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From the machine to the money

Everything on this page is in production now. Univend runs a real vending business every day, and every feature here is part of that.

Telemetry & service

Faults become tasks automatically

Univend collects DEX data on a schedule and grades every fault by severity. When a machine reports a motor jam without saying which motor, Univend analyses the sales between DEX reads to name the likely suspects, so your tech knows where to look before they arrive. The service task is raised automatically with the machine's history attached, and closed again when the fault clears.

93 service tasks created automatically in 30 days

VM-0305 · Admin foyer

CA7142-0305

2 Errors
criticalEJB

Motor jam. No selection reported.

30/09/2026 05:12

warningEAA

Coin jam in entry chute.

30/09/2026 04:47

Suspect motors, from sales between the last two DEX reads
#14 · high confidence#37 · medium
The machine reports a motor jam but not which of its 72 motors. Univend narrows it down before the tech leaves the depot.
Service task raised for the EJB motor jam, suspects #14 and #37 attached Automatic
INV-204417 · 30/09/202614 cartons · $412.60 incl. GST
12 of 12 lines matched
ProductPackCartonsLanded unit
Cola 375 ml can246$0.842
Sparkling water 500 ml244$0.713
Salt & vinegar chips 45 g183$1.106
Protein bar 60 g121$1.987
Freight $38.50 allocated across 14 shipped cartons, then down to each unit
Invoices & landed cost

Every invoice read, every can costed

Upload a supplier invoice or photograph a walk-in receipt. Univend reads each line, matches it to your products, learns pack sizes as it goes and catches duplicates. Freight is spread across the cartons that were shipped, then down to the unit for anything you sell individually, so you know the true landed cost of every can and bar.

Purchasing

The cheapest supplier, and the cart filled for you

Supplier prices are collected automatically and the cheapest option for every line is highlighted, with a warning when suppliers quote different pack sizes. Build the order straight from the comparison, and Univend fills your cart in each supplier's own web shop, ready for you to check out.

Price comparison · updated this morningCheapest highlighted
Product · packSupplier ASupplier BSupplier C
Cola 375 ml can · 24$19.80$18.95$20.40
Sparkling water 500 ml · 24$16.10$16.60$15.85
Protein bar 60 g · 12
Pack size differs
$21.00$19.70$23.10 · 10 pk
Suggested order: 42 lines across 3 suppliers
1. ReceiveDone
14 cartons checked against PO-1182, one short-shipped and back-ordered
2. StockDone
Warehouse stock updated in your telemetry platform
3. Push to accountsDone
Bill pushed to your accounting software with the invoice attached
Receiving & accounts

From delivery to your accounts in one pass

Receive a delivery against its order, short-shipments and back-orders included. One gated step updates your warehouse stock and pushes the bill to your accounting software, with the invoice attached as proof.

Forecasting

Every dip and spike explained

Univend models what every machine should sell on every day, from its site's full sales history, the day of the week, school and public holidays, local events, rain and temperature. Put actual beside forecast and you see straight away whether a quiet fortnight was the school holidays, a hot spell earned its spike, or a machine needs a visit.

Site historyDay of weekPublic holidaysSchool holidaysLocal eventsRainTemperature
10.3% forecast error (MAPE), back-tested against real sales
Last 30 days
$61,482.60
Forecast $60,215
Best day
$3,214.80
Day 19 · 35° hot spell
School holidays Hot spell 33–35° 18152229 Day
ActualForecastConfidence band
And the rest of the run

Everything else that ships today

Adaptive coin-jam detection

Learns each machine's normal and flags coin jams and suspect motors before they cost a day's sales.

Silent-machine alerts

Know within hours when a machine stops reporting, well before the customer calls.

Every peripheral tracked

Move a coin mech or note acceptor to another machine and Univend records the move. Swap a telemetry device and the history stays with the machine.

A QR code on every machine

Scan with a phone to open the machine's history, tasks and planogram on the spot.

Suggested orders

Calculated from depletion rates and pack sizes, then turned into a purchase order in one click.

Walk-in receipts

Snap a supermarket receipt and it's read, matched and costed like any supplier invoice.

Cash off paper

Collections, deposits, the coin float and variances, reconciled against your telemetry.

Truck stock zeroed

Reconcile the van back to zero at the end of every run, with a log of every adjustment.

Budget vs actual, per machine

Every machine against its budget, forecast and trailing average, green or red at a glance.

One operations calendar

Service tasks, maintenance, licence expiries, staff leave and forecast events together.

Licences, certs and inductions

A competency matrix, site inductions and expiry tracking, assigned automatically by role.

Prestart checks

Step-by-step vehicle and equipment prestarts on the phone, with a full history.

SOPs with sign-off

Video SOPs, safe work instructions and risk assessments, acknowledged by staff and approved by a manager.

Coin float up front

Every machine's coin mech float is shown where you can't miss it, so you know change is running low before a customer does.

Monday morning digest

Every assignee gets their week's tasks in their inbox at 8am.

Your data, walled off

Each company's data is isolated at the database, and third-party credentials are encrypted.

Integrations

Works with what you already run

Telemetry and payments

Integrated with a leading vending telemetry and payment provider. Work has started on making Univend fully device agnostic, with integrations for other providers already underway.

Supplier portals

Integrates with major supplier portals to streamline ordering: compare prices, build the order and fill the supplier's cart for you.

Accounting

Pushes bills, cash sales and deposits straight into your accounting software, with the invoice attached.

Where we're heading

What's coming next

These aren't in production yet. Everything above this section is.

Landlord portal

Coming

A read-only view of revenue and commission for your site hosts, with commission statements.

Native mobile app

Coming

Offline, camera-first and built for drivers and techs in the field.

More accounting systems

Coming

Support beyond the first accounting integration.

See it on your own fleet

We're opening Univend to other Australian operators. Tell us about your fleet and we'll be in touch.

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