Pneumatic Tube Systems are being implemented for the handling of cash, checks, and paper work throughout the country. They are now being used at airports, retail stores, casinos, wholesale warehouses, supermarkets, toll collections facilities, movie theaters, and anywhere there is a need to transport cash and paperwork. At a speed of 20—30 feet per second, the pneumatic tube system is a Fast, Secure, and Efficient means of transport that can be implemented in almost any facility, both new and existing, in virtually any configuration and any length.

What is the advantage of using a Pneumatic tube system for Cash Handling?

The biggest advantages of the tube system is the lowering of costs, increased efficiency, better customer relations, and increased profits that results from the use of pneumatic tube system.

Lowering of Costs

The lowering of costs comes from multiple areas.

• Escorts:
  
  Escorts being used to walk opening and closing tills or draws are eliminated, as they are unnecessary. Opening and closing monies can be sent through the pneumatic tube system directly to the register or point of need. A typical carrier can hold up to 5 lbs. of weight. There is a reduction of risk due to less exposure to high risk situations of robbery.
  
  
• Reduction of Employee Time at Collection Points:
  
  Registers can notify the employee to make a “drop” utilizing the tube systems when predetermined limits are met. The employee removes extra monies from the draw, fill out a deposit slip, and then send it to the vault room. At the same time any checks, coupons, and credit slips that have been collected can also be sent to back to begin processing. The deposit is credited to the employee throughout their shift. While making these deposits, the draws are being checked for change that may be needed. If change is required, then a change request can be sent to the vault room, and changed returned to the collection point utilizing the pneumatic tube system. At the end of shifts there is less monies to be counted therefore less time is needed for the employee to closeout their draws or tills.
  
  
• Regular Pick-ups:
  
  Pick-ups at scheduled intervals are eliminated, thus reducing costs, time and escorts.
  
  
• Costs of Change:
  
  The cost of change is reduced as the constant flow of monies into the vault room allows for quick processing and the redistribution of change and small bills already on site.

Increased Efficiency

The collection point employees can spend more time with customers allowing them to process more customers.

Vault room employees workflow becomes more efficient as monies, checks, and paper work flow more evenly throughout the day. They can begin earlier, processing of checks, cash, coupons, and prepare new change packets for use. More importantly, they may begin preparing the daily bank deposit. Because of this steady inflow of monies and the efficient processing, larger deposits can be made daily instead of waiting until the next business day. This also leaves smaller amounts of monies in the vault rooms overnight.

Better Customer Relations

There is always proper change available and customers are served better by employees. It allows supervisors and managers more time to deal with other problems instead of running for change. This makes customers happy, making them repeat customers.

Increased Profit

While we have shown that a pneumatic tube system reduces costs and therefore increases profit. There is still one area of increased profit that we would like to point out. Because of the time savings and increased efficiency in getting deposit to the bank the same business day, it allows companies to make larger bank sweeps of there accounts daily, which in turn gains more interest daily.