EasyVend is built for distributors and suppliers, with a suite of modules and features designed to speed up sales operations from ordering to depot, and to the last delivery. Look at how these features — individually and together — help you spend less on fuel and focus more on growing your business.
1. MiniVend: Real-Time Delivery Management, No App Required
MiniVend is EasyVend’s browser-based delivery platform for drivers. There’s no app to install, no updates to manage — drivers simply open MiniVend in any web browser, log in with their EasyVend credentials, and their run sheet, customer notes, and delivery details are right there waiting for them.Drivers can view their customer delivery sequence and notes before heading out, make on-the-spot delivery edits directly in the browser, capture signatures or photos as proof of delivery, and generate delivery dockets at the point of delivery.
From a fuel and efficiency perspective, the value is in eliminating unnecessary back-and-forth. When drivers have their full run information in real time — including last-minute route changes pushed from the office — they’re not making avoidable extra stops or driving back to check details. Office managers can also track driver progress live in EasyVend, which means issues can be spotted and resolved on the fly rather than after the fact.
The result is a driver who leaves the depot informed, stays connected throughout the run, and completes their route without unnecessary detours — which is exactly where fuel savings lie.
2. SolBox Integration: Smarter Route Optimisation
EasyVend integrates with SolBox, a delivery route optimisation platform that calculates the most efficient sequence of stops for each driver’s run.Instead of drivers navigating their routes from habit or guesswork, SolBox crunches the data — delivery locations, delivery windows, traffic patterns — and maps out a route that minimises distance and time on the road. Less driving, fewer kilometres, lower fuel costs. Simple.
What this means in practice:
- Routes are planned algorithmically, not manually — removing human inefficiency from the equation 
- Drivers spend less time backtracking or crossing over the same ground
- The whole run is tighter, faster, and cheaper to complete
- When route optimisation is baked into your dispatch workflow through EasyVend, it stops being something you have to think about — and starts being something that just saves you money every day.
3. Delivery Fees: Recover What You Spend
Even with optimised routes, delivery costs are real; and in some cases, they should be passed on. EasyVend allows distributors to add a delivery fee directly to orders, giving you a straightforward mechanism to recoup fuel and logistics costs when appropriate.This feature is particularly useful for smaller or less frequent orders where the cost of delivery isn’t naturally absorbed across a large volume of stock. By attaching a delivery fee to those orders, you ensure the run is still commercially viable — without having to absorb the fuel cost yourself.
It’s a simple but important lever: not every delivery needs to cost your business money. EasyVend gives you the tools to make sure it doesn’t.
4. Advanced Stock Control by Truck: Load Right, Drive Once
This might not look like a fuel feature at first glance — but it’s one of the most impactful ones in terms of preventing unnecessary driving.EasyVend’s Advanced Stock Control lets vendors track inventory by truck or by location. That means before a driver leaves the depot, you can see exactly what’s loaded on each vehicle and confirm it matches what’s needed for that run.
Why does that matter for fuel? Because one of the most common — and most avoidable — causes of extra driving is a driver running out of product mid-route and having to turn around, head back to the depot, reload, and go out again. That’s not just lost time. That’s double the kilometres on a partial run, which means double the fuel cost for a job that should have only needed one trip.
With per-truck stock visibility, you can:
Verify each truck is loaded with the correct quantities for their runs before they leave the depot
Pick up shortfalls at the depot; not halfway through the route
Eliminate the emergency restocking trip that quietly blows out your fuel expenses
Getting the load right before the truck drives out isn’t just good logistics — it’s one of the most direct ways to avoid preventable fuel spend.
The real power: features that compound
Individually, each of these features delivers value. But together, they create a genuinely efficient distribution operation:
MiniVend keeps operations lean and focused
SolBox ensures every route is the most efficient one possible
Delivery fees mean the runs that do cost more are priced accordingly
Advanced Stock Control by truck ensures drivers leave loaded correctly — and don’t have to come back
Fuel savings through smarter software
Fuel costs might feel like just another line item on your profit & loss; an unavoidable cost of doing business. But with the right systems in place, a significant portion of that spend can be controlled.
EasyVend is built with exactly that in mind. Whether it’s planning smarter routes through SolBox, making sure every truck leaves the depot correctly stocked, or recovering delivery costs through order-level fees, the platform gives distributors practical tools to run leaner.
If you’d like to see how EasyVend could work for your distribution operation or distribution network, get in touch with our team. We’ll be happy to give you a quick tour.