What We Offer

John H Powell Consulting (JHPC) is a niche consulting practice serving the unique needs of the Automated Point of Sale Industry (Traditional and Non-traditional Vending) and the Micro Payments Industry.

JHPC provides expertise in four general areas:

Industry Expertise

  • Traditional and nontraditional vending services
  • Micro markets and other unattended retail
  • Academic, corporate, and medical campuses
  • Mobile and touchless vending
  • Unattended dispensing of parts, tools, lab supplies, reagents, pharmaceuticals, etc.
  • Automated amusements, laundry, parking, and printing
  • Beverage distribution (non-alcoholic)

Operational Expertise

  • Enterprise Platforms Software and (VMS)
  • Remote machine monitoring and management
  • Equipment acquisition and refurbishing
  • Route scheduling, pre-kitting and warehouse management
  • Site selection and location acquisition
  • Product and location merchandising
  • Financial controls and shrink management
  • Traditional payment acceptance and processing
  • Unattended micro, mobile and touchless payments
  • Maximizing ROI on equipment and locations

Payment Expertise

  • Unattended payment acceptance
  • Traditional card present payment transactions
  • Micro, mobile, and virtual touchless payment transactions
  • Closed systems and stored value payment transactions
  • PCI and Payment facilitation
  • Terminal development
  • Gateway and processor integration
  • Integration and reconciliation with enterprise software and systems
  • Regulatory FCC and UL
  • Traditional coin and bill acceptance

Business Expertise

  • Strategic, operational, and tactical level consulting
  • Technology, sales, and financial consulting
  • Development and integration oversight
  • Product and market strategy
  • Sales and marketing plans
  • Business development
  • Product and project management
  • Market analysis and business modeling
  • Product – definition –development – positioning and promotion,
  • Distribution channel analysis and management
  • Build – buy – partner decisions
  • Alpha and Beta testing of hardware, software, systems, products, services and programs
  • Productization and commercialization
  • Regulatory certifications and compliance,
  • Relationship management and negotiations -internal – customer – supplier- partner – regulatory – other
  • Mergers, acquisitions and financing
  • Process analysis and internal controls