JP2009176193A - Merchandise-selling system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise-selling system wherein price information of merchandise can be changed, based on at lease either the stock quantity information or the expiration date information, and customers are appropriately provided with price information. <P>SOLUTION: In this merchandise-selling system, a store controller 200 enables the customer to know current merchandise and its quantity at shop 100, based on the comparison results between merchandise master 252 and recording media 251 for managing sales performance of the merchandise. The store controller also can change the merchandise price and display it on electronic display devices 511, 512, based on the expiration date, or the consuming time of the merchandise and its quantity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product sales system in a product sales store that provides products to customers.

  Currently, in supermarkets, which are an example of merchandise stores, the workers manually promote the sale of products by attaching discount stickers to the products that are about to expire. The product sales system of reducing is taken. As described above, when a product is provided to a customer, various product sales systems are used in the product sales store. Various research and development have been conducted on the product sales system as follows.

  In Patent Document 1, product information that is consciously sold in a store is analyzed, while product information that is individually suitable for each customer, centering on products that are consciously sold that are suitable for products that the customer intends to purchase. A coupon information providing method that provides a system for increasing the digestibility of products that the store wants to sell consciously is disclosed.

  In the coupon information providing method described in Patent Document 1, information on products purchased by customers is read using an information terminal, and the information suitable for each customer is analyzed after analyzing the information in real time. , Characterized by the fact that products that want to be actively sold that change every moment (for example, products that are just before the expiration date) are extracted, and that each product is proposed individually and promoted to each customer. It is.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a sales registration device that can manage the expiration date of a product without accidentally selling a product whose expiration date has expired and without burdening the store clerk.

  In the sales registration device described in Patent Document 2, the sale registration device registers sales of products to each customer and calculates and displays the total purchase price of all products sold to the customer. A scanner for reading at least a code for identifying the product or the department to which the product belongs and a barcode representing the processing date and time of the product, and for each code, data relating to the best-before period of the product or the product of the department. A storage means for storing; an acquisition means for acquiring a code of a product to which the barcode is assigned and a processing date and time from the barcode read by the scanner; and a best-before period corresponding to the code acquired by the acquisition means Read means for reading data from the storage means, processing date and time acquired by the acquisition means, and the read hand And determining means for determining whether or not the product has reached the best period based on the data relating to the best period read by the current date and time, and the determining means that the product has reached the expiration date In the case where it is determined, it is provided with notifying means for notifying that effect.

  Patent Document 3 discloses an inventory management system that can manage the inventory of merchandise so that the inventory can be consumed without expiring and discarding the merchandise.

  The inventory management system described in Patent Document 3 includes a POS system having a bar code reader that reads a bar code displayed on a product, and the POS system uses the bar code read by the bar code reader from the bar code. Within the date of manufacture, the expiration date, and the expiration date of the product to obtain discount information for discounting the sales price of the product according to the elapsed time from the date of manufacture, and based on the discount information Thus, the sales price after the discount of the product at the current date and time is calculated.

  In Patent Document 4, it can be automatically and reliably detected that a product with an expiration date has expired at the time of sales registration of the product, and the burden of the store clerk is reduced by eliminating the need for manual management of the expiration date. A product sales data processing apparatus capable of measuring the above is disclosed.

  In the merchandise sales data processing apparatus described in Patent Literature 4, a code string reading unit that reads a code string obtained by encoding information relating to sale of merchandise and information related to an expiration date, a date storage unit that records a current date, and the code string Sales registration processing means for registering sales of the corresponding merchandise sales data based on information related to sales of the code string read by the reading means, information relating to the expiration date of the code string read by the code string reading means, and the date storage means An expiration date determining means for determining whether or not the expiration date of the sale product has expired based on the stored date, and an expiration output means for outputting the fact when the determination means determines that the expiration date has expired It is characterized by comprising.

  Patent Document 5 discloses a product sales system that enables easy management of products with a shelf life and promotes sales before the shelf life expires.

  In the merchandise sales system described in Patent Literature 5, an ID tag that stores an individual ID that is attached to a merchandise to be sold and that can individually identify the merchandise, individual ID information of the merchandise stored in the ID tag, and the merchandise A database that stores the expiration date information in association with each other, a reading device that reads the individual ID of the ID tag attached to the product, and the individual ID information of the ID tag read by the reading device that is stored in the database Control means for reading the expiration date information of the product, calculating the remaining best time from the current time to the expiration date, and determining the discount rate of the product in association with the remaining best time calculated for the product It is.

JP 11-353555 A JP-A-8-101974 JP 2003-16538 A JP-A-4-174100 JP 2004-185377 A

  However, the coupon information provision method disclosed in Patent Document 1 is based on the premise that the customer has an information terminal, and for new customers, product information cannot be obtained, and acquisition of new customers in the store is realized. Difficult to do.

  Further, regarding the sales registration device disclosed in Patent Document 2, since the sales registration device determines whether or not the best-before period has been reached, it is determined that the customer does not bring the product to be purchased to the sales registration device. Is not done. As a result, the customer's willingness to purchase cannot be increased in the display shelf, and the hidden customer's willingness to purchase cannot be acquired.

  Further, with regard to the inventory management system disclosed in Patent Document 3, the sales price can be changed in the POS system. However, since the customer cannot recognize the changed sales price in the display shelf in advance, the customer is hidden. You can't get a willingness to buy.

  Further, for the product sales data processing device disclosed in Patent Document 4 and the product sales system disclosed in Patent Document 5, the expiration date is automatically determined at the time of sales registration. Since the price cannot be recognized in advance, the product cannot be selected according to the expiration date, and the customer's willingness to purchase cannot be increased. In addition, displaying a product whose expiration date has expired causes a loss of credit in the merchandise store.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales system capable of appropriately presenting price information to a customer.
Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales system that can change price information of merchandise based on information on at least one of the number of stocks and the expiration date, and can appropriately present price information to customers. That is.

(1)
The product sales system according to the present invention records an electronic display medium disposed on a display shelf in a product sales store, a control device for remotely operating display of the electronic display medium, and product information of the products displayed on the display shelf A product information recording device that records the product sales history information of the sold products, and the control device stores the product information of the products recorded in the product information recording device, and the product sales management device. Compared with the product sales history information of the product recorded in the item, the price of the product changed based on the expiration date of the product information of the product existing in the product sales store based on the comparison result is displayed on the electronic display medium. is there.

  In the product sales system according to the present invention, the control device recognizes the product existing in the product sales store based on the comparison between the product information of the product and the product sales history information of the product, and the product information of the product The price of the product can be changed based on the expiration date and displayed on the electronic display medium.

  In this case, the control device can grasp the product information of the product existing in the product sales store at the current stage. Therefore, the price of the product can be changed according to the expiration date included in the product information of the product. For example, if the expiration date of the product is one day ago, the product can be changed to a special price. As a result, the special sale price can be displayed on the electronic display medium displayed on the display shelf, and the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced on the display shelf. In addition, it is possible to lower the sale price for products with a large number of stocks, and as a result, the number of stocks of products can be reduced.

(2)
The control device gives the price information of the changed product to the product sales management device, and the product sales management device receives the price information of the changed product and changes the price information included in the product information of the product. The price information of the product may be rewritten.

  In this case, since the price information of the product is rewritten to the price information of the changed product by the product sales management device, the customer visually recognizes the price displayed on the electronic display medium, takes out the product from the display shelf, and Even when the payment is made by the system, since the price information of the product is rewritten with the price information of the changed product, the payment of the price in the POS system is performed by the price information of the changed product. As a result, it is possible to prevent complaints from customers that the price display is incorrect.

(3)
The control device may change the price information of the product by comparing the current time with the closing time.

  In this case, the price information of the product is fluctuated by comparing the current time and the closing time (or expiration date), so it is not necessary for the salesperson to manually change the price of the product, reducing the work man-hours. It can be carried out. Further, it may be varied by comparing the current time and the closing time with the expiration date. As a result, since the product price can be lowered as the store closes, it is possible to eliminate stock products as much as possible.

(4)
The control device may display the number of products existing in the product sales store on the electronic display medium according to the comparison result.

  In this case, the number of products can be displayed on the electronic display medium by the control device. As a result, by displaying the remaining number to the customer, it is possible to inform the sales situation of the product, and to increase the customer's willingness to purchase.

(5)
The control device may display only the products existing in the product sales store on the electronic display medium according to the comparison result.

  In this case, the control device can display only the products present in the product sales store on the electronic display medium. Therefore, the customer can be prevented from feeling disappointed that there is no product displayed on the electronic display medium disposed on the display shelf. Further, by not displaying the sold-out products at the merchandise store, it is possible to display a large amount of in-stock products on the electronic display medium.

(6)
The control device may cause the electronic display medium to display the product having a stock margin of the product sales store according to the comparison result.

  In this case, the control device can display the merchandise having a stock margin on the electronic display medium. As a result, it is possible to display a product with a large number of stocks to the customer, so that the customer's willingness to purchase the product can be increased.

(7)
The control device may cause the electronic display medium to perform display for each category according to the product information of the product.

  In this case, since display can be performed on the electronic display medium by category according to the product information of the product, price information for each category can be presented to the customer. For example, in the category of dairy products, A milk of 200 yen, B milk of 190 yen, and C milk of 180 yen can be displayed collectively. Thereby, price information can be appropriately given to the customer, and the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced.

(8)
A manufacturing factory that manufactures products, a product sales store that sells products manufactured in the manufacturing factory to customers, an electronic display medium disposed on a display shelf in the product sales store, and a display of the electronic display medium A remote control device, a product information recording device that records product information of products displayed on the display shelf, and a product sales management device that records product sales history information of the sold products, The control device performs comparison between the product information of the product recorded in the product information recording device based on a plurality of parameters and the product sales history information of the product recorded in the product sales management device, and the comparison The price of the product changed based on the expiration date of the product information of the product existing in the product sales store based on the result history is displayed on the electronic display medium, and the manufacturing factory Product sales system capable of instructions of the manufacturer of the product.

  In this case, the number of stocks and the number of manufactures can be instructed based on the parameters. That is, the parameters such as morning and afternoon weather, weather, temperature, humidity, festivals, children's day, Christmas, athletic meet, excursions, events and trends at competing stores, events at their own merchandise stores, news media promotions and The number of stocks and the number of manufactured products can be instructed based on the sales history or the like. As a result, the number of stocks can be suppressed to the minimum, and an effective effect can be obtained on the shortage and remainder of the merchandise in the merchandise sales store, and also on the global environment.

(9)
In the merchandise sales system according to the present invention, a paper medium printing apparatus disposed in a merchandise sales store, a control device for remotely operating the paper display printing apparatus, and merchandise information for recording merchandise information of merchandise displayed on the display shelf A recording device and a merchandise sales management device that records merchandise sales history information of the sold merchandise, and the control device records the merchandise information of the merchandise recorded in the merchandise information recording device and the merchandise sales management device. The product sales history information of the product is compared, and the price of the product changed based on the expiration date of the product information of the product existing in the product sales store based on the comparison result is transmitted to the paper medium printing apparatus. It is what.

  In the merchandise sales system according to the present invention, the control device compares the merchandise information recorded in the merchandise information recording apparatus with the merchandise sales history information recorded in the merchandise sales management apparatus, and the comparison is performed. The price of the product changed based on the expiration date of the product information of the product existing in the product sales store as a result is transmitted to the paper medium printing apparatus.

  In this case, in the control device, when the price of the product fluctuates based on the expiration date of the product information and the sales history, the price of the product is transmitted to the paper medium printing apparatus. As a result, the paper medium printing apparatus automatically prints the paper medium on which the price of the product is displayed. Therefore, the operator can attach the printed paper medium to the place where the commodity is displayed on the commodity shelf, thereby realizing prevention of re-papering.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a merchandise sales store.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a merchandise store 100 includes a store controller 200, a POS (Point of sale) system 210, a pricing device 310, a transmission / reception device 400, a trigger 430, a personal digital assistant (hereinafter referred to as a PDA) 450, a printing device 451, an ESL server 500, a transceiver 510, electronic display devices 511 and 512, and a POP printing device 530.

In the merchandise store 100, the store controller 200, the POS system 210, the pricing device 310, the transmission / reception device 400, the ESL server 500, the transceiver 510, and the POP printing device 530 are connected via a network.
The PDA 450 is formed so that it can be carried by a worker in the merchandise store, and is provided so as to be able to transmit and receive data to and from the transmission / reception device 400 by infrared communication. The printing device 451 is provided so as to be able to transmit and receive data with the PDA 450 by infrared communication, and an operator directly prints a POP (paper medium or sticker) and sticks it to a product shelf (display shelf). be able to.

The transceiver 510 is provided on the ceiling of the merchandise sales store 100 so as to be able to transmit and receive data to and from the electronic display devices 511 and 512 of the merchandise sales store 100 by infrared communication.
The trigger 430 includes a handy-type FA key (display switching remote controller), and is formed so that an operator in the merchandise sales store 100 can carry it. The trigger 430 can change the display of the electronic display devices 511 and 512 by infrared communication by being brought close to one of the electronic display devices 511 and 512. For example, it is possible to switch to the back screen mode of the electronic display devices 511 and 512 and recognize the inventory of goods, the scheduled delivery date, the expiration date, and the like.

  In addition, one or a plurality of pricing devices 310 are arranged in the backyard, process the product in the backyard, create price information (price tag) of the product according to the weight, and stick it to the product. is there.

  In this embodiment, wireless communication is performed by infrared communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any other non-contact communication or the like may be used. Furthermore, although it has been described that the number of electronic display devices, transceivers, and pricing devices is one or more, the present invention is not limited to this, and other items depending on the size of the product sales store and the number of product shelves. Any number may be provided.

  In the merchandise store 100 of FIG. 1, the store controller 200 and the ESL server 500 are configured by a general computer. The store controller 200 is arranged as the highest-level control system in the merchandise sales store 100 and has a function that can be connected to an external network. For example, the function can communicate with a computer at the headquarters through the external network when the merchandise sales store is an affiliated store. Hereinafter, an example of the configuration of the store controller 200 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the store controller 200.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the store controller 200 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 201, a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 202 for storing a basic program, and a random area that is a work area for arithmetic processing. Access Memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 203, a storage processing unit 204 for storing programs and various data files, a display unit 205 including a display, an input unit 206 including a keyboard and a mouse, an interface (hereinafter referred to as I) / F) 220, and external communication 230 having a data communication function. For example, the CPU 201 of the store controller 200 communicates with the ESL server 500 via the external communication 230, or communicates with the head office computer via the external network when the merchandise sales store is an affiliated store.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the storage processing unit 204 stores product discount rate data 250, a sales record management recording medium 251, and a product master 252.

  For example, the product discount rate data 250 records the discount pattern data of each product, and the sales performance management recording medium 251 stores the product information and backyard pricing of the product delivered to the product sales store 100. Product information priced in the device 310 and product information of products sold in the POS system 210 are recorded, and product information of stock products in the product sales store 100 is recorded.

  Further, product information data is recorded in the product master 252. For example, the product information data is data in a table format. In the product information data, the product code that is the identification number of each product, the product name, price information, the location information and shelf position information at the store, the electronic shelf label It includes a shelf label code that is a unique hardware ID, order quantity information, sales quantity, sale period, expiration date, expiry date, remarks, and the like. In the present embodiment, the above example is given, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may include other arbitrary information.

  Next, a state in which the product discount rate data 250 for each product is set will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of the display unit 205 of the store controller 200.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a screen 600 is displayed on the display unit 205 of the store controller 200. On the screen 600, a product code 611, a product name 612, and a normal price 613 are provided, and a uniform check box 620 and an equality check box 625 are provided for the calculation method. In addition, a discount check box 615, a% discount check box 616, and a constant discount check box 617 are provided for the discount method, and an expiration date check box 630 and a consumption time check box 640 are provided for the expiration date.

  First, the operator confirms the screen 600 of the store controller 200, operates the input unit 206, and selects a discount method. Specifically, the operator operates the input unit 206 to input a product code number in the product code 611 and specify the product. Further, the product name is entered in the product name 612 to specify the product.

  Subsequently, the operator selects a discount method. Specifically, one of a circle discount check box 615, a% discount check box 616, and a constant discount check box 617 is selected. As a result, it is specified whether the specified product is to be discounted, priced at a certain percentage, or fixedly discounted.

Subsequently, the worker selects the type of expiration date. Specifically, either or both of the expiration date check box 630 and the consumption time check box 640 are selected. Thereby, it is specified which of the expiration date and / or the consumption time is set.
Subsequently, when the operator selects the expiration date check box 630, the worker checks the expiration date to be set from the check box 661. That is, the price is set so as to fluctuate within the expiration date checked here.
When the consumption time check box 640 is selected, the consumption time to be set is checked from the check box 662. That is, the price is set so as to fluctuate at the consumption time checked here.
For example, the worker checks the day before and the day, or checks the check box 662 after 10 hours, after 7 hours, and after 2 hours. Here, 10 hours later means that the consumption time comes 10 hours after the present time.

Subsequently, the operator operates the input unit 206 to select a calculation method. The operator selects either the uniform check box 620 or the uniform check box 625.
For example, when the uniform check box 620 is selected, the amount is entered in the amount box 621. When the equality check box 625 is selected, rounding, rounding up, rounding down, the first decimal place, the first digit, and the second digit are selected.
When the operator selects one of the uniform check box 620 and the equality check box 625 and inputs the amount in any of the amount boxes 621 and 626, the check boxes 661 and 662 in which the expiration date or time is selected. The amount will be entered in the amount box. The operator confirms the input screen 600, presses the execution button 671, and presses the registration button 601.

  For example, when setting a discount of 30 yen from one day before the expiry date for the Chinese price assortment of regular price of 798 yen, the uniform check box 620 is selected, the day of the check box 661 of the expiry date check box 630, the day before, Select the day before and press the execute button 671.

  Accordingly, 768 yen for the day before and 738 yen for the expiration date are displayed, and when the registration button 601 is pressed, it is recorded in the product discount rate data 250 of the store controller 250.

  In addition, for example, in the case of assorted Chinese side dishes at a regular price of 798 yen, rounding off evenly from 6 hours before the consumption time and setting to 500 yen one hour before the consumption time, select the equal check box 625, Enter 500 yen in the amount box 626 and select round off. Further, a check box 662 after 6 hours, 5 hours, 4 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours, 1 hour after the consumption time is selected, and the execution button 671 is pressed.

  This will display 768 yen for 6 hours, 740 yen for 5 hours, 680 yen for 4 hours, 620 yen for 3 hours, 560 yen for 2 hours, 500 yen for 1 hour, and 500 yen for 1 hour. By pressing 601, the product discount rate data 250 of the store controller 250 is recorded.

  Although not shown in FIG. 3, a condition that the store is closed after 1 hour and the store is closed after 2 hours may be set according to the closing time, and a product discount may be automatically set and recorded in the product discount rate data 250. .

  As described above, an operator can select one of the calculation methods for one product by selecting either uniform or equivalent, and automatically set the price information of the product according to the length of the expiration date or time. It can be set easily. Further, by setting the expiration date and time of consumption, the product price can be set according to the freshness. As a result, it is not necessary to set price information for each individual product for each expiration date, and the price setting work can be greatly reduced. Further, according to the expiration date for each product category and each product Since the selling price can be easily registered, the efficiency of the registration work can be improved.

  Next, the operation of the store controller 200 in the commodity sales store 100 in the present embodiment will be described.

  The store controller 200 is a product that can be discounted in advance based on the product discount rate data 250, the sales performance management recording medium 251 and the product master 252 of the storage processing unit 204, or a product that starts discounting at a preset predetermined time. Based on the price set in FIG. 3, control is performed to display discount information on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 of the merchandise shelves on which merchandise to be discounted is displayed with a large number of stocks.

  In addition, the store controller 200 instructs the pricing device 310 in the backyard at the merchandise sales store 100. The pricing device 310 manufactures a product by packaging and pricing the product according to the product price instructed according to the weight or the number after processing the predetermined product. The manufactured product is placed on the product shelf by the operator.

  At the same time, the store controller 200 gives the price information instructed to the pricing device 310 and the electronic display devices 511 and 512 to the POS system 210. As a result, the POS system 210 performs calculation including discount information when calculating the value of the product.

Further, based on experience, the operator reads a barcode indicating the product code of the product using a barcode reader built in the PDA 450, and transmits / receives the price information to / from the store controller 200 via the transmission / reception device 400. It may be output by the printing device 451 and pasted on a product shelf as a POP display with a paper medium. Alternatively, it can be displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 via the transceiver 510 from the store controller 200 based on the instruction of the PDA 450.
Further, the price information may be automatically output by the printing apparatus 451 in accordance with the change of the price information. This prevents the operator from forgetting to replace the POP display on the product shelf.

  Hereinafter, an example of the electronic display devices 511 and 512 displayed in accordance with an instruction from the store controller 200 will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. In this embodiment, the electronic display devices 511 and 512 are made of dot matrix ESL or electronic paper, and can select color display or monochrome display. The electronic display devices 511 and 512 are provided on a product shelf provided in the product sales store 100. The electronic display devices 511 and 512 are not limited to ESL or electronic paper, but may be segment display devices or other arbitrary liquid crystal display devices.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “AA milk 4.5, 158 yen product, expiration date: 1/25, 30 yen discount, 1/26, 20 yen discount, 1/27 “10 yen discount” is displayed. In this case, when a customer obtains a product from the product shelf, the discount rate is small for a product with a long expiration date until January 27th, and a discount rate is for a product with a short expiration date until January 25th. You can know many things.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “BB delicious milk, CC milk milk, AA 4.5, expiration date: 1/25, 30 yen discount, 1/26, 20 yen discount, 1 / 27, 10 yen discount "is displayed. In this case, when the customer obtains the product from the product shelf, all the products of BB delicious milk, CC milk milk, and AA4.5 have a long expiration date until January 27th. There are few and the expiration date is short until January 25, and it can be known that the discount amount is large. In addition, it is possible to know the product price for the same category product in one display.

  Next, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “all DD milk products, point service according to the expiration date, expiration date: 1/25, 3 point service, 1/26, 2 point service, 1/27 “1 point service” is displayed. In this case, when the customer acquires the product from the product shelf, the customer who has a long expiration date until January 27th for all DD milk products has few point services and the expiration date is January 25. You can know that there are many point services for those that are short to date.

  Next, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “DD milk all products, shelf life: 1/25, 20% discount, 1/26, 10% discount, 1/27, 5% discount” Is displayed. In this case, when the customer obtains the product from the product shelf, the discount rate is low for products with a long shelf life until January 27th, and the expiration date is January 25. You can see that the discount rate is high for the short days.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “EE milk, FF milk, GG milk, expiration date: 1/25, 30 yen discount, 1/26, 20 yen discount, 1 / 27, 10 yen discount "is displayed. In this case, when the customer obtains a product from the product shelf for a product of EE milk, FF milk, or GG milk, if the expiration date is long until January 27th, the discount amount is small, If the expiration date is short until January 25, it can be known that the discount amount is large.

  Next, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 9, on the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “HH milk, remaining product 2/250, special price 50 yen discount,” and HH milk external view are displayed. In this case, when acquiring a product from the product shelf, the customer can recognize that 250 pieces of HH milk are purchased and the number of stocks is two. It can also be recognized that the price is 50 yen discount. As a result, the customer's willingness to purchase products can be revealed.

  Next, FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “tonkatsu, a product with a fixed price of 298 yen, expiration date: 18:00 today, 30 yen discount, expiration date: today 19:00, 20 yen discount, consumption "Time limit: Today 30:30, 10 yen discount," is displayed. In this case, when the customer obtains the product from the product shelf, the customer who has a long expiration date of 20:30 today has a small discount amount and a short expiration date of 18:00 today You can see that there are many discounts.

  Next, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “tonkatsu, hamburger, curtain lunch box, expiration date: 18:00, 20% discount today, expiration date: 19:00, 10% discount today, expiration date : Today 20:30, 5% discount ”is displayed. In this case, when a customer obtains a product from the product shelf, the discount rate is low for those with a long time of 20:30 today, and the discount rate is high for a product with a short expiration date of 18:00 today. I can know.

  Subsequently, FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 12, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “Domestic young chicken mince (Momo Mune), a product of 98 yen per 100 g of the list price, expiration date: 18:00 today, 30 yen discount, expiration date : 19:00 today, 20 yen discount, Expiration date: Today 20:30, 10 yen discount "is displayed. In this case, the customer can know that the discount amount is small for the long ones up to 20:30 today, and the discount amount is large for the short ones with the expiry date until 18:00 today.

  Finally, FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing still another example of information displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the electronic display devices 511 and 512, “all fried food items, consumption deadline: today 18:00, 30 yen discount, consumption deadline: today 19:00, 20 yen discount, consumption deadline: today 20: “30, 10 yen discount” is displayed. In this case, when the customer obtains the product from the product shelf, the long fried food up to 20:30 today has a small discount and the short expiry date to 18:00 today You can see that there are many discounts.

  As described above, the customer can check the discount information (price information) of the products displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 and select the product. In addition, since the customer may desire a cheap product, the product sales store 100 can reduce the product whose expiration date has expired as much as possible.

  Next, FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a receipt (hereinafter referred to as a receipt) when the customer brings the product to the POS system 210 and pays the consideration for the product.

Here, the store controller 200 according to the present embodiment causes the electronic display devices 511 and 512 to display the price as described above, and at the same time, supplies the price information to the POS system 210 based on the product discount rate data 250 and the product master 252. give.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 14, the receipt 750 is printed with "Assorted Chinese side dish, 768 yen, -30 yen, 1 day before expiration date". As a result, product discounts are communicated to the customer. Further, in the present embodiment, the store controller 200 provides the price information of the product to the electronic display devices 511 and 512 at the same time, so that it is possible to prevent the product from being provided at the wrong product price. .

  In addition, when the barcode attached to the product is read in the POS system 210, the operator of the POS system 210 displays the price information and the expiration date on the display screen attached to the POS system 210. The customer can be informed that the expiry date of the product is one day ago. In the present embodiment, the expiry date is one day ago. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any expiry date or expiration date such as six hours ago, three hours ago, or one hour ago is not limited thereto. In this case, it may be displayed on the display screen of the POS system 210 so that it can be explained to the customer. In addition, you may install the said display screen using the display apparatus which can view to a customer.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, you may arrange | position a portable scanner terminal near the electronic display apparatuses 511 and 512 of a goods display shelf. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of display on the electronic display devices 511 and 512.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the portable scanner terminal 590 is connected to the electronic display devices 511 and 512, and the customer reads the bar code of the product using the portable scanner terminal 590, thereby discounting the electronic display devices 511 and 512. The price can be displayed. In this case, the customer can check the discount price displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 in the merchandise display shelf without going to the POS system 210.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, when the customer reads the barcode of the product with the portable scanner terminal 590, “the product is a tonkatsu list price of 298 yen, the current expiration date is 20:30 today, and is discounted by 10 yen. Can tell the customer. Furthermore, by displaying “There is a 30 day discount product at 18:00 today” according to the sales record recording medium 251 of the product, it is possible to inform the customer that there is a product with a lower price. In this case, the customer can select a low-priced product as much as possible, and the merchandise sales store can prevent unsold products with a short expiration date.

  In addition, since it takes a little time for the customer to take out the product from the product display shelf and take it to the POS system 210, if the number of products with a short expiration date falls below a predetermined number, the low-priced product It is preferable to control so as not to display. Thereby, a feeling of disappointment when there is no customer's product can be prevented.

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Next, the present invention is not limited to the product sales system in the product sales store 100, and the present invention can also be applied to a product sales system including a production factory.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a product sales system including a production factory.

  As shown in FIG. 16, a merchandise sales store 100 and a production factory 900 are included. The merchandise sales store 100 has the same configuration as the schematic diagram of FIG. 1, and typically displays a store controller 200. The production factory 900 includes a plurality of packaging devices 910 and inspection equipment 920. In the production factory 900, a plurality of packaging devices 910 and inspection devices 920 are connected to the network, and the production factory 900 and the store controller 200 of the merchandise sales store 100 are also connected to the network.

  In this case, in accordance with the sales trend of the product recorded in the sales performance management recording medium 251 of the store controller 200, the store controller 200 can issue a product production instruction and a delivery instruction to the production factory 900.

  For example, the store controller 200 can instruct the production factory 900 on the number of products produced based on the following parameters. That is, the parameters such as morning and afternoon weather, weather, temperature, humidity, festivals, children's day, Christmas, athletic meet, excursions, events and trends at competing stores, events at their own merchandise stores, news media promotions and The number of products produced and the number of deliveries can be instructed based on the sales history or the like. As a result, it is possible to minimize the number of products in stock at the merchandise sales store 100, and to obtain an effective effect on the shortage and remainder of the merchandise sales store 100 as well as the global environment. it can.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the current bar code standard.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the in-store code is described in the 1st to 13th digits of the barcode, the expiration date and the expiration date are described in the 14th to 17th digits, and the 18th and 19th digits are described in the 18th and 19th digits. The consumption time is described, and the 20th to 25th digits are currently blank and are not used. In addition, a check digit is written in 26 digits.

  In the present embodiment, for example, discount information can be described in 20 digits to 25 digits that are currently unused. For example, if the expiry date and time of consumption is one hour later, the product discount is 50 yen discount, 2 hours later 30 yen discount, and 3 hours later 10 yen discount Information may be entered. Thereby, the price of the product can be automatically discounted by reading the barcode in the POS system 210.

  Moreover, the manufacturing information manufactured in the backyard or the production factory 900 of FIG. 16 can be described in 20-25 digits unused now. For example, when manufacturing information in the backyard rooting device 310 is described, if a problem occurs in a specific product, it can be dealt with by discarding the product of the same lot as the manufacturing information of the product. Similarly, in the production factory 900, when any problem occurs in the packaging device 910 or the inspection device 920, only the product in the lot having the same manufacturing information as the product can be discarded. As a result, it is possible to collect or dispose of products in lot units of manufacturing information, eliminate the need to collect or dispose of all products, prevent a reduction in production efficiency, and to the global environment Wasteful disposal can be prevented.

  As described above, according to the merchandise sales system according to the present embodiment, the store controller 200 is based on the comparison with the merchandise master 252, the merchandise discount rate data 250, and the sales performance management recording medium 251 in the storage processing unit 204. Can be recognized, the price of the product can be changed based on the expiration date of the product information of the product, and can be displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. Therefore, the store controller 200 can surely grasp the product information of the product existing in the product sales store 100 at the current time. In addition, the price of the product can be changed according to the expiration date included in the product information of the product. For example, when the expiration date of a product is one day ago, the product can be changed to a special price. Therefore, the special sale price can be displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 displayed on the commodity shelf (display shelf), and the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced. In addition, a product with a large number of inventory can be priced lower, and as a result, the number of products in stock can be reduced.

  Further, the price information of the product is rewritten by the CPU 201 of the store controller 200 based on the product master 252, the product discount rate data 250, and the sales performance management recording medium 251 in the storage processing unit 204, with the changed product price information. Even when the customer visually recognizes the price displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512, takes out the product from the product shelf, and pays the price in the POS system 210, the product whose price information of the product is changed by the store controller 200. Thus, the payment in the POS system 210 is made with the price information of the changed product. As a result, it is possible to prevent complaints from customers that the price display is incorrect.

  Furthermore, since the price information of the product is changed by comparing the current time with the expiration date, the operator does not need to manually change the price of the product, and the number of work steps can be reduced. Further, the price of the product can be changed by comparing the current time and the closing time with the expiration date. As a result, the price of the product can be lowered as the store closes, so that the number of discarded products due to unsold items can be reduced as much as possible.

  In the present embodiment, the store controller 200 can display the number of products on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. As a result, by displaying the remaining number to the customer, the sales situation of the product can be notified, and the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced.

Furthermore, the store controller 200 can display only the products existing in the product sales store 100 on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a customer from feeling disappointed that there is no product displayed on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 arranged on the product shelf.
Further, by controlling not to display on the electronic display devices 511 and 512 the products sold out in the product sales store 100, that is, the products that are not in stock, the products that are in stock can be displayed largely on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. Thus, the display portions of the electronic display devices 511 and 512 can be effectively used.
In addition, the store controller 200 can effectively display the merchandise having a stock margin on the electronic display devices 511 and 512. That is, the price of the product can be set to a low price when the price of the product with the stock margin is set to a low price, or when the product without the stock margin is sold out. As a result, since the electronic display devices 511 and 512 can be effectively visually recognized by the customer, the willingness to purchase the displayed product can be enhanced.

  Furthermore, since it is possible to cause the electronic display devices 511 and 512 to perform display for each category according to the product information of the product, it is possible to present price information for each category to the customer. For example, in the category of dairy products, A milk of 200 yen, B milk of 190 yen, and C milk of 180 yen can be displayed collectively. Thereby, price information of the same series (same category) can be appropriately given to the customer, and the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced.

  Further, the store controller 200 recognizes the number of inventory items for which the expiration date is approaching. For example, when the store controller 200 periodically recognizes the number of products that are about to expire, an instruction is given to the worker, and the worker collects the number of the corresponding products from the product shelf. Can do. As a result, the expired product can be collected from the product shelf, the sale of the expired product can be prevented, and the product can be given a sense of security. As a result, the credit in the merchandise sales store 100 can be increased.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 17, by inserting a freshness discount pattern into the barcode information indicating the manufacturing information, the sales price can be automatically reduced if the expiration date of the product is shortened. As a result, it is not necessary for the operator to manually attach the discount sticker, and the number of work steps can be reduced. Further, it is possible to set a price according to the product value for the customer. Further, in the merchandise sales store 100, unsold products with short expiration dates are reduced, and a reduction in the number of discarded products can be expected.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 17, if any defect is found in a specific production lot of a certain product by putting the production lot in the bar code information indicating the production information, the specific production lot is not discarded. Only can be selected and discarded. This can reduce waste loss.
Further, even if the product to be discarded is likely to be sold in the POS system 210, it is possible to read the barcode information of the product in the POS system 210 and check that it is a specific production lot. Sales can be prevented in advance.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the merchandise sales store 100 corresponds to a merchandise sales store, the electronic display devices 511 and 512 correspond to electronic display media, the merchandise shelf corresponds to a display shelf, and the store controller 200. The ESL server 500 corresponds to the control device, the storage processing unit 204 corresponds to the product information recording device, the printing device 451 or the POP printing device 530 corresponds to the paper medium printing device, and the sales performance management recording medium 251 sells the product. It corresponds to a management device.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention is as described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood that various other embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Furthermore, in this embodiment, although the effect | action and effect by the structure of this invention are described, these effect | actions and effects are examples and do not limit this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Merchandise store 200 Store controller 204 Storage processing part 251 Sales performance management recording medium 500 ESL server 511,512 Electronic display device

Claims (8)

An electronic display medium arranged on a display shelf in a merchandise store;
A control device for remotely operating the display of the electronic display medium;
A product information recording device for recording product information of the products displayed on the display shelf;
A product sales management device for recording product sales history information of the product sold,
The control device compares the product information of the product recorded in the product information recording device with the product sales history information of the product recorded in the product sales management device, and the product sales based on the comparison result A product sales system for displaying on the electronic display medium a price of the product that has been changed based on a shelf life of product information of the product existing in a store. The control device gives price information of the changed product to the product sales management device,
The product sales management device receives the price information of the changed product, and rewrites the price information included in the product information of the product with the price information of the changed product. Product sales system.   3. The product sales system according to claim 1, wherein the control device changes the price information of the product by comparing the current time with the closing time.   4. The product sales according to claim 1, wherein the control device displays the number of products existing in a product sales store on the electronic display medium according to the comparison result. 5. system.   The said control apparatus displays only the goods which exist in a goods sales store according to the said comparison result on the said electronic display medium, The goods sales system of any one of Claim 1 to 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. .   The said control apparatus displays the said goods with the stock margin of a goods sales store on the said electronic display medium according to the said comparison result, The any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Product sales system.   The product control system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control device causes the electronic display medium to perform display for each category according to product information of a product. A paper medium printing device disposed in a merchandise store;
A control device for remotely operating the paper display printing device;
A product information recording device for recording product information of the products displayed on the display shelf;
A product sales management device that records product sales history information of the product sold, and
The control device compares the product information of the product recorded in the product information recording device with the product sales history information of the product recorded in the product sales management device, and the product sales based on the comparison result A product sales system, wherein the price of the product changed based on a shelf life of product information of the product existing in a store is transmitted to the paper medium printing apparatus.