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Connected vending operations

Approved is not the same as dispensed.

A printable, evidence-led worksheet for proving that the customer, payment, physical delivery, inventory, recovery, and settlement records agree before a machine opens.

One transaction. Seven handoffs to reconcile.

Connected vending ties together equipment, a customer interface, a payment path, inventory records, support actions, and settlement. This worksheet helps an operator test the handoffs as a system—not just whether a payment reader accepts a tap.

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01 · DeclinedNo vend command should start before a declined payment is resolved.
02 · Approved / dispensedPayment, delivery, inventory, and settlement should agree.
03 · Approved / no dispenseDocument the customer recovery and inventory correction path.
04 · UnknownTest timeout and interruption states before customers encounter them.
05 · Duplicate attemptConfirm the system prevents or explains repeat charges and vends.
06 · RefundCapture how a reversal or refund becomes visible to the customer.
07 · ReconcileClose the loop between route evidence, payment records, and settlement.

Before testing

Record the actual machine, location, product configuration, payment route, and expected evidence. Assign a decision owner for every exception.

During testing

Attach the customer, machine, payment, inventory, support, and settlement record for each attempted state. Keep mismatches open until explained.

After a change

Repeat the successful path and every impacted exception after meaningful equipment, catalog, payment, integration, or policy changes.

Keep the record

Use the signed, dated worksheet as an operational record for the exact deployment—not as a claim about another machine or route.