JP2001209707A - Electronic business negotiation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic business negotiation system for easily negotiating through an Internet. SOLUTION: A server 6 for electronic negotiation which establishes an electronic negotiation home page, producer side terminal equipment 2, wholesale dealer side terminal equipment 3, retail dealer side terminal equipment 4 are connected through the Internet 1. Then, the home page is accessed from each terminal equipment, and a negotiation list is prepared based on merchandise registered in a merchandise chart data base 6 of the serve 5, and the negotiation list is transmitted and received by each mail box on the server 5 so that negotiation can be conducted. This system is provided with an order book preparing means for preparing an order book based on the negotiation list, an open date notifying means for notifying the open data of a negotiation mail, and an unopened negotiation mail erasing means for erasing an unopened negotiation mail. Also, a part of data is substituted according to an ID inputted at the time of log-on, and a merchandise chart is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention mediates, via the Internet, a producer including a manufacturer, a wholesaler who purchases goods from the producer, and a retailer who purchases goods from the wholesaler, The present invention relates to an electronic negotiation system that can provide a place for negotiations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the distribution of goods, a wholesaler discusses the purchase amount and the purchase price of the purchased goods through negotiations with a retailer, and also negotiates separately with a manufacturer or producer of each product. They purchase the necessary products and make the difference the profit.

[0003] In order to conduct business negotiations, it is necessary to adjust the time and place convenient for the related parties in advance, and then go to each other at that time to make business negotiations. Various setups were required.

[0004] Recently, with the development of information and communication equipment, simple negotiations regarding ordering between specific traders have become more difficult.
This can be done by using AX, e-mail, and telephone, and the labor can be reduced more than before.

[0005]

However, face-to-face business negotiations are still required for conducting business negotiations for cultivating new customers and promoting sales of new products, and it takes a great deal of time and money. Was supposed to be.

In view of the above situation, the inventor of the present application has
As a system that makes it easier to communicate information between producers and wholesalers, and between wholesalers and retailers, and that makes it easier to develop new sales and purchasing routes, This is an electronic business negotiation system that enables business negotiations.

Conventionally, there have been systems that allow one-to-one business negotiations using electronic mail. However, these systems require a telephone or facsimile if the destination of the e-mail is specified in advance. Use email as an alternative to

However, in the electronic negotiation system of the present invention,
Find a business partner based on the product you want to buy,
This is a system that can immediately start a negotiation with the negotiation destination, and such a negotiation system has not existed.

[0009]

According to the present invention, an electronic business negotiation server is connected to a producer terminal, a wholesaler terminal, and a retailer terminal via the Internet. In the server for the product, a medical chart database, a producer database, a wholesaler database, and a retailer database are built in advance, and a producer mailbox, a wholesaler mailbox, and a retailer mailbox are provided. In addition, an electronic business talk homepage is opened on the server, and producers, wholesalers, and retailers access the electronic business talk homepage from their respective terminal devices, input an ID and password, and input the ID and password, Pre-registered in producer database, wholesaler database, retailer database D and a password against each, when no match refuse to log on to the electronic negotiation system, if there is a match comprises the accessor confirmation means that allows to log on to the electronic negotiation system, and,
After logging on, the negotiation list creation means for creating an negotiation list on the electronic negotiation server based on the products registered in the product chart database, and the negotiation list as negotiation mail between the mailboxes on the electronic negotiation server. An electronic negotiation system is provided which includes a negotiation mail transmission / reception means for transmitting and receiving.

[0010] In particular, there is provided an order book creating means for creating an order book based on the created negotiation list. When using the product chart database, a part of the data is replaced according to the ID entered at the time of log-on, and the product chart is replaced. That the negotiation e-mail is sent to the sender of the negotiation e-mail. In some cases, it is also characterized in that the sender of the negotiation mail has an unopened negotiation mail deletion means capable of deleting the unopened negotiation mail.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In an electronic negotiation system according to the present invention, a producer, a wholesaler and a retailer using the system respectively access and log on to an electronic negotiation server having an electronic negotiation system via the Internet. Then, negotiations are performed by exchanging negotiation mails on the electronic negotiation server.

Since the negotiation mail is transmitted and received within the same server, the history of the negotiation mail can be managed in its entirety, whereby it is determined whether the negotiation mail transmitted by the opening date / time notifying means has been opened by the receiver. Can be confirmed, and if the negotiation mail is in an unopened state, the sender can delete the unopened negotiation mail by the unopened negotiation mail deletion means.

The electronic negotiation server has a merchandise chart database built therein, and includes a negotiation list creating means for creating a negotiation list to be a negotiation mail using the merchandise chart database. You can create an opportunity list and start negotiations on the products you want to buy right away. In addition, an order book creation unit is provided, and by creating an order book from the created negotiation list, business efficiency can be improved.

Further, the merchandise chart database is used to display a special list price or the like to a specific wholesaler or retailer accessing the database, and to display the merchandise chart to other wholesalers or retailers. Is configured so that a part of the data can be replaced and displayed.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic business negotiation system of the present invention is a system using the Internet 1. Producers, wholesalers, and retailers are producer-side terminal devices 2 which can be connected to the Internet 1, respectively. The electronic negotiation homepage established on the electronic negotiation server 5 also connected to the Internet 1 is accessed by the wholesaler terminal 3 and the retailer terminal 4 to use the electronic negotiation system.

The electronic negotiation system of this embodiment is based on Active S
It exists as a homepage created using erver Pages, and can be accessed from any terminal that can connect to the Internet. Therefore,
No special hardware or software is required for using the electronic negotiation system, and a special I / O for registering with the electronic negotiation system in advance and managing accessors
It can be used just by obtaining D and password.

The reference numeral 6 in FIG. 1 denotes a merchandise chart database (hereinafter, for convenience, the word "database" is referred to as "D").
B), reference numeral 7 denotes a producer DB, reference numeral 8 denotes a wholesaler DB, reference numeral 9 denotes a retailer DB, and the electronic negotiation server 5 appropriately stores the DBs 6, 7, 8, and 9 in these DBs. Processing while accessing.

The producer DB7, wholesaler DB8, and retailer DB9 are databases of producers, wholesalers, and retailers registered in advance, respectively.
Registered in each of the DBs 7, 8, and 9 are contact information, a company ID, a user ID, a password, and the like, which are used for collation when logging on to the electronic negotiation system.

The product chart DB 6 is the center of the electronic negotiation system of the present invention. The merchandise chart DB6 registers merchandise charts of respective commodities previously submitted by producers and wholesalers, and can be browsed in the form of a list as shown in FIG.

The product chart contains the JAN code of the product,
The main data of the product such as a maker name, a product name, an ITF code, a POP product name, and a photograph of the appearance of the product are described, and a producer and a wholesaler are displayed as inquiries. The negotiation is started by sending a negotiation mail to the producer or wholesaler described in this product chart. In particular, a link is provided on the display portion of the producer or the wholesaler, and by clicking on the producer or the wholesaler, a mode is set for creating a negotiation e-mail to be transmitted.

The merchandise chart is configured to display a standard retail price, an assumed sale and purchase of a mass merchandise store, and an assumed price of a special sale as a price system of the article. The display part of this price system is configured so that several types are appropriately replaced and displayed according to the viewer who is browsing the product chart. That is, the system is configured to automatically display a price system corresponding to the company ID collated at the time of logon. Therefore,
While using the same negotiation system, the wholesaler can only see the price scheme offered by the producer and the retailer can only see the price scheme offered by the wholesaler. Further, in some cases, a special price system can be offered to a specific wholesaler or retailer.
In addition, the special business relationship of business can be reproduced by the electronic business negotiation system of the present invention without fear of being known to other wholesalers or retailers.

Items for displaying various product data, comments, and the like may be appropriately provided in the product chart.

Although not shown, the electronic negotiation server 5 is further provided with a producer mailbox, a wholesaler mailbox, and a retailer mailbox so that negotiation emails can be transmitted and received between the mailboxes. I have.

The mail referred to here is a mail system unique to the electronic negotiation system, which is different from a normal electronic mail on the Internet, and is transmitted and received between a wholesaler and a producer or between a wholesaler and a retailer. Email. In the present invention, it is referred to as negotiation mail to distinguish it from conventional electronic mail. That is, the negotiation email is an email transmitted and received only between the wholesaler and the producer, or between the wholesaler and the retailer, or in some cases, only between the producer and the retailer, on the electronic negotiation system. .

In the electronic negotiation system of the present invention, negotiations are basically performed by exchanging negotiation mails. However, the difference from the conventional negotiation system is that the conventional e-mail moves between servers on the Internet. The negotiation mail is transmitted and received between the producer mailbox and the wholesaler mailbox of the electronic negotiation server 5 in which the electronic negotiation system exists, and between the wholesaler mailbox and the retailer mailbox. Or only between the producer mailbox and the retailer mailbox.

That is, since all files of the negotiation mail itself are processed only in the electronic negotiation server 5, it is possible to manage all histories such as creation, transmission, reception, opening, and deletion of the negotiation mail. Therefore, by using the file management system of the electronic negotiation server 5 to execute an instruction for notifying the opening date and time, it is possible to notify the sender of the opening date and time of the transmitted negotiation mail.

Further, when the negotiation mail is sent by mistake, the negotiation mail also exists in the same electronic negotiation server 5, so that the
By using the file management system described above, the user can instruct the deletion of the unopened negotiation mail, and the sender can easily delete the unopened negotiation mail.

In a conventional Internet e-mail,
Once sent, emails cannot be deleted by the sender,
If you sent the wrong e-mail, you had to send a correction or apology again, or apologize by phone.

In particular, in the case of electronic negotiations, confidential information in the company may be leaked due to transmission of a negotiation e-mail to an incorrect destination, and if the transmitted file is unopened, it is determined based on the will of the sender. By being able to delete, it is possible to prevent leakage of secrets. Alternatively, it is possible to easily perform a correction operation due to an erroneous transmission.

Hereinafter, a method of using the electronic negotiation system of the present invention will be briefly described. Here, the case of a wholesaler will be described. The basic flow is the same whether you are a producer or a retailer.While a wholesaler usually negotiates with both a producer and a retailer, the producer is a wholesaler and a retailer. The dealer only talks with the wholesaler.

The user of the electronic negotiation system connects to the Internet from the terminal device 3 which can be connected to the Internet, and accesses the top page of the electronic negotiation system.

FIG. 3 shows an Ogoon screen which is a top page of the electronic business negotiation system.
By entering the password, the user can log on to the electronic negotiation system.

At this time, the electronic negotiation server 5 checks the entered company ID, user ID, password, producer DB7, wholesaler DB8,
The company ID, the user ID, and the password registered in advance in the retailer DB 9 are compared with each other, and if they do not match, the logon to the electronic negotiation system is refused, and if they match, the logon to the electronic negotiation system is permitted. .

When the user logs on to the electronic negotiation system, a menu page (not shown) and a member top page shown in FIG. 4 are displayed, and the status of the received negotiation mail of the access person collated at the time of logon is shown in the form of a list. At the same time, the member top page is displayed. The member's top page is usually set to display the “Featured Weekly” page, and the logged-on member displays what the producer or wholesaler has set to display the products they want to sell especially on a bulletin board, It is structured to motivate purchase.

The menu page displays services provided by the electronic business negotiation system in addition to the electronic business negotiation, and includes a menu item of the week, a trade fair of the month, a new product information of the month, It is configured to link to a page that provides various services such as "business negotiation room". When conducting electronic negotiations, select “negotiation room” on this menu page.

When "negotiation room" is selected, a negotiation room menu page (not shown) and a received negotiation mail page shown in FIG. 5 are displayed. The business meeting room menu page has selection buttons for “Product information”, “Bulletin board”, “Sell”, “Receive”, and “Send”. By selecting the selection buttons, the “Business room” page is displayed. It is configured to perform switching.

As described above, the top page of the "negotiation room" is usually a received negotiation mail page, and "new mail", "urgent mail", "unopened mail", In addition to displaying the number of "received emails", the received negotiation email list displays an email header consisting of the "mail number", "source number", "publisher", and "subject" of each received negotiation email. It is configured as follows.

Further, the received negotiation mail list includes "CLIC" for displaying the details of each negotiation mail.
A “K” button is provided. By clicking the button, the received negotiation e-mail details display page shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the contents of the e-mail can be confirmed.

On the received negotiation mail details display page, a mail header of the received negotiation mail and a negotiation list as the contents of the negotiation are displayed. The negotiation list is configured to display information of “product”, “manufacturer”, “unit price / lot quantity”, “comment”, “selection”, “catalog”, and “fixed”.

Here, "selection" is used as an identification code used when editing the negotiation list. The term "catalog" is used as an identification code for indicating the will of a catalog request. “Fixed” is used as an identification code indicating that the negotiation of the product has been completed. By looking at the states of “selection”, “catalog”, and “fixed”, the status of the negotiation can be instantaneously determined.

To send a reply mail to the received negotiation mail, select the "Reply" button. When the "Reply" button is selected, a reply mail creation page shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and items of "unit price", "lot", "comment", "selection", "catalog", and "decision" in the negotiation list are displayed. Fill in as appropriate.

In particular, when changing the negotiation list,
A new negotiation list can be created by checking the "selection" item and selecting "create a product list with selected rows". Creation of the negotiation list will be described later.

After entry of each item, by selecting "reflect changes", a mail header creation screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and "subject" and "content" are entered, not shown. By selecting the "Send" button, a reply negotiation email is sent.

When creating the first negotiation mail to be the start of the negotiation, first, the "send" button on the negotiation room menu page is selected, and the transmission negotiation mail page shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. On the sent negotiation email page, create a new negotiation email and a sent negotiation email status display field that displays the number of each of "unopened email", "unsent email", "deleted email", "sent email""Createnew" button and a sent negotiation mail list displaying the mail header of each sent negotiation mail. Although not shown, in the outgoing negotiation email list, each negotiation email is displayed as "Sent", "Not sent", or "Trash", and the status of the sent email is displayed. I have.

In the outgoing negotiation mail list, "CLICK" for displaying the details of each negotiation mail is displayed.
Buttons are provided. By clicking the button, the transmitted negotiation email detail display page shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the email content can be confirmed.

In particular, there is provided a history display field for displaying "transmission date and time", "reception date and time", "opening date and time", "reply date and time" and "deletion date and time". It is possible to confirm whether the destination party has opened the negotiation email. The “opened date and time” is “CLIC” for the recipient to display the details of the negotiation mail arranged in the above-mentioned received negotiation mail list.
The date and time when the "K" button is selected is entered. Therefore, it is possible to reliably confirm whether the transmitted negotiation mail has been opened.

When the date and time are not displayed in the "open date and time" but "not opened" is displayed, the sender presses a "delete" button provided in the mail header, and the electronic negotiation server 5 Using the file management system, the sender can delete the sent negotiation email.

When the "New" button is selected, a transmission negotiation mail creation page shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, and a mail header can be created. Also, as described above, by clicking on the display section of the producer or wholesaler of the product chart, the outgoing negotiation email creation page is displayed, and the email header can be created. .

As the “destination”, a known destination number may be input, or a “company list” button may be selected to search for a company. Then "Subject",
Fill in "Contents" and the list number of the negotiation list created in advance. If you do not know the list number of the opportunity list, select the "List list" button to display the previously created opportunity list, and select any list to enter the list number . Creation of the negotiation list will be described later.

Next, the attribute of the transmission negotiation mail is selected. There are two types of attributes, "Normal" and "Urgent". After selecting the attribute, clicking the "Create Email" button displays the outgoing negotiation email page again and creates a new email in the outgoing negotiation email list. Is displayed.

Select the "CLICK" button in the outgoing negotiation mail list to display the newly created outgoing negotiation list, and enter the appropriate unit price and lot number in the "unit price", "lot", and "comment" fields of the negotiation list. , Enter a comment, or check the "Catalog" box,
The transmission negotiation mail is transmitted by selecting the “transmission” button.

The negotiation can be performed by repeating the transmission operation and the reply operation described above.

Finally, creation of the negotiation list will be described.

First, by selecting the "product information" button on the negotiation room menu page, a product search page shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Fill in the necessary information on the product search page and select the "Search by input condition" button to perform a search. Of the product charts registered in the product chart DB6, those that match the search conditions are shown in FIG. It is displayed in the format of the search result list shown in.

In the search result list, a check mark is put on the "selection" item of a product requiring negotiation, and a "make a product list with selected row" button is pressed to create a negotiation list.

FIG. 14 is a list of the prepared negotiation list. By pressing the “CLICK” button in the table, a negotiation list detail display page is displayed as shown in FIG. 15, and details of each negotiation list are displayed. Can be seen. In particular, the negotiation list detail display page is provided with an “order book” button and a “CSV output” button.

When the "Order Book" button is selected,
The print condition specification page shown in FIG. 16 is displayed. By specifying the start date of the order book and selecting the “display the specified page” button, the order book shown in FIG. 17 is created.

In the order book, data of the commodity chart DB 6 such as a barcode and a photograph of the appearance of the commodity is inserted, so that the commodity is hardly misidentified.
By printing the order book with a printer or the like, the order book can be used immediately as a regular order book. This eliminates the need for the producer or wholesaler to create and distribute the order book base paper, thus improving the work efficiency.

When the "CSV output" button is selected, CSV output becomes possible, and the data of the negotiation list can be secondarily used.

The merchandise that can be handled by the above-described electronic negotiation system of the present invention only needs to be registered in the merchandise chart DB 6 and may be any merchandise to be dealt with. In addition, not only products but also services such as various services may be negotiated.

In the present invention, the electronic negotiation server 5
And the producer-side terminal device 2, the wholesaler-side terminal device 3, and the retailer-side terminal device 4 are connected via the Internet 1. Is present, the communication infrastructure may be used, and the present invention is not limited to the current Internet 1.

[0063]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, electronic negotiations can be conducted as long as there is an environment that can be connected to the Internet, so that special hardware and software for conducting electronic negotiations are unnecessary. The electronic negotiation system can be introduced at low cost.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the setup which was conventionally required for conducting face-to-face business negotiations, and to greatly reduce the cost and time. In particular, if the mobile device is used to connect to the Internet, location and time are not restricted at all, so that the labor required for business negotiations can be greatly reduced and business negotiations can be performed one after another.

Further, since the negotiation mail is created based on the product chart in the product chart database, it is possible to easily develop a new trading route and improve business efficiency.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since there is provided an order book creating means for creating an order book based on the negotiation list used for the negotiation, an order book without errors can be easily created. Work efficiency can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the commodity chart database is used, the ID entered at the time of logon is used.
, The system configuration of the negotiation system can be simplified. Further, since a special price can be easily presented to a special business partner, it is possible to easily differentiate the business.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an opening date and time notifying means for notifying the sender of the negotiation email of the opening date and time when the transmitted negotiation email was opened by the receiver. Since the opened status of the transmitted negotiation email can be confirmed, the sender can surely grasp the progress of the negotiation. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the business timing from being missed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the transmitted negotiation mail is unopened, the sender of the negotiation mail can delete the unopened negotiation mail. With this feature, it is possible to easily correct negotiation e-mails sent to the wrong destination or negotiation e-mails with incorrect contents, thereby reducing the work of following wrong transmissions. As a result, work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a screen of a product chart that can be browsed by the electronic business negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view of a screen of the electronic negotiation system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 2 Producer-side terminal 3 Wholesaler-side terminal 4 Retailer-side terminal 5 Electronic negotiation server 6 Commodity chart database 7 Producer database 8 Wholesaler database 9 Retailer database

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Claims (5)

[Claims] An electronic negotiation server (5) and a producer terminal (2), a wholesaler terminal (3), and a retailer terminal (4) are connected to the Internet (1), respectively. Connected via e-business server (5), product chart database (6)
And producer database (7) and wholesaler database
(8) and the retailer database (9) in advance, and a producer mailbox, a wholesaler mailbox, and a retailer mailbox are provided, and
An electronic business negotiation website is established on the server (5), and producers, wholesalers, and retailers have their own terminal devices (2) (3)
(4) Access the e-business website and enter the ID and password. Register the entered ID and password in advance in the producer database (7), wholesaler database (8), and retailer database (9). Provided with an accessor confirming means for recognizing a logon to the electronic negotiation system if the IDs and the passwords are not matched, and rejecting logon to the electronic negotiation system if they do not match, and permitting logon to the electronic negotiation system if they match. After logging on, the negotiation list creation means for creating an negotiation list on the electronic negotiation server (5) based on the products registered in the product chart database (6), and the electronic negotiation server Five)
An electronic negotiation system comprising: a negotiation e-mail transmission / reception means for transmitting and receiving between the above mailboxes. 2. The electronic negotiation system according to claim 1, further comprising an order book creating means for creating an order book based on the created negotiation list. 3. A merchandise chart is displayed by replacing a part of data according to an ID entered at the time of logon when using the merchandise chart database. Electronic negotiation system described. 4. An opening date and time notifying means for notifying a sender of the negotiation email of an opening date and time when the transmitted negotiation email has been opened by a receiver. Electronic negotiation system in section 1. 5. An unopened negotiation e-mail deleting means for enabling a sender of the negotiation e-mail to delete an unopened negotiation e-mail when the transmitted negotiation e-mail is unopened. Item 4. The electronic negotiation system according to Item 4.