JP2001202424A - Article ordering and delivery system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select articles that plural offices purchase directly from selling plural stores through the Inernet and to deliver them at low cost. SOLUTION: This system, constituted by connecting computers installed at plural offices, computers installed at plural selling stores, and a computer installed at an agent center through the Inernet, is equipped with a means for registering the quantities, dates of delivery, reference prices, etc., of desirable articles to be purchased by respective offices to the agent center, a means for selecting selling stores capable of delivering the desirable articles at the agent center and requesting the input of the quantities, dates of delivery, delivery prices, etc., of the desirable articles, a means which register the quantities, dates of delivery, delivery prices, etc., of the desirable articles at the respective selling stores to the agent center, and a means for selecting an optimum selling store at the agent center according to the quantities, dates of delivery, delivery prices, etc., of the desirable articles and ordering them from the selling store.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of a product order delivery system for selecting and delivering a product order from a plurality of business establishments from a plurality of dealers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in an industry having a plurality of business establishments such as a civil engineering construction industry, a manufacturing industry, and a service industry, daily necessities such as stationery, gloves, and brooms, OA-related articles such as personal computers and peripherals, and do-it-yourself shops. Each establishment purchases construction sub-materials such as those mentioned in the above from trading companies and retailers. The specification and performance of these products can be specified by model number. Once purchasing windows are determined for these daily necessities, OA-related products, and sub-materials, the site staff often purchases them continuously from the same window, many products with lower unit prices, and shorter delivery times than prices (immediate delivery). In many cases, it is important to conduct transactions from the same point of contact, without conducting a thorough price survey.

[0003]

Therefore, there is a problem that the purchase price varies depending on the business site, a problem that the business becomes a small-scale transaction for each business site, and the cost increases.
There is a problem that office procedures such as ordering, billing, and payment for each office and each store are complicated.

[0004] The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and enables a product which can be inexpensively delivered by selecting a product to be directly purchased at a plurality of business establishments from a plurality of stores via the Internet. The purpose is to provide an order delivery system.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a commodity order delivery system according to the present invention comprises a computer installed at a plurality of business establishments, a computer installed at a plurality of sales outlets, and a mediation center. Is a system that connects the computers installed in the company via the Internet, means for registering the quantity, delivery date, base price, etc. of the products desired to be purchased at each business office with the mediation center, and delivery of the products desired to be purchased at the mediation center Select possible dealers and request input of quantity, delivery date, delivery price, etc. for desired products, and register the quantity, delivery date, delivery price, etc. of each product that can be purchased at the brokerage center. Means, and the brokerage center selects the most suitable purchaser from the quantity, delivery date, delivery price, etc. of the desired product, and places an order with the dealer. Characterized in that it comprises a stage.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a product order delivery system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the database of FIG.

Computers a, b, c,... Installed at a plurality of business offices, computers A, B, C,. Connected through the internet. The computer X installed in the mediation center includes a business office DB (database), a product DB, and a store D
B, a history DB is connected.

[0008] The establishment DB is order data from the establishment, in which the distinction between used and new products, product number, product name, quantity, delivery date, work place name, delivery place, reference price and the like are registered. In the product DB, a reference price of a store selected for each product is set and registered. In the store DB, in addition to the order data, estimate data of commodities that can be delivered for each store (in the case of second-hand use, the business is also a store) is registered. The history of ordering and delivery is registered in the history DB.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the commodity order delivery system of the present invention. Note that FIG. 1 shows the corresponding step numbers. First, in step S1, in each business establishment, the product number, quantity, delivery date, new / used distinction, and the like of the product desired to be purchased are input with reference to the product DB, and registered in the computer X of the mediation center via the Internet. (Format (1) in FIG. 1). Commodities can also be registered in a hierarchical manner, such as a large classification, a middle classification, and a small classification, and a method that allows easy selection of commodities can be adopted.

In the mediation center, it is determined in step S2 whether the product is new or used. If the product is new, in step S3, a store that can deliver the product desired to be purchased is selected from the store DB. In this case, in step S4, a store that can deliver the product desired to be purchased is selected from the establishment DB in addition to the store DB. Next, in step S5, a request is made to input a delivery price (estimate) for the product desired to be purchased. In this case, the company that has delivered the same product is also requested to make a quote as a used product.

[0011] Next, in step S6, each dealer or business office registers the delivery price with reference to the quantity, delivery date, delivery location, and reference price for each deliverable product of the desired product to the brokerage center ( 1 (2) format). In this case, the delivery price and the like of each registered store may be disclosed and used as reference values for other stores. The delivery date is determined to be N0 hours, and for products that require a longer delivery time, data registration is closed by the delivery date (Na time) specified for each product (Na time is the lead time from ordering to delivery) It depends on the store and the product).

In the mediation center, step S7
In step S8, an optimal supplier is selected from the quantity, delivery date, and delivery price of the desired product, and the information is transmitted to the business office.
And place an order with the delivery destination of the product at the discretion of the establishment. In addition,
It is also possible to automatically place an order without the decision of the establishment. Also, if there is no input of the delivery price from the dealer, the product D
Place an order at the reference price of the store recorded in B. The above process is repeated for all the products desired to be delivered, and finally, the ordered products are delivered to the individual offices.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of step S7 in FIG. In selecting an optimal store, a store that satisfies the required quantity of the product desired to be purchased, satisfies the delivery date of the request of the product desired to be purchased, and has the lowest price of the product desired to be purchased is selected.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, according to the present invention, on the business site side, it is possible to purchase the lowest-priced products at that time at all business sites; Opportunities to resell products increase, ・ Order savings and payment operations at all offices can be reduced, and ・ Purchase histories can be understood by referring to purchase histories by establishment from the history DB. You can also compare with similar establishments).

[0015] In addition, on the retailer side, it is possible to centrally manage a large amount of order information, expand sales opportunities irrespective of existing sales routes, and・ Prices can be set independently according to the quantity, delivery date, and delivery location of products. ・ Estimation, orders, delivery, billing, etc. at all dealers can be saved. Can be provided in a timely manner according to the progress.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, by treating a plurality of business establishments as a group, individual measures can be taken while taking advantage of the scale as a group. In addition, the time during which orders and quotation information can be entered from business establishments and dealers is limited and managed by the mediation center, and the order, delivery price, and delivery information are communicated using Internet communication means. A quick business flow up to delivery can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a product order delivery system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the database of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the commodity order delivery system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of step S6 in FIG. 3;

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a computer installed at a plurality of business establishments, a computer installed at a plurality of sales outlets, and a computer installed at a mediation center are connected via the Internet. Means to register the quantity, delivery date and base price, etc. of the desired product at the brokerage center, and select a dealer that can deliver the desired product at the brokerage center, and enter the quantity, delivery date, delivery price, etc. for the desired product Means to register the quantity, delivery date, delivery price, etc. of the products that can be purchased at each dealer in the brokerage center. Means for selecting a purchaser and placing an order with a dealer. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said desired product is a used product.
2. The business establishment as said store.
Product order delivery system described.