EXPOS / FAIRS
SOLUTION
EXPOKART IS AN AUTOMATIC RENTAL/CONCESSION SYSTEM FOR CARTS/LOADING PLATFORMS TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF SMALL GOODS BETWEEN PARKING AREAS AND THE INTERIOR OF THE PAVILIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE EXHIBITION MANAGER TO PREVENT THE INDISCRIMINATE ENTRY OF VEHICLES INTO THE PAVILIONS.
PROBLEM
Most exhibitions and fairs are set up and dismantled in short periods of time, characterized by the large number of workers involved in building and dismantling stands, making it a somewhat chaotic process.
OPERATION
- It makes work easier for exhibitors by providing them with useful assistance by reducing stand setup and disassembly times.
- By providing the cart service, the operator offers better service
- By offering a car/platform rental service, it is possible to prevent/prohibit exhibitors from indiscriminately entering the pavilions with vehicles.
- The implementation of EXPOKART with operator-defined cart models reduces the risk of accidents.
- The system manager can define and control the availability of the cart service before or after a specific time.
- EXPOKART allows operators to generate new revenue through car rental services (by the hour or day).
- The cart dispenser/loading platform is fully automatic and operates solely by credit card, thus avoiding the costly loss of unreturned carts.
- Instructional and informative videos guide the customer through the process of obtaining a cart/platform using the dispenser's 19" touchscreen.
- Once the credit card is accepted, the dispenser releases a cart and issues a ticket/receipt. The system identifies and associates the number of the delivered cart, the ticket number, and the accepted/authorized credit card.
- Upon returning the cart, the dispenser re-identifies the cart number and proceeds to charge the credit card for the service, according to the rates and conditions pre-established by the system manager.
- Once the charge is made, a receipt is issued with all the transaction details (date, time, usage time, rate, VAT, VAT number, etc.).
- To prevent potential cart loss, and only in the event that the user does not return the cart within the established time period, the system will charge the total value of the cart to the previously accepted/authorized card.
- The facility operator may issue loyalty cards to special customers for a specific period of time.
- These cards offer free use for the customer and, at the same time, identify them as the user of the service in case they do not return the cart.
The EXPOKART system does not store personal banking data.
- Attractive and robust design in stainless steel.
- 19” interactive touch screen.
- Instructions for use in several languages
- Video demonstration / instructions.
- Accepts credit cards.
- Automatic trolley release mechanism.
- Capacity up to ~200 carts per dispenser.
- Indoor and outdoor use (-30º to +65ºC)
- Alarm system.
VENDING UNIT
CONTROL CENTER
Industrial Server on a Windows platform. SQL Server. All information in real time:
- Status of each of the dispensers
- Number of carts available at each dispenser
- Alarms: Min/max number of available carts, vandalism, maintenance, printer paper, etc.
- Access to records of all financial transactions by time, date, etc.