JPH11106010A - Delivering method for article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preventing method for erroneous shipment of products by utilizing an IC card when products put in a packing box are shipped in a pallet unit. SOLUTION: In this product shipping method, the bar code on a label 2 attached to a packing box 1 loaded into a pallet 3 according to shipping destinations is read by a portable information terminal 4, whether packing boxes of different shipping destinations are loaded on the pallet 3 or not is checked in advance, an IC card 5 in which the read information is stored is attached to the pallet 3, the pallet 3 is temporarily placed in a shipment yard for a period till the pallet 3 is shipped, the IC card 5 of the pallet 3 is read by a portable information terminal 6 before the pallet 3 is loaded onto a transportation vehicle when the pallet 3 is shipped, the shipping destinations and weight are checked and the erroneous shipment of products is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article sending method for unloading articles packed as a package for each type of article to a destination according to a request of the destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a system for sending or moving goods to a predetermined place in a factory or a store or sending goods to a destination has been fully automated. A widely used method is to store the product in a storage location, search for a package of the relevant article from the storage location based on a slip containing the contents of the sending and moving instructions from the storage location, and load it on a transport vehicle. . However, in this method, the operator visually checks the contents of the slip and the contents of the article label attached to the package, and the wrong package may be sent due to the operator's mistake. There's a problem. Although the present invention addresses this problem, in order to clarify the differences from the prior art and to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a method of sending articles will be described below with a typical example of product shipment from a factory. I do.

[0003] As a technique for preventing the above-mentioned operator error, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-137813 discloses a product shipping check method and apparatus. This presupposes that each component constituting the product shipping system is completely automated, but it is also applicable to a system that involves an operator. The outline of the technical concept is shown below. When the product type and quantity to be shipped are specified for the products stored in the warehouse, etc., the inventory management processor automatically creates a shipping instruction including the product package number based on the inventory management data. , Enter the product packaging number into the portable data processing device. When loading the selected product based on the shipping instruction into the transportation, the portable data processing device reads the package number attached to the product and determines whether or not it matches the previously entered product package number. I do. As a result, it is possible to confirm whether or not the product according to the contents of the shipping instruction is correctly loaded on the transportation means, and the wrong product will not be shipped.

[0004]

If the articles are relatively small and there are many varieties, the packages are relatively small and the number thereof is large. Instead of sending such a package to a small end user, the destination may be fixed to some extent and sent in large quantities, for example, sent to a large accumulation company such as a wholesaler. When applying to the case where the worker in the above-mentioned known example intervenes, based on the shipping instruction prepared by the inventory management processor, when the worker selects the corresponding package, one of a large number of packages is selected. It is a difficult task to find and carry out individual items, and it is time-consuming and inefficient to perform an individual portable data processing device check. An object of the present invention is to provide a system for efficiently and surely shipping goods without overloading in a system in which an operator selects a package to be shipped and carries it out to a transportation means when sending the goods. The purpose is to provide a method of sending.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for sending an article for sending a packaged article to a predetermined destination, comprising: a package attached with an information table including an article name, a destination name, and delivery date information; Based on the information table, the destination and delivery date range are the same, and a predetermined number is integrated into a sending body, and the information in each information table is edited and stored in the recording medium,
Stock the sender in a predetermined location that is sorted so that the senders with the same delivery date are placed, read each recording medium of the sender group according to the delivery plan to the destination, and check for the inclusion of mispacked items. In addition to checking, select the sender so that the loading capacity of the transport means does not exceed, read the recording medium again when loading the selected sender into the transport means, and check whether the package to be sent is correct. It is characterized by. The term "package" as used in the present invention refers to a bundle of articles to be sent, and is in a form such as a box or a bag, a tape, a thread, or a wire. It is enough to have a certain unit as the target product. The following description will be given as a typical example of a packing box. The destination is a customer or a warehouse of a wholesaler in the case of a product in a factory, or a receiving side in a store or a factory. The information table is generally desirably in the form of a sheet, and it is sufficient if the information table can be attached to a package or hung in a tag form. If it is a packing box, it may be desirable to stick it. The sender is
A package of a specified number of packages packed in a form that is easy to send as a unit, such as those loaded on pallets, those stored in buckets or boxes, those wrapped in sheets, Is a state of being fastened with a rope or a tape. In the following description, a pallet loaded with packing boxes will be described. Editing the information in each information table and storing it on a recording medium means reading the information written in the information table of each package, and as a sender, the total number of packages, the total weight of the articles, and the name of each article. The total weight of the product, and the name of the package, the name of the recipient,
Further, data such as the date and time of the sorting is added, and the data is stored in a recording medium such as an IC card, a magnetic card, a magnetic disk, or a paper sheet which can be read by a computer, such as an IC memory or a magnetic memory or as a barcode. a good, is what kind of information how what is stored in the recording medium together, dealing with goods and destination,
Select as appropriate according to the sending scale.

The present invention also relates to a method for sending an article for sending a packaged article to a predetermined destination, in a form recognizable by an operator and a code recognizable by a machine, including an article name, a destination name, and a delivery date. The package with the label on which the information is written is packaged together with a specified number of packages with the same destination and delivery date, and the package is packed with a portable code reader. Read the code attached to the product, check for the inclusion of different packing materials at the destination, edit the information of each code and store it on the recording medium, and place the same delivery destination and delivery date range. The sender is stocked at a predetermined location classified as described above, and each recording medium of the sender group is read in accordance with the plan for sending to the destination, re-checking for the inclusion of erroneously packed items, and sending to the transportation means. Loading Select a combination of the appropriate sending body,
Based on the information of the selected sender, perform order backlog management with a computer, create a delivery slip, read the recording medium again when loading the selected sender on the transportation means, and check if the package to be sent is correct. It is characterized by the final check. Here, the label referred to in the present invention is desirably in the form of a sheet, and the form that can be recognized by the worker is
Characters, numbers, figures, or predetermined symbols, etc.
The machine-recognizable codes are collectively referred to as optically readable bar codes, punch hole codes, black and white mark codes, and magnetically readable magnetic cards. Other items are the same as those described above.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a product shipping method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the order specification from the shipping destination, there are various forms such as the delivery date required on a daily basis and the one required on a weekly basis. Here, if the delivery is required on a weekly basis and the amount is large, A description will be given assuming that the form may be appropriately distributed during this time.
The manufactured product is stored in a packing box 1 for each product type on a packing line, and a predetermined product label 2 is attached thereto. The product label 2 includes a product name 2a, a shipping destination name 2b, and a delivery date 2c in a form that can be read by an operator as shown in FIG. 2 in accordance with a manufacturing plan based on the order status from the shipping destination. Information and code information including a product name, a shipping destination name, a delivery date, a weight, and a number in the form of a barcode 2d are printed. When packing boxes 1 of various types are randomly conveyed to a sorting place by a conveyor or the like, the sorting worker looks at the shipping destination name 2b and the delivery date 2c of the product label 2 and prepares for each shipping destination and for the same delivery date. The packing boxes are sorted on the pallet 3 and the predetermined number is loaded. The delivery date 2c is indicated by a weekly date or symbol.

[0008] The sorting operator loads the bar code 2d printed on the product label 2 of the packing box 1 when the packing box 1 is loaded on a predetermined pallet 3 or when a predetermined number of packing boxes 1 have been loaded. Barcode reading portable information terminal 4
(Hereinafter abbreviated as barcode terminal). The read barcode information is temporarily stored in the data storage unit 4d, and when reading the barcodes of all the packing boxes for one pallet is completed, the processor 4a checks the shipping destination and performs data processing. If the shipping destinations and delivery dates of all packing boxes 1 for one pallet are the same, the total number of packing boxes 1 and the total weight of the products, and detailed data such as the product name, shipping destination, and weight of each packing box 1, and the sorting date and time Is output to the IC card 5 and stored, and information such as the total number and total weight of the packaging boxes is displayed on the display unit 4b so that the sorting operator can confirm the contents. If there is a shipping box or a packing box with a different delivery date, an error is displayed on the display unit 4b at that time, and an alarm is sounded from the alarm buzzer 4c to inform the sorting worker. This allows the sorting operator to remove the wrong packaging box from the pallet.

[0009] The pallet after the above processing is attached with the IC card 5, and the same delivery date is temporarily put together in shipping yards classified by shipping destination until it is shipped. A number is assigned to the pallet in advance, and this number can be input to the IC card. In this case, the IC card does not always need to be attached to the pallet, and it is also possible to collect and manage only the IC card separately. At this time, the IC card can be read using a reading terminal installed on a desk or the like instead of going to the pallet using the IC card reading portable information terminal.

At the time of shipping, a shipping worker arranges a transport vehicle and selects a pallet to be shipped, based on a shipping plan for each shipping destination separately created based on the back-order information of the host computer. The shipping plan is such that, for example, the delivery date of this week for Company A, which is the shipping destination, is 35 tons in total, the varieties are X, Y,... Based on this, the shipping worker
Delivery in batches or delivery in 4 times, first 3 times with 10 ton truck, 4th time with the remaining shipping status at that time, 5 ton truck or 10 ton truck including next week etc. Judge. In the following, a case will be described as an example where the delivery is made four times this time, and first, the shipment is carried out with one 10-ton truck.

[0011] The shipping worker sets a pallet 3 in a pallet group temporarily placed in the shipping yard for each delivery date for each shipping destination.
Is read by an IC card reading portable information terminal 6 (hereinafter abbreviated as IC terminal). The information of the read IC card is first checked by the processor 6a of the IC terminal 6 shown in FIG. 3 for the shipping destination and the delivery date, and if there is a different pallet, the display unit 6b
And an alarm is sounded from the alarm buzzer 6c to notify the shipping worker. The information of the read IC card is temporarily stored in the data storage unit 6d,
When the information of the IC cards of the appropriate number of pallets has been read, the IC card information is read into the online terminal 7. The online terminal 7 calculates the combination of pallet numbers that do not exceed the maximum loading weight of the truck based on selection logic such as first-in-first-out and the main product type without leakage, etc., calculates the product type and total weight at that time, and displays them on the CRT or the like.

The shipping operator looks at the contents of this display and determines whether or not to ship with the selected contents as they are. When it is determined that the pallet is inappropriate, the IC card of the remaining pallets is read and the calculation is performed again. If determined to be appropriate, this shipping pallet information is transmitted to the host computer 8 and output to the IC terminal 6. The host computer 8 outputs the shipping slip 9 after performing the allocation process with the back-order information stored in the host computer. The shipping slip 9 describes a shipping pallet number, the number of packing boxes loaded on each pallet, the product name and number in each packing box, the total number of packing boxes, the product name and number, and the like.

The transport operator loads the pallet 3 specified on the basis of the shipping slip 9 into the transport vehicle 10. At this time, the information of the IC card 5 of the pallet to be loaded is transferred to the IC terminal 6.
And checks it against the information output from the host computer 8. If they do not match, an error is displayed on the display section 6b and an alarm is sounded from the alarm buzzer 6c to notify the transport worker. The IC card is collected when the pallet is loaded on the transport vehicle and reused in the factory.

[0014]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. 1) Since the package is managed from the individual unit to the sender, it is efficient, and the information of the sender is managed by the recording medium unique to the individual sender, so the load on the host computer is reduced. it can. 2) When the sorting worker puts the package into the sender,
It is possible to check the packages of different destinations and prevent mixing of wrong destinations. 3) At the time of sending, it is possible to check whether the maximum weight of the transport means is exceeded before loading the sender on the transport means, and further check whether or not the sender should be shipped at the time the transporter is loaded on the transport means. It is possible to prevent erroneous sending of articles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a product shipping method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a portable information terminal for reading a product label and a bar code.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a portable information terminal that reads an IC card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Product packing box 2 Product label 2a Product name 2b Shipper's name 2c Barcode 3 Pallet 4 Barcode reading portable information terminal 5 IC card 6 IC card reading portable information terminal 7 Online terminal 8 Host computer 9 Sending slip 10 Transport vehicle

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A method for sending an article for sending a package to a predetermined destination, comprising: selecting a package attached with an information table including an article name, a destination name, and delivery date information based on the information table; A predetermined number of items with the same delivery destination and delivery date are grouped together into a unified sending body,
Edit the information in each information table, store it on a recording medium, stock the sender in a predetermined location that is divided so that the sender and delivery date range are the same, and follow the dispatch plan to the recipient. Read the recording media of the applicable sending group, check for the inclusion of erroneously packed items, select the sending body so as not to exceed the loading capacity of the means of transport, and record again when loading the selected sending body on the means of transport. A method of sending goods, which reads a medium and checks whether the package to be sent is correct. 2. A method for sending goods to send a package to a predetermined destination, the method comprising: a form recognizable by an operator and a code recognizable by a machine.
A package with a label with information including the article name, destination name, and delivery date is attached. Read the code attached to the package in the sending body with a simple code reader, check for contamination of the package with different destinations, edit the information of each code and store it on the recording medium, Stock the sender in a designated place that is placed so that the senders with the same delivery date are placed, read each recording medium of the sender group according to the delivery plan to the destination, and check for the inclusion of mispacked items. In addition to re-checking, select an appropriate combination of senders without overloading the means of transport, perform order backlog management with a computer based on the selected sender information, create a delivery slip, and select The sender A method of sending goods, characterized in that the recording medium is read again when loaded into the transportation means, and the final check is made as to whether the package to be sent is correct.