Entertainment, personal and business services
Vending, kiosks and unattended retail
Many machines, route servicing and cash collection. Core selling, stock and cash fit; several capabilities are only partly catalogued.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 4542
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- machines on routes
- restocking visits
- cash and coin collection
- cashless readers
- planograms by machine
- refunds
Typical roles
- route driver
- technician
- operator
- accountant
- location owner
Day-to-day flows
- load a machine
- record sales per column
- collect cash
- reconcile
- refill
- handle faults
Tenders and payments seen
- coins and notes
- cashless card readers
- mobile wallets
Inventory and assets
- stock per machine and column
- route van stock
Reports they ask for
- sales per machine
- sell-through per column
- cash variance
- fault logs
Integrations they need
- machine telemetry (often by vendor)
- accounting
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | P Partial | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | P Partial | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | P Partial | HW |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Fleet, assets and maintenance | P Partial | LOGI |
| Self-service and unattended sales | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- the catalog lists a self-checkout/kiosk item (SALE-0088) and kiosk mode only as planned
- no telemetry from vending machines, no route optimisation
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Self-checkout / kiosk mode SALE-0088
- Customer self-order via LAN web page ECOM-0009
- Order-ready display (customer side) KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0027
- Vehicle documents tracker (SOAT, revisión técnica, licencia) LITE-0006
- Vehicle log (per vehicle) BK-0045
- Asset maintenance log BK-0087
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Item info popup SALE-0041
- Stock level badge on tile SALE-0042
- Sell out-of-stock override SALE-0043
- Bundle / combo line expansion SALE-0044
- Service line (non-stock) SALE-0049
- Complete sale (atomic commit) SALE-0070
- Pre-order / presale TKT-0030
- Special order (out of stock) TKT-0031
- Handheld table ordering TBL-0019
Sub-verticals
Snack and drink vending operator
route servicing
Open →Sub-verticalSelf-service kiosk
unattended counter
Open →Sub-verticalMicro-market (honesty store)
self-checkout shelves
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- food-safety and temperature rules
- machine placement contracts and commissions
- coin-handling rules (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- jam with refund
- coin mechanism failure
- cash discrepancy vs. sales counters
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4542 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Specialty Retailers: Other
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- Vending and micro-market management (Cantaloupe Seed Pro, Nayax, AveriGo) (excerpt)
Questions
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