JP2000123093A - System for managing task - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the complication of a task by using an internet and processing the order reception and management of merchandise in a batch in a task management system. SOLUTION: This system is provided with an ordering means 4 for transmitting the information of merchandise to be ordered, an order receiving means 6 for transmitting the information of each kind of merchandise, a communication processing means 8 for processing the information of the specific merchandise of the order receiving means 6 corresponding to the information of the ordered merchandise from the ordering means 4 and operating the settlement of the processed specific merchandise, and a physical distribution managing means 10 for delivering the specific merchandise by inputting the processing situation of the communication processing means 8 and for transmitting the information of merchandise management of the order receiving means 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business management system, and more particularly to a business management system capable of easily performing business by collectively receiving and managing product orders on the Internet (electronic information).

[Prior art]

In the publishing business and the like, when a bookstore orders a product such as a book, the bookstore first contacts the agency by telephone or facsimile, and then the agency contacts the publisher who is the publisher. The publisher informs the agency about the ordered product, and the agency conveys the ordered product to the bookstore. In addition, the publisher himself manages the payment status of ordered products, inventory management of products, and the like.

[0003]

By the way, conventionally, in such a business, the publisher introduces a product,
In addition, we received product orders, and we performed payment management and inventory management of products, so the publisher needed a lot of labor and effort to introduce products, organize product slips, and perform the various management described above. There was a problem that human resources were required and the cost increased.

In order to solve this problem, in recent years, the publisher has used a computer, for example, to display products on the company's homepage on the Internet (electronic information). Various management is performed.

[0005] However, each publisher has to set up their own homepage, and must organize and manage various forms of products, and this requires a great deal of equipment and cost. It becomes necessary and the burden increases, updating updates and mail management become troublesome, and for users, etc., if you want to look at various products of each publisher, connect lines for each publisher. I have to fix it,
There was an inconvenience that the service to users and others was not enough.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to eliminate the above-mentioned inconveniences, the present invention provides ordering means for transmitting information on a product to be ordered, order receiving means for transmitting information on various products, and the ordering means. A communication processing means for processing the information of the specific product of the order receiving means corresponding to the information of the product of the order from the company, and performing the settlement of the processed specific product; It is characterized in that a logistics managing means for sending out the goods and transmitting information of the goods management to the order receiving means is provided.

[0007]

According to the present invention, orders and management of various products can be performed by a single communication processing means on the Internet. In addition to reducing the number of orders, it is possible to smoothly perform ordering, receiving orders, and transporting commodities, and to sufficiently provide services to users.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; 1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a business management system.

The business management system 2 uses the Internet (electronic information), and includes an ordering means 4, an order receiving means 6, a communication processing means 8, and a distribution management means 10.
Are provided.

[0010] The ordering means 4 is for transmitting information of a product such as a book to be ordered to the communication processing means 8, and includes, for example, a bookstore-side terminal 12 at a bookstore and a user-side terminal at a user (individual). 14 and a sales person side terminal 16 of each sales person of each edition publisher, which will be described later.
The bookstore-side terminal 12 transmits information such as a product ordered by a customer, and transmits information for searching for various products of each edition source. The user-side terminal 14 transmits information of a product according to a user's order or transmits information for searching for various products of each edition source. The clerk terminal 16 transmits information on products ordered at a bookstore visited by each sales representative of each publisher.

The order receiving means 6 includes a plurality of publishers (publishers), for example, first to third publisher terminals 18-1 to 18-.
3 for transmitting information on various products to the communication processing means 8 for each publisher.

The communication processing means 8 comprises an information processing section (mobile VAN center) 20 and a virtual merchandise collecting section (cyber mall for general users) 22, and receives an order corresponding to the information of the ordered product from the ordering means 4. In addition to processing the information of the specific product by the means 6, the settlement of the processed specific product is performed.

The information processing section 20 collates the information of the goods transmitted from the ordering means 4 with the information of the goods transmitted from the order receiving means 6 and also sends the latest information of the goods in the ordering means 4 to the order receiving means 6. It is something to send. For this reason,
The information processing section 20 includes an order-side access element 20a, an information collating element 20b, and a latest information transmitting element 20c.

The virtual merchandise collecting section 22 displays a list and contents of various merchandise corresponding to the information transmitted from each publisher terminal 18 of each publisher, and stores the bookstore terminal 12 and the user terminal. The information of the product transmitted from the machine 14 is used to search for the information of a predetermined product, and the own product of each publisher is added / updated. For this reason, the virtual goods collection unit 22 is provided with an order-side access element 22a,
In addition, a maintenance tool 24 for registering, correcting, deleting, and the like of various products is communicated for each edition source.

An electronic payment means 26 is in communication with the communication processing means 8 in order to settle the specified ordered commodity. The electronic payment means 26 includes a prepaid card,
It is composed of a credit card, electronic money, or the like. Further, the communication processing means 8 includes the physical distribution management means 1.
There is provided a shipping information element 28 for transmitting information for shipping the specific product ordered at 0.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

For example, when the user as the ordering means 4 transmits information on a product to be ordered at the user terminal 14 to the communication processing means 8 (step 102), the user terminal 14 transmits the information as shown in FIG. Then, the instructions of each procedure are displayed on the window screen, whereby the user operates the user terminal 14 according to the procedure.
In this procedure, as shown in FIG. 3, first, an order form is displayed, then order details and shipping details are displayed, and further, a discount details and a settlement method are displayed. The terminal 14 is sequentially operated.

Then, in the communication processing means 8, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a main menu is displayed on the screen, and a specific product among various products of the order receiving means 6 corresponding to the information of the ordered product is selected and processed (step 104).
As shown in FIG. 7, the screen of the bill is displayed in a window, and the electronic payment according to the user's instruction is performed by the electronic payment means 26 (step 106).

Next, when the communication processing means 8 transmits the information on the dispatch of the specific product to the physical distribution management means 22 (step 108), the physical distribution management means 22 displays a window of the delivery note as shown in FIG. The specific product is conveyed in accordance with the above-mentioned user's instruction (step 110), and information on the management status of the product is stored in the publisher terminal 18 of one of the publishers of the order receiving means 6 handling the specific product. Is transmitted (step 112).

Then, the communication processing means 8 transmits the settlement (paid) status of the specific product to the publisher terminal 18 of the publisher (step 114). As a result, the publisher can easily grasp the order / sales status and the payment status for the specific product.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, in the case of the sales person of the publisher as the ordering means 4, as a preliminary preparation (step 202), first, a bookstore in the area which the person visits on the day is called a terminal of the person in charge. The device 16 reads and confirms the information by communication (step 204). Then, the publisher terminal 18 receives the product and stock information of the day and makes the latest information (step 206). The order status of the merchandise by the sales representative is displayed on the window screen of the publisher terminal 18 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the case of an in-house order of a publisher (step 302), only partially known characters such as an in-house product code, a product name, an ISBN, and a main body are input. (Step 304), the corresponding product is displayed on a window screen, and input by a method of selecting from the window (Step 306).

Then, the number of orders is entered (step 30).
8) The information of the product is transmitted to the communication processing means 8 (step 310). This means that the information can be transmitted to the communication processing means 8 every day or every input.

As a result, on the Internet, a product order from a user or the like can be received at high speed, accurately, and accurately without opening a homepage or the like, and the processing can be performed quickly. In addition to being able to accurately issue instructions for leaving the warehouse, etc., it is also necessary to maintain bookstore ledgers, and to accept 24 hours a day, and to receive orders and manage them collectively at low cost. The ordering, order receiving, and transporting of the product can be smoothly performed, and the complexity of the operation can be avoided.

Further, a user or the like can search the information of various products from each edition source in the virtual product collection unit 22 in the virtual product collection unit 22 through a single line.
It is possible to sufficiently provide services to users and the like.

In this embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various applications and modifications are possible.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the communication processing means 8 first includes a discriminating display (e.g., a number display) 5 for specifically discriminating any of the order receiving means 4.
By notifying 2, any of the order receiving means 4 can be easily specified to correspond to a large number of orders.
Second, by communicating the printing machine 54, the ordering means 4
Third, if each publisher owns a homepage 56, linking to the homepage 56 enables the explanation of the original product to be made. It is possible to display more finely than the virtual merchandise collection unit 22.

Also, electronic publications (electronic publications,
It is also possible to carry goods using the Internet, such as video, CD, DVD, etc., and to carry goods, using radio waves (satellite broadcasting, terrestrial waves, etc.).

[0029]

As is apparent from the above detailed description, according to the present invention, an ordering means for transmitting information on a product to be ordered, an order receiving means for transmitting information on various products, and a product ordered from the ordering means. Communication processing means for processing the information of the specific product of the order receiving means corresponding to the information of the order processing and settling the processed specific product; inputting the processing status of the communication processing means to send out the specific product and receive the order By providing the logistics management means for transmitting product management information to the means, the order and management of various products can be performed by one communication processing means using the Internet. In addition to reducing equipment and costs, ordering, receiving orders, and transporting goods can be performed smoothly, avoiding the complexity of operations, and providing sufficient services to users, etc. That.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a business management system.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a business management system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a screen showing an example of a user order;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart performed by a sales person.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart in an in-house order.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a main menu screen in the communication processing means.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a billing data screen in the communication processing means.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a delivery note screen in the communication processing means.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of a screen at the time of ordering by a salesperson.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a business management system in another modified example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 business management system 4 ordering means 6 order receiving means 8 communication processing means 10 distribution management means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Ordering means for transmitting information on a product to be ordered, order receiving means for transmitting information on various products, and information on a specific product of the order receiving means corresponding to information on a product ordered from the ordering means. A communication processing means for processing and performing settlement of the processed specific product, and a logistics management for inputting a processing status of the communication processing means for sending out the specific product and transmitting information on product management to the order receiving means. Business management system characterized by comprising means. 2. The communication processing means collates the information on the product transmitted from the ordering means with the information on the product transmitted from the order receiving means, and notifies the order receiving means of the latest information on the product in the ordering means. And an information processing unit for transmitting the information on the various products transmitted from the order receiving means in accordance with the information on the products transmitted from the ordering means, and adding the information on the various products transmitted from the order receiving means. 2. The business management system according to claim 1, further comprising a virtual product collection unit to be updated.