Astute Control is a telemetric system for remote control and management SAECO vending machines. Astute Control consists of GSM-terminals, plugged in vending machines, office equipment and software. 

The system enables:

• continuous monitoring of updated sales data;

The amount and value of sold products and drinks, the number of accepted banknotes and coins, and a number of other quantitative indicators of vending machines can be delivered automatically to the office in accordance with preset schedule or operator demand.
Obtained data is presented as Excel spreadsheets, EVA-DTS or in another format that can be easily exported in a user's information system.

• 24-hour control of the condition of vending machines;

If a machine runs short of water (coffee, cups), a snack unit engine is out of service or in case of another contingency situation, the appropriate information immediately appears on the displays of office PCs or can be sent to e-mail or by via SMS to employees' mobile phones.

• debugging of vending machines;

Upon the operator's command the system can reset the vending machine. Therefore, such errors as an air plug or cup arm blocking through client's fault or accidental blocking of control (central) device can be removed from the office.

• remote tuning of vending machine parameters.

Drink recipes, boiler and snack temperature, prices and display information, as well as other parameters can be changed by operators in real-time (on-line) mode.

Use the system Astute Control enables to increase profits and reduce maintenance cost of vending machines due to:

• reduction of vending machines down-time;

Timely notice about contingency situation and sales statistics allows avoiding standstills of the vending machines. Under the circumstances you may increase profits and get beneficial effect of your Company image.

• decrease number of trips to the vending machines;

Actual sales data allows you to plan optimal servicing schedule of vending machines. The possibility of remote debugging and tuning of parameters allows reduce number of trips to the vending machines too.

• elimination of sales counters’ rewriting and manual entry into the database;

Automated receiving of sales statistics reduced the time of vending machine’s service and data input, eliminated problems of mistaken data taking and entry.   

• realization of marketing effort.

The system allows changing the prices and words on vending machine’s display. It’s especially importantly for perishables selling.