CN111709505A

CN111709505A - Printed label for short shelf life goods, label system and management method

Info

Publication number: CN111709505A
Application number: CN202010513720.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵佳; 王雯
Original assignee: Wormpex Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wormpex Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-08
Filing date: 2020-06-08
Publication date: 2020-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-08
Also published as: CN111709505B

Abstract

The invention discloses a printed label of a short-shelf-life commodity, which comprises: a machine code area, wherein the machine code area is provided with a machine code, and basic information of the commodity is coded in the machine code; and the pattern set area is provided with pattern sets, the pattern sets represent the expiration dates of the commodities, each day corresponds to one pattern set in the time period of n days, the pattern sets in each day are different, so that different batches of the same commodity are distinguished, wherein n is more than or equal to 2. The embodiment of the invention provides the printed label, so that the checkout speed and the price accuracy of the short-shelf-life commodity are improved, the sale of the short-shelf-life commodity is facilitated, and the promotion and management of the short-shelf-life commodity are more convenient.

Description

Printed label for short shelf life goods, label system and management method

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of label management, and in particular to a printed label of a short-shelf-life commodity, a label system and a management method.

Background

More and more convenience stores provide great convenience for the life of people, the commodity types of the convenience stores mainly comprise fast-food products, and the shelf life of most of the food products is 6-9 months. The quality guarantee period of the pastry food such as bread or the refrigerated food such as yoghourt is shorter, the pastry food belongs to the short-quality-guarantee-period commodity, and the shortest quality guarantee period is only 6 days. If the short-shelf-life commodities are not sold in the shelf life, the convenience store can only destroy the short-shelf-life commodities, which not only causes huge resource waste, but also causes no small loss for the convenience store.

Therefore, before the expiration date of the short-shelf-life goods or the temporarily expired goods is close, the convenience stores generally carry out sales promotion activities on the short-shelf-life goods or the temporarily expired goods so as to carry out special price treatment, and waste and loss are reduced to a certain extent. When managing such sales promotion products, the production lots of the same products are different due to stock and stock, but since the types of the products are completely the same, the bar codes or two-dimensional codes carried by the products from the factory are the same or similar, and discount information is not recorded. Thus, different discounted information cannot be distinguished for different production batches, mainly for goods of different shelf lives or expiration times. Taking yogurt as an example, the closer to the yogurt at the expiration date, the higher the discount. However, products like yoghurt are often placed in stacks on shelves, and the consumer has no ability to carefully distinguish between the expiration date and the discount information when shopping, so it may happen that the consumer intends to purchase the most discounted pieces of merchandise, but the final choice of product has the highest discount in part and the lower discount in part. To solve this problem, store personnel is required to enter related information of the commodities, particularly discount information, one by one in advance, and paste the discount information on the short-protection commodities or display discount promotion information around the short-protection commodities, so that customers can know the information in time to select the commodities, and the discount information of the commodities can be correctly identified by a machine or the store personnel during checkout. This method is laborious and time consuming, and the costs are substantially unacceptable, especially for small items of merchandise.

The statements in the background section are merely prior art as they are known to the inventors and do not, of course, represent prior art in the field.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a printed label, a label system and a management method for short-shelf-life commodities, and solves the problems that in the prior art, the short-shelf-life commodities are low in checkout speed, long in sales promotion management time, low in efficiency, inconvenient to use, inaccurate in discounting and sales promotion information, poor in information consistency and the like.

In view of at least one of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a printed label for a short shelf life commodity, the label comprising:

a machine code area, wherein the machine code area is provided with a machine code, and basic information of the commodity is coded in the machine code; and

the commodity expiration date is characterized by the pattern set, each day corresponds to one pattern set in a time period of n days, the pattern sets in each day are different, so that different batches of the same commodity are distinguished, wherein n is larger than or equal to 2.

According to one aspect of the invention, wherein the machine code comprises a two-dimensional code or a bar code, the set of patterns comprises one or more of patterns, numbers, letters, chinese characters or symbols.

According to an aspect of the invention, wherein the basic information of the commodity comprises one or more of a name, a price, a code, a batch, a quantity, a production date, a production time, a shelf life, a size, a weight, a place of production, a grade, a unit of the commodity.

According to one aspect of the invention, wherein the set of patterns is a combination of a pattern and a number, or a pattern and a letter.

According to one aspect of the invention, the pattern is a constellation or a playing card suit.

The present invention also relates to a label system comprising one or more printed labels as described in any of the above, said printed labels being attached to one or more packages of goods.

According to one aspect of the invention, further comprising an electronic tag configured to display the pattern set, item price information, and item discounts corresponding to the pattern set.

According to one aspect of the invention, the electronic label is further configured to display the commodity price corresponding to the pattern set.

According to one aspect of the invention, the merchandise package has an merchandise machine code thereon, and the printed label at least partially covers the merchandise machine code such that the merchandise machine code is not recognizable by a checkout device.

The invention also relates to a management method of the short-protection commodity, which comprises the following steps:

and according to the expiration date of the short-protection commodity, attaching the printed label on the short-protection commodity.

According to one aspect of the invention, the pattern sets on the attached labels are the same for articles having the same expiration date.

According to one aspect of the invention, the price of the commodity is adjusted according to the expiration date of the commodity, and the pattern set corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted price are sent to the electronic tag corresponding to the commodity; or adjusting the discount of the commodity according to the expiration date of the commodity, and sending the pattern set corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted discount information to the electronic tag corresponding to the commodity.

According to one aspect of the invention, during a period of n days, each day corresponds to a different pattern set according to a fixed order, and every n days passes, the n pattern sets are cycled again according to the fixed order.

By the embodiment of the invention, the checkout speed of the short-shelf-life commodities and the accuracy of price information are improved, the sale of the short-shelf-life commodities is facilitated, and the efficiency of sales promotion management of the short-shelf-life commodities is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure and are not to limit the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a printed label according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a pattern set according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of an electronic label according to an embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 4 shows a round robin diagram of a pattern set according to one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will recognize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection, either mechanically, electrically, or in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser level than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or uses of other materials.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a printed label according to one embodiment of the invention. The printed label is suitable for short-term goods or goods with a shelf life of which is soon due in a convenience store or a supermarket, and as shown in the figure, the printed label 100 includes: the machine code area 10 and the pattern set area 20, wherein the machine code area 10 has a machine code 1 therein, the machine code 1 includes a bar code or a two-dimensional code generated on an outer package when the commodity is shipped from a factory, the machine code 1 encodes basic information of the commodity, and the basic information of the commodity generally includes one or more of a name, a price, a code, a batch, a quantity, a production date, a production time, a quality guarantee period, a specification, a weight, a production place, a grade and a unit of the commodity. The machine code 1 is typically used for machine scanning and automatic identification and is not identifiable to the consumer. The pattern set area 20 is provided with pattern sets 2, the pattern sets 2 represent expiration dates of commodities, each day corresponds to one pattern set 2 in a time period of n days, the pattern sets 2 in each day are different, so that different batches of the same commodity are distinguished, wherein n is larger than or equal to 2. The pattern set 2 comprises one or more of patterns, numbers, letters, chinese characters or symbols. According to an embodiment of the present invention, n is the number of days per month, for example, n is 31, so that each day of the month corresponds to a different pattern set 2 to distinguish different expiration dates of the same product due to different batches. Alternatively, n may be 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 or 2.

It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that short shelf life in the present invention refers to shorter shelf lives, such as less than 10 days, 5 days, or 3 days, and short shelf life commodities, such as, but not limited to, fresh milk, staple food, vegetables, fruits, and the like. In addition, a short shelf life may also include an expiration date that will expire within, for example, 10 days, 5 days, or 3 days. These are all within the scope of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pattern set 2 is a combination of a pattern and a number, or a combination of a pattern and a letter. Specifically, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a pattern set according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown, the patterns in the pattern set 2 are suit of playing cards, and the pattern set 2 is composed of suit of playing cards, letters and chinese characters. Optionally, the patterns in the pattern set 2 are constellations. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the pattern is not limited thereto and any pattern that can be clearly recognized, as well as patterns shown in black and white or in color, as the pattern set 2 itself or in combination with one or more of the numbers, letters, characters or symbols, falls within the scope of the present invention.

The printed label 100 shown in fig. 1 and 2 may be attached to merchandise in a convenience store or a supermarket store. Because of the machine code included thereon, existing scanning and checkout devices can automatically scan information identifying the good at checkout, obtaining discount and price information from the back office. In addition, since the printed label 100 includes a pattern set, different patterns may correspond to different due dates, for example, so that the consumer can distinguish and select the corresponding product. For example, for a store, a unified pattern library may be provided, each pattern indicating a corresponding due date. For example, a peach indicates that there is one more day due, a square indicates that there are two more days due, a spade indicates that there are three more days due, and a plum indicates that there are four more days due. The same rules are applied to the commodities in the store, and the customer can quickly identify the due date and the corresponding discount information after seeing the printed label 100 on the commodity.

The present invention also relates to a label system 200, said label system 200 comprising one or more of said printed labels 100, said printed labels 100 being attached to one or more packages of goods. The printed label 100 is configured such that the printed label 100 at least partially covers the merchandise machine code present on the merchandise package such that the merchandise machine code is not recognizable by the checkout device. In this way, the printed label 100 replaces the original machine code of the commodity for checkout, and the problem that different prices cannot be distinguished due to different discount information when the same commodity is checked out is avoided.

The label system 200 further includes the electronic label 110, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the electronic label according to an embodiment of the invention, and the electronic label 110 will be described in detail with reference to fig. 3. As shown in the figure, the electronic tag 110 is configured to display the pattern set 2 or part of the pattern set 2 (so that the customer can recognize that the pattern set 2 on the electronic tag 110 corresponds to the pattern set 2 on the printed tag 100), the product price information 3, the product discount information 4 corresponding to the pattern set 2, and the like. Besides, one or more basic information of the goods can be displayed on the electronic tag 110. In addition, the electronic tag 110 may further display a detailed description of various pattern sets, for example, a red peach corresponding to a price of 5 folds, a square corresponding to a price of 6 folds, a black peach corresponding to a price of 7 folds, and a plum corresponding to a price of 8 folds. The electronic tag 110 may be generally disposed above the product, and displays corresponding price information, discount information, pattern set description information, and the like, so as to facilitate a consumer to quickly identify prices or discounts corresponding to various pattern sets when selecting the product.

The electronic tag 110 has a data interface and may communicate with a server of a store or a control system, for example, via a data bus, which may control the content displayed on the electronic tag 110.

The invention also relates to a management method of the short-protection commodity, which comprises the following steps: the printed label 100 as described above is attached to the short-secured product according to the expiration date of the short-secured product. According to one embodiment of the invention, the pattern sets 2 on the attached labels are identical for articles with the same expiration date.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the management method further includes: adjusting the price of the commodity according to the expiration date of the commodity, and sending the pattern set 2 corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted price information 3 to the electronic tag 110 corresponding to the commodity; or adjusting the discount of the commodity according to the expiration date of the commodity, and sending the pattern set 2 corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted discount information 4 to the electronic tag 110 corresponding to the commodity. The price information 3 of the goods and/or the discount information 4 of the goods on the electronic tag 110 should be updated in real time with the corresponding pattern set 2, so that the information is kept consistent. The pattern set 2 on the printed label 100 and the pattern set 2 or the partial information of the pattern set 2 on the electronic label 110 should be kept consistent, so that the customer can identify the corresponding product price information 3 and product discount information 4 on the electronic label 110 according to the pattern set 2 or the partial information of the pattern set 2 on the printed label 100, so as to be selected by the customer for the short-term insurance product.

The management method as described above further includes, during the period of n days, corresponding to a different pattern set 2 each day according to a fixed order, and every n days, the n pattern sets 2 are cycled again according to the fixed order. FIG. 4 shows a round robin diagram of a pattern set according to one embodiment of the invention. As shown in the figure, the round-robin of the pattern set 2 is further described by taking n-7 as an example. During a period of 7 days, for example, monday to sunday, each day corresponds to a different pattern set 2, specifically, pattern set 21, pattern set 22, pattern set 23, pattern set 24, pattern set 25, pattern set 26, and pattern set 27, respectively, in order from monday to sunday. The pattern sets 2 shown in figure 4 are each exemplified by a combination of playing card suit and number, respectively. Every 7 days, i.e., one week, the 7 pattern sets 2 are again cycled in order of monday to sunday. Since the replacement speed of the short-shelf-life goods is generally faster, the pattern set 2 can be recycled by the round-robin method on the premise that the basic use of the pattern set 2 in one cycle of n days does not cause repeated indistinguishability, and certain cost is saved in the mass production of the printed labels 100. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the pattern sets 2 in the printed label 100 may of course be arranged to be all different.

The invention provides a printed label of a short-shelf-life commodity, a label system and a management method, which are suitable for fast-out-of-date commodities or commodities with short shelf lives in convenience stores. Through the printed label, the label system and the management method, the payment speed of the short-protection commodities in the store is accelerated, the time of short-protection commodity sales promotion management is shortened, the efficiency of sales promotion management and the convenience of customers are improved, and the problems of inaccurate discounting and sales promotion information, inconsistent information and the like of the short-protection commodities are effectively solved.

Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A printed label for a short shelf-life commodity, the label comprising:

2. The printed label of claim 1, wherein the machine code comprises a two-dimensional code or a bar code, the set of patterns comprising one or more of a pattern, a number, a letter, a chinese character, or a symbol.

3. The printed label according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the basic information of the goods comprises one or more of a name, a price, a code, a batch, a quantity, a production date, a production time, a shelf life, a size, a weight, a place of production, a grade, a unit of the goods.

4. The printed label of claim 2, wherein the set of patterns is a combination of a pattern and a number, or a pattern and a letter.

5. A printed label according to claim 2, wherein the pattern is a constellation or a playing card suit.

6. A label system comprising one or more printed labels as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 attached to one or more packages of merchandise.

7. The label system of claim 6, further comprising an electronic label configured to display the pattern set, item price information, and item discounts corresponding to the pattern set.

8. The label system of claim 6, further comprising an electronic label configured to display the set of patterns and the price of the item corresponding to the set of patterns.

9. A labelling system according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the merchandise package has a merchandise machine code thereon, and the printed label at least partially covers the merchandise machine code such that the merchandise machine code is not recognisable by a cash register device.

10. A management method of short-insurance products comprises the following steps:

attaching the printed label of any one of claims 1-5 to the short-lived product according to the expiration date of the short-lived product.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the pattern sets on the attached labels are the same for the articles having the same expiration date.

12. The management method according to claim 10, characterized in that:

adjusting the price of the commodity according to the expiration date of the commodity, and sending the pattern set corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted price to the electronic tag corresponding to the commodity; or

And adjusting the discount of the commodity according to the expiration date of the commodity, and sending the pattern set corresponding to the expiration date and the adjusted discount information to the electronic tag corresponding to the commodity.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein each day corresponds to a different pattern set according to a fixed order over a period of n days, and wherein the n pattern sets are cycled again in the fixed order once every n days has elapsed.