to watch as it mixes, kneads and spins the pizza dough into shape. After the shape has been formed, the machine adds sauce and toppings then cooks the pizza to perfection.

Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine:
This custom vending machine allows customers to smash fine china into powder. The effect smashing china has on patrons seems to calm the nerves and release anger.

There are many other wacky vending machines around the world, but the four listed above are perhaps the most unique.