Picking a Self Service Provider
To assist the industry Kiosk Industry Group publishes vendor 
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The following is an excerpt.
PICKING A PROVIDER QUICK NOTES
• Reputation learn about the market and your candidates. How many years of experience and which clients. Get referrals. Remember you are hiring a VP.
• Strengths maybe you are looking fabrication partner, maybe a custom design. Could be an outdoor. Companies have core competencies. Identify them and match with what you need.
• Quality hardware and software. Think of your project as a crucial surprise attack. Would you really want to use cheap bullets? Excusing the metaphor spend on the proof of concept and then frugalize/streamline the production…
• Managing Change is important things can and will change. It needs to be managed. Plan B has had more
successes than Plan A…
NUTS AND BOLTS ADVICE
COMPUTERS –
Is it a consumer, business or industrial class unit? Business class is cheaper but they break down more often and their lifecycle is short. Solid state storage is affordable, more reliable, greener and by far the better option now. Cheaper business class PCs sound nice but for extended project they will go End Of Life. Managing images of a long project becomes a massive project unto itself.
Are the components industry approved stock components with certification labels and marks or are they piecemeal assembled and/or modified prior to integration? Does it have a UL sticker? Is the remote monitoring working, or are the devices just capable? Paper low and paper out are killers.
ABOUT KIOSK INDUSTRY GROUP
We are association of companies from all over the world which provide kiosk technology, hardware & software, enabling unattended access for customers & employees.
Making self-service easier, faster, safer, more reliable and more beneficial. For more information visit:
http://kioskindustry.org