JP7365012B1 - Management device, management system, management method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to easily manage articles stored at a storage location. [Solution] A code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code and an operation code, and an inventory of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article. A management device comprising: an article information acquisition section that acquires a status; and an update control section that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of an article according to the content of an operation specified by an operation code. [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a management device, a management system, a management method, and a program.

Inventory management of items such as products, parts, and materials requires a lot of manual work, and a system that can simplify the effort has been desired. For example, a system has been known that reads a code attached to an article to recognize the article and manage the number of articles in stock (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Patent No. 7061222 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-217094

However, even in such systems, management operations such as whether to store, take out, or move items, as well as the number of items to be managed, etc., are often manually input, making it difficult to perform tasks quickly. Sometimes it became.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to enable easy management of articles stored at a storage location.

In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management device for managing the inventory status of articles, the management device including a plurality of article codes for identifying the article and operation codes for updating the inventory status of the article. a code acquisition section that acquires the code of the article; and an article information acquisition section that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article. and an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code.

The update control unit further includes a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information for identifying a user of the management device, and the update control unit specifies that the operation specified by the operation code is specified by the user information. The control signal may be generated only if the operation is permitted by the user.

The update control unit further includes a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a user of the management device, and the update control unit determines whether the location indicated by the location information exists within an area where the operation specified by the operation code is permitted. The control signal may be generated only when

A predetermined period in which the operation can be executed is set for the operation specified by the operation code, and the update control unit determines that the time when the operation code is acquired is outside the period in which the operation can be executed. In this case, the control signal may not be generated.

The operation code may include information for specifying the period during which the operation can be executed.
The update control unit may generate the control signal only when both the article code and the operation code can be read within a predetermined time.

The update control unit may generate the control signal only when the order in which the code acquisition unit acquires the article code and the operation code matches a predetermined order.

The update control unit further includes an input reception unit that receives input of information on a mode associated with at least one executable operation, separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit, and the update control unit The control signal may be generated only when the content of the operation specified by is the operation that can be executed in the mode.

The update control unit further includes an input reception unit that receives input of information on parameters related to the operation separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit, and the update control unit receives input of information on parameters related to the operation, and the update control unit receives input of information on parameters related to the operation, separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit, and the update control unit receives input of information on parameters related to the operation. and the control signal for updating the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code may be generated according to information on the parameter.

The operation code includes information for specifying parameters related to the operation, and the update control unit updates the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code according to the contents of the operation and the parameters. The control signal may be generated to cause the control to occur.

The plurality of codes acquired by the code acquisition unit include parameter codes for specifying parameters related to the operation, and the update control unit is configured to identify the contents of the operation indicated by the operation code and the specified parameters. The control signal may be generated to update the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code.

In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management device that manages the inventory status of an item, the code including information for identifying the item and acquiring an operation code for updating the inventory status of the item. an acquisition unit, an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired operation code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article as the inventory status; A management device is provided, comprising: an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code.

The operation code includes information on a plurality of the articles and information for specifying parameters for each article related to the operation, and the update control unit executes the operation for each article indicated by the operation code. The control signal for updating the inventory status may be generated according to the contents of the operation indicated by the code and the parameters.

In a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management system for managing the inventory status of the article, the storage device storing the inventory status of the article in association with the article as the inventory status; According to the first and second aspects, the control signal for updating the inventory status is generated by acquiring the inventory status of the storage device and the operation code for updating the inventory status. A management system is provided, comprising: the management device; and a management server that communicates with the management device and updates the inventory status of the storage device according to the control signal received from the management device.

In a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management method for managing the inventory status of an article, which is executed by a computer, and includes an article code for identifying the article and an operation for updating the inventory status of the article. acquiring a plurality of codes including a code; and acquiring the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article as the inventory status. and generating a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management method for managing the inventory status of an article, which is executed by a computer, the method including information for identifying the article, and an operation for updating the inventory status of the article. the step of acquiring the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired operation code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article as the inventory status; The present invention provides a management method comprising the step of generating a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code.

A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as the management device of the first aspect and the second aspect.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily manage articles stored at a storage location.

An example of the configuration of a management system S according to the present embodiment is shown. A configuration example of a management device 100 according to the present embodiment is shown. A first example of the operation flow of the management system S according to the present embodiment is shown. An example is shown in which the display control unit 156 according to the present embodiment causes the display unit 130 to display a menu screen. An example of an operation code 42 including information for specifying a plurality of articles 30 according to the present embodiment is shown. A second example of the operation flow of the management system S according to the present embodiment is shown. An example of a plurality of codes including the parameter code 43 according to this embodiment is shown.

<Example of configuration of management system S>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a management system S according to this embodiment. The management system S is a system that manages inventory status indicating the quantity of articles 30. Articles 30 include products, parts, materials, and the like. The inventory status indicates the number of articles 30, the amount of articles 30, etc. The management system S is a system that can be used by any company, store, organization, etc. that manages the goods 30. The management system S includes a storage device 10, a management server 20, and a management device 100.

The storage device 10 stores the inventory status of the article 30 in association with the article 30. It is desirable that the storage device 10 stores the article 30 using identification information (ID), the name of the article 30, an abbreviation, and the like. Further, the storage device 10 may store position information of the article 30 in association with the article 30.

The position information of the article 30 is, for example, information indicating the position of the article 30 in a storage location where the article 30 is stored. The location information of the article 30 may be location information of the article 30 specified by latitude and longitude. The location information of the article 30 may be information specified by a name, abbreviation, ID, etc. of a storage location, a shelf on which it is stored, a position of a shelf on which it is stored, or the like.

The location information of the article 30 may be location information input by the user of the management device 100. In this case, the management server 20, the management device 100, other devices operated by the user, etc. may accept the input of the position information. Note that the position information of the article 30 is preferably input when the article 30 is stored. For example, when a user stores the article 30 in a storage location and operates the management device 100 to perform a warehousing operation, the management device 100 stores the article 30 by storing the location information received from the user or its own location information. 30 is stored in the storage device 10 as position information.

The storage device 10 is a device connected to the management server 20. Further, the storage device 10 may be a database or the like connected to a network. Further, the storage device 10 may be a storage section provided in the management device 100.

The management server 20 communicates with the management device 100 and manages the inventory status stored in the storage device 10 according to control signals received from the management device 100. For example, the management server 20 reads the inventory status of the item 30 specified by the management device 100 from the storage device 10 and supplies it to the management device 100. The management server 20 also updates the inventory status of the storage device 10.

The management device 100 is a device that accepts user operations and manages the number of items 30 in stock according to the user operations, and is, for example, a smartphone or a tablet. In this embodiment, an example will be shown in which a user operates such a management device 100 to manage a plurality of articles 30 in a storage location where a plurality of articles 30 are stored. Details of the management device 100 will be described later. The storage device 10, management server 20, and management device 100 described above are connected via a network or the like. An overview of the operation of such a management system S will be explained.

The management device 100 acquires multiple codes ((1) in FIG. 1). The code acquired by the management device 100 is a code including numerical or character information, such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code. The plurality of codes include, for example, an article code 41 for identifying the article 30 and an operation code 42 for updating the inventory status of the article 30.

The article code 41 has information for specifying the article 30 by its ID, name, abbreviation, etc. The operation code 42 has information for specifying the contents of the operation. The content of the operation is, for example, an operation for updating the inventory quantity, such as "put in stock," "take out stock," or "move stock." In addition, the operations include ``moving storage location,'' ``taking inventory,'' ``recording shipping/receiving,'' ``recording inspection and acceptance of OK/NG,'' ``ordering target items,'' and ``ordering target items.'' It may be an operation such as "recording/changing the state of the target article".

Such a code is attached to, for example, the article 30 to be managed, the storage location of the article 30, the user's work place, and the like. Further, a plurality of codes may be listed in a code table that can be viewed by the user. FIG. 1 shows an example in which an article code 41 is attached to an article 30 and an operation code 42 is attached to a shelf on which the article 30 is stored. For example, the management device 100 acquires information about the product code 41 and the operation code 42 by sequentially capturing images of the product code 41 and the operation code 42 by a user's operation.

Next, the management device 100 transmits a control signal requesting the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the acquired article code 41 to the management server 20 ((2) in FIG. 1). The management server 20 supplies the inventory status of the articles 30 stored in the storage device 10 to the management device 100 in response to the control signal ((3) in FIG. 1).

Next, the management device 100 generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code 42 ((4) in FIG. 1). For example, if the content of the operation is to take out only one article 30, the management device 100 generates a control signal to decrease the number of articles 30 in stock by one.

Next, the management device 100 transmits the generated control signal to the management server 20 ((5) in FIG. 1). The management server 20 updates the inventory status of the article 30 stored in the storage device 10 in response to the control signal ((6) in FIG. 1).

As described above, the management system S updates the inventory status of the article 30 based on the plurality of codes acquired by the management device 100. As a result, the user of the management device 100 can manage the inventory status of the article 30 by reading a plurality of codes using the management device 100, which reduces manual input operations into the management device 100. , the work can be done quickly. Such a management device 100 will be explained next.

<Configuration example of management device 100>
FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the management device 100 according to this embodiment. The management device 100 is, for example, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, a portable PC, etc., in which an application for managing the inventory number of the articles 30 is installed. The management device 100 includes a communication section 110, a storage section 120, a display section 130, a code reading section 140, and a control section 150.

The communication unit 110 communicates with the management server 20 via a communication network or the like. The communication unit 110 may communicate with the storage device 10 via a communication network or the like. The communication unit 110 is an interface for connecting to a communication network such as an Internet line, wireless LAN, or mobile phone network.

The storage unit 120 is a storage medium including ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. Furthermore, the storage unit 120 may include a mass storage device such as a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and/or an SSD (Solid State Drive). For example, when a computer functions as the management device 100, the storage unit 120 may store information such as an OS (Operating System) that makes the computer function, and programs. Furthermore, the storage unit 120 may store various information including a database that is referred to when executing a program.

The storage unit 120 may also store intermediate data, calculation results, thresholds, reference values, parameters, etc. that are generated (or used) by the management device 100 in the course of its operation. For example, the storage unit 120 may store the correspondence between the ID of the article code 41 and the article name, or may store the correspondence between the ID of the operation code 42 and the content of the operation. Note that such correspondence may be stored in the storage device 10. Further, the storage unit 120 may supply the stored data to the request source in response to a request from each unit within the management device 100.

The display unit 130 displays information about the article 30 and the like. The display unit 130 may display the arrangement of the articles 30 at the storage location, a captured image of the storage location, and the like. It is desirable that the display unit 130 also functions as a display for displaying the communication status, OS, application execution status, etc. of the management device 100.

The display section 130 has a touch panel function and may operate as the input section 131. The input unit 131 receives input operations, instructions, etc. from the user of the management device 100. Further, the input unit 131 may be an input device separate from the display unit 130, such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a voice input device.

The code reading unit 140 is a device for reading codes such as the article code 41 and the operation code 42. The code reading unit 140 is, for example, an imaging device that captures an image of the code. Further, the code reading unit 140 may be a scanner for optically reading the code.

The control unit 150 controls each part of the management device 100. For example, the control unit 150 sends and receives various information via the communication unit 110. The control unit 150 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 150 includes a code acquisition unit 151 , an article information acquisition unit 152 , a user information acquisition unit 153 , a position information acquisition unit 154 , an input reception unit 155 , a display control unit 156 , and an update control unit 157 . In other words, by executing the program stored in the storage unit 120, the CPU executes the code acquisition unit 151, article information acquisition unit 152, user information acquisition unit 153, position information acquisition unit 154, input reception unit 155, display It functions as a control unit 150 having a control unit 156 and an update control unit 157.

The code acquisition section 151 acquires a plurality of codes including the article code 41 and the operation code 42 from the code reading section 140. The code acquisition unit 151 supplies the acquired code information to the article information acquisition unit 152 and the update control unit 157.

The article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the article code 41 acquired by the code acquisition unit 151 from the storage device 10 . For example, the article information acquisition unit 152 transmits a control signal requesting the inventory status of the article 30 to the management server 20 via the communication unit 110. The article information acquisition unit 152 then acquires the inventory status of the article 30 transmitted from the management server 20 in response to the control signal. Alternatively, the article information acquisition unit 152 may directly access the storage device 10 and acquire the inventory status of the article 30. The article information acquisition unit 152 supplies the acquired inventory status to the update control unit 157.

The user information acquisition unit 153 acquires user information for identifying the user of the management device 100. For example, when a user inputs user information when using the management device 100, the user information acquisition unit 153 reads and acquires the registered user information. In this case, the user information is, for example, information input by the user from the input unit 131. Further, it is desirable that the input user information is stored in the storage unit 120.

Alternatively, the user information acquisition unit 153 may acquire user information from the user's terminal if the communication unit 110 is capable of communicating with the user's terminal. The user information acquisition unit 153 supplies the acquired user information to the update control unit 157.

The location information acquisition unit 154 acquires location information of the user of the management device 100. For example, if the management device 100 has a function of specifying position information using GPS or the like, the position information acquisition unit 154 acquires the position information using such a function. Further, the location information acquisition unit 154 may acquire the user's location information from the user's terminal if the communication unit 110 is capable of communicating with the user's terminal. The location information acquisition unit 154 supplies the acquired user location information to the update control unit 157.

The input reception unit 155 acquires information input by the user from the input unit 131. The input accepting unit 155 accepts, for example, inputs such as execution of an application, inputs associated with execution of an application, selection results of options, parameters, and the like. The input accepting unit 155 may accept user information and user location information. The input reception unit 155 supplies the acquired information to the update control unit 157. The input reception unit 155 may cause the storage unit 120 to store the acquired information.

The display control unit 156 controls the display unit 130 to display information and the like on the display unit 130. The display control unit 156 displays, for example, a menu screen for the user to input the work to be performed. Further, the display control unit 156 may cause the display unit 130 to display the inventory status of the article 30 acquired from the storage device 10 by the article information acquisition unit 152.

The update control unit 157 generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code 42. The contents of the operation include unloading, warehousing, movement, inventory, etc. of the articles 30.

The update control unit 157 may, for example, “decrease the number of items A in stock by one”, “increase the number of items B in stock by five”, or “increase the number of items C in stock” in accordance with the plurality of codes acquired by the code acquisition unit 151. A control signal is generated that indicates an instruction such as "Mark the inventory as completed." The update control unit 157 transmits the generated control signal to the management server 20 via the communication unit 110.

As described above, the management device 100 generates a control signal for updating the inventory status based on a plurality of codes and transmits it to the management server 20. The specific operation of the management system S including such a management device 100 will be described next.

<First example of operation flow of management system S>
FIG. 3 shows a first example of the operation flow of the management system S according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the management system S updates the inventory status according to the outgoing, incoming, or movement of goods 30. It is assumed that a user of the management system S executes application software installed on the management device 100 to manage the articles 30. It is also assumed that the storage device 10 stores the inventory status of the article 30 in association with the article 30.

First, the display control unit 156 displays a menu screen (S70). FIG. 4 shows an example in which the display control unit 156 according to this embodiment causes the display unit 130 to display a menu screen. The example shown in FIG. 4 is a screen for allowing the user to select the operations of "warehousing", "warehousing", "article movement (hereinafter sometimes referred to as movement)", and "inventory".

Note that the display of the menu screen is just an example, and the display is not limited to this. For example, the display control unit 156 may omit the display of the menu and display a screen for acquiring the code, and instead of displaying the menu, the display control unit 156 may display the screen for acquiring the code, and instead of displaying the menu, the display control unit 156 may display the screen for obtaining the code. A screen for performing one of these actions may be displayed. Further, when the display control unit 156 displays a screen for performing one action, the input reception unit 155 may receive a switching input for switching to another action different from the one action.

Here, it is assumed that the input reception unit 155 receives “warehousing” in response to the user selecting “warehousing” and inputting it into the input unit 131. In this case, the application of the management device 100 operates in a "warehousing mode" associated with the "warehousing" operation. In this way, the input receiving unit 155 receives input of information on the mode associated with at least one executable operation, separately from the acquisition of the code by the code acquisition unit 151.

Next, the control unit 150 acquires user information (S71). For example, the user information acquisition unit 153 acquires user information for identifying a user. Additionally, the location information acquisition unit 154 acquires location information indicating the user's location. Note that acquiring user information is just one example, and is not limited to this. The control unit 150 may omit the operation of acquiring user information, and in this case, the user information acquisition unit 153 may be omitted.

Next, the code acquisition unit 151 acquires a plurality of codes including the article code 41 and the operation code 42 (S72). For example, when a user operates the management device 100, the code reading unit 140 sequentially reads a plurality of codes, and the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the plurality of codes. Here, the code acquisition unit 151 obtains the article code 41 indicating "article A" attached to article A, and the operation indicating the "put one piece into stock" operation attached to the shelf where article A was stored. An example in which code 42 is acquired will be explained.

Here, if the acquired article code 41 includes information on the name of the article 30, the display control section 156 may display the name of the article 30 on the display section 130. Furthermore, if the acquired operation code 42 includes information on the name of the operation (for example, "put one item in stock"), the display control unit 156 may display the name of the operation on the display unit 130.

Note that in the operations after S72, the display unit 130 may display a button or the like indicating returning to the menu, and in this case, the control unit 150 may cause the user to touch the button indicating returning to the menu (input 131) to return to S70.

Next, the article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the acquired article code 41 from the storage device 10. For example, the article information acquisition unit 152 transmits a control signal requesting the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the acquired article code 41 to the management server 20 (S73).

In response to receiving the control signal transmitted from the communication unit 110, the management server 20 searches the storage device 10 and extracts the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the article code 41 (S74). The management server 20 transmits the inventory status of the extracted article 30 to the management device 100 (S75).

Note that when the storage device 10 stores the name of the article 30 and/or the position information of the article 30 corresponding to the article code 41, the article information acquisition unit 152 also acquires the name and/or position information of the article 30. It's fine. In this case, the display control section 156 may display the name of the article 30 and/or the position information of the article 30 on the display section 130.

Next, the update control unit 157 determines whether the user's information satisfies a predetermined condition (S76). Here, an example will be described in which settings are made such that only a predetermined user is permitted to execute the operation specified by the operation code 42. It is desirable that such predetermined user information be stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120. Further, information on a predetermined user may be included in the operation code 42.

If the operation is not permitted by the user (S76: No), the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30. In this case, the display control unit 156 may display on the display unit 130 that the inventory status of the article 30 will not be updated. The control unit 150 then returns to S70. This allows only predetermined users to execute operations, thereby improving the security of inventory management.

If the operation specified by the operation code 42 is permitted by the user specified by the user information (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 sends a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30. Generate (S77). The update control unit 157 generates a control signal for executing the operation specified by the operation code 42 (putting one item in stock) with respect to the inventory status of the item 30 (article A) specified by the item code 41. do.

Next, the update control unit 157 transmits the generated control signal to the management server 20 (S78). The management server 20 updates the inventory status of the storage device 10 according to the received control signal (S79). For example, the management server 20 increases by one the number of stocks associated with the article A stored in the storage device 10.

For example, when the user inputs an instruction to end the operation of the application into the input section 131 (S80: Yes), the control unit 150 of the management device 100 ends the application and ends the article management operation. If the user does not terminate the operation of the application (S80: No), the control unit 150 returns to S70 and continues the management operation.

The above management system S allows the user to update the inventory status of the storage device 10 by reading the article code 41 and the operation code 42 using the code reading unit 140. In addition, in the description of FIG. 3, although the storage of the article 30 was explained as an example, the retrieval of the article 30 can also be executed in the same manner. For example, the management server 20 may reduce by one the number of items in stock associated with the item A stored in the storage device 10 in response to the control signal.

Moreover, the article 30 can also be moved using the operation flow shown in FIG. In this case, the storage device 10 stores the inventory status and position information of the article 30 in association with the article 30, and the operation code 42 includes information on the destination of the article 30. do. Then, the management server 20 may update the position information of the article 30 associated with the article A stored in the storage device 10 to the destination position in response to the control signal.

<Modified example of management device 100>
In the management device 100 according to the present embodiment, an example has been described in which a plurality of codes such as the article code 41 and the operation code 42 are acquired, but the present invention is not limited to this. The management device 100 may acquire one operation code 42 and generate a control signal for updating the inventory status based on the acquired operation code 42.

The operational flow in this case is substantially the same as the operational flow of the first example of the management system S shown in FIG. Note that the explanation of the operations already explained in FIG. 3 will be omitted here.

In S72 of FIG. 3, the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the operation code 42. In this case, the operation code 42 includes information for specifying the article 30 and information for specifying the content of the operation. Further, the operation code 42 may include information for specifying parameters such as a parameter code 43 described later. In other words, the code acquisition unit 151 may acquire only one operation code 42. The article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the operation code 42 acquired by the code acquisition unit 151 from the storage device 10 (S73-S75).

Thereby, the update control unit 157 can generate a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code 42 (S77). Furthermore, the update control unit 157 may further generate a control signal using information on parameters specified by the operation code 42. The above management device 100 can update the inventory status of the article 30 using fewer codes.

Note that when one operation code 42 includes information for specifying an article 30, information for specifying a plurality of articles 30 and information for specifying the contents of the operation corresponding to each article 30 are included. May include. For example, when one product is manufactured, the number of products in stock increases by one, and the number of parts in stock used in the product decreases by the number of parts used in the product. Since the type and number of parts used in one product are known at the design stage, updating the inventory status of a plurality of items 30 with one operation code 42 can reduce the user's effort.

FIG. 5 shows an example of an operation code 42 including information for specifying a plurality of articles 30 according to the present embodiment. The operation code 42 includes information on the plurality of articles 30, information for specifying the contents of the operation, and information for specifying parameters for each article 30 related to the operation. The operation code 42 specifies, for example, "Receive 1 product A," "Receive 2 parts k," "Receive 5 parts m," or "Receive 5 parts n." Contains information for

In S73 to S75 in FIG. 3, the article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the operation code 42 acquired by the code acquisition unit 151 from the storage device 10. Then, for each article 30 indicated by the operation code 42, the update control unit 157 sends a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the operation code 42, according to the content and parameters of the operation indicated by the operation code 42. Generate (S77).

As a result, the management server 20 increases the inventory status of product A in the storage device 10 by 1, decreases the inventory status of component k by 2, decreases the inventory status of component m by 5, and decreases the inventory status of component n by 5. can be decreased by 5 (S79). In this manner, the management system S according to the present embodiment can also manage the inventory status of a plurality of items 30 by the user reading one operation code 42 using the code reading unit 140.

Although the operations of the management system S according to the present embodiment have been described using examples such as "warehousing" and "warehousing" of the articles 30, the present invention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the management system S can also be used as a system for managing the processing process of the article 30, which records the state of the article 30 each time the article 30 is processed.

For example, consider a case where product A moves from manufacturing process a to manufacturing process b on a manufacturing line for product A. Here, it is assumed that the product A and the plurality of articles 30 (for example, part k, part m, and material n) are associated with each other in advance by a bill of materials (BOM) or the like. It is desirable that the information on the parts list is stored in the storage unit 120. It is also assumed that the storage unit 120 stores a status indicating which manufacturing process on the manufacturing line the product A is in in association with the product A.

For example, in S72 of FIG. 3, the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the operation code 42. In this case, the operation code 42 includes information for specifying product A and information for specifying the content of the operation. The content of the operation includes, for example, a change in status such as "Product A has been moved from process a to process b."

In S73 to S75 of FIG. 3, the article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the status of the product A indicated by the operation code 42 acquired by the code acquisition unit 151 from the storage device 10. Furthermore, the management server 20 refers to the parts list and transmits the inventory status of the articles 30 (part k, part m, material n) associated with product A to the management device 100 (S75).

Then, the update control unit 157 generates a control signal for updating the status of product A indicated by the operation code 42 and the inventory status of the article 30 (part k, part m, material n) associated with product A. (S77).

For example, the update control unit 157 generates a control signal for changing the status of product A to "Product A has moved from process a to process b." The update control unit 157 further determines that a predetermined number of parts k (for example, 3 pieces) have been "consumed", that a predetermined number of parts m have been "consumed" (for example, 5 pieces), and that material n has been "consumed" for a predetermined number. A control signal is generated that changes the inventory status to say that the amount (100 ml, as an example) has been "consumed."

In this way, the management system S can manage the product manufacturing process while changing the inventory status of multiple items associated with one product at once as the code is read.

As described above, according to the management system S according to the present embodiment, the articles 30 stored at the storage location can be easily managed. The management system S can not only store, take out, move, and consume the articles 30, but also take inventory of the articles 30. The operation of such a management system S will be explained next.

<Second example of operation flow of management system S>
FIG. 6 shows a second example of the operation flow of the management system S according to this embodiment. In the operation flow of the second example shown in FIG. 6, the same reference numerals are given to the operations that are substantially the same as those of the operation flow of the first example of the management system S according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. The explanation will be omitted.

The display control unit 156 displays a menu screen (S70), and assumes that the user selects the "inventory" operation. The control unit 150 acquires user information (S71), and the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the article code 41 (S72). In S72, the user uses the code reading unit 140 to read the article code 41 of the article 30 to be inventoried.

Next, the article information acquisition unit 152 acquires the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the acquired article code 41 from the storage device 10 (S73-S75). Then, the display control unit 156 displays the inventory status of the article 30 (S81). The display control section 156 may display the name of the article 30 and/or the position information of the article 30 on the display section 130. Thereby, the user can compare the number of items 30 in stock at the storage location read by the code reading unit 140 and the inventory status stored in the storage device 10.

If the number of items 30 in stock at the storage location matches the inventory status, the user uses the code reading unit 140 to read the operation code 42 indicating the operation of "complete inventory". Further, if the number of items 30 in stock at the storage location and the inventory status do not match, the user uses the code reading unit 140 to read the operation code 42 indicating the operation of "update inventory status".

Thereby, the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the operation code 42 (S82). Next, the update control unit 157 determines whether the user's information satisfies a predetermined condition (S76). If the user information satisfies a predetermined condition (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77). For example, when the content of the operation indicates "inventory completion", the update control unit 157 generates a control signal to notify that the inventory of the article 30 specified by the article code 41 has been completed.

Further, when the content of the operation indicates “updating inventory status”, the input receiving unit 155 acquires the input result of the inventory status from the input unit 131. Here, it is assumed that the user inputs the actual number of items 30 in stock into the input section 131. Note that the display control unit 156 may display on the display unit 130 a message prompting input of the inventory status. Then, the update control unit 157 generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 specified by the article code 41 to the inventory status accepted by the input reception unit 155 (S77).

The update control unit 157 transmits the generated control signal to the management server 20 (S78), and the management server 20 updates the inventory status of the storage device 10 according to the received control signal (S79). The management server 20 stores, for example, inventory completed information and information on the date on which the inventory was performed in association with the articles 30 stored in the storage device 10. Alternatively or in addition to this, management server 20 updates the inventory status associated with article 30.

Also in the second example of the operation flow of the management system S, the user can update the inventory status of the storage device 10 by reading the article code 41 and the operation code 42 using the code reading unit 140. Further, in the operation flow of the second example, an example has been described in which the input receiving unit 155 receives information on the actual inventory quantity input by the user into the input unit 131, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, in the operation flow of the first example as well, the input reception unit 155 may accept information input by the user into the input unit 131. Note that information related to operations accepted by the input reception unit 155 is called a parameter. In other words, the input receiving unit 155 receives input of information on parameters related to an operation separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit 151.

The parameter is, for example, the number of items 30 in stock. The operation code 42 that uses such parameters includes, for example, an operation such as "receive inventory for the number of parameters." For example, in S77 of the operation flow in FIG. 3, in response to the code acquisition unit 151 acquiring such an operation code 42, the input reception unit 155 inputs the parameter information before the update control unit 157 generates the control signal. Accepts input of information. Note that the display control unit 156 may display a message on the display unit 130 to prompt input of parameters.

Then, when the input receiving unit 155 receives the input of parameter information, the update control unit 157 updates the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the article code 41 according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code 42 and the parameter information. Generates a control signal to update. For example, if the user inputs "5" as parameter information, the update control unit 157 generates a control signal for storing five items 30.

Thereby, the management system S can update the inventory status information stored in the storage device 10 to the inventory status corresponding to the parameter information. In addition, in the above description, although the management system S demonstrated the example which warehouses the goods 30 using the parameter information, the case where the goods 30 are taken out is also the same. Furthermore, when moving the article 30, the inventory status can be updated by the input reception unit 155 receiving the movement source information and/or the movement destination information as parameter information.

As described above, the management system S can update the inventory status of the article 30 according to the parameter information when the management device 100 receives the parameter information, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, operation code 42 may include information to identify parameters associated with the operation.

In this case, the operation code 42 may include information for specifying an operation such as "put 5 items in," "take out 10 items," or "move to shelf D on the second floor," for example. As a result, when the user reads the article code 41 and operation code 42 using the code reading unit 140, the management system S can easily check the inventory status of the article 30 in response to various operations including parameter information. It can be updated to

Alternatively or in addition to this, the plurality of codes acquired by the code acquisition unit 151 may include a parameter code for specifying parameters related to the operation. FIG. 7 shows an example of a plurality of codes including the parameter code 43 according to this embodiment. The parameter code 43 has information for specifying the content of the parameter by ID, name, abbreviation, etc. The contents of the parameters include information on the inventory status of the article 30, the number of items in stock, the number of items out of stock, a source of movement, a destination of movement, and the like. Note that the storage unit 120 may store the correspondence between the ID of the parameter code 43 and the content of the parameter.

The parameter code 43, like the operation code 42, is attached to, for example, the storage location of the article 30, the user's work location, a code table that the user can view, and the like. The user uses the code reading unit 140 to read the article code 41, operation code 42, and parameter code 43.

Then, the update control unit 157 generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article 30 indicated by the article code 41 according to the content of the operation indicated by the operation code 42 and the parameter indicated by the parameter code 43. In this manner, the management system S can more easily update the inventory status of the article 30 according to the parameter information by the management device 100 acquiring a plurality of codes.

It has been described above that in S76 of the operation flow of the management system S according to the present embodiment, the update control unit 157 of the management device 100 determines whether the user's information satisfies the predetermined condition. Although the predetermined conditions have been described using an example in which only a predetermined user is allowed to execute an operation, the predetermined conditions are not limited to this.

Alternatively, the execution of the operation specified by the operation code 42 may be permitted only within a predetermined area, such as within a warehouse. It is desirable that information on areas where such execution is permitted is stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120. Further, information on a predetermined area may be included in the operation code 42.

Then, if the location indicated by the user's location information exists within the area where the operation is permitted (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77). Further, the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal when the position indicated by the user's position information does not exist within the area where the operation is permitted (S76: No). This allows operations to be executed within a predetermined area, thereby reducing unnecessary updates to the inventory status even if the management device 100 is erroneously operated outside the predetermined area.

Alternatively, the operation specified by the operation code 42 may be set with a predetermined period during which the operation can be executed. The predetermined period during which the operation can be executed is, for example, a period from a predetermined start time to a predetermined end time. Moreover, only a predetermined start time may be set as the period during which an operation can be executed, or alternatively, only a predetermined end time may be set.

Information for specifying a predetermined period during which such an operation can be executed may be stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120, or alternatively, may be included in the operation code 42. Then, if the time when the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the operation code 42 is within the period during which the operation can be executed (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77).

Further, the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal if the time when the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the operation code 42 is outside the period during which the operation can be executed (S76: No). This makes it possible to execute operations acquired within a predetermined period of time, thereby reducing unnecessary updates to the inventory status even if the management device 100 is erroneously operated outside of the predetermined period of time.

Alternatively, a predetermined time limit may be set for reading the article code 41 and operation code 42. Information indicating such a time limit may be stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120, or alternatively, may be included in the operation code 42.

Then, if the code reading unit 140 is able to read both the article code 41 and the operation code 42 within a predetermined time (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77). Further, the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal when the code reading unit 140 cannot read both the article code 41 and the operation code 42 within a predetermined time (S76: No). In this way, by setting a time limit on the reading time of the code reading section 140, it is possible to reduce unnecessary updating of the inventory status even if the code reading section 140 is erroneously operated after the limited time.

Alternatively, a predetermined order may be set for the order in which the article code 41 and operation code 42 are acquired. Information indicating such a predetermined order may be stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120, or alternatively, may be included in the operation code 42.

Then, if the order in which the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the article code 41 and the operation code 42 matches the predetermined order (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77). Further, the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal when the order in which the code acquisition unit 151 acquires the article code 41 and the operation code 42 does not match the predetermined order (S76: No). In this way, by placing restrictions on the order in which the article code 41 and operation code 42 are acquired, erroneous operations of the code reading unit 140 can be reduced.

Alternatively, a correspondence may be set between the content of the operation specified by the acquired operation code 42 and the mode of the application. Information indicating such a correspondence relationship may be stored in the storage device 10 or the storage unit 120, or alternatively, may be included in the operation code 42.

Then, if the content of the operation specified by the operation code 42 is an operation that can be executed in the application mode (S76: Yes), the update control unit 157 generates a control signal (S77). Further, the update control unit 157 does not generate a control signal when the content of the operation is not an operation that can be executed in the application mode (S76: No).

For example, in S70, the update control unit 157 sends a control signal when the content of the operation is "warehousing" on the condition that the user selects "warehousing" and the application is operating in "warehousing mode". If the content of the operation is "shipping," "movement," or "inventory taking," no control signal is generated. Thereby, even if the user makes an erroneous operation and reads the operation code 42 indicating the contents of an unintended operation, it is possible to reduce unnecessary updating of the inventory status.

As described above, the update control unit 157 can improve security and reduce the effects of malfunction by generating control signals when various conditions are satisfied. Note that the update control unit 157 may be configured to set one or more conditions among the various conditions described above, and generate a control signal when all the set conditions are satisfied. Alternatively, it is not necessary to set all of the above conditions, and for example, the operation of S76 may be omitted.

Although the management system S according to the present embodiment described above has been described as an example in which the storage device 10 stores the inventory status, the management system S is not limited to this. For example, the storage unit 120 of the management device 100 may store the inventory status. In other words, the management device 100 may include the storage device 10. In this case, the control unit 150 of the management device 100 may function as the management server 20. In other words, the management device 100 may function alone as the management system S.

Furthermore, the management device 100 may communicate with the storage device 10 to manage the inventory status of the storage device 10. In this case, the management device 100 functions as the management server 20. In other words, in this case, the management system S includes the management device 100 and the storage device 10, and the management server 20 may not be provided.

Furthermore, the management system S can also be used to process an order for the article 30 by setting the content of the operation to "ordering an article." Furthermore, the management system S may manage the state of transportation of the article 30, such as shipping the article 30 and confirming arrival.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated into arbitrary units. In addition, new embodiments created by arbitrary combinations of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiment resulting from the combination have the effects of the original embodiment.

10 Storage device 20 Management server 30 Article 41 Article code 42 Operation code 43 Parameter code 100 Management device 110 Communication unit 120 Storage unit 130 Display unit 131 Input unit 140 Code reading unit 150 Control unit 151 Code acquisition unit 152 Article information acquisition unit 153 Use person information acquisition unit 154 location information acquisition unit 155 input reception unit 156 display control unit 157 update control unit

Claims (17)

A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a user of the management device;
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The update control unit generates the control signal only when the position indicated by the position information exists within an area where the operation specified by the operation code is permitted.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
A predetermined period during which the operation can be executed is set for the operation specified by the operation code,
The update control unit does not generate the control signal if the time when the operation code is acquired is outside the period during which the operation can be executed.
Management device. The management device according to claim 2 , wherein the operation code includes information for specifying the period during which the operation can be executed. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The update control unit generates the control signal only when both the article code and the operation code can be read within a predetermined time.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The update control unit generates the control signal only when the order in which the code acquisition unit acquires the article code and the operation code matches a predetermined order.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an input reception unit that receives input of information on a mode associated with at least one executable operation, separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ,
The update control unit generates the control signal only when the content of the operation specified by the operation code is the operation that can be executed in the mode.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The operation code includes information for identifying parameters related to the operation,
The update control unit generates the control signal for updating the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code, according to the content of the operation and the parameters.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The plurality of codes acquired by the code acquisition unit include parameter codes for specifying parameters related to the operation,
The update control unit generates the control signal for updating the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code, according to the content of the operation indicated by the operation code and the specified parameter.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a user of the management device;
a code acquisition unit that includes information for identifying the item and acquires an operation code for updating the inventory status of the item;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired operation code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
The update control unit generates the control signal only when the position indicated by the position information exists within an area where the operation specified by the operation code is permitted.
Management device. A management device that manages inventory status of goods,
a code acquisition unit that includes information for identifying the item and acquires an operation code for updating the inventory status of the item;
an article information acquisition unit that acquires the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired operation code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
an update control unit that generates a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
A predetermined period during which the operation can be executed is set for the operation specified by the operation code,
The update control unit does not generate the control signal if the time when the operation code is acquired is outside the period during which the operation can be executed.
Management device. The operation code includes information on the plurality of items and information for specifying parameters for each item related to the operation,
The update control unit generates, for each article indicated by the operation code, the control signal for updating the inventory status according to the content of the operation indicated by the operation code and the parameters.
The management device according to claim 9 . further comprising a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information for identifying a user of the management device,
The update control unit generates the control signal only when the operation specified by the operation code is an operation that is further permitted by the user specified by the user information.
A management device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 . further comprising an input reception unit that receives input of information on parameters related to the operation separately from acquisition of the operation code by the code acquisition unit,
The update control unit generates the control signal for updating the inventory status of the article indicated by the article code, according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code and information about the parameters.
A management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . A management system that manages the inventory status of the item, the management system comprising:
the storage device storing the inventory status of the article in association with the article as the inventory status;
12. Any one of claims 1 to 11 , wherein the control signal for updating the inventory status is generated by acquiring the inventory status of the storage device and the operation code for updating the inventory status. The management device according to
a management server that communicates with the management device and updates the inventory status of the storage device according to the control signal received from the management device. A management method for managing the inventory status of goods executed by a computer, the method comprising:
a step of obtaining location information of the user;
obtaining a plurality of codes including an article code for identifying the article and an operation code for updating the inventory status of the article;
acquiring the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired article code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
generating a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
In the step of generating the control signal, the control signal is generated only when the position indicated by the position information exists within an area where the operation specified by the operation code is permitted.
Management method. A management method for managing the inventory status of goods executed by a computer, the method comprising:
a step of obtaining location information of the user;
obtaining an operation code that includes information for identifying the item and for updating the inventory status of the item;
acquiring the inventory status of the article indicated by the acquired operation code from a storage device that stores the inventory status of the article in association with the article;
generating a control signal for updating the inventory status of the article according to the content of the operation specified by the operation code ;
In the step of generating the control signal, the control signal is generated only when the position indicated by the position information exists within an area where the operation specified by the operation code is permitted.
Management method. A program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as the management device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 .

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