Introduction
PPE Vending is supplied by Vending on Track Pty Ltd as one-stop managed dispensing solution. It helps the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operation) industry with SCM in VMI and CMI scenarios.
It provides a convenient way to manage industrial inventory and controlled dispensing.
PPE Vending is widely used in
- Industrial inventory management
- IT Vending/management
- VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory)
- CMI (Customer Managed Inventory)
- CoMI (Co-Managed Inventory)
- Critical Supply
Who this manual is for
This manual documents PPE Vending for the administrators and operators who run it day to day — setting up machines and lockers, managing employees and their access, and reading the reports. It is kept up to date as the product changes, and client managers are added to the notification list so they hear about significant updates.
If you are evaluating PPE Vending rather than running it, you are welcome to read it. For pricing, hardware options or a demonstration, contact Vending on Track at contact@vendingontrack.com.
Terminologies
- Vending on Track Vending on Track is a company that provides telemetry and mobile payment solutions to vending machine operators. It is located in Sydney, NSW, Australia, and has a unique capacity to design, develop and produce Vending on Track product lines. For further information, check our website at https://www.VendingOnTrack.com
- Device refers to the Vending on Track modem, as shown in the following sections. It is installed in a vending machine to perform telemetry and payment functions.
- 4G LTE is the telecom communication standard used by Vending on Track’s device to send data to servers. It is the most advanced and most widely used wireless telecommunications protocol in the country to date.
- NFC Tag - Mobile phones and applications can tap on an NFC tag to read the pre-programmed data in the NFC tag. These tags are widely used for identification of different types of objects.
- Telemetry gathers and sends information about vending machines to the operators. The operator can, therefore, monitor a vending machine remotely.
- MDB is the typical communications cable and protocol used in vending machines. It is the most widely used protocol in vending machines. Its common form factor is the Molex Mini-Fit Jr 4.2mm 6-Pin connector.
- Planogram – This shows the arrangement of a vending machine. For example, there are 4 rows (trays) in a vending machine and each of them has 4 columns. This information is called a planogram.
- Product Map - This links each coil to an individual product. The Planogram and Product Map combined will give the full arrangement of the vending machine.