JP2020013425A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and program capable of easily and appropriately managing merchandise.SOLUTION: An information processing device includes: determination means for determining whether to be within any one notification object period among a plurality of different notification object periods defined on the basis of a time limit related to merchandise; notification means for performing notification processing for notifying a user of being within any one notification object period in the case that the determination means makes a determination of being within the one notification object period of the plurality of notification object periods; and processing means for executing correspondence processing corresponding to one notification object period among a plurality of predetermined correspondence processing associated with the plurality of notification object periods in accordance with a prescribed input operation from the user corresponding to the notification by the notification means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device and a program.

  Conventionally, in the business of selling products in which various deadlines such as a delivery deadline to a retail store and a sales deadline to a consumer are set, by notifying the user at a predetermined timing before the deadline or at a timing when the deadline has arrived, 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a management device that supports expiration date management of a product (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-67315 A

  However, in the sale of merchandise, it is usually required that different measures be taken in each of a plurality of periods determined based on a term of the merchandise. For example, in the wholesale trade of goods, while performing a discount sale of goods to a retail store in a predetermined period immediately before a delivery deadline, returning goods to a manufacturer in a predetermined period after the delivery deadline has elapsed, and so on. Necessary measures differ for each period.

For this reason, the user who has received the above notification needs to select and execute an appropriate countermeasure every time after confirming to which of the plurality of periods the timing at which the notification was made belongs. This is troublesome for the user, and is liable to cause a problem in which an erroneous measure is taken, which also leads to inappropriate product management.
As described above, the conventional technique has a problem that it is not easy to appropriately manage products.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a program capable of easily and appropriately managing products.

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes:
Determining means for performing a determination process of determining whether or not within any one of a plurality of notification target periods determined based on a term of the product;
When the determining unit determines that the current time is within one of the plurality of notification target periods, a notification for performing a notification process of notifying a user that the current time is within the one notification target period. Means,
In response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification by the notification unit, the notification unit corresponds to the one notification target period among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes associated with the plurality of notification target periods. Processing means for executing corresponding processing;
Is provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, goods can be managed easily and appropriately.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a sales management apparatus. It is a figure explaining commercial practices of distribution sale of food. It is a figure showing the example of contents of lot management data. It is a figure showing the example of contents of notice condition setting data. It is a figure showing the initial screen displayed on a display part when a sales management program is executed. It is the figure which expanded and showed the deadline notification panel. It is a figure showing the example of contents of correspondence processing setup data. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a display unit when an input operation for selecting a time limit notification panel 321A is performed. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a display unit when an input operation for selecting a time limit notification panel 321B is performed. It is a figure showing a display screen of a display part when an input operation which selects expiration notice panel 321C is performed. It is a figure showing a display screen of a display part when an input operation which selects term notice panel 321D is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure by CPU of sales management processing. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of a time limit notification panel according to a first modification. It is a figure showing a setting screen.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and a program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a sales management device 1 according to the present embodiment.
The sales management device 1 (information processing device) stores various types of data relating to merchandise and collects data and prints forms for a plurality of tasks related to merchandise sales, purchase, inventory, and the like in response to input operations from a user. By executing a predetermined process, the sales management of the product is supported. In the present embodiment, an example of sales management in a wholesale trade where a manufacturer supplies food as a product and wholesales it to a retailer will be described.
The sales management device 1 is a terminal device used by a person who performs a sales management business of a product. The sales management device 1 is, for example, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

  The sales management device 1 includes a CPU 11 (Central Processing Unit), a RAM 12 (Random Access Memory), a storage unit 13, an operation unit 14, a display unit 15, a communication unit 16, a bus 17, and the like. Each part of the sales management device 1 is connected via a bus 17.

  The CPU 11 controls each unit of the sales management device 1. The CPU 11 reads a designated program from the system program and the application program stored in the storage unit 13 and expands the designated program in the RAM 12, and executes various processes according to the program. By executing the processing, the CPU 11 functions as the determination unit 111, the notification unit 112, the processing unit 113, and the setting unit 114.

  The RAM 12 is, for example, a volatile memory and has a work area for temporarily storing various programs and data read by the CPU 11.

  The storage unit 13 includes a storage device that can write and read data, such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid state drive (SSD), and stores files including various programs and data. More specifically, the storage unit 13 stores lot management data 131 including information for each lot of a product to be managed, notification condition setting data 132 in which notification conditions in a sales management operation described later are determined, Corresponding process setting data 133 whose contents are determined, a sales management program 134 for causing the sales management device 1 to execute a sales management operation, and the like are stored.

  The operation unit 14 has a key input unit such as a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse, receives a key operation input and a position operation input from a user (operator), and outputs the operation information to the CPU 11.

  The display unit 15 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an EL (Electro Luminescence) display and the like, and performs various displays according to display information instructed by the CPU 11.

  The communication unit 16 is configured by a network card or the like, and is connected to devices such as a database on a communication network (not shown). The communication network is a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like. The CPU 11 can communicate with devices on a communication network via the communication unit 16. The sales management device 1 of the present embodiment is connected to an external printing device (not shown) via the communication unit 16, and prints a slip, an invoice, and the like created by the sales management device 1 with the printing device. I can do it.

  In the present embodiment, the lot management data 131, the notification condition setting data 132, the corresponding process setting data 133, and the sales management program 134 necessary for the sales management operation are stored in the storage unit 13. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A part or all of the above data and programs may be stored in an external server device, and the sales management device 1 may operate by acquiring necessary information from the server device via the communication unit 16.

Next, the sales management operation of the sales management device 1 will be described.
Here, first, a description will be given of the business custom of distribution and sale of the food to be managed by the sales management device 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating commercial practices of distribution and sale of food.
In the distribution and sale of food, the period from the date of manufacture to the expiration date (6 months in Fig. 2) is divided into three equal parts, and the day after 1/3 (2 months) of the period from the date of manufacture has elapsed is the retail business. There is a business custom that a delivery deadline to a consumer is set as a date on which two-thirds (four months) have elapsed from the date of manufacture and a selling deadline to a consumer. Such a rule is also called a one-third rule.

  FIG. 2 shows actions by manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers, and food banks involved in the distribution and sale of food. Hereinafter, each action will be described mainly by a wholesaler managed by the sales management device 1 of the present embodiment.

The wholesaler first purchases goods from the manufacturer between the date of manufacture and the deadline for delivery, and delivers the goods to the retailer within the period. Also, during a predetermined period before the delivery deadline (period A in FIG. 2), the wholesaler may perform a discount sale to the retailer.
In a period B from the expiration of the delivery deadline to the sales deadline, the wholesaler returns the goods whose delivery deadline has passed to the manufacturer. By the end of the period B (that is, before the sales deadline), the merchandise is sold from the retailer to the consumer.
During the period C from the expiration of the sales expiration date to the expiration date, the products remaining at the wholesaler are usually disposed of because they cannot be returned to the manufacturer or delivered to the retailer. There are also activities to reduce food waste through measures such as donating to food banks. Here, the food bank is an organization that picks up products whose sales period has expired or nonstandard products and provides them to welfare facilities and the like free of charge. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which food is donated from a wholesaler to a food bank in a period C.
In the period D after the expiration date, food cannot be donated to the food bank, so that the food is disposed of.

  Further, in the distribution and sale of food, time limit management is performed in units of a group (lot) of products of the same type and having the same production date. In the lot management data 131 stored in the storage unit 13 of the sales management device 1, various information is managed for each product lot.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the lot management data 131.
The lot management data 131 in FIG. 3 includes, for each lot of a product (here, “peach (canned)”), a product code, a product name, a lot number (here, 11001 to 11004), a delivery deadline, a sales deadline, and a shelf life. This is table data in which a term and a remaining number (stock number) are stored.

In the sales management operation of the sales management device 1, various expiration dates in the lot management data 131 are referred to to determine whether there is a lot corresponding to the periods A to D in FIG. If there is a lot corresponding to any of the periods A to D, the user is notified that the lot corresponds to any of the periods A to D (a plurality of notification target periods). Is made.
Here, the process of determining whether or not it is within any one of the periods A to D corresponds to the determination process. Further, the processing performed to the user who notifies the user that the time falls within any of the periods A to D corresponds to the notification processing. Hereinafter, "corresponding to any of the periods A to D" is also described as "satisfying the notification condition".
This notification operation is performed based on the settings in the notification condition setting data 132 stored in the storage unit 13.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the notification condition setting data 132.
In the notification condition setting data, a conditional expression (condition to be satisfied by the system date of the sales management device 1) used to determine whether or not each of the periods A to D is satisfied, and the above-described notification in each period. The action (action) that is urged to be executed by the user is stored in association with the action.
According to the notification condition setting data 132 in FIG. 4, the system date of the sales management device 1 satisfies “delivery date−n day <system date” (n is a predetermined natural number; n = 7 in the present embodiment). In this case, it is determined that the period is A (delivery deadline is approaching), and a notification prompting discount sale of the product is issued.
Further, when the system date satisfies “delivery date <system date ≦ sale date”, it is determined that the period is B (delivery date expired), and a notification prompting the supplier to return the product is issued.
When the system date satisfies “sale period <system date ≦ expiration date”, it is determined that the period is C (sale period has expired), and a notification urging donation to the food bank is issued.
Further, when the system date satisfies “expiration date <system date”, it is determined that the period D (expiration date has expired), and a notification urging disposal is issued.
These notifications are performed, for example, on an initial screen when the sales management program 134 is executed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an initial screen displayed on the display unit 15 when the sales management program 134 is executed.
In this initial screen, a menu screen 21 is displayed on the left side of the screen, and a support panel screen 31 is displayed on the right side of the screen. The above-described notification is performed by the term notification panels 321A to 321D (notification signs) (hereinafter, also referred to as the term notification panel 321 when not distinguished from each other) displayed on the support panel screen 31.
Hereinafter, of the display screen of the display unit 15, the area where the menu screen 21 is displayed in FIG. 2 is also referred to as “left screen”, and the area where the support panel screen 31 is displayed is also referred to as “right screen”.

  On the menu screen 21, menu buttons 211a to 211h for starting processes related to a plurality of tasks supported by the sales management device 1 are displayed. The menu buttons 211a to 211h are software buttons that can be selected by a predetermined input operation on the operation unit 14 (for example, an operation of clicking a mouse button with a mouse pointer over the screen).

More specifically, the menu button 211a is a button for starting a process of an estimate operation related to a product estimate. In the estimation business, data input for creating a quote for a product, printing of a quote, and the like are performed.
The menu button 211b is a button for starting the processing of an order receiving operation for receiving an order for a product. In the order receiving operation, data input for creating an order slip concerning the contents of an order from a customer, printing of the order slip, and the like are performed.
The menu button 211c is a button for starting processing of sales operations related to sales of commodities. In the sales business, data input for creating a sales slip (delivery note) and printing of a sales slip are performed for products for which delivery has been determined among the ordered products.
The menu button 211d is a button for starting processing of a shipping business related to shipping of a product. In the shipping operation, data input for creating an invoice for shipping the product described in the sales slip, printing of the invoice, and the like are performed.
The menu button 211e is a button for starting the processing of an ordering operation for ordering a product. In the ordering work, data input for creating a quote and a purchase order to be sent to the supplier of the product, and printing of the quote and the purchase order are performed.
The menu button 211f is a button for starting processing of a purchase operation related to purchase of a product. In the purchasing operation, data input for creating a purchasing slip relating to the purchased product, printing of the purchasing slip, and the like are performed. In addition, business related to the return of goods is also performed in this purchase business.
The menu button 211g is a button for starting the processing of the inventory management business relating to the inventory management of the product. In the inventory management work, management of a database relating to stock products, data input for creating a receipt slip and a delivery slip, and printing of a receipt slip and a delivery slip are performed. Operations related to the disposal of stocked goods are also performed in this stock management work.
The menu button 211h is a button for setting the operation of the sales management device 1. In this operation setting, it is possible to set the display time and display mode of the time limit notification panel 321 and the like.
When an input operation for selecting any one of these menu buttons 211a to 211h is performed, a business screen for displaying the content of the business corresponding to the selected menu button is displayed on the left screen instead of the menu screen 21. Is displayed.

  Further, on the support panel screen 31, various support panels for supporting the work of the user are displayed. As the support panel, in addition to the above-described deadline notification panel 321 for notifying the deadline, a warning panel 322 for warning that a necessary maintenance operation such as data organization or backup has not been performed for a predetermined period, and a user. And an information presentation panel 323 (see FIG. 8) for presenting reference information. Hereinafter, the term notification panel 321, the warning panel 322, and the information presentation panel 323 are collectively referred to as a support panel 32.

These support panels 32 are software buttons that can be selected by a predetermined input operation on the operation unit 14, similarly to the menu buttons 211 a to 211 h.
By displaying the menu screen 21 on the left screen and the support panel screen 31 on the right screen at the same time, the user can obtain various notices through the support panel 32 while operating the menu screen 21.

On the support panel screen 31 in FIG. 5, as a result of determining the system date condition based on the notification condition setting data 132 in FIG. 4 for the product of each lot in the lot management data 131 in FIG. 3, the four deadline notification panels 321A To 321D are displayed.
Here, it is assumed that the system date at the time when the display processing of the support panel screen 31 in FIG. 5 is started is June 7, 2018. With respect to this system date, the lot with the lot number 11004 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the period A (delivery expiration date), the lot with the lot number 11003 corresponds to the period B (expiration date), and the lot with the lot number 11002 in FIG. This corresponds to period C (expiration of sales), and the lot with the lot number 11001 corresponds to period D (expiration of expiration date).

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the four deadline notification panels 321A to 321D of FIG.
Of these, the deadline notification panel 321A marked “Delivery deadline is approaching” is a panel for notifying that the lot with the lot number 11004 corresponds to the period A. In the deadline notification panel 321A, "at the time of sale, discount setting" is described in the action column, and the user is urged to perform the sales process after setting the discount for the lot.
The term notification panel 321B marked “Delivery Expiration” is a panel for notifying that the lot with the lot number 11003 corresponds to the term B. In the term notification panel 321B, "Return to Supplier" is written in the column of "Action", and the user is prompted to return the lot to the supplier.
The term notification panel 321C marked "Sale Expired" is a panel for notifying that the lot with the lot number 11002 falls in the period C. In the deadline notification panel 321C, "donate to food bank" is written in the action column, and the user is prompted to donate the lot to the food bank.
The expiration date notification panel 321D marked "expiration date" is a panel for notifying that the lot with the lot number 11001 corresponds to the period D. In the deadline notification panel 321D, "Discard" is described in the action column, and the user is prompted to discard the lot.

When an input operation for selecting any one of the time limit notification panels 321A to 321D is performed, a corresponding process corresponding to the action promoted on the selected time limit notification panel 321 (in other words, a corresponding process among the time periods A to D) Is performed, and the processing content of the corresponding process is displayed on the left screen. The input operation of selecting one of the time limit notification panels 321A to 321D corresponds to “a predetermined input operation from the user corresponding to the notification”.
This correspondence processing is performed based on various settings in the correspondence processing setting data 133 stored in the storage unit 13.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of the corresponding process setting data 133.
The corresponding process setting data 133 stores a corresponding process to be performed when an input operation for selecting the time limit notification panels 321A to 321D is performed, and an operation setting performed in the corresponding process.

Specifically, in the corresponding process setting data 133, “input of sales slip” is set as the corresponding process corresponding to the deadline notification panel 321A, and the operation performed in the corresponding process includes automatic setting of a discount rate and the like. Have been. Therefore, when an input operation for selecting the deadline notification panel 321A is performed, a sales slip input process in which a discount is set is executed as a corresponding process, and the sales operation screen 22 for inputting a sales slip is displayed on the left screen (FIG. 8). ) Is displayed.
In addition, “purchase slip input” is set as a corresponding process corresponding to the deadline notification panel 321B, and an operation performed in the corresponding process is to automatically set a transaction category to “return”. . Therefore, when an input operation for selecting the deadline notification panel 321B is performed, as a corresponding process, a purchase slip input process for returning to the supplier is executed, and a purchase slip input process is performed on the left screen. The incoming business screen 23 (FIG. 9) is displayed.
In addition, “sales slip input” is set as a corresponding process corresponding to the deadline notification panel 321C, and an operation performed in the corresponding process is to automatically set a food bank for a customer. Therefore, when an input operation of selecting the time limit notification panel 321C is performed, a sales slip input process for donating to the food bank is executed as a corresponding process, and the sales operation screen 22 (FIG. 10) is displayed on the left screen. Is displayed.
In addition, “delivery slip input” is set as the corresponding process corresponding to the deadline notification panel 321D, and the operation performed in the corresponding process is to automatically set the transaction category to “discard”. Therefore, when an input operation for selecting the deadline notification panel 321D is performed, as a corresponding process, an outgoing slip input process for performing disposal is executed, and the inventory management operation screen 24 (FIG. 11) is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display unit 15 when an input operation for selecting the time limit notification panel 321A is performed on the support panel screen 31 of FIGS. 5 and 6.
When an input operation for selecting the term notification panel 321A is performed, the sales operation screen 22 relating to the contents of the sales operation is displayed on the left screen.
The sales operation screen 22 displays a data input screen 221 for inputting data of a delivery note as a sales slip, a registration button 222, a print button 223, a cancel button 224, and the like.

The data input screen 221 is provided with data input fields in the same arrangement as the delivery note to be printed, so that each input field can be selected and data can be directly input. Further, in these input fields, the contents set in the item of “operation performed in the corresponding process” in the corresponding process setting data 133 in FIG. 7 are automatically input in advance. Specifically, in the data input screen 221, a customer who can handle a product with a near expiration date is automatically input in the customer input field of the header section 221 a. In the data entry screen 221, the lot number of the target product lot (here, “peach (canned)”, which is the notification target of the expiration date notification panel 321 </ b> A) is displayed in the product input field of the specification part 221 b on the data input screen 221. Lot) information is automatically entered. In addition, the quantity of commodities in the target lot is automatically entered in the quantity input field of the specification section 221b. Further, in a predetermined input field of the specification part 221b, data relating to a discount according to the discount rate set in the corresponding process setting data 133 is automatically input.
Therefore, the user can complete a delivery note for discount sales with a minimum necessary input operation.
It should be noted that the customers who can automatically handle the products whose expiration date is short and the value of the above-mentioned discount rate, which are automatically input to the header unit 221a, are stored in the storage unit 13 in advance.

When an input operation for selecting the registration button 222 is performed on the sales operation screen 22, data input to the data input screen 221 is stored in the storage unit 13.
Further, when an input operation for selecting the print button 223 is performed, a delivery note reflecting the content of each input field on the data input screen 221 is printed by an external printing device.
Further, when an input operation for selecting the cancel button 224 is performed, the processing of the sales business is interrupted, and the left screen transits from the sales business screen 22 to the menu screen 21.

In addition, even when the sales operation screen 22 is displayed, the support panel screen 31 is continuously displayed on the right screen of the display unit 15.
On the support panel screen 31 displayed together with the sales business screen 22, an information presentation panel 323 related to the sales business is displayed. Here, as the information presentation panel 323, an information presentation panel 323 of “customer information” for presenting the customer information input in the input field of the delivery note, or a created quote corresponding to the delivery note A “quotation” information presentation panel 323 for presenting book information is displayed. When an input operation for selecting these information presentation panels 323 is performed, the corresponding information (customer information and contents of the quotation) is displayed on the support panel screen 31 in a superimposed manner.
In addition, on the support panel screen 31, out of the time limit notification panels 321A to 321D displayed in FIG. 5, time limit notification panels 321B to 321D excluding the time limit notification panel 321A that is already selected are displayed. Further, the warning panel 322 is continuously displayed.
As described above, the expiration notice panel 321 is continuously displayed on the support panel screen 31 on the right screen, so that the user can use the expiration notice panel 321 even when inputting the delivery note on the left screen. You can easily notice that there are lots that need some action. Further, by performing an input operation for selecting one of the time limit notification panels 321, it is possible to start a necessary response process for the lot to be notified on the time limit notification panel 321.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display unit 15 when an input operation for selecting the time limit notification panel 321B is performed on the support panel screen 31 of FIG.
When an input operation for selecting the deadline notification panel 321B is performed, a purchase operation screen 23 related to the contents of the purchase operation is displayed on the left screen.
The purchase business screen 23 displays a data input screen 231 for inputting data of a purchase slip, a registration button 232, a print button 233, a cancel button 234, and the like. The functions of the registration button 232, print button 233, and cancel button 234 on the purchase operation screen 23 are the same as those of the registration button 222, print button 223, and cancel button 224 on the sales operation screen 22 in FIG.

On the data input screen 231, data input columns are provided in the same arrangement as the purchase slip to be printed, and data can be directly input by selecting each input column. Further, in these input fields, the contents set in the item of “operation performed in the corresponding process” in the corresponding process setting data 133 in FIG. 7 are automatically input in advance. Specifically, the supplier (return destination) of the target product is automatically set in the supplier input field of the header section 231a. In addition, the transaction category of the detail unit 231b is automatically set to “return”. In addition, information on the lot of the target product (here, the lot with the lot number 11003 of “peach (canned)”, which is the notification target of the deadline notification panel 321B) is entered in the product entry field of the specification part 231b. Has been automatically entered. In addition, the quantity of commodities of the target lot is automatically entered in the quantity input field of the specification section 231b.
Therefore, the user can complete the purchase slip for returning the merchandise with a minimum necessary input operation.

On the support panel screen 31 displayed together with the purchase operation screen 23, an information presentation panel 323 related to the purchase operation is displayed.
Further, on the support panel screen 31, among the time limit notification panels 321B to 321D displayed in FIG. 8, time limit notification panels 321C and 321D excluding the time limit notification panel 321B that is already selected are displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display unit 15 when an input operation of selecting the time limit notification panel 321C is performed on the support panel screen 31 of FIG.
When an input operation for selecting the term notification panel 321C is performed, the sales operation screen 22 is displayed on the left screen.

In this case, the data input screen 221 in the sales operation screen 22 is used to donate to the food bank in accordance with the content set in the “operation performed in the corresponding process” section in the corresponding process setting data 133 in FIG. Data is automatically entered. That is, the information of the food bank stored in the storage unit 13 in advance is automatically set in the customer input field of the header unit 221a. In addition, information on the lot of the target product (here, the lot with the lot number 11002 of “peach (canned)”, which is the notification target of the deadline notification panel 321C) is entered in the product entry field of the specification part 221b. Has been automatically entered. In addition, the quantity of commodities in the target lot is automatically entered in the quantity input field of the specification section 221b.
Therefore, the user can complete a sales slip for donating to the food bank with a minimum necessary input operation.

  On the support panel screen 31 displayed together with the purchase operation screen 23, a deadline notification panel 321D excluding the selected deadline notification panel 321C among the deadline notification panels 321B and 321D displayed in FIG. 9 is displayed. ing.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display unit 15 when an input operation of selecting the time limit notification panel 321D is performed on the support panel screen 31 of FIG.
When an input operation for selecting the time limit notification panel 321C is performed, the inventory management operation screen 24 indicating the content of the inventory management operation is displayed on the left screen.

  On the inventory management operation screen 24, a data input screen 241 for inputting data of an incoming slip and an outgoing slip, a register button 242, a print button 243, a cancel button 244, and the like are displayed. The functions of the registration button 242, print button 243, and cancel button 244 on the inventory management operation screen 24 are the same as those of the registration button 222, print button 223, and cancel button 224 on the sales operation screen 22 in FIG.

In the data input screen 241, data input columns are provided in the same arrangement as the form to be printed (here, the outgoing form), and the user can directly input data by selecting each input field. ing. Further, in these input fields, the contents set in the item of “operation performed in the corresponding process” in the corresponding process setting data 133 in FIG. 7 are automatically input in advance. Specifically, the transaction category of the specification section 241b is automatically set to “discard”. In addition, information on the lot of the target product (here, the lot with the lot number 11001 of “peach (canned)”, which is the notification target of the deadline notification panel 321D) is entered in the product entry field of the specification part 241b. Has been automatically entered. In addition, the quantity of commodities of the target lot is automatically entered in the quantity input field of the specification section 241b.
Therefore, the user can complete a delivery slip for discarding a product with a minimum necessary input operation.

  In the support panel screen 31 displayed together with the purchase operation screen 23, only the warning panel 322 is continuously displayed. Further, at this stage, since all of the time limit notification panels 321A to 321D displayed in FIG. 5 have been selected, the time limit notification panel 321 is not displayed on the support panel screen 31.

Next, a control procedure by the CPU 11 of a sales management process related to the above-described sales management operation will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure by the CPU 11 of the sales management process.
The sales management process is started when the sales management program 134 is executed.
In the sales management process, the CPU 11 (determination unit 111) determines whether or not each lot of the product satisfies the notification condition (step S101: determination process). That is, the CPU 11 refers to the lot management data 131 and sets the expiration date (delivery date, sales expiration date, and expiration date in the example of FIG. 3) and the current system date of the sales management device 1. And get. Then, based on the acquired term and system date and the conditional expression of the notification condition setting data 132, it is determined for each lot whether or not the system date is within any one of the periods A to D.

  The CPU 11 determines whether the notification condition is satisfied for any of the lots (step S102: determination processing). Then, when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied for any of the lots (“YES” in step S102), the CPU 11 (notification unit 112) displays the deadline notification panel 321 for the lot that satisfies the notification condition. It is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S103: notification process). That is, the CPU 11 displays the term notification panels 321A to 321D including the information of the lot on the support panel screen 31 corresponding to the periods A to D corresponding to the lot to be notified.

  The CPU 11 determines whether an input operation for selecting the time limit notification panel 321 has been performed within a predetermined input reception period (step S104), and when it is determined that the input operation has not been performed (step S104). “NO”), the processing of step S104 is executed again. When it is determined that the input operation has been performed (“YES” in step S104), the CPU 11 (processing unit 113) executes a corresponding process corresponding to the selected time limit notification panel 321 (step S105).

  The CPU 11 determines whether or not an input operation to select the deadline notification panel 321 has been performed on all of the deadline notification panels 321 displayed in step S103 and the corresponding processing has been completed (step S106). If it is determined that the corresponding process for any of the time limit notification panels 321 has not been completed ("NO" in step S106), the CPU 11 returns the process to step S104. When it is determined that the corresponding processes for all the time limit notification panels 321 have been completed (“YES” in step S106), the CPU 11 ends the sales management process.

(Modification 1)
Next, a first modification of the above embodiment will be described.
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which all the term notification panels 321 are displayed in the same manner has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the term notification is performed based on the period up to the term, the elapsed period from the term, or the content of the product. The panel 321 may be highlighted in a predetermined manner.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of the time limit notification panel 321.
13A is a diagram illustrating a normal display mode of the time limit notification panel 321, and FIGS. 13B and 13C are diagrams illustrating an example of highlighted display of the time limit notification panel 321. is there.
In the example of FIG. 13B, the highlight is displayed by making the outer frame of the deadline notification panel 321 thicker from the normal display mode.
In the example of FIG. 13C, from the normal display mode, a part (here, the upper part) of the deadline notification panel 321 is more conspicuous (for example, a dark color such as black or a red color or the like). Color) to highlight it.
Instead of these, the expiration date notification panel 321 itself may be displayed in a blinking manner or the expiration date notification panel 321 may be displayed in an enlarged manner so as to be highlighted.
A problem in which a lot that has an expiration date, a lot that has a long elapsed time since the expiration date, or an important product is highlighted in the expiration date notification panel 321 in this way, so that a necessary countermeasure is not taken. Can be suppressed.

(Modification 2)
Next, a second modification of the above embodiment will be described.
In the above-described embodiment, the notification condition for performing the notification by the time limit notification panel 321 is determined in advance in the notification condition setting data 132 of the storage unit 13. However, in the present modification, the notification condition is set based on the input operation of the user. It differs from the above embodiment in that it can be changed.
In this modification, when an input operation for selecting the menu button 211h on the menu screen 21 in FIG. 5 is performed, a setting screen 41 for setting a notification condition is displayed on the display unit 15.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the setting screen 41.
On the setting screen 41, a deadline notification panel is displayed when each of the phenomena of “approach of delivery”, “expiration of delivery”, “approach of sales”, “expiration of sales”, “approach of expiration”, and “expiration of expiration” has occurred. Whether notification by the H.321 is required, the time to start the notification, and the action associated with the notification can be individually set.
Specifically, for each phenomenon, the necessity of notification can be selected depending on whether the check box 421 is checked. In addition, by selecting a notification start date from the drop-down list 422, it is possible to set a time to start the notification. Further, by selecting an action from the drop-down list 423, an action to be associated with each notification (that is, a corresponding process to be executed) can be set.

Then, when an input operation for selecting the execution button 424 is performed, the CPU 11 (setting means 114) sets the notification condition setting data 132 in accordance with the selection state of the check box 421 and the drop-down lists 422 and 423 at that time. To update.
In this way, the notification conditions including the settings of the periods A to D for performing the notification are set according to the input operation from the user.
In the sales management process (FIG. 12) performed thereafter, the notification condition is determined based on the updated notification condition setting data 132.

As described above, the sales management device 1 as the information processing device of the embodiment includes the CPU 11, and the CPU 11 selects one of a plurality of different periods A to D determined based on a term of a product. A discriminating process for discriminating whether or not it is within the period is performed (discriminating means 111). A notification process for notifying the user is performed (notifying unit 112), and among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes corresponding to the periods A to D in response to a predetermined input operation from the user corresponding to the notification, A corresponding process corresponding to the one period is executed (processing means 113).
According to this, the user can easily recognize, by the notification made by the notification unit 111, that it is within any of a plurality of periods in which some kind of response processing on the product is required. Further, by performing a predetermined input operation (input operation of selecting the time limit notification panel 321 in the above-described embodiment) in response to the notification, an appropriate response process is executed. Therefore, the user confirms the appropriate response process. And the trouble of instructing execution can be saved. Therefore, appropriate response processing can be executed with a simple operation, and an erroneous response operation can be prevented from being executed. As described above, according to the sales management device 1 of the embodiment, it is possible to easily and appropriately manage products.

  In addition, the CPU 11 performs a notification process of displaying the time limit notification panel 321 as a notification marker indicating that the current time is within the one period on the display unit 15 (notification unit 112). Thus, the user can be notified visually within the one period in an easily understandable manner.

  Further, the CPU 11 executes a corresponding process when an input operation is performed by a user who selects the time limit notification panel 321 (processing means 113). According to this, the user can start an appropriate response process by an intuitive and simple input operation of directly selecting the time limit notification panel 321 used for the notification. Thereby, user convenience can be improved. In addition, by making it easier to start the corresponding processing, it is possible to make it more difficult for the product management work to stagnate.

  In the sales management device 1 according to the second modification, the CPU 11 sets the periods A to D according to the input operation from the user (setting unit 114). As a result, the notification condition can be changed in the sales management device 1, so that product management suitable for the user's business content can be performed.

  In addition, the expiration date and the period A to D relating to the product are defined for each of the plurality of lots of the product, and the CPU 11 performs a determination process on each of the plurality of lots of the product (determination unit 111), and Notification processing is performed for each of the lots (notification means 112). Thereby, even when there are a plurality of lots of the same product with different expiration dates, each lot of the product can be managed easily and appropriately.

  Further, the sales management program 134 of the above-described embodiment controls the CPU 11 as a computer provided in the sales management apparatus 1 to execute any one of a plurality of different periods A to D defined based on a term of a product. A determination unit 111 for performing a determination process of determining whether or not the time period is within the period, when it is determined that the time period is within any one of the periods A to D, notifies the user that the time period is within the one period Notification means 112 for performing a notification process to be performed, in response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification, a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes corresponding to the periods A to D, It functions as processing means 113 for executing the corresponding processing. By operating the sales management apparatus 1 based on such a sales management program 134, the user can be notified of any one of a plurality of periods during which a certain response process is required by the notification by the notification unit 111. It can be easily recognized that it is within. In addition, an appropriate response process can be executed by a simple operation, and an erroneous response operation can be prevented from being executed. As described above, according to the sales management program 134 of the embodiment, it is possible to easily and appropriately manage products.

  In the above description, an example in which the HDD and the SSD of the storage unit 13 are used as the computer-readable medium of the program according to the present invention is disclosed, but the present invention is not limited to this example. As another computer-readable medium, a portable recording medium such as a flash memory or a CD-ROM can be applied. Further, as a medium for providing the data of the program according to the present invention through a communication line, a carrier wave (carrier) is also applied to the present invention.

The description in the above embodiment is an example of the information processing apparatus, the program, and the information processing system according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
For example, the business to be managed by the sales management device 1 is not limited to the sales management of merchandise in the wholesale business, but may be the sales management of merchandise in the manufacturer or the retail business. Further, the notification target period for performing the notification is not limited to the one based on the delivery deadline or the sales deadline, and can be appropriately changed according to the business content. For example, when the sales management device 1 is applied to the sales management business of the retail business, the consumer can be notified by giving a notification in a predetermined period before the expiration date or notifying when the expiration date has passed. You can manage the expiration date of the product to be sold.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the sales management of food as a product has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the sales management device 1 can be applied to sales management of various products. For example, the sales management device 1 may be applied to sales management operations for consumables, such as batteries, for which the expiration date is determined, and for electric appliances, automobiles, and the like, for which the sales expiration date is determined by a model change.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, as an example of the notification by the CPU 11 (the notification unit 112), the display of the time limit notification panel 321 on the display unit 15 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, any method that allows the user to recognize that it is within any one of the deadlines A to D, such as transmission of an electronic mail, transmission of a message on a message application, and notification by voice. Can be used.

  In addition, the shape and display content of the time limit notification panel 321 are not limited to those described in the above embodiment, and may be any type that allows the user to recognize that the time limit is within any of a plurality of predetermined notification target periods. Shape and display content. For example, the deadline notification panel 321 may display a predetermined graphic or symbol associated with the notification target period.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the corresponding process is started in response to the input operation of selecting the time limit notification panel 321 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The time limit notification panel 321 may perform only the notification, and the corresponding process may be started by a normal method (for example, by selecting the menu button 211 on the menu screen 21).

  Further, the corresponding process is not limited to the process of creating various slips, but may be any process necessary for sales management of the product.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the so-called “one-third rule” is described as an example of the commercial practice of the distribution and sale of food, in which the delivery period is set to タ イ ミ ン グ of the period from the production date to the expiration date. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Each deadline and notification target period are set in accordance with other rules such as a “half rule” in which a delivery period is set to a half of the period from the manufacturing date to the expiration date. May be set.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the sales management device 1 as the information processing device is a terminal device used by a user has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information processing device of the present invention may be configured by a server device, and the processing result of the server device may be received and displayed by a terminal device connected to the server device via a communication network.

  In addition, it goes without saying that the detailed configuration and detailed operation of each component of the sales management device 1 as the information processing device in the above embodiment can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.
In the following, the inventions described in the claims first attached to the application form of this application are appended. The item numbers of the appended claims are as set forth in the claims originally attached to the application for this application.
(Appendix)
<Claim 1>
Determining means for performing a determination process of determining whether or not within any one of a plurality of notification target periods determined based on a term of the product;
When the determining unit determines that the current time is within one of the plurality of notification target periods, a notification for performing a notification process of notifying a user that the current time is within the one notification target period. Means,
In response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification by the notification unit, the notification unit corresponds to the one notification target period among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes associated with the plurality of notification target periods. Processing means for executing corresponding processing;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
<Claim 2>
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification process of displaying a notification sign indicating that the notification is within the one notification target period on a display unit.
<Claim 3>
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the corresponding processing when an input operation is performed by a user who selects the notification sign.
<Claim 4>
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit configured to set the plurality of notification target periods in accordance with an input operation from a user.
<Claim 5>
The time limit and the plurality of notification target periods are defined for each of a plurality of lots of the product,
The determination means performs the determination process for each of the plurality of lots of the product,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification process for each of the plurality of lots of the product.
<Claim 6>
A computer provided in the information processing apparatus,
Determining means for performing a determination process of determining whether or not the time is within one of a plurality of notification target periods determined based on a term of the product;
When the determining unit determines that the current time is within one of the plurality of notification target periods, a notification for performing a notification process of notifying a user that the current time is within the one notification target period. means,
In response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification by the notification unit, the notification unit corresponds to the one notification target period among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes associated with the plurality of notification target periods. Processing means for executing corresponding processing,
A program characterized by functioning as a program.

1 sales management device (information processing device)
11 CPU
111 determination means 112 notification means 113 processing means 114 setting means 12 RAM
13 storage unit 131 lot management data 132 notification condition setting data 133 corresponding processing setting data 134 sales management program 14 operation unit 15 display unit 16 communication unit 17 bus 21 menu screens 211a to 211h menu button 22 sales operation screen 23 purchase operation screen 24 Inventory management business screen 31 Support panel screen 32 Support panels 321, 321A to 321D Deadline notification panel (notification sign)
322 Warning panel 323 Information presentation panel 41 Setting screen A to D period (period to be notified)

Claims (6)

Determining means for performing a determination process of determining whether or not within any one of a plurality of notification target periods determined based on a term of the product;
When the determining unit determines that the current time is within one of the plurality of notification target periods, a notification for performing a notification process of notifying a user that the current time is within the one notification target period. Means,
In response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification by the notification unit, the notification unit corresponds to the one notification target period among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes associated with the plurality of notification target periods. Processing means for executing corresponding processing;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification process of displaying a notification sign indicating that the notification is within the one notification target period on a display unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the corresponding processing when an input operation is performed by a user who selects the notification sign.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit configured to set the plurality of notification target periods in accordance with an input operation from a user. The time limit and the plurality of notification target periods are defined for each of a plurality of lots of the product,
The determination means performs the determination process for each of the plurality of lots of the product,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification process for each of the plurality of lots of the product. A computer provided in the information processing apparatus,
Determining means for performing a determination process of determining whether or not within any one of a plurality of notification target periods determined based on a term of the product;
When the determining unit determines that the current time is within one of the plurality of notification target periods, a notification for performing a notification process of notifying a user that the current time is within the one notification target period. means,
In response to a predetermined input operation from a user corresponding to the notification by the notification unit, the notification unit corresponds to the one notification target period among a plurality of predetermined corresponding processes associated with the plurality of notification target periods. Processing means for executing corresponding processing,
A program characterized by functioning as a program.

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