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  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
  • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
  • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
  • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
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  • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
  • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
  • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
  • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
  • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
  • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
  • G07B2017/00145—Communication details outside or between apparatus via the Internet

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for creating a mail item.
• the invention further relates to a device suitable for carrying out the method.
• This document discloses a method for providing postage indicia to mail items, wherein item data is recorded in a first computer and the item data are processed in a second computer.
• the second computer generates individualized data for each of the mail items as a function of the item data.
• the individualized data is entered in franking marks, the printing of which is controlled by the first computer.
• German patent application DE 102 11 728 AI discloses a method and an apparatus for picking goods.
• order-picking containers are transported to order-picking areas under computer control, with a warehouse management control unit transmitting order data to a material flow control computer and the material flow control computer driving destinations of the order picking containers in this way controls that the picking containers are transported to picking areas in which goods to be picked are located.
• the international patent application with the publication number WO 00/34899 AI discloses an automated auction process.
• bidding information from bidders is automatically compared with one another, the maximum price offered by the bidders being determined.
• the invention has for its object to further develop a generic method so that goods can be made available in the mail items.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is distinguished by the fact that, based on the address information of the recipient, a postage paid note is generated.
• franking mark is in no way to be understood as restrictive. According to the invention, it encompasses both known types of franking as well as other notes which enable the mailings to be forwarded further or which provide evidence of a charge for the mailing of the mailpiece. In particular, the term “franking mark” thus also includes posting slips for mail items.
• order data is also expedient for the order data to be stored in a transaction computer.
• This embodiment of the invention enables an even more flexible use of the method and a further increase in the degree of automation.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of this is characterized in that the transaction computer carries out an automated comparison between an inventory of goods and one or more existing orders.
• the warehouse management control unit transmits the order data to a material flow control computer and that the material flow control Computer controls a material flow in such a way that the goods and / or further goods are placed in the picking container and / or directly in a transport container intended for dispatch as a mail item.
• An equally advantageous embodiment of the invention is achieved in that the transaction computer controls an automated auction process.
• the transaction computer automatically transmits the address information of the customer who submitted the highest bid in the auction process to a computer of a seller offering goods for auction.
• a combination between the franking mark and the address details is particularly advantageous.
• a preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a system and a method for franking letters and parcels, the franking system with a merchandise manager Shaft system is connected in which shipping status and address information is stored.
• the system and the method are equipped in such a way that the franking or freight marking of the shipment is controlled by the buyer of a goods who is identical to or determines the recipient of the shipment receiving the goods in whole or in part.
• franking systems are used which are simultaneously used as addressing systems.
• address information can be transferred to the franking system, which information is printed out, for example, in a common printing process with the franking.
• the required address elements can be transferred to the franking system by coupling.
• sorting-relevant address e.g. postcode
• consignment information e.g. dimensions / weight
• This representation is also applicable to other digital franking methods.
• the digital franking methods in which information about the recipient address is incorporated in the franking mark are particularly advantageous, although in principle other digital franking methods can also be used.
• PC franking enables the franking and addressing process to be merged.
• the common franking and addressing is used by a computer system to ensure that parts of the address are included in the franking to increase franking security.
• PC franking for example, the postcode and six letters or numbers from street, house number or post office box are transferred to the machine-readable matrix code of the franking.
• the information contained within the framework of the postal payment assurance can be used to check the authenticity of the franking.
• the use of PC franking leads to considerable process optimization if the autonomous franking process e.g. in a post office. If the possibilities of system integration are used and mailings or letters are directly franked in one step in the computer-assisted creation, then there is no need for a separate post office for outgoing mail.
• PC franking is suitable for realizing a particularly advantageous system integration. If the recipient's address information required for the computer-aided creation of the consignment or letter is not entered manually via a word processing system, but is taken from an electronic address book, the interaction of text processing, address book and franking system can significantly simplify processes in the case of individual mailings , If serial letters are created on the basis of address information from an electronic address list, series frankings can even be carried out.
• frankings can be generated directly from the inventory management system by the necessary when printing shipments
• the embedding of the franking has the consequence that the franking becomes a module controlled by the merchandise management system of the sender.
• the ERP system As a result of the fact that the entire control is carried out by the ERP system, the actual printing process for applying the franking mark is often also omitted as part of the franking.
• solutions such as PC franking or DV franking, this is generated as a data record in the franking module and reported back to the ERP system.
• the parameters that are transferred from the ERP system to the franking module are information that flows into a part of the franking mark that can be read in plain text and / or into a machine-readable part, or from which the required information can be obtained.
• the ERP system specifies one of the most important parameters of a franking, the franking value, and transfers it to the franking module.
• non-postal information can usually be included in the machine-readable portion of a franking mark.
• This non-postal data can be used, for example, to insert sorting information into the franking mark for the sender, which enables the sender to "recognize" the mail item even after it has been completed and franked by reading out the machine-readable franking note and appropriately sort and deliver.
• a further use of the non-postal data can be to embed such information that, for example in the case of non-delivery, allows the sender to take appropriate steps without opening the returned item.
• Ring processes are characterized by the fact that the trigger of a process is also the one to which the result of the process significantly affects.
• the electronic mapping of ring processes was made possible by the networking of systems from different actors.
• the advent of the Internet in particular promoted the possibility of technically simple and consistent networking between central systems (servers) and a large number of customer systems (usually clients).
• a device according to the invention which is particularly suitable for carrying out the method is distinguished by the combination of the following features:
• Means for receiving address information and a commodity identification code identifying a commodity means for storing the address information and the goods identification code; a means of linking the goods with the address information and a means of linking the goods with the address information.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of this device is characterized in that the means for linking the goods to the address information is a printer.
• the means for linking the goods to the address information is a transmitter that is designed such that it can transmit the address information to a transponder that can be connected to the goods.
• transponders that can be connected to the goods can have different shapes.
• Miniaturizable transponders are particularly suitable here.
• Such transponders preferably represent simple-to-produce electronic circuits with a transmitting and / or receiving unit.
• these transponders do not have their own energy supply, but are activated by short-term energy supply, in particular in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
• FIG. 1 A flow chart of a shipment creation with a separate franking step; 2 shows a block diagram of a method according to the invention with a franking step integrated in the creation and addressing of the mail item;
• FIG. 4 shows a basic illustration of a development of the ring process shown in FIG. 3 to form linked ring processes.
• the ring processes are characterized in that the first process step z. B. from the customer of an online shop, from the prospect of a property or from the prospect of a product to be auctioned.
• the first process step z. B. from the customer of an online shop, from the prospect of a property or from the prospect of a product to be auctioned.
• it is a customer or prospect who initiates an electronic process that has a direct impact on a provider's electronic management system. Without the participation of the provider, a customer stores his complete master data in the administration system of the provider, expresses interest in buying or offers at an auction.
• Ring processes of this type are also referred to as "order-o-delivery" processes because there is an uninterrupted electronic (ring) process chain from the customer-initiated process start (order, order) to the fulfillment of the service (delivery, delivery).
• Order-to-delivery ring processes are already common in many large trade organizations to order a replenishment of goods from the manufacturer.
• the merchandise management system initiates a ring process of ordering goods from the manufacturer or wholesaler and also receives the delivery status electronically when the goods are delivered.
• Ring processes that are currently being implemented by many corporate groups and trade organizations.
• a customer can, for example, start an initial ring process by entering an order on a system of a supplier or dealer and possibly receiving a delivery status.
• This system of the dealer / provider in turn orders the goods in a second electronic ring process from the system of the wholesaler, which then possibly opens a third " ring process for ordering from the manufacturer.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that frankings in the sense of an electronically mapped ring process from the recipient of a Program or initiated and / or controlled. As a result, effects of process optimization can also be applied to the area of franking.
• the method is expediently carried out in such a way that the control takes place via an ERP system.
• the method is expediently carried out in such a way that the system of the recipient which triggers the franking process, the merchandise management system of the provider and the franking system for electronic data exchange are connected to one another via data networks.
• the recipient of a consignment controls the franking by specifying the desired postal service provider or the desired postal service.
• the franking system offers the recipient interactively selectable alternatives with regard to the postal service provider or the postal service.
• the recipient of a consignment controls the franking by transmitting postal and recipient-related information to the franking system.
• the franking system determines the completeness and correctness of the postal and recipient-related information and transmits the result to the recipient. It is expedient that the recipient of a consignment controls the franking by triggering or authorizing the franking.
• An advantageous embodiment of the method and a preferred embodiment of the system are characterized in that the franking system works asynchronously using the intermediate merchandise management system as a buffer.
• the franking system notifies the recipient that the franking has been carried out.
• customers of an online auction house can buy the goods, control or influence the franking when the goods are sent.
• the merchandise management and administration system of the online auction house which is developed as an auction system, is connected to the mailing system of the shipper.
• Frankie-irrelevant information can be entered and selected by the customer.
• Selected frankings are activated and taken into account from a financial point of view in the auction system.
• this integration means that frankings can be created together with address labels or addressed letters / invoices, without the need for the franking to be specifically determined by the sender. This acceptance of franking activities by the recipient simplifies and speeds up the sending process.

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