JPH0562071A - Pos terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To grasp the inventory information in real-time and to prevent the shortage of the inventory. CONSTITUTION:In a POS terminal device 1, a keyboard 2 to perform the input of the purchase information and the sales information, a tabulation file 4 to tabulate the inventory data, etc., and a display 8 to display the inventory information together with the sales information are equipped, and the sales information is inputted from the keyboard 2. Thus, since the inventory information is displayed together with the sales information on the display 8, the inventory information can be grasped in real-time without any extra operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS terminal device for displaying inventory information in real time at the same time as product sales.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a POS terminal device capable of realizing a conventional inventory management system described in a catalog "Tech Specialty Store POS Terminal ST-300 Series" issued by Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., for example. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 is a POS terminal device that manages inventory by batch processing based on purchase information and sales information. Within the POS terminal device 1, 2 is a keyboard for inputting purchase information and sales information, and 3 is Control processing means for executing the control processing of the POS terminal device 1 as a whole, 4 is a totaling file for collecting inventory data and the like, 5 is a printer for outputting print data,
Reference numerals 6 and 7 are receipts and journals output from the printer 5, and 8 is a display device for displaying sales information.

Next, the operation will be described. As purchase processing, purchase data is input from the keyboard 2. The control processing means 3 executes the processing to update the stock quantity of the totalized file 4. Similarly, as sales processing, sales data is input from the keyboard 2. The control processing means 3 executes the processing to update the stock quantity of the totalized file 4. At this time, the sales data such as the unit price, the number of pieces, and the amount of money are displayed on the display device 8, and the receipt 6 and the journal 7 on which the sales data are printed are output from the printer 5. Next, in order to output the inventory data, the menu of the inventory report is selected from the keyboard 2, the control processing means 3 reads the data such as the inventory quantity from the totalization file 4, and the printer 5 receives the receipt 6 and the journal 7. Print on.

[0004]

Since the conventional POS terminal device is configured as described above, the inventory report must be output as a batch in order to check the inventory status.
It is necessary to interrupt the sales process. Therefore, there is a problem that the out-of-stock information cannot be obtained at the time of sale.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a POS terminal device capable of displaying out-of-stock information in real time during sales processing.

[0006]

A POS terminal device according to the present invention stores an inventory file storing inventory data of products, a display device for displaying product sales data, and inventory data of the products at the time of sales of the products. Means for displaying on the display device together with the product sales data are provided.

[0007]

The POS terminal device according to the present invention retrieves product data such as the name and unit price of the product and inventory data such as the inventory quantity by registering the product in the sales process, and displays it on the screen of the display device.

[0008]

【Example】

Example 1. Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a POS terminal device that manages inventory in real time based on purchase information and sales information. In the POS terminal device 1, 2 is a keyboard for inputting purchase information and sales information. Reference numeral 3 is a control processing means for executing the control processing of the entire POS terminal device 1, 4 is a totaling file for totaling inventory data, 5 is a printer for outputting print data, 6 and 7 are receipts output from the printer 5. Reference numeral 8 is a display device for displaying sales information. FIG. 2 shows a display example on the display device 8 of FIG. 1, 9 is an item name display area, 10 is a sales statement display area, 11 is a transaction information display area, and 12 is a data input area.

Next, the operation will be described. As purchase processing, purchase data is input from the keyboard 2. The control processing means 3 executes the processing to update the stock quantity of the totalized file 4. Similarly, as sales processing, sales data is input from the keyboard 2. The control processing means 3 executes the processing to update the stock quantity of the totalized file 4. At this time, the display device 8 displays the inventory quantity in addition to the unit price, the number of pieces, and the amount of money as in the sales detail display area 10 of FIG. At the same time, the printer 5 outputs the receipt 6 and the journal 7 on which sales data is printed, but the inventory quantity is not printed on them. Next, in order to collectively output the inventory data, the control processing means 3 reads the data such as the inventory quantity from the tabulation file 4 by selecting the menu of the inventory report from the keyboard 2, and the printer 6 receives the receipt 6, Print on journal 7. FIG. 3 shows the flow of processing from the input of sales data by the keyboard 2 to the display on the display device 8. In FIG. 3, in step 14, the corresponding product record is searched from the master file using the product code read in the product code input in step 13 as a key. From the retrieved record, the product name is displayed in step 15 and the product unit price is displayed in step 16 on the screen of the display device 8. In step 17, the current number of stocks stored in the totalization file 4 is compared with the number of stocks to be ordered, and it is determined whether the stock is out of stock. If the stock is out of stock, the stock quantity is displayed in step 18.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inventory information is configured to be displayed on the CRT screen when the product is traded, so that the stock status can be easily known. It can prevent breakage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a POS terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a CRT screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional POS terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 POS terminal device 2 keyboard 3 control processing means 4 summary file 5 printer 6 receipt 7 journal 8 display device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An inventory file storing product inventory data, a display device for displaying product sales data, and means for displaying inventory data of the products together with the product sales data on the display device when the products are sold. POS with
Terminal device.