JP2002133188A - Estimate mediating method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an estimate mediating method and a device for the same capable of easily making the request for estimate from a buyer to a number of sellers, quickly and properly evaluating the estimate response, and activating the trading. SOLUTION: This estimate mediating method comprises receiving a condition of the estimate given by the buyer as the estimate request information (S1), determining the order of priority to the sellers on the basis of the information on the evaluation of the sellers calculated on the basis of the data stored in advance, and determining plural sellers to be selected as the sellers who make the response to the request for estimate in accordance with the order of priority (S2), allowing the selected sellers to read the estimate request information (S4), receiving a results of the estimate from each seller on the basis of the estimate request information as the estimate response information (S5), indicating the sellers who make the response to the request for estimate to the buyer in accordance with the order of priority, and allowing the buyer to read the estimate response information (S7).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for mediating quotations using a computer network, and receives a quotation condition from a buyer, requests quotations to a plurality of sellers, and inputs quotation results from each seller. The present invention relates to a quotation mediation method and apparatus for receiving a quotation response to a buyer in response to the quotation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when a buyer requests a plurality of sellers for an estimate, it is common practice to inform the quotation conditions such as specifications, quantity, delivery date and response deadline by telephone or facsimile. Of the sellers to determine the supplier.

[0003]

However, such a quoting method is troublesome because each company must individually make a quotation request, and the form of the quotation sent differs depending on the seller. However, there is a problem that it takes time to compare the contents of the estimate.

[0004] In addition, there has been a problem that it is difficult to actively make a request for a quote to a company that has no transaction record until now because the credit of the requesting party cannot be sufficiently grasped, and the requesting party for the quote is limited. . On the other hand, there has been a problem that sellers also require a great deal of sales effort in order to receive orders from customers other than existing business partners.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and enables a buyer to easily request a quotation from a number of sellers, and enables a quick and accurate evaluation of a quotation response. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for mediating a quote that can activate a commercial transaction.

[0006]

An object of the present invention is to provide a quotation request to a plurality of sellers in response to input of quotation conditions from a buyer, and to input a quotation result from each seller to reply to a quotation to a buyer. Receiving a buyer's quotation condition as quotation request information; assigning a priority to the seller based on seller's evaluation information calculated from data stored in advance; Deciding a plurality of sellers to be quoted in accordance with the above, a step in which the quoted request information can be browsed for the seller in which the quote was requested, and estimating the quotation result of each seller based on the quoted request information. Receiving the response information as the response information, displaying the seller having received the estimation response to the buyer in accordance with the priority order, and enabling the buyer to view the estimation response information. It is achieved by the estimate mediation method and a step.

Further, the object of the present invention is to provide a step of receiving, as quotation request information, a quotation condition of a buyer and a plurality of sellers designated by the buyer, and permitting the quotation request information to be viewed by the seller designated by the buyer. Steps to
Receiving the quote result of each seller based on the quote request information as quote reply information, and assigning a priority to the seller based on the seller's evaluation information calculated from data stored in advance, and the quote reply was received. Displaying the seller to the buyer in accordance with the priority order, and allowing the buyer to view the quotation response information.

[0008] Further, the object of the present invention is to receive a quotation condition of a buyer as quotation request information, to allow the seller to browse the quotation request information, and to provide a seller based on the quotation request information. Receiving the estimation result as estimation response information, and assigning a priority to the seller based on the seller's evaluation information calculated from data stored in advance, and displaying the seller having the estimation response to the buyer according to the priority order And a step of allowing the buyer to browse the quote answer information.

In these estimation intermediation methods, it is preferable that the evaluation information is individually given for each seller evaluation method that can be selected by the buyer, and the sellers are prioritized according to the evaluation method specified by the buyer. Is preferably performed based on the evaluation information corresponding to the above. More preferably, the evaluation information includes at least quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, delivery date priority evaluation, and comprehensive evaluation.

[0010] Further, in these estimation mediation methods,
It is preferable that the method further includes a step of updating the evaluation information based on information on an order amount and an order probability received from the seller and information on a claim received from the buyer.

[0011] Further, the object of the present invention is to provide a quotation intermediary for receiving a quotation condition from a buyer, requesting a plurality of sellers for a quotation, receiving a quotation result from each seller, and replying a quotation to the buyer. A storage unit for storing data serving as a basis of evaluation information of each seller; an evaluation calculation unit for calculating evaluation information based on the data; and a quotation corresponding to the quotation request information received from the buyer terminal. A quote request processing means for assigning a request number and transmitting the quote request number to a plurality of seller terminals as quote request destinations; receiving quote reply information corresponding to the quote request number from the seller terminal; Estimation response processing means for displaying a list of a plurality of sellers on the buyer's terminal, and assigning priorities to sellers based on the evaluation information, and estimating response processing means based on the priorities. It is achieved by estimates intermediary device and a priority evaluation means for determining the shown order.

[0012] In this estimation mediation apparatus, it is preferable that the priority evaluation means determines a plurality of seller-side terminals to which an estimate is requested according to the priority order.

[0013] Further, it is preferable that the evaluation calculation means calculates evaluation information for each seller evaluation method selectable at the buyer terminal, and the priority evaluation means is adapted to the evaluation method specified at the buyer terminal. Preferably, the sellers are prioritized based on the corresponding evaluation information.

Further, the data stored in the storage means is:
It is more preferable to include at least a quality point, a cost point and a delivery date point, and it is more preferable that the evaluation information calculated by the evaluation calculation means includes at least a quality priority evaluation, a cost priority evaluation, a delivery date priority evaluation, and a comprehensive evaluation. . In this case, when calculating the overall evaluation, the evaluation calculation means adds the quality points, cost points, and delivery date points as they are, while calculating the quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, or delivery date priority evaluation. Is preferably added after multiplying any of the quality point, the cost point, or the delivery date point by the priority evaluation coefficient.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an estimation mediation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the quote mediation system 1
Is provided with a buyer-side terminal 10 for requesting a quote, a seller-side terminal 20 for responding to a quote, and a server device 30 for mediating a request and a reply for a quote.
The seller terminal 20 and the server 30 are connected via the Internet 40 which is a communication network. Buyer's terminal 10
Although only one seller-side terminal 20 is shown in the figure, a plurality of seller-side terminals 20 are actually installed, each having a homepage browsing function and an e-mail transmission / reception function.

Next, a detailed configuration of the server 30 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 30 includes a transmission / reception unit 32
, A control unit 34, an input / output unit 36 such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a monitor, and a storage unit 38. Storage unit 38
Has various data files and application files, and the application files operate in response to a command from the control unit 34.

As the data files, there are a buyer information file 381, a seller information file 382, a seller evaluation file 383, an order record file 384, an order probability file 385, a claim information file 386, an estimate management file 387, and the like.

In the buyer information file 381, company information for identifying the buyer is stored. The company information includes a member ID, a password, a company name, an address, and the like.

The seller information file 382 includes, in addition to the company information described above, evaluation information that is the evaluation result of the seller,
Further, detailed information on the seller's product, technology, and the like are stored. The evaluation information includes a comprehensive evaluation, a quality priority evaluation, a cost priority evaluation, a delivery date priority evaluation, and the like, and the detailed information includes a handling item, a processing technology, and the like.

The seller evaluation file 383 stores base data for determining seller evaluation information. Specifically, quality points, cost points,
Delivery time points, technical ability points, service points, order result points, order probability points, claim points, and the like are stored in association with the seller's member ID.

The order record file 384 stores information on each record of the actual order received by the seller via the quote request, and includes the seller's member ID, product category (raw materials, materials, etc.), quote request number, The date, the order amount, and the like are stored.

The order probability file 385 stores information indicating how much of the quotation request received by the seller has been officially received. Specifically, the seller ID, the member ID of the seller,
A product category, the number of orders received, the number of requests for quotation, the probability of orders, and the like are stored.

The complaint information file 386 stores complaint information from the buyer to the seller who has contacted the server 30. Specifically, the member I of the seller
D, product category, quote request number, claim identification (quality, cost, delivery date, etc.), reception date, influence point, comment, etc. are stored.

The quotation management file 387 stores quotation request information input by the buyer and quotation response information input by the seller in response to the quotation request information in association with the quotation request number. As the quote request information, in addition to the company name and member ID of the quote request source and quote request destination,
The quantity, model number / specification, desired delivery date, response deadline, etc. are listed. The quote response information includes the quote answer source, the quote respondent's company name and member ID, quote price, delivery date, payment conditions, quote validity period, etc. Is mentioned.

The application file of the storage unit 38 includes a collating unit 391 for checking whether the buyer or the seller is registered as a member, a quotation request processing unit 392 for processing a quotation request from the buyer to the seller, Estimation response processing unit 39 that processes the estimation response from the seller to the buyer
3 and an evaluation calculation unit 394 for calculating seller evaluation information
And a file update unit 3 for updating various data files
95, and a priority determination unit 396 that determines the evaluation priority of the estimation request destination based on the seller's evaluation information.

Next, a processing procedure in the estimation mediation system 1 having the above configuration will be described. To use this system to request or reply to a quote, you must first register as a member.

When a buyer applies for membership registration, the buyer first transmits a company name, address, and the like to the server 30 in a predetermined form. The server 30 receives this and gives the applicant a member ID.
And a password, the member ID and the password are stored in the buyer information file 381, and the buyer is contacted. On the other hand, if the applicant is a seller, the applicant sends the server 30 the information on the items handled, the processing technology to be held, and the like, along with the company name and address described above, at the time of application. Also in this case, the server 30 gives the applicant a member ID and a password, stores the member ID and the password in the seller information file 382, and notifies the seller. The application procedure for membership registration may be performed online on the system 1 or may be performed offline via mail or the like. When the member registration is completed in this way, the buyer can request a quotation by accessing the homepage of the server 30 from the buyer-side terminal 10 in FIG. 1, and the seller can access the homepage of the server 30 from the seller-side terminal 20. By doing so, it is possible to give a quote answer.

When the seller is registered as a member, the server 30
The institution where is installed evaluates the quality, cost, delivery date, technical ability and service of the seller in three steps (giving points from 1 to 3) based on the accumulated information held by the input.

The input data is stored in a file update unit 395.
Is stored in the seller evaluation file 383. The stored data is periodically updated based on information obtained in real time by the installation organization of the server 30.

The evaluation calculation section 394 includes a seller evaluation file 383, an actual order record file 384, and an order probability file 3
Based on the data stored in the file 85 and the claim information file 386, seller evaluation information is calculated by the following method.

First, the sellers are ranked based on the order receipt amount for each product category based on the order receipt record file 384, and the order receipt points are obtained. The actual order points are
For example, based on the order value of each registered seller in the past three years, if the deviation value is 70 or more, 3 points,
2 points if the number exceeds 30 and less than 70, and 1 point if the number is 30 or less.

Next, an order probability point is obtained from the order probability in the order probability file 385. Order probability points are, for example, 3 points for 0.5 or more, 2 points for 0.3 or more and less than 0.5, and 1 point for 0.1 or more and less than 0.3.
Points, points less than 0.1 are taken as 0 points, and if the number of times of estimation request is equal to or less than a certain number, the points are reduced by one. However,
The minimum is 0 points.

Next, a claim point is obtained from the influence point in the claim information file 386. Depending on the nature of the claim from the buyer,
Reason for complaint (quality, cost, delivery date, service, etc.)
Each is stored in advance as a minus point. For example, in the past three years, if the content of a claim has affected the buyer's representative or is more minor, -1 point, and if it has affected the buyer's company, 2 points. In addition, when the content of the complaint affects the buyer's customer, -3 points will be given for 3 months after 3 months from the date of complaint, and the system will be unavailable for 3 months after the complaint occurs. And

The value obtained by multiplying the influence point given in this way by the complaint occurrence rate (the ratio of the number of complaint occurrences to the number of order determinations in the past three years) is the same reason for the complaint of each registered seller. Then, a deviation value is calculated by comparing it with that of the related item, and a claim point is obtained from the deviation value. For example, the claim point is -1 point if the deviation value is 70 or more, -2 points if the deviation value is more than 30 and less than 70, and -3 points if the deviation value is 30 or less.

In other words, the claim point is such that a negative value increases as a claim having a large influence on a buyer is frequently performed, and is obtained for each claim reason (quality, cost, delivery date, service, etc.). If no complaint has occurred in the past three years, the complaint point is set to 0 points.

The actual order points, the order probability points, and the claim points obtained by the evaluation calculation unit 394 are stored in the seller evaluation file 383 by the file update unit 395. Thereafter, the evaluation calculation unit 394 calculates the comprehensive evaluation, the quality priority evaluation, the cost priority evaluation, and the delivery date priority evaluation, which are evaluation information, based on the data of the seller evaluation file 383.

The comprehensive evaluation is obtained by summing up the respective points (quality points, cost points, delivery points, technical points, service points, actual orders, actual probability points, and claim points) in the seller evaluation file 383. On the other hand, quality priority evaluation is a method of calculating the overall evaluation by adding values obtained by multiplying by a priority evaluation coefficient instead of directly adding points relating to quality (quality points and quality claim points). Is calculated. Since the priority evaluation coefficient is a value larger than 1 (for example, 3), the quality priority evaluation is an evaluation focusing on quality among the evaluation items of the seller. Similarly, the cost-priority valuation is based on the seller valuation file 38.
Of the three points, only points related to costs (cost points and claim points for costs) are calculated by multiplying them by a priority evaluation coefficient and summed up. And claim points for the delivery date) are multiplied by the priority evaluation coefficient and summed.

The overall evaluation, quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, and delivery date priority evaluation thus obtained are evaluated by the file updating unit 395 as seller information file 382.
Is stored in The above-described calculation by the evaluation calculation unit 394 is performed periodically (for example, every day), and each time the evaluation information stored in the seller information file 382 is updated.

Next, a case where the buyer makes a request for quotation will be described. When the buyer inputs a member ID and a password on the homepage screen displayed on the buyer-side terminal 10 and transmits it to the server 30, the collation unit 391 sets the member I
From D, the accessor is determined to be the buyer and the buyer information file 381 is searched, and when it is confirmed that the member is registered, the buyer menu screen shown in FIG.

On the buyer menu screen, a "supplier designation" button for designating a seller in advance and requesting a quote, a "quote site request" button for requesting a server to select a quoter, a purchase requirement, and a request from the seller. A "purchase requirement posting" button for waiting for a quote reply is displayed, so that the buyer can select a desired quote request method. Here, the procedure when the "quote site request" button is clicked will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

The estimate request processing unit 392 first displays an estimate condition input screen (estimate request sheet) shown in FIG. On this estimation condition input screen, the buyer can input estimation conditions such as country, region, item, product number, quantity, model number / specification, quantity, desired delivery date, and response deadline. In addition, on this screen, the server 30 can input an evaluation method for selecting an estimate request destination. For example, if it is desired to select a requester for an estimate based on comprehensive evaluation, “comprehensive evaluation” is entered in the column of the requestee evaluation method. On the other hand, if you want to prioritize any of quality, cost, or delivery date in the evaluation, enter “quality priority evaluation”, “cost priority evaluation”, or “delivery date priority evaluation” in the column of requestee evaluation method. . In addition, when the "call catalog" button is clicked on the estimate condition input screen of FIG. 5, the buyer can display the estimate condition input screen which has been input by the buyer in the past, and the buyer only needs to correct only necessary portions. Can be saved.

When the buyer inputs all necessary items and clicks the "confirm" button, the quotation request processing section 392
Is an estimate request confirmation screen (not shown) that organizes the input contents
Is displayed on the buyer side terminal 10. After confirming the input contents on this screen, the buyer clicks the "send" button and transmits the input contents to server 30 (step S1). still,
This screen can be printed on a printer for confirmation. If an error is found in the input content, the erroneous entry can be corrected by returning from the above-mentioned estimate request confirmation screen (not shown) to the estimate condition input screen of FIG.

When the quotation request information is input to the server 30, the quotation request processing unit 392 searches the seller information file 382 based on the country, region, and item of the quotation request, and identifies a seller as a candidate for the quotation request. Extract all.

The priority determining unit 396 assigns a priority to the extracted sellers based on the evaluation information stored in the seller information file 382 and the evaluation method of the quotation request input by the buyer. Decide which seller to submit a request for quotation. This determination method will be described with a specific example with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the extracted sellers (company A, company B,
Seller information file 38 for Company C, Company D, Company E)
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of a second and a seller evaluation file 383. Quality points, cost points, delivery points, technical points, service points, actual order points, order probability points, and claim points are stored in the seller evaluation file 383 for each seller. Since the method of obtaining each point has already been described, the description is omitted here.

The evaluation information, that is, comprehensive evaluation, quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, and delivery date priority evaluation,
4 and stored in the seller information file 382 as points for each seller. Although this calculation method has already been described, a brief description is given below.
For example, when obtaining the comprehensive evaluation of the company A, the points of the company A in the seller evaluation file 383 may be simply added, and the score is “8 points”. In the case of requesting the quality priority evaluation of Company D, the quality point "2 points" of Company D and the complaint point "-1 point" relating to the quality of Company D are added, and this is multiplied by the priority evaluation coefficient 3 First, the points "3 points" related to the quality are obtained. And at this point,
By adding each point of the company D other than the quality points and the quality-related claim points, a quality priority evaluation of "13 points" can be obtained. The complaint point regarding the quality of Company B is "x",
This indicates that Company B has made a claim affecting the buyer's customer within the past three months, and Company B will always be excluded from the request for quote for all quote requests.

The priority judgment unit 396 compares the evaluation information of each seller based on the estimation evaluation method selected by the buyer,
Prioritize. For example, when the buyer selects the cost-priority evaluation, the cost-priority evaluations of the sellers are compared, and the first place: Company A, the second place: Company D,
3rd: Company E, 4th: Company C (excluding Company B). In addition, if the total evaluation is the same, if the points are the same, the four claims points relating to quality, cost, delivery date, service and others are summed up and further ranked. Also,
If there is a tie in quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, and delivery date priority evaluation, the comparison is made based on the claim points of the corresponding claim reason (quality, cost or delivery date). If ranking cannot be made by these methods, the order receiving order file 385 with the smaller number of determined orders is ranked higher.

After ranking each seller in this way,
The priority determination unit 396 selects up to a predetermined order as an estimation request destination (step S2). For example, when selecting the top three companies, a request for quote is made to company A, company D and company E.

After selecting an estimate request destination, the estimate request processing unit 392 gives an estimate request number corresponding to the estimate request. The file updating unit 395 stores the details of the quote request, the quote request destination, and the quote request number in the quote management file 387, and updates the number of quote requests in the order probability file 385. Further, the quote request processing unit 392 transmits the quote request number in real time to the seller terminal 20 of the selected quote request destination by automatic mail or automatic fax (step S3). As a result, the seller can recognize that the quote request has been made.

Next, a case where a seller answers a request for quotation will be described. The seller first accesses the home page of the server 30 and inputs a member ID and a password. The collation unit 391 determines that the accessor is the seller from the member ID, searches the seller information file 382, and checks whether the member is registered. If the member is registered, the collation unit 391 displays the seller menu screen shown in FIG.

On the seller menu screen, an "estimate request status" button is displayed. By clicking this "estimate request status" button, it is possible to inquire of the server 30 about the estimate request status. Upon receiving the request, the quote reply processing unit 393 searches the quote management file 381, and extracts the quote request number, quote request source, and response deadline for all the quote request information for which the seller is the request destination. The quote request status screen shown in FIG.
Display at 0.

When the seller clicks on one of the quote request numbers from the list of quote numbers displayed on the quote request status screen, the quote reply processing unit 393 searches the quote management file 387 again and corresponds to the quote request number. The contents of the quotation request are displayed as a quotation request display screen shown in FIG.
(Step S4). The contents of the estimate request display screen can be printed on a printer by clicking a "print" button.

When the seller answers by looking at the quote request display screen, he / she clicks the "quote answer sheet" button.
In response to this, the estimate reply processing unit 393 displays an estimate reply input screen shown in FIG. The seller can enter the quote price, delivery date,
Enter the quotation answer, such as payment terms and quotation validity period.
As in the case of inputting a request for quotation, by clicking the "call catalog" button, the seller can display a quotation response input screen in which quotation responses have been input in the past and make corrections.

When the seller clicks the “confirm” button after inputting the quote reply, the quote reply processing section 393
Displays on the seller terminal 20 an estimate response confirmation screen (not shown) in which the estimate request source and the estimate response are arranged. When the seller clicks the "send" button after confirming the estimate response information on the estimate response confirmation screen, the estimate response information is transmitted to the server 30 (step S5). The contents of this screen can be confirmed by printing on a printer. If an error is found in the estimate response information, the user clicks a “correct” button on the estimate response confirmation screen (not shown), and the estimate response input screen of FIG. In this screen, it is possible to correct a mistake.

The quote reply processing unit 393 is provided for the seller terminal 20.
Is stored in the estimate management file 387 in association with the estimate request number. Then, the estimate request number is transmitted to the buyer terminal 10 in real time by automatic mail or automatic fax (step S6). As a result, it is possible to recognize that there has been a response to the quote request. When there are a plurality of estimation request destinations, this notification is made each time an estimation reply is made from each request destination.

Next, a case where the buyer who has received the notification of the quote request number browses the quote reply information will be described. The buyer first displays the buyer menu screen of FIG. 3 described above. On the buyer menu screen, in addition to the above selection button for the quote request method, a “quote reply status” button for inquiring the server 30 of the quote reply status is displayed. When the buyer clicks the "estimate answer status" button, the estimate answer processing unit 393 displays an estimate answer comparison screen shown in FIG.

On the quote / response comparison screen, a quote request number to be searched can be input. When the buyer inputs the quote request number, the quote / response processing unit 393 searches the quote management file 387. Then, all the estimated answer information stored corresponding to the estimate request number is extracted, and the estimated answer source, the estimated price, the delivery date, and the like are displayed on the estimated answer comparison screen of FIG. 11 (step S7). Further, the actual order file 384 and the order probability file 385 are searched, and the order amount, order determination frequency, order probability and the like corresponding to the member ID of the estimate answer source in the extracted estimate answer information are also shown in FIG. Display on the comparison screen.

When there are a plurality of sellers who have made an estimate response, the information of each seller displayed on the estimate-response comparison screen is as follows:
Rearrangement is performed in accordance with the priority determined by the priority determination unit 396 according to the evaluation method (comprehensive evaluation, quality priority evaluation, etc.) specified when requesting an estimate. Thus, the buyer can easily and accurately determine the ordering party.

If the user wants to know more detailed information in deciding the supplier, he or she clicks on one of the quote answer sources displayed on the quote / response comparison screen. The estimated response display screen shown is displayed on the buyer terminal 10. As a result, it is possible to browse the quote answer from the quote answer source.

When the "company information" button is clicked on the quote response display screen, the quote response processing unit 393 searches the seller information file 382 and displays the company information and detailed information of the quote response source on the buyer terminal 10. . When the “claim information” button is clicked, the estimate reply processing unit 393 searches the claim information file 386, and displays the claim information on the buyer terminal 10 when there is claim information of the estimate reply source. in this way,
Various information can be browsed for each estimation reply source, which can be used as a reference when deciding a supplier.

When requesting a re-estimate to the quote answer source displayed on the estimate-response display screen of FIG. 12, the “re-estimate” button is clicked. Then, the estimation condition input screen of FIG. 5 is displayed. By changing the response delivery date and the like and retransmitting the screen on this screen, the estimation response processing is performed in the above-described procedure with the same estimation request number. The re-estimated answer of the estimated answer source can be viewed on the estimated answer comparison screen in FIG. Note that by clicking the "return" button from the estimate / response display screen in FIG. 12, the screen can return to the estimate / response comparison screen in FIG.

When the buyer has determined the ordering party, he or she clicks on the check box of the corresponding quotation reply source on the quotation reply comparison screen of FIG. 11, and then clicks the "Send" button (step S8). The estimate reply processing unit 393 notifies the seller terminal 20 in question in real time by automatic mail or automatic fax (step S9). If it is not possible to determine the supplier, the decision of the supplier can be canceled by clicking the "cancel" button.

The seller receiving this notification will receive a formal order from the buyer at a later date (step S1).
0). The formal order is placed directly from the buyer to the seller without going through the server 30. When the seller who has completed the order clicks the "order notification" button on the seller menu screen of FIG. 7, an order details input screen (not shown) is displayed, and the quote request number, order date, and order amount are specified. And sends it to the server 30 (step S11). The file update unit 395 updates the received order record file 384 and the received order probability file 385 based on the received information. As a result, the seller's actual order receiving points and the order probability points increase, and are reflected in the seller's evaluation information. The file update unit 395 further searches the estimate management file 387 and sets a determination flag in the estimate request information of the corresponding estimate request number.

The determination of the supplier is notified to the seller who has become the supplier, but not to other sellers. If the seller who responded to the quote wants to know the status of the supplier,
"Supplier determination status" on the seller menu screen of FIG.
Click the button. The quote reply processing unit 393 searches the quote management file 387, extracts all quote request information in which the quote reply information of the seller exists, and indicates the respective quote request source and the quote request number as shown in FIG. Display on the decision status screen.

On the supplier determination status screen, whether or not the supplier has been determined is displayed in the status column. The estimate reply processing unit 393 determines whether or not the decision flag is set in the estimate request information of the estimate management file 387, and displays “determined” if it is set, or displays “assessed” if it is not set. "Medium" is displayed. This allows the seller to easily confirm whether the buyer is considering the supplier or whether another seller has already decided as the supplier when there is no notification of the determination of the supplier.

The server 30 only mediates a request for a quote and a reply between the buyer and the seller, and does not participate in an actual transaction in principle. However, if a complaint arises in the transaction, the buyer can contact the server 30. When the "Claim notification" button is clicked on the buyer menu screen of FIG. 3, a claim input screen (not shown) is displayed.
Claim contents such as claim identification (quality, cost, delivery date, etc.), date of occurrence, and detailed comments are input in a predetermined form and transmitted to the server 30. The file update unit 395
The claim information 386 is updated based on the information. Thereby, the complaint notification from the buyer can be reflected in the seller's evaluation information.

Next, a description will be given of a procedure in the case where the buyer clicks the “designate purchaser” button to request a quote on the buyer menu screen shown in FIG.

First, the quote request processing unit 392 displays a request destination selection screen shown in FIG. On the request destination selection screen, conditions for selecting a seller (for example, country, region, item, etc.) can be input. When the buyer clicks the "search" button after inputting these conditions, the quote request processing unit 392 searches the seller information file 382, and obtains the company names, addresses, items, etc. of all the sellers corresponding to the selection conditions. Side terminal 10
In the list.

If the buyer wants to know more detailed information about the seller displayed on this screen, he or she clicks on the seller. The quotation request processing unit 392 searches the seller information file 382 and displays detailed information of the seller on the buyer terminal 10. This can be used as a reference when selecting a seller.

After selecting a seller for whom a quote request is made, the buyer clicks the “check” column of the seller. When requesting a quote from a plurality of sellers, check all sellers. Then, when the user clicks the “quote request sheet” button, the quote request
5 is displayed on the buyer's terminal 10.

On this estimation condition input screen, the buyer can select the item, product number, quantity, model number / specification, quantity, desired delivery date,
Enter the estimation conditions such as the response deadline. When the "call catalog" button is clicked on the screen shown in FIG. 14 or 15, a quote condition input screen previously input by the buyer is displayed, and a part of the input items can be appropriately corrected on this screen. . Further, in the present embodiment, the buyer inputs the quote condition after selecting the quote request destination. However, the buyer may select the quote request destination before selecting the quote request destination.

When the buyer clicks the “confirm” button after inputting the quotation conditions, the quotation request processing section 392 displays a quotation request confirmation screen (not shown) in which the input contents are arranged on the buyer terminal 10. After the buyer confirms the input contents on this screen and clicks a “send” button, the quote request destination and the quote conditions are transmitted to the server 30.

Upon receiving the request, the quote request processing unit 392
Send the quote request number to each selected quote request destination. Then, upon receiving the quote reply from the seller, the quote request number is transmitted to the buyer who is the quote request source. Buyer, Figure 1
By inputting the quote request number on the quote / response comparison screen of No. 6, the quote response of the quote request destination can be viewed. These steps are described in step S3 described above.
Same as S6.

The estimate / response comparison screen of FIG. 16 is almost the same as the estimate / response comparison screen of FIG. 11, except that the “comprehensive evaluation”, “quality priority evaluation”, “cost priority evaluation”, and “delivery date priority evaluation” A button is displayed, and when there are a plurality of sellers who have made a quotation response, a seller evaluation method can be selected. For example, when the “quality priority evaluation” button is clicked, the priority determination unit 396 sets the seller information file 3
The sellers are ranked based on the quality priority evaluation of 82, and the sellers are displayed in this order. The seller ranking method is the same as the method in step S2 described above. In this way, the buyer can not only simply obtain the quote answer of the quote requester himself selected, but also display this information according to the evaluation method desired by the buyer, and can easily and accurately determine the supplier. become. FIG.
Instead of the buyer selecting the evaluation method on the estimate / response comparison screen 6, the buyer may input the evaluation method in advance on the estimate condition input screen of FIG. 15. The procedure after the buyer has determined the order destination is the same as that in step S8 described above.
Since these steps are the same as steps S11 to S11, the description is omitted.

Next, a description will be given of a procedure in the case where the buyer clicks the “post purchase item” button to request a quote on the buyer menu screen shown in FIG.

The quote request processing unit 392 first displays the quote condition input screen of FIG. 17 on the buyer terminal 10. In this estimation condition input screen, a posting deadline can be input in addition to the estimation conditions. When the buyer inputs these items and sends them to server 30, file update unit 395
Assigns an estimate request number to the estimate request information, sets a posting flag, and stores the information in the estimate management file 387.

When the seller searches for the contents of the quote request, the seller menu screen of FIG. 7 is displayed on the seller terminal 20, and the "quote request status" button is clicked. The quotation request processing unit 392 searches the quotation management file 387 to extract quotation request information with the posting flag set, and displays the quotation request list screen shown in FIG.

On the quote request list screen, the quote request source, the response deadline, etc. are displayed for each quote request number, and the seller selects one of the quote request numbers and clicks "Confirm".
When the button is clicked, an estimate request display screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the seller side terminal 20, and the contents of the estimate request can be confirmed. When replying to this request for quotation, the user clicks the “quote reply sheet” button to display the quotation reply input screen shown in FIG.

When there is a reply from multiple sellers,
As described above, by displaying the estimate / response comparison screen of FIG. 16 on the buyer side terminal 10, each seller can be prioritized and the summary of the estimate answer can be displayed.
The procedure after the buyer has determined the ordering party is the same as that in steps S8 to S11 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The posting flag in the quote request information is reset after the posting deadline input by the quote request source. The notice flag may be reset before the expiration of the notice deadline, if the quote requesting party contacts the server 30.

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As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily request a quotation from a number of sellers from a buyer, and to quickly and accurately evaluate a quotation response. As a result, it is possible to provide a method and an apparatus for mediating estimation that can promote the use of both buyers and sellers to activate commercial transactions.

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FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an estimation mediation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a server.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a buyer menu screen.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an outline of an estimation mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimation condition input screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the contents of a seller information file and a seller evaluation file.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a seller menu screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate request status screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate request display screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate response input screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an estimate / response comparison screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate response display screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a supplier determination status screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of a request destination selection screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimation condition input screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an estimate / response comparison screen.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an estimation condition input screen.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate request list screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Quotation Intermediation System 10 Buyer's Terminal 20 Seller's Terminal 30 Server 32 Transmission / Reception Unit 34 Control Unit 36 Input / Output Unit 38 Storage Unit 381 Buyer Information File 382 Seller Information File 383 Seller Evaluation File 384 Order Record File 385 Order Probability File 386 Claim Information File 387 Estimation management file 391 Collation unit 392 Estimation request processing unit 393 Estimation response processing unit 394 Evaluation operation unit 395 File update unit 396 Priority judgment unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Norihito Nishioka 5-5-1 Fukushima-ku, Fukushima-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Gunzeville Gunze Co., Ltd. Information System Center F-term (reference) 5B049 CC00 CC11 FF01 GG02

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A quotation mediation method for receiving a request for quotation from a plurality of sellers in response to an input of a quotation condition from a buyer and receiving a quotation result from each seller and replying to a quotation to the buyer. Receiving the quotation conditions as quotation request information; assigning priorities to the sellers based on the seller evaluation information calculated from data stored in advance; and determining a plurality of sellers to which the quotation request is to be made according to the priorities. Performing the step of making the quote request information visible to the seller to whom the quote was requested; receiving the quote result of each seller based on the quote request information as the quote response information; Displaying the existing seller to the buyer in accordance with the priority order, and allowing the buyer to view the estimate response information. Estimates intermediary how. 2. A quotation mediation method for receiving a request for quotation from a plurality of sellers in response to an input of a quotation condition from a buyer and receiving a quotation result from each seller and responding to a quotation to the buyer. Receiving the quotation conditions and a plurality of sellers designated by the buyer as quotation request information; allowing the seller to specify the quotation request information for the seller specified by the buyer; and quoting each seller based on the quotation request information. Receiving the result as quote response information, and assigning a priority to the seller based on the seller's evaluation information calculated from the data stored in advance, and displaying the seller with the quote response to the buyer according to the priority. Making the quote answer information visible to the buyer. 3. A quotation mediation method for receiving a request for quotation from a plurality of sellers in response to an input of a quotation condition from a buyer and receiving a quotation result from each seller and replying to a quotation to the buyer. Receiving a quote condition as quote request information; allowing the seller to view the quote request information; receiving a seller's quote result based on the quote request information as quote reply information; Prioritize the seller based on the seller's evaluation information calculated from the data that has been calculated, display the seller who has received the estimated response to the buyer according to the priority, and view the estimated response information for the buyer. And a step of performing a quotation intermediation method. 4. The evaluation information is individually given for each seller evaluation method that can be selected by a buyer, and the sellers are prioritized based on the evaluation information corresponding to the evaluation method specified by the buyer. 4. The estimation mediation method according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The estimation mediation method according to claim 4, wherein the evaluation information includes at least quality priority evaluation, cost priority evaluation, delivery date priority evaluation, and comprehensive evaluation. 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of updating the evaluation information based on information on an order amount and an order probability received from a seller and information on a claim received from a buyer. Estimation mediation method described in any of the above. 7. A quotation mediation device for receiving a quotation condition from a buyer, requesting a plurality of sellers for a quotation, receiving a quotation result from each of the sellers, and replying a quotation to the buyer. Storage means for storing data that is the basis of the evaluation information, evaluation calculation means for calculating the evaluation information based on the data, and an estimate request number corresponding to the estimate request information received from the buyer terminal. Estimation request processing means for transmitting an estimate request number to a plurality of seller terminals serving as an estimate request destination, receiving the estimate response information corresponding to the estimate request number from the seller terminal, and Estimation response processing means for displaying a list on the buyer's terminal, and prioritizing the seller based on the evaluation information and determining the display order of the seller by the estimation response processing means based on the priority order It estimates intermediary device, characterized in that it comprises an evaluation unit. 8. The quotation mediation apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the priority evaluation means determines a plurality of seller-side terminals to which the quotation is requested according to the priority. 9. The evaluation calculating means calculates evaluation information for each seller evaluation method selectable at the buyer terminal, and the priority evaluation means corresponds to the evaluation method designated at the buyer terminal. 9. The estimation intermediation device according to claim 7, wherein prioritization of sellers is performed based on the evaluation information. 10. The data stored in the storage means includes at least a quality point, a cost point, and a delivery date point, and the evaluation information calculated by the evaluation calculation means includes at least a quality priority evaluation, a cost priority evaluation, a delivery priority evaluation, When calculating the comprehensive evaluation, the evaluation calculation means adds the quality point, the cost point, and the delivery date point as they are, while performing the quality priority evaluation, the cost priority evaluation, or the delivery date priority evaluation. 10. The estimation intermediation device according to claim 7, wherein when calculating, any one of the quality point, the cost point, and the delivery date point is multiplied by a priority evaluation coefficient and then added.