JP2002183537A - Market place system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a market place system, having retrieval function which enables a buyer to quickly search a desired commodity or the like, and to retrieve a supplier capable of offering the desired commodity or a service for each area. SOLUTION: This market place system 5 displays a list of a plurality of construction machines to a borrowing dealer and sorts the construction machines displayed on the list, according to the contents or numerical values of the specification, corresponding to the selected type when the type of desired specifications is selected by the borrowing dealer from the types of the specifications of the construction machines displayed on the list. The market place system 5 stores information of each area, in charge of a plurality of suppliers, and receives the designation of the desired construction machine and of the area where it is offered, from the buyer. When they are specified to the buyer, the suppliers which include the specified area in their areas in charge and are capable of offering the specified construction machine among a plurality of suppliers are reported to the buyer, and the selection of the supplier as a dealing mate among the reported suppliers is received from the buyer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a marketplace system constructed on a computer network, and more particularly, to a technique for supporting a business of a user using the marketplace system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is known to use a system called a marketplace for buying, selling, or renting goods or services (hereinafter, goods, etc.) performed on the Internet. The marketplace system generally requires a person who provides a product or the like (hereinafter referred to as a supplier) to register information on various products or the like, purchases information of the registered various products or the like (hereinafter catalog information), and purchases a product or the like. Or, a person who wants to borrow (hereinafter referred to as a buyer) can view it.
When a desired product or the like is designated by the buyer from the catalog information, the marketplace system executes a process for establishing a transaction or leasing of the product or the like designated by the buyer.

[0003]

By the way, it is desirable that the marketplace system be constructed so that it can be easily used by suppliers and buyers according to the types of products and the like to be handled, but conventionally, it has been sufficiently implemented. I can't say that. One example is a search service provided to buyers.

[0004] In the search service, the marketplace system inputs a keyword relating to a desired product or the like, and searches for information on a product or the like having the keyword from catalog information. However, this search service is not sufficiently suitable for searching for special products, for example, construction machines and temporary equipment (hereinafter, construction machines). This is because many construction machine buyers may be any construction machine as long as it has a function that can perform tasks sufficiently in a desired type of construction machine. To give a concrete example, if the type of the desired construction machine is a shovel car, as long as the bucket capacity is 1.2 cubic meters or more, the product name or the manufacturer can be anything. In many cases, any scaffolding can be used as long as it can withstand a weight of 200 kg or more.

Further, in the above-mentioned search service, even if a desired construction machine is searched, the place where the construction machine is received (the transport destination of the construction machine) is far from the area of responsibility of the supplier of the construction machine. It can take a lot of time to transport the goods.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a marketplace system having a search function that allows a buyer to quickly search for a desired product or service.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a marketplace system that allows a buyer to search, by region, for suppliers who can provide desired goods or services.

[0008]

A marketplace system according to a first aspect of the present invention stores goods / service information, which is information on a plurality of goods or services provided by a supplier, and purchases or rents goods or services. According to the buyer's request,
A system for providing service information to a buyer, wherein the plurality of product / service information includes specification information indicating a specification of the product or service, and a means for displaying a list of the plurality of product / service information to a buyer, The system includes means for receiving specification of the type of specification from the buyer, and means for changing the mode of the list display according to the contents of the specification corresponding to the specified type, which are included in the listed products or services.

According to the marketplace system according to the present invention, if the buyer selects a desired specification type from among the specification types of the listed goods or services, the list is displayed based on the contents of the specification. The display mode is changed. As a result, the buyer can easily search for a product or service having desired specifications.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment according to the first aspect of the present invention, the changing means changes an order in which a plurality of items of merchandise / service information are displayed based on a value of a specification corresponding to the specified type. I do. In this regard, specifically taking the case where the product or service is a shovel car as an example, for example, if the type of the specified specification is a price,
A list of shovel cars is displayed in descending order of price or in a descending order. When the type of the specified specification is the bucket capacity, the shovel cars are displayed in a list of descending or increasing bucket capacity.

[0011] A marketplace system according to a second aspect of the present invention stores merchandise / service information, which is information on merchandise or services provided by a plurality of suppliers, and receives information from buyers who want to purchase or rent the merchandise or services. A system for providing stored goods / service information to a buyer in response to a request, comprising: means for storing jurisdiction area information indicating each jurisdiction area of a plurality of suppliers; and a desired jurisdiction area among each jurisdiction area Means for accepting the selection of the buyer from the buyer, means for receiving the designation of the product or service requested by the buyer from the buyer, and the selected territory of the plurality of suppliers based on the stored territorial area information and the product / service information. Inform buyers of local suppliers who can provide the goods or services specified above. And means, the selection of a desired supplier out of the notification by supplier and means for receiving from the buyer.

According to the marketplace system according to the present invention, by specifying a desired product or service and a desired area (for example, an area including a place where a buyer receives a product or service), the specified product or service can be provided. In addition, a supplier including the designated desired area in the jurisdiction area is searched from the plurality of suppliers and notified to the buyer. As a result, the buyer can search for a supplier who can provide a desired product or service by region.

For example, when the present invention is applied to the sale or leasing of construction equipment, the service provided by the supplier may be estimated based on the type of construction. In this case, the marketplace system stores supplier / estimable work type information, which is information on a work type that can be estimated according to each supplier. The marketplace system accepts from the buyer the designation of the type of construction that is the subject of the quote request, and when the designation is received from the buyer, the construction type specified by the buyer based on the stored supplier / estimable construction type information. Search for suppliers that can make a quote for.

Each of the functions (means) constituting each of the marketplace systems according to the first and second aspects of the present invention can be implemented by a computer. It can be installed or loaded on a computer through various media such as a memory and a communication network. Further, each of the marketplace systems according to the first and second aspects of the present invention stores product / service information which is information relating to a product or service provided by a supplier, and purchases or rents a product or service. It is needless to say that the system can be applied to all systems including a function of providing stored goods / service information to buyers in response to a request from the customer.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The marketplace system of the present invention can be applied or applied to various electronic commerce. Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, the present invention is applied to a marketplace system for renting construction machines and temporary equipment (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as “construction machines” for convenience of explanation). An embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration according to the present embodiment.

A marketplace system 5 according to the present embodiment is connected to a communication network such as the Internet 1.
And a computer system of each supplier that provides construction equipment such as excavators and scaffolding materials (only one is shown, hereinafter referred to as a supplier system 7), and a buyer (hereinafter, a borrower) that borrows construction equipment. A computer system (only one is shown, hereinafter, a borrower system 3) is connected. The supplier system 7 is configured to communicate with the marketplace system 5 so that the supplier can perform predetermined or desired business. The borrower system 3 is configured to communicate with the marketplace system 5 so that the borrower can perform predetermined or desired business. Note that the supplier and the borrower are typically groups such as companies and traders, but may include individuals.

Hereinafter, the marketplace system 5 according to the present embodiment will be described along the overall flow of processing performed in the present embodiment. In this figure, steps S4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 executed by the marketplace system 5 in response to a request from the borrower are surrounded by a dotted frame 2, and the marketplace is responded to in response to a request from the supplier. Step S executed by the system 5
6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 are surrounded by a dotted frame 4.

As shown in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 1, the marketplace system 5 receives and stores borrower information from a borrower, and receives and stores supplier information and catalog information from a supplier.
Borrower information is information related to the borrower,
For example, head office information (company name, location, phone number, fax
Number, number of employees, etc.), branch information (branch code, branch name,
Location, telephone number, FAX number, representative company name, etc., office information (sales office code, office name, location, telephone number, FAX
Number), site information (site code, site name, delivery location, start or scheduled start date, completion or scheduled start date, etc.), ID manager (name, affiliation, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.), information Registration method, information on the person in charge of the business at the borrower and the person in charge (for example, name, affiliation, telephone number, FAX number, e-mail address, etc.), organization information (for example, which branch has jurisdiction over which sales office) (Note that the site is a place where the borrowed construction equipment is actually used (for example, a construction site)). Supplier information is information about the supplier, for example, the name, address, contact information, and territory of the head office, each branch and each sales office of the supplier,
Information on the person in charge of the business and the person in charge at the supplier (for example, name, affiliation, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.), organizational information (for example, information on which branch has control over which office) And so on. The catalog information is information on rentable construction machines, for example, information as illustrated in FIG. 7, that is, product names, maker names, models, specifications or functions of construction machines (that is, attributes of construction machines), and the like. (In the present embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (1), there are four types of attribute information prepared so as to be able to be registered, and two particularly important items are prepared as "Attribute 1" or "Attribute 2". Based on the contents or numerical values registered in “Attribute 1” or “Attribute 2”, the order of the listed construction machines can be rearranged. This will be described later. ). The “responsible person” refers to a person who can perform a predetermined process related to the work in the same organization or a subordinate organization as the registered organization, and the “responsible person” can be performed by the responsible person. A person who can perform part of the process. The borrower company information, supplier information, or catalog information described above may be registered by the borrower company or supplier in the marketplace system 5 via the Internet 1 or a company that manages the marketplace system 5 (hereinafter referred to as “our company”). That)
However, the information may be received by mail from a borrower or a supplier, and the person of the company may enter the information into the marketplace system 5 and register it.

After receiving and storing the above-mentioned information from the borrower and the supplier, the marketplace system 5 performs the following steps S4 to S14 in response to a request from the borrower or the supplier. Hereinafter, a specific description will be given.

The marketplace system 5 executes a catalog search according to the request of the borrower (S4).
This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from a borrower to search for a construction machine, the marketplace system 5 asks the borrower to input information on a desired construction machine. When it is entered, the marketplace system 5
A search is made for a construction machine that matches the input information from the above-mentioned catalog information, and the search result is used as the borrower system 3
In a list. The marketplace system 5
When a borrower selects a construction machine to be borrowed from the searched and displayed construction machines, information on the construction machine (hereinafter, selected construction machine information) is stored.

Further, the marketplace system 5 comprises:
A process for creating an estimate request is executed in response to a request from the borrower (S5). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the borrower to request an estimate for the selected construction equipment, the marketplace system 5 uses the selected construction equipment information to generate an estimate request form, which is information necessary for the estimate request. A tool for generating and storing an estimate request form (specifically, a method for creating an estimate request form by having a template for an estimate request form and inputting predetermined information into the template. (Hereinafter referred to as an estimate request creation tool) is stored by the borrower.
In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5
However, when the quote request form is stored, the supplier may be notified of the fact.

Further, the marketplace system 5 includes:
In response to a request from the supplier, a process for creating a quotation (or re-quotation, hereinafter referred to as a quotation response) as a response to the quotation request is executed (S5). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request to input an estimate response from a supplier who has viewed the request for quote, the marketplace system 5 uses the information included in the request for estimate to provide information necessary for the answer to the estimate. Is generated and stored, or a tool for creating an estimate response sheet (specifically, a template for an estimate response sheet is provided, and by inputting predetermined information into the template, an estimate A tool for creating an answer sheet (hereinafter, a tool for creating an answer sheet) is used to store the answer sheet created by the supplier. In the present embodiment, when the marketplace system 5 stores the estimate response, the marketplace system 5 may notify the borrower of the fact.

Further, the marketplace system 5 includes:
In response to a request from the borrower, a process for determining an estimate or requesting a re-estimate is executed (S7). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the borrower who browsed the above-mentioned quotation answer sheet to input a result of the quotation determination as to whether or not to approve the contents of the quotation answer sheet, An input of the judgment result is received, and when the estimation judgment result is input, the estimation judgment result is stored. Further, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the borrower to request the supplier who has issued the quotation reply form to re-quote, the process proceeds to step S5 to request a re-quotation. Execute the processing of In addition, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request to reject a request for quotation already issued as a request for quotation, the marketplace system 5 accepts the specification of the request for quotation to be rejected from the borrower, and if specified, specifies Process to reject the requested RFQ. The quote determination result stored in the marketplace system 5 can be confirmed by the supplier who has received the quote determination result, and the supplier who has received the quote request can confirm that the quote request has been rejected. Further, when the marketplace system 5 stores the estimation determination result or performs a process for rejecting the designated estimate request form, the marketplace system 5 may notify the supplier of the result.

Also, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the supplier, the supplier executes a process for referring to the estimation determination result (S8). That is, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the supplier to refer to the estimation determination result, the marketplace system 5 displays the stored estimation determination result on the system 7 of the supplier.

Also, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the borrower, a process for creating an order is executed (S9). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the borrower that has approved the contents of the above-mentioned quotation answer sheet to order a construction machine according to the quotation answer sheet from the supplier, the marketplace system 5 has been selected by the borrower. Using the information included in the quotation response or quotation request, an order form, which is information necessary for the order, is generated and stored. In the present embodiment,
When the marketplace system 5 stores the order form, the marketplace system 5 may notify the borrower of the fact.

Also, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the supplier, a process for creating an order confirmation is executed (S10). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the supplier who has viewed the above order form to create an order form showing that the order form has been contracted,
An order confirmation is generated and stored using the information included in the order. In this embodiment, when the marketplace system 5 generates an order confirmation, the marketplace system 5 may notify the borrower of the fact.

Also, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the borrower, the borrower executes a process for referring to the order confirmation (S11). That is,
When the marketplace system 5 receives a request to refer to the order confirmation from the borrower, the marketplace system 5 displays the stored order confirmation on the system 3 of the borrower.

Further, the marketplace system 5 comprises:
In response to a request from the supplier, a process for reporting the trading volume is executed (S12). This processing will be specifically described. Here, the trading volume refers to information on the total amount of construction equipment that the supplier actually provided to the borrower during a predetermined period.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the supplier to report the trading volume,
Using the information included in the order confirmation generated in step S10, a volume report, which is information necessary for reporting the volume, is generated and stored, or a tool for creating the volume report (specifically, Specifically, a tool that has a template for a volume report and uses a tool for creating a volume report by inputting predetermined information into the template; Remember the report. In the present embodiment, when the marketplace system 5 stores the volume report, the marketplace system 5 may notify the borrower of the fact.

In addition, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the borrower, a process for determining the volume is executed (S13). This processing will be specifically described.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the borrower who browsed the volume report to input a result of the volume determination as to whether or not to accept the content of the volume report, the marketplace system 5 When the input of the determination result is received and the result of the volume determination is input, the result of the volume determination is stored. Note that, in the present embodiment, when the marketplace system 5 stores the volume determination result, the marketplace determination result may be notified to the supplier.

Further, the marketplace system 5
In response to a request from the supplier, the supplier executes a process for referring to the result of the volume determination (S14). That is, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the supplier to refer to the volume determination result, the marketplace system 5 displays the stored volume determination result on the system 7 of the supplier.

As described above, the marketplace system 5 according to the present embodiment mediates between the supplier and the borrower in rental of construction equipment, and supports the work of each of the supplier and the borrower. Details will be described later,
There are the following four typical support methods.

(1) In the catalog search in step S4, the marketplace system 5 sorts the search results listed on the borrower company system based on the numerical values of the specifications or functions specified by the borrower company.

In general, a borrower generally does not care what the product name, manufacturer, etc., as long as a desired type of construction machine has even a function sufficient to perform construction on site.

In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5 sorts the search results displayed in the list on the borrower company system based on numerical values of specifications or functions designated by the borrower company. More specifically, the marketplace system 5 displays the list when the type of construction machine displayed in the list is an excavator and the specification or function specified by the borrower is the bucket capacity. The order of the shovel cars to be used can be changed in the order of larger or smaller bucket capacity. Thereby, the borrower can easily and quickly find a shovel car having the largest bucket capacity or a shovel car having a bucket capacity of a certain amount or more, for example, a shovel car having a bucket capacity of 1.2 cubic meters or more. .

(2) The marketplace system 5
The borrower accepts designation of a desired area from the borrower, and searches for a supplier who can provide the desired construction machine and includes the area designated by the borrower in the jurisdiction.

Since construction equipment is often large, such as bulldozers and excavators, it takes time to transport the equipment. Therefore, even if a desired construction equipment can be found from catalog information, the area of responsibility of the supplier of the construction equipment is limited to the construction site. If it is far from it, transportation of construction equipment will take a long time and a lot of money. In addition, temporary equipment and materials generally have a large weight and a large transportation cost in spite of a low unit price. Therefore, if the area in charge of the supplier is far from the construction site, the cost is unnecessarily high.

In this embodiment, the marketplace system 5 receives designation of a desired area (for example, an area where a construction machine is picked up) from the borrower, and can provide the borrower with the desired construction machine. Search for a supplier that includes the area designated by the user, and displays the search result on the borrower company system 3. This allows the borrower to find a supplier that can transport the desired construction equipment with minimal effort.

(3) The marketplace system 5
An input of information on an order (hereinafter, referred to as another route order) made by a borrower to a supplier through another route other than the marketplace system 5 is received from the supplier, and a volume report is generated based on the input information. The volume report is displayed on the borrower company system 3.

At the construction site, small construction machines such as pipes and pumps may be urgently needed. In this case, the order of the small construction machines, that is, the so-called small order, is not provided through the marketplace system 5. It may be performed by a route (for example, telephone). Because, another route order,
This is because the processing can be performed more quickly and easily than through the steps S4 to S9 described above via the marketplace system 5.

Further, a unit price contract is concluded between the borrower and the supplier for a construction machine that is required relatively frequently or a construction machine that requires urgency (for example, a small construction machine such as the above-described piping and pump). Sometimes (ie, the borrower and the supplier may only decide on the unit price of the borrowing in advance).

However, in these cases, the supplier and the borrower are separate from the marketplace system 5,
Since money expenditure and ordering are managed, there is a possibility that it is difficult to accurately grasp the history of money in and out, ordering and the like.

In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5 receives input of information on another route order (even for an order for a construction machine for which a unit price contract has been made) from the supplier, and based on the input information, the trading volume. Generate and store a report. Thereby, the marketplace system 5
Manages orders placed via the marketplace system 5 and orders on other routes in a unified manner, so that suppliers and borrowers can easily manage the history of money expenditure and ordering, and the marketplace system 5 is linked to another system outside the marketplace system 5 (for example, an electronic payment system on the Internet 1).

(4) The marketplace system 5
Bill the borrower monthly.

In a construction that requires a period of several months to several years, the supplier does not provide the borrower with all the construction machines ordered by the borrower at once, but rather plans the progress of the construction or the actual progress. Provided as appropriate.

In a construction requiring a period of several months to several years, the supplier does not provide all the construction machines for which the order has been made to the buyer at once, but according to the scheduled progress of the construction or the actual progress. And provide as appropriate.

In general, a supplier wants to receive payment from a borrower as quickly as possible. However, even if the borrower has a contract with the supplier to borrow the construction machine but does not actually borrow the construction machine, he does not want to pay the fee. For this reason, it would be desirable to have a billing method that can satisfy the requirements of both suppliers and borrowers.

In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5 periodically, specifically, on a predetermined day (for example, a day set by the borrower) every month, generates a volume report or the like that has been accepted by the borrower. Refer to a given month (for example,
A bill for the construction machine fee actually provided from the supplier to the borrower in the month related to the date referred to above or a month before that month) is generated and displayed on the borrower company system 3. That is, the marketplace system 5 makes a so-called monthly bill to the borrower. This allows
Once the supplier has actually provided the construction equipment, the borrower will be billed within one month, so the supplier is expected to receive the payment somewhat sooner and the buyer will be charged for the construction equipment actually provided. To meet the requirements of both suppliers and borrowers.

Hereinafter, the individual steps S4 to S14 described above will be described.
Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the drawings of the user interface screen. In addition,
In the figure, there is one that is described as MP,
Refers to the marketplace system.

First, the processing in the catalog search in step S4 in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show the flow of processing in catalog search in step S4 of FIG. 5 to 10
5 shows a user interface screen used in this processing.

The marketplace system 5 reads information on the construction equipment stored in the basket 11 and displays the information on the borrower company system 3 in response to a request from the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower company (S4-1). The basket 11 is a directory for storing information on construction machines to be borrowed, and may be assigned to each borrower, or may be generated in response to a request from the borrower. May be.

After step S4-1, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request to select a construction machine to be a target of the quote request from the displayed construction machines and request a quote request, the marketplace system 5 shown in FIG. After the step S4-10 shown in FIG. 13 is performed, the processing for the quote request shown in FIG. 13 is executed. When receiving a request to change desired information among the displayed information, the marketplace system 5 performs step S4-9 shown in FIG. When receiving a request to refer to catalog information, the marketplace system 5 executes step S4-2 described below. Note that the marketplace system 5 may execute step S4-2, which will be described later, without performing step S4-1.

When a request to refer to catalog information is received in step S4-1, the marketplace system 5 displays a search method menu screen (described in FIG. 5) for selecting a search method for construction equipment. It is displayed on the borrower company system 3. On the search method menu screen, the marketplace system 5 selects one of three search methods of a category search, a keyword search, and a Japanese syllabary search.
The selection of the desired search method is received from the responsible person or person in charge of the borrower (S4-2). Here, the category search is to designate a construction category in which a desired type of construction machine is used from a plurality of construction categories (for example, construction types such as construction work and civil engineering work), More specifically, for example, this is a search method for searching for a desired type of construction machine by tracing a large category, a middle category that is a sub-item of the large category, and a small category that is a sub-item of the middle category. In addition,
The major classification, the middle classification, and the small classification are specifically exemplified by taking the case where the construction category is civil engineering as an example. The large classification is a digging machine, a ground improvement machine,... The sub-category, which is a sub-item of "machine", is a pile driving machine, a reverse machine,..., For example, the sub-class of the sub-item of the sub-class "pile driving machine" is pile driver, pile hammer,.

In step S4-2, when a desired search method is selected by the person in charge of the borrower company or the person in charge, the marketplace system 5 determines whether the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower company is in accordance with the selected search method. A search is made for a construction machine corresponding to the desired type (S4-3). In this search, the marketplace system 5 refers to the product directory 13, the product category directory 15, the large category directory 17, the middle category directory 19, or the small category directory 21. Note that the product directory 13 is a directory in which information on construction machines is stored, and the product classification directory 15 stores construction types (for example, construction work, civil engineering work, etc.) corresponding to each construction machine. Directory. The large classification directory 17 is a directory in which information of each large classification corresponding to each construction type is stored, and the medium classification directory 19 stores information of each medium classification corresponding to each large classification. The sub-category directory 21 is a directory in which information of each sub-category corresponding to each sub-class is stored.

After searching for a construction machine corresponding to the desired type, the marketplace system 5 displays the search results in a list as shown in FIG. 6 (S4-4). When the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower clicks on the desired product name on this list, the marketplace system 5 reads detailed information of the construction machine having the product name from the product detail directory 29, and , The image data of the construction machine is read from the image directory 31, and a product information screen displaying the read data (described in FIG. 7).
Is displayed on the borrower system 3. Note that the detailed information and image data of the construction machine are registered as catalog information, and the information items as the detailed information of the construction machine include “attribute 1”, “attribute 2”, and “attribute 3”. , And “attribute 4”. Here, the “attribute” indicates the function or specification of the construction machine, and “attribute 1” and “attribute 2”
Among the “attribute 1” to “attribute 4”, a numerical value (or content) of a function or a specification that the borrower's person in charge of construction equipment procurement is particularly important is recorded. at least,
Functions or specifications to be recorded in “attribute 1” or “attribute 2” are prepared in advance. In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5 can change the display order shown in FIG. 6 based on the numerical value of the function or specification recorded in “attribute 1” or “attribute 2”. This will be described specifically.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the type of construction machine is “hydraulic shovel”, “bucket capacity (cubic meter)” is prepared in advance as “attribute 1”, and “attribute 1” is included in “attribute 1”. It is assumed that the numerical value of the bucket capacity has been input.

In this case, when the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower clicks the character string “Attribute 1” on the list shown in FIG. 6, the marketplace system 5 changes the bucket capacity in the descending order of numerical values. Change the display order of multiple construction machines.

Note that the "▼" mark next to various information items on this list can change the display order of construction machines based on the numerical value or content of the information item with the mark. (This is the same in other user interface screens after FIG. 6). That is, in FIG. 6, based on the contents described in the information items “product name”, “manufacturer name”, or “format” as well as “attribute 1” and “attribute 2”, (For example, can be sorted according to the order of the Japanese syllabary of the first letter of "product name").

In step S4-4, the marketplace system 5 selects the area of the construction site when the word "supplier list" is clicked on the product information screen shown in FIG. A region selection screen (shown in FIG. 9) is displayed. When a certain area, for example, Tokyo is selected on the area selection screen, the user refers to the supplier directory 23 or 25 in which the information of the supplier is stored. Is read out, and a screen (shown in FIG. 10) showing a list of the read out information is displayed on the borrower system 3 (S4-4-).
1).

In step S4-4, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request to know detailed information on a maker of a desired construction machine, the marketplace system 5 transmits the information of the desired maker to each maker. Is read out from the maker directory 27 storing the information of the borrower, and the screen displaying the information is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S4-
4-2).

In step S4-4, when the marketplace system 5 receives an instruction to refer to an existing basket, the marketplace system 5 executes step S4-1.
(S4-5 in FIG. 3). In step S4-4, the manager or the person in charge of the borrower trades the desired construction machine into the basket 11 (for example, clicks on the word "Add to basket" on the product information screen shown in FIG. 7). (Hereinafter, referred to as “basketing operation”), the marketplace system 5 temporarily records information on the construction machine targeted for the “basketing operation” in the directory 33 called the current basket. (S4-6 in FIG. 3).

After step S4-6, an operation for confirming the construction machine currently recorded in the basket 33 as a target of the “operation for basket”, for example, on the search method menu screen of FIG. When the word "basket information" is clicked, the marketplace system 5
Is a screen that reads out the information of the construction machine currently recorded in the basket 33 and displays a list of the read out information (FIG. 8).
Is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S in FIG. 3).
4-7). When "Register Basket" is clicked on this basket information screen, the marketplace system 5 stores the information of the construction machine displayed on the basket information screen in the basket 11, as shown in FIG. .

The information stored in the basket 11 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the above, the responsible person or person in charge of the borrower can confirm or update as necessary.

That is, when the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge performs an operation for confirming the information stored in the basket 11, the marketplace system 5 reads out the information on the construction equipment stored in the basket 11. Then, a list of the read information of the construction machines is displayed (S4-8). Thereafter, when the marketplace system 5 receives from the manager or the person in charge of the borrower company a designation to newly register the construction machine in the basket, the marketplace system 5 proceeds to step S4-3 in FIG.
Is executed, and the operation of updating (changing, modifying, or deleting) the information of the construction machines listed in step S4-8 is performed by the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge, Is stored in the basket 11 (S4-
9).

The above is the description of the processing in the catalog search in step S4 of FIG. Next, a description will be given of the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIGS. 11 and 13 show steps S5 and S5 in FIG.
2 shows the flow of processing in creating an estimate request. FIGS. 12 and 14 to 21 show user interface screens used in this processing.

As shown in FIG. 11, the marketplace system 5 is such that the person or person in charge of the borrower
Is clicked, the information of the construction machine stored in the basket 11 is read, and the read information is stored in the quote request directory 35 in which information on the quote request is stored. (Figure 1
1 Step 5-A). As a result, the information on the construction equipment stored in the basket 11 can be used for creating a request for quotation, and the responsible person or person in charge of the borrower needs to input the information to create a request for quotation. The amount of information can be reduced. As described above, the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower can create an estimate request using the above-mentioned estimate request creation tool. Although not shown, the quotation request form creation tool takes in information from the basket 11 or the current basket 33 and displays the information on the borrower company system 3. Is performed, the changed information is overwritten on the information taken in the basket 11 or the current basket 33. That is, the information recorded in the basket 11 or the current basket 33 can be edited using the estimate request form creation tool.

After step S5-A, as shown in FIG. 13, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request to inquire product information from the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 The information is read from the product directory 13 and displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S5-1).

Further, the marketplace system 5
In response to the request for inquiring the supplier information, the supplier information is read from the supplier directory 23, and a screen displaying the read information can be displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S5-2). At this time, the marketplace system 5 refers to the site information, displays the supplier having the jurisdiction including the prefecture name of the location of the construction site related to the quote request, and selects the supplier selected from the displayed suppliers. Display detailed information about.

In step S5-2, the marketplace system 5 accepts the input of the type of work (large type of work or middle type of work), and upon receiving the input, searches for the supplier based on the input type of work. can do. More specifically, the supplier information includes information on the type of work that the supplier can estimate, and the marketplace system 5 accepts from the borrower the designation of the type of work that is the target of the quote request, and accepts the designation from the borrower. , It is possible to search for and display a supplier who can estimate the type of work specified by the buyer with reference to the respective supplier information stored in the supplier directory 23.

The marketplace system 5 executes a process for registering (or modifying) the quote request form (S5).
-3). Specifically, the marketplace system 5
Accepts the input of the borrower's “head office” and “business office” from the pull-down menu on the left column of the screen shown in FIG. In step S5-3, the marketplace system 5 appropriately reads information from the borrower company directory 37 in which the borrower company information is stored and the site directory 39 in which the site information included in the borrower company information is stored. This enables input by the pull-down menu described above.

In this step S5-3, the manager or the person in charge of the borrower makes an input from the pull-down menu (it is not necessary to input all items) on the screen shown in FIG. When the button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 stores information on the site matching the input information or information on the request for quotation, in the borrower company directory 37 and the site directory 3.
9 or search from the quote request directory 35 and display it in a list. When desired information is selected from the list and the “Registration Request” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 deletes the borrower company directory 37,
Site directory 39 and quote request directory 35
, The necessary information is read out, and an estimate request form as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 is generated and displayed.

The responsible person or person in charge of the borrower is shown in FIG.
Then, the contents of the estimate request form shown in FIG. 16 are checked, and if there is no correction part, the "confirm" button shown in FIG. 16 is clicked (S5-4 in FIG. 13). Then, the marketplace system 5 stores the quote request document in the quote request directory 35. In addition, the marketplace system 5 converts the quotation request form into a quotation request book file in accordance with the operation of the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge.
Data format available in the marketplace system 5 and C used in the borrower system 3
Convert to SV format so that it can be managed by a predetermined system. It should be noted that “appraisal” of the quote request book indicates that it is the basis of data transfer (the same applies to the following description). To be more specific, the information contained in the RFQ is
It can be used in the above-mentioned estimation response in step S6, and the estimation answer book described later in FIG. 23 can be used in the above-described generation of the order form in step S8.

After step S5-4, when the "return to registration list screen" button shown in FIG. 16 is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays the screen of FIG. When "Estimation method" is input from the pull-down menu and the "Search" button is clicked, the quotation request having the input quotation method is searched by referring to the quotation request directory 33, and the list is searched. indicate. The estimating method is inputted at a predetermined time, for example, when setting an estimating request book, and there are two types of public estimating method and designated estimating method. A public quotation is a quotation method that requests all suppliers that meet the conditions specified by the manager or person in charge of the borrower to request a quote. 1 selected by borrower from among
Or, it is a quotation method in which a plurality of suppliers are requested to make a quotation.

In step S5-5, the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge selects the quote request form whose quote method is open to the public from the list of quote request forms on the screen of FIG. When the "Request Release" button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen (described in FIG. 18) in which the conditions of the supplier to be requested for the quote can be input. On this screen, at least one of the conditions of the supplier to be the target of the quotation request, for example, the business range (jurisdiction) or the sales is input, and the "search" button is clicked.
Refers to the supplier directory 23 or the like to search for a supplier that matches the input condition (S in FIG. 13).
5-6), the number of matched suppliers (search results) is displayed on the screen of FIG. After confirming the number of matched suppliers, the borrower manager or person in charge
Is clicked, and if the request for quotation can be made with the contents described in the request for quotation on the screen of FIG. 19 displayed by the operation, click the “Yes” button of FIG. 13 S5-7). Then, the marketplace system 5 allows the searched supplier to browse the quote request form displayed on the screen of FIG. In step S5-7,
If it is not acceptable to issue a request for quotation based on the contents described in the request for quotation on the screen of FIG. 19, the responsible person or person in charge of the borrower clicks the “No” button in FIG. Make corrections, etc.

In step S5-5, the manager or the person in charge of the borrower selects, on the screen shown in FIG. Clicking the "Publish Request" button will bring up Figure 20
As shown in (2), a screen displaying a request for quote and a list of suppliers registered to receive the designated quote is displayed. On this screen, the person in charge of the borrower or the responsible person selects one or a plurality of suppliers for whom a quotation is requested from among the plurality of listed suppliers, and then clicks the "OK" button (FIG. 13). S5-8). On this screen, the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower
"Supplier name (simply referred to as supplier in the figure)" with "▼" mark, "Founding year", or "Sales"
Can be sorted based on the contents of the list.

When the "OK" button is clicked on the screen of FIG. 20, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen for confirming the selected supplier on the borrower company system 3, as shown in FIG. The responsible person or person in charge of the borrower is the supplier who
If the supplier displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 21 is sufficient, the user clicks the “Yes” button (S5 in FIG. 13).
9). Then, the marketplace system 5 is as shown in FIG.
The quote request form displayed on the screen 0 is displayed on the screen of FIG. 21 so that the supplier at the time when the “Yes” button is clicked can be viewed. In step S5-9, if the supplier to whom the designated quotation is requested is not the supplier displayed on the screen shown in FIG.
Click the "No" button to change the supplier of the designated quotation request.

After the quotation request described above is completed, the person in charge of the borrower or the responsible person performs a predetermined operation to execute the operation shown in FIG.
The user interface screen shown in (1) is displayed, and using this user interface screen, the user can refer to a desired estimate request form out of the estimate request form sent in the past, and reply to the estimate request sent in the past from the supplier If there is, you can refer to it.

The above is the description of the processing in step S5 in FIG. 1 for creating an estimate request. Next, a description will be given of the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 23 shows the flow of processing in the estimation answer creation in step S6 of FIG. 24 to 30 show user interface screens used in this processing.

As shown in FIG. 23, when the marketplace system 5 receives an inquiry request for a quote request from the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge, the quote request directory 35, the quote answer directory 41, or the quote determination directory Information required from directory 43 (for example, quote request form)
Is read, and a screen (shown in FIG. 24) displaying the list is displayed on the supplier system 7 (S6-1).
The estimate reply directory 41 is a directory in which various information related to the reply to the quote request is stored, and the quote determination directory 43 stores information about the result of the decision made by the borrower on the reply to the quote request. Directory.

The person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge is shown in FIG.
Select the desired quote request from the list of quote requests displayed on the screen shown in (1) and click the "Request reference" button. Then, the information relating to the selected quote request is read from the quote request directory 35 by the marketplace system 5, and a screen describing the information of the quote request document is displayed as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26. You.

In the screens shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge is required to notify the provider of the request for quotation displayed on this screen that the request for quotation has been received. Is clicked (S6-2 in FIG. 23). Then, the marketplace system 5
Records in the request receiving directory 45 that the supplier has received the quote request.

On the screens shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge checks the contents described in the request for quotation, and refers to the attached file of the request for quotation as necessary. Then, an operation for taking the attached file into the supplier system 7 and performing form printing is performed (S6-3 in FIG. 23). In this step S6-3, when an operation for taking in the attached file of the request for quotation into the supplier system 7 is performed, the marketplace system 5 returns the directory 47 for storing the attached file of the request for quotation.
The necessary attached file is read out from the server and is taken into the supplier system 7.

After step S6-3 in FIG. 23, the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the supplier to reply to the quote request (that is, to make a quote, hereinafter referred to as a quote reply). Specifically, when the user selects the information of the desired quote request form from the list on the screen in FIG. 27 and clicks the “quote answer” button, the marketplace system 5 creates the above-mentioned selected quote request. A screen (shown in FIG. 28 and FIG. 29) displaying the information on the estimated quotation response form is displayed on the supplier system 7 (S6).
-4). When the “OK” button is clicked on the screen, the marketplace system 5 records the fact in the estimate reply directory 41. In addition, the quote response sheet is based on the marketplace system based on the above quote request book.
5 is generated by the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge of the supplier using the above-described tool for preparing an estimate response sheet.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the person in charge of the supplier to confirm, register, or correct the contents of the estimate response document registered (or modified) in step S6-4, the marketplace system 5 A screen displaying the answer sheet as a list (shown in FIG. 30) is displayed on the supplier system 7 (S6-5), and then a desired quote answer is selected from the list, and the "Reply Approval" button is clicked. If so, it is determined that the estimate answer has been approved and that fact is recorded in the estimate answer directory 41 (S6-6). In this case, the marketplace system 5 allows the borrower who issued the request for quotation for the quotation response to view the approved quotation response.

By the series of processes in steps S6-1 to S6-6 described above, a reply to the quotation request from the borrower is made, and the quotation reply confirmation state in the marketplace system 5 is changed to "not answered" in step S6-1. From the state, "unapproved" in step S6-4, step S6-6
Becomes "approval".

[0097] If the estimate response is not approved in step S6-6, the marketplace system 5 executes step S6-4 to re-register or correct the estimate response.

The above is the description of the processing in the estimation answer creation in step S6 of FIG. In this process, as described in FIG. 23, the marketplace system 5, based on the request from the supplier, is based on the estimate response document generated by the marketplace system 5 or created by the responsible person or the person in charge of the supplier. , An estimate answer book can be set. The estimate answer book is data that can be used when creating an order form in step S9 described above.

Next, the processing in the estimation judgment in step S7 in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 31 shows the flow of processing in the estimation judgment in step S7 in FIG. 32 to 37 show user interface screens used in this processing.

As shown in FIG. 31, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge of inquiring the quote answer sheet, the marketplace system 5 displays the screen of FIG. To be displayed. On the left column of this screen, information such as head office or business person is entered and "Search"
When the button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 searches for a quotation answer book that matches the input information, and displays the retrieved quotation answer sheet as a list on the screen of FIG. 32 (S7-1).

When the marketplace system 5 selects the information of the desired quotation response from the list and clicks the “Refer to Reply” button, the screen (FIG. 33 and FIG. 34) is displayed on the borrower company system 3. The person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower checks the contents of the estimate response written on the screen (S7-2 in FIG. 31).

The marketplace system 5 displays a screen shown in FIG. 35 on the borrower company system 3 when the person in charge of the borrower company or the manager in charge receives a request to make a judgment on the estimate response. On the left column of the screen, when the information of the head office or business office is input and the "search button" is clicked, a search is made for the estimate answer book having the input information, and the search result is shown in FIG. Display a list on the screen. When the information of the desired quote answer sheet is selected from the list and the “answer judgment” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 registers a quote judgment for the selected quote answer sheet ( 36 is displayed on the borrower company system 3. The person in charge of the borrower or the responsible person registers any one of "accept", "re-quote", or "rejection" as a quotation judgment on this screen, and clicks a "confirm" button. As a result, the marketplace system 5 records the registered estimation determination result and the information of the estimation response document that has received the estimation determination result in the estimation determination directory 43. When "re-estimate" is registered as the estimation judgment result, the marketplace system 5 informs the estimation answer directory 41 or the estimation judgment directory 43 that the estimation answer is to be re-estimated for the estimation answer sheet that has received the estimation judgment. Record and make it available to suppliers for "re-quotation".

After this step S7-3, the stage of the construction for which the estimate request was made (for example, whether the estimate request was made at the planned stage of the work or the estimate request was made at the stage of the work) or The borrower performs one of the following two processes depending on the importance of the reply.

Specifically, when an estimate request is made during the construction stage, the marketplace system 5 responds to the request from the borrower's manager.
A screen (shown in FIG. 37) displaying a list of the results of each estimate judgment for a plurality of estimate answer sheets is displayed on the borrower company system.
Display in 3. The marketplace system 5 is shown in FIG.
Screen, the result of the quotation determination is confirmed by the responsible person of the borrower (S7-4), and if an unapproved quotation determination result is selected from the list and the "determination approval" button is clicked, the quotation determination is performed. The fact that the result has been approved is recorded in the estimate determination directory 43 (S7-5). Here, if the estimation determination result is not approved, the marketplace system 5 executes step S7-3 in order to register or correct the estimation determination again.

When the quote request is made at a stage where the construction is planned, the marketplace system 5 performs the same processing as in step S7-5, and records the result of the quote determination in the quote determination directory 43 (S7). -6).

The above is the description of the processing in the estimation determination in step S7 in FIG. In the processing in steps S7-1 to S7-6 described above, the estimation determination confirmation state is not approved in step S7-3,
When the above approval is made in 7-5, the state changes from non-approval to approval.

Next, the process of referring to the estimation judgment result in step S8 in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIGS. 38 to 40 show user interface screens used in the process of referring to the estimation judgment result in step S8 in FIG.

The marketplace system 5 displays a screen (shown in FIG. 38) showing a list of the results of each estimate judgment with respect to the estimate response in response to a request from the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge, on the supplier system 7. The desired estimation judgment result is selected from the list, and "Refer to judgment"
When the button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen (described in FIGS. 39 and 40) in which information on the selected estimation determination result is described in detail. The person in charge or the person in charge of the supplier refers to the estimation judgment result on this screen.

The above is the description of the processing for referring to the estimation determination result in step S8 in FIG. Next, FIG.
The process in step S9 for creating an order form will be described.

FIGS. 41 and 42 show steps S9 and S9 in FIG.
2 shows the flow of processing in order form creation. FIG. 43 to FIG.
6 shows a user interface screen used in this processing.

[0113] When an order is placed at the borrower, the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the person in charge of the borrower using the borrower 3 or the person in charge of the borrower to inquire about the information on the quote answer. With reference to the estimate response directory 41 and the estimate determination directory 43, the information of the approved estimate response is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S9-1 in FIG. 41).

Next, the marketplace system 5
Upon receiving a request from the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge who wants to order a construction machine related to the approved quotation response, refer to the quotation response directory 41, the quotation determination directory 43, the contract directory 51, and the order directory 53. ,
A screen displaying a list of information on the estimated answers for which the order processing has not been executed among the approved estimated answers (listed in FIG. 43)
Is displayed on the borrower system 3. The contract directory 51 is a directory in which information on a contract between the borrower and the supplier is stored, and the order directory is a directory in which information on orders placed by the borrower with the supplier is stored.

When a desired quotation answer is selected from the list displayed on the screen of FIG. 43 and the “order registration” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 transmits necessary information from the quotation reply directory 41 or the like. (For example, an estimate answer book), the information of the order form is generated using the read out form, and the generated information of the order form is displayed on the borrower system 3 on the screens shown in FIGS. 44 and 45. When the “OK” button is clicked on this screen, the marketplace system 5 registers information on the generated order form information (hereinafter, order information) in the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53 (see FIG. 41). Step S
9-2).

[0116] After step S9-2, the marketplace system 5 sends a message from the person in charge or the person in charge of the borrower.
When receiving a request to confirm the registered order information (or information on the contract contents), the contract directory 5
1 or the order information is read from the order directory 53 and displayed on the borrower company system 3. When the marketplace system 5 receives the confirmation of the order information from the person in charge of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 converts the information related to the order information into a predetermined format and manages it (S9-3).

After the step S9-3, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the manager of the borrower company to confirm or correct the registered order information,
The order information is read from the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53 and displayed on the borrower company system 3. When the order information is corrected, the marketplace system 5 registers the corrected order information in the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53 (S9-4).

After step S9-4, when the marketplace system 5 receives a request to approve the registered order information from the manager of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 receives the order information from the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53. Is read, and a screen (shown in FIG. 46) displaying the read order information in a list is displayed on the borrower company system 3.
When desired order information is selected from the list displayed on this screen and the “order approval” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 notifies the order approval directory that the selected order information has been approved. 55 (step S9-5 in FIG. 41). If not approved here, the marketplace system 5
Performs step S9-2 in order to re-register or correct the order form.

After step S9-5, as shown in FIG. 42, when the marketplace system 5 receives an input of a request to inquire order information from the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge, the contract directory 51 Alternatively, the order information is read from the order directory 53 and displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S9-6).

Then, the marketplace system 5
When receiving a notice from the person in charge of the borrower or the responsible person that he has confirmed the approved order information, the borrower converts the information related to the order information into a predetermined format and converts the information into the marketplace system 5 and the borrower system 5. Is managed in (S9-7).

The above is the description of the processing in order form creation in step S9 of FIG. In steps S9-1 to S9-7 described above, the order status changes from unordered to ordered by the approval in step S9-5, where the order has not been placed in step S9-2. In addition, the marketplace system 5 allows the supplier of the order destination to view the approved order form. In this process, as described in FIG. 41, the marketplace system 5 can set an order book based on the order form generated by the marketplace system 5 in response to a request from the borrower. The order book is data that can be used when creating an order confirmation in step S10 described above.

Next, the processing in step S10 of FIG. 1 for creating an order confirmation will be described.

FIGS. 47 to 49 show steps S10 of FIG.
3 shows the flow of processing in order confirmation creation. 50 to 56 show user interface screens used in this processing.

When the marketplace system 5 receives a request from the person in charge of the supplier (or the responsible person) who uses the supplier system 7 to inquire order information (or information on contract contents), the contract directory 51 or A screen that reads out the order information from the order directory 53 and displays the read out order information in a list (FIG. 50).
Is displayed on the supplier system 7. When the desired order information is selected from the list and the “order reference” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5
A screen displaying the selected order information in detail (FIG. 51)
And FIG. 52) are displayed on the supplier system 7 (S10-1 in FIG. 47).

When the “Order Receipt” button is clicked on the screens shown in FIGS. 51 and 52, the marketplace system 5 indicates that the order information has been received (browsed) by the supplier. The information is recorded in the order receiving directory 61 (S10-2).

Then, the marketplace system 5
Receives an order from the person in charge of the supplier who wants to confirm the order information (or information on the contract contents), reads the order information from the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53 and displays it on the supplier system 7. Further, the marketplace system 5 reads the attached file from the order attached directory 63 in which the attached file related to the order information is stored according to the input from the supplier's person in charge. When the marketplace system 5 receives an input indicating that the order information has been confirmed from the person in charge of the supplier, the marketplace system 5 converts the information related to the order information into a predetermined format and manages it, or converts the information into another predetermined format And outputs it to a predetermined location (S10-3).

After step S10-3, when the marketplace system 5 performs an operation for registering or correcting information indicating that the order has been placed (hereinafter, order confirmation) by the person in charge of the supplier, Referring to the order confirmation directory 65 or the order confirmation approval directory 67, a screen (shown in FIG. 53) displaying a list of order information is displayed on the supplier system 7. When an unregistered order confirmation is selected from the list and the “confirm registration” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 reads necessary information (for example, order book) from the contract directory 51 or the order directory 53 and places an order. A confirmation is generated, and a screen (shown in FIGS. 54 and 55) displaying the confirmation in detail is displayed on the supplier system 7. When the "OK" button is clicked on that screen, the marketplace system 5
The order confirmation displayed on the screen is stored in the order confirmation directory 65.
(S10-4 in FIG. 47). Also, if "Order book (basic) information setting" is clicked on that screen,
The marketplace system 5 classifies and manages the order confirmation displayed on the screen into an order confirmation book and a breakdown.

After the step S10-4, the marketplace system 5 sends the order confirmation from the order confirmation directory 65 when the responsible person of the supplier performs an operation for confirming or correcting the registered order confirmation. The order confirmation is read and displayed on the supplier system 7, and when the order confirmation is corrected, the corrected order confirmation is stored in the order confirmation directory 65 (S10-5).

After step S10-5, the marketplace system 5 reads the order confirmation from the order confirmation directory 65 when the responsible person of the supplier performs an operation for approving the registered order confirmation. A screen (shown in FIG. 56) displaying the read order confirmation in a list is displayed on the supplier system 7. When the order confirmation is selected from the list displayed on this screen and the "confirmation of approval" button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 records that the selected order confirmation is approved in the order confirmation directory. (S10-6). The marketplace system 5 allows the borrower of the order source to view the approved order confirmation.

If the order confirmation is not approved in step S10-6, the marketplace system 5 executes step S10-4 in order to register or correct the order confirmation again.

Thereafter, the marketplace system 5
As shown in FIG. 48, when an operation for inquiring order information or an order confirmation is performed by the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge, the contract directory 51, the order directory 53, and the order confirmation directory 65 All or a part of the order information or order confirmation is read out and displayed on the supplier system 7 (S10-7).

After the step S10-7, when an operation for confirming the order information or the contents of the order confirmation is performed by the person in charge of the supplier or the responsible person, the marketplace system 5 stores the contract directory 51, From the order directory 53 or the order confirmation directory 65,
All or part of the order information or order confirmation is read out and displayed on the supplier system 7. When the marketplace system 5 receives an input indicating that the displayed information has been confirmed, the marketplace system 5 classifies and manages the information into an order confirmation document and a breakdown (S10-8).

As shown in FIG. 49, the marketplace system 5 executes steps S10-7 and S10-
8 can be executed in accordance with the operation of the borrower (S10-9, S10-10).

The above is the description of the processing in step S10 of FIG. 1 for creating an order confirmation. The marketplace system 5 registers all or a predetermined part of the approved order confirmation in a volume directory 71 described later, and the approved order confirmation is registered in step S1 in FIG.
2. Make it available for reporting on volume. That is, in this process, as described in FIG. 47, the marketplace system 5
An order confirmation can be set based on the order confirmation generated by the marketplace system 5. The order confirmation is data that can be used when creating a volume report in step S12 described above. In steps S10-1 to S10-8 described above, the order acceptance state is
Unauthorized in step S10-4, step S10-
The approval in step 6 changes from unapproved to approved.

Next, the process of referring to the order confirmation in step S11 of FIG. 1 will be described.

FIGS. 57 to 59 show steps S11 in FIG.
9 shows a user interface screen used in a process for referring to an order confirmation.

When the responsible person or the person in charge of the borrower performs an operation for referring to the order confirmation, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen (shown in FIG. 57) displaying the order confirmation in a list. It is displayed on the trader system 3. When a desired order confirmation is selected from the list and the “Refer to Confirmation” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen shown in FIGS. 58 and 59 in which the information on the selected order confirmation is described in detail. I do. The responsible person or the person in charge of the borrower refers to the order confirmation on this screen.

The above is the description of the processing for referring to the order confirmation in step S11 of FIG. Next, the processing in the trading volume report in step S12 in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIGS. 60 to 65 show steps S12 in FIG.
2 shows the flow of processing in the trading volume report. FIGS. 66 to 7
Reference numeral 2 denotes a user interface screen used in this processing.

As shown in FIG. 60, when an operation for confirming the trading volume is performed by the person in charge of the supplier (or the person in charge), the marketplace system 5 places an order confirmation directory 65, an order confirmation approval directory 67, Volume directory 71 and volume approval directory 7
3, a screen (described in FIG. 66) displaying a list of the generation status or the report status of the volume generated based on the order confirmation is displayed on the supplier system 7 (S1 in FIG. 60).
2-1). When an order confirmation with an unregistered volume is selected from the list and the “Register Volume” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 transmits the necessary information for reporting the volume from the order confirmation directory 65 or the order confirmation approval directory 67. A screen on which the information is read and displayed (described in FIG. 67) is displayed on the supplier system 7. When a predetermined type of information is input on this screen and the “OK” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 compares the information displayed on this screen and the input predetermined type of information with a volume view. Is registered in the volume directory 71 (S12-2). The volume directory 71 is a directory in which information on the volume (hereinafter, volume report) is registered.

After step S12-2, when the marketplace system 5 performs an operation for confirming the contents of the volume report by the person in charge of the supplier, as shown in FIG. From
The whole or a part of the volume report is read and displayed on the supplier system 7. When the marketplace system 5 receives an input indicating that the displayed information has been confirmed,
The information is converted into a predetermined format and managed (S12-
3).

After step S12-3, the marketplace system 5 reads the volume report from the volume directory 71 when the responsible person of the supplier performs an operation for confirming the registered volume report. Is displayed on the supplier system 7 (S12-4).

After step S12-4, the marketplace system 5 reads the volume report from the volume directory 71 when the responsible person of the supplier performs an operation for approving the registered volume report. Then, a screen (shown in FIG. 68) displaying the read volume report as a list is displayed on the supplier system 7. When the volume report is selected from the list displayed on this screen and the "Approve volume" button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen (described in FIG. 69) showing the volume report in detail as a supplier. When the "Approve" button is clicked on the screen displayed on the system 7, the fact that the volume report displayed on the screen of FIG. 69 has been approved is recorded in the volume approval directory 73 (S1).
2-5). Here, if the approval is not obtained, the marketplace system 5 performs step S12-3 again, and the responsible person or the person in charge of the supplier checks or corrects the volume report.

After step S12-5, an operation for confirming the contents of the volume report is performed by the person in charge of the supplier or the responsible person, and the marketplace system 5 is executed.
Reads all or part of the volume report from the volume directory 71 and displays it on the supplier system 7 (S12-6).

Steps S12-1 to S12-6 described above
Then, the volume report is generated by the marketplace system 5 based on the order confirmation document, or prepared by the supplier's manager or person in charge using the volume report creation tool described above. . In steps S12-1 to S12-6 described above, the volume state is
If the responsible person has not been approved in step S12-2,
By being approved by the responsible person of the supplier in 10-5, the unapproved person changes to the authorized person. In steps S12-1 to S12-6, as described in FIG. 60, the marketplace system 5 is generated by the marketplace system 5 or created by the responsible person or the person in charge of the supplier in response to a request from the supplier. You can set a volume book based on the volume report. The workbook is data that can be used when creating a bill described later.

The marketplace system 5
Generates invoice information using the volume report.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 62, when the marketplace system 5 is operated by the person in charge of the supplier (or the person in charge) to confirm the volume report, the marketplace system 5 Directory 71
Alternatively, the volume report is read from the volume approval directory 73 and displayed on the supplier system 7 (S12-).
7).

Then, the marketplace system 5
When a request is made by the person in charge of the supplier to create an invoice for the volume report specified by the person in charge, the specified volume report is read from the volume directory 71 and the read volume is read. Invoice information (hereinafter, invoice information) is generated using all or a predetermined part of the report, and the generated invoice is stored in the invoice directory 75 (S12-8).

When the person in charge of the supplier performs an operation for inquiring the bill information, the marketplace system 5 reads the bill information stored in the bill directory 75 and displays it on the supplier system 7. (S12-9).

After step S12-9, when the marketplace system 5 performs an operation for confirming the contents of the bill information by the responsible person of the supplier,
The bill information is read from the bill directory 75 and displayed on the supplier system 7 (S12-10). And when we receive an input to approve the displayed invoice information,
The marketplace system 5 records the approval in the billing directory 75 and the billing determination directory 77 (S12-11). Here, if not approved, the marketplace system 5 proceeds to step S1.
Returning to 2-8, the responsible person or the person in charge of the supplier checks or corrects the bill.

Steps S12-7 to S12-1 described above
In 1, the invoice is generated by the marketplace system 5 based on the above volume book. In steps S12-7 to S12-11 described above, the billing confirmation state is not approved in step S12-8, and step S1
The approval of the supplier in step 2-11 changes the status from unapproved to approved. (In addition, there are a billing determination result and a billing determination state. Description is omitted because it is described in the drawings).

By the way, the marketplace system 5
Executes processing for order registration and bill generation for orders placed on other routes other than the marketplace system 5, for example, small orders.

[0153] A report on the volume of small orders (hereinafter referred to as
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 63, when the marketplace system 5 performs an operation for registering information on a small order by a person in charge of the supplier (S12-). 1
2) Display an entrance screen (described in FIG. 70) for registering information on small orders on the supplier system 7. When the "Regular volume registration" button is clicked on the entrance screen, the marketplace system 5
Displays on the supplier system 7 a screen (described in FIG. 71) for registering information on small orders (hereinafter, small order information). On this screen, when at least the type of information that is required to be input is input and the "OK" button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 stores the input small order information in the small volume directory 81 (S12-). 13). In other words, the marketplace system 5 has a tool for creating a small volume report in response to a request from the supplier (specifically, it has a template for the small volume report and has a predetermined format in the template. A tool for creating a small volume report by inputting the following information (hereinafter, a small volume report creation tool) to the supplier, and by receiving the upload of the information input to the supplier by the operation of the supplier , Get a small volume report.

The flow of steps S12-14 to S12-17 shown in FIG. 64 following step S12-13 is substantially the same as the flow of steps S12-3 to S12-6 shown in FIG. The small volume directory 81 only replaces the volume directory 71. In steps S12-14 to S12-17, in the process for confirming the small volume report, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen as shown in FIG.

Also, a flow for preparing a bill for a small volume (hereinafter, a small bill), that is,
The flow of steps S12-18 to S12-22 shown in FIG. 65 corresponds to steps S12-7 to S12-1 shown in FIG.
This is the same as the flow of 1. The small volume directory 81 only replaces the volume directory 71.

The above is the description of the processing in the volume report in step S12 in FIG. Next, the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIGS. 73 to 80 show steps S13 in FIG.
3 shows the flow of processing in volume approval of the above. 81 to 9
Reference numeral 1 denotes a user interface screen used in this processing.

As shown in FIG. 73, the marketplace system 5 reads the volume report from the volume directory 71 and the volume approval directory 73 when the person in charge of the borrower performs an operation for inquiring the volume report. A screen (shown in FIG. 81) displaying the read volume report as a list is displayed on the borrower company system 3. When a desired volume report is selected from the list and the “Reference Volume” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 displays a screen (described in FIG. 82) displaying the selected volume report in detail. It is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S13-1 in FIG. 73). On this screen, when the “receipt notification” button is clicked, it indicates that the volume report has been viewed, and the volume receipt directory 9 is displayed.
1 (S13-2 in FIG. 73).

After step S13-2, the marketplace system 5 executes the processing shown in FIG.
Is clicked on the screen shown in FIG. 84, the volume report is read from the volume directory 71, the volume report is displayed, and a screen for accepting the registration of the volume determination (described in FIG. 84) is displayed. It is displayed on the borrower company system 3.

The marketplace system 5 shown in FIG.
In the screen of, when either the “accept” or “reject” volume judgment is specified and the “OK” button is clicked,
The result of the specified volume judgment (hereinafter, the volume judgment result)
Is recorded in the volume determination directory 93 (S in FIG. 73).
13-3).

If the above-mentioned volume judgment is “accept”, the responsible person of the borrower clicks the “see volume judgment” button on the screen shown in FIG. 85, and the marketplace system 5 responds to the operation. Then, the volume report and the volume determination result thereof are read from the volume directory 71 and the volume determination directory 93, and a screen (shown in FIG. 86) displaying them is displayed on the borrower system 3 (S13-4 in FIG. 73). . Then, when the “volume judgment approval” button is clicked on the screen of FIG. 87 by the responsible person of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 returns the volume report and the volume judgment result from the volume directory 71 and the volume judgment directory 93. Is read, and a screen (shown in FIG. 88) having a function of displaying the read information and accepting the approval is displayed on the borrower company system 3. When the “approval” button is clicked on this screen, the marketplace system 5 records in the volume approval directory 73 that the volume determination result displayed on this screen has been approved (S13- in FIG. 73).
5). If not approved, the marketplace system 5 performs step S13-3, and the manager or person in charge of the borrower rejects the trading volume state and asks the supplier to report the trading volume again as a supplier. Is performed.

The result of the volume determination specified in step S13-3 in FIG. 73 can be checked at any time by the person in charge of the supplier (or the person in charge). The flow of this process will be described with reference to FIG. 74. First, an operation for inquiring the volume report is performed by the supplier's person in charge, and the marketplace system 5 responds to the operation by the volume directory. Read out the volume report from 71 and display it on the supplier system 3 (S13)
-6). Thereafter, an operation for inquiring the result of the volume determination is performed by the supplier's person in charge. The marketplace system 5 reads out the volume determination result from the volume determination directory 93 in response to the operation, and displays the result on the supplier system 7. (S13-7). The person in charge or the person in charge of the supplier can execute the job in accordance with the displayed result of the judgment of the volume. For example, if the result of the volume determination is rejected, the responsible person or person in charge of the supplier modifies or deletes the volume report and re-performs the volume report again.

By the way, in the work volume approval in step S13, the person in charge of the borrower or the person in charge can check the bill information at any time. More specifically, with reference to FIG. 75, when the operation of inquiring the bill information is performed by the person in charge of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 reads the bill information (generated by the volume book) from the bill directory 75. ), And the read bill information is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S).
13-8). In addition, the marketplace system 5
When the person in charge of the borrower performs an operation for inputting that the invoice information has been browsed, the fact that the invoice information has been browsed is recorded in the bill receiving directory 101 (S1).
3-9).

Thereafter, if an operation for confirming the content of the billing information is performed by the person in charge of the borrower, the marketplace system 5 displays the bill information in detail on the borrower system 3 (S13-10). ).

After the step S13-10, the marketplace system 5 reads the bill information from the bill directory 75 when the person in charge of the borrower has performed an operation for judging the contents of the bill. A screen (not shown) for displaying the bill information and accepting the registration of the billing determination is displayed on the borrower company system 3.

The marketplace system 5 displays the result of the specified bill judgment (hereinafter referred to as the bill judgment result) when any one of “accept” and “reject” is specified on the screen. It is recorded in the billing judgment directory 77 (S13-11).

Thereafter, an operation for confirming the bill judgment is performed by the responsible person of the borrower, and the marketplace system 5 responds to the operation by retrieving the bill information and the bill information from the bill directory 75 and the bill determination directory 77. The corresponding bill determination results are read, and a screen (not shown) displaying them is displayed on the borrower company system 3 (S13-12). When the responsible person of the borrower performs an operation on the screen to approve the bill determination result, the marketplace system 5 reads the bill determination result from the bill determination directory 77,
A screen (not shown) having a function of displaying the read bill determination result and accepting the approval is displayed on the borrower company system 3. On that screen, the result of the invoice judgment "accept"
Or, if it is input that "rejection" is not approved, the marketplace system 5 returns to the above step S13-11, and if the input of approval is input on the screen, the result of the bill determination is "accept" and "acceptance". The process is executed according to which of the two types is "rejected" (S13-13). Specifically, if the result of the bill determination is "accept", the marketplace system 5 enables the person in charge of the borrower to refer to the billing information (S13-14).

The result of the bill judgment specified in step S13-11 of FIG. 75 is the same as the result of step S13.
If approved in -13, the person in charge of the supplier (or responsible person) can confirm at any time. The flow of this process will be described with reference to FIG. 76. First, an operation for confirming the invoice determination result is performed by the person in charge of the supplier, and the marketplace system 5
Reads the bill determination result from the bill determination directory 77 in response to the operation and displays the result on the supplier system 3 (S13-15). After that, the marketplace system 5 restricts the processing that can be performed by the person in charge of the supplier, depending on whether the read invoice determination result is “accept” or “reject”. Specifically, if the result of the bill determination is “accept”, the marketplace system 5 allows the person in charge of the borrower to refer to the billing information (S13-14), and determines whether the rejection is “rejected”. If so, the step S13-14 cannot be performed,
Thereby, the billing flow of FIG. 62 or FIG. 65 relating to the supplier is performed again.

The above-described processing shown in FIGS. 73 to 76 can be applied or applied to the fore volume and the fore bill. Specifically, FIGS. 73 and 74
FIG. 77 shows an example in which the processing flow shown in FIG.
78 and FIG. 78, and the processing flow shown in FIGS. 75 and 76 is applied to or applied to a small invoice, and is the processing flow shown in FIGS. 79 and 80.

Description will be made by taking a certain step as an example from each of the steps in FIGS. 77 to 80. In step 13-19 in FIG. 77, the person in charge of the borrower trader clicks on "Small volume determination" on the screen in FIG. Then, the marketplace system 5 reads the information of the retail volume from the retail volume directory 81, displays the information, and displays a screen (described in FIG. 90) having a function of accepting the designation of the determination of the retail volume (see FIG. 90). 3 is displayed.
In this screen, when the judgment of the small volume is specified and the “OK” button is clicked, the marketplace system 5 records the specified small volume judgment result in the small volume judgment directory 113.

Another step will be described by way of example. In step 13-20 in FIG. 77, when the manager of the borrower performs an operation for confirming the information of the small volume determination, the marketplace system 5 Reads the small volume report and the small volume determination result from the small volume volume directory 81 and the small volume volume determination directory 113, and displays a screen (shown in FIG. 91) on which the information is displayed on the borrower system 3.

The above is the description of the processing in the transaction amount approval in step S13 in FIG. Next, a description will be given of a process of confirming the result of the work volume determination in step S14 of FIG.

FIGS. 92 and 93 show steps S1 of FIG.
4 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for confirming the work volume determination result of No. 4.

In the marketplace system 5, when the button of “see volume determination” is clicked on the screen shown in FIG. 92 by the person in charge of the supplier or the person in charge, the volume report and the volume determination information are read and displayed. A screen (shown in FIG. 93) is displayed on the supplier system 7.

The above is the flow of processing in the system according to the present embodiment. In the system according to the present embodiment, data is taken over in a series of steps S4 to S14 based on catalog information, supplier information, or borrower information registered in advance. Specifically, based on the information registered in the basket 11, a request for quotation (quotation request book) is created, a reply to quotation (quotation reply book) is prepared based on the request for quotation, An order form (order book) is created based on the order form, an order form (order form book) is created based on the order form, a volume report (work volume book) is formed based on the order form, and a volume report is formed based on the order form. An invoice is created. As a result, the borrower and the supplier do not need to input information redundantly, so that there is no unnecessary burden, and since the same data is used in the series of processes, Convenience such as easy management is achieved.

[0176] In the present embodiment, the marketplace system 5 can make a monthly bill to the borrower. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

FIG. 94 shows the marketplace system 5.
1 shows a flow of a process for monthly billing performed by the company. This flow is incorporated in the processing shown in FIG. 62 or 65.

The marketplace system 5 includes a monthly information directory 701 storing information necessary for monthly billing, and an orderer database 703 storing information on borrowers. The information stored in the monthly information directory 701 includes the monthly billing calculation date of each supplier set by the borrower and the result of executing the job according to the specific function of the marketplace system 5 (normal Termination, abnormal termination, etc.).

[0179] At a predetermined time every day, the marketplace system 5 refers to the monthly information directory 701 (S20) to determine whether or not there is any of the above-mentioned monthly billing calculation dates corresponding to today. To check.

If there is an abnormality in the processing result stored in the monthly information directory 701, the marketplace system 5 reads out the information of the processing result at the time of referring to the above-mentioned step S20 next time, and executes the monthly processing described later. Reflected in billing calculations.

If any of the above-mentioned monthly billing dates corresponds to today, the marketplace system 5
Refers to the volume directory 71, the supplier directory 73, the billing directory 75, and the orderer directory 703, and the supplier to whom the monthly billing calculation date corresponding to today is set is actually provided to the borrower in a predetermined period. Monthly billing data is generated by determining the breakdown, total, and the like of the amounts of money for the constructed construction machines (S21). The marketplace system 5 stores the generated monthly billing data in the billing directory 75, and saves information (monthly processing results) on the processing results in steps S20 and S21 in the monthly information directory 701 (S22).

The marketplace system 5 reads out and displays monthly processing results from the monthly information directory 701 according to the operation of the operator of the marketplace system 5. If the operator of the marketplace system 5 has an abnormality in the displayed monthly processing result,
A specific destination (supplier or borrower) is notified by e-mail, and if there is no abnormality, the flow of FIG. 94 ends.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is merely an example for explaining the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to this embodiment. The present invention can be implemented in other various forms.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a flow of processing in catalog search in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a flow of processing in catalog search in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a flow of processing in catalog search in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 7 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 shows a user interface screen used in the catalog search processing in step S4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 shows a flow of processing in creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 13 shows a flow of processing in creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 14 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 15 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 16 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 17 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 18 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 19 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 20 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 21 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate request in step S5 of FIG.

FIG. 22 shows a user interface screen used when referring to a quote request and a quote answer.

FIG. 23 shows a flow of processing in creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 24 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 25 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 26 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 27 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 28 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 29 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

30 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an estimate response in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 31 shows a flow of processing in estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 32 shows a user interface screen used in the process of estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 33 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 34 shows a user interface screen used in the process of estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 35 shows a user interface screen used in the process of estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 36 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 37 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the estimation determination in step S7 of FIG.

FIG. 38 shows a user interface screen used in the process of referring to the estimation determination result in step S8 in FIG.

FIG. 39 shows a user interface screen used in the process of referring to the estimation determination result in step S8 of FIG.

FIG. 40 shows a user interface screen used in the process of referring to the estimation determination result in step S8 of FIG.

FIG. 41 shows the flow of a process for creating an order form in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 42 shows a flow of processing in order form creation in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 43 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order form in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 44 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order form in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 45 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order form in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 46 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order form in step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 47 shows the flow of a process for creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 48 shows the flow of a process in creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 49 shows a flow of a process in creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 50 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 51 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 52 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 53 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 54 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 55 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 56 shows a user interface screen used in the process of creating an order confirmation in step S10 of FIG.

FIG. 57 shows a user interface screen used in processing for referring to an order confirmation in step S11 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 58 shows a user interface screen used in the process of referring to the order confirmation in step S11 of FIG.

FIG. 59 shows a user interface screen used in the process of referring to the order confirmation in step S11 of FIG.

FIG. 60 shows a flow of a process in a volume report of step S12 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 61 shows a flow of a process in a volume report in step S12 of FIG.

FIG. 62 shows the flow of a process in the volume report of step S12 in FIG.

FIG. 63 shows a flow of a process in a volume report of step S12 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 64 shows a flow of a process in a volume report of step S12 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 65 shows a flow of a process in a volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 66 shows a user interface screen used in processing in the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 67 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 68 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 69 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 70 shows a user interface screen used in processing in the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 71 shows a user interface screen used in processing in the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 72 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the volume report in step S12 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 73 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 74 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 75 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 76 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 77 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 78 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 79 shows a flow of a process in volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 80 shows a flow of a process in a work volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 81 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 82 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 83 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 84 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for approval of the work volume in step S13 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 85 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for approval of the work volume in step S13 of FIG.

86 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for approval of the work volume in step S13 of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 87 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 88 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 89 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for approval of the work volume in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 90 shows a user interface screen used in the processing in the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 91 shows a user interface screen used in the processing of the work volume approval in step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 92 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for confirming the result of the work volume determination in step S14 of FIG.

FIG. 93 shows a user interface screen used in the processing for confirming the result of the work volume determination in step S14 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 94 shows the flow of monthly billing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 3 Borrower system 5 Marketplace system 7 Supplier system

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Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims 1. A product or service information, which is information on a plurality of products or services provided by a supplier, is stored, and the stored product or service is stored in response to a request from a buyer to purchase or rent a product or service. In the marketplace system for providing information to the buyer, the plurality of product / service information includes specification information indicating a specification of a product or service, and the plurality of product / service information is displayed as a list to the buyer. Means for accepting the specification of the type of the specification from the buyer, and the product or service displayed in the list, the mode of the list display according to the content of the specification corresponding to the specified type. Marketplace system comprising means for changing. 2. The marketplace system according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit changes an order in which the plurality of product / service information is displayed based on a value of a specification corresponding to the specified type. 3. Stored product / service information, which is information on a product or service provided by a plurality of suppliers, and in response to a request from a buyer to purchase or rent a product or service, store the stored product / service. In a marketplace system for providing information to the buyer, means for storing jurisdiction area information indicating each jurisdiction area of the plurality of suppliers, and receiving a selection of a desired jurisdiction area from the respective jurisdiction areas from the buyer. Means, means for receiving designation of a product or service requested by the buyer from the buyer, and, based on the stored jurisdiction area information and merchandise / service information, the selected jurisdiction area among the plurality of suppliers. A supplier who can provide the specified goods or services Marketplace system comprising a means for accepting from the buyer and means for informing the selection of a desired supplier out of the supplier that the notification to.