JP2004030016A - Vending method and vending program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stop vending a vending stopped commodity and to collect such commodities immediately and surely by simple work by registering codes of a maker to which the stop of vending is instructed, a commodity classification and a commodity or the like in a file, stopping vending by displaying that vending of the commodity is stopped while referring to the file, and collecting such commodities when reading a bar code of the commodity carried from a display rack and settling accounts in a POS terminal in a vending method and a vending program for vending commodities. <P>SOLUTION: The vending method has a step for providing the file to register information on the commodity to stop vending and reading the information attached to the commodity carried from the display rack or the like by the client, a step for presenting that vending of the commodity is stopped when it is discriminated that vending of the commodity is stopped while referring to the file, and a step for summing up prices and settling the accounts with respect to commodities discriminated as commodities of which vending is not stopped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sales method and a sales program for selling products.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a POS terminal is used to read a barcode of a product brought by a customer from a product shelf, to perform totalization and settlement.
[0003]
At this time, if the sale of a certain product is stopped for some reason, the store clerk removes the discontinued product from the display shelf, or removes the discontinued product from the product master accessed by the POS terminal. Each one was deleted so that the POS terminal could not sell.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, when there is one discontinued product, it is sufficient to remove the product and delete the information of the discontinued product from the product master.
[0005]
However, in response to the sales stop instruction specified by the manufacturer of the product, among the products displayed at the store, all the products of the manufacturer whose sales are stopped are found and removed one by one, and similarly, from the product master, There is a problem in that it takes time and effort to find and delete all the products of the manufacturer whose sale has been discontinued, or sometimes forgets to remove or delete.
[0006]
In addition, when only a product of a certain product category of a certain manufacturer is instructed to stop selling, a product of the corresponding product category of the corresponding manufacturer is found in the store, removed, and the corresponding product of the relevant manufacturer is found from the product master. There is a problem that it is necessary to find and remove the classified product, which requires a great deal of trouble, and that the removal or deletion is sometimes partially forgotten.
[0007]
According to the present invention, in order to solve these problems, a code of a maker, a product category, a product, etc., which has been instructed to be discontinued is registered in a file, and a bar code of the product brought by a customer from a display shelf is read by a POS terminal. At the time of settlement, if the product is discontinued with reference to the file, display that fact and stop selling and collect the product. It is intended to be.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG.
[0009]
In FIG. 1, the POS terminal 1 reads out a bar code attached to a product and adjusts the payment. In this case, the POS terminal 1 includes a bar code scanner 11, a matching determination unit 14, and the like.
[0010]
The barcode scanner 11 reads a barcode attached to a product.
[0011]
The matching determination unit 14 determines whether or not to suspend sales by referring to the sales suspension code file 21 based on the read barcode (scan code).
[0012]
The store server 2 manages information on merchandise and information on merchandise to be discontinued. Here, the store server 2 includes a merchandise master 22 and a sales stop code file 21.
[0013]
The sales suspension code file 21 is a file in which information on products to be discontinued is registered.
[0014]
Next, the operation will be described.
A barcode scanner 11 constituting the POS terminal 1 reads a barcode attached to a product brought from a display shelf or the like by a customer, and configures the store server 2 based on the barcode read by the matching determination means 14. When it is determined that the product is a discontinued product with reference to the sales discontinuation code file 21, the fact that the product is a discontinued product is displayed. On the other hand, the prices of the products determined to be not the discontinued product are totaled and settled. I have to.
[0015]
At this time, based on the information read from the merchandise, the merchandise that is determined to be the merchandise discontinued by referring to the sales discontinuation file 21 is all merchandise of the corresponding maker code, and the corresponding merchandise classification code of the corresponding maker code , Or the corresponding product code of the corresponding maker code.
[0016]
Therefore, the code of the maker, product category, product, etc., instructed to stop selling is registered in the file, and the POS terminal 1 reads the bar code of the product brought from the display shelf by the customer to refer to the file when making payment. In the case of a discontinued product, the fact is displayed and the sale is stopped and the product is collected, so that the discontinued product can be immediately and reliably stopped and collected by a simple operation.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, the embodiment and operation of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0018]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a POS terminal 1 reads a bar code attached to a product and performs settlement. In this example, a bar code scanner 11, a scan code reading unit 12, a code extraction unit 13, a matching determination unit 14 , Confirmation message display means 15 and the like.
[0019]
The barcode scanner 11 reads a barcode (scan code 4) attached to a product.
[0020]
The scan code reading means 12 reads a bar code (scan code) from a label attached to a product by the bar code scanner 11. Here, the scan code 4 includes a maker code, a product code, a C / D (check code), and the like as described in the lower part.
[0021]
The code extracting unit 13 extracts a maker code, a product code, and the like from the read scan code 4. For example, in the case of a 13-digit JAN code (manufacturer code 7-digit version), since the first 7 digits are the manufacturer code, this is extracted.
[0022]
Based on the codes (manufacturer code, merchandise code) extracted from the scan code 4 by the code extracting means 13, the matching determination means 14 refers to the sales stop code file 21 of the store server 2 and registers as a sales stop target product. It is determined whether or not it has been performed.
[0023]
The confirmation message display means 15 is for displaying a confirmation message (see FIG. 5) and notifying that the sales have been discontinued.
[0024]
The store server 2 is located in the store and controls the plurality of POS terminals 1 in general. Here, a code to be sold is registered in the sales stop code file 21 and the registration is performed at each POS terminal 1. For example, the POS terminal 1 cancels the sale of the product corresponding to the received code, or causes the POS terminal 1 to settle the product, and is composed of a sale stop code file 21, a product master 22, and the like.
[0025]
The sales stop code file 21 is for registering information (manufacturer code, maker's merchandise classification code or maker's merchandise code) related to the merchandise to be discontinued.
[0026]
The product master 22 registers prices and the like related to products.
When the management console 3 receives a notification of a product (manufacturer, product category, product) related to the subject of sales cancellation from a headquarters (not shown), the management console 3 registers the code related to the sales cancellation product in the sales cancellation code file 21 and In this case, the sale of the product related to the registered code is stopped.
[0027]
Next, in accordance with the order of the flowchart of FIG. 2, information (code) relating to the discontinued product is registered in the discontinued code file 21 under the configuration of FIG. The procedure for stopping sales will be described in detail.
[0028]
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart (registration) for explaining the operation of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, S1 determines whether there is a headquarters instruction to stop handling. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S2. If NO, the process ends here.
[0029]
In S2, it is determined whether or not a specific manufacturer's product is put together instead of an individual product. In the case of YES, the merchandise of the specific maker is put together, and it is determined that the instruction is to cancel the sale. On the other hand, in the case of NO, it is determined that the instruction is to cancel the sale of the individual item, so the product master is updated for each individual item (deletion of the code of the corresponding item, sale stop) in S9. At this time, the product code instructed to stop selling the single item is registered in the sales stop code file 21, and the bar code of the product is read by the POS terminal 1, and if the product code is registered in the sales stop code file 21, A sales stop message may be displayed to stop sales and collect the merchandise.
[0030]
In S3, since it was determined that the instruction to stop the sale of the product of the specific maker was obtained in YES in S2, the manager inputs the maker code instructed to stop the sales.
[0031]
In step S4, the product master 22 is read.
In S5, it is determined whether or not the item exists in the product master 22. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S6. If NO, the process returns to S4 and repeats.
[0032]
In S6, since it is determined that the product code including the maker code instructed to stop selling is registered in the product master 22 in YES in S5, the product code to be sold is extracted. Here, the code to be extracted is a maker code or a scan code.
[0033]
In S7, it is determined whether or not it is the end. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S8. If NO, the process returns to S4 and repeats.
[0034]
In step S8, the sales stop code file is registered. As a result, for the maker for which the sales stop instruction has been issued, all of the maker code of the maker or the scan code including the maker code and the product code of the maker are extracted from the product master 22 and registered in the sales stop code file 21. It becomes.
[0035]
As described above, when the headquarters notifies the manufacturer, product category, product, and the like to be discontinued, the product master 22 is searched based on the manufacturer code of the manufacturer, and if there is a corresponding product, the manufacturer code is Alternatively, by extracting all the scan codes including the maker code and automatically registering the scan codes in the sales stop code file 21, it becomes possible to reliably and completely register the codes relating to the products whose registration has been discontinued in the sales stop code file 21.
[0036]
Next, in accordance with the order of the flowchart of FIG. 3, the procedure for stopping and collecting the discontinued merchandise at the time of settlement of the merchandise brought from the display shelf or the like by the POS terminal 1 under the configuration of FIG. Will be described in detail.
[0037]
FIG. 3 shows an operation explanation flowchart (sales) of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, S11 scans a product. This is done by scanning a barcode attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like by a barcode scanner 11 constituting the POS terminal 1 in FIG.
[0038]
In S12, it is determined whether or not the file exists in the sales stop code file 21. This is because, in S11, the barcode attached to the product is read and the read barcode (scan code 4) itself or the maker code extracted from the scan code is registered in the sales stop code file 21 and the sales stop target Determine whether the product. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S15. In the case of NO, the process proceeds to S16.
[0039]
In S13, since it is determined that the product is a product to be discontinued by YES in S12, a confirmation message of the discontinuation is displayed.
[0040]
In S14, it is determined whether or not the sale of the product is stopped. In the case of YES, the sales registration in S15 is cancelled, and the process proceeds to S16. In the case of NO, the process proceeds to S16.
[0041]
In step S16, it is determined whether the product to be scanned and settled is finished. In the case of YES, the account is settled in S17, the merchandise is delivered to the customer, and the process ends. In the case of NO, S11 and subsequent steps are repeated for the next product.
[0042]
As described above, when the customer brings the product to the counter, the cashier reads the barcode attached to the product using the barcode scanner 11 of the POS terminal 1 and scans the scanned code of the read product or the scan code. If the extracted maker code is found to be a code to be sold by referring to the sales cancellation code file 21 in the store server 2 (in the case of S12: YES), a sales cancellation confirmation message is displayed and the sales are stopped. And discontinued products can be collected.
[0043]
FIG. 4 shows an example of a product master according to the present invention. The following information shown in the figure is registered in the product master 22 in association with each other.
[0044]
・ Scan code:
・ Manufacturer code:
·Product code:
・ Product classification code (department code):
・ Product name:
·standard price:
・ Others:
Here, the scan code is composed of a product maker code and a product code, and corresponds to a code read from a bar code attached to the product (see FIG. 1). The product classification code (department code) is a classification code of the product, for example, a code “001010” given to snacks, and a unique product represented by a scan code (maker code + product code) A product classification code (“001010” for snacks) is assigned to register a product belonging to which product classification. The product name and standard price are the product name and standard price represented by the scan code (manufacturer code + product code).
[0045]
As described above, the product classification code, product name, standard price, etc. are registered in association with the scan code (manufacturer code + product code), and for the product represented by the scan code, the product classification, product name, standard price, etc. Can be referred to. Accordingly, in the present invention, as the designation of the product to be discontinued,
(1) Maker code in scan code: All scan code products including the specified maker code are to be sold.
[0046]
(2) Merchandise classification code registered in association with the scan code: All scan codes in which the specified merchandise class code is registered are subject to sales suspension.
[0047]
(3) Scan code (manufacturer code + product code): The product with the specified scan code is subject to sales discontinuation.
When the POS terminal 1 sells a product to a customer by registering the product in the sales suspension code file 21 in one of a plurality of formats or a plurality of formats, the sale of the product corresponding to (1) to (3) is stopped and the product is collected. It is possible to implement it reliably and immediately.
[0048]
FIG. 5 shows an example of a sales stop / confirmation message according to the present invention. This shows an example of the message displayed in S13 of FIG. 3 described above. Here, the message is displayed as shown below.
[0049]
-This item is discontinued.
please confirm.
[0050]
・ Product name: A confectionery ・ Manufacturer code: XXXXXXXXX
・ Current selling price: ¥ 198 (Appendix 1)
In the method of selling products,
Create a file to register information about products to be discontinued,
Reading information attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like;
Based on the read information, a step of presenting that the product is a discontinued product when it is determined that the product is a discontinued product by referring to the file,
Summing up the prices of the products that are determined not to be the discontinued products and adjusting the price.
[0051]
(Appendix 2)
Based on the read information, a product that is determined to be a discontinued product by referring to the file is all products of the corresponding manufacturer code, all products of the corresponding product classification code of the corresponding manufacturer code, or The selling method described in Supplementary Note 1, wherein a corresponding product code of the corresponding maker code is used.
[0052]
(Appendix 3)
In a sales program that sells products,
Reading information attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like;
Based on the read information, a step of presenting that the product is a discontinued product when it is determined that the product is a discontinued product by referring to the file,
A sales program for functioning as a step of totalizing and adjusting the prices of the products that are determined not to be the sales discontinued products.
[0053]
(Appendix 4)
In a computer-readable recording medium recording a sales program for selling goods,
On the computer,
Reading information attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like;
Based on the read information, a step of presenting that the product is a discontinued product when it is determined that the product is a discontinued product by referring to the file,
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for functioning as a step of totalizing and adjusting the price of a product determined not to be the discontinued product.
[0054]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the code of the maker, the product category, the product, etc., which has been instructed to stop selling is registered in the file, and the POS terminal 1 reads the barcode of the product brought from the display shelf by the customer. At the time of settlement, when a product is discontinued by referring to the file, the fact is indicated and the sale is discontinued and the product is collected. Sales can be reliably stopped and collected.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory flowchart (registration) of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart (sales) for explaining the operation of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example of a product master according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an example of a sales stop / confirmation message according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: POS terminal 11: bar code scanner 12 "scan code reading means 13: code extraction means 14: matching determination means 15: confirmation message display means 2: store server 21: sales stop code file 22: product master 3: management console 4: Scan code

Claims (3)

In the method of selling products,
Create a file to register information about products to be discontinued,
Reading information attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like;
Based on the read information, a step of presenting that the product is a discontinued product when it is determined that the product is a discontinued product by referring to the file,
Summing up the prices of the products that are determined not to be the discontinued products and adjusting the price. Based on the read information, the products that are determined to be discontinued products with reference to the file are all products of the corresponding manufacturer code, all products of the corresponding product classification code of the corresponding manufacturer code, or 2. The selling method according to claim 1, wherein said corresponding maker code is a corresponding commodity code. In a sales program that sells products,
Reading information attached to a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like;
Based on the read information, a step of presenting that the product is a discontinued product when it is determined that the product is a discontinued product by referring to the file,
A sales program for functioning as a step of totalizing and adjusting the prices of the products that are determined not to be the sales discontinued products.

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