Sales management method in automatic vending machine

Abstract

Abstract The sales management method for automatic vending machines of the present invention lightens the processing burden of each automatic vending machine for sales estimates. Information required for sales estimates are transmitted from the automatic vending machine 1 to the center computer 11 and processed by the center computer 11 to make sales estimates for each automatic vending machine 1. Each automatic vending machine 1 makes sales preparations based on the results of this estimate to increase sales to meet growing demand at a specific date and time. Utilizing high performance of the center computer 11, sales estimates are made by combining various information such as weather forecast information and information on installation sites and the like with the past sales information so as to improve estimate accuracy. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Toshiyuki Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. TAKAHASHI

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