JP2002149804A - Method for managing information of article, device for managing information of article and record medium recording program for managing information of article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for managing information of articles, a device for managing information of the articles and a record medium recording a program for managing information of the articles capable of precisely informing consumers or the like on information of the articles such as safety of commodities or the like. SOLUTION: Suppliers of information are prompted to input information of operations contents and information of safety standards, and the information of the operations contents and the information of the safety standards inputted are stored. The suppliers of the information are asked to input information for discrimination of the articles and information of the operations, and the information for discrimination of the articles and the information of the operations inputted is stored with associated each other. Users of information of the articles are asked to input the information for discrimination of the articles. The information of the operations and the information of the safety standards of the specific articles corresponding to the information for discrimination inputted, is read out from a memory means, and the safety of the specific articles is evaluated by comparing the information of the operations with the information of the safety standards. The information of the specific articles and result of safety evaluation corresponding to the information for discrimination are provided to the users of the information of the articles.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an article information management method, an article information management apparatus, and a recording medium on which an article information management program is recorded. The present invention purchases information on articles such as commodities and their materials or raw materials,
It is used to manage and use in each process such as manufacturing, distribution, and sales.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, consumers have become more and more aware of the authenticity and safety of products and foods by the enforcement of the PL Act (Product Liability Act) and the like. is there. For example, in the food manufacturing industry, hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP: Hazard Analy
Attention has been focused on integrated hygiene management manufacturing processes that incorporate the concept of sis critical control points.

[0003] In HACCP, each factory is certified by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and a certification mark is displayed on the packaging of commodities produced in the factory. The display of the certification mark allows the consumer to know the safety of the product. For fresh foods, retailers display the production areas and product names on products. Therefore, the consumer can know the characteristics of the fresh food from the displayed information such as the place of production.

[0004]

However, there are the following problems in managing products by the conventional method. 1. In the conventional method, products are managed independently in each process of production, distribution, processing, and sales. Therefore, the ID (identification number) assigned to the product for management also differs in each of the production, distribution, processing, and sales processes.

For example, considering each process from the production to sale of beef, a beef cattle farmer gives an ID convenient for the farmer to each beef cattle, and sells the beef cattle to a processing company. The processing company issues an ID based on the ID issuing principle of the company, processes the meat, and ships the processed meat to a sales company. In the sales company, the meat is further sliced and packed, and a unique ID is added to each pack and sold.

[0006] For this reason, for example, when purchasing a specific packed product, it is not easy to trace back to the beef cattle farmer what route the product has been produced. 2. In a factory that adopts the HACCP method, the safety of the factory itself can be recognized, but the safety of individual products produced in the factory cannot be guaranteed.

[0007] Assume the case of milk produced in a factory that has been certified by HACCP. Even if the factory receives HACCP certification on the premise that the tanks are cleaned daily, there may be days when the tanks are not cleaned due to, for example, a vacation of the person responsible for cleaning. Therefore, for milk produced on the day the tank was not cleaned,
Even if the HACCP mark is displayed, it is not necessarily safe.

[0008] In addition, there is a possibility that a predetermined storage temperature may not be maintained when purchasing raw materials or when distributing and selling commodities. In such cases, products such as milk may have HAC
Even if the CP mark is displayed, it is not always safe. 3. In HACCP, a measured value of a temperature sensor or the like is recorded by a predetermined recording system to perform temperature management. However, the actual operation and management of the system are actually performed by workers in the food industry who are not computer experts. For this reason, it is inevitable that the efficiency of the operation is low and the operation of the system requires a large operation cost.

4. In managing merchandise at retailers and the like, the reliability of displayed merchandise information is determined by the human nature of each merchant, so the displayed information is not always correct. For example, it cannot be denied that there are actually dealers who actually sell Wakayama mandarin oranges as Ehime mandarins with incorrect notation and make unreasonable profits.

[0010] For this reason, a consumer or the like who wants to purchase a product cannot correctly know the characteristics such as safety of each product. An object of the present invention is to provide an article information management method, an article information management apparatus, and a recording medium on which an article information management program is recorded, which can correctly convey article information such as product safety to consumers and the like. .

[0011]

Claim 1 is an article information management method for managing information on articles such as commodities and their materials or raw materials. Prompts the input of the content of the work performed on each article and the safety standard information that defines the safety standard for the content of the work, and stores the content of the work and the safety standard information input from the provider of the article information in the storage means. Remember,
Prompts the provider of the article information to input the identification information of the article and the work information related to the safety of the article, and associates the identification information and the work information of the article input from the provider of the article information with each other. The information is stored in a storage unit and prompts a user of the article information to input identification information of the corresponding article, and the work information and the safety of the specific article corresponding to the identification information input by the user of the article information are stored. Reading the reference information from the storage means, comparing the read operation information with the safety reference information to evaluate the safety of the corresponding article, and providing a user of the article information with the identification information input; The information of the article corresponding to the information is provided together with the evaluation result of the safety of the article.

According to the first aspect, the contents of the work to be performed by the trader in each process such as purchasing, processing, distribution, and sale and the safety standard information related thereto are registered in advance in a server of a service providing company, for example. Can be. The safety standard information defines a safety standard regarding the content of the work. Therefore, by comparing the work information indicating the actual work content with the registered safety standard information, it is possible to identify whether the work content is safe. Therefore, an evaluation result indicating whether or not an article such as a product to be shipped or sold as a result of the work is safe can be provided to a consumer or a purchasing company.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the article information management method of the first aspect, at least one of the content of the work and the safety standard information registered in the storage means is added with an item of approval regarding the content of the information, The approval item is set to an unapproved state in an initial state, and when the approval information is input by an input from a pre-registered specific approver, the approved information is registered in the approval item. It is characterized by the following.

According to the second aspect, by referring to the item of the approval, it is possible to determine whether or not the contents of the registered work and the safety standard information are reliable. Since the approved registration for the above approval item is performed by a specific pre-registered approver, the reliability of information is secured by assigning a third party who has no interest in the information provider as the approver. it can.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article information management method for managing information on an article such as a product and its material or an article serving as a raw material, wherein at least an article to be shipped is specified to a provider of the article information. Of goods to be shipped, information of goods to be purchased, which is the material or raw material of the goods to be shipped, and input of goods use information including information on the utilization rate of the purchased goods. The article use information is stored in the storage means, and when a purchased article is generated or the purchased article is purchased, a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article is issued to the owner or purchaser of the article and The coupon information is stored, and when the article is sold, the coupon of the article assigned to the seller is amortized according to the transaction volume, and the article information is saved. Prompts the user to enter the identification information of the corresponding article, reads the coupon information for the specific article corresponding to the identification information entered by the user of the article information, and reads the coupon assigned to the seller. Evaluating the legitimacy of the corresponding article information based on the remaining transaction amount, and providing the user of the article information with the information of the article corresponding to the identification information together with the result of evaluating the validity of the article information. And

Articles such as goods are purchased, processed, distributed,
It will be passed on to consumers through various businesses such as sales. Raw materials and materials purchased while passing between a plurality of traders are divided or combined and shipped as commodities. Therefore, when passing between a plurality of traders, the source of the raw materials and materials becomes unclear. In claim 3, shipping article information for specifying an article to be shipped, purchased article information for specifying a purchased article that has become a material or a raw material of the article to be shipped, and article usage information including information on a usage rate of the purchased article are registered. The source of the material or the material of the article can be checked by referring to the article use information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the use status of raw materials and materials is managed by coupons, and coupons are issued and amortized in accordance with the transaction volume when goods are delivered or sold. Thereby, even when goods are delivered between a plurality of traders, the amounts of existing goods and raw materials can be managed by the amount of coupons so that their continuity is maintained. That is, the validity of the information of the purchased article can be grasped by the coupon.

For example, if the seller intends to sell more articles than the remaining transaction amount of the coupon of the article allocated to the trader, the source of the articles exceeding the remaining transaction amount of the coupon is not issued. Is unknown, and it can be determined that the validity of the provided product information cannot be confirmed. Information recorded as a coupon can be created based on the article use information.

According to a fourth aspect, in the article information management method of the third aspect, the article use information registered in the storage means includes:
Approval items related to the contents are added, and the approval items are set to an unapproved state in the initial state, and when approval information is input by an input from a specific registered approver in advance. The information of approval is registered in the approval item.

According to the fourth aspect, by referring to the approval item, it can be determined whether or not the registered article use information is reliable. Since the approved registration for the approval item is performed by a specific pre-registered approver, by assigning a third party who has no interest in the information provider as the approver,
The reliability of information can be secured.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article information management apparatus for managing information on an article such as a commodity and an article serving as a material or a raw material, and relates to the contents of work performed on each article and the contents of the work. First input control means for inputting safety standard information for defining safety standards, first storage means for storing the input work content and safety standard information, identification information of the article, A second input for inputting work information related to the safety of the article;
Input control means, second storage means for storing the input article identification information and work information in association with each other, and third input control for inputting article identification information from a user of the article information Means for reading the work information and the safety standard information of the specific article corresponding to the input identification information from the storage means, and comparing the work information with the safety standard information to evaluate the safety of the corresponding article Safety evaluation means, and article information output means for providing, to a user of the article information, information on an article corresponding to the input identification information together with an evaluation result of the safety of the article. .

By using the article information management device of the fifth aspect, the article information management method of the first aspect can be implemented. 7. An article information management apparatus for managing information on an article such as a product and its material or an article serving as a raw material, wherein the article information management apparatus specifies at least an article to be shipped, and a material or a raw material of the article to be shipped. The first item for inputting article use information including the article information for specifying the article to be purchased and the utilization rate of the article for purchase.
Input control means, and storage means for storing the inputted article use information, and when a purchased article is generated or when the purchased article is purchased, a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article is provided for the article. A coupon issuing means for issuing to the owner or the purchaser and storing the coupon information, and when the article is sold, amortize the coupon of the corresponding article assigned to the seller according to the transaction volume. Coupon amortization means, second input control means for inputting identification information of the article from the user of the article information, and the coupon of the specific article corresponding to the identification information input from the user of the article information. Validity evaluation means for reading information and evaluating the validity of the corresponding article information based on the transaction remaining amount of the coupon allocated to the seller; To the user, it characterized by providing an article information output means for giving information of the corresponding article with the evaluation result of the validity of the article information to the identification information.

By using the article information management device of the sixth aspect, the article information management method of the third aspect can be implemented. Claim 7 is a recording medium which records an article information management program for managing information of an article such as a product and an article serving as a material or a raw material thereof, wherein the article information management program includes: On the other hand, a procedure for prompting the user to input safety standard information that prescribes the content of the work performed on each article and the safety standard related to the content of the work, and the content of the work and the safety standard input from the provider of the article information A procedure for storing the information in the storage means, a procedure for prompting the provider of the article information to input the identification information of the article and work information related to the safety of the article, and a procedure for prompting the provider of the article information to input the information. Storing the identification information and the work information of the articles in the storage unit in association with each other; a procedure for prompting a user of the article information to input identification information of the corresponding article; Reading the work information and the safety standard information relating to the specific article corresponding to the identification information input from the user from the storage unit, and comparing the read work information with the safety standard information to find a corresponding one; A step of evaluating the safety of the article and a step of providing, to a user of the article information, information on the article corresponding to the input identification information together with the evaluation result of the safety of the article. And

By executing the article information management program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention by a predetermined computer system, the article information management method of the present invention can be carried out. Claim 8 is a recording medium which records an article information management program for managing information of an article such as a product and an article serving as a material or a raw material thereof, wherein the article information management program includes: for,
A procedure for prompting input of at least shipping article information for specifying an article to be shipped, purchased article information for identifying a purchased article that has been a material or a raw material of the article to be shipped, and information on a utilization rate of the purchased article; A procedure for storing the article use information input from the information provider in the storage means, and a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article when the purchased article occurs or the purchased article is purchased. Or a procedure for issuing to the purchaser and storing the information of the coupon, a procedure for amortizing the coupon of the corresponding article assigned to the seller according to the transaction amount when the article is sold, A procedure for prompting a user of information to input identification information of a corresponding article, and a specific article corresponding to the identification information input by the user of the article information And procedures for evaluating the validity of the article information that about to read the information of the coupon, appropriate on the basis of the transaction remaining amount of the coupon assigned to the seller,
Providing a user of the article information with information on the article corresponding to the identification information together with a result of evaluating the validity of the article information.

By executing the article information management program recorded on the recording medium according to claim 8 by a predetermined computer system, the article information management method according to claim 3 can be implemented.

[0026]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of an article information management method, an article information management apparatus, and a recording medium on which an article information management program is recorded according to the present invention are shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. This form corresponds to all claims.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the flow of goods and information. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server of the service providing company. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a processing device of each customer. FIG. 4 shows the receiving POS (Poin
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the “t of Sales). FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transmission POS. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information browsing POS. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a product.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (1 in the case of a production place). FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (case 2 of a production place). FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (1 in the case of the processing and distribution industry). FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (case 2 of the processing and distribution business). FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of retail business 1). FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of retail business 2). FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a data example of a product information DB (abbreviation of database, the same applies hereinafter). FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of a retail business) of the product management DB.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of sales merchandise information (transmission information at the transmission POS in the case of a production area). FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing Example 1 of purchase information (reception information at a reception POS in the case of distribution). FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing Example 2 of purchase information (reception information at a consumer's information browsing POS). FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an example of purchase information (in the case of distribution). Fig. 20 is an example of product occurrence information (in case of production area)
FIG.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a processing flow of the customer and the service providing company. FIG. 22 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure of authentication and menu transmission. FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering work contents. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering safety standard information. FIG. 25 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering product use information. FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for correcting the work content, safety standard information, and product use information.

FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram showing a registration information approval procedure. FIG. 28 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for accumulating work information. FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity delivery procedure (1). FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity delivery procedure (2). FIG. 31 is a sequence diagram showing the information browsing procedure (1). FIG. 32 is a sequence diagram showing the information browsing procedure (2). FIG. 33 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for generating a product.

In this embodiment, the first input control means, the first storage means, the second input control means, the second storage means, the third input control means, the safety evaluation means, and the article according to claim 5 The information output means is provided for each of the input control units 20 (C5, D
5), work content DB 31 (safety standard information DB 34), input control unit 20 (H9 to H11, H14), work information DB
32, input control unit 20 (J11), safety evaluation unit 25 (J
15) and the output control unit 30 (J20).

The first input control means, the storage means, the coupon issuing means, the coupon amortization means, the second input control means, the validity evaluation means and the article information output means according to claim 6 are each provided with an input control unit 20. (E5, E9), product use information DB 36, coupon issue amortization unit 27 (J31, J3
2), coupon issue amortization unit 27 (J29, J30), input control unit 20 (J11), coupon evaluation unit 28 (J1
7, J18) and the output control unit 30 (J20).

In this example, it is assumed that merchandise information is managed in the form shown in FIG. By the time a product reaches a consumer, the origin, distribution,
It will sequentially go through a plurality of companies existing in each process such as retail. In this example, the server 2 of one service provider collectively manages information on products handled by the plurality of companies. In addition, the server 2 provides information for assuring the safety of the product or the like to the company or the consumer who purchases the product.

The example of FIG. 1 shows a case where a product passes from a company A in a production area to a company B in distribution, a company B to a company C in retail, and a product from company C to a consumer. In order to input information and communicate with the server 2, the company A, the company B, and the company C provide the processing device 4
Are provided respectively. The processing device 4 of each company and the server 2 are connected by a communication network 3. In this example, the server 2 issues a coupon (information) and amortizes it in order to grasp the stock amount of each product of each company.

As shown in FIG. 1, when a new product is generated at Company A, the product generation information and the product ID are sent from the receiving POS 12 connected to the processing device 4 (A) of Company A to the server 2. (Identification information) is transmitted. Upon receiving this information, the server 2 issues a coupon for the company A and notifies the receiving POS 12 of the number. When Company A intends to sell the product to Company B, the sending POS 11 connected to the processing device 4 (A) of Company A sends to the server 2 the number of the coupon of the product to be sold and Product ID
Send Upon receiving this information, the server 2 performs a safety evaluation and a source evaluation on the product, and returns the result to A
Company B's receipt POS1 as company's security certificate and source certificate
Send to 2.

When the company B purchases (purchases) a product from the company A, the purchase information and the product ID are transmitted from the processing device 4 (B) to the server 2. In this case, the server 2 issues a coupon for the product purchased by the company B. At the same time, A
A corresponds to the transaction volume of products from Company B to Company B
Amortize coupons for company products. Receiving POS1 of Company B
2 is notified of the number of the issued coupon from the server 2.

As described above, when Company B intends to sell the product to Company C, the sales POS 11 connected to the processing device 4 (B) of Company B sells the product to the server 2 for assurance. The coupon number and the product ID of the product to be transmitted are transmitted. Upon receiving this information, the server 2 performs a safety evaluation and a source evaluation on the product, and uses the result as a security certificate and a source certificate of the company B, and receives the POS 12 of the company C.
Send to

When the company C purchases (purchases) a product from the company B, the purchase information and the product ID are transmitted from the processing device 4 (C) to the server 2. In this case, the server 2 issues a coupon for the product purchased by the company C. At the same time, B
The amount corresponding to the transaction volume of the product passed from company to company C, B
Amortize coupons for company products. Company C's receipt POS1
2 is notified of the number of the issued coupon from the server 2.

When the company C intends to sell the product to the consumer, the processing device 4 of the company C is required to seek a guarantee.
The number of the coupon of the product to be sold and the product ID are transmitted to the server 2 from the transmission POS 11 connected to (C). Upon receiving this information, the server 2 performs a safety evaluation and a source evaluation on the product, and uses the results as a safety certificate and a source certificate of the company C to view the consumer's information POS.
13 is transmitted.

When the consumer purchases a product from the company C, the purchase information of the product is displayed in the information browsing POS 13 of the consumer.
Is notified to the server 2. In this case, the server 2 uses the amount of C corresponding to the transaction volume of the product passed from the company C to the consumer.
Amortize coupons for company products. As shown in FIG.
The server 2 of the service providing company includes an input control unit 20, an authentication control unit 21, an information storage analysis unit 22, an information registration search unit 2,
3, decryption unit 24, security evaluation unit 25, product information search unit 26, coupon issuance amortization unit 27, coupon evaluation unit 28,
Certificate issuing unit 29, output control unit 30, work content DB3
1, work information DB32, product information DB33, safety standard information DB34, coupon DB35, and product usage information DB
36.

In practice, the server 2 is composed of computer hardware and a program for providing a predetermined management service. The program is, for example, CD-
It is stored in a recording medium such as a ROM in advance. When starting the server 2 for the first time, the information of the program is read from the recording medium, incorporated into the computer, and the program is executed.

Note that some or all of the functions of the server 2 can be realized by dedicated hardware. In FIG. 2, an input control unit 20 controls input and output of information with the processing devices 4 of each company. Authentication control unit 21
Performs authentication of an accessor to the server 2 and a partner terminal. The information accumulation analysis unit 22 accumulates and analyzes various information input from the processing device 4 of each company, and distributes and outputs the information to each unit.

The information registration / search section 23 registers the input information in various DBs and performs a search. The decryption unit 24 decrypts the input encryption. Safety evaluation section 2
5 evaluates product safety based on information registered in various DBs. The product information search unit 26 performs tracking of product information that is distributed. Coupon issue amortization unit 27
Issues and amortizes coupons for each product of each company in order to manage the stock amount of the product. The coupon evaluation unit 28
The validity of the product information is evaluated based on the remaining amount of the coupon. The certificate issuing unit 29 issues a certificate regarding the security of the product and the validity of the information. The output control unit 30 outputs various information and certificate information.

The work content DB 31 accumulates information on the work contents relating to processing of commodities and the like. The work information DB 32
Information indicating the contents of the work actually performed is stored. The merchandise information DB 33 accumulates information related to buying and selling of merchandise. The safety criterion information DB 34 stores information serving as a criterion for work safety. The coupon DB 35 stores information on coupons of commodities. The product use information DB 36 stores information indicating the use status of the product in each process.

The products handled in this example are configured, for example, as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 7, the product contents 40 are packed in a product package 42 such as a box. A product information holding medium 41 is added to the surface of the product package 42. In the product information holding medium 41, information representing a product content 40 (such as a list of product IDs for each product) is recorded in a barcode format.

The processing apparatus 4 of each company (company A, company B, company C) which is a customer of the service providing company is configured as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, a work site 50 where a product is actually handled is provided with a time information output device 51, a GPS receiving device 52, a work information reading device 53, and a product information reading device 54.

The time information output device 51 has a built-in circuit for outputting date and time information, and outputs information on the start date and time and end date and time of each work. The GPS receiver 52 is a GPS
It receives radio waves from satellites and outputs information indicating the location of the work site. The work information reading device 53 includes a work site 50
And outputs information related to the working environment such as the temperature and humidity of the work site 50. The product information reading device 54 reads information recorded on the product information holding medium 41 (see FIG. 7) added to the product.

The time information output device 51 of the work site 50, G
The PS receiving device 52, the work information reading device 53, and the product information reading device 54 transmit information to a computer 55 located in the management room. Inside the computer 55, an encryption processing unit 61, a product management unit 62, a product I
A D issuing unit 63, an issued coupon number storage unit 64, a work information storage unit 65, an information registration unit 66, a product management DB 67, and the input / output device 10 are provided.

In practice, the computer 55 is composed of hardware and a program for providing a predetermined management service. The program is, for example, a CD-ROM
Is stored in advance in a recording medium such as. When starting up the computer 55 first, the information of the program is read from the recording medium, incorporated into the computer 55, and the program is executed. Note that some or all of the functions inside the computer 55 can be realized by dedicated hardware.

In FIG. 3, an encryption processing unit 61 encrypts input information. The product management unit 62 manages products based on product information. The product ID issuing unit 63 issues a product ID for each product. The issued coupon number accumulation unit 64 temporarily accumulates the issued coupon number. The work information storage unit 65 temporarily stores the generated work information. The information registration unit 66
Register various information. The product management DB 67 stores product information.

The computer 55 receives the POS 1
2. Input / output and communication of information with the outside via the transmission POS 11, the information browsing POS 13, and the input / output device 10. The reception POS 12 is a terminal device including a product information reading unit 70, an information display unit 71, an information storage unit 72, an information input unit 73, an information analysis unit 74, and an input / output control unit 75, as shown in FIG.

The merchandise information reading section 70 is a device for reading merchandise information recorded on the merchandise information holding medium 41 attached to the merchandise, such as a bar code reader. The information display unit 71 is used for displaying the product information read by the product information reading unit 70 and the information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3 and transmitting the information to the operator. The information storage unit 72 includes the product information reading unit 7
0 is used to temporarily hold the read product information and information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3. The information input unit 73 is an input device used by an operator to input information, such as a keyboard. The information analysis unit 74 analyzes the content of the information input from each unit. The input / output control unit 75 is a communication interface for communicating with the server 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, the transmission POS 11 includes a product information reading section 80, an information display section 81, and an information storage section 8.
2, information input unit 83, information analysis unit 84, and output control unit 8
5 is a terminal device. Product information reading unit 80
Is an apparatus for reading product information recorded on a product information holding medium 41 attached to a product like a bar code reader. The information display unit 81 is used for displaying the product information read by the product information reading unit 80 and the information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3 and transmitting the information to the operator. The information storage unit 82 is used to temporarily store the product information read by the product information reading unit 80 and information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3. The information input unit 83 is an input device used by an operator to input information, such as a keyboard. The information analysis unit 84 analyzes the content of the information input from each unit. The output control unit 85 is a communication interface for communicating with the server 2.

The information browsing POS 13 is a terminal device including a product information reading unit 90, an information display unit 91, an information storage unit 92, and an input / output control unit 93, as shown in FIG. The product information reading unit 90 is a device for reading the product information recorded on the product information holding medium 41 attached to the product, such as a barcode reader. The information display unit 91 is used for displaying the product information read by the product information reading unit 90 and the information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3 and transmitting the information to the operator. The information storage unit 92 is used to temporarily store the product information read by the product information reading unit 90 and information transmitted from the server 2 via the communication network 3. The input / output control unit 93 is a communication interface for communicating with the server 2.

Next, an example of data handled by each unit will be described. Here, as a specific example, Matsusaka beef occurs in the production area,
The distribution process is assumed until the meat is sliced by a processor and sold to consumers at a retailer. FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show examples of data managed when the customer of the service providing company is a trader in the production area. As the types of data, “work contents”, “safety standard information” and “work information” shown in FIG. 8 and “product use information” shown in FIG.
There is "coupon ticket information".

Actually, these “work contents”, “safety standard information”, “work information”, “goods use information” and “coupon ticket information” are stored in the work contents DB 3 of the server 2 respectively.
1, stored in the safety standard information DB 34, the work information DB 32, the product use information DB 36, and the coupon ticket DB 35 (see FIG. 2). Similarly, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show examples of data managed when the customer of the service provider is a processing distributor. Figure 1 shows the types of data.
There are “work content”, “safety standard information”, and “work information” shown in FIG. 0, and “commodity use information” and “coupon ticket information” shown in FIG.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show examples of data managed when the customer of the service provider is a retailer. The types of data include “work contents”, “safety standard information” and “work information” shown in FIG. 12, and “merchandise use information” and “coupon ticket information” shown in FIG. Each record of “work content” stored in the work content DB 31 is given for each work of each product. The items of "work content" include a customer ID, a work ID, an approval item, a work name, a work place, a work number for each work, and a record item for each work, as shown in FIGS. ing.

The customer ID is issued by the service provider when each customer subscribes to the service of the service provider (the company that operates the server 2). The work ID is issued for each work when each work is registered. The approval item indicates whether or not each work has been approved.

Each record of “safety standard information” stored in the safety standard information DB 34 is given for each work of each product. The items of the “safety standard information” include items of a safety standard (constraint) for each customer ID, work ID, approval item, work name, work place, and work number as shown in FIGS. 8, 10, and 12. Have been. For example, in the example of FIG.
Work No. of “Safety standard information” As the item of safety standard for 1 stipulates that feed safety is medium or higher,
The work No. specified in “Work content” Regarding the “feed safety evaluation result” of “feeding” of the first work item, it can be considered safe if the safety of the feed is medium or higher.

Each record of “work information” stored in the work information DB 32 is given for each work of each product. The items of "work information" are shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, customer ID, work ID, work name, product I
D, the work location, the work start date and time, the work end date and time, and the actually detected work information items for each work number are included. The content of “work information” is recorded based on information input from each device (see FIG. 3) installed at the work site 50 of each customer. That is, the product information reading device 54
ID and time information output device 51 read from the product
The “work information” is generated using the information on the date and time output by the GPS receiver 52, the position information output by the GPS receiver 52, and the information output by the work information reader 53 such as the temperature.

Each record of “product use information” stored in the product use information DB 36 is given for each product handled by each customer. 9 and FIG. 1
1, customer ID, purchased product code,
It includes items of purchased product name, approval item, shipping product code, shipping product name, utilization rate and annual number of occurrences. The purchased merchandise code and the purchased merchandise name represent codes and names of raw materials used for the merchandise. The shipping product code and shipping product name represent the code and name of the product to be shipped.
The utilization rate indicates how much of the purchased product is used for the shipped product.

Each record of “coupon ticket information” stored in the coupon ticket DB 35 is given for each product handled by each customer. Items of “coupon ticket information” include a coupon No. as shown in FIGS. , Customer ID,
It includes items of product code, product ID, product name, product occurrence date, product occurrence reason, product quantity, and supplier product ID.

Coupon No. of “Coupon ticket information” Is
It is a number given when a product is purchased (or generated). The product ID is identification information of a product corresponding to each coupon, and is obtained at the time of shipment. Supplier product I
D represents a product ID of a supplier such as a raw material of the product. In the product information DB 33 of the server 2, for example, data of “product information” as shown in FIG. 14 is stored.
Each record of "product information" is given for each sold product.

Items of “product information” include customer ID,
It contains a product ID, a customer ID, a product ID, a customer ID, and a product ID. These pieces of information are required when the product is shipped. On the other hand, the merchandise management DB 67 provided in the processing device 4 of each customer holds, for example, data (in the case of a retail business) as shown in FIG. That is, the product ID for each product and the coupon ticket No. associated with it. And data representing the correspondence between the two.

For example, the sales merchandise information transmitted from the transmission POS 11 connected to the processing device 4 of the trader in the production area is configured as shown in FIG. Each record of sales merchandise information is given for each merchandise to be sold. Items of the sales product information include customer ID and supplier I as shown in FIG.
D, supplier POS, product code, product ID, product name, product quantity, and coupon number used. It is included.

The customer ID indicates a customer ID of the customer.
The supplier POS represents the identification information of the receiving POS 12 used by the supplier. On the other hand, the receiving information (purchase information) at the receiving POS 12 when the processor and the distributor check the product is configured as shown in FIG. The reception information (purchase information: with tracking information) at the information browsing POS 13 when the consumer checks the product is configured as shown in FIG.

Each record of the purchase information is given for each product that the purchase side wants to buy. The purchase information items include customer ID, supplier ID, and product I as shown in FIG.
D, product name, product quantity, safety, authenticity, and certification number. The customer ID represents a customer ID of the customer.
The safety item indicates a result of evaluating whether or not the corresponding product is safe. The authenticity item indicates a result of evaluating the validity of information of a given product. The certification number represents a number issued for evaluation of security and authenticity.

As shown in FIG. 18, the purchase information received by the consumer includes tracking information. In the example of FIG. 18, by referring to the tracking information, the customer IDs of the routes through which the corresponding product has been distributed are “C0003” and “C000”.
2 "and" C0001 ".
The distribution route of goods can be traced back to the place of production.

The purchase information received by the receiving POS 12 at the time of purchase of a product by a customer in the processing and distribution business is configured as shown in FIG. 19, for example. Each record of the information at the time of purchase is given for each product for which purchase has been decided. Items at the time of purchase include customer ID, supplier I as shown in FIG.
D, product code, product ID, product name, product quantity, coupon number used. And a new product ID.

The customer ID indicates the customer ID of the customer.
The new product ID represents a new product ID that is predicted and assigned at the time of purchase. In addition, when a product occurs in the production area, information on the occurrence of the product as shown in FIG. 20 is transmitted from the receiving POS 12 connected to the processing device 4 in the production area. Each record of the product occurrence information is given for each product that has occurred. Items of the product occurrence information include a customer ID, a product code, a new product ID, a product name, and a product generation date, as shown in FIG.

The record of the information recorded on the product information holding medium 41 of the product is given for each product package 42 as shown in FIG. The items of this information include a product ID, a product name, and the like when the product (raw material, etc.) included in the product package 42 is processed into a future product (processed product).
It contains information such as identification information of raw materials. FIG. 21 shows an outline of the flow of processing performed using the processing device 4 of each customer and the server 2 of the service providing company. FIG.
Are outlined below.

A1: The above-mentioned “work contents”, “safety standard information”, and “goods use information” are input by the input operation of the worker at each customer, and the information is registered in the server 2. A2: After step A1 is completed, the status of the approval items of various information registered in the server 2 is determined according to the input operation of the approval person in charge of the service provider registered in advance. If approved, the next steps A3, A4, A5
Proceed to processing. If not approved, the process returns to step A1.

A3: When the information registered in the server 2 is changed, the registered information is corrected according to the input operation of the worker at each customer. If the correction has been made, steps A4 and A5 are stopped, and the process proceeds to A2. A4: Information about work on each product is measured,
The information is transferred to the server 2 and stored.

A5: Various processes associated with delivery of goods at the time of trading are performed. A6: Various processes are performed in accordance with the occurrence of a product. A7: Perform processing related to browsing management information from the local point of a certain product to the place of production. Next, the specific contents of the processing will be described with reference to FIGS. In the procedure shown in FIG. 22, a process of transmitting a menu screen used for authentication and input of information regarding an information input person is performed.

The production center, distribution, and retail companies (customers of the service providing company) perform input operations using the input / output device 10 of the processing device 4 and access the server 2. This processing is performed in step B1 of FIG. The server 2 receives external access via the input control unit 20 and requests the authentication control unit 21 for information necessary for authentication of an accessor. And server 2
Transmits the information on the predetermined customer information input screen to the processing device 4 (B2).

The customer input / output device 10 receives the information on the customer information input screen from the server 2 and displays the screen (B3). When the workers at the production, distribution, and retail companies use the input / output device 10 to input customer information (customer ID and password) (B4), the customer information is transmitted to the server 2 (B5).

Upon receiving the customer information from the processing device 4 (B6), the server 2 authenticates the customer using the authentication control unit 21 (B7). That is, it is determined whether or not the accessor is a customer registered in advance. If the authentication result is OK, the server 2 transmits information on a predetermined menu screen to the processing device 4 of the customer (B8). When the processing device 4 of the customer receives the information of the menu screen from the server 2, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (B9).

If the authentication result is NG, the server 2 sends the information of the authentication failure screen to the accessor. Upon receiving the information on the authentication failure screen, the processing unit 4 of the customer displays the information and ends the processing. Details of the process corresponding to step A1 in FIG. 21 are shown in FIGS. 23, 24, and 25. FIG. 23 shows a procedure for registering “work details”, FIG. 24 shows a procedure for registering “safety standard information”, and FIG. 25 shows a procedure for registering “product use information”.

When the worker of the customer performs an input operation on the menu screen displayed in step B9 and selects the menu of “work content registration” (C2), the information indicating the selected state is displayed in the processing device 4. Is transmitted to the server 2 (C3). When the server 2 receives the information indicating that the “work content registration” menu is selected (C
4) The information of the predetermined work content input screen is transmitted to the processing device 4 (C5).

When the processing device 4 receives the information on the work content input screen, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (C6). When the customer's worker inputs the above-mentioned "work content" information from the input / output device 10 (C7), the processing device 4
Transmits the information to the server 2 (C8). When the server 2 receives the information of "work content" transmitted from the processing device 4 (C9), it registers it in the work content DB 31 (C10). The content of the approval item of “work content” at the time of registration is in an initial state and is “unapproved”.

The type of information received by the server 2 is identified by the information storage / analysis unit 22 in FIG. 2, and the information is distributed to each unit. Similarly to the above, when the customer's customer operator performs an input operation on the menu screen displayed in step B9 and selects the menu of “register safety standard information” (D2), the information indicating the selected state is displayed. The data is transmitted from the processing device 4 to the server 2 (D3).

When the server 2 receives the information indicating that the "registration of safety standard information" menu is selected (D4), it transmits information on a predetermined safety standard information input screen to the processing device 4 (D5). . When the processing device 4 receives the information of the safety standard information input screen, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (D6). When the customer's worker inputs the above “safety standard information” from the input / output device 10 (D
7), the processing device 4 transmits the information to the server 2 (D
8).

When the server 2 receives the "safety standard information" transmitted from the processing device 4 (D9), it registers it in the safety standard information DB 34 (D10). The contents of the approval items of the “safety standard information” at the time of registration are in the initial state and are “not approved”. When an operator of the customer performs an input operation on the menu screen displayed in step B9 and selects the menu of “register product use information” (E2), information indicating the selected state is displayed in the processing device 4 Is transmitted to the server 2 (E3).

When the server 2 receives the information indicating that the menu of “Registration of merchandise use information” is selected (E4), it transmits information on a predetermined merchandise use information input screen to the processing device 4 (E5). . When the processing device 4 receives the information of the product use information input screen, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (E6). When the customer's worker inputs the above-mentioned “product use information” from the input / output device 10 (E
7), the processing device 4 transmits the information to the server 2 (E
8).

When the server 2 receives the "product use information" transmitted from the processing device 4 (E9), it registers it in the product use information DB 36 (E10). The content of the approval item of the "product use information" at the time of registration is in an initial state and is "not approved". Details of the process corresponding to step A3 in FIG. 21 are shown in FIG. Step B9
When the operator of the customer performs an input operation on the menu screen displayed in step (1) and selects the "correction" menu (F2), information indicating the selected state is transmitted from the processing device 4 to the server 2. (F3).

When the server 2 receives the information indicating that the "correction" menu has been selected (F4), the server 2 searches the work content DB 31, the safety standard information DB 34 or the product use information DB 36 and registers the information registered therein. Is taken out (F5). Then, the server 2 transmits the content of the registration information of each database and the information of the correction screen for correcting the content to the processing device 4 (F6).

When the processing device 4 receives the registration information and the information of the correction screen for correcting the registration information, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (F7). When the customer's worker inputs the correction content from the input / output device 10 (F8), the processing device 4 transmits information on the correction result to the server 2 (F9). Upon receiving the correction result transmitted from the processing device 4 (F10), the server 2 registers it in each database (F11). In this case, since the correction result is not yet approved, the content of the approval item of each registration information of each database is “unapproved”.

FIG. 27 shows details of the process corresponding to step A2 in FIG. When the worker of the customer performs an input operation on the menu screen displayed in step B9 and selects the menu of “registration information approval”, (G
2), information indicating the selected state is transmitted from the processing device 4 to the server 2 (G3). When the server 2 receives the information indicating that the “registration information approval” menu is selected (G4), it transmits to the processing device 4 information on an approver information input screen for confirming the approver. (G
5).

When the processing device 4 receives the information of the approver information input screen from the server 2, the screen is displayed on the input / output device 10 (G6). In this example, the actual approval work is performed by a pre-registered person belonging to the service provider at the work site 50 of the customer. The approver enters his or her pre-registered identification information and password as approver information on the approver information input screen displayed on the input / output device 10 (G7). Processing unit 4
Sends the approver information input by the approver to the server 2 (G8).

When the server 2 receives the approver information from the processing unit 4 of the customer, the server 2 makes an inquiry to the authentication control unit 21 to confirm whether or not the information matches the pre-registered approver information. (G4). When the authentication of the approver has failed, the server 2 transmits the information on the authentication failure screen to the processing device 4 (G10), and the processing device 4 that has received the information displays the authentication failure screen on the input / output device 10 and displays it. (G11) The process ends.

If the authentication of the approver is successful, the information registration search unit 23 of the server 2 searches the registered information (G1
2) The information of the registration information approval screen is transmitted to the processing device 4 together with the registration information as the search result (G13). Upon receiving the registration information and the information of the registration information approval screen, the processing device 4 displays them on the input / output device 10 (G14). The approver confirms the registered contents displayed on the input / output device 10, and if the contents can be approved, performs an input operation of approval (G15), and if not approved, inputs a non-approval (G19). .

When the person in charge of approval inputs the approval, the processing device 4 transmits the approval information to the server 2 (G1
6). When the person in charge of approval approves the disapproval, the processing device 4 transmits the disapproval information to the server 2 (G2
0). When the server 2 receives the approval information from the person in charge of approval, the contents of the approval items of the corresponding registration information (“work contents”, “safety standard information”, and “product use information”) are changed to “approved”. Update (G18). When the server 2 receives the disapproval information from the person in charge of approval, the content of the approval item of the corresponding registration information (“work content”, “safety standard information”, “product use information”) is set to “disapproval”. Update to (G
22).

FIG. 28 shows details of the processing corresponding to step A4 in FIG. The processing in FIG. 28 will be described. In the customer's processing device 4, the product information reading device 54 reads product information from the product information holding medium 41 (H1), the work information reading device 53 reads work information (such as temperature) (H3), and the time information output device. 51 detects and calculates time information (H4), and the GPS receiver 52 calculates location information (position) (H5).

Time information output device 51, GPS receiving device 5
2. Each information of the work information reading device 53 and the product information reading device 54 is encrypted by the encryption processing unit 61 (H
6), and stored in the work information storage unit 65 (H7). For the information stored in the work information storage unit 65, time is calculated, and when a predetermined transmission time comes, the customer ID and the password of the customer are transmitted from the processing device 4 to the server 2 (H8).

When the server 2 receives the customer ID and password from the processing device 4 (H9), it authenticates it (H10). If the authentication has failed, the information of the authentication failure screen is transmitted to the processing device 4 (H20), and if the authentication is successful, an Ack is transmitted (H11). Upon receiving the Ack from the server 2 (H12), the customer's processing device 4 extracts the encrypted work information from the work information storage unit 65 and sends it to the server 2 (H13).

When the server 2 receives the encrypted work information from the processing device 4 (H14), it temporarily stores it in the information storage / analysis unit 22 (H15) and inputs it to the decryption unit 24 to encrypt it. Try to decode (H1
8). Then, the decrypted work information is stored in the work information DB 32.
(H19). Details of the process corresponding to step A5 in FIG. 21 are shown in FIGS. FIG.
9, the processing of FIG. 30 will be described.

In the transmission POS 11 of the customer who sells the product, the product information reading unit 80 reads the product information (including the product ID) from the product information holding medium 41 of the product (J1). This product information is displayed on the information display section 81 (J2).

When the operator operating the transmission POS 11 inputs a transmission request from the information input unit 83 (J3), the information analysis unit 84 analyzes the input information, and as a result, transmits the work information transmission request and the product ID to the output control unit. The signal is output via the line 85 (J4). The work information storage unit 65 of the processing device 4 searches for work information that matches the product ID in response to the work information transmission request, and transmits the work information to the server 2 (J6).

Further, the product management unit 62 of the processing device 4 uses the transmission request of the work information as a trigger to set a coupon number (coupon No.) that matches the product ID in the product management DB 6.
Search from 7. Then, the coupon number searched is transmitted to the transmission POS 11 (J5). The operator who operates the transmission POS 11 inputs information of the business partner and the business partner POS to the transmission POS 11 (J8), and inputs a request for issuing a security certificate and a source certificate (J9). Send PO
S11 transmits, for example, sales product information as shown in FIG. 16 to the server 2 (J10).

When the server 2 receives the sales merchandise information from the transmission POS 11 (J11), it receives J12 and J17.
Proceed to processing. That is, the safety evaluation unit 25 of the server 2 searches the contents of the work information DB 32 that matches the product ID (J12), searches the contents of the work content DB 31 that matches the product ID (J13), and performs the work that matches the work ID. Content D
The information of B31 is searched (J14), and the work information of the search result is compared with the safety standard information to automatically evaluate whether or not all the works of the corresponding product are safe (J15).

If the safety evaluation unit 25 determines that the security is safe, it issues a safety certificate (J16). If it is evaluated as insecure, a safety certificate will not be issued. Also,
The coupon evaluation unit 28 searches for information that matches the coupon number of the coupon issued to the selling customer (J1).
7) Use the search results to evaluate the source (J1)
8). That is, the amount of the sold product and the remaining amount of the corresponding coupon are compared.

If the amount of the sold product is equal to or less than the remaining amount of the coupon, the source of all the sold products can be confirmed by the coupon, so a source certificate is issued (J19). If more merchandise is sold than the remaining amount of the coupon, no merchandise of unknown origin is included in the merchandise, and no source certificate is issued. The server 2 transmits the purchased merchandise information to the receiving POS 12 of the business partner (purchasing side) (J20). When the security certificate and the source certificate are issued inside the server 2, those certificates are also transmitted to the receiving POS 12.

At the receiving POS 12 of the customer who purchases the product, the purchased product information from the server 2 is received at J21 in FIG. In this case, the merchandise information reading unit 70 of the receiving POS 12 reads merchandise information from the merchandise information holding medium 41 of the merchandise (J22), and the information display unit 71 determines whether the purchased merchandise information received from the server 2 and the merchandise information reading unit 70 are actual. And the merchandise information read from the merchandise is simultaneously displayed on the screen (J23).

The purchaser who operates the receiving POS 12 checks the information of the product from the information displayed on the screen and determines whether or not the purchase is possible. Then, purchase or non-purchase information is input (J24). In the case of non-purchase, the process is terminated as it is, and in the case of purchase, the product ID issuing unit 63
A new product ID that does not exist in B67 is issued, and the information of the product information holding medium 41 is rewritten (J25). In this case, the receiving POS 12 transmits the purchase information as shown in FIG. 19 to the server 2 (J26).

The server 2 receives the purchase information as the purchase intention of the purchaser (J27). In this case, server 2
The coupon issuance / amortization unit 27 searches for a record of the coupon from the coupon voucher DB 35 using the coupon number as a key (J29), and amortizes the coupon issued to the sales company by an amount corresponding to the sales amount (J30).

The coupon issuance / amortization unit 27 searches for information from the product use information DB 36 using the purchased product name as a key (J28), and purchases the product based on the value of the “use rate” of the corresponding “product use information”. A coupon is issued to the company (J31). The issued coupon is accumulated in the coupon DB35. Further, the number of the issued coupon is transmitted to the receiving POS 12 of the customer on the purchase side (J3).
3).

Further, the merchandise information retrieving section 26 accumulates information of newly established trades in the merchandise information DB 33 (J3).
4). At this time, since the supplier customer ID and the supplier product ID are unknown, using the product ID of the newly established trading information as a key, a record in which the seller record ID of the old record matches is searched, and the purchase is performed. The customer ID and the supplier product ID are obtained.

When the receiving POS 12 of the customer on the purchasing side receives the coupon number from the server 2 (J35), the information is stored in the issued coupon number storage section 64, and the issued product ID and the coupon number are linked. The product management unit 62 stores them in the product management DB 67 (J36). Details of the process corresponding to step A7 in FIG. 21 are shown in FIGS. The processing of FIGS. 31 and 32 will be described.

When deciding whether or not to purchase a product, a consumer or the like can use the information browsing POS 13 to view information on the product managed by the service provider. When browsing product information, consumers can use the information browsing PO
The product information is read from the product information holding medium 41 of the corresponding product using the product information reading unit 90 in S13 (K
1). The read product information is displayed on the screen of the information display section 91 (K2). When the consumer inputs a request for transmission of work information on the product (K3), the transmission request for work information and the product ID are output from the input / output control unit 93 (K4).

In this case, the work information storage unit 6 of the processing device 4
5 searches for work information matching the product ID, and transmits the search result to the server 2 (K6). Further, the product management unit 62 of the processing device 4 searches the product management DB 67 for a coupon number matching the product ID, triggered by the transmission request of the work information (K5). This coupon number is the information viewing POS
13 is transmitted.

When the operator of the information browsing POS 13 such as a consumer inputs a request for issuing a security certificate and a source certificate (K
7) The sales merchandise information as shown in FIG.
S13 is transmitted to the server 2. In the server 2, upon receiving the sales product information (K9), K10, K1
Proceed to step 5. In this case, the safety evaluation unit 25 outputs the product ID
Is retrieved from the work information DB 32 (K10), the work content that matches the work ID is searched from the work content DB 31 (K11), and the safety standard information that matches the work ID is retrieved from the safety standard information DB 34. A search is performed and a safety evaluation is performed for each operation of the product (K13).

That is, each piece of the retrieved work information is compared with the safety standard information to determine whether or not the information is safe. If all the operations of the corresponding product are considered to be safe, a safety certificate is issued (K14). If it is considered insecure, no security certificate will be issued. Further, the coupon evaluation unit 28 of the server 2 searches the coupon ticket DB 35 for information that matches the coupon number (K15), and evaluates the source of the product (K16). That is, the amount of the sold product is compared with the remaining coupon amount of the product. If the coupon remaining is equal to or greater than the amount of the product being sold,
A source certificate is issued because the source of all the products can be confirmed with a coupon (K17). If the remaining amount of the coupon is smaller than the amount of the product to be sold, the source of at least a part of the product cannot be confirmed by the coupon, and therefore no source certificate is issued.

Further, the server 2 searches the product information DB 33 for product tracking information using the product information search unit 26 (K18). First, referring to the sale target product ID of each record using the product ID in the purchase information as a key, a matching record is searched. Next, the product I of the found record
Search again using D as a key. By repeating this, the tracking information can be searched.

As a specific example, it is assumed that the product information stored in the product information DB 33 is in the state shown in FIG. Product ID of purchased product is C-154, supplier ID is C
0003, the sale-destination product ID is C-154.
Is B-567, and the customer I
D is C0002. In addition, the seller ID is B-5.
The merchandise ID of the record 67 is A-312, and the customer ID is C0001.

Therefore, the tracking result is C0003, C-00.
02, C-0001. In other words, this product has a customer ID of C-0001 and a customer ID of C-000.
It can be seen from the tracking result that the customer ID has passed to the customer C-0003 via the second customer. The server 2 transmits the purchased merchandise information including such a tracking result to the information browsing POS 13 of the supplier (K19).

When the consumer information browsing POS 13 receives the purchased merchandise information from the server 2 (K20), the information display section 91 displays the received purchased merchandise information (with tracking information) (K22). The consumer refers to the purchased product information (with tracking information) displayed on the information display section 91 of the information browsing POS 13, and determines whether or not the purchase is possible. Then, information indicating whether the purchase is permitted is input from the information browsing POS 13 (K2
3).

When purchasing a product, the information browsing POS
13 transmits the purchase information as shown in FIG. 19 to the server 2 (K24). The server 2 receives the information at the time of purchase transmitted by the information browsing POS 13 as the purchase intention of the consumer (K25). The coupon issuance amortization unit 27 of the server 2
Retrieves a record from the coupon ticket DB 35 using the coupon number as a key (K26), and amortizes the coupon issued to the selling company by an amount corresponding to the amount of the sold product (K27).

FIG. 33 shows details of the processing corresponding to step A6 in FIG. The processing in FIG. 33 will be described. When a product is generated at the place of production (L1), the product ID issuing unit 63 of the processing device 4 issues a new product ID that does not exist in the product management DB 67, and rewrites information recorded on the product information holding medium 41 of the product (L2). ). Also,
The receiving POS 12 transmits the product occurrence information as shown in FIG.

In the server 2, upon receiving the product occurrence information from the receiving POS 12 (L4), the coupon issue / amortization unit 27 uses the purchased product name as a key to use the product usage information D.
The information is searched from B36 (L5) to obtain the “number of occurrences per year”. Further, the coupon ticket DB 35 is searched using the customer ID and the occurrence time as keys to detect the amount of issued coupon tickets. Then, the validity of the coupon issuance is evaluated based on the “annual number of occurrences” and the amount of issued coupons (L
6).

If the issuance of the coupon is not valid,
Information indicating that coupon issuance is not possible is transmitted to the receiving POS 12 of the production area (L8), and the process is terminated. Also,
If the issuance of the coupon is valid, the coupon is stored in the coupon DB 35 (L9), and the number of the coupon is transmitted from the server 2 to the receiving POS 12 of the locality.

When the receiving POS 12 receives the coupon number from the server 2 (L12), the issued coupon number is stored in the issued coupon number storage unit 64 (L1).
3), the issued product ID and the coupon number are linked, and the product management unit 62 stores the information in the product management DB 67 (L14). In this example, it is assumed that the service provider charges each customer according to the customer's system usage (usage time, number of uses, amount of information used, etc.) and collects the fee from the customer. are doing.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims. For example, the information browsing terminal may be a browser using the Internet. In addition, the ID issuing unit existing in the processing device of each customer is arranged in the server of the service provider,
The product ID may be transmitted to each customer as needed. As described above, when a product is generated or received, each company immediately issues the product ID of the product to be manufactured and processed, registers it on the server of the service provider, manages it, Even when a product is sold or amortized, the information of a certain product can be tracked because the product ID is sent to the server and the information of the company to which the product is sold is registered at the same time.

Further, information relating to the safety of the product is registered in the server one by one, and at the time of delivery of the product, all the information relating to the safety remaining in each company is registered in the server, and then the safety of the product is evaluated. In addition, since a safety certificate is issued to a sales partner, the security of individual products can be guaranteed.
Further, since information relating to product safety is managed by the server of the service provider, each company does not need to perform information management. In addition, since the service provider collectively manages the work information on the product, the work management cost can be reduced.

When a product is generated or received, the server issues a coupon for the product on the server and manages it. When the product is sold or amortized, the server provides a coupon for the product. To amortize a ticket, you can prove the correctness of information about the origin of a certain product.

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
Each product is managed by the product ID information, the service provider collectively records and manages what kind of work was performed under what kind of environment, and what kind of management was performed on the product. To manage the validity of the product information inside the service company using, and to assure the security of each product at the time of buying and selling in order to evaluate the security of the product at the time of delivery and the validity of the product information Can be.
In addition, it is possible to convey the knowledge of correct products to consumers. Further, since the service information is collectively managed by the service company, the work management cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a flow of goods and information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server of a service providing company.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a processing device of each customer.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a reception POS.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmission POS.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information browsing POS.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a product.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (case 1 of a production place).

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of a production place 2).

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (1 in the case of the processing and distribution industry).

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (case 2 of the processing and distribution industry).

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of retail business 1).

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data (in the case of retail business 2).

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data example of a product information DB.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of data (in the case of a retail business) of a product management DB.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of sales product information (transmission information at a transmission POS in the case of a production center).

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing example 1 of purchase information (reception information at a reception POS in the case of distribution).

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing an example 2 of purchase information (information received at a consumer's information browsing POS).

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an example of purchase information (in the case of distribution).

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of product occurrence information (in the case of a production area).

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a processing flow of a customer and a service providing company.

FIG. 22 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure of authentication and menu transmission.

FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering work contents.

FIG. 24 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering safety standard information.

FIG. 25 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for registering product use information.

FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for correcting work contents, safety standard information, and product use information.

FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for approving registration information.

FIG. 28 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for accumulating work information.

FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity delivery procedure (1).

FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity delivery procedure (2).

FIG. 31 is a sequence diagram showing an information browsing procedure (1).

FIG. 32 is a sequence diagram showing an information browsing procedure (2).

FIG. 33 is a sequence diagram showing a product generation procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 server 3 communication network 4 processing device 8 product 10 input / output device 11 transmission POS 12 reception POS 13 information browsing POS 20 input control unit 21 authentication control unit 22 information storage analysis unit 23 information registration search unit 24 decryption unit 25 security evaluation unit 26 Product information search unit 27 Coupon issuance / amortization unit 28 Coupon evaluation unit 29 Certificate issuance unit 30 Output control unit 31 Work content DB 32 Work information DB 33 Product information DB 34 Safety standard information DB 35 Coupon ticket DB 36 Product usage information DB 40 Merchandise contents 41 Merchandise information holding medium 42 Merchandise packaging 50 Work site 51 Time information output device 52 GPS receiver 53 Work information reader 54 Product information reader 55 Computer 61 Encryption processing unit 62 Product management unit 63 Product ID issuing unit 64 Issued coupon number storage 6 5 Work information storage section 66 Information registration section 67 Product management DB 70 Product information reading section 71 Information display section 72 Information storage section 73 Information input section 74 Information analysis section 75 Input / output control section 80 Product information reading section 81 Information display section 82 Information Storage unit 83 Information input unit 84 Information analysis unit 85 Output control unit 90 Product information reading unit 91 Information display unit 92 Information storage unit 93 Input / output control unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Kazuhide Ohno 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Hikaru Umeno 2-chome Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd. (72) Kinmitsu Takasugi Inventor 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd. 2-3-1, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Hiroto Shibata 2-3-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor: Honorary Endo Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku (72) Inventor Joji Nakayama 2-3-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Person Yoshinori Kusachi 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Takahiro Ota 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F-term (Reference) 5B049 BB11 CC00 CC05 EE00 GG00

Claims (8)

[Claims] Claims 1. An article information management method for managing information on an article such as a product and its material or an article serving as a raw material, wherein a content information is provided to a provider of the article information. And prompting the user to input safety standard information prescribing safety standards for the contents of the work, storing the contents of the work and the safety standard information input from the provider of the article information in the storage means, Prompting input of the identification information of the article and the work information related to the safety of the article, storing the identification information and the work information of the article input from the provider of the article information in the storage means in association with each other, The user of the article information is urged to enter the identification information of the corresponding article, and the work information and the safety information relating to the specific article corresponding to the identification information input by the user of the article information are urged. Reading the associated information from the storage means, comparing the read-out work information with the safety reference information, and evaluating the safety of the corresponding article; An article information management method, wherein information of an article corresponding to the information is provided together with an evaluation result of the safety of the article. 2. The article information management method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the content of the work and the safety standard information registered in the storage unit is added with an item of approval regarding the content of the information. The item is set to an unapproved state in the initial state, and when the approval information is input by an input from a pre-registered specific approver, the approved information is registered in the approval item. Article information management method. 3. An article information management method for managing information of an article such as a product and its material or an article serving as a raw material, wherein the article to be shipped specifies at least an article to be shipped to a provider of the article information. Prompts entry of information, purchased goods information specifying the purchased goods that became the material or raw material of the goods to be shipped, and goods usage information including information on the usage rate of the purchased goods, and the goods usage information entered by the goods information provider When a purchased article is generated or a purchased article is purchased, a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article is issued to the owner or purchaser of the article, and the information of the coupon is stored. When the goods are sold, the coupon of the corresponding goods assigned to the seller is amortized according to the transaction volume, and the user of the goods information is Then, the user is prompted to input the identification information of the corresponding article, reads the information of the coupon for the specific article corresponding to the identification information input from the user of the article information, and reads the transaction balance of the coupon assigned to the seller. An article characterized by evaluating the legitimacy of the corresponding article information based on the quantity, and providing a user of the article information with information on the article corresponding to the identification information together with an evaluation result of the article information. Information management method. 4. The article information management method according to claim 3, wherein an approval item relating to the content is added to the article use information registered in the storage unit, and the approval item is not approved in an initial state. Wherein the approval information is registered in the approval item when the approval information is input by an input from a specific pre-registered approver. 5. An article information management device for managing information on an article such as a commodity and an article serving as a material or a raw material thereof, wherein the content of work performed on each article and the security of the content of the work are performed. First input control means for inputting safety standard information defining a standard; first storage means for storing input work content and safety standard information; identification information of the article and identification of the article; Second input control means for inputting work information related to safety, second storage means for storing input identification information and work information of the article in association with each other, and a user of the article information Third input control means for inputting the identification information of the article, and operation information and safety standard information of a specific article corresponding to the input identification information are read from the storage means, Safety evaluation means for evaluating the safety of the corresponding article by comparing the information with the safety standard information; and for the user of the article information, the information of the article corresponding to the input identification information is transmitted to the article. And a product information output means for providing the product information together with the safety evaluation result. 6. An article information management device for managing information on an article such as a product and its material or an article serving as a raw material, comprising at least shipping article information for specifying an article to be shipped, a material or a raw material of the article to be shipped. First input control means for inputting article use information including purchased article information for specifying the article to be purchased and information on the use rate of the purchased article; and storage for storing the inputted article use information. Means for issuing a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article to the owner or purchaser of the article when the purchased article is generated or the purchased article is purchased and storing the information of the coupon. Issuance means and coupons for amortizing the coupon of the relevant article allocated to the seller according to the transaction volume when the article is sold Rejection means; second input control means for inputting identification information of an article from a user of the article information; and information of the coupon for a specific article corresponding to the identification information input by the user of the article information. And a validity evaluation means for evaluating the validity of the corresponding article information based on the transaction remaining amount of the coupon allocated to the seller; and for the user of the article information, the article corresponding to the identification information. And a product information output means for providing the product information together with the evaluation result of the product information. 7. A recording medium recording an article information management program for managing information of an article such as a product and an article serving as a material or a raw material, wherein the article information management program includes: A procedure for prompting the user to input the safety standard information that prescribes the content of the work performed on each article and the safety standard for the content of the work; A procedure for storing the information in the storage means; a procedure for prompting the provider of the article information to input the identification information of the article and work information related to the safety of the article; A procedure for associating the identification information and the work information of the article with each other and storing the information in a storage unit; a procedure for prompting a user of the article information to input identification information of the article; A step of reading the work information and the safety standard information relating to the specific article corresponding to the identification information input from the user of the information from the storage unit, and comparing the read work information with the safety standard information. A procedure for evaluating the safety of the corresponding article and a procedure for providing the user of the article information with information on the article corresponding to the input identification information together with the evaluation result of the safety of the article are provided. A recording medium having recorded thereon an article information management program. 8. A recording medium which records an article information management program for managing information on an article such as a product and its material or an article as a raw material, wherein the article information management program includes: A procedure for prompting the user to input at least shipping article information for specifying an article to be shipped, purchased article information for specifying a purchased article that has been a material or a raw material of the article to be shipped, and information on a utilization rate of the purchased article. And a procedure for storing the article use information input by the article information provider in the storage means. When a purchased article is generated or the purchased article is purchased, a coupon indicating the validity of the information of the purchased article is provided to the article. Issuing the coupon information to the owner or purchaser of the product and storing the coupon information; A procedure for amortizing the applied coupon for the applicable article according to the transaction volume, a procedure for prompting the user of the article information to enter the identification information of the applicable article, and a procedure for prompting the user of the article information to input the identification information of the applicable article. A step of reading the information of the coupon for the specific article corresponding to the identification information, and evaluating the legitimacy of the corresponding article information based on the remaining transaction amount of the coupon assigned to the seller; And a procedure for providing information on the article corresponding to the identification information together with the result of the evaluation of the validity of the article information.