JP2001297147A - Rental cycle management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a rental cycle management system by which start of the rental of a uniform or a change of a contract are enabled in real time in rental uniform business or the like. SOLUTION: Rental information is constituted of management unit identification(ID) data, staff ID data and size data, a management computer 1 is allocated to a uniform manager, terminal computers 2 to 4 are allocated to a uniform supplier and uniform users respectively, and both the computers are connected through a communication line 5. When rental information is inputted or transmitted from the terminal computer 3 of a certain uniform user to the computer 1, the computer 1 constructs or changes a rental information data base 6 sorted in each management unit from the rental information in real time and the uniform supplier performs the rental start, recovery, re-supply or rental end of a uniform on the basis of the rental information stored in the data base 6 checked from the computer 2. Thus, the uniform manager manages the uniform rental cycle by the rental cycle management system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to the commencement of lending of goods,
The present invention relates to a system that manages collection, re-provision, termination of lending, and the like (hereinafter, referred to as lending cycle) based on lending information, for example, a management system suitable for in-house lending and rental uniform business.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a company grows, providing and managing uniforms for each employee is a huge cost burden, and therefore, from a uniform supplier (may be the same as or different from the uniform manager). The “rental uniform business” based on a lending cycle of providing, collecting (cleaning if necessary) and re-providing uniforms to uniform users has become widespread. For example, the present inventors have mentioned the superiority of the rental uniform business in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 05-002597, “Method of Managing Repeated Rental Commodities”.

The outline of the rental uniform business is as follows. First, a plurality of uniforms of different sizes are sampled to a company (uniform user) contracted by a company that owns and manages uniforms (uniform supplier, here including uniform manager), and each employee is tried on. Get measuring data for each employee. Then, the user of the uniform receives a predetermined form on which the lending information including the measurement data of each employee obtained in this manner is entered, and returns it to the uniform supplier by mail or fax separately.
In order to manage the loan information for each uniform user, the uniform supplier who has received the loan information inputs the loan information of the form entry into the management computer by manual input or OCR input and constructs a loan information database. Was.

[0004]

The following problems have been pointed out in the above-mentioned conventional rental information management form of rental uniform business. First, there is a problem related to an entry error or an input error in measuring data. The uniform supplier had to input the measuring data from the returned paper anew to the management computer, and this input operation required human labor. This is because even OCR input requires a human check. In any case, an input error is unavoidable, causing confusion not only at the time of starting the loan but also at the time of changing the loan contract. In addition, there is also the inconvenience that even if the entry by the uniform user is incorrect, it cannot be confirmed by the uniform supplier, and the error cannot be known until after the uniform is lent. This entry error is a problem that is also seen in general lending of goods.

Next, there is a problem relating to acquisition of measuring data. Normally, uniform users tend to collect measurement data of all employees on a predetermined form and send it back, so that the acquisition of momentum measurement data tends to be delayed, and thus the start of uniform lending itself has been delayed. In the rental uniform business, the uniform user does not manage the uniform, it is a business that is established by managing the uniform in a smooth lending cycle to the uniform supplier or uniform manager, so the rental uniform cycle business If there is a delay procedure on the way, the effectiveness will be impaired. Similarly, in the case of lending goods within the same company, the acquisition of the goods identification data tends to be delayed, and there are cases where the lending cycle does not function smoothly. Therefore, a system that solves these problems related to measuring data and eliminates the delay in procedures during the lending cycle,
Eventually, we will develop a system to manage the lending cycle between those who are different in supply, management and use of goods, and consider the system so that it can be used as a more general management system for lending goods. In addition, we considered.

[0006]

A system developed as a result of the examination is a system that manages a lending cycle such as lending, collection, re-supply, and lending of an item based on the lending information. It consists of the management unit identification data of the unit, the lending unit identification data to be actually lent in the management unit, and the article identification data of the articles to be lent to the lending unit. It consists of a management computer which is a server for constructing a database, a terminal computer which is a client which mainly sends lending information to the management computer, and a communication line connecting the server and the client, wherein the terminal computer has article identification data of necessary or desired articles. Lending information with management unit identification data or lending unit identification data added to the management computer. The management computer builds or changes a loan information database for each management unit in real time from the loan information, and manages a loan cycle of the article based on the loan information appearing in the loan information database (hereinafter referred to as a management). System).

More specifically, a system in which an article manager manages a lending cycle for starting, collecting, re-provisioning, and ending a lending of an article from an article supplier to an article user based on the lending information. The loan information is composed of management unit identification data of the management unit, employee identification data of an employee who is actually lent in the management unit, and article identification data of an article to be lent to the employee. A management computer that is a server, a terminal computer that is a client assigned to an article supplier and an article user, respectively,
This server and client are connected by a communication line,
Acquisition of article identification data of articles required or desired for each employee, input or transmission of lending information obtained by adding management unit identification data or employee identification data to the article identification data from the article user's terminal computer to the management computer, The management computer builds or changes a loan information database for each management unit in real time from the loan information, and the goods supplier starts lending, collects, re-provides or lends the goods based on the loan information in the loan information database confirmed from the terminal computer. The lending end is performed, and the goods manager manages the lending cycle of the goods by inputting or transmitting the lending start, collection, re-provision and lending end from the terminal computer of the goods supplier or the goods user to the management computer. It is a lending cycle management system. This lending cycle management system is particularly suitable for managing lending of articles in the same company in accordance with employee entry / exit or transfer.

[0008] If the above is applied to the rental uniform business, the uniform supplier can start lending the uniform to the uniform user,
This is a system in which a uniform manager manages a lending cycle in which collection, re-offering, and lending are completed based on lending information. The lending information includes management unit identification data of a management unit and a loan actually received in the management unit. Employee identification data of the employee,
It is composed of the measurement data of the uniform to be lent to this employee, and the management computer as the server is assigned to the uniform manager, and the terminal computer as the client is assigned to the uniform supplier and the uniform user, respectively. Lending information obtained by adding uniform data from the uniform supplier to the uniform user, obtaining measuring data for each employee, and measuring data from the terminal computer of the uniform user plus management unit identification data or employee identification data. To the management computer, the management computer builds or changes the loan information database for each management unit in real time from the loan information, and the uniform supplier is based on the loan information of the loan information database confirmed from the terminal computer. Start lending, collect, re-offer, or end lending of uniforms, and The loan starting from the terminal computer clothes user, recovery, uniforms manager is management system for managing lending cycle uniform by typing or sending a re-offer and the lending ends to the management computer. Hereinafter, the rental uniform business will be described as an example.

[0009] "Uniform manager", "uniform supplier" and "uniform user" are names of functional divisions in the management system according to the present invention. The uniform manager is a rental uniform business owner, and if the uniform can be managed directly and cleaned up after collection, the uniform manager also serves as the uniform supplier. Usually, a large amount of uniforms are actually stored,
The uniform manager contracts separately with the factory for cleaning and repair, in which case the factory becomes the uniform supplier. In the rental uniform business, it is customary that the uniform manager or the uniform supplier owns the uniform, but in some cases, the uniform manager holds the uniform held by the uniform user, and the uniform supplier manages the uniform. It may be cycled through the lending cycle.

As the management computer or the terminal computer, not only dedicated hardware but also a personal computer having a system constructed by software can be used. In particular, various communication terminals such as PDAs (personal information terminals) and recent multifunctional mobile phones can be used for the terminal computer. The terminal computer may be lent from a uniform supplier or a personal computer owned by the uniform user may be used. As for the connection between the server and the client, various existing connection forms can be used as long as the communication line allows transmission and reception between the management computer and the terminal computer. Wired communication lines are often unavailable or inconvenient for some uniform suppliers and uniform users, so wireless (mobile phones and P
HS) communication lines are convenient and preferred. The mode of transmission and input of the loan information includes a case where the loan information input to the terminal computer is newly transmitted to the management computer through the communication line, and a case where the loan information is input from the terminal computer brought online by the communication line directly to the management computer. There are cases. The former is for PC communication and network (W
Mail or data transfer in AN or Internet)
In (FTP), the latter is equivalent to entering a home page on the Internet.

[0011] When the management system of the present invention is applied to a rental uniform business, the entry of loan information into a form and the input to a management computer, which are separate tasks, are integrated, and the loan information input work by a uniform supplier is performed. Reduce the burden. In addition, the loan information acquired by the uniform user can be sequentially input to the management computer, and the uniform supplier can start providing the uniform individually based on the input loan information. The loan information is based on measuring data for specifying uniforms, and (1) by attaching management unit identification data including company information as a management unit, it becomes easy to construct a loan information database for each company.

[0012] In addition, (2) by attaching employee identification data to each measurement data, measurement data can be identified for each lent employee, and (a) the number of uniforms based on the same measurement data can be easily managed. Not only that, (b) it is possible to determine the start and end of the uniform lending of the corresponding employee, and it is possible to manage a so-called uniform lending cycle. Specifically, the uniform provided by the uniform supplier is received, the received information of the uniform is input from the terminal computer, and the received information is transmitted from the terminal computer to the management computer. The uniform information is reflected in the loan information database for each uniform user in real time, and if the uniform supplier checks the provision status of each uniform based on the loan information database, the provision of the uniform provided based on the loan information is provided. Confirmation (delivered, undelivered or delayed delivery) is facilitated, and a smooth lending cycle can be realized. The accepted information may simply be transmitted from the terminal computer to the management computer by transmitting an electric signal by a button as accepted data. However, for example, when the reception data with the correctness of the reception date and uniform is added to the management unit identification data and employee identification data similar to the loan information, and sent from the terminal computer to the management computer, more detailed information can be obtained. It can be reflected in the loan information database.

[0013] management unit identification data constituting the loan information;
The division between the employee identification data and the measurement data is functional and is not clear, and it is conceivable that the management unit identification data includes all data or each data is individually exchanged. Further, in consideration of the convenience of the uniform manager, the uniform supplier, or the uniform user, each data itself is diversified, so that the loan information is not uniform. For example, in a company with a small number of employees, if it is not necessary to identify employees individually and management on a company-by-company basis is sufficient,
There is no employee identification data, and the lending information is composed of only the measurement data and the management unit identification data. Further, in the management information database, since necessary information changes depending on the stage of the lending cycle, it is not necessary to change or display all data. Thus, the lending information has a configuration in which the employee identification data or the management unit identification data is added as appropriate, centering on the measurement data. The present invention is characterized in that such data is circulated in the lending cycle, and changes in the lending cycle are reflected in real time.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a rental uniform business will be described as an embodiment of a management system according to the present invention, and will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a rental uniform business to which the management system of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of a lending cycle by the management system. The present invention is applicable not only to the rental uniform business, but also to, for example, a lending cycle of goods (employee card or company badge) in the same company. These descriptions will be described as appropriate, with points different from the description of the illustrated rental uniform business.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 1, an off-the-shelf desktop personal computer is used for the management computer 1,
With the installed management system server program, the lending information database 6 (see FIG. 2) is built on the built-in hard disk. The terminal computer is assigned a desktop computer 2 to a uniform supplier (contract factory, etc.) and a laptop 3 or PDA 4 to a uniform user (contract company, etc.). And the received information to the management computer 1. In a lending cycle management system within the same company, terminal computers may be assigned to each section or department. The management computer 1 and each of the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 are always connected by a communication line 5 such as a dedicated line, an intranet or the Internet, and the lending information and the like input to the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 are sequentially stored in the management computer 1. May be transmitted to the management computer 1 by connecting to the communication computer 5 as appropriate, and lending information and the like input to the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 may be transmitted to the management computer 1 for each connection.

A specific lending cycle is as follows between a uniform supplier and a uniform user on the left side of FIG. First, after signing a new contract for uniform lending,
As can be seen in (1), the uniform manager or the uniform supplier, at the instruction of the uniform manager, provides a plurality of samples of different sizes to the uniform user. If the uniform manager is the same as the uniform supplier, the uniform manager directly samples the uniform user. The uniform user (2) adjusts the size of the sample to each employee from time to time and obtains measuring data for each employee, and adds management unit identification data and employee identification data to this measuring data to make lending information, and the terminal computer Enter loan information from 2, 3, 4 to the management computer 1,
Transmit (see FIG. 1). In the lending cycle management system in the same company, when dealing with an item having no personality such as an employee ID card, it is not necessary to provide a sample, so the above-mentioned procedure (1) becomes unnecessary. When the relevant employee joins the company, the management unit identification data and the employee identification data are added to the product identification data as appropriate to provide lending information, and the lending information is input and transmitted from the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 to the management computer 1. (See FIG. 1).

The management unit identification data handled in the rental uniform business includes identification information such as a customer name, a customer number, an address, a telephone number, a representative, and a person in charge of a uniform user, as well as the type and total number of uniforms to be lent. Lending conditions such as a lending period and a lending cycle can be considered. On the other hand, in the lending cycle management system in the same company, the management unit identification data is a section or a section, and the data configuration is simplified. Basically, the necessary information can be obtained by the first input and transmission, so in the second and subsequent transmissions, information that can be used to determine from which uniform user the loan information to be transmitted, such as the customer name or customer Only the number needs to be added to the measurement data. If the customer name or customer number is automatically added to the measurement data by the management system client program, it is not necessary to input the management unit identification data in the second and subsequent transmissions.

The employee identification data is identification information such as the corresponding person's name, employee number, department, etc. of the measurement data to be transmitted. The employee's entering / leaving, transfer / absence data, and the common loan included in the management unit identification data are included. Includes individual lending terms in addition to terms. In a lending cycle management system in the same company, it is particularly important to enter / leave, transfer or absentee data of the relevant employee. The employee identification data plays an index role in the loan information database 6 constructed for each uniform user. The measuring data is the product identification data in the rental uniform business, unlike general product identification information, it is data such as the size, color, summer and winter distinction of uniforms to be lent to each employee literally, and the management computer screen ,
Data such as the size, color, and summer / winter distinction are arranged in a list. Although the configuration of the lending information database 6 is free, a configuration in which the management unit identification data is a global record and the employee identification data and the measurement data are added as individual record units can be exemplified.

The uniform supplier checks (3) the loan information database 6 constructed in this way with the management computer 1,
Based on the added employee identification data and measurement data, uniforms are provided to the uniform users represented in the management unit identification data as appropriate. The uniform user (4) inputs the received information from the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 (see FIG. 1) that the provided uniform has reached and received the corresponding employee, and transmits the information to the management computer 1. In the received information, the management unit identification data, the employee identification data, and the received data may be integrated so that the user of which uniform user can be identified. The accepted data may be not only a simple indication of non-acceptance and acceptance, but also data including a uniform error, the same error, a different color, a different size, and the like. Even in the lending cycle management system within the same company, this (3) (4)
Can be processed in substantially the same manner.

The management computer 1 which has received the received information adds a display of the received confirmation to the record of the corresponding employee. If the display of the confirmation of acceptance is, for example, "accepted", this completes the process up to the first uniform provision, and thereafter the rental cycle lending cycle including collection, cleaning (may be unnecessary), etc. Repeat. (5) If the uniform manager confirms that it has not been accepted, it will prompt the uniform supplier to supply the correct uniform again. Thus, the correct uniform is lent, and (6) the uniform user uses the uniform according to the lending cycle. During this lending cycle, the lending cycle management system of the present invention can be used for confirming the acceptance or non-acceptance of the newly provided uniform. In addition, the display of the accepted confirmation is, for example, "not received", "color difference" or "size difference"
In that case, the uniform manager should confirm the shipping confirmation and the color and size of the uniform to be provided, and instruct the uniform supplier, or confirm the uniform supplier and provide the uniform again.

According to the term of the lending cycle, (7) the uniform supplier collects the uniform, and inputs to the management computer 1 that the uniform supplier has collected. Here, the uniform supplier checks (8) whether or not the collected uniform has been cleaned, (9) when cleaning is completed, inputs the fact to the management computer 1, and further (10) confirms whether or not the contract has been completed. Then, if the contract is continued, the uniform is again provided to the uniform user. Among the lending cycle management systems within the same company, especially for employee ID cards that are lent based on the resignation, transfer, or absence of the relevant employee, there is no time limit for the lending cycle, and the lending cycle is managed based on the above personnel change Will do. Information on such a series of lending cycles is appropriately reflected in the lending information database 6 by data input by a uniform user or a uniform supplier, or updated by data processing by a uniform manager, and necessary information is stored in the management computer 1 or the terminal. It can be confirmed on computers 2, 3, and 4.

As described above, in the lending cycle management system of the present invention, the input work of the uniform supplier is omitted unless there is data to be added to the lending information database 6 especially by the uniform manager. This is because the management unit identification data, the employee identification data, the measuring data, and the received data can all be input by the uniform user or the uniform supplier from the terminal computers 2, 3, and 4 to the management computer 1 (see FIG. 1). ). Thereby, the trouble of inputting the loan information, which has been conventionally seen, can be omitted, and an input error can be prevented. Also, since you can exchange loan information in real time,
The uniform can be put on the rental cycle in a short time, and the rental uniform business can be made more efficient.

Further, the point that this loan information database 6 can be constructed in real time is, for example, the change of uniform size.
This means that the contract change can be sequentially reflected in the loan information database 6, such as (change of measurement data) or when the relevant employee is removed due to transfer or leaving the company (change of employee identification data). The loan cycle management system in the same company utilizes the real-time property of such a loan information database. The ease of changing the loan information database 6 based on such a contract change is also an effect of the present invention that enhances the utility of the rental uniform business.

[0024]

The lending cycle management system of the present invention
When circulating an article between two or three parties based on the lending cycle, the system manages the lending cycle of the article in real time. According to the present invention, for example, not only is it easy to manage the lending of goods which is extremely complicated due to joining, transferring, or leaving each employee in the same company, but also it is possible to reliably manage a fine lending cycle, The cost associated with

In particular, in the rental uniform business, a problem relating to measuring data is solved, a rental information database which can be constructed and changed in real time with few input errors is provided, and the efficiency of the rental cycle is improved. Also has the effect to achieve. Specifically, first,
Eliminating entry errors or input errors in measuring data, and thus reducing rental costs. Secondly, by obtaining measurement data sequentially and in real time, uniforms can be smoothly circulated in the lending cycle of providing, collecting, and cleaning, thereby improving the practicality of the rental uniform business. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a rental uniform business to which a management system of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a lending cycle by the management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 desktop computer management computer 2 desktop computer terminal computer 3 notebook computer terminal computer 4 PDA terminal computer 5 communication line 6 loan information database

Claims (3)

[Claims] A system for managing a lending cycle such as lending start, collection, re-provision and lending end of an article based on lending information, wherein the lending information includes management unit identification data of a management unit, and management unit identification data of the management unit. A management computer which is a server which is composed of lending unit identification data to be actually lent and article identification data of articles to be lent to the lending unit, and mainly collects lending information and constructs a lending information database; The terminal computer, which is a client that sends the lending information to the management computer, and a communication line connecting the server and the client, the terminal computer lending the management unit identification data or the lending unit identification data to the item identification data of the desired item. The information is input or transmitted to the management computer, and the management computer uses the rental information to A lending cycle management system, wherein a lending information database for each management unit is constructed or changed in a management system, and a lending cycle of articles is managed based on lending information appearing in the lending information database. 2. A system in which an article manager manages a lending cycle for starting lending, collecting, re-providing and lending an article from an article supplier to an article user based on the lending information, wherein the lending information is managed. A management computer which is composed of management unit identification data of a unit, employee identification data of an employee who is actually lent in the management unit, and article identification data of an article lent to the employee, and which is a server for the article manager. Is assigned to a terminal computer, which is a client, to an article supplier and an article user, and the server and the client are connected by a communication line. From the terminal computer of the lending information added the management unit identification data or employee identification data to the product identification data to the management computer, or input or transmit, The management computer builds or changes a loan information database for each management unit in real time from the loan information, and the goods supplier starts lending, collects, re-provides or lends the goods based on the loan information in the loan information database confirmed from the terminal computer. The lending end is performed, and the goods manager manages the lending cycle of the goods by inputting or transmitting the lending start, collection, re-provision and lending end from the terminal computer of the goods supplier or the goods user to the management computer. A loan cycle management system characterized by the following. 3. A system in which a uniform manager manages a lending cycle for starting, collecting, re-providing, and ending lending of uniforms from a uniform supplier to a uniform user based on the lending information, wherein the lending information is managed. The management unit identification data of the unit, the employee identification data of the employee who is actually lent in the management unit, and the measurement data of the uniform lent to the employee;
The management computer, which is a server, is assigned to the uniform manager, and the terminal computer, which is a client, is assigned to the uniform supplier and the uniform user. The server and the client are connected by a communication line, and the uniform is supplied from the uniform supplier to the uniform user. To obtain the measurement data for each employee, input or send the management computer identification data or loan information obtained by adding the management unit identification data or employee identification data to the management computer from the uniform user's terminal computer, and the management computer Build or change the loan information database for each management unit in real time from the loan information, and the uniform supplier starts, collects, re-provides, or ends the loan of the uniform based on the loan information in the loan information database confirmed from the terminal computer The loan is started and transferred from the terminal computer of the uniform supplier or the uniform user. , Lending cycle management system uniforms administrator by entering or sending a re-offer and the lending ends to the management computer, wherein the managing lending cycle uniforms.