Specialization Builds Efficiency
The concept of running dedicated beverage route will be very beneficial for an Antares vending operator. The operator just needs to do enough business to keep at least one full time route person busy. There are a number of benefits that come with this.
Less loading
A well designed beverage truck, with outside, roll-up doors on the sides can be loaded by the pallet with a forklift truck. This will take a much shorter time than you would have, had you been loading a mixed-product route vehicle. In this case you would have had to load one case at a time.
More liabilities
Due to space limitations on a mixed product truck, Antares operators may not be able offer all of the brands they could profitably sell. Although many customers will opt for an alternate brand or flavor if their first choice is not available. Some can decide to walk away and that means the sale is lost.
A well designed beverage truck will allow you to stock all of the brands and flavors you need to satisfy your customers.
Make training easier
New beverage route people will only have to learn how to fill one type of machine and new mixed product route people will have one less type of machine to learn. This would reduce the amount of time it takes to train a new route person and thus bringing him closer to the point where he is capable of running a route on his own.
Efficiency
Specialization will produce efficiency in your Antares business. When an employee only handles one product, he will learn how to handle the product with very few wasted motions. He will fill the machines much faster since he will be more efficient. Mixed product route will also benefit. They would have one less product to worry about, and they will no longer have to trip over beverage cases in the route vehicle.
More time left for perishable goods
When the beverage cases are removed from the truck, and the beverage services are removed from the route, route people will be able to get to more locations to service perishable product machines. This should produce more productive routes.
If you attempt to run a dedicated beverage route for your Antares business, using a typical step or cube van, it would probably be too much work. You should go for a truck that can be loaded with a forklift. It works.
posted by Larry Bunker @ 5:55 AM
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