JP2001331741A - Commodity sale system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present the selling price for a commodity including the delivery charge of the commodity to an applicant for purchase in a commodity sale system which delivers the commodity to a designated destination. SOLUTION: A database is provided where a delivery charge different by the size and the weight of a delivered matter and a delivery region is stored; and when the classification of a purchased commodity, its quantity, and information of the delivery destination of the commodity are interactively inputted through an information terminal device, the size of the delivered matter obtained by packing the commodity is obtained, and the database is referred to obtain a delivery charge required to deliver the delivered matter (delivery charge calculation means), and the selling unit price including the delivery charge per commodity is calculated in accordance with the unit price of the commodity and the delivery charge and is presented through the information terminal device (unit price display means).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales system useful for purchasing a pack of liquid merchandise such as drinking water filled in a predetermined amount in a flexible bag using a delivery service. About.

[0002]

[Related background art] Mail-order sales of products are purchased (sales)
This is realized by delivering the product specified by the contract to the destination (purchaser). In particular, according to such mail order, for example, it is possible to receive a delivery service of heavy and bulky products such as drinking water and rice while staying at home,
The processing load of shopping can be greatly reduced.

[0003] Incidentally, in the above-mentioned mail-order sales of products, generally, a product type and its quantity (purchase unit) are specified using a predetermined application form (contract), and the destination of the product and the form of payment decision are determined. It is realized by specifying this and applying for it. And at the source of the goods,
According to the contents of the contract applied as described above, the designated product is delivered to the designated destination, and the price is decided.

[0004]

In the case of a delivery service of a product, it goes without saying that the delivery fee is inevitably charged, and the delivery fee is usually borne by the purchaser of the product. Therefore, when making a purchase contract (purchase application) for a product, it is desirable to know the purchase price of the product including the delivery fee. However, in general, the delivery fee differs depending on the size and weight of the delivery, and furthermore, the delivery area, and it is difficult to grasp the fee required for delivery of the purchased product.

[0005] Further, when a predetermined number of packed products made of liquid products such as drinking water filled in a predetermined amount in a flexible bag are regularly purchased at a time, the packed products are packed according to the quantity. Since the size of the delivery changes, the delivery fee may be lower if the package is divided into two packages, for example, rather than combined into one package. Conversely, shipping charges may be lower when two types of commodities are packaged together than when they are separately packaged.
Therefore, when accepting a purchase contract (purchase application) for a product,
According to the content of the contract applied (quantity of goods and destination), the lowest shipping fee required for delivery of the product is requested and presented to the purchaser, kindness considering the buyer's position Service can be provided.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object the purpose of receiving a purchase contract (purchase application) for a product via an information terminal device, the quantity of the specified product and its destination. Calculates the delivery fee required for the delivery of the product in accordance with, and presents the product sales unit price including this delivery fee so that it can be easily grasped and provides a product sales system that enhances the serviceability to the product buyer. Is to do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a merchandise sales system according to the present invention interactively inputs information through an information terminal device and makes a purchase application for merchandise.
A product for delivering goods to a designated destination, comprising a database storing sizes and weights of goods to be delivered and different delivery charges depending on a delivery area, and a type of the purchased goods via the information terminal device. When the information of the destination of the product and the quantity of the product are input, the size of the delivery when the product is packed is determined, and the delivery fee required for delivering the delivery by referring to the database is obtained. (Delivery fee calculation means), and calculates a sales unit price including a delivery fee per unit of the product from the unit price of the product and the delivery fee, and presents the sales price via the information terminal device ( Unit price display means).

That is, the product sales system according to the present invention comprises:
The type and quantity of the product purchased by receiving the delivery service,
In the contract form screen (application form) of the information terminal device used for inputting information on the destination and the like, the fee required for delivery of the product according to the content of the input information, and the product sales unit price including the delivery fee are displayed. It is characterized by doing so.

[0009] Preferably, the delivery fee calculation means selects a packing form of the product that minimizes the delivery fee, and determines the delivery fee of the delivery. Further, according to the present invention, as described in claim 3, the product is formed by filling a flexible bag with a predetermined amount of liquid product, and deforming the external shape of the bag within a deformable range. When a pack product is obtained, a product sales system useful for grasping a sales price including a delivery fee of the pack product, and furthermore, a product purchase unit price is provided.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A merchandise sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall schematic configuration of a product delivery system for delivering a product to a predetermined destination, where 1 is a user who is a purchaser of the product, 2 is a purchase request of the product from the user 1, and the like. It is a window company that accepts. A request for purchasing a product from the user 1 to the counter company 2 is made via a postcard, a facsimile, a telephone, the Internet, or the like. By the way, in order to purchase a product via the Internet, by accessing the homepage, the user enters the necessary items for the contract in the application form opened on the personal computer (information terminal device) of the user 1, and enters the input information into SSL.
(Secure Socket Layer) or the like to notify the window company 2 of the confidentiality.

The contact company 2 has, for example, a client database 2a, a merchandise management database 2b, and a delivery destination database 2c.
Registered in 2b and 2c to execute product delivery and customer (user) management. The window company 2 requests the product delivery center 3 to ship the product to the user 1, and the delivery center 3 sends the product received from the factory 4 to each destination (user 1). Responsible for delivery to In particular, when a regular purchase of a product is specified, the product is periodically sent out at a specified cycle. In addition, the contact company 2 collectively bills the settlement company 5 such as a credit company for the sale of the product along with the shipment of the product to the user 1, and the settlement company 5 issues the sale price of the product to each user 1. Will be billed individually.

The client database 2a, the merchandise management database 2b, and the destination database 2c
Is to classify the contents (information) of the product purchase contract with the user 1 for each predetermined item and to register them in a predetermined relational structure. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the requester database 2a stores the name and name of the requester of the product and its address, and also the name of the credit company and the contract number required for the payment of the product price. Information is registered. In the merchandise management database 2b, information such as the type of the merchandise, the number thereof (the number of sets), the desire to purchase accessories, and the delivery date of the merchandise is registered. Further, the destination database 2c stores information on the destination of the merchandise. Information such as names, names and their addresses, and telephone numbers are registered.

Here, as described above, the merchandise delivered from the distribution center 3 to the user 1, that is, the merchandise sold in this system will be described. The merchandise is a liquid merchandise such as drinking water mixed with minerals. This liquid product is provided as a packed product P which is filled in a predetermined amount in a flexible bag body 10 having a predetermined internal volume made of a synthetic resin film or the like as shown in FIG. You.

The bag body 10 is obtained by cutting a cylindrical body 11 having a bag width Pw of 18 cm (perimeter 36 cm) into a length of about 30 cm, and sealing the ends thereof in a liquid-tight manner with a width of 1.5 cm each. And the length Pr is 27c.
m, and has a size capable of forming a maximum internal volume of 2 liters by the swelling of the tubular body 11. The liquid product is filled into such a bag body 10 by, for example, 1.5 liters, and sealed in a state where excess air is expelled. As a result, the pack product P in which the bag body 10 is filled with the liquid product is in an unstable state in shape before the bag body 10 expands to the maximum, but its appearance is in a range where the bag body 10 can be deformed. It is realized as a product whose shape is deformed. The appearance of the pack product P is changed to the most stable state in the deformable range by the way of placing the pack product or by externally applied pressure or the like.

The pack stand S shown in FIG. 3 is used for storing the pack product P and pouring out the liquid product from the bag 10 or storing it in a refrigerator or the like, and has a predetermined rigidity. It consists of a cylindrical container made of plastic.
Specifically, this pack stand S is 10.5cm x 8.
It has an opening shape of 5 cm, and is formed of a substantially square bottomed cylindrical body having a height of about 20 cm, and has a size that can be stored in a so-called door pocket of a refrigerator like a milk pack. The above-mentioned pack product P is stored in such a pack stand S by dropping it while changing its external shape.

The packaged product P is placed on one corner of the upper fin portion 12 of the bag 10 by, for example,
Is opened by cutting it obliquely along the notch 13 provided in the bag 10 and used for pouring out liquid products from the bag body 10. During storage in a refrigerator or the like, the unsealed end of the tubular body 11 cut along the cut 13 is sandwiched by a clip (not shown) to seal the unsealed portion. Is prevented.

Thus, the above-mentioned sale (delivery) of the pack product P is performed, for example, by using six pack products P as a delivery unit.
It is carried out by storing it in a packing box B made of corrugated paper of a predetermined size. This packing box B has, for example, a vertical dimension of 30c.
It is a rectangular box of about 23 cm in width and about 16 cm in height, and has an internal volume of about 10 liters. The above-mentioned six pack products P are placed horizontally in such a packing box B as shown in FIG.
Is spread in the width direction as much as possible and is stable in 2 rows and 3 rows
It is stored by stacking over the steps. At this time, each of the pack products P has a cross section substantially restricted in shape by regulating the shape of the portion contacting with the inner wall surface of the packing box B by the inner wall surface, and regulating the shape by equilibrating the portions in contact with each other with pressure. It is stored in the packing box B and is packed with almost no space in the square shape, in other words, with almost no useless space formed.

On the other hand, when the above-mentioned pack stand S is packed in the packing box B in addition to the six pack goods P, one of the pack goods P is stored in the pack stand S. This is performed without effectively forming an unnecessary space in the packing box B by effectively utilizing the internal space of the pack stand S. In particular, in this case, since the size of the pack stand S is different from the size of the pack product P when the pack product P is placed in a horizontal position, for example, as shown in FIG. And put it in the packing box B. Then, one of the remaining pack products P is set up sideways, so that the bag body 10 is maximized in its thickness direction to be in a stable state, and is stored along the side of the pack stand S. . In addition, about the remaining four pack goods S,
It is sufficient to stack and store it in the packing box B in a stable state while keeping it horizontally.

If the pack stand S is arranged at a substantially central portion of the packing box B so as to be surrounded by a plurality of pack goods P, for example, the pack goods P arranged around the pack stand S are buffered. Act as
The pack stand S can be effectively protected from external impact applied to the packing box B at the time of delivery, and the pack stand S can be prevented from being damaged.

In this way, the six pack products P or the pack stands S
4 (a) and 4 (b), the packing box B can be of a limited size regardless of whether or not the pack stand S is packed at the same time.
Is effectively used to pack six packed products P stably and without forming a useless space. In other words, even when the pack stand S is packed in addition to the six pack products P, there is no need to prepare a large packing box B, and the unified sized packing box B is effectively used. The delivery can be done.

In particular, six packed products P each containing 1.5 liters of liquid products are packed and delivered in a minimum volume using a packing box B having an internal volume of approximately 10 liters. Can be. Even if the pack stand S is packed at the same time, its weight hardly changes. Therefore, even if the delivery fee varies depending on the size of the packing box B or the weight of the packaged product, it is possible to provide the delivery at a fixed fee.

In the merchandise sales system constructed so as to execute the merchandise delivery service,
As described above, the purchase application for a product is basically made using a postcard, a facsimile, a telephone, or via the Internet. In particular, a purchase request for a product via the Internet is made available to the user 1 by accessing the homepage.
A contract form screen (application form) as shown in FIG. 5, for example, is opened on the personal computer (information terminal device) on the side, and selection information is input into a plurality of information input fields classified and set for each item, or characters are input. -This is done by entering numbers.

That is, on the contract form screen shown in FIG. 5, items such as “purchase method”, “purchased product”, “applicant”, and “destination” are classified and set, and necessary information is selected for each item. Or it prompts for input. By the way, in the item of "purchase method", "subscription / irregular purchase (purchase only once)" is selected and specified, and the delivery conditions of the product at the time of the periodic purchase are selected and specified. In this example, a delivery cycle consisting of [every week / 2 weeks / 3 every 3 weeks / 4 weeks] and a delivery day consisting of [Thursday / Saturday / Sunday] can be selected and designated in any combination. ing. In addition, in each item of <Applicant> and <Destination>, in addition to [Name / Furigana / Phone number], enter characters such as [Credit card type / Card expiration date / Card number] for payment approval. It encourages.

The item "purchased item" is used for selecting and specifying a purchased item and inputting information on the purchased quantity (the number of sets). In particular, in the item of “purchased goods”, an amount presenting column X for displaying the unit price including the postage corresponding to the type and quantity of the purchased goods instructed and input,
There is provided an amount display column Y for displaying a settlement price (a billed amount) including a consumption tax.

The merchandise sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention, as described above, inputs an instruction in the item of "purchased merchandise" on the contract form screen opened on the information input terminal (personal computer) as described below. The product delivery fee is calculated according to the type of purchased product and its quantity,
The above-mentioned packed product P calculated including the delivery fee
The unit price (sales unit price) per unit is calculated, and the calculated unit price is displayed in the amount presentation column X. Further, a settlement price (billing amount) obtained by adding the amount of the consumption tax to the total amount of the commodity price and the delivery fee is displayed in the amount display column Y.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the merchandise sales system according to this embodiment includes a merchandise database 21 in which unit prices for each merchandise and prices of its accessories are registered, And a delivery database 22 that stores delivery charges that differ depending on the delivery area. Then, the information of [product type, quantity (number of sets), destination] input via the information terminal device described above is fetched via the purchase condition input unit 23, and the product unit price calculation unit 2
In step 4, the delivery fee of the designated product is obtained with reference to the databases 21 and 22. At this time, the product unit price calculation unit 24 selects the packing form so that the delivery fee is the lowest and, specifically, selects one packing item or two packing items according to the quantity of the product. Database 2 while deciding whether to divide the package
2 and calculate the delivery fee.

The product unit price calculation unit 24 obtains a unit price of each pack product P, that is, a so-called sales unit price including the postage, including the delivery charge obtained as described above, and sends the sales unit price to the information terminal device described above. It plays the role of displaying in the amount presentation column X on the expanded contract form screen. In addition, the billing amount calculation unit 25 calculates the settlement price (billing amount) to be charged to the requester by adding the delivery fee to the sales price of the pack product P and further calculating the consumption tax. .
The billed amount is displayed in the amount display column Y on the contract form screen developed on the information terminal device described above.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the process of calculating the selling price is entered in the item "purchased product" on the contract form screen displayed on the information terminal device. The process starts by taking in information of the type of the purchased product and its quantity (the number of sets) and information of its destination (step S1). Incidentally, in this example, for example, two types of products (liquid products) of A and B
Are set to be selectively combined to be sold as a pack. << A product + A product >><< A product + B product >>
The combination form of “B commodity + B commodity” is selectively specified.

When the information on the type of the purchased product and its quantity (the number of sets) is obtained, the product unit price calculator 24 first determines the size of the delivery that can pack the product in the minimum size. Then, the fee required for delivery of the delivery (package) is obtained by referring to the delivery database 22 [Step S2]. At this time, the delivery area is specified according to the information of the delivery destination, and a delivery fee corresponding to the delivery area is obtained. Further, when the quantity (the number of sets) is large, for example, whether the product is packed in one package or divided into two or more packages, etc. Is calculated, and the fee required for delivery of these deliverables is determined. Then, the user selects the packing form in which the delivery fee is the lowest, and obtains the fee required for delivery of the product.

When the delivery charge of the commodity to the designated destination is obtained as described above, the unit price per commodity including the delivery charge is calculated (step S3). Specifically, as described above, in the case where six liquid products are packed as one set and one or a plurality of sets are sold, a sales unit price including a delivery fee per one liquid product is calculated. You. That is, in this sales system, the sale of the product is realized by delivering the product to the designated destination, so that the purchaser adds the delivery fee to the price of the product itself (the product price). Corresponds to the purchase price of the product. Therefore, in order for the buyer to know the actual purchase price (sales price) including this delivery fee,
As described above, based on the delivery fee and the quantity of the product,
Calculate the sales unit price per product. The sales unit price is displayed in the above-mentioned amount presentation column X, and is presented to the purchaser (applicant) [Step S4].

Further, a predetermined consumption tax rate is multiplied by the sum of the above-mentioned delivery fee and the price of the product for sale (product price × quantity) to obtain the consumption tax, and the total billed amount including the consumption tax is calculated [step S5]. . At this time, if a purchase request for an accessory such as the above-described pack stand S is also specified at the same time, the billing amount is calculated including the selling price of the accessory. And about the calculated billing amount,
It is displayed in the above-mentioned amount display column Y and presented to the purchaser (applicant) [Step S6].

As described above, in the merchandise sales system according to the present invention, when a product purchase application is made through the contract form screen displayed on the information terminal device, the product type input from the contract form screen is changed. Information to identify,
And the size of the package to be packed to deliver the specified product according to the information specifying the quantity (the number of sets), and the weight of the package if necessary, and then determine the delivery database 22 according to the destination. , The fee required for delivery of the delivery item is obtained. Then, by adding the above delivery fee to the sales price of the product, the actual sales unit price of the product is calculated, and the billed amount including the consumption tax is calculated and displayed on the contract form screen. Thus, it is possible to directly determine whether the price of the product is substantially high or low.

Therefore, the purchase applicant can easily make a final decision as to whether or not to purchase the product in accordance with the sales unit price displayed in the amount presentation column X. Further, from the billing amount displayed in the amount display column Y, the amount to be paid in accordance with the purchase of the product can be accurately grasped. In particular, even if the delivery fee differs depending on the destination (delivery area), the sales unit price of the product (the unit price including the delivery fee) can be presented including the delivery fee. The unit price can be accurately grasped.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Here, a system in which two types of liquid commodities A and B are appropriately combined and sold has been described as an example, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where three or more types of commodities are combined and sold. When the unit prices of a plurality of products are different from each other, it is also possible to obtain and display a sales price with a delivery fee added for each product. In this case, the delivery fee may be evenly distributed to each product according to the quantity of the product. In addition, the invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a product purchase application is made via an information terminal device,
In addition to obtaining the quantity of the product input from the information terminal device and the charge required for the delivery according to the destination, the sales unit price per product including the delivery fee is determined,
Since the billing amount including the shipping fee and the consumption tax is presented via the information terminal device, the unit price and product purchase including the shipping fee can be purchased without checking the shipping fee on the purchase applicant side. It is possible to accurately grasp the amount of the accompanying charge. For this reason, it is possible to provide effects such as enabling extremely detailed services based on the position of the purchaser.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a product delivery system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database used in the commodity delivery system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of products handled by the product delivery system shown in FIG. 1, showing a pack product P and a pack stand S as an accessory thereof.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of storing a pack product P and a pack stand S in a packing box B.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a contract form screen (application form) used in a purchase contract via an information terminal device in the product sales system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram for calculating a sales price of a product, which is a characteristic processing function in the product sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a calculation of a sales unit price shown in FIG. 6 and a display procedure thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 user 2 window company 2a, 2b, 2c database 3 distribution center 4 factory 5 settlement company

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise sales system for interactively inputting information through an information terminal device, applying for a purchase of a merchandise, and delivering the merchandise to a designated destination. And a database storing different delivery charges depending on the delivery area, and the type and quantity of the purchased product via the information terminal device,
And when the destination information of the product is input, the size of the delivery when the product is packed is determined,
A delivery fee calculating means for referring to the database to determine a delivery fee required for delivering the delivery item; and calculating a sales unit price including a delivery fee per unit of the product from the unit price of the product and the delivery fee. And a unit price display unit for presenting the sales unit price via the information terminal device. 2. The delivery fee calculating means according to claim 1, wherein said delivery fee calculation means selects a packing form of the product which minimizes the delivery fee, and obtains a delivery fee required for delivering the delivery. Product sales system. 3. The product according to claim 1, wherein the product comprises a flexible bag filled with a predetermined amount of liquid product, and a pack product capable of deforming its external shape within a range in which the bag can be deformed. Product sales system described in.