JP7224521B1 - system, program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a system etc. that allows goods owned by a company to be easily lent and borrowed between multiple workplaces. SOLUTION: A storage unit 22 stores information related to a loan approver who approves the lending of the loanable item in association with a loanable item that is permitted to be loaned, and a CPU 21a stores information related to a loan approver who approves the lending of the loanable item. accepts the selection of the desired item to be borrowed from among the plurality of permitted items to be borrowed; receives information of an application approver who approves the application for borrowing the desired item; Receive the information of the approver, notify the application approver and the loan approver that the borrowing application has been made, and if the application approver approves, notify the applicant that the application approver has approved. and when the loan approver approves, the applicant is notified of the approval by the loan approver. [Selection diagram] Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to systems and programs.

Conventionally, systems used for lending and borrowing things have been proposed.
For example, the system described in Patent Literature 1 includes a terminal, a rental car reservation server connected from the terminal via a telecommunications network, and an in-vehicle unit. The rental car reservation server has a function that enables the owner of a private car to register the car as a rental car at the terminal, and enables a person who wishes to use the rental car to reserve a rental car at the terminal. have the function

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-185468

It is desired to provide a system for easily lending and borrowing items owned by a company, such as materials and equipment, tools, and fixtures, between multiple workplaces. For example, when borrowing, if you have to exchange a paper loan document that requires the seal of the person in charge or the superior at the lending side, you have to find out who the person in charge or the superior is and ask them to stamp it. This is because it is complicated because it must be In addition, there are cases where it is not even easy to know whether the materials and equipment that one wants to use are held by other workplaces.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a system or the like that enables easy lending and borrowing of articles owned by a company between a plurality of workplaces.

The present invention completed for this purpose is a system having a processor that executes a program and a storage unit that stores information, wherein the storage unit is associated with a lendable item that is permitted to be lent, Stores information related to a lending approver who approves the lending of the lendable item, and the processor selects a desired item to be borrowed from among the plurality of lendable items stored in the storage unit. receiving, receiving information of an application approver who approves the borrowing application for the item desired to be borrowed, receiving information of the lending approver of the item desired to be borrowed, and sending the borrowing application to the application approver and the lending approver; If the application approver approves, the applicant is notified that the application approver has approved, and if the loan approver approves, the loan approver approves It is a system that notifies the applicant to that effect.
Here, the processor receives conditions of an item that the processor desires to borrow, and selects an item that satisfies the received condition from among the plurality of lendable items stored in the storage unit as a candidate for the item to be borrowed. You can extract.
Further, the processor may receive information on a plurality of predetermined persons as the application approvers.
Further, the processor may receive information on a plurality of predetermined persons as the lending approvers.
In addition, the storage unit stores information related to a person in charge of managing the loan-permitted item in association with the loan-permitted item, and the processor receives the information of the person in charge of the item to be borrowed, It is also possible to notify the applicant that the borrowing application has been made and, if the person in charge approves, notify the applicant that the person in charge has given permission.
In addition, the storage unit stores information on delivery performed between a plurality of business establishments, and the processor, when receiving the desired date of borrowing as the condition, stores the plurality of the loan items stored in the storage unit. From among the permitted items, items determined to be able to arrive on the desired date of borrowing may be extracted using the delivery information.
Viewed from another point of view, the present invention provides a computer with a function of receiving a selection of a desired borrowing object from among a plurality of lending permitted objects stored in a storage unit; A function of receiving information of an application approver who approves the borrowing application for the item to be borrowed, a function of receiving information of a lending approver who approves the lending of the item to be borrowed, and the application approver and the lending approver. a function of notifying that the borrowing application has been made to the applicant, a function of notifying the applicant that the application approver has approved it when the application approver approves it, and a function of notifying the applicant that the application approver has approved , and a function of notifying the applicant that the lending approver has approved.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a system that enables easy lending and borrowing of articles owned by a company between a plurality of workplaces.

It is a figure showing an example of a schematic structure of a system concerning a 1st embodiment. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a terminal; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of a server. It is a figure which shows an example of the information regarding the employee which a memory|storage part memorize|stores. It is a figure which shows an example of the information regarding the loan permission thing which a memory|storage part memorize|stores. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing procedure which a system performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing procedure which a system performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing procedure which a system performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing procedure which a system performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing procedure which a system performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the home screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the search-results screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the detailed screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the 1st application approver selection screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the 2nd application approver selection screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the person-in-charge selection screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the 1st loan approver selection screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the 2nd loan approver selection screen displayed on a terminal. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a borrowing application screen displayed on a terminal; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information related to in-house mail stored in a storage unit; It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen displayed on a terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a system 1 according to the first embodiment.
The system 1 is a system that enables smooth lending, borrowing, and transfer of goods owned by a company, such as equipment, tools, and fixtures, between multiple workplaces within a company. The system 1 includes a terminal 10 used by company employees and executives (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "employees"), and a server having a function of receiving requests and instructions from the terminal 10 and returning information and processing results. 20. Terminal 10 and server 20 can communicate with each other via network 30 . The network 30 is not particularly limited as long as it is a communication network used for data communication between systems and devices, and examples thereof include a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), and the Internet. can. The communication line used for data communication may be wired or wireless, and both may be used. Further, a relay device such as a gateway device or a router may be used to connect each device via a plurality of networks or communication lines.

<Terminal 10>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
The terminal 10 includes a control unit 11 that controls the entire device, a storage unit 12 that stores data and the like, a display unit 13 that displays operation reception screens and images, and an operation unit that receives user input operations. 14 and a communication unit 15 used for communication with an external device.

The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11b, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11c. The ROM 11b stores a basic program (operating system) executed by the CPU 11a, various settings, and the like. The CPU 11a uses the RAM 11c as a work area and executes application programs read from the ROM 11b or the storage unit 12. FIG. Each unit of the terminal 10 is controlled by the CPU 11a executing the program.

The storage unit 12 can be exemplified by a storage device such as a semiconductor memory.
The display unit 13 is a display device that displays still images, moving images, and the like. The display unit 13 can be exemplified by a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display.
The operation unit 14 is an input device that receives operations from the user. The operation unit 14 can be exemplified by a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, switches, and the like.
The communication unit 15 can be exemplified as a communication interface.

The terminal 10 configured as described above includes a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called "smartphone"), a mobile phone (so-called "feature phone"), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet terminal, a tablet PC, a notebook PC, and a desktop PC. etc. can be exemplified.

<Server 20>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the server 20. As shown in FIG.
The server 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a display unit 23, an operation unit 24, a communication unit similar to the control unit 11, the storage unit 12, the display unit 13, the operation unit 14, and the communication unit 15 provided in the terminal 10. 25.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information about employees stored in the storage unit 22. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information related to a loanable item stored in the storage unit 22. As shown in FIG.
The storage unit 22 is a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a semiconductor memory.
As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 22 stores information about employees (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "employee information"). The employee information can be exemplified by the employee's name, email address, phone number, title, and workplace.

The storage unit 22 stores information on items such as equipment, materials, tools, and fixtures owned by the company that are permitted to be lent out because they are used infrequently in the workplace.
As shown in FIG. 5, the storage unit 22 associates and stores an article name, article type, identification number (ID), owner office, owner number, person in charge, and status for each lendable article. The type of article is the name of the type that distinguishes articles such as clamps, fittings, and gas detectors. The article name is the name of the loanable article. An identification number (ID) is a number that identifies a loan permit. The status is information as to whether the lendable item is in a state in which it can be rented out or is in a state of being rented out.

The control unit 21 is composed of a CPU 21a, a ROM 21b, and a RAM 21c. The ROM 21b stores a basic program (operating system) executed by the CPU 21a, various settings, and the like. The CPU 21 a uses the RAM 21 c as a work area and executes application programs read from the ROM 21 b or the storage unit 22 . Each unit of the server 20 is controlled by the CPU 21a executing the program.

The control unit 21 has a function of receiving information transmitted from the terminal 10 and transmitting various types of information to the terminal 10 . In addition, the control unit 21 has a function of registering a loan permitted item in the storage unit 22 . In addition, the control unit 21 uses the information about the loan permission items stored in the storage unit 22 to extract candidates for borrowing desired items from the loan permission items, and It has a function to identify employees using employee information.

The system 1 enables an employee to use a terminal 10 to search for a desired borrowed item from a plurality of items that are permitted to be borrowed stored in a storage unit 22 of a server 20. It is possible to apply for the borrowing of desired items. In addition, the system 1 enables an employee to obtain approval from a person specified by company agreement so that approval must be obtained for making a borrowing application when the employee makes the borrowing application. In addition, the system 1 makes it possible for the employee to obtain approval from a person specified in the company's agreement so that after the employee has applied for the loan, approval must be obtained for permitting the lending of the desired item. do. In this embodiment, the system 1 determines that when an employee makes a borrowing application, he or she must obtain approval from two people, the team leader of the team to which the employee belongs and the manager of the group to which the employee belongs. It shall be used by the company. In addition, in the present embodiment, the system 1 must receive permission from the person in charge of managing the loan permission when receiving permission to lend the loan permission, and the team to which the person in charge belongs It shall be used in a company where it is decided that the team leader and the manager of the group to which the person in charge belongs must obtain approval for lending permission. Below, the employee who makes the borrowing application may be referred to as the "applicant". The team leader of the team to which the applicant belongs is the first application approver, and the manager of the group to which the applicant belongs is the second application approver. Sometimes referred to as "application approver". The team leader of the team to which the person in charge of the item to be borrowed belongs is the first loan approver, and the manager of the group to which the person in charge of the item to be borrowed belongs is the second loan approver. person" and "second lending approver".

6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are diagrams showing an example of a processing procedure performed by the system 1. FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the home screen 40 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When an employee using this system starts a dedicated application installed on the terminal 10 (S1), the home screen 40 illustrated in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S2). . In other words, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 causes the display unit 13 to display the home screen 40 when the employee performs an operation for starting the application.

The home screen 40 displays a borrow button 41 labeled "borrow," a receive button 42 labeled "receive," and a return button 43 labeled "return."
In the following description, pressing a button such as the borrow button 41 can be exemplified by clicking a button with a mouse as an example of the operation unit 14 . Further, when the operation unit 14 is a touch panel, it can be exemplified by touching a button.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the search screen 50 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the borrow button 41 on the home screen 40, the search screen 50 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S3). In other words, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the search screen 50 when it detects that the borrow button 41 on the home screen 40 has been pressed. The search screen 50 displays an input field 51 for entering words for searching for a borrowed article, which is an article desired to be borrowed, and a search button 52 labeled "search". The search screen 50 also displays an input field 53 for inputting additional conditions (for example, business name) for limiting articles to be extracted. Also, a part of the loan permit is displayed on the search screen 50 illustrated in FIG. 12 . However, the loan permission does not have to be displayed.

When the employee inputs characters in the input field 51 of the search screen 50 and presses the search button 52, in other words, when the search is executed (S4), the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 inputs characters in the input field 51. The search request is sent to the server 20 together with the information of the characters that have been entered (S5). Note that when characters are input in the input field 53 in addition to the input field 51 , the control unit 11 transmits information on the characters input in the input field 53 to the server 20 .

In the server 20, the control unit 21 extracts the lendable items satisfying the search conditions from the lendable items stored in the storage unit 22 (S6). For example, when an employee enters "gas detector" in the input field 51 and presses the search button 52, the character information of the gas detector is associated and stored from among the lendable items stored in the storage unit 22. Extract the items that are Then, the control unit 21 transmits information of the extracted result to the terminal 10 (S7).

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a search result screen 60 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the terminal 10 receives the extracted result information from the server 20, the search result screen 60 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S8). As shown in FIG. 13 , the search result screen 60 displays a list of loanable items extracted by the server 20 .

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed screen 70 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee selects one loan permission item by pressing the column of one loan permission item in the list of loan permission items displayed on the search result screen 60 (S9), the display unit of the terminal 10 13, a detailed screen 70 of the one lendable item is displayed (S10). The detailed screen 70 displays information stored in the storage unit 22 in association with the one lendable permit, such as the name of the place of business that owns the one lendable permit, the number of items, the name of the person in charge, the status, and the like. . Further, on the detail screen 70, a borrow button 71 labeled "borrow" and a return button 72 labeled "return" are displayed.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the first application approver selection screen 80 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the borrow button 71 displayed on the detailed screen 70 (S11), the first application approver selection screen 80 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S12). In other words, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the first application approver selection screen 80 when it detects that the borrow button 71 on the details screen 70 has been pressed. The first application approver selection screen 80 displays a first input field 81 for inputting the first application approver and a first candidate field 82 for displaying candidates for the first application approver. The first application approver selection screen 80 also includes a first confirmation field 83 for confirming the first application approver and the e-mail address of the first application approver, and a return button 84 indicating "return". , and a Next button 85 labeled "Next" are displayed. When the borrow button 71 on the detailed screen 70 is pressed, the one lendable article selected in S9 is recognized as the desired borrowed article.

When the employee enters the name of the team leader who is their superior in the first entry field 81 of the first application approver selection screen 80, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 enters Information on the entered characters is transmitted to the server 20 (S13).

In the server 20, the control unit 21 extracts the employee whose name includes the character input in the first input field 81, based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S14). For example, when an employee enters Suzuki in the first input field 81, employees including Suzuki characters are extracted from the employee information stored in the storage unit 22. FIG. Then, the control unit 21 transmits the extracted employee information to the terminal 10 (S15).

When the terminal 10 receives the employee information extracted from the server 20, a list of employees extracted by the server 20 is displayed in the first candidate column 82 of the first application approver selection screen 80 of the terminal 10 (S16 ). FIG. 15 shows an example in which one person named Jiro Suzuki is extracted and displayed in the first candidate field 82 as a result of inputting "Jiro Suzuki" in the first input field 81 .

When the employee presses the name of a specific person to select one person from the names displayed in the first candidate field 82 of the first application approver selection screen 80 (S17), the first confirmation field 83 , the name and e-mail address of the specific person are displayed (S18).
Then, the employee confirms the name and e-mail address of the first application approver displayed in the first confirmation field 83, and presses the next button 85 if there are no errors (S19).

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the second application approver selection screen 90 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the next button 85 on the first application approver selection screen 80 (S19), the second application approver selection screen 90 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S20). In other words, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the second application approver selection screen 90 when it detects that the next button 85 on the first application approver selection screen 80 has been pressed. The second application approver selection screen 90 displays a second input field 91 for inputting the second application approver and a second candidate field 92 for displaying candidates for the second application approver. In addition, on the second application approver selection screen 90, there is a second confirmation field 93 for confirming the second application approver and the e-mail address of the second application approver, and a back button 94 indicating "return". , and a next button 95 labeled "next" are displayed.

When the employee enters the name of the manager who is his or her superior in the second entry field 91 of the second application approver selection screen 90, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 enters the name in the second entry field 91. The information of the characters thus obtained is transmitted to the server 20 (S21).
In the server 20, the control unit 21 extracts employees whose names include the characters entered in the second input field 91, based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S22). Then, the control unit 21 transmits the extracted employee information to the terminal 10 (S23).

When the terminal 10 receives the employee information extracted from the server 20, a list of employees extracted by the server 20 is displayed in the second candidate field 92 of the second application approver selection screen 90 of the terminal 10 (S24 ). FIG. 16 shows an example in which as a result of inputting "Saburo Kimura" in the second input field 91, one person named Saburo Kimura is extracted and displayed in the second candidate field 92. In FIG.

When the employee presses the name of a specific person to select one person from the names displayed in the second candidate column 92 of the second application approver selection screen 90 (S25), the second confirmation column 93 , the name and e-mail address of the specific person are displayed (S26).
Then, the employee confirms the name and e-mail address of the second application approver displayed in the second confirmation column 93, and presses the next button 95 if there are no errors (S27).

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the person-in-charge selection screen 100 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the next button 95 displayed on the second application approver selection screen 90 (S27), the person in charge selection screen 100 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S28). In other words, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the person-in-charge selection screen 100 when it detects that the next button 95 on the second application approver selection screen 90 has been pressed. The person in charge selection screen 100 displays an input field 101 for entering the name of the person in charge and a candidate field 102 for displaying candidates for the person in charge. Further, on the person-in-charge selection screen 100, there is a confirmation column 103 for confirming the person in charge and the email address of the person in charge, a back button 104 labeled "back", and a next button labeled "next". button 105 is displayed. Further, on the person-in-charge selection screen 100, a suggestion field 106 that suggests a person in charge is displayed next to the input field 101. FIG.

The suggestion field 106 displays the name of the person in charge who has been sent from the server 20 in the process of S7 and has already been received by the control unit 11 . The employee can grasp the name of the person in charge by looking at the name displayed in the suggestion column 106 .
When the employee enters the name of the person in charge in the input field 101 of the person-in-charge selection screen 100, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 transmits the information of the characters input in the input field 101 to the server 20 ( S29).
In server 20, control unit 21 extracts employees whose names include characters input in input field 101, based on the employee information stored in storage unit 22 (S30). Then, the control unit 21 transmits the extracted employee information to the terminal 10 (S31).

When the terminal 10 receives the employee information extracted from the server 20, a list of employees extracted by the server 20 is displayed in the candidate column 102 of the person-in-charge selection screen 100 of the terminal 10 (S32). FIG. 17 shows an example in which, as a result of inputting "Tokyo Ichiro" in the input field 101, one person named "Tokyo Ichiro" is extracted and displayed in the candidate field 102. FIG.

When the employee presses the name of a specific person to select one person from the names displayed in the candidate field 102 of the person in charge selection screen 100 (S33), the name of the specific person is displayed in the confirmation field 103. and mail address are displayed (S34).
Then, the employee confirms the name and e-mail address of the person in charge displayed in the confirmation column 103, and presses the next button 105 if there are no errors (S35).

When the employee presses the next button 105 displayed on the person-in-charge selection screen 100 (S35), the control section 11 transmits information on the person-in-charge to the server 20 (S36).
In the server 20, the control unit 21 identifies the team leader of the team to which the person in charge belongs as the first lending approver based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S37). Information such as the approver's name, workplace, and e-mail address is transmitted to the terminal 10 (S38).

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of the first loan approver selection screen 110 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the terminal 10 receives the first lending approver information from the server 20, the first lending approver selection screen 110 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S39). The first loan approver selection screen 110 displays a first input field 111 for inputting the name of the first loan approver and a first candidate field 112 for displaying candidates for the first loan approver. The first lending approver selection screen 110 also includes a first confirmation column 113 for confirming the first lending approver and the e-mail address of the first lending approver, and a return button 114 indicating "return". , and a Next button 115 labeled "Next" are displayed. Further, on the first loan approver selection screen 110, next to the first input field 111, a first suggestion field 116 that suggests the first loan approver is displayed.

The first suggestion field 116 displays the name of the first lending approver transmitted by the server 20 in S38. By looking at the name displayed in the first suggestion field 116, the employee can grasp the name of the first lending approver.
When the employee enters the name of the first loan approver in the first input field 111 of the first loan approver selection screen 110, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 The character information is transmitted to the server 20 (S40).
In the server 20, the control unit 21 extracts employees whose names include the characters entered in the first input field 111, based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S41). Then, the control unit 21 transmits the extracted employee information to the terminal 10 (S42).

When the terminal 10 receives the extracted employee information from the server 20, a list of the employees extracted by the server 20 is displayed in the first candidate column 112 of the first loan approver selection screen 110 of the terminal 10 (S43 ). FIG. 18 shows an example in which "Jiro Yamada" is entered in the first candidate field 112, and one person named Jiro Yamada is extracted and displayed in the first candidate field 112. As shown in FIG.

When the employee presses the name of a specific person to select one person from the names displayed in the first candidate column 112 of the first loan approver selection screen 110 (S44), the first confirmation column 113 , the name and e-mail address of the specific person are displayed (S45).
Then, the employee confirms the name and e-mail address of the first lending approver displayed in the first confirmation column 113, and presses the next button 115 if there are no errors (S46).

When the employee presses the next button 115 displayed on the first loan approver selection screen 110 (S46), the control unit 11 transmits the information of the person in charge to the server 20 (S47).
In the server 20, the control unit 21 identifies the manager of the group to which the person in charge belongs as the second lending approver based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S48). Information such as the person's name, workplace, and mail address is transmitted to the terminal 10 (S49).

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the second lending approver selection screen 120 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the terminal 10 receives the second lending approver information from the server 20, the second lending approver selection screen 120 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S50). The second loan approver selection screen 120 displays a second entry field 121 for entering the name of the second loan approver and a second candidate field 122 for displaying candidates for the second loan approver. The second lending approver selection screen 120 also includes a second confirmation column 123 for confirming the second lending approver and the e-mail address of the second lending approver, and a back button 124 indicating "return". , and a Next button 125 labeled "Next" are displayed. Further, on the second loan approver selection screen 120, a second suggestion field 126 that suggests a second loan approver is displayed next to the second input field 121. FIG.

The second suggestion column 126 displays the name of the second lending approver transmitted by the server 20 in S49. By looking at the name displayed in the second suggestion column 126, the employee can grasp the name of the second lending approver.
When the employee enters the name of the second loan approver in the second input field 121 of the second loan approver selection screen 120, the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 The character information is transmitted to the server 20 (S51).
In the server 20, the control unit 21 extracts an employee whose name includes the characters entered in the second input field 121, based on the employee information stored in the storage unit 22 (S52). Then, the control unit 21 transmits the extracted employee information to the terminal 10 (S53).

When the terminal 10 receives the employee information extracted from the server 20, a list of employees extracted by the server 20 is displayed in the second candidate field 122 of the second lending approver selection screen 120 of the terminal 10 (S54 ). FIG. 19 shows an example in which as a result of inputting “Saburo Ito” in the second input field 121 , one person named Saburo Ito is extracted and displayed in the second candidate field 122 .

When the employee presses the name of a specific person to select one person from the names displayed in the second candidate column 122 of the second loan approver selection screen 120 (S55), the second confirmation column 123 , the name and e-mail address of the specific person are displayed (S56).
Then, the employee confirms the name and e-mail address of the second lending approver displayed in the second confirmation column 123, and presses the next button 125 if there are no errors (S57).

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a borrowing application screen 130 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the next button 125 displayed on the second loan approver selection screen 120 (S57), the borrowing application screen 130 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 (S58). In other words, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the borrowing application screen 130 when it detects that the next button 125 on the second loan approver selection screen 120 has been pressed. On the borrowing application screen 130, the identification number (ID) of the item, the number of borrowing requests, the applicant's workplace, the borrowing request date, the scheduled return date, the purpose of use/remarks, the applicant, the first application approver, and the second application approver. Input fields 131 for the names of the person, the person in charge, the first lending approver, and the second lending approver, and an application button 132 labeled "borrowing application" are displayed. In addition, the borrowing application screen 130 displays a return button 133 indicating "return to home".

The employee checks the input contents displayed in the input field 131, and presses the application button 132 if there are no errors (S59). In the input fields 131, the names of the applicant, the first application approver, the second application approver, the person in charge, the first lending approver, and the second lending approver have been confirmed by the previous processing. will be reflected.
When the employee presses the application button 132 displayed on the borrowing application screen 130 (S59), the terminal 10 transmits to the server 20 that the application button 132 has been pressed and the borrowing application has been made (S60).

In the server 20, after receiving the fact that the borrowing application has been made (S61), the control unit 21 sends a confirmation mail to the first application approver as to whether or not to approve the borrowing application (S62). In the confirmation email, the content of the borrowing application such as the name of the item you wish to borrow is displayed, along with an approval button (not shown) to press to approve the borrowing application and a disapproval button to disapprove the borrowing application (disapproval button). shown) is displayed.
When the person who approves the first application presses an approval button (not shown) after receiving the confirmation mail (S63), an approval mail is sent to the server 20 (S64).

After receiving the approval mail from the first application approver (S65), the server 20 transmits a confirmation mail to the second application approver as to whether or not to approve the borrowing application (S66). In the confirmation email, the contents of the borrowing application such as the name of the desired item to be borrowed and the fact that the first application approver has approved are displayed. A disapproval button (not shown) to be pushed when not approving is displayed.
When the person who approves the second application presses an approval button (not shown) after receiving the confirmation mail (S67), an approval mail is sent to the server 20 (S68).

After receiving the mail indicating approval from the person who approves the second application (S69), the server 20 sends the person in charge a confirmation mail asking whether or not to permit the lending of the item to be borrowed related to the borrowing application (S70). In the confirmation email, the content of the borrowing application such as the name of the item you wish to borrow is displayed, along with a permission button (not shown) that you press to approve the loan, and a non-permission button (not shown) that you press if you do not approve. is displayed.
When the person in charge receives the confirmation mail (S71) and then presses a permission button (not shown), a permission mail is sent to the server 20 (S72).

The server 20 receives an e-mail from the person in charge indicating that the loan has been granted (S73), and then sends a confirmation e-mail asking whether or not to approve the loan to the first lending approver (S74). In the confirmation email, the content of the borrowing application such as the name of the item you wish to borrow and the fact that the person in charge has given permission are displayed. A disapproval button (not shown) to press is displayed.
When the first lending approver receives the confirmation mail (S75) and presses an approval button (not shown), an approval mail is sent to the server 20 (S76).

The server 20 receives the e-mail indicating approval from the first lending approver (S77), and then sends a confirmation e-mail asking whether or not to approve the lending to the second lending approver (S78). The confirmation email will display the content of the borrowing application, such as the name of the item you wish to borrow, the fact that the person in charge has given permission, and the fact that the first lending approver has approved it. shown) and a disapproval button (not shown) to be pushed when the loan is not approved.
When the second lending approver receives the confirmation mail (S79) and presses an approval button (not shown), an approval mail is sent to the server 20 (S80).

The server 20 receives an e-mail indicating approval from the second lending approver (S81), and then transmits an e-mail indicating that the borrowing application has been approved to the applicant and the person in charge (S82). Then, the server 20 registers that the status of the item to be borrowed stored in the storage unit 22 is being rented (S83).

The applicant understands that the borrowing application has been approved by receiving the mail from the server 20 (S84). Since this e-mail includes the e-mail address of the person in charge, the applicant can directly send the e-mail to the person in charge.
The person in charge receives an e-mail from the server 20 (S85), so as to know that the borrowing application has been approved. For example, the person in charge should send the item to be borrowed to the office of the applicant by using an in-house mail. As a result, the applicant can receive the borrowed item.

It should be noted that the server 20 does not operate when any of the first application approver, second application approver, first lending approver, or second lending approver presses a disapproval button (not shown) in the confirmation e-mail, or when the person in charge presses the disapproval button (not shown) in the confirmation e-mail, an e-mail to the effect that the borrowing application has not been approved is sent to the applicant. This allows the applicant to understand that the borrowing application has not been approved.

As described above, the system 1 includes a CPU 21a (an example of a processor) that executes a program and a storage unit 22 that stores information. , stores information related to the lending approver who approves the lending of the lendable material in association with the lendable material permitted to be lent. Then, the CPU 21a accepts the selection of the desired borrowing object from among the plurality of loanable objects stored in the storage unit 22 (S61), and the application approver who approves the borrowing application for the desired borrowing object. (S61), accepts the information of the loan approver of the borrowed item (S61), notifies the application approver and the lender approver that the borrowing application has been made (S62 and S74), and the application approver If approved, the applicant is notified that the application approver has approved (S84), and if the loan approver approves, the applicant is notified that the loan approver has approved (S84).

According to the system 1, the storage unit 22 stores the information of the loan permit, so that the employee can search using the terminal 10 to find out that the materials and equipment that he/she wants to use are held in other workplaces. It can be easily grasped that it is possible to borrow. In addition, since the storage unit 22 stores information related to the lending approver who approves the lending of the lendable item, the employee can grasp the information using the terminal 10, and can confirm the approval when borrowing materials and equipment. It is possible to reduce the burden of examining the person. Furthermore, according to the system 1, the control unit 21 having the CPU 21a notifies the application approver and the loan approver that a borrowing application has been made, receives approval from each, and notifies the applicant of the approval. , can reduce the burden on employees to exchange paper promissory notes. In this way, the system 1 makes it possible to easily lend and borrow items owned by a company between a plurality of workplaces.

In the above-described embodiment, by sending an email, the application approver and the loan approver are notified that the borrowing application has been made, and the applicant is notified that the application approver and the loan approver have approved it. However, it is not particularly limited to such a mode. For example, you may notify using a social networking service (Social networking service; SNS). Similarly, the fact that the application approver and the loan approver have approved is grasped by receiving an e-mail, but it is not particularly limited to this aspect. For example, you may grasp|ascertain using SNS.

In the system 1, the CPU 21a accepts the conditions of the item to be borrowed (for example, that the item to be borrowed is a gas detector), and selects from among the plurality of lendable items stored in the storage unit 22, Items that satisfy the accepted conditions are extracted (S6). This allows the employee to easily search for the desired item to borrow.

In addition, the CPU 21a receives information on two persons, a team leader and a manager, as application approvers. As a result, even if the company stipulates that approval must be obtained from two superiors, it is possible to reduce the burden of having, for example, seals from two approvers.

In addition, the CPU 21a receives information on two persons, a team leader and a manager, as lending approvers. As a result, even if the company stipulates that approval must be obtained from two superiors of the person in charge on the lending side, it is possible to reduce the burden of having two approvers, for example, seal the loan. .

Although two people, a team leader and a manager, are illustrated as the application approver and the loan approver, the job titles of the team leader and the manager are not limited. For example, job titles such as assistant manager, section chief, and general manager may be used. Also, the number of approvers is not limited to two. It may be three or more people.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, after receiving an e-mail indicating approval from the first application approver (S65), a confirmation e-mail is sent to the second application approver who is the second application approver ( S66) is not particularly limited to such an aspect. For example, if confirmation emails are sent to both the first and second application approvers at the same time, and if an email is received from both of them to the effect that they have been approved, the person in charge will be notified A confirmation email may be sent asking whether or not to permit the lending of the

Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, a confirmation e-mail is sent to the second loan approver, who is the second loan approver, after receiving an e-mail indicating approval from the first loan approver (S77). (S78) is not particularly limited to such an aspect. For example, when confirmation emails are sent to the first lending approver and the second lending approver at the same time and emails to the effect that they have been approved are received from the two, the borrowing application is approved by the applicant and the person in charge. You may send an email to the effect that it has been done.

In addition, the storage unit 22 stores information related to the person in charge of managing the lendable item in association with the lendable item. It is notified that the application has been made (S70), and if the person in charge approves, the applicant is notified that the person in charge has given permission (S84). As described above, the storage unit 22 stores information related to the person in charge of the loan permit, so that the employee can grasp the information using the terminal 10 and check the person in charge when borrowing materials and equipment. burden can be reduced. Furthermore, according to the system 1, the control unit 21 having the CPU 21a notifies the person in charge that the borrowing application has been made, receives permission from the person in charge, and notifies the applicant that the permission has been granted. The burden of exchanging paper IOUs can be reduced. In this way, the system 1 makes it possible to easily lend and borrow items owned by a company between a plurality of workplaces.

The processing performed by the control unit 11 of the terminal 10 and the control unit 21 of the server 20 described above can be realized by the cooperation of software and hardware resources. In this case, the CPUs of the control unit 11 and the control unit 21 execute programs for realizing the functions of the control unit 11 and the control unit 21, thereby realizing these functions. For example, a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium recording a program is provided to the control units 11 and 21, and the CPU 11a and CPU 21a read the program stored in the recording medium. In this case, the program itself read out from the recording medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program itself and the recording medium recording it constitute the present invention. Examples of recording media for supplying such programs include flexible disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, hard disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-Rs, magnetic tapes, non-volatile memory cards, and ROMs. can be exemplified. Also, the data may be downloaded to the terminal 10 or the server 20 via the network 30 .

The program that constitutes the present invention provides the computer with a function of accepting a selection of a desired borrowing object from among the plurality of lending permitted objects stored in the storage unit 22, and a function of receiving information of an application approver who approves the borrowing application for the item; a function of receiving information of a lending approver who approves the lending of the item to be borrowed; a function of notifying that a borrowing application has been made; a function of notifying an applicant that the application approver has approved it if the application approver approves it; and a function of notifying the applicant that the lending approver has approved.

<Second embodiment>
In the system according to the second embodiment, in contrast to the system 1 according to the first embodiment, the server 20 selects candidates for the desired item to be borrowed in consideration of the desired borrowing date (in other words, the borrowing start date). It differs in that it can be extracted. Another difference is that the terminal 10 can accept the input of the desired borrowing date as an additional condition for extracting candidates for the desired borrowing item. Differences from the first embodiment will be described below. The same reference numerals are used for the same items in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of information related to in-house mail stored in the storage unit 22. As shown in FIG.
The storage unit 22 stores the routes of internal flights and the departure and arrival times of each office on each route. In the example shown in FIG. 21, the storage unit 22 stores a route 1 for delivery from the first office to the third office via the second office, and a route 1 for delivery to the third office via the second office. The arrival and departure times of the first office, the second office, and the third office in the route 2 for delivery from the place to the first office are stored. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores route 3 for delivery from the first office to the fifth office via the fourth office, and route 3 from the fifth office to the first office via the fourth office. The departure and arrival times of the first office, fourth office, and fifth office on the delivery route 4 are stored. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores information on routes 5 for delivery from the 3rd office to the 5th office and route 6 for delivery from the 5th office to the 3rd office. Stores the departure and arrival times of each office.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a search screen 250 displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
When the employee presses the borrow button 41 on the home screen 40 , the search screen 250 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the terminal 10 . In addition to the input field 51, search button 52, and input field 53 displayed on the search screen 50 according to the first embodiment, the search screen 250 displays a desired borrowing date input field 254 for inputting the desired borrowing date. be.

Then, when the employee enters characters in the input field 51 of the search screen 250 and the desired borrowing date in the desired borrowing date input field 254 and presses the search button 52 (S4), the control unit of the terminal 10 11 transmits to the server 20 that there has been a search request together with the information on the characters entered in the input field 51 and the desired borrowing date input in the desired borrowing date input field 254 (S5).

In the server 20, when the control unit 21 extracts the permitted loan items that satisfy the search condition from among the permitted loan items stored in the storage unit 22 (S6), the information regarding the internal mail stored in the storage unit 22 is stored. is used to extract lendable items held in offices that can be delivered by internal mail so as to arrive by the day before the desired borrowing date entered in the desired borrowing date input field 254 .

For example, an employee who has a workplace at the 5th office searches on the afternoon of Monday (for example, October 24, 2022), and enters Thursday of the week (for example, October 27, 2022) in the desired borrowing date input field 254 is entered and the search button 52 is pressed, the control unit 21 extracts the lendable items as follows. In other words, the control unit 21 extracts only the lendable items held by the offices that can be shipped after the afternoon of Monday and arrive by Wednesday, which is the day before Thursday of the week. For example, in the in-house mail shown in FIG. 21, the office that can be shipped after Monday afternoon and arrives at the 5th office by Wednesday of the week is the 1st office or the 4th office. Limited to Therefore, the control unit 21 extracts the loan permission items held by the first office or the fourth office from among the loan permission objects satisfying the conditions such as the character information input in the input field 51 .

As described above, in the system according to the second embodiment, the storage unit 22 stores information on deliveries performed between a plurality of business establishments, and the CPU 21a accepts the desired borrowing date as a condition. , from among the plurality of lendable items stored in the storage unit 22, items determined to be able to arrive on the desired date of borrowing are extracted using the delivery information. As a result, by searching using the terminal 10, the employee can easily grasp the materials and equipment that can be used from the desired start date.

It should be noted that the applicant who has borrowed the item to be borrowed as described in the first and second embodiments may return the item to the person in charge of the item to be borrowed. At that time, by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address of the person in charge grasped at the time of borrowing, it is possible to notify the return date and return method. In the system according to the first and second embodiments (for example, system 1), after the applicant has returned the borrowed item, for example, on the screen displayed by pressing the return button 43 on the home screen 40, the returned item is returned. It would be good if it could be registered. In the server 20, it is preferable to change the status of the storage unit 22 to "rentable" after registering the return by the applicant.

In addition, in the first and second embodiments described above, the process of borrowing is explained, but an item owned by a company that is to be transferred because it is used infrequently (hereinafter referred to as may be referred to as “transferable items”). As a result, the employee presses the receive button 42 on the home screen 40 to perform the same operation as when borrowing, such as searching for the transfer-permitted item stored in the storage unit 22, thereby receiving the transfer. It becomes possible.

Also, the method of storing the employee information, the information on the loanable items, the information on the internal mail, and the like in the storage unit 22 is not particularly limited. The terminal 10 may be used, or another terminal such as a notebook PC or a desktop PC may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... System 10... Terminal 13... Display part 20... Server 21... Control part 21a... CPU (an example of a processor) 22... Storage part

Claims (7)

A system having a processor that executes a program and a storage unit that stores information,
The storage unit stores information related to a lending approver who approves the lending of the lendable item in association with the lendable item that is permitted to be lent;
The processor
Receiving selection of a desired borrowing item desired to be borrowed from among the plurality of lendable items stored in the storage unit;
Receiving the information of the application approver who approves the borrowing application for the item to be borrowed,
Receiving the information of the lending approver of the borrowing desired item,
Notifying the application approver and the loan approver that the borrowing application has been made,
When the applicant approver approves, notifying the applicant that the applicant approver has approved,
When the loan approver approves, notifying the applicant that the loan approver has approved;
system. The processor receives conditions for an item desired to be borrowed, and extracts items that satisfy the received conditions as candidates for the item to be borrowed from among a plurality of the lendable items stored in the storage unit.
The system of claim 1. The processor receives information of a plurality of predetermined persons as the application approvers,
The system of claim 1. The processor receives information from a plurality of predetermined persons as the lending approvers;
The system of claim 1. The storage unit stores information related to a person in charge of managing the loan permission item in association with the loan permission item,
The processor receives the information of the person in charge of the item to be borrowed, notifies the person in charge that the borrowing application has been made, and if the person in charge approves, notifies the person in charge of notify the applicant;
The system of claim 1. The storage unit stores information on deliveries performed between a plurality of offices,
When a desired borrowing date is received as the condition, the processor can arrive at the desired borrowing date by using the delivery information from among the plurality of loanable items stored in the storage unit. Extract the thing judged to be
3. The system of claim 2. to the computer,
a function of accepting a selection of a desired borrowing object to be borrowed from among a plurality of lending permitted objects stored in a storage unit;
a function of receiving information of an application approver who approves the application for borrowing the item to be borrowed;
a function of receiving information of a lending approver who permits lending of the desired item to be borrowed;
a function of notifying the application approver and the loan approver that the borrowing application has been made;
a function of notifying the applicant that the application approver has approved the application when the application approver approves the application;
a function of notifying the applicant that the lending approver has approved, when the lending approver approves;
A program that runs

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