KR20060118152A - Supply chain management system and method using electronic transaction code (etc) - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing supply chain using an ETC(Electronic Transaction Code) are provided to automatically and quickly check completion of delivery without any manual process, and reduce time and expense needed for the delivery. An order information database(220) stores goods order information. A goods database(230) stores information for goods inventory of each warehouse. A controller(210) transmits the goods order information and the ETC to a supplier and the orderer system of the warehouse by searching the warehouse storing the goods from the goods database after receiving a goods order from the orderer system. The controller completes the goods order by receiving delivery completion information from the orderer system. The supplier system includes an information receiver for receiving the ETC and the goods order information from the controller, and a tag writer for writing the received ETC and goods order information to an electronic tag.

Description

Supply chain management system and method using Electronic Transaction Code (ETC)}

1 is a schematic diagram of a supply chain management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a supply chain management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a supplier system.

4 is a configuration diagram of an orderer system.

5 is an example of an electronic transaction code.

The present invention relates to a supply chain management system using an electronic tag, and more particularly, an electronic transaction code (ETC) is assigned to an intangible delivery / supply service, which is a virtual object, to order, deliver / supply, The present invention relates to a supply chain management system and method using an electronic transaction code that automates and automates the entire procedure of verification.

In general, in a commerce, when a user places an order and makes a payment, the seller allows the corresponding product to be delivered to the user at a source of the corresponding product.

By the way, the procedure of receiving the order of the goods to deliver and confirm it by using a bar code by hand, there is a problem that takes a lot of time and human expenses. In other words, a technology of RFID technology for recognizing each product by using EPC instead of a barcode has been proposed, and the information of each product can be automatically confirmed. But checking the order history and the actual delivery is still difficult. In addition, it is not possible to know whether or not the delivery is completed only when the workers input one by one. While EPC is a concept (number) to recognize each product, ETC proposed in this patent is a concept (actually a number) to recognize an abstract order. ETC makes it easy to automate supply chain management systems.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a supply chain management system and method using an electronic transaction code that can quickly and automatically determine whether the delivery is completed without the need for manual work, and reduces the time and cost required for delivery. It is.

Supply chain management system according to one feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

Supply chain management system that receives the supply of goods from the orderer system to control the supply of the goods to the supplier system,

An order information database for storing order information;

A commodity database for storing information on the stock of each commodity for each distribution warehouse;

Receives orders from the orderer system and retrieves the warehouse with the corresponding product from the product database and transmits the electronic transaction code with the product order information to the supplier system and the orderer system of the warehouse, complete delivery information from the orderer system And a control unit for receiving the product order processing to be completed.

The supplier system includes an information receiving unit for receiving an electronic transaction code and product order information from the control unit;

And a tag writer for writing the electronic transaction code and the product order information received by the information receiver to the electronic tag.

The orderer system,

An input unit for receiving a user's selection;

A commodity order unit for ordering commodities according to the contents input from the input unit;

A storage unit for storing product order contents;

A tag reader unit for receiving the information of the electronic tag;

The order management unit stores the electronic transaction code of the goods received from the control unit and the product order information in the storage unit, and compares with the electronic distance code of the tag received from the tag reader unit and transmits to the control unit that the delivery is completed. It includes.

The control unit,

An order receiving unit for receiving an order of goods of the orderer system;

An electronic transaction code generation unit for generating an electronic transaction code;

A commodity order control unit for retrieving a distribution warehouse in which the commodity corresponding to the commodity order information is located in the commodity database, and outputting a combination of the electronic transaction code and the commodity order information;

And a transmission unit for transmitting the electronic transaction code and the product order information output from the product order control unit to the supplier system and the orderer system of the retrieved warehouse and storing the order information database.

Supply chain management method according to an aspect of the present invention for solving this problem,

Supply chain management method that receives the supply of goods from the orderer system to control the supply of the goods to the supplier system,

The orderer system sending the product order information including the item, quantity, and desired delivery date and time to the supply chain management system;

The supply chain management system assigning and transmitting the electronic transaction code value together with the order information to the supplier system having the goods in stock;

The supply chain management system forwarding the assigned electronic transaction code value to the orderer system together with the order result;

When the supplier system packages and ships the ordered product, writing the assigned electronic transaction code to the tag;

When the product is delivered to the shipping address along with the tag, the tag reader of the orderer's system compares the e-commerce code stored in the tag with the e-commerce code that they ordered and sends it to the supply chain management system. Steps.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the specification.

1 is a schematic diagram of a supply chain management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a supply chain management system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a supplier system 300 and an orderer system 400 through a network. Here, the network may include all communication networks of wired or wireless or other forms.

2 is a block diagram of a supply chain management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a supply chain management system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a controller 210, an order information database 220, and a product database 230.

The order information database 220 stores order information. The commodity database 230 stores information about the stock of each commodity for each distribution warehouse. The controller 210 includes an order reception unit 211, an electronic transaction code generation unit 212, a product order control unit 213, and a transmission unit 214. The order receiving unit 211 receives an order of a product of the orderer system 400. The electronic transaction code generation unit 212 generates or allocates the electronic transaction code in a predetermined order, and may generate irregularly as necessary. The commodity order control unit 213 retrieves a distribution warehouse in which the commodity corresponding to the commodity order information exists in the commodity database, and outputs the electronic transaction code combined with the commodity order information. The transmission unit 214 transmits the electronic transaction code and product order information output from the product order control unit 213 to the supplier system 300 and the orderer system 400 of the retrieved warehouse, and the order information database 220 ).

3 is a block diagram of a supplier system.

Referring to FIG. 3, the provider system 300 includes an information receiver 310 and a tag writer 320. The information receiver 310 receives the electronic transaction code and the product order information from the controller 210. The tag writer 320 writes the electronic transaction code and product order information received from the information receiver 310 to the electronic tag.

4 is a configuration diagram of an orderer system.

2, the orderer system 400 includes an input unit 410, a product ordering unit 420, a storage unit 430, an order management unit 440, and a tag reader unit 450.

The input unit 410 includes an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse and receives a user's selection. Or the application software may enter orders automatically. The product ordering unit 420 orders the product according to the contents input from the input unit 410. The storage unit 430 stores a product order content as a storage device. The tag reader 450 receives the information of the electronic tag and transmits the information to the order manager 440. The order manager 440 stores the electronic transaction code of the product received from the controller 210 and the product order information in the storage unit, and compares the electronic transaction code of the tag received from the tag reader 450 to match. The controller 210 transmits that the delivery is completed.

Here, the electronic tag 500 is a tag including radio frequency identification (RFID), which is an automatic recognition means, and the information recorded in the electronic tag may be wirelessly transmitted at various angles using microwaves or long waves. In addition, the wirelessly transmitted information is received through an antenna of the tag reader 450 that is a reader. When the information from the electronic tag 500 is received through the antenna of the tag reader 450, the tag reader 450 recognizes and analyzes the received information to obtain unique information of the tag mounted product. The electronic tag 450 is not subject to environmental influences such as snow, rain, wind, dust, and magnetic flux, and can be recognized at a long distance and in motion, and has a unique ID in the manufacturing process so that counterfeiting is impossible. In addition, when an electronic tag is used instead of a barcode, several electronic tags may be simultaneously read by the tag reader unit 450 at various angles without contacting the reader, thereby greatly increasing the efficiency of logistics management. On the other hand, the ID given to the electronic tag 450 is called EPC (Electronic Product Code). Originally, EPC is expected and designed to apply not only to physical objects, but also to virtual objects and services, such as software modules, and non-objects such as grouping. Although EPC-64 and EPC-96, which are currently standardized, are designed to automatically recognize physical objects at low prices, EPC-256 is also mentioned in the EPC standard document as it applies to virtual and non-objects. In the present invention, the EPC code is used to process the delivery / supply service of goods in accordance with this concept, and the name Electronic Transaction Code (ETC) is used to differentiate it from the existing EPC (Electronic Product Code). do.

Referring to the operation of the supply chain management system using an electronic transaction code according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail as follows.

The orderer system 400 sends a delivery / supply order of a product to the supply chain management system 200, and the supply chain management system 200 selects and assigns an electronic transaction code corresponding to the order from the available code space and allocates the assigned electronics. Inform the supplier system 300 and the orderer system 400 of the transaction code. Here, the supply chain management system 200 manages the entire process from order to delivery / supply of goods between the orderer system 400 and the supplier system 300. In addition, if the supplier that can process the supply chain management system 200 orders is selected and the electronic transaction code and the contents of the order are transmitted to the selected supplier system 300, the supplier system 300 receives the goods together with the assigned electronic transaction code. Will be shipped / provided to the purchaser (or other shipping address specified in the order). This process will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 1 as follows.

Referring to FIG. 1, an orderer, for example, a retail store operator, inputs contents of an item, quantity, desired delivery date, etc. of a product to be ordered by manipulating the input unit 410 of the orderer system 400.

Then, the product ordering unit 420 transmits the product order information to the supply chain management system 200 and simultaneously stores the product ordering information in the storage unit 430 (S1).

Then, the order receiving unit 211 of the supply chain management system 200 stores the order contents in the order information database 220, the electronic transaction code generation unit 212 generates or assigns an electronic transaction code. In addition, the product order control unit 213 retrieves a supplier having a stock of the corresponding product, for example, a distribution warehouse from the product database 230, and controls to deliver the order to the supplier system 300 of the retrieved warehouse. Then, the transmission unit I 214 transmits the goods order information to the corresponding supplier system 300, and also transmits the assigned electronic transaction code (S2). In this case, the electronic transaction code assignment will be described in detail as follows. Electronic transaction code can be represented using a specific object class code of EPC. 5 shows the EPC-96 code format. In FIG. 5, an object class field indicating a type of goods is used, which is used as an electronic transaction code area by assigning one or some numbers and using different serial numbers for each individual delivery / supply service.

In addition, the supply chain management system 200 transmits the assigned electronic transaction code value to the orderer system 400 together with the order result. At this time, not only the electronic transaction code but also additional information such as the quantity of goods to be actually delivered and delivery date are delivered together (S3). Then, the product ordering unit 420 stores the electronic transaction code and the order result in the storage unit 430.

Then, the information receiving unit of the supplier system 300 delivers the electronic transaction code and product order information received from the supply chain management system 200 to the tag writer unit 320, the tag writer unit 320 is delivered This is recorded in the electronic tag 500. When the packaged product is shipped, the electronic tag (RFID tag 500) recorded with the assigned electronic transaction code code is attached to the product. At this time, if the product to be delivered is not a single packaging unit (case, palette, container), but a plurality of them are delivered (for example, 100 boxes of shrimp cane), the electronic tag 500 having the electronic transaction code recorded in only one of the outgoing boxes is recorded. Attach (S4).

Then, the corresponding goods including the box to which the electronic tag 500 is attached are supplied / delivered to the delivery address (S5).

As soon as the goods arriving at the destination designated by the orderer pass through the receipt gate, the electronic tag 500 in which the electronic transaction code is recorded is read by the tag reader 450, and the tag reader is read by the order management unit 440 of the orderer system 400. Compared to the electronic transaction code and the electronic transaction code of the order result stored in the storage unit 430, check and recognize whether the desired order has been delivered correctly and supply chain management system when the electronic transaction code for the order matches The supply completion report is forwarded to 200.

At this time, the mapping of the electronic transaction code is as follows. As soon as the delivered goods pass through the delivery gate of the delivery address, the electronic transaction code of the goods is recognized. The best way to check if the quantity of these goods matches the original ordered item (or promised in the order result) is the The e-commerce code list of the products to be included is included in the order result message to inform the delivery address. In the present invention, the method can be variously modified, and the format of the order result message is as follows.

Order Result (Order Number: ETC: Delivery ID: ETC_Object: Scheduled Quantity: Scheduled Supply Date: ETC Code List…)

In this case, if the same kind of products produced by the same company, the header, ETC manager, and object class parts of the product electronic transaction code are repeated in common, so that they can be omitted when listing them (see FIG. 5). In addition, if the product is produced directly at the production site, serial numbers will often be assigned consecutively, and the technique of expressing the IP address by expressing the serial number as a range or by expressing only the most common bit in common (ex. 147.46.13.0/20) can greatly reduce the size of the ETC code list. If this abbreviation is not available, the serial number size of EPC-96 is 36bit = 4byte and the size of the electronic transaction code (ETC) list for 1000 products is 4Kbyte. Currently, 4Kbyte is small and transfer time is expected to be short in the high speed internet environment where large file transfer is possible and occurs frequently. Also, in most cases, the product electronic transaction code represents the highest packing unit, so even if the actual quantity of goods is large, it can be expected that the quantity of packaging units that should be actually displayed is not large.

If the electronic transaction code is not used, the invoice must be sent by the supplier system when the goods are shipped and the orderer system receiving the goods will automatically recognize the goods EPC tag to ensure that the order has been delivered correctly. This requires manual work to compare the contents of the waybill and the delivered goods. That is, by using the present invention it is possible to automate the entire order / delivery / supply process unattended, such automation is more effective especially when a large amount of incoming and outgoing.

EPC mapping techniques such as case, palette, and container are used as they are, but when multiple products are delivered in one delivery (for example, shrimp case 10 case, choco pie 20 case), ETC Provides a kind of summary meta data that covers this. In general, goods from producers to consumers go through several stages of delivery (e.g. factory-> supplier logistics center-> distributor logistics center-> retailer-> consumer). Used to display and manage only shipments between delivery addresses. In this case, the supplier refers to a place where a product is delivered / delivered, and a delivery means a destination to which the product is directly delivered. The orderer and the delivery address may be the same or different.

The orderer sends the order number along with the order message to the decision system to ensure the uniqueness of the order. At this time, a single order can be identified by using a (Order ID: Order Number) pair. However, if the requested order is not available at one distribution center within the desired timeframe, multiple delivery / supply will occur for a single order request. The order for 100 boxes of shrimp can be divided into 40 and 60 boxes and shipped from different distribution centers, or 40 boxes first and 60 boxes later. At this time, each order can not be processed separately using (Order ID: Order Number) pair only. Therefore, if you need to create a separate shipping / supply number, and process it as an electronic transaction code, it can be easily recognized by the system that processed the existing EPC and can provide identification and tracking function wherever the EPC system is used. Therefore, the electronic transaction code provides a different function from the existing order number concept and packing unit mapping technique.

The method for using an electronic transaction code (ETC) in the above process will be described in more detail as follows.

First, the conceptual electronic transaction code that distinguishes individual shipments is always used.

That is, the electronic transaction code is used to manage the decision system from the moment it receives an order and schedules the corresponding supply / delivery. If the EPC number of the goods to be delivered directly is used as a number to distinguish individual shipments, the EPC number of the goods to be delivered must already be determined and known at the time the order is received, because in many cases this is impossible or expensive. In particular, it is more difficult if the goods to be delivered have not yet been produced.

In addition, if multiple deliveries / supplies are required for a single order, multiple ETCs are assigned to each deliver / supply and returned to the orderer (and / or shipping address) with the order result message.

Second, there are two cases in which an electronic transaction code is embedded in an electronic tag and attached to a delivery product.

One is to attach the ETC in the form of an electronic tag to the actual delivered product.

In another case, a single EPC code of a product to be delivered is selected (selected a representative EPC) and mapped to an electronic transaction code (ETC), and when the delivery is made, the supplier informs the shipping destination of the mapping information. The delivery destination maps the recognized representative EPC to the ETC when the goods are received, confirms the completion of delivery, and sends a completion report to the supply chain management system 200. This method takes mapping overhead but reduces the overhead of adding and managing additional ETC tags.

Third, there are two ways to link the electronic transaction code and the product to be delivered.

One is to inform the shipping destination of the EPC list of all goods to be shipped with the electronic transaction code, and when the shipment arrives, compare the EPC list with the electronic transaction code recognized at the receiving gate.

At this time, if the product to be delivered is available at the time the order is received and the EPC is known, the decision system informs the EPC list when it informs the delivery / schedule schedule to the destination. On the contrary, if the EPC of the goods to be delivered is not known at the time of receiving the order, the order result only informs the electronic transaction code and informs the EPC list of the outgoing goods when the actual goods are delivered from the supplier such as the distribution center or the factory.

In other cases. It does not give all the list but only the item and quantity of the product. In this case, when the delivery arrives, EPC of the arrived goods is recognized, the items and the quantity are summed together, and compared with the delivery item and quantity information related to the recognized electronic transaction code (whether the actual ETC or the representative EPC is not related).

The present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiments, but may be modified and modified without departing from the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, an electronic transaction code can be assigned to an intangible delivery / supply service which is a virtual object to automate and automate the entire procedure of ordering, delivery / supply, and confirmation of a product. Existing EPC codes are assigned only to products, which automatically recognizes and tracks the products, but human intervention or automatic is required to check whether the order contents and the delivered / supplied items (product contents, delivery date, etc.) match. Further processing also requires an additional verification process to compare the order details with the delivered product. If you use an electronic transaction code, it's easy to automatically check your order as soon as it arrives at your destination and report to your supply chain management system whether your order has been processed correctly, reducing your distribution costs and taking quick action in the event of a problem. It is possible.

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Supply chain management system that receives the supply of goods from the orderer system to control the supply of the goods to the supplier system, An order information database for storing order information; A commodity database for storing information on the stock of each commodity for each distribution warehouse; Receives ordered goods from the orderer system and retrieves the distribution garage with the corresponding product from the product database and transmits the electronic transaction code with the product order information to the supplier system and the orderer system of the corresponding warehouse, and delivery completion information from the orderer system Supply chain management system comprising a control unit for receiving and processing the complete product order processing. The method of claim 1, The supplier system includes an information receiving unit for receiving an electronic transaction code and product order information from the control unit; And a tag writer for writing the electronic transaction code and the product order information received by the information receiver to the electronic tag. The method of claim 2, The orderer system, An input unit for receiving a user's selection; A commodity order unit for ordering commodities according to the contents input from the input unit; A storage unit for storing product order contents; A tag reader unit for receiving the information of the electronic tag; The order management unit stores the electronic transaction code of the goods received from the control unit and the product order information in the storage unit, and compares with the electronic distance code of the tag received from the tag reader unit and transmits to the control unit that the delivery is completed. Supply chain management system comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The control unit, An order receiving unit for receiving an order of goods of the orderer system; An electronic transaction code generation unit for generating an electronic transaction code; A commodity order control unit for retrieving a distribution warehouse in which the commodity corresponding to the commodity order information is located in the commodity database, and outputting a combination of the electronic transaction code and the commodity order information; And a transmission unit for transmitting the electronic transaction code and the product order information outputted from the product order control unit to the supplier system and the orderer system of the retrieved distribution warehouse and storing the order information in the order information database. The method of claim 4, wherein The control unit receives a product order from the orderer system, if a plurality of logistics warehouses to procure the goods by retrieving the logistics warehouse containing the goods in the product database, a plurality of electronic transactions for one order Supply chain management system, characterized in that for generating a code and transmitting to the supplier system of the warehouse. The method of claim 4, wherein And when the control unit transmits the electronic transaction code to the orderer system together with the product order information, the product order information includes an electronic transaction code, a delivery address ID, a predetermined quantity, and supply date and time information. Supply chain management method that receives the supply of goods from the orderer system to control the supply of the goods to the supplier system, The orderer system sending the product order information including the item, quantity, and desired delivery date and time to the supply chain management system; The supply chain management system assigning and transmitting the electronic transaction code value together with the order information to the supplier system having the goods in stock; The supply chain management system forwarding the assigned electronic transaction code value to the orderer system together with the order result; When the supplier system packages and ships the ordered product, writing the assigned electronic transaction code to the tag; When the goods are delivered to the shipping address along with the tag, if the tag reader of the orderer system compares the electronic transaction code stored in the tag with the matched electronic transaction code, and transmits to the supply chain management system that the delivery is completed. Supply chain management method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The supply chain management system assigns and transmits an electronic transaction code value together while sending order information to a supplier system having a corresponding product in stock, The supply chain management system, if a plurality of supplier systems are required to supply the goods, the supply chain management method characterized in that the number of electronic transaction code values corresponding to the supplier system is allocated and sent to each supplier system. The method of claim 8, The supply chain management system passes the assigned electronic transaction code value to the orderer system with the order result, And said supply chain management system transmits a plurality of electronic transaction code values to said orderer system. The method of claim 9, And when the supplier system packs and delivers the ordered goods, writing the assigned electronic transaction code to a tag, writing the electronic transaction code and product order information.

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