JPH09216613A - Issuance of label in shipping out system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the replenishment and its confirmation of commodities being out of stock by a method wherein articles are taken out based on the article collection indicating data, and labels corresponding with the article are issued, and at the same time, labels corresponding to the quantity of the articles being out of stock, are issued. SOLUTION: A shipping out processing computer 13 prepares article collecting indication data, based on a shipping out instruction, and an IC card 15 is output by a reader/writer 14, and the IC card 15 is input in a picking instruction device 16 on a picking cart 1. For a picking work, the cart 1 moves in a picking zone 2, and an instructed commodity quantity is transferred on a container. Then, on the IC card 15, article collecting actual record data consisting of commodities for which the picking has been performed as instructed, and commodities of which the shortage is already known, is written. In the next article inspection work, the instruction data, etc., and the article inspection data are compared, and a price label is issued and affixed on the designated commodities. Also, when the quantity of the commodities is not more than the designated quantity, article shortage data is prepared, and price labels 20 are issued also for the commodities being out of stock, and an out-of-stock article list 19 is output.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label issuing method in a shipping system, and more specifically, it takes out a specified quantity of articles stored in a large number of storage locations in a warehouse and displays labels corresponding to the articles. The present invention relates to a label issuing method in a shipping system for attaching and shipping.

[0002]

[Background Art] [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] At a distribution center of a wholesaler that ships products to various stores, etc., various products (products) are ordered according to orders from each store.
Are collected according to the number of orders, and so-called picking work is performed before shipping.

For example, as shown in the explanatory view of FIG. 4, when a product stored in the storage section of the product shelves A, B, C, D and E is shipped, a worker carries a cart (picking cart) 1 Along with it, it moves in the product shelf part (picking zone) 2 and picks up the specified products in units of the specified quantity based on the shipping list (collection instruction data) printed in advance from the shipping list or the terminal, etc. To load.

When carrying out such picking work, the type and quantity of the ordered product are processed in advance by a computer to create product collection instruction data, and at the same time product inspection data to be used for final product inspection work is created. We will ensure that the products you have shipped can be shipped.

[0005] On the other hand, in the past, the attaching of the pricing label to the product, which was conventionally performed individually at the store, has come to be performed by the wholesaler at the time of shipping. In this case, the hand labeler manually prints the price label while attaching the price label to the product, but the price of the same product may differ depending on the store or region. Not only is it complicated and setting takes a lot of time, but there is a high rate of work errors.

Therefore, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-48522.
In the product inspection / price rating device described in the publication, the price corresponding to the code of the product read at the time of inspection is read from the storage means, and the price label is issued (printed) by the label printer.

At this time, the code of the read product is compared with the collection instruction data, and if there is a product different from the product designated by the collection instruction data, it is a different product when the code of the product is read. It is processed as an error, and when the number of products is larger than the designated number, it is also processed as an excess error. Also, when the quantity of picked products is less than the number specified in the collection instruction data at the time when all the inspection work is completed and the number of products is insufficient, it is processed as an out-of-stock error. .

However, there are several factors that cause an out-of-stock error, and there are not only a work error during picking and a work error during inspection, but also a shortage due to a shortage of a designated product. Among them, the work error varies depending on the skill level of the worker and the like, but the occurrence rate is low, and most of the stockouts are caused by lack of inventory.

However, in the conventional method of simply printing the type and number of products corresponding to the out-of-stock error at the end of the inspection as an out-of-stock list, the cause of the out-of-stock is unknown, so it is confirmed whether or not there is an inspection error. Therefore, it is necessary to re-inspect all the products with the out-of-stock error, and if the items are still out of stock after re-inspecting, go to the place where the product is stored and check the stock number, If you forget to pick it up due to a mistake during picking, you need to replenish the shortage of the item, and if it is out of stock, determine that it is out of stock and order it from another storage location.

Further, when a product having a shortage of the number of products is replenished, it is necessary to issue a pricing label corresponding to this product. It is not possible to issue a predetermined label just by reading the code of the product, it is necessary to enter the data such as the destination of the product, and if there are many product types and many set prices, the host computer It was necessary to set up a large-scale label issuing system including the above, and it took a lot of time and effort. In addition, if some of the products are still out of stock, it is necessary to revise the out-of-stock list or output a new out-of-stock list again to understand the out-of-stock status at that time. If the replenishment was carried out in several stages, it was necessary to revise the label issue shortage list each time.

On the other hand, in a distribution center or the like that handles many kinds of products, since the inventory capacity in the picking zone is limited, only the number of products considering the average number of shipped products is stored in the product shelf. Therefore, when the orders are overlapped, the shortage of goods or the shortage of goods in the picking zone is likely to occur, and most of the out-of-stock errors are caused by this fact. Moreover, in this case, products corresponding to warehouses and the like other than the picking zone are often stocked, and the replenishment of products is often relatively easy.

[0012] Therefore, the present invention provides a label issuing method in a shipping system which can easily cope with an out-of-stock error at the time of inspection, and can easily replenish and check the out-of-stock product (article). It is intended to be provided.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, the label issuing method in the shipping system according to the present invention has a first configuration in which a plurality of designated articles are taken out in a designated quantity, respectively. A label issuing method in a shipping system for attaching a predetermined label to an article and shipping the article, wherein the article is taken out based on collection instruction data indicating the type and number of articles to be collected, and the taken-out article The type and number of items are collated with the collection instruction data to issue a label corresponding to the article, and when the number of articles is less than the number of articles specified in the collection instruction data, The feature is that labels corresponding to the number are issued.

A second configuration is a label issuing method in a shipping system in which a plurality of designated articles are taken out in a designated quantity and a prescribed label is attached to each article and shipped. The article is taken out based on the collection instruction data for instructing the type and the number of articles to be collected, and the type and the number of the retrieved articles are stored as the collection result data, and the articles are collected after the collection work is completed. , The type and number of the items are input as inspection data, and the inspection data, the collection result data, and the collection instruction data are compared and collated. When the respective data match, the label corresponding to the item Is issued and the number of articles input as inspection data is less than the number of items specified in the item collection instruction data, this is set as out-of-stock data and It is characterized by issuing a label corresponding to the missing number of articles of the article that shortage based on.

Further, a stockout list is output, and further, the stockout data is input to the collecting operation, and the stockout due to a work error is larger than the number actually collected.
If the number of items to be collected is insufficient and the number of items to be collected is less than the number indicated in the collection instruction data, and the item to be collected is out of stock, The feature is that it is judged as out of stock that could not be collected.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a flow chart showing an example of a work procedure of a shipping system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a shipping system to which the present invention is applied, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a pricing label issued based on out-of-stock data.

First, the flow of work for shipping merchandise will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Orders from each store, etc.
It is input to the host computer 11 (S101), and shipping instruction data based on the order contents is edited and created (S101).
102). The shipping instruction data is a collection of order contents in shipping units, and outputs, for example, a slip number, a shipping destination name, a product name, a shipping quantity, a set price corresponding to the shipping destination, a label type, and the like.

The shipping instruction data from the host computer 11 is input to a shipping processing device (shipping processing computer) 13 of a shipping system via a storage medium 12 such as a disk or online. The terminal of the host computer 11 may also serve as this.

The shipping processing computer 13 creates collection instruction data based on the shipping instruction data (S1).
03). This collection instruction data may have the same content as the shipping instruction data, but normally the order of the products is arranged so that the picking work in the picking zone 2 can be efficiently performed, and the data necessary for the picking is combined. Edited. For example, the types of products to be picked, the symbols of the shelves and storage units in which the products are stored, the number of picked products, and the like are created so as to be continuously displayed in correspondence with the movement direction within the picking zone 2.

The collection instruction data thus created is output to the storage medium such as the IC card 15 by the reader / writer 14 and input to the picking instruction device 16 mounted on the picking cart 1.

The picking instructing device 16 is provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying the product collection instruction data, and a bar code reader and a keyboard for inputting that the product has been picked. The IC card 15 has a function of displaying the data and writing the picking status of the product in the IC card 15.

In the picking operation (S104), the picking zone 2 is moved within the picking zone 2 in accordance with the picking information displayed on the display section of the picking instructing device 16, the designated product is taken out, and the bar code is read by a bar code reader. Transferring a specified number of products to a container while checking for different products is repeated for each specified product.

In the above picking operation, when picking a plurality of the same products, the bar codes of the products may be read one by one, or only the first one can be read by the bar code reader. Alternatively, the number of picked items may be input from a keyboard. Further, the barcode may be read by reading the barcode attached to the product or by reading the barcode attached to the storage section. When picking is performed as specified in this way, it is possible to move to the next picking.

If the product information read by the bar code reader is different from the specified product, or if the input number or the number of times the barcode of the same product is read is greater than the instructed number, an alarm buzzer is issued. It is possible to inform the operator on the spot that the product is different from the product or the product is in excess by activating the above.

On the other hand, when the number of products in stock is less than the specified number, the stock is picked for the time being, and the next product is picked when the quantity is insufficient. If the item is out of stock, the picking of the next product will proceed without picking even one item. When proceeding to the picking of the next product in the state that the quantity is insufficient as described above, input indicating that the quantity is insufficient is input from the keyboard, the situation is written in the IC card 15, and then the display of the next picked product is switched to. To

Therefore, the IC card 15 is in a state in which the collection result data including the product information picked as specified and the product information of the shortage quantity is known is written. It should be noted that the picking cart 1 without the picking instruction device 16 is used to perform picking based on the collection instruction data output on the slip or the list, and only the insufficient quantity information is separately recorded as the collection result data. Well,
It may be input into a handy terminal, etc., but the work efficiency will decrease.

When a series of picking work is completed, the picked product is inspected. This inspection work (S105) uses the shipping instruction data or the collection instruction data and the collection result data, and collates these data with the inspection data input in the inspection operation to correspond to the designated product. This is to issue a priced label and affix the priced label to the product. If there is a missing item, create missing item data and check the mixture of different items and excess of the number as in the past. (S106).

In the inspection work, the collection result data in the IC card 15 is read into the shipping processing computer 13, and the bar code of the picked product is read by the bar code reader 17. At this time, when there are a plurality of the same products, the number may be input from the keyboard 18. The inspection data including the type and number of products input from the bar code reader 17 and the keyboard 18 is compared with the above-mentioned instruction data (both shipping instruction data and / or collection instruction data), and the inspected product If the type is one of the designated products and the number of products is less than or equal to the designated number, the price corresponding to the product is read from the instruction data, printed on the label by the printer, and the pricing label 20 is displayed. At the same time as issuing, the processed data is processed. This inspected data processing may be created separately as inspected data, or processing such as subtracting the number of corresponding commodities in the instruction data may be performed.

Further, if the type of product obtained as inspection data is not in the instruction data, it is processed as a different product error, and when the number of products exceeds the number in the instruction data,
Treated as an excess error. In these cases, an alarm such as a buzzer is activated to notify the operator of the error, and the label is not printed.

When all of the products in the instruction data have been correctly inspected at the time when all the inspection work for the picked products is completed, it means that the picking is normally completed, and the display or the list is displayed. Is output to.

On the other hand, if the inspected data and the instruction data do not match at the end of the inspection work, or if it is confirmed that the items in the instruction data are not inspected or the number of items is insufficient, Since all the products to be shipped have not been picked, the out-of-stock data including the type and number of the missing products is created (S
107).

The inspection work may be performed by using a computer different from the shipping processing computer 13 for inspection, or a combination of a plurality of units for shipping processing and inspection. In this case, the instruction data may be obtained from the IC card 15 or may be transferred from the shipping processing computer 13 to a computer for inspection via a storage medium or online.

When the missing item data is created, the situation at the time of picking, which is recorded as the item collection result data, is used as a criterion. That is, with respect to the lacking product, the cause of the lack of product is different depending on whether the picking is performed as instructed in the collection result data or when the shortage amount notification is input at the time of picking.

For example, if the picking is performed according to the instruction but it is determined that the product is out of stock at the time of inspection, there is a high possibility that an operation error such as a mistake in the number input at the time of picking or inspection is performed. It is necessary to re-inspect.

On the other hand, when the number of picks is smaller than the specified number due to the lack of stock and the input indicating that the quantity is insufficient is input, and when the quantity is less than the number specified at the time of inspection, it is obvious that the quantity is insufficient. Therefore, it is not necessary to reinspect the product.

Similarly, when an input indicating that the quantity is insufficient is input without picking in a product out-of-stock state, it is not abnormal even if the product is not inspected at the time of inspection, and therefore, it is treated as a shortage due to the product out.

It should be noted that it is a work mistake to input the information indicating that the quantity is insufficient despite picking the specified number of products, but the product is the specified product.
In addition, if the specified quantity is inspected, it is determined that there is no abnormality, and only when the quantity is insufficient, the missing piece data is targeted (excess error occurs if the quantity is large).

That is, in each of the products judged to be out of stock, it is judged to be a work error if the collection result data and the number at the time of inspection do not match, and if both numbers match, it is judged to be insufficient. If there is no quantity data in both, or if the quantity in the collection result data is “0” and the goods are not inspected, it is determined that the quantity is out of stock.

As described above, after the out-of-stock data for determining the out-of-stock cause of "work error", "insufficient product", and "out-of-stock" is created, the missing product data is also available for the unsuccessful product. The price label 20 corresponding to each product is printed and issued based on the above, and the out-of-stock list 19 is output if necessary (S10).
8).

As shown in FIG. 3, the label 21 issued based on the out-of-stock data is first printed with a cause display label 22 that describes the cause of the out-of-stock, followed by the product name, product code, order code, etc. The merchandise display label 23 is printed, and at least the priced labels 20 at least indicating the price are printed for the required number of sheets. When there are a plurality of products that cause the same out-of-stock, the cause display label 22 is omitted and the next product display label 23 and the pricing label 20 are omitted.
It is preferable to continuously print and on the pricing label 20 of the preceding product.

As described above, by issuing the required number of pricing labels 20 classified according to the cause of the lack of goods, it is possible to easily deal with the lack of goods.

For example, when the product is out of stock due to "work mistake", re-inspection is performed as described above, and if a product for the shortage is found here, a pricing label is attached to the product on the spot. Of course, even if the product is not found in the re-inspection, it is possible to eliminate the out-of-stock condition of this product simply by taking out the required number from the storage part of the corresponding product and attaching the pricing label.

In the case of "out of stock" and "out of stock", it means that there is no stock in the storage section for the products, so if the specified number of the corresponding products is ordered from another product warehouse or the like. Well, it is possible to solve the out-of-stock condition without performing a troublesome re-inspection or checking the stock of the storage section.

Further, by attaching the pricing labels to the products at each product replenishment stage, the number of the pricing labels decreases as well as the lack of stock condition is eliminated. Therefore, it is only necessary to confirm the remaining number of the pricing labels. It is possible to easily grasp the out-of-stock state, and it is possible to reliably prevent a mistake in shipping with the out-of-stock state.

In addition, by issuing the pricing label for the missing item at the end of the inspection, it is not necessary to issue a new pricing label at each stage of replenishing the product, so that the host computer is included. It is not necessary to start up a large-scale label issuing system each time, and the number of man-hours required for printing a price label can be significantly reduced.

The issuance of the pricing labels based on the out-of-stock data is preferably arranged based on the cause of the out-of-stock as described above, but may be issued in the order of product codes. Further, in the case where the out-of-stock list is output at the same time as the issuance of the pricing label and the cause of the out-of-stock is confirmed, the pricing label may be issued so that the type of product to be attached can be confirmed. Although the format of the out-of-stock list 19 is arbitrary, for example, the cause of the out-of-stock, the product name (product code), the inspection quantity, the indicated quantity, the shortage quantity, the shelf symbol, etc. may be described. Further, the out-of-stock data can be used as the delivery request data of the product requiring the replenishment of the product on the product shelf because the product shortage and the out-of-stock data can be output as data.

Further, at the stage when one product is picked and the code is read, the product collection result data input to the picking instructing device 16 and the product collection instruction data in the IC card 15 are compared to each other. Perform various inspection work,
Eliminate foreign product errors and excess errors, issue pricing labels while accumulating inspection data and attach them to products, and at the end of picking work, perform the same missing item processing and issue pricing labels. Is also possible.

The present invention can be applied not only to the shipment of the above-mentioned products but also to the delivery of various products.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Various items can be shipped efficiently and reliably, and it is easy to deal with shortages. Even when the number of items to be shipped is extremely large, the ordered products can be reliably shipped. In particular, the present invention is most suitable for shipping of articles that require sufficiency accuracy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a work procedure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a shipping system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a pricing label.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a picking operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Picking cart, 2 ... Picking zone, 11
... host computer, 12 ... storage medium, 13 ... shipping processing computer, 14 ... reader / writer, 15
... IC card, 16 ... Picking instruction device, 17 ... Bar code reader, 18 ... Keyboard, 19 ... Out of stock list, 20 ... Price label, 21 ... Label, 22 ... Cause display label, 23 ... Product display label, A, B, C, D, E
… Merchandise shelf

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of issuing a label in a shipping system, wherein a specified quantity of a plurality of specified articles is taken out, a predetermined label is attached to each article, and the article is shipped. And the number of the articles is taken out based on the collection instruction data indicating the number and the number, and the type and the number of the retrieved articles are collated with the collection instruction data to issue a label corresponding to the article. A label issuing method in a shipping system, wherein a label corresponding to the insufficient number of articles is issued when the number of articles is less than the number of articles specified by the article instruction data. 2. A label issuing method in a shipping system for picking out a plurality of designated articles in a designated quantity, attaching a predetermined label to each article, and shipping the article. And picking up the article based on the collection instruction data indicating the number of pieces, and storing the type and the number of the taken-out articles as collection result data,
After the collection operation is completed, the collected articles are inspected, the type and the number of them are input as inspection data, and the inspection data, the collection result data, and the collection instruction data are compared, and each data is matched. Sometimes, when a label corresponding to the article is issued and the number of articles input as the inspection data is less than the number of articles specified in the article collection instruction data, this is regarded as the out-of-stock data, and the out-of-stock data A label issuing method in a shipping system, wherein a label corresponding to the number of out-of-stock items is issued based on the above. 3. The out-of-stock data includes a shortage due to a work error in which the number of articles input to the collection operation is larger than the number actually collected, and an inventory quantity of articles to be collected is insufficient. It is determined that there is a shortage of items that were collected in an amount less than the number indicated by the collection instruction data and that the items indicated in the collection instruction data could not be collected due to lack of inventory of the items to be collected. The method of issuing a label in the shipping system according to claim 2, wherein the label is issued.