JP2001063153A - Price label issuing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp the stock of each article for each open date by connecting a price label issuing apparatus with a unit for inputting discount data of articles close to the end of open date and issuing discount labels corresponding, in number, to inputted discount data of each article for each open date. SOLUTION: When stocking information of each article for each open date is inputted by a first input unit 2, a price issuing apparatus 6 issues price labels having bar code information of each article for each open date. The price labels are attached to corresponding articles and the processing unit 8 in a store controller 7 processes information, e.g. stocking quantity of the data of each article for each open date and current quantity of stock, and updates the sale information data of each article for each open date recorded in a memory 9 of the processing unit 8. When an article is sold to a client, the information of each article for each open date recorded on the price label is read out by means of a bar code scanner 3 at the register in the shop and a decision is made whether the information is PLU data system or non-PLU data system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS system, and more particularly to a discount label corresponding to a shelf life.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a store such as a supermarket, a discount price tag is attached to a product whose expiration date is approaching to promote its sale. Conventionally, to issue a new discount label, carry a portable or marketable price tag issuing device to the front of the product in the store, count the number of physical items corresponding to the expiration date, and issue the discount label for the corresponding number. I was

[0003] For this reason, the issuance of discount labels requires a new portable or marketable price tag issuing device. In addition, in order to count the number of products in a store and issue discount labels corresponding to the expiration date. , It was not possible to issue the required number of copies at once.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has been made in consideration of the above problems. Price tag issuance that enables the necessary number of labels to be issued collectively and intensively by grasping the number of stocks by expiration date for each product at the existing installation location without special capital investment such as price tag issuing equipment etc. It is an object to provide a device.

[0005]

That is, according to the present invention, in a POS system using a bar code for comprehensively grasping sales activities at the point of sale, the present invention is connected to a store controller for inputting the purchase quantity of each product by expiration date. A first input device, a POS register provided with a barcode scanner for scanning a product information label describing the sales amount of each product by expiration date, and the like, the purchase quantity and the scanning A second input device connected to a store controller having an arithmetic unit for calculating the current storage quantity for each product by expiration date based on the obtained sales quantity, and a price tag issuing device for inputting discount data of the product whose expiration date is approaching And issuing a discount label for the number of sheets corresponding to the input product-specific best-period expiration date-specific discount data. That.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a price tag issuing device 6 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a price tag issuing system configuration 1 for explaining a price tag issuing device 6 according to the above-described embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an embodiment of the present invention.

A system configuration 1 for issuing a price tag shown in FIG. 1 includes a first input device 2 for inputting product purchase information, and a barcode scanner 3 for scanning sales information of a price tag label attached to a product. POS cash register 4 equipped with a price tag issuing device 6 equipped with a second input device 5 for inputting discount information, and a store controller 7 which collects and manages information input from the input device of these devices and a bar code scanner. Composed of

The above equipment is separately installed in the back yard and the store, and the first input device 2 for inputting purchase information connected to the store controller 7 and the second input device for inputting discount information are provided. The price tag issuing device 6 provided with the second input device 5 is provided in the backyard, and the POS register 4 provided with the barcode scanner 3 and the store controller 7 are provided in the store.

The first input device 2 connected to the store controller 7 may be a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like, but may be a barcode scanner depending on the data of the purchase information.

When the purchase information by product expiration date input by the first input device 2 is input, the price tag issuing device 6 generates a price tag label having barcode information by product expiration date. It is issued and affixed to the corresponding product, and the arithmetic unit 8 of the store controller 7 performs an arithmetic operation process on information such as the purchased quantity of the product-specific expiration date data and the current warehouse quantity and the like. The sales information data by product expiration date recorded in the memory 9 is updated.

When a product is sold to a customer, the bar code scanner 3 reads the product-specific expiration date sales information recorded on the price tag label at a cash register in the store.
The read information is PLU data format or non-PL
It is determined whether the system is the U data system.

The PLU data system in the POS system is used when the same product has the same selling price, and a maker code and a product code are represented by bar codes as data described in the product, and the sales for each product are made in advance. In this method, prices are stored, and at the time of sale, the sales price corresponding to the product is read out to calculate the sales price. The non-PLU data method is a method in which, for the same product such as fresh food, which has a different selling price depending on its weight, a product code and a selling price are represented by a barcode, and the price is directly read.

When the discrimination data is recognized as the PLU data system, the sales unit price is read from the sales information data by product expiration date recorded in the memory 9 using the read by-product expiration date as a search key, The POS cash register 4 calculates the sales amount. Based on these sales information, the arithmetic unit 8 of the store controller 7 performs a calculation process of the sales quantity and the stock quantity, and updates the sales information by product expiration date in the memory 9.

If the non-PLU data system is recognized, since the price tag label has sales amount information,
There is no need to access the sales information file for each product by expiration date recorded in the memory 9 of the store controller 7 and read out the sales unit price. Update the recorded sales amount by product expiration date and current storage amount.

When discount data by product expiration date for promoting sales is input from the second input device 5 connected to the price tag issuing device 6, the store-by-product expiration date is used as a search key. The price tag issuing device 6 issues a discount label of the number corresponding to the product stock quantity stored in the memory 9 of the controller 7.

Next, a description will be given with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 2 showing a processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention. Although the expiration date is approaching, as the sales promotion means, data such as a product code and a expiration date, which are discount data by product, are output from the second input device 5 connected to the price tag issuing device 6 placed in the backyard. Enter (Step S1)

Using the input expiration date for each product as a key, the sales data for each expiration date for each product stored in the memory 9 in the store controller 7 is accessed via the price tag issuing device 6, and the data before the input expiration date is used. It is checked whether or not the data has a stock quantity. If the target stock quantity does not exist, the second input device 5 connected to the price tag issuing device 6 is checked for input data. The process returns to the data entry process for each product-specific expiration date.
(Step S2)

Further, the reading of the stock quantity for the input expiration date for each product can be performed in a more detailed manner. For example, it is possible to target the inventory quantity corresponding to the expiration date period.

If there is a target stock, the data
The storage controller 7 determines whether or not the LU data system is used.
Is performed by the arithmetic unit 8 described above. (Step S3)

When it is determined that the data is PLU data, input processing of the type of discount data is performed. Data to be discounted includes a case where a fixed amount is reduced from the list price of a product (fixed amount reduction), a case where a fixed rate is reduced from the list price of a product (fixed rate reduction), and a case where the product price is uniformly reduced ( The operator selects the reduction pattern and performs an input process of the discount data type. (Step S4)

When it is determined that the input data is not of the PLU data system, it is next determined whether or not the input data is of the non-PLU data system. (Step S8)

When it is determined that the non-PLU data system is used, the discount target data may be reduced to a fixed amount from the list price of the product or may be set to a value obtained by uniformly reducing the price of the product. A pattern is selected, and input processing of the discount data type is performed. (Step S
9)

If the data is not determined to be the non-PLU data system, the screen returns to the original data input screen to check the data.

Next, in the discount data determined to be the PLU data system, it is determined whether or not the discount data is the fixed rate discount data. (Step S5)

When the data is recognized as fixed rate discount data,
Input the rate of reduction. (Step S6)

At the input rate, the sales unit price by product expiration date is calculated by the arithmetic unit 8 in the store controller 7, and the sales data by product expiration date recorded in the memory 9 is updated. The selling price of the target product is calculated based on the discount unit price. (Step S7)

When it is not determined that the discount is a fixed rate in the PLU data system, or when it is determined that the discount is the non-PLU data system, the user selects and inputs a discount to set a fixed amount discount or a uniformly reduced amount as the type of discount data. Do. (Step S9)

A discount amount corresponding to the input discount data type is input. (Step S10)

Next, the memory 9 of the store controller 7
Is read out of the stock quantity of each product by expiration date stored in the. (Step S10)

Then, a process for issuing discount price tag labels for the target number is performed. (Step S11)

The target discount label thus output is attached to the target product for each shelf life according to the product in the store.

Therefore, since the current number of both the PLU data system and the non-PLU data system is grasped in the form of sales data for each product by expiration date, the discount processing of the corresponding products is performed intensively. It becomes possible.

Further, since the processing is carried out by the price tag issuing device 6 which has been owned, the cost can be saved without capital investment.

The location where the price tag issuing device 6 of the present invention is installed is not limited, and may be installed in a different case depending on the configuration of the store, for example, in a store. Also,
In the above example, the data processed from the first input device 2 is the purchase information for each product by expiration date. However, the input process of the discount information processed by the second input device 5 is also possible. is there.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, a portable or portable price tag issuing device that prints and issues a discount label while viewing a product in a store becomes unnecessary, and discounts can be made without extra capital investment. Centralized issue of labels.

Further, it is possible to reduce the issue of the issue of the discount label due to the counting error caused by counting and issuing the number of products in the store.

Further, it is possible to confirm the difference between the stock quantity of each product by expiration date and the actual stock quantity of goods on the store controller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a system configuration for explaining a price tag issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Price tag issuing system configuration 2 First input device 3 Barcode scanner 4 POS register 5 Second input device 6 Price tag issuing device 7 Store controller 8 Arithmetic device 9 Memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A POS system using a barcode for comprehensively grasping sales activities at the point of sale,
A first input device connected to a store controller for inputting a purchase quantity or the like of each product by expiration date, and a barcode for scanning a product information label attached to the product that describes a sales quantity or the like of each product by expiration date. POS with scanner
A cash register, a store controller having an arithmetic unit for calculating a current storage quantity for each product by expiration date from the purchased quantity and the scanned sales quantity, and a price tag for inputting discount data of the product whose expiration date is approaching. A price tag issuing device for issuing a discount label of a number corresponding to the second input device connected to the issuing device and the number of pieces of the input product-specific expiration date-specific discount data.