JP2002007806A - Vendor determination supporting system, information processor, slip issuing device, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To aid quick determination on purchaser side as to a partner who is capable of delivering commodities under favorable conditions as a supplier. SOLUTION: A user of a terminal unit 103 searching for a party who can deliver commodities transmits unit price information indicating the sales conditions for each commodity to a server 102 requesting them to be presented. The terminal unit 103 on the commodity purchasing side extracts the unit price information indicating that the commodity can be delivered under the condition inputted by the user out of the unit price information presented on the server 102, and presents the counterpart to whom the unit price information transmitted to the user and allows him to determine the purchaser, or determine the counterpart to whom the unit price information indicating that the commodity is delivered under an optimum condition as the supplier. An order placement slip information file 115 for requesting the delivery of the commodity is transmitted to the counterpart determined to be the purchaser. The commodity is purchased from the counterpart.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for conducting a product transaction between a supplier of goods and a supplier of the goods using a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been common practice to purchase goods on the purchasing side such as a store or a factory from a supplier who has been doing business. However, nowadays, the demand for cost reduction has become stronger and the fixed relationship with the supplier has weakened. It is becoming available. To find that supplier,
In recent years, the rapidly developing Internet has attracted attention. This is because many users use the Internet due to the development of the Internet.

In order to search for a supplier using the Internet, a supplier posts information about a desired product on the Internet and sends the information to the side that wants to deliver (provide) the product.
This was done in such a way that a condition including a unit price for delivering the product was presented. However, in such a conventional method, the purchaser must post information about the product and wait until the other party presents conditions for delivering the product. For this reason, there is a problem in that it takes time to determine a supplier, and as a result, it is not possible to procure products quickly.

[0004] The purchasing side cannot always predict exactly what products are needed and how much. For this reason, it is often the case that it is necessary to purchase goods in a hurry. From this, it is considered important to be able to cope with such a case.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to enable a supplier to quickly determine a partner who can deliver goods under good conditions as a supplier.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a supplier decision support system, comprising: a supplier terminal installed on a purchase side for purchasing goods; In a system in which a supplier terminal device installed on a supplier side to be delivered is connected via a network, the supplier terminal device determines a condition for a supplier to deliver a product. Unit price information transmitting means for transmitting the unit price information to be represented, the purchasing side terminal device, unit price information receiving means for receiving the unit price information transmitted from the supplier side terminal device, and the purchasing side as a purchase target A product information input unit for inputting product information specifying a product to be provided, and a unit price corresponding to the product specified by the product information input by the product information input unit from the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving unit Information and extract the unit price information It includes a vendor presenting means for presenting a signal to the vendor, the.

[0007] A supplier decision support system according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a supplier terminal installed at a supplier who purchases commodities, and a supplier terminal which supplies the commodities to the supplier. An installed supplier-side terminal device and a system in which a server is connected to a network, wherein the supplier-side terminal device transmits unit price information indicating conditions for the supplier to deliver a product. Unit price information transmission means, the server comprises unit price information distribution means for receiving the price information transmitted by the supplier terminal device and distributing it to the supplier terminal device, Is a unit price information receiving unit for receiving unit price information distributed by the server, a product information input unit for the purchaser to input product information for specifying a product to be purchased, and a unit price received by the unit price information receiving unit. From the information, enter By extracting the unit price information corresponding to the product specified by the product information comprises a vendor presenting means for presenting the vendor who sent the bid information to the extracted, the.

[0008] In the system configuration of the first and second aspects, the supplier presenting means determines the product information input means from the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving means in accordance with a predetermined rule. Extracting the optimal unit price information for purchasing the product specified by the product information input by the user, and presenting the supplier who transmitted the optimal unit price information;
It is desirable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a supplier determination support system, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect,
The supplier terminal device further includes order slip information transmitting means for transmitting order slip information for requesting delivery of goods to the supplier presented by the supplier presenting means.

[0010] In a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first, second, or third aspect, the supplier side terminal device is provided by a supplier presenting means. And a voucher issuing means for issuing a voucher for conducting a business transaction with the supplier. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third or fourth aspect, the supplier-side terminal device further includes an order slip information transmitted by the supplier-side terminal device. And a slip issuing means for issuing a slip using the order slip information received by the order slip information receiving means.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is intended to be used as a terminal device connected to a network on a purchasing side for purchasing goods, and is provided with a terminal installed on a supplier side for delivering goods to the purchasing side. The unit price information of the product sent by the device is
From the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving unit, the unit price information receiving unit received via the network, the product information input unit for the purchaser to input product information specifying the product to be purchased, and A supplier presenting unit for extracting unit price information of a product specified by the product information input by the product information input unit, and presenting a supplier who has transmitted the extracted unit price information.

The slip issuing apparatus according to the present invention is intended to be used as a terminal device connected to a network on a purchase side for purchasing goods, and is provided with a terminal installed on a supplier side for delivering goods to the purchase side. The unit price information of the product sent by the device is
From the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving unit, the unit price information receiving unit received via the network, the product information input unit for the purchaser to input product information specifying the product to be purchased, and Supplier presentation means for extracting the unit price information of the product specified by the product information input by the product information input means and presenting the supplier who transmitted the extracted unit price information, and presenting the supplier presentation means And a voucher issuing means for issuing a voucher for conducting a transaction with the supplier who has made the product.

[0013] The recording medium of the present invention is a recording medium storing a program executable by the terminal device for controlling a terminal device connected to a network on a purchasing side for purchasing the product. A program code for receiving, via a network, unit price information of a product transmitted from a terminal device installed on a supplier side that can be delivered to a supplier;
The purchaser extracts unit price information of the product specified by the input product information from the program code for inputting product information specifying the product to be purchased and the received unit price information. And a program code for presenting a supplier who has transmitted the unit price information.

According to the present invention, the sales conditions (unit price, the date on which the product is handled (the date after which the product is sold), and the sales conditions (unit price, product) ), The minimum order number, etc.) are presented in advance, and the supplier who is looking for the supplier of the product determines the supplier from among the sellers whose sales conditions are presented in advance. Let it.

[0015] By presenting the sales conditions in advance by the sales side, it is possible for the purchase side to quickly extract the sales side presenting the best conditions from among them and determine it as the supplier. Become. As a result, even if a product is needed in a hurry, the product can always be quickly purchased from an optimal supplier.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a supplier determination support system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a server 102 and a plurality of terminal devices 1 on the Internet 101.
03 is connected. Each terminal device 1
Reference numeral 03 denotes a computer commercialized by a maker mainly for realizing business efficiency in a retail business such as a store or a small-scale manufacturing industry. The server 102 is installed by the manufacturer. The supplier determination support system according to the present embodiment includes a terminal device 10
The third maker is constructed in order to realize more active product transactions between users who have purchased the terminal device 103.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the terminal device 103. As shown in FIG.
A CPU 201 for controlling the entire system, and a ROM 202 for storing a basic program for inputting and outputting data
A RAM 203 used by the CPU 201 for work;
A hard disk device 205 having a hard disk 204 storing various data and programs, a display device 206, a printing device 207 for printing on a print medium such as recording paper, and a signal exchange between, for example, a public line (For example, a modem) 208 and an input device 209 such as a mouse or a keyboard. Note that the printing apparatus 207 is mounted on the terminal device 103, but instead of mounting it, a function that can be connected to it may be mounted.

Many of the users of the terminal device 103 connected to the Internet 101 are not only purchasers who purchase commodities, but also those who deliver the commodities or commodities manufactured using the commodities to other places. On the destination side. The purchaser (purchaser) and the supplier (seller) are users who are reversed depending on the situation. However, here, for convenience of explanation, for convenience, the supplier master file 111, the supplier unit price master file 112, and the product-specific supplier unit price master file 11
3. The terminal device 103 having the order information file 114 and the order slip information file 115 is
3. The terminal device 103 further including the unit price master file 116 in addition to the files 111 to 115 will be referred to as a supplier-side terminal device 103. If there is no need to specify which side, the terminal device 103 is simply referred to as before.

In the above configuration, the operation of the components of the system will be described in detail. The terminal device 103 operates when the CPU 201 executes a program stored in the hard disk 204. The other server 1
Similarly, the CPU 02 operates by executing a program stored in a hard disk in a hard disk device by a CPU mounted therein.

The manufacturer of the terminal device 103 provides a service provided by the server 102 to, for example, users who have purchased the terminal device 103 and registered as members. Although the detailed description of the member registration is omitted, for example, when the terminal device 103 is purchased, the necessary information is filled in a predetermined form and submitted to the store, or the member registration You can do this by accessing the site and entering the necessary information there. The maker issues a user ID and a password to the user who has registered as a member. Thereby,
Only provide services to users who have entered them correctly. In addition, providing services only to the user who has registered as a member is to enable direct contact with the person who is going to do business, and to purchase only those who meet the conditions desired by the purchasing side. It is also possible to introduce the destination. The above requirements include:
For example, there are “address”, “name”, “telephone number”, and “e-mail address”.

The terminal device 103 is connected to the communication control device 20
8 is connected to a public line. For this reason, the terminal device 103 connects to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing a connection service to the Internet 101 via a public line by, for example, dial-up, and then connects to the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server 102.
or) to specify the connection and the server 102
Is connected to

The data of the necessary items entered or entered by the user of the terminal device 103 to become a member are stored in the server 10 for each member together with, for example, a user ID and a password.
The database built on the hard disk No. 2
(Referred to as a member DB). The server 102
When an access (connection) is requested, a login screen for inputting a user ID and a password is transmitted to the terminal device 103 that has requested the access (connection). After that, wait for the user ID and the password to be returned from the terminal device 103 that transmitted the login screen, and upon receiving them, check whether or not the combination thereof is stored in one record in the member DB. Performs user authentication. As a result of the authentication, connection (login) is permitted only to the user who has transmitted the ID and password of the legitimate user. If not, the connection is terminated there.

The server 102 provides a service for assisting the user in searching for a business partner in order to realize a more active product transaction between users who have purchased the terminal device 103. The user receives the service as follows. The user who searches for a partner to deliver the product sets conditions for delivering the product for each product, and transmits information representing the set conditions to the server 102. The condition is defined by, for example, a unit price, a minimum order number, a due date, and the like. One server 1
02 indicates information (conditions) received from the user,
Let the user who has permitted the connection browse. This provides a place where the user can select (determine) the supplier of the desired product. The information indicating the condition of the product is hereinafter referred to as unit price information.

By providing the service as described above, the user can select the best partner in the transaction, which presents the best condition for himself among the posted conditions (unit price information), to the business partner (product). Of suppliers). As a result, the user who desires the product can minimize the payment for purchasing the product, and the user who delivers the product can increase the sales of the product. Conditions (unit price information) to be considered when deciding a supplier are posted in advance. Therefore, the user can quickly determine the supplier of the product. By being able to quickly determine a supplier, it is possible to quickly obtain desired products. Therefore, the terminal device 103
This has the effect of facilitating product transactions between users.

When the supplier is far away, the time from ordering the product to delivery is long, or the shipping of the product requires extra cost. For this reason, the user usually determines the supplier in consideration of his own address and the address of the other party. For this reason, in this embodiment, a user who searches for a supplier is made to select a partner who can be a supplier. Although the detailed description is omitted, the selection is made by individually specifying the other party or by specifying the conditions (area, type of product to be handled, etc.) of the other party that can be the supplier. ing. Thereby, only the unit price information (commodity conditions) presented by the partner selected in this way is provided to the user.

The server 102 generates and transmits a supplier master file 111 to the user who has selected the partner in this way. For example, as shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 11 denotes information on each of the potential partners, in this case, "supplier code", "supplier name", and "address".
And a file in which data corresponding to items such as "telephone number" and the like are stored. By transmitting the file 111, it is possible to negotiate directly with the other party. The file 111 is stored in, for example, the server 1
The CPU 02 is generated by extracting a record corresponding to the partner selected by the user from the member DB, extracting data of a predetermined item from the record, and collecting the data of the extracted item in a file format. . The supplier code stored in the “supplier code” item is, for example, a code issued by the server 102 for identification of a user who has transmitted sales conditions (unit price information) of a product.

Next, referring to various flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 12 and explanatory diagrams shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the operation of the purchasing terminal device 103 and the supplier terminal device 103 will be described in detail. Will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the unit price information transmission process in the supplier terminal device 103. First, referring to FIG. 8, the supplier side terminal device 103
The operation of transmitting unit price information (conditions for sales of a product) will be described in detail. Note that the processing shown in FIG. 8 is realized by the CPU 201 executing a program stored in the hard disk 204.

Many users (members) of the terminal device 103 set sales conditions for each product in order to sell the product to customers. The unit price master file 116 stores data indicating the sales conditions for each product. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the data of the item constituting the unit price information stored in the file 116 is extracted and transmitted to the server 102 in a file format. Thus, the user can easily and easily post the unit price information on the server 102.

The unit price information is transmitted when the unit price of the product, the minimum order number, the due date, or the like is changed, or the type of the product to be newly handled is changed.
Can be performed when the contents of the records that make up the record are changed, or operations such as adding or deleting records are performed. Thereby, the unit price information to be posted on the server 101 can be changed in accordance with the update of the contents of the file 111. Because of this, FIG.
Is transmitted when the user operates the input device 209 to specify the unit price master file 116 and opens it.

First, in step S801, a transmission file for storing unit price information is initialized. Subsequent step S80
In step 2, for example, the unit price master file 116 stored in the hard disk 204 is read and stored in the RAM 203, and the data is displayed on the display device 206. Thereafter, until the user instructs to close the file 116, the contents of the file 116 are changed in accordance with the user's operation on the input device 209. When the user instructs to close the file 116, the file 116 is saved according to the instruction, and the process proceeds to step S803.

If the user instructs to close the unit price master file 116 without updating the contents, the RAM 2
A process of discarding the data read in 03 is performed.
When the user instructs to close the content after updating the content, the user is made to select whether or not to save the content, and a process according to the result of the selection is performed. Unless save is selected, the updated (edited) data is discarded.
The unit price master file 116 stored in the AM 203 is overwritten and stored on the unit price master file 116 before update stored in the hard disk 204.

In steps S 803 to S 806, the unit price master file 116 stored in the hard disk 204
Is performed to determine whether or not the content has been updated. If one or more new product records have been added to the file 116, or if there is a record in which data of items such as unit price, due date, or minimum order quantity has been changed, the process proceeds to step S803. ~ S8
06, the determination becomes YES, and step S807 is executed.
Move to If not, that is, if the contents of the unit price master file 116 have not been updated, all the determinations in steps S803 to S806 are NO, and after executing the processing in step S806, a series of processing ends.

In step S807, data of a predetermined item, that is, unit price information, is extracted from each record constituting the updated unit price master file 116, and is stored in the transmission file for each product. In the following step S808, an inquiry is made to the user as to whether or not to transmit the transmission file, and the transmission file is transmitted in accordance with the result of the inquiry. After performing transmission in such a form, a series of processing ends.

The transmission of the transmission file is performed, for example, by using the CP
U201 sends the ISP's telephone number to the communication control device 208, instructs connection with the ISP, establishes a connection, and then transmits a transmission file from the communication control device 208 to a preset URL of the server 102 as a destination. It is done.

When the server 102 receives the transmission file transmitted from the supplier terminal device 103 as described above, it adds, for example, a supplier code corresponding to the user to each record constituting the transmission file. And save. If a file having the added supplier code already exists, the file is overwritten and saved. Thus, only the latest file is stored for each user who can be a supplier. The transmission file to which the supplier code is added is transmitted to the supplier terminal device 103 and stored as the supplier unit price master file 112. Hereinafter, the operation of the supplier terminal device 103 that performs processing with reference to the supplier unit price master file 112 will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a supplier determination process in the supplier terminal device 103. Next, FIG.
, The supplier determination process will be described in detail. Note that the processing shown in FIG. 9 is also realized by the CPU 201 executing a program stored in the hard disk 204.

The transmission file stored in the server 102 can be downloaded at any time. The supplier determination process is a process for supporting the determination of the supplier of the product by presenting the contents of the supplier unit price master file 112 downloaded from the server 102 and stored on the hard disk 204, for example, to the user. is there. For example, it is executed by performing a predetermined operation on the input device 209. The supplier unit price master file 112 has, for example, a configuration as shown in FIG. 4, and is designated by each preselected partner, in other words, by a supplier code stored in the supplier master file 111 shown in FIG. Downloaded for each person. FIG. 4A shows the supplier unit price master file 112 of the supplier A having the supplier code “A001”.
FIG. 4B shows a B supplier whose supplier code is “B001”,
FIG. 4C shows that of the C supplier whose supplier code is “C001”.

First, in step S 901, all supplier unit price master files 112 stored in the hard disk 204 are read out to the RAM 203. Subsequent step S9
02, the supplier unit price master file 1 for each product is read from the supplier unit price master file 112 read into the RAM 203.
13 is created. After the creation, the process moves to step S903.

The above-mentioned supplier unit price master file 11 for each product
3 has, for example, a configuration as shown in FIG. The file 113 uses the data of the “product code”, “date”, and “minimum order quantity”, which constitute the records in the supplier unit price master file 112, as keys, and all of those keys do not match. Records are created by extracting records from each supplier unit price master file 112 and putting them together.

In step S903, the user inputs data designating a desired product, and executes order information creation processing for creating order information for ordering the product. After executing it, a series of processing ends. By executing the order information creation processing, an order information file 114 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 6 is created and stored in, for example, the hard disk 204. Next, the order information creation processing will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step S1001, a screen for prompting the user to input a delivery date is displayed on the display device 206, and the delivery date is input in response to a user operation on the input device 209.
If the user operates the input device 209 to indicate that the input has been completed, the process moves to step S1002. Thereafter, similarly, the user is made to input a product designation input, an order quantity, and a number designating a method of determining a supplier (supplier) in that order (steps S1002 to S1004). When the number for specifying the supplier determination method is input, step S10
Move to 05.

It is to be noted that the product designation input is performed at each terminal device 103.
This is done by inputting a product code so that the product can be uniquely identified among the users. The product code may be a code represented by a bar code or the like, but may be a code prepared by a maker of the terminal device 103, for example.

The input of the number for specifying the above-mentioned method of determining the supplier is performed by selecting the supplier (supplier) who requests the delivery of the product specified by the user including the conditions based on the data input in steps S1001 to S1003. In the present embodiment, the automatic setting (for example, selection by inputting 1) and the list selection (for example, selection by inputting 2) are performed. We have two. Thereafter, a process according to the selection result is executed.

In step S1005, the method of determining the supplier specified by the user in step S1004 is determined. If the user has input 1 as the number designating the method, it is determined so and step S100
Move to 6. If not, that is, if the user has input 2 as the number, it is determined so and the process proceeds to step S1007.

In step S1006, a record having the product code input by the user is extracted by indexing the supplier unit price master file 113 for each product, and if the date is not stored in the extracted records (see FIG. Indicates that the product is always handled) or is the date after the delivery date input by the user, and the minimum order quantity is not stored (this can be any number of orders). ) Or a record that is less than or equal to the number of orders entered by the user, and the record with the lowest unit price among the extracted records is extracted.
The partner specified by the supplier code of the record is determined as the supplier. After that, the procedure moves to step S1008.

On the other hand, in step S1007, a record having the product code input by the user is extracted by indexing the supplier unit price master file 113 for each product, and if the date is not stored in the extracted records. Or, extract records whose delivery date is after the user input and the minimum order number is not stored or is less than the order number input by the user, and the supplier of the extracted record List the people identified by the code. As a result, the user is determined (selected) from among the listed partners. When the user selects (determines) the supplier, the process moves to step S1008.

In step S1008, step S10
06 or corresponding to the supplier determined in S1007,
The supplier code and unit price stored in the record in the product-specific supplier unit price master file 113 are acquired. In subsequent step S1009, order information is created using the data acquired from the record and the data input by the user in steps S1001 to S1003, and the created order information is stored as a file in, for example, the hard disk 204. Thereafter, a series of processing ends.

The above-mentioned order information creation processing shows the flow of the processing by focusing on one product. Actually, steps S1001 to S1005, step S1006, or S1007, steps S1008, and S1009
Is repeatedly executed until the user indicates that there is no product to order. As a result, an order information file 114 having the configuration shown in FIG. 6 is created.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the order slip information transmitting process in the purchasing terminal device 103. The transmission process is a process of requesting a supplier (supplier) to place an order for a product based on the order information file 114 created by executing the order information creation process. Is performed by designating the order information file 114 and instructing the order of the product. Next, the transmission process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in step S1101, the order information file 114 stored in the hard disk 204 is
The data is read out to the AM 203 and data of each item of “supplier code”, “due date”, and “article code” constituting the record are used as keys, and records in which all of the keys do not match are extracted for each supplier. Then, an order slip information file 115 storing order slip information for requesting the supplier to deliver the product is created, and the created order slip information file 115 is stored on the hard disk 204, for example.

As a result of executing the order information creating process shown in FIG. 10, if the order information file 114 as shown in FIG. 6 is created, the process of step S1101 is executed to execute the process of FIG. The two order slip information files 115 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 (a) shows A having a supplier code of “A001”.
FIG. 7 (b) is for a C supplier whose supplier code is "C001". Each record of those files 115 has "slip number" and "line number" as items. The “slip number” item is added for identification of the slip, and the “line number” item is added by the purchasing terminal device 103 so that the number of types of goods requested for delivery can be easily recognized. It is.

Step S11 following step S1101
In step 02, it is determined whether the order slip information file 115 has been created in step S1101. That file 115
Is created, the determination is YES and the process proceeds to step S1103. In this step S1103, after transmitting the created order slip information file 115 to the corresponding supplier, a series of processing ends. If not, that is, if there is no order slip information file 115 to be transmitted, the determination in step S1102 is NO, and a series of processing ends here.

The order slip information file 115 transmitted by the supplier terminal device 103 is transmitted to the corresponding supplier terminal device 103 via the server 102. As a result, the supplier is requested to order the product. Since the order form information file 115 is automatically created and transmitted based on the automatically created order information file 114, the user can extremely easily place an order for a product.

The order slip information file 115 stored in the hard disk 204 can be printed, and the order slip is printed by instructing the printing. The printing is shown in FIG.
This is realized by executing the order slip issuing process shown in FIG. Next, the order slip issuing process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in step S1201, the order slip information file 115 is transferred from the hard disk 204 to the RAM.
Read to 203. In a succeeding step S1202, RA
The image data of the bitmap pattern is generated from the data of the file 115 read out to the M203, and is transmitted to the printing apparatus 207 to instruct the printing. Thereafter, a series of processing ends.

The supplier terminal device 103 is connected to the server 102
Is stored in the hard disk 204. For this reason, in the supplier terminal device 103, similarly to the supplier terminal device 103, the order slip issuing process shown in FIG.
The order slip transmitted from the purchase side can be printed. Since the slip is issued from the automatically created order slip information file 115, the user can easily issue the slip.

In this embodiment, the terminal device 103
Internet 1 as a network to connect
01 is adopted because the user of the terminal device 103 exists all over the country. If you only want to serve users in a relatively small area,
Other networks, such as a WAN, may be employed.

The service is provided on the server 10 so that a transaction can be performed even in a relationship that has not been previously performed.
2 is installed, but when only a specific partner is used as a business partner, the information (specification) is directly transmitted between the terminal devices 103 via the public network or the Internet 101. The exchange of the unit price master file 112 and the order slip information file 115) may be performed.

In the present embodiment, the service is provided to the user of the terminal device 103 free of charge, but the service may be paid. The charging for providing the service may be performed, for example, for a user who has requested the posting of unit price information or a user who has concluded a product transaction.

In this embodiment, the supplier-by-product master unit price master file 113 and the order information file 114 are created before the determined supplier is requested to deliver the product. 114 need not necessarily be created. For example, the supplier unit price master file 112
, The order slip information file 115 may be created directly. As is apparent from this, various modifications can be made even when focusing on the processing flow.

A program for realizing the operation of the terminal device 103, the server 102, or a modification thereof as described above is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, or a magneto-optical disk. May be distributed. Alternatively, part or all of the program may be distributed using a communication line such as a public network. In such a case, the user obtains the program and loads it into an information processing apparatus such as a computer, so that the present invention is applied to the information processing apparatus, and further to a system in which the information processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses via a network. Can be applied. For this reason, the recording medium may be one that can be accessed by an apparatus that distributes the program.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, the sales side (supplier side) searching for a sales destination of a product is presented in advance with sales conditions for selling the product, and A supplier who is searching for a supplier is made to determine a supplier from among sellers whose sales conditions are presented in advance. For this reason, the supplier can quickly extract the seller presenting the best conditions from among the sellers presenting the sales conditions, and determine it as the supplier. Thereby, even if goods are needed in a hurry, the goods can always be promptly purchased from the optimal supplier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a supplier determination support system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of a supplier master file.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of a supplier unit price master file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of a supplier unit price master file for each product.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of an order information file.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of an order slip information file.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of unit price information transmission processing in a supplier side terminal device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a supplier determination process in a supplier terminal device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of order information creation processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of order slip information transmission processing in the purchase terminal device.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an ordering slip issuance process in a purchasing terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Internet 102 Server 103 Terminal Device 111 Supplier Master File 112 Supplier Unit Price Master File 113 Supplier Unit Price Master File 114 Ordering Information File 115 Order Form Information File 116 Unit Price Master File 201 CPU 202 ROM 203 RAM 204 Hard Disk 205 hard disk device 206 display device 207 printing device 208 communication control device 209 input device

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Claims (9)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A purchaser terminal installed on a purchaser who purchases a product, and a supplier terminal installed on a supplier who delivers the product to the purchaser via a network. The supplier side terminal device, comprising: unit price information transmitting means for transmitting unit price information indicating a condition under which the supplier side delivers a product; A side terminal device, a unit price information receiving means for receiving unit price information transmitted from the supplier side terminal device, and a product information input for inputting product information for specifying a product to be purchased by the purchasing side Means, from among the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving unit,
Supplier presenting means for extracting unit price information corresponding to a product specified by the product information input by the product information inputting unit, and presenting a supplier who transmitted the extracted unit price information. A supplier decision support system characterized by the following. 2. A purchaser-side terminal device installed on a purchaser side for purchasing goods, a supplier-side terminal device installed on a supplier side for delivering the goods to the purchaser side, and a server comprising a network. Wherein the supplier-side terminal device comprises unit price information transmitting means for transmitting unit price information indicating conditions under which the supplier side delivers products, and the server comprises: Receiving the unit price information transmitted by the supplier terminal device,
Unit price information distribution means for distributing to the purchase side terminal device, the purchase side terminal device, unit price information receiving means for receiving unit price information distributed by the server, and the purchase side as a purchase target Product information input means for inputting product information specifying a product to be performed; and among the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving means,
Supplier presenting means for extracting unit price information corresponding to a product specified by the product information input by the product information inputting unit, and presenting a supplier who transmitted the extracted unit price information. A supplier decision support system characterized by the following. 3. The supplier presenting means, in accordance with a predetermined rule, a product specified by the product information input by the product information input means from the unit price information received by the unit price information receiving means. 3. The supplier decision support system according to claim 1, wherein optimal unit price information is extracted in order to purchase, and the supplier who transmitted the optimal unit price information is presented. 4. 4. The supplier terminal device further comprises order slip information transmitting means for transmitting order slip information for requesting delivery of goods to a supplier presented by the supplier presenting means. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
Supplier decision support system described. 5. The supplier-side terminal device further comprises a slip issuing means for issuing a slip for conducting a transaction with the supplier presented by the supplier presenting means for performing a product transaction. Any one of claims 1 to 4
Supplier determination support system described in section. 6. The supplier terminal device uses order slip information receiving means for receiving order slip information transmitted by the supplier terminal device, and order slip information received by the order slip information receiving means. 6. A supplier decision support system according to claim 4, further comprising: a slip issuing means for issuing a slip. 7. A device used as a terminal device connected to a network on a purchasing side for purchasing a product, wherein the terminal device installed on a supplier side for delivering the product to the purchasing side transmits the product. Unit price information receiving means for receiving the unit price information of the product via the network; product information inputting means for inputting product information specifying the product to be purchased by the purchasing side; and the unit price information receiving means From the bid information received by,
A supplier presenting means for extracting unit price information of a product specified by the product information input by the product information inputting unit, and presenting a supplier who transmitted the extracted unit price information. Information processing device. 8. A device used as a terminal device connected to a network on a purchasing side for purchasing a product, wherein the terminal device installed on a supplier side for delivering the product to the purchasing side transmits the product. Unit price information receiving means for receiving the unit price information of the product via the network; product information inputting means for inputting product information specifying the product to be purchased by the purchasing side; and the unit price information receiving means From the bid information received by,
A supplier presenting unit that extracts unit price information of a product specified by the product information input by the product information input unit, and presents a supplier that has transmitted the extracted unit price information; and the supplier presenting unit. A slip issuing means for issuing a slip for conducting a transaction with the supplier presented by the slip issuing apparatus. 9. A recording medium storing a program executable by a terminal device for controlling a terminal device connected to a network on a purchase side for purchasing the product, wherein the product is delivered to the purchase side. The unit price information of the product transmitted from the terminal device installed on the possible supplier side, a program code for receiving via the network, and the product information specifying the product to be purchased by the supplier side A program code for inputting, from among the received unit price information, extracting unit price information of a product specified by the input product information, and presenting a supplier who transmitted the extracted unit price information. A storage medium storing a program including the following program code.