JP2002063695A - Mobile selling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently supply articles or materials thereof to a mobile selling vehicle. SOLUTION: On each of mobile selling vehicles 1-3, a car navigation system 6 connectable to the Internet 19 and a POS terminal 7 for transmitting selling information through a portable telephone set 8 are loaded. On a supply vehicle 4 for supplying articles or materials thereof to each of mobile selling vehicles 1-3, a car navigation system 6 connectable to the Internet is loaded. In a managing server 5 of the head quarter for managing and controlling mobile selling, the positions of the respective vehicles 1-4 and the conditions of the stock are grasped, and on the basis of these data, the supply vehicle 4 is made to join the mobile selling vehicles 1-3 of a little stock so that articles or materials can be efficiently supplied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mobile sales system using a mobile sales vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a mobile selling system for selling goods, for example, ramen and hot docks, while moving by a mobile selling vehicle.

[0003]

In such a mobile sales system, a small vehicle such as a light truck is generally used as the mobile sales vehicle so that the vehicle can move in a short turn. Therefore, when the product was sold and the stock was exhausted, the customer returned to the headquarters to replenish the product and re-sell the product.

[0004] If the stock is returned to the headquarters every time the stock runs out, efficient sales will be hindered. For this reason, it is necessary to replenish the merchandise from a supply vehicle, for example, in the middle of the mobile sales route. However, since the sales of products fluctuate due to factors such as weather and days of the week, it was not easy to determine where and when to replenish the products.
In particular, when replenishing merchandise with a single supply vehicle for a plurality of mobile sales vehicles, the determination is more difficult.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to enable a mobile sales vehicle to be efficiently replenished with commodities and their materials.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, the mobile sales system of the present invention
A mobile sales vehicle equipped with a navigation device connectable to a network and an input device for inputting sales information of the product is sold and sold, and at least one of the product and its material is supplied to the mobile sales vehicle by a supply vehicle. A mobile sales system for supplying, comprising output means for collecting and outputting position information of the mobile sales vehicle and the sales information via the network.

According to the present invention, since the position information and sales information of the mobile sales vehicle are collected and output via the network, it is possible to grasp the position of the mobile sales vehicle and the amount of stock. This makes it possible to easily determine the location and timing of supply of commodities and their materials by the supply vehicle to the mobile sales vehicle, and to efficiently supply them.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The mobile sales system according to the first aspect of the present invention moves and sells a product on a mobile sales vehicle equipped with a navigation device connectable to a network and an input device for inputting sales information of the product. A mobile sales system that supplies at least one of a product and its material to a mobile sales vehicle by a supply vehicle, and collects and outputs position information of the mobile sales vehicle and the sales information via the network. Output means, and the output of the output means makes it possible to grasp the location of the mobile sales vehicle and how much inventory is available, and to supply the mobile sales vehicle with the products supplied by the supply vehicle and its materials. The location and timing of supply can be easily determined and supply can be performed efficiently.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the output means is provided in a headquarters for managing mobile sales or the supply vehicle, and in which position the mobile sales vehicle is located. The headquarters or the supply vehicle can know how much inventory is available at the headquarters or the supply vehicle, and the supply vehicle itself can efficiently supply products and their materials to mobile sales vehicles according to instructions from the headquarters or the supply vehicle itself Will be.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the first or second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of mobile sales vehicles are provided, and each sales route is determined in advance. To supply the goods and materials efficiently from the positions of the plurality of mobile sales vehicles, their inventory and sales routes, and replenish them. .

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In the invention according to any one of the above, the supply vehicle supplies at least one of a product and its material to a temporary or fixed store provided with the input device, in addition to the mobile sales vehicle, For example, during the night when the mobile sales vehicle does not operate, the merchandise and its materials can be supplied to a 24-hour store to efficiently sell the merchandise.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile sales system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile sales system according to this embodiment comprises three mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 and these mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3
And a single supply vehicle 4 for supplying products and their materials, and a management server 5 installed in a headquarters for managing mobile sales. Note that the number of mobile sales vehicles and supply vehicles is not limited to the number in this embodiment.

The first mobile sales vehicle 1 sells, for example, CDs and music accessories, the second mobile sales vehicle 2 sells, for example, hot dogs and donuts, and the third mobile sales vehicle 3, for example, sells These mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 are, for example, light van-type vehicles so that they can move in a short turn.

Each of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 is equipped with a car navigation device 6 which can be connected to the Internet for displaying a map indicating the position of the vehicle on a display, and an input device for inputting sales information of a product. POS terminal 7 and a mobile phone 8 for wirelessly transmitting sales information of the POS terminal 7 to the headquarters.

As shown in FIG. 2, the car navigation device 6 of each of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 receives a radio wave from an artificial satellite and calculates a latitude and longitude corresponding to the current position. CD-R which is a map information storage medium
CD-ROM player 1 for reading OM map data
0, the map data is displayed on the liquid crystal display 12 according to the operation of the operation unit 11, and the own vehicle position is displayed on the display 12 based on the output of the GPS receiving circuit 9 and the output of the sensor 13 such as the direction sensor. And a communication circuit 15 for connecting to the Internet.

For these mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3, CD
The supply vehicle 4 that supplies products such as hot dog materials and the like is a large vehicle of, for example, about 4 tons, and the supply vehicle 4 can also be connected to the Internet that displays a map showing the position of the vehicle on a display. A similar car navigation device 6 is mounted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the car navigation device 6 of each vehicle manages the headquarters via the radio base station 16, the public telephone network 17, the provider 18, and the Internet 19, based on the position information indicating the position of the vehicle. While transmitting to the server 5, each mobile phone 8 of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3
Similarly, the sales information of each POS terminal 7 is transmitted to the management server 5 of the headquarters. In the management server 5 of the headquarters, the display based on the position of each vehicle 1 to 4 and the sales information based on the sales information Is configured to be displayed and output. Each mobile sales vehicle may transmit inventory information as sales information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the management server 5. The management server 5 includes a hard disk device 20 storing programs and map data, a ROM 21 storing programs, a RAM 22 storing data, an interface (I / F) 23 connected to the Internet, A CPU 25 that performs various processes in accordance with operation signals provided from an operation unit 24 such as a keyboard and a mouse. The CPU 25 can store the positions and stock status of the vehicles 1 to 4 provided via the Internet. It is displayed and output together with the map data on a display 26 such as a display.

The headquarters that manages and manages mobile sales in this way is configured to be able to grasp the positions of the vehicles 1-4 and the stock status of the mobile sales vehicles 1-3.

Each of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 has a predetermined sales route including a plurality of sales points, and performs mobile sales along the sales route.

At the headquarters, it is possible to grasp the position of each of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 and the amount of stock, and also the position of the supply vehicle 4, so that the sales route of each of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 can be obtained. In consideration of the above, the supply vehicle 4 is joined to the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 whose stock is reduced at an appropriate point to supply and replenish commodities and their materials. That is, the headquarters designates an appropriate merging point of the sales route for the supply vehicle 4 and the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 whose inventory is reduced so that the car navigation device 6 and the A command is issued to the vehicle using a mobile phone or the like.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a mobile sales route and a supply route for goods and the like. In FIG. 4, a first mobile sales vehicle 1 indicated by a solid line is in front of an A station, next to an E park,
Mobile sales are performed in the order of D street, in front of C town and in front of B mall, and the second mobile sales vehicle 2 indicated by a broken line is located beside E park, in front of C town, in front of B mall, in front of A station, and in front of D station. The third mobile sales vehicle 3 indicated by a dashed line performs mobile sales in the order of D street, in front of C town, next to E park, in front of A station, and in front of B mall. It is.

The positions of the vehicles 1 to 4 and the stock status based on the sales information are grasped by the management server 5 of the head office as described above.

Now, for example, if the first mobile sales vehicle 1 is A
When the inventory is reduced to 40% at the end of the sales in front of the station, next to E park and in front of street D, the inventory of the second mobile sales vehicle that has been sold in front of E park and in front of C town is 6%.
It is assumed that the stock of the third mobile sales vehicle, whose sales have been completed at D street, in front of C town and next to E park, is 50%.

In this case, for example, the supply vehicle 4 is merged with the first mobile sales vehicle 1 having the smallest inventory at an appropriate place in front of the C town where the first mobile sales vehicle 1 is heading. Then, if the stock of the second and third mobile sales vehicles 2 and 3 is reduced at the same rate after the supply of the commodities and their materials and the replenishment is performed, the third movement with the next least stock The supply vehicle 4 is supplied to the sales vehicle 3 at an appropriate place in front of the B mall where the third mobile sales vehicle 3 is heading to supply goods and materials, and thereafter, the second mobile sales vehicle For example, the supply vehicle 4 is directed to an appropriate place in front of the station A to supply goods and materials.

FIG. 4 is a mere example of a sales and supply route, and a supply route determined to be efficient at each point in time at the headquarters is selected. For example, the positions of the vehicles 1 to 4 are selected. In some cases, goods and materials may be supplied from a sales route to a mobile sales vehicle having a larger inventory than a mobile sales vehicle having a small inventory.
May be joined at a point slightly distant from the sales route of the mobile sales vehicles 1 to 3 to supply products and materials.

(Other Embodiments) In the above-described embodiment, the supply vehicle supplies goods and its materials only to the mobile sales vehicle. However, as another embodiment of the present invention, a supply from the headquarters is provided. According to the command, for example, the information may be supplied to a fixed store such as a 24-hour convenience store or a temporary mobile store. Conversely, the inventory of the store to be closed may be supplied to a mobile sales vehicle with long business hours and sold by the mobile sales vehicle. Further, a mobile sales vehicle with a large inventory that is likely to be unsold may supply products and its materials to other mobile sales vehicles and stores.

In the above-described embodiment, the headquarters determines the position and stock of each mobile sales vehicle and issues a supply command to the supply vehicle. The vehicle may collect the position information and sales information of each mobile sales vehicle, display and output the information on the display of the car navigation device, and determine and supply the position and timing to be supplied by the supply vehicle.

In the above embodiment, although the sales route is determined in advance for each mobile sales vehicle, another embodiment of the present invention is to determine the sales route at the time when the inventory is reduced without determining the sales route in advance. May be joined to the supply vehicle at the point designated by the above to receive the supply of commodities or the like. Further, the mobile vending vehicle itself may be moved to a location having a high customer attraction according to a command from the headquarters and sold.

In the above embodiment, the position information and the sales information of the mobile sales vehicle are displayed and output on the display of the management server. However, as another embodiment of the present invention, the information may be printed out by a printer. Then, audio output may be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the position information of the mobile sales vehicle and the sales information thereof are collected, and the manager determines the supply route of the product and its materials. However, as another embodiment of the present invention, Alternatively, a supply route of a product or the like may be automatically determined from the inventory status of the mobile sales vehicle and the sales route thereof, and the supply vehicle may be instructed.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the position information and the sales information of the mobile sales vehicle are collected and output via the network. It is possible to easily determine the location and timing of supply of goods and their materials by the supply vehicle to the mobile sales vehicle and efficiently replenish it, thereby increasing sales performance. It is possible to reduce costs such as labor costs and operation costs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a car navigation device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a management server in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a sales route and a supply route.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-3 first-third mobile sales vehicles 4 supply vehicles 5 management server 6 car navigation device 7 POS terminal 8 mobile phone 17 public telephone network 26 display

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mobile sales vehicle equipped with a navigation device connectable to a network and an input device for inputting sales information of a product for mobile sales, and at least a product and its material are provided to the mobile sales vehicle. A mobile sales system that supplies one by a supply vehicle, comprising: output means for collecting and outputting position information of the mobile sales vehicle and the sales information via the network. 2. The mobile sales system according to claim 1, wherein the output means is provided in a headquarters for managing mobile sales or the supply vehicle. 3. The mobile sales vehicle includes a plurality of mobile sales vehicles, each sales route is determined in advance, and the plurality of mobile sales vehicles are supplied by one supply vehicle. Mobile sales system. 4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the supply vehicle supplies at least one of a product and its material to a temporary or fixed store provided with the input device, in addition to the mobile sales vehicle. Mobile sales system described in 1.