Technology is what holds life together in the contemporary world. You don’t have to go all the way to the bank to queue when you want to access your bank account; you just have to check in to the nearest ATM and you are sorted. This technology has been enhanced to incorporate other services apart from banking services. And that is the ticket machines.

These machines, also known as Ticket Vendor Machines, are purposely designed to produce tickets. Using the display interface, one can easily select the type of ticket and then chose the payment method. This is awesome considering the fact that it has eased the queuing system that was the order of the day when one needed a ticket in any station.

Whether you want railway ticket in a railway station or a bus ticket in a bus terminal, these machines are always at your aid. the better part of these machines is that they are flexible in terms of payment options. You can pay by cash, credit/debit card or regular smart-card and as such, no need to panic for every option is expletive availed for you.

Once you pay then you are good to go; the machine dispenses a printed ticket that you will use to access your services. This is just another whole new development across all industries as transaction has been made faster and easily accessible. It has made operations in the industry more easy and convenient to both the customers and businessmen.

some of the advantages of this system include:. Reduced price: It is common to find that ticket prices in the ticket machine is slightly lower than those at the counter. The logic here is simple; to encourage people to use these machines and reduce the services of salesperson.

Fast and flexibly: It offers real-time services. The rowdy scenes created on the long queues to the counter is avoided as the machine system is fast, follow instruction to the letter and flexible in use. As such, one can purchase several tickets at once. . Accuracy: The ticket machines are accurate and devoid of numerous human errors common at the ticket counter.

But then with all these advantages and friendly terms of use, there is something surreal that has just taken the ticket machine system to another level. It is a common finding that such genius-like initiatives tend to come with plethora challenges. The management of such systems is very crucial and needs detailed planning and well articulated operation procedures to fully realise the aforementioned benefits.

It is from this that it has been deemed quite imperative that the machines be integrated with an Enterprise Resource Planning system for easy management. Enterprise Resource Planning basically entails integration of management of core business processes, often in real-time. It embodies the use of high-end technology and software that ensure management and administration is followed to detail. The software coordinates the business operations such as product planning, service delivery, marketing and sales, material management as well as inventory management. Consider the exclusive case of ticket machines below.

There is a lot that goes on in as far as the management of these ticket machines is concerned. It takes the use of the ERP software to collect,store,manage and interpret data along different ticket machine stations across a specific industry. For instance, in the event of lets say ‘the train industry,’ this software can be used to collect data across all the train ticket machines in every train station,store, manage and interpret that data for industry use.

The information can thereafter be utilised to make management decisions and see the general improvement of service provision and industry operation. Enterprise Resource Planning therefore can be used to provide an integrated and continuous updated view of core ticket machine industry processes and activities using a collective databases maintained by a well crafted database management system.

The software can further provide vital information about how well people are conversant with the use of ticket machine and even how often people prefer them over ticket counter services. And since this system can truck business property and resources and the general performance of the business in the industry, it can provide a perfect information which can be used to improve services in the ticket machine industry.