Automated Vending Manager (AVM) Using an employee's PIN, magnetic badge or radio-frequency identification (RFID) badge, this locker-style machine from 1sourcevend can track high-value or reusable items by employee and department. It can also be programmed to restrict access to items to designated personnel. The cloud-based software lets users or vendors track stock levels via a PC or mobile devices, and it can send alerts when inventory hits a minimum level.
What's new? Upgraded software, with new check-in and check-out capabilities, updated in October.
Benefits Automated access to valuable or multiple-use items that can be critical to keeping machinery running without staffing a tool crib. Distributors typically install the AVM(s) in a facility, and the software allows them to keep supplies stocked, freeing manufacturers from that task. 1sourcevend also offers coil versions of its vending machines, which are more suited to non-returnable items such as safety glasses, drill bits and batteries.
1sourcevend, Memphis, Tenn., 901-345-6011, www.1sourcevend.com
