JP2001031217A - Product warehouse system for inserting leaflet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily inspect whether a delivery cargo is not mistaken by providing a storage warehouse part for temporarily storing collected inserting leaflets with respective delivery lines and a delivery warehouse part for temporarily storing the inserting leaflets stored here for a period up to delivery in deciding the delivery. SOLUTION: A product warehouse system 4 of a leaflet delivery system 1 is connected to a rear stage of a sorting system 3 for performing bundling processing together with a label printed with sorting information after weighing the number of leaflets 100 with respective plural storage places, has a sorting part 42 for sorting the leaflets 100 by respective delivery lines according to a delivery schedule from a control part, has confirming parts 43 being arranged with respective delivery lines and confirming the delivery lines when collecting the sorted inserting leaflets 100, and has a storage warehouse part 44 for storing the collected leaflets 100 for a period up to deciding delivery with respective delivery lines and a delivery warehouse part 45 for temporarily storing the leaflets with respective delivery lines for a period up to delivery when decided the delivery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foldable flyer product warehouse system for storing foldable leaflets requested for distribution for each delivery route.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an insert leaflet folded into a newspaper and delivered to a subscriber receives a distribution request from an advertising agency or a sponsor, and receives a request from a warehouse in the order in which the corresponding insert flyer arrives. Stored in place. Thereafter, the stored insert leaflets are sorted into the number of copies for each newspaper store in accordance with the distribution date, and are loaded on the transport vehicle according to the delivery route.

[0003] Usually, a bundle of folded flyers for which sorting work has been completed is conveyed to a product shipping port corresponding to each delivery route, ie, a track gate, via a conveyor provided for each delivery route, and is placed on a pallet with baskets. Accommodate and collect. In other words, the bundle of folded leaflets that are sorted are sorted by delivery route, and in order to make the sorting more efficient,
Conveyors corresponding to each delivery route are provided. A pallet with a basket for collection is prepared at the end of this conveyor, and the bundle of folded flyers is stored in the order in which the pallets are conveyed into the basket, and the bundle of folded flyers is sorted for each delivery route. .

[0004]

However, as described above, if the items conveyed by the conveyor are accommodated in the basket without confirming the destination and sorting information of the bundle, any folded leaflet bundle is You will not know whether the cargo was actually collected on the basket with pallets. In other words, for example, on a certain route, when a store is composed of a bundle of a plurality of outlets for each store, and a plurality of stores are mixed, if the goods transported are stored as they are, it will be shipped at the time of sorting. In some cases, the items actually collected may not match the shipping schedule. However, since each bundle was not confirmed at the time of collection, there was a possibility that excess or deficiency occurred.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, the product storage system of the insert flyer according to the present invention manages the shipping schedule of the insert flyer by the management unit, and divides the insert flyer by each delivery route in the sorting unit according to the managed shipping schedule, and separates the insert flyer. Confirmation is made by the confirmation department when collecting, and the folded leaflets collected are stored in the storage warehouse for a period until the shipment is decided, and temporarily stored in the shipping warehouse for the period until shipment when the shipment is decided. .

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention relates to a management section for managing a shipping schedule of a folding flyer, a sorting section for classifying a folding flyer to be shipped according to a shipping schedule from the management section, and a delivery section. A confirmation unit for confirming at least the delivery route when collecting the folded flyers provided and divided for each route, and a storage warehouse for storing the confirmed folded flyers for a period until shipment is determined for each delivery route. And a shipping warehouse part for temporarily storing the folded flyer stored in the storage warehouse part for each delivery route during the period until shipment when the shipping is determined. It is a warehouse system.

With such a configuration, at least the delivery route is checked for each delivery route before the divided flyer is shipped, so that it can be checked whether there is an error in the cargo to be shipped. Will be possible. For this reason, even if the shipping schedule is changed, it is possible to reliably ship the insert flyer for each delivery route. If the confirmation unit is provided with an optical reader that reads the destination information printed on the label attached to the divided folding flyer, the confirmation work can be performed in a non-contact manner, thereby improving the work efficiency. It is possible. When such an optical reader is used, if the destination information is a barcode, and the optical reader comprises a barcode reader, the delivery route, the name of the store, the distribution date, the number of distribution sheets, the name of the flyer, etc. And the like can be confirmed instantaneously.

Further, if the shipping warehouse is provided with a plurality of storage locations whose settings can be changed in accordance with an instruction from the management unit, the storage locations are set when the shipping is determined, and the shipping locations are shipped from the storage locations. It becomes possible to do. Therefore,
This makes it possible to increase the use efficiency of the shipping warehouse, and to reduce the waiting time of the delivery vehicle when shipping. Such an outgoing warehouse section and a storage warehouse section are preferably composed of automatic warehouses. With such a configuration, it is possible to manage the storage status in the management section, and to increase the storage efficiency. Will be possible.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the insert flyer storage sorting system 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a receiving warehouse system 2, a sorting system 3, and a product warehouse system 4, and is integrally managed by a host computer 5 and functions integrally. It is. The host computer 5 centrally manages various types of information from the acceptance of the insert flyer to the shipment. Therefore, the host computer 5 also functions as a management unit of each of the above systems. The host computer 5 mainly includes a server computer having a large-capacity storage device, an input terminal computer serving as a main operation terminal, and a display terminal computer serving as a preliminary operation terminal, and each has basically the same hardware configuration. It is. Note that each terminal is connected to a printer that prints commission information, sorting information, and the like. The server computer stores the consignment information input from the input terminal computer, and also has the receiving information, the sorting information, the destination information, the shipping information created based on the receiving information, the receiving warehouse system 2, and the sorting system. 3 and various information input from the product warehouse system 4 are stored.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the receiving warehouse system 2 is provided with an operation terminal computer 21a connected to the host computer 5 and capable of inputting information such as a storage location. , A receiving warehouse unit 22 having a plurality of storage locations and receiving incoming flyers stored in a storage location designated by the managing unit 21, and a receiving warehouse unit 22 having a plurality of storage locations. An outgoing storage unit 23 that sorts and stores the insert flyers stored in the storage unit in the sorting order supported by the management unit 21;
A sorting station 24 is provided as a work place that can store at least a collection container for collecting at least waste generated by unpacking performed prior to the sorting operation. The incoming warehouse section 22 and the outgoing warehouse section 23 are so-called automatic warehouses equipped with a control computer. The folded leaflets are bundled every predetermined number, and the predetermined number of bundles are stored in a receiving warehouse pallet with a predetermined number of bundles. in this case,
The bundles to be loaded are basically made of the same folding flyer, and each bundle is provided with an arrival label indicating the acceptance information. The commission information includes a distribution date, a work date, an agency name, a sponsor name, the number of copies to be distributed, and the like.

The management section 21 manages and manages the above-mentioned consignment information, the arrival information, the sorting information, the shipping information, etc. of the received insert flyer substantially by the host computer 5 and the operation terminal computer 21a. It issues instructions to the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the leaving warehouse unit 23 based on the receiving information and the sorting information. Operation terminal computer 21a
Is installed adjacent to the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the receiving warehouse unit 23, receives the receiving information by communicating with the host computer 5, and stores the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the receiving warehouse unit 23.
Output instructions such as storage, delivery, and movement to the control computer. When the work is completed in the receiving warehouse section 22 and the outgoing warehouse section 23 in response to the instruction, the operation contents are stored in the operation terminal computer 21a, and the incoming warehouse section 22 and the outgoing warehouse are stored in order to control the automatic warehouse. The usage status with the unit 23, that is, the storage and movement status of the stored insert flyer can be grasped. The operation terminal computer 21a has a touch-panel display device using a liquid crystal display, and the name of the insert handbill scheduled to arrive today is displayed on the display device. As a display device,
It may be a CRT display.

The arrival information includes the name of the insert flyer, the name of the store, the date of arrival, the date of distribution, the number of sheets to be distributed, and the like. Also, based on the consignment information and the arrival information, a folding flyer to be moved from the receiving warehouse unit 22 to the receiving warehouse unit 23 is determined according to the next sunrise storage situation,
An instruction to move the insert flyer from the storage warehouse unit 22 to the storage warehouse unit 23 based on the movement schedule is output to the storage warehouse unit 22 and the storage warehouse unit 23.

The receiving warehouse unit 22 is paired with the outgoing warehouse unit 23, and is realized by one automatic warehouse. The receiving warehouse unit 22 includes a first storage section 22a having a plurality of storage locations, for example, a seven-tiered and 24-row storage location. Second and third storage sections 22 arranged opposite to one storage section 22a and having seven stages and 22 rows of storage places.
b, 22c, the first storage section 22a, and the second storage section 22
b and the respective storage compartments 22a, 22
a crane 22d for transporting a pallet on which folding leaflets are loaded at the storage location b, and second and third storage sections 22
b, 22c, the second and third storage sections 22b, 22
c, the first and second storage compartments 22a, 22
And a roller conveyor 22e for transferring the insert flyer 2b to the warehouse unit 23, and the first, second, and third storage sections 2 in which the management insert 21 designates the received insert flyer.
2a, 22b, and 22c. In the first storage section 22a, an A station 22f for placing a pallet loaded with the received folded flyer at the end on the entrance side facing the carry-in entrance of the folded flyer, and in the second storage section 22b, an A station The B station 22g is located at a position corresponding to the third storage section 22c at a position corresponding to the third storage section 22c.
Is provided with a C station 22h.

The outgoing warehouse section 23 has substantially the same configuration as the storage section of the incoming warehouse section 22, is disposed in parallel with the incoming warehouse section 22, and sorts the flyers stored in the incoming warehouse section 22 for sorting. Store according to. That is, the unloading warehouse unit 23 is provided between a plurality of storage locations, for example, storage locations in seven rows and fifteen rows, and the third storage compartment 22c, and transports the pallets on which the folded flyers are loaded in the third storage compartment 22c. A crane 23c for transporting the pallets transported by the roller conveyor 22e to the respective storage locations, and a sorting station 24 for performing operations such as unpacking. ,
It is to be stored in the storage locations of the second and third storage sections 22a, 22b, 22c.

The sorting station 24 is a work space in which unpacking can be performed prior to the sorting operation, and is integrally provided so as to protrude in the direction of the sorting system 3 adjacent to the warehouse system 2. The sorting station 24 is located at the warehouse 2
3, a pair of roller conveyors 23da protruding from the roller conveyor 23, and a trash can transporter 23 installed between the roller conveyors 23da and provided similarly to the roller conveyor 23da.
db, and a material shipping section 23dc on which the material box 25 is placed, and is a work space in which the folded flyer loaded on the receiving warehouse pallet can be unpacked. The trash box transport unit 23db is configured to place a trash box 26 for collecting waste generated in unpacking work, waste generated in the sorting system 3, and the like. The trash can 26 is transported to the C station 22h by the crane 23c of the unloading warehouse 23, and after the collected waste is processed, the sorting station 2 is again moved by the crane 23c.
Put on 4. Also, like the trash box 26, the material box 25 supplies necessary materials for sorting work, and includes a binding band or the like for binding the sorted folding flyers. It can be moved by 23 cranes.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sorting system 3 includes a management unit 31 for managing the sorting schedule of the insert flyer, and a measuring unit 32 for measuring a predetermined number of insert flyers based on the sorting information specified by the management unit 31. And a printing unit 33 that prints at least a label 27 indicating sorting information indicating the contents of the sorting operation on the folded flyer that has been measured by the measuring unit 32, and binds the measured folded leaflet together with the printed label 27. And a binding unit 34 that performs the binding. In this embodiment, the management unit 31, the weighing unit 32, and the printing unit 33 include the sorting system table 3 shown in FIG.
5 is integrally assembled.

That is, the sorting system table 35
A computer main body 35a equivalent to the above-described operation terminal computer 21a is provided. The computer main body 35a is connected to the host computer 5 and functions integrally as the management unit 31 and functions as the weighing unit 32.
Specifically, the sorting system table 35 is configured to place the insert flyer, measure the weight thereof, convert the number of the insert flyer from the measured weight, and count. The sorting system table 35 receives various kinds of information such as sorting information from the host computer 5, measures the weight of the insert leaflets, and converts the number of folded inserts into a computer main body 35a, and places the insert leaflets to sort. A counting table 35b, a display device 35c for displaying various information received by the computer main body 35a and the number of folded leaflets measured, and a printer 35 for printing the counted number of folded leaflets and sorting information.
d.

The computer main body 35a includes a hard disk which is a storage device for storing various information output from the host computer 5, and the like.
Then, the weight of the folded flyer placed on the is measured, the number of folded flyers is converted from the measured weight, and the number is stored as sorting information. The sorting information including the information on the number of sheets stored, the store name, the distribution date, the delivery route name, and the like is output from the computer main body 35a to the host computer 5, and is also stored and managed in the host computer 5.
The display device 35c includes a liquid crystal display, and has an integrated touch panel so that the user can input the selected information to the computer main body 35a by selecting information displayed on the screen with his / her finger. The printer 35d is, for example, of a direct line thermal type, and prints on a label 27 sorting information of a folding leaflet sorted on thermal roll paper.

The folding leaflets sorted by the sorting system table 35 are conveyed by a belt conveyor 36 to a binding unit 34 for binding the measured folding leaflets together with the labels. Label 27 contains assorting information
For example, a delivery route name, a sales office name, a distribution date, and the number of sheets are printed in characters, and a barcode 27a indicating the information is printed. The barcode 27a is used for automating the sorting when the folding flyer 100 bound for each delivery route is sorted in the product warehouse system 4, and the sorting information is read by the barcode reader 27 and each delivery route is read. Separate flyer 100
Can be classified.

The product warehouse system 4 includes the insert flyer 1
00, a managing unit 41 for managing the shipping schedule, a sorting unit 42 for sorting the insert flyer 100 to be shipped according to the shipping schedule from the managing unit 41, and a sorting unit 42 provided for each shipping route. A confirmation unit 43 for confirming at least a delivery route when collecting the folded flyer 100
The storage warehouse unit 44 that stores the folded flyers 100 that have been confirmed and collected for a period until shipment is determined for each delivery route, and the delivery of the folded flyers 100 stored in the storage warehouse unit 44 is determined. A shipping warehouse unit 45 for temporarily storing each delivery route until shipping.

As shown in FIG. 6, the management unit 41 is provided with an operation terminal computer 41a, and manages shipping information together with the host computer 5 and manages shipping information of each of the conveyors of the sorting unit 42 described later. It controls a storage warehouse section 44 and a shipping warehouse section 45 each composed of a warehouse. That is, the operation terminal computer 41a
Upon receiving the shipping information from the host computer 5, the sorting unit 42, the storage warehouse unit 44, and the shipping warehouse unit 45 are controlled based on the information, and the destination information from the confirmation unit 43 is totaled to manage the collection status. Things. In the shipping information, the vehicle number of the delivery vehicle and the delivery route are stored in association with each other. In the product warehouse system 4, one operation terminal computer 41a is assigned to a product shipping port on two delivery routes described later.

The sorting section 42 is provided with a belt conveyor 42a which is provided continuously in the sorting system and transports the folded flyer 100 with the sorted label 27 attached thereto, and a belt conveyor 4 above the belt conveyor 42a in the middle of the belt conveyor 42a.
A barcode reader 42b for reading the barcode 27a of the label 27 attached to the folded flyer 100 provided facing the upper surface of 2a, and corresponding to each delivery route based on destination information from the barcode reader 42b. And a roller conveyer 42c for transporting the folded flyer 100 to a storage location provided. The roller conveyor 42c is composed of a main line 42ca and branch lines 42cb branched from the main line 42ca and corresponding to respective delivery routes, and is a bar code reader 4 which is an optical reader.
The leaflet 100 that has passed through 2b is the main line portion 42ca
It is controlled by the operation terminal computer 41a so as to move on the upper side, and then move on the branch line portion 42cb corresponding to the read barcode.

At the end of the branch line portion 42cb opposite to the main line portion 42ca, that is, at the product entrance, the hand scanner 28 of the bar code 27a, which is an optical reading device, constituting the confirmation portion 43 is installed. . The hand scanner 28 checks the folded flyer 100 that has passed through the sorting section 42, that is, reached the product entrance of each branch line section 42cb, at least the delivery route constituting the destination, and actually checks the delivery route for each delivery route. The number of members to be loaded on the delivery vehicle is checked. The destination information read by the hand scanner 28 is input to the host computer 5 via the operation terminal computer 41a and managed.

The storage warehouse unit 44 is constituted by an automatic warehouse paired with the shipping warehouse unit 45, and has a plurality of storage locations corresponding to the number of delivery routes. The storage warehouse unit 44 is provided to face the shipping warehouse unit 45 via a crane 44a. This storage warehouse part 44 is always at the bottom,
There is a storage pallet with a basket mounted on a hand cart. The insert leaflets 100 whose destination information has been confirmed by the hand scanner 28 are sequentially stored in the shipping warehouse pallet with baskets drawn from the bottom. The shipping warehouse pallets with baskets in which the insertion flyers 100 have been stored are stored in the storage warehouse section 4.
By being stored in the lowermost stage of No. 4, it is transferred and stored in an empty storage place of the storage warehouse unit 44 corresponding to the delivery route.

On the other hand, the shipping warehouse 45 stores the insert flyer 100 determined to be shipped until it is loaded on the delivery vehicle, and corresponds to the product shipping port where the delivery vehicle of each delivery route is parked. It is provided. The product shipping port is configured to correspond to the delivery route when the delivery vehicle on the desired delivery route is parked by the operation terminal computer 41a. The shipping warehouse unit 45 temporarily stores the shipping warehouse pallets transferred from the storage warehouse unit 44 at night for each delivery route according to the shipping schedule of the next day, similarly to the unloading warehouse unit 23. In this case, the product shipping port is uniquely determined by the insert flyer 100 stored in the temporarily stored shipping warehouse pallet.

In such a configuration, when the insert flyer is received, the warehouse worker operates the operation terminal computer 21a to select the displayed insert flyer name to be received today on the display device. As a result, the operation terminal computer 21a transfers the host computer 5
Information indicating which insert leaflet was selected is output to the station, and the operation terminal computer 21a places the insert flyer by voice to the warehouse worker;
For example, the B station 22g is instructed.

According to this instruction, the warehouse worker places the receiving warehouse pallet loaded with the intended folding flyer on the B station 22g, and the crane 22c transports the receiving warehouse pallet to a predetermined storage location. When the receiving warehouse pallet is transported to the storage location, information indicating that the storage location is being used is input to the management unit 21, and the information on the usage status of the storage warehouse unit 22 is updated. In this way,
Folding leaflets scheduled to be received today selected by the warehouse worker are transported to the designated stations one after another, and the crane of the warehouse part 22 is operated to carry out the warehouse work. In the case of this embodiment, since the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the leaving warehouse unit 23 are each automatic warehouses, the management unit 21 manages the use status, so that an idle storage place can be eliminated. Therefore, the storage place can be used efficiently.

Next, the insert flyer to be sorted is:
In accordance with an instruction from the management unit 21, the storage is transferred from the storage warehouse unit 22 to the storage warehouse unit 23 via the roller conveyor 22e.
It is stored in the storage location of the warehouse unit 23. This work
Since the management unit 21 controls the incoming warehouse unit 22 and the outgoing warehouse unit 23, the operation is performed without manual intervention. Even in this case, the management unit 21 updates the information indicating the storage status of the moved receiving warehouse pallet and thus the insert flyer. Therefore, when the receiving warehouse pallet moves from the receiving warehouse unit 22 to the outgoing warehouse unit 23, the receiving warehouse unit 2
In the second empty storage area, another receiving warehouse pallet will be stored.

In the case of employing an automatic warehouse as in this embodiment, the replacement work is performed in the nighttime after the end of the normal work, ie, one day's work, based on the schedule of the next day's sorting work. To do. That is, of the insert leaflets that have arrived in the receiving warehouse 22, those that are scheduled to be sorted the next day are transferred from the receiving warehouse 22 to the outgoing warehouse 2 within the night.
3 so that the sorting operation can be performed at the start of the next day. In this case, the insert flyer is sequentially stored in a vacant storage place of each storage section of the outgoing warehouse section 23, and the storage information in the outgoing warehouse section 23 is input to the management section. Therefore, when the sorting operation is performed, the stored flyer can be carried out to the sorting station 24 in response to an instruction from the operation terminal computer in the sorting operation section.

The insert flyer transferred to the warehouse 23 is carried out to the sorting station 24 according to the sorting schedule and is unpacked there. The waste generated at the time of unpacking is put in the trash box 25 located at the sorting station 24, so that it is not scattered around the sorting station 24. Therefore, the waste can be easily collected, and the area around the storage warehouse section 23 can be always tidy.

The leaflet unpacked at the sorting station 24 is displayed on the display device 3 of the sorting system table 35.
The number of sheets is counted by placing the sheet on the weighing table 35b so that the predetermined number of sheets is indicated by the sorting information displayed in 5c. This count value is stored in the sorting system table 3
5 is transferred to the host computer 5 from the computer main body 35a and is reflected in the shipping information and the like as a sorting result. When the counting is completed, the label 27 is printed by operating the touch panel on the display surface of the display device 35c.

As described above, since the label 27 is printed when the counting of the folding flyer is completed, even if the number of sheets to be sorted is changed immediately before the sorting operation, the label 27 according to the change can be printed. . Further, since the sorting result is transferred to the host computer 5, even if a change occurs, the change can be reflected in the shipping information. Therefore, the sorting work can be put on standby until just before the sorting work, so that it is possible to flexibly respond to a sudden change in schedule, and that the change can be reflected in the shipping work.

When the label 27 is printed, the label 2
7 is placed on the sorted leaflets, the folded leaflets are placed on a belt conveyor that is continuous with the sorting system table 35, and bound by the binding unit 34. Consumables necessary for the sorting system table 35, such as a binding band and a label 27 sheet, are supplied by a material box arranged in the sorting station.

The folding flyer 100 sorted by the sorting system table 35, on which the label 27 is placed and bound.
The bar code 27a written on the label 27 is read by the bar code reader 42b while moving on the belt conveyor 42 of the product warehouse system 4. The read barcode is judged by the operation terminal computer 41a, controls the roller conveyor 42c, and conveys the sorted folding flyers 100 to the branch line portions 42cb to separate them according to the delivery route. Then, after the destination information is read and confirmed by the hand scanner 28, the destination information is stored in the shipping warehouse pallet, and the shipping warehouse pallet is stored in the storage warehouse unit 44.

As described above, the shipping warehouse pallets stored in the storage warehouse unit 44 are transferred to the shipping warehouse unit 45 based on the shipping schedule of the next day, and are temporarily stored until shipment. In this case, the delivery route is determined by the insert flyer 100 in which the product shipping port is temporarily stored, so the delivery vehicle is parked at the product shipping port corresponding to the determined delivery route and is temporarily stored. The insert flyer 100 is loaded.

Thereafter, the next delivery vehicle is parked at the vacant product shipping port from where the delivery vehicle has left. In this case, when the vehicle number of the arriving delivery vehicle is input from the operation terminal computer 41a, the shipping warehouse pallets stored in the storage warehouse unit 44 are transferred to the storage location corresponding to the product shipping port of the shipping warehouse unit 45. That is, when the vehicle number is input, the operation terminal computer 41a carries out the shipping warehouse pallet of the delivery route associated with the vehicle number from the storage warehouse unit 44 by the crane 44a and transfers it to the shipping warehouse unit 45.

As described above, the total number of the folded flyers 100 accommodated in the shipping warehouse pallet is checked for cargo by the hand scanner 28, and the confirmation result is transferred to the host computer 5 via the operation terminal computer 41a. It can be confirmed that 100 has been surely collected for each delivery route. Therefore, even if the schedule is different from the schedule on the day of shipment, it is possible to flexibly cope with such a schedule change and minimize the possibility of erroneous delivery.

In addition, the shipping warehouse pallets are transferred from the storage warehouse unit 44 to the shipping warehouse unit 45 for each delivery route within the nighttime according to the shipping schedule of the next day, so that the shipping operation can be performed without delay. . Further, by inputting the vehicle number of the delivery vehicle into the operation terminal computer 41a, the delivery line folding flyer 100 corresponding to the input vehicle number is entered.
Is transported to the product shipping port, so that an empty product shipping port can be used efficiently and the delivery vehicle can be prevented from being in a standby state.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. In the above embodiment, the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the outgoing warehouse unit 23 have been described as being constituted by automatic warehouses. However, the receiving warehouse unit 22 and the outgoing warehouse unit 23 define the inside of a factory, Storage shelves may be formed so that the receiving warehouse pallets can be stored in each of the divided storage sections. In this case, storage shelves may be arranged in a section adjacent to the entrance of the factory to form a storage warehouse section, and storage shelves may be arranged in sections adjacent to the sorting work area to form a storage warehouse section. Then, an operation terminal computer is installed near the receiving warehouse section, and the insert leaflets received manually are stored in the receiving warehouse section according to instructions from the receiving warehouse management section, and are also stored in the receiving warehouse section according to the sorting plan. The inserted flyer may be rearranged and sorted in the storage warehouse section in the sorting order.

Similarly, the storage warehouse section 44 and the shipping warehouse section 45
Also, as described above, instead of an automatic warehouse, the factory may be divided into storage sections corresponding to a storage warehouse section and a shipping warehouse section, and storage shelves may be arranged in each storage section. . In addition, the configuration of each unit is not limited to the illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, at least the delivery route is checked for each delivery route before shipping the folded insert flyer, so that it is checked whether there is an error in the cargo to be shipped. can do. For this reason,
Even if the shipping schedule is changed, the insert flyer can be reliably shipped for each delivery route.

If the checking section is provided with an optical reading device for reading the destination information printed on the label attached to the divided folding flyer, the checking operation can be performed without contact. Can be efficiently and smoothly performed. When such an optical reader is used, if the destination information is a barcode, and the optical reader comprises a barcode reader, the delivery route, the name of the store, the distribution date, the number of distribution sheets, the name of the flyer, etc. Etc. can be confirmed instantaneously.

Further, if the shipping warehouse is provided with a plurality of storage locations whose settings can be changed in accordance with an instruction from the management unit, the storage locations are set when the shipping is determined, and the shipping locations are shipped from the storage locations. can do. Therefore, the use efficiency of the shipping warehouse can be improved, and the waiting time of the delivery vehicle can be reduced when shipping. If the outgoing warehouse unit and the storage warehouse unit are configured as automatic warehouses as described above, the management unit can manage the storage status and increase the storage efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory view showing a flyer storage and sorting system including an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a receiving warehouse system of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a sorting system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the sorting system table of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary perspective view showing a bundle of folding flyers bound in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a product warehouse system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 management section 42 sorting section 43 confirmation section 44 storage warehouse section 45 shipping warehouse section

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[Submission Date] May 8, 2000 (2000.5.8)

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[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention relates to a management section for managing a shipping schedule of a folding flyer, a sorting section for classifying a folding flyer to be shipped according to a shipping schedule from the management section, and a delivery section. When collecting the folded flyers provided and divided for each route, at least the delivery route and
A confirmation unit that confirms the number of members actually loaded into delivery vehicles for each delivery route, a storage warehouse unit that stores the inserted flyers that have been confirmed and collected for a period until shipment is determined for each delivery route, and a storage warehouse unit A product warehouse system for a folding flyer, comprising: a shipping warehouse unit for temporarily storing the stored folding flyer for each delivery route until the shipment is determined.

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[0009] Further, the shipping warehouse section receives shipping information from the management section.
By providing a plurality of storage locations where the setting of the delivery route can be changed based on the information, it is possible to set the storage location when the shipment is determined and to ship from the storage location. Therefore, it is possible to increase the use efficiency of the shipping warehouse unit and to reduce the waiting time of the delivery vehicle when shipping. Such an outgoing warehouse section and a storage warehouse section are preferably composed of an automatic warehouse equipped with a control computer . With such a configuration,
It is possible to manage the storage status in the management department,
It is possible to increase the storage efficiency.

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The folding leaflets sorted by the sorting system table 35 are conveyed by a belt conveyor 36 to a binding unit 34 for binding the measured folding leaflets together with the labels. Label 27 contains assorting information
For example, a delivery route name, a sales office name, a distribution date, and the number of sheets are printed in characters, and a barcode 27a indicating the information is printed. The barcode 27a is used to automate the sorting when the folding flyer 100 bound for each delivery route is sorted in the product warehouse system 4, and the sorting information is read by the barcode reader 42b and each delivery route is read. Separate flyer 10
0 can be classified.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A managing unit for managing a shipping schedule of a folding flyer, a sorting unit for classifying a folding flyer to be shipped for each delivery route according to a shipping schedule from the managing unit, provided for each delivery route. A confirmation unit that confirms at least the delivery route when collecting the sorted inserts, a storage warehouse unit that stores the inserted inserts that are confirmed and collected for a period until shipment is determined for each delivery route, and a storage warehouse unit And a shipping warehouse unit for temporarily storing each of the delivery flyers stored in the distribution flyer for each delivery route until the shipment is determined when the delivery is determined. 2. The product according to claim 1, wherein the confirmation unit comprises an optical reader for reading the destination information printed on the label attached to the divided flyer. Warehouse system. 3. The product storage system according to claim 2, wherein the destination information is a bar code, and the optical reader comprises a bar code reader. 4. A product storage system for a folding flyer according to claim 1, wherein the shipping storage unit includes a plurality of storage locations whose settings can be changed by an instruction from the management unit. 5. The product storage system according to claim 1, wherein the storage storage unit and the shipping storage unit comprise an automatic storage unit.