JP2001043454A - Method and device for sales register of merchandise in pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method and device for sales register in a POS system capable of freely combining merchandise. SOLUTION: In the POS system for selling set merchandise, this merchandise registering method previously registers set merchandise designated with the number of merchandise forming the set merchandise and plural pieces of constituent merchandise constituting the set merchandise in a memory, and selects the same number of constituent merchandise in the number equal to the number of merchandise forming as the set merchandise from among the plural constituting merchandise at the time of selling these registered set merchandise to input them to the POS system to sales-register the set merchandise. Thus, though there are many constituent merchandise, sales registering as the set merchandise is facilitated. In addition, the names of the constituent merchandise and the number of forming are previously written in a master file provided on the storing device of the POS system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for registering sales of goods in a POS system.
In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for selling and registering a product in a POS system having a function of realizing a selling technique known as so-called mix-and-match.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a selling method at a store, there is a method known as a so-called mix-and-match method in which a discount is made by a combination of specific products. When incorporating this method into a POS system at a fast food restaurant, etc., usually, a set product combining selected products is
For each combination pattern, it is registered in the master file in advance, and when registering for sale, a method of selecting and inputting a set product matching the customer's specification from a plurality of set patterns displayed on the display of the POS terminal device is described. taking it.

[0003] For example, when the number of products that can be selected as a set product (the number of constituent products) is four, and three of the products are selected to sell a set product, one product is sold. By selecting each of them, four types of combination patterns, that is, a set product A, a set product B, a set product C, and a set product D become possible as shown in FIG. The combinations of these four sets are fixedly registered in the master file in advance for each set together with the type of the set. If the customer's product selection matches set A, set A
Is input to the POS system, and sales registration is performed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional method, when the number of constituent products and the number of selected products increase, the number of combination patterns as a set product increases, and when all conceivable combinations are registered, a master file in the master file is registered. It will lead to bloat. Also, one for each product
If the same product is allowed to be duplicated instead of individual selections, the number of combination patterns further increases.

In such a system, the PO
The sales registration work in the S terminal device is usually performed in the following procedure. First, 1) selectable set product names are displayed on a screen provided with a keyboard or a touch panel, and, for example, a set product A is selected by the customer from among them, and 2) the selected set product A is selected. Constituent products, that is, product 1,
The merchandise 2 and merchandise 3 are displayed and the customer is asked for confirmation. When the confirmation is obtained, 3) Enter the decision and register the sale.

However, there is often a request from the customer to change the product at the stage 2). To cope with this, first, as shown in FIG. 2, the set product A is first designated in the above 1) (step S1). ), Then set product A according to customer's request
In order to change from the set item C to the set item C, it is necessary to cancel the set item A (step S2), select a new set item C (step S3), and fix it (step S4), which is a relatively complicated operation. Need. This operation becomes more complicated as the number of set products increases.

[0007] Under such circumstances, conventionally, the number of constituent products and the number of selected products of a set product are extremely limited as a practical problem. However, recently, it has been considered that desserts such as cookies, pies, and ice creams are sold as a set with a main order as a side order at a fast food restaurant such as a hamburger, and the sales form is further complicated. Tend to.

In this case, since the flavors such as chocolate and strawberries are included in the selection range together with the type of dessert, the number of composing products in the set product is dramatically increased, the master file is enlarged, and the operation procedure is complicated. However, conventional POS systems cannot cope with such problems. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks at the time of product sales registration in a conventional POS system, and can be adapted to a complicated sales form and has a simple sales registration operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for registering sales of goods in a system.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a sales registration method capable of freely combining products and an apparatus therefor. In this method, in a POS system that performs a discount sale of a set product, a number of products indicating the number of products that are realized as a set product, and a plurality of component products constituting the set product are registered in advance in a memory of the POS system, Each step comprises selecting a number corresponding to the established number from among the registered constituent products and inputting the number into the POS system to register the set product for sale.

[0010] Further, in selecting the plurality of component products, the same component product can be selected redundantly. According to the method of the present invention as described above, even if the number of constituent products constituting the set product increases, the set product can be freely assembled by arbitrarily selecting within the established number in sales registration. it can. Therefore, it can be widely applied to a complicated sales form.

The apparatus according to the present invention further comprises: a set product master file for storing the number of products to be set as a set product and a plurality of constituent products constituting the set product as data;
Selection and input means for selecting and inputting any of a plurality of component products stored in the set product master file upon sales registration of the set product, and the number of input component products stored in the set product master file Sales registration means for judging whether or not the number is equal to the established number, and in the case of coincidence, determining the selection of the set product and registering the sale.

[0012] With the above configuration, there is provided a sales registration device in a POS system capable of assembling and registering a set product by selecting an optional component product at a store according to a customer's request. Can be. In this device, unlike in the case of the conventional device, it is not necessary to assemble the combination pattern of the set products in the master file in advance, so that it is possible to cope with a large increase in the number of constituent products.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Prior to the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, the overall configuration of a POS system to which the method of the present invention can be applied and the configuration of a POS terminal will be briefly described. Note that the present invention does not necessarily need to be incorporated in the POS system, and may be configured by a stand-alone cash register or the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the POS system. As shown in the figure, a POS system basically includes a controller 1 installed in stores and a plurality of POS terminals 2a, 2b,
c, 2d, etc. The controller 1 controls and manages the individual POS terminals 2 to control and manage the entire store.

The controller 1 usually includes an application program for controlling the controller 1, a hard disk 3 for storing various data related to merchandise, and the like.
A keyboard 4 serving as data input means and a display 5 are connected. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the POS terminal 2. As shown, POS terminal 2
Is mainly composed of a CPU 6, an internal memory 7 such as a ROM and a RAM, an external memory 8 such as a hard disk or a floppy disk, a display 9, a keyboard 10, a printer 11, a communication control unit 12, and the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, the keyboard 10 is
It is composed of a touch input means (touch panel) provided above.

At a fast food restaurant such as a hamburger, the POS terminal 2 is placed on a counter for ordering a product, and the product name is displayed on its touch panel or keyboard. Therefore, the product name is input to the POS terminal 2 by operating a predetermined key according to the customer's order. The number of products is input using a numeric keypad or the like. As a result of this input, the unit price, the list of ordered / entered product names, the total price, etc. are displayed on the display, and P
Sales registration is made in the OS terminal 2 as a product that the customer wants to purchase. When the sales registration is completed, the details of the sales are printed out by the printer and passed to the customer as a receipt. The operation control of the POS terminal 2 is executed by a program stored in the memory 7. Also, PO
Communication to the controller 1 of the S system or another POS terminal device 2 is performed via the communication control unit 11.

The sales information collected by each POS terminal 2 is transmitted to the controller 1 of the POS system, and various types of information processing are executed to collect data necessary for sales management and subsequent sales planning. The present invention provides a sales registration method and an apparatus therefor that enable mix-and-match by freely combining merchandise in a POS system having the above-described configuration.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, a “set product” is assumed to be a product obtained as a result of freely combining a predetermined number of products, and this is defined as a free set product α. The names of the commodities (component commodities) that can constitute the free-set commodities α are fixedly registered in advance in the master file in a lump. FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing the contents registered in the master file. The master file is usually stored in a storage medium such as the hard disk of the POS terminal in FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 5A, the number of commodities constituting the set commodities α, that is, the number of established commodities is 3, and another 20 commodities are listed. In the example shown in FIG.
Product 1, Product 2, ... Product 20 are registered without priorities among the products. On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 5 (B), 3 and 20 component products are registered collectively as in FIG. 5 (A). In this method, a product, for example, a product 1, a product 2, or a product 3, is given a priority and registered in the master file. The quantity column in FIG. 5B is provided for this purpose. Thus, when the set product α is selected on the display, the product 1, the product 2, and the product 3 are automatically selected and displayed as the quantity 1 in advance.

As described above, the merchandise combination method of the present invention is characterized in that all the merchandise (composition merchandise) which can constitute a certain set merchandise, for example, a free set merchandise α, are collectively registered in one file. I do. As a result, unlike the conventional method, there is no need to register a plurality of set patterns on a file, and the memory area required for registration is greatly reduced.

FIG. 6 shows the set product of the present invention as PO
It is a flowchart which shows operation at the time of sales registration in S terminal. In the sales registration, first, a set product α displayed on, for example, a touch panel of the POS terminal is selected and input (step P1). By this input, PO
The constituent products of the set product α are displayed on the display of the S terminal (step P2). For example, as described above, there are two ways of displaying the constituent products, but the one shown in FIG. 6 is a method of setting the products 1, 2, and 3 in advance as a predetermined combination (shown in FIG. 5B). It corresponds to.

In the next step P3, the merchandise is rearranged by the customer's free selection. That is, an operation of selecting the product 4 instead of the default product 3 is executed (P3),
The set product is determined (P4). In the process of selection, it is possible to select redundantly the constituent products. If a predetermined product is not set in advance, that is, if it corresponds to the method of FIG. 5A, in Step P2, the products 1 to 20 are displayed as they are.

FIGS. 7 to 11 show an example of screen transition on the display of the POS terminal by the above operation. This display screen has touch input keys. FIG.
Is a screen showing an initial menu for sales registration. In this example, the number of constituent products is set to 8 and the number of established products is set to 3. Therefore, when the "set product α" key is pressed on the initial screen to register the set product α, as shown in FIG.
Are displayed in a pop-up on the screen, and further, in the left column of the screen, the default selected product 1 of the set product α is displayed.
3 and the number thereof are displayed.

At this point, when the "end" key is pressed,
The default selected product is determined as the set product α. On the other hand, when the customer selects the product 4 instead of the product 2, by pressing the numeric keypad (see FIG. 7) “0” and the key “product 2”, the product is displayed as shown in FIG. Release 2. Next, the "product 4" key is pressed, and FIG.
Product 4 is registered as shown in FIG.

When the product 1, the product 3 and the product 4 according to the customer's request are selected in this way, the "end" key is pressed to confirm the selection of the set product α as shown in FIG. , Print out the item details and give it to the customer as a receipt. In the process of selecting a set product, that is, in the screen of FIG. 9, by inputting “0” to “product 2” and inputting “2” to “product 3”, “product 1” becomes 1
Two items and “product 3” are selected, and the product can be selected repeatedly. Also, by inputting "0" for "Product 2" and "Product 3" on the same screen and inputting "3" for "Product 1" on screen 4, three items of Product 1 can be selected. Become.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a master file (free-set master) layout that enables free combinations of the above-mentioned products. FIG. 13 shows an operation flow in the controller 1 when the master file is used. The master file is POS
The operation flow is stored on the hard disk of the system 1 and the operation flow is stored in the hard disk 3 of the POS system 1 in the form of a control program.

In the master file of FIG. 12, "key" indicates a main item (shown by a circle in the figure) for specifying the free-set product α, and "item" indicates a type of data. "Data type" indicates whether the data is an integer or a decimal number, "Number of digits" is the number of bits to be reserved to indicate the data, "Number" is the number of data,
"Remarks" is a column for writing information about the data. “Reserve” in FIG. 12 is an item to be reserved so that it can be used when new data is added.

The master file includes items (indicated as “keys” in the figure) for specifying the set product α, for example, “product code” for specifying the free set product α, and “CG” for indicating a department code that can be arbitrarily set by the user. Code ”and“ unit price ”of the set product. The free set product α is unique by a combination of “product code, CG, and unit price” as shown in the “remarks” column.

The "second unit price" indicates, for example, the cost of a product. The “components 1 to 20” store, for each of the constituent products 1 to 20 constituting this set product, data for specifying them. In the present embodiment, “number” is set for each component (component product). This is provided in order to perform a specific product combination in the initial state of the free set product selection,
For example, in the example shown in FIG.
“Number” is set to 1 for 1, 2, and 3. As shown in the "Remarks" column, when the "Section" described later is "Selection", the number may be set to 0 in some cases.

The “division” is an item for distinguishing between “0” when the free selection is permitted within the constituent elements of the free set product α and “1” when selling the fixed set product without permitting the selection. It is. Note that the case of the fixed “1” corresponds to, for example, the conventional sales registration method shown in FIG. "Number of successes"
Is the number of commodities for composing the set commodities α, that is, FIG.
In the examples shown in FIGS.

When sales registration is performed using the above master file, the controller 1 of the POS system
According to the flowchart shown in FIG. 13, the master content and the operation content are checked, and the free set menu is determined. First, when a free set menu is selected and input in the POS terminal 2 (step R1), the controller 1 checks whether a free set master file exists in the hard disk 3 (step R2). If the existence of the master file is not confirmed, the operation is stopped at this stage because it indicates a system failure. If the master file exists, the setting check of the number of establishments (step R3) and the setting check of the component products (step R4) are performed, and then the classification check is performed (step R5).

The sorting check is for checking whether the current sales form allows selection of a product (selection) or is a fixed product sales. Therefore, in the case of “fixed” in step R5, since the total of the quantities of the constituent products is the established number, this is checked (step R5).
6) Confirm the set menu. On the other hand, in the case of “selection”, it is checked whether or not the total of the number of constituent products (corresponding to “the number” in the master file of FIG. 12) is within the number of established cases (step R7), and the number is within the established number. In this case, the master content check ends, and the operation proceeds to the next operation content check.

In the operation content check, it is determined whether or not the number of selected products coincides with the number of established products (step R9) in accordance with the customer's selection of products (step R8). Until then, for example, an error message (error MSG) is displayed on the screen to urge the clerk or customer who has made the sales registration to select another product, and when the number of selected items matches the number of items established, the free set menu is determined. (Step R11).

As described above, even if the number of commodities constituting the set commodities is very large, such as 20, the number of composing commodities displayed on the display is selected according to the customer's request. Can be registered for sale by a simple operation such as selecting the items until they match. The master file for that is also set product α
Since it is only necessary to register the commodities composing in a file in a lump, the memory area required for registration is significantly reduced as compared with the conventional registration for each set pattern.

For comparison with the first embodiment of the present invention,
14 to 19 show an example of screen transition on a display at the time of sales registration of a conventional set product. This example can be easily understood by referring to the flowchart in FIG. FIG. 14 shows the menu screen, and “3
By pressing the "individual set" key, as shown in FIG. 15, set products having a preset product combination pattern, sets A to D, are displayed.

When "set A" is selected by the customer, the constituent product names of set A are listed as shown in FIG. If the customer wants to select product 4 instead of product 2,
As shown in FIG. 17, "Set A" is temporarily released, and FIG.
As shown in (2), "Set C" having a combination of "Products 1, 3, 4" is newly selected. Next, as shown in FIG. 19, "end" is pressed to complete the selection of the set product C.

As described above, in the conventional set product sales registration method and apparatus, when the selected product is changed, it is necessary to perform an operation of reselecting a new set product corresponding to the changed combination pattern. Therefore, the clerk who is the operator needs to memorize the contents of the set merchandise or confirm the contents one by one and perform the input operation of the merchandise, which complicates the operation of sales registration. In addition, if many combination patterns are registered as set products, the operation becomes more complicated, and as a practical matter, set products having about four components are at best.

[0038]

As described above with reference to the various embodiments, in the sales registration method and apparatus of the present invention, instead of registering set products for each set pattern in a master file as in the prior art, All products to be selected as a set product are registered and stored together in a master file together with information for identifying the set product, and the set product is configured as a result of a customer's arbitrary selection. Therefore, even if the number of target products of a set product increases, the memory area required for registering the target product in the master file is much smaller than that of the related art, and as a result, the number of constituent products increases considerably. Can also be sold as a set product. Accordingly, a very advantageous selling method and apparatus are provided in, for example, a fast food restaurant where the selection of products tends to be further diversified.

The scope of the present invention also includes the following additional structures 1 to 4. (Supplementary Note 1) In the POS system according to claim 4, the set commodity master file can set a selectable number of the individual component commodities. (Supplementary Note 2) In the POS system according to claim 4, the set commodity master file includes a selection item for setting a combination of the number of pieces corresponding to the established number of the component commodities as fixed. apparatus.

(Supplementary Note 3) In claim 4, the selection input means includes a display for displaying the plurality of constituent products stored in the set product master file, and a touch input key configured on the display. And a product sales registration device in a POS system, wherein the touch input key is used to select and input the constituent product. (Supplementary Note 4) The POS according to claim 4, further comprising a printer for printing out the contents registered for sale.
Sales registration device in the system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a combination pattern of a conventional set product.

FIG. 2 is a process chart showing an operation procedure of sales registration of the set product of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a PO incorporating a sales registration device according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire structure of an S system.

FIG. 4 shows a PO incorporating a sales registration device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device in the S system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a set product according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a process chart showing an operation for registering a set product having the configuration shown in FIG. 5 for sale according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a display screen in one process shown in the process diagram of FIG. 6;

8 is a partially cutaway view of a display screen in one process shown in the process diagram of FIG.

9 is a partially cutaway view of a display screen in one process shown in the process diagram of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway view of a display screen in one step shown in the step diagram of FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway view of the display screen in one step shown in the step diagram of FIG. 6;

FIG. 12 is a view showing a layout of a master file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a processing flow of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

FIG. 16 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

FIG. 17 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

FIG. 18 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

FIG. 19 is a partially cutaway view of one screen on a display in a conventional set sale.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 controller 2 POS terminal 3 hard disk 4 keyboard 5 display 6 CPU 7 internal memory 8 external memory 9 display 10 keyboard 11 printer 12 communication control unit

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Claims (8)

[Claims] In a POS system that sells a set product, the number of products that indicate the number of products that are realized as a set product and a plurality of component products that make up the set product are registered in advance in a memory of the POS system, A sales registration method for goods in a POS system, wherein the sales registration of the set goods is performed by selecting a number corresponding to the established number from the registered constituent goods and inputting the selected number to the POS system. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of constituent products are selected by duplicating the same constituent product and registering the set product for sale. 3. A specific component product is specified in advance when registering the component product in the memory, and the specific component product specified in advance is preferentially displayed in sales registration of the set product. 2. A method for registering sales of goods in the POS system according to 1. 4. A set product master file for storing the number of products to be realized as a set product and a plurality of constituent products constituting the set product as data, and storing the set product in the set product master file upon sales registration of the set product. Selection input means for selecting and inputting an arbitrary one of the plurality of constituent products, and whether or not the input number of constituent products matches the established number stored in the set product master file And a sales registration unit for determining the selection of the set product and registering the sale when the two items match with each other. 5. A product information registration device for registering input product information, wherein, when an input for inputting a set number of products by selectively combining a predetermined number of products from a plurality of products, A product information registration device, which displays a list screen of a plurality of products to be selected as the set product. 6. The merchandise information registration apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when the list screen is displayed, an initial set in which a specific merchandise is previously combined from the selected merchandise is displayed. 7. When changing a product constituting the initial set to another product, if a product to be excluded from the initial set is selected on the screen, the product is excluded from the initial set. The product according to claim 6, wherein, when a product that does not form the initial set is selected on the screen, the product is incorporated into the initial set to form a new set product. Product information registration device. 8. All products that can be selected as a set product,
A storage medium storing a file stored together with information for identifying the set product.