MALVERN, PA -- USA Technologies plans to showcase enhancements to its popular Seed Delivery software at the upcoming National Automatic Merchandising Association Coffee Tea & Water show. The event is slated for Anaheim, CA, from Nov. 18 through 20. Using cloud-based technology, USAT's Seed Delivery software enables office coffee service operations to replace paper-based invoices with iPads, postage with email, and phone ordering with self-service Web ordering. The software offers the opportunity for...
November 10, 2019 by Tim Sanford
MALVERN, PA -- USA Technologies plans to showcase enhancements to its popular Seed Delivery software at the upcoming National Automatic Merchandising Association Coffee Tea & Water show. The event is slated for Anaheim, CA, from Nov. 18 through 20.
Using cloud-based technology, USAT's Seed Delivery software enables office coffee service operations to replace paper-based invoices with iPads, postage with email, and phone ordering with self-service Web ordering. The software offers the opportunity for USAT customers to decrease operational costs by giving them the ability to obtain orders from, and invoice, their customers, as well as track the status of outstanding invoices in a more efficient and competitive manner, among other benefits. Upgrades to the technology will be showcased at USAT's booth #1107.
For operators with both vending and OCS businesses, Seed Delivery is available as an add-on to Seed Office, USA Technologies' cloud-based vending management system. The "delivery" component eliminates the need for on-premise servers for the OCS business, as well as the need for paper invoicing and statements. Operators desiring the ability to accept online orders from their customers can make use of Seed Delivery's online ordering feature without costly IT integration with third-party Web-ordering services.
Among recent upgrades to Seed Delivery are enhanced billing tools that now enable operators to customize their invoice formats, payment terms, and early payment discounts for each customer and location, allowing operators to create invoices that combine multiple delivery points into a single invoice.
Operators also will be able to generate invoices automatically, based on custom settings, to promptly bill customers for multiple deliveries and locations. This upgrade enables operators to quickly view "snapshots" of invoice status, check the payment status of sent invoices, view outstanding balances, and receive automatic notifications if a sent invoice is not received by a customer.
Bulk management of delivery operations -- the Seed Delivery Import Wizard -- gives operators the ability to export and import lists of customer information, orders, pricing plans, templates, and invoices, and quickly set up new customers and accounts to expand faster into new locations.
"We believe the office coffee and delivery industry continues to be in a state of growth, powered by innovation," said Maeve Duska, senior vice-president of Marketing at USA Technologies. "More and more, self-serve retail operators are expanding their services into coffee and looking for processes that integrate seamlessly into their existing businesses.
"We are thrilled to continue to expand our market-leading, next-generation services to simplify billing and operations," Duska continued, "and to offer more streamlined processes that we believe provide the opportunity to increase efficiency and cut costs for our operators. We look forward to showcasing this modern, innovative, end-to-end solution during the Coffee Tea and Water Show this month."
USA Technologies Inc. is a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market. With more than a million connections worldwide, USAT is transforming the unattended retail community by offering one solution for payments processing, logistics and back-office management solutions. The company's enterprise-wide platform is designed to increase consumer engagement and sales revenue through digital payments, digital advertising and customer loyalty programs, while providing retailers with control and visibility over their operations and their inventory. As a result, customers ranging from vending and office refreshment service operations to operators of micromarkets, car charging stations, laundromats, kiosks, amusements and more can run their businesses more proactively, predictably and competitively.