JP2002251527A - Sales control center for product comprising biochemical raw material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conduct sale and production to order, under protection of consumer privacy. SOLUTION: An Web page providing part 11 of a sales control center 10 provides to a consumer a member registration page provided with a column for inputting a name and a belonging group name, and a distributor assigning page on which a member selects a distributor 30 for own product. An order- reception and ordering processing part 13 totalizes the number of lots of product purchase offers input on a purchase applier page provided by a member group in every group, instructs a maker 20 to start production of a product at a point of time when a totalized value in the every group reaches an order reception lot, and informs the distributor 30 and the maker 20 of a name of a product purchase applier and the distributor. The maker 20 is able to conduct the production to order thereby since the maker 20 starts the production based thereon. The distributor 30 is a service company intimate with a local area such as a newspaper distributor, the member is not required to inform the control center 10 of own card number and the like, and the privacy is protected thereby.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system, and more particularly to an electronic commerce system for selling products based on biochemical raw materials such as nutrients and enzymes and non-preservative products on a network such as the Internet. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, products such as organic chemical detergents and shampoos based on fossil raw materials such as petroleum and coal are mass-produced and sold in mass to reduce prices. Thus, mass production and consumption of organic chemical products may deplete global resources and destroy the global environment. Therefore, in order to protect the global environment, it is preferable to use products based on biochemical materials (hereinafter referred to as “biochemical products”), but biochemical products have a relatively long shelf life. Due to shortness, difficulty in inventory management, and the like, custom production is forced. Therefore, it is difficult to reduce the price of biochemical products, and at present there is a limit to the spread of such products.
It is possible to mix preservatives in order to prolong the shelf life and mass-produce, but especially in the case of detergents and shampoos, etc., they contaminate water resources and eventually deteriorate the global environment. Would.

[0003] In order to prevent the destruction of the global environment, all people must be able to recognize the contents of biochemical products in detail, not to lose price competition with chemical products, and to eliminate the need to mix preservatives and the like. To be able to build to order, to make products readily available in all regions,
There is a need for measures such as these, and a proposal for a new sales method for taking such measures is eagerly desired. Conventionally, biochemical products such as detergents are sold on the Internet. In this conventional selling method, each time an order is received, the seller delivers the product already manufactured and stored in the warehouse, and collects the money. However, because it is not made-to-order and because consumers place orders for products individually, orders are small,
It is impossible to mass-produce products, and selling prices are relatively high. In addition, when ordering on the Internet, consumers need to disclose an address for delivery and a settlement number such as a credit card. However, since such privacy information is not sufficiently protected, it is difficult to sell. The number of visitors to the web page is relatively low, which is a bottleneck for sales expansion.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to sell products such as biochemical products which have an expiration date and are indispensable for daily life. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic commerce system that can be performed under the protection of consumer privacy and that can easily be made to order. And, as a result, it is to promote the spread and cost reduction of biochemical products.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the present invention, a sales management center for managing electronic commerce of a product composed of biochemical raw materials according to the present invention is provided to a consumer. On the other hand, a web page providing means for providing a web page, wherein a) a consumer who wants to register as a member has a column for inputting his / her name and a group name to which he / she belongs; Web page providing means for providing a delivery company designation page configured so that a user can already select a delivery company that has already registered his or her product delivery destination or can be registered, and a group of registered consumers Totals the number of product purchase applications entered on the purchase application page in the web page provided by each group, and when the total value for each group reaches the set order lot, Instruct the trader to start production of the product, and notify the trader and the manufacturer of the name of the product purchase applicant of the group and the carrier selected on the carrier designation page by the applicant. And order receiving means.

In the sales management center according to the present invention described above, the ordering / ordering processing means replaces the total value of the product purchase application for each group with the total value of the product purchase application instead of the time when the total value of the product purchase application reaches the order lot. When the lot number is reached,
The manufacturer may be notified of an instruction to start production. Further, the web page providing means may provide a purchase application page provided for each group, in which a registered customer can apply for a product purchase. In a preferred embodiment of the sales management center according to the present invention, the web page providing means is further configured to provide a product introduction page for displaying a description of the product. An advertiser's advertisement can be pasted on at least one of the advertisers, and the ordering / processing unit is configured to calculate so as to discount the unit sales price of the product according to the publication fee of the pasted advertisement. . Furthermore, it is preferable to provide a means for notifying the advertiser of the nature of each group registered on the member registration page, so that the advertiser can select a group of pages on which the advertisement should be placed. .

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an electronic commerce system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a sales management center, 20 is a manufacturer of biochemical products (hereinafter simply referred to as “manufacturer”), 30 is a delivery company,
40 is an advertiser (publisher), 50 is a consumer, and 60 is a web page providing site for providing a web page established by the group. Manufacturer 20, Delivery company 30, Advertiser 4
0 and a consumer (and member) 50, and their PC terminals are connected to the sales management center 10 and the web page providing site 60 via an arbitrary open network 70 such as the Internet. Manufacturer 2
0, the delivery company 30, the advertiser 40, the consumer 50, and the web page providing site 60 typically represent only one, but it goes without saying that there are a plurality of sites.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sales management center 10 includes a web page providing section 11, an order processing section 12, an advertiser handling section 13, a member database (DB) 14, a delivery company DB 15, an order DB 16, and a product. A DB 17 is provided. The web page providing unit 11, the order processing unit 12, and the advertiser handling unit 13 represent functions executed by a computer program. Web page provider 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a “group registration page” for group registration, a “member registration page” for member registration, raw materials of biochemical products (hereinafter, simply “products”) for consumers 50 who have accessed. A "product introduction page" for explaining the contents of the product and a "delivery company designation page" for setting the delivery of the product are provided. The order processing unit 12 receives a purchase application for a product input by the registered consumer 50 on the order page, and places an order with the manufacturer 20. The order processing unit 12 further arranges for delivery of the product to the delivery company 30. The advertiser handling unit 13 pastes the advertiser's advertisement on a page provided by the web page providing unit 11 or presents information on the registered consumer 50 to the advertiser.

The manufacturer 20, as described above, is a company that manufactures relatively short-lived products made from biochemical raw materials, such as detergents and shampoos. The products provided by each manufacturer 20 are the minimum order lot,
The information is stored in the product DB 17 in association with the manufacturer 20 together with the lowest price, the standard price, and the highest price. The minimum price, the standard price, and the maximum price are set by the manufacturer 20 according to the number of orders.

The delivery company 30 is an arbitrary company that has contracted with the sales management center 10 for product delivery and performance of the collection of the product, and includes a newspaper store, a gas company, a gas station, a flower, It is an arbitrary delivery company that is close to the area such as a laundry shop and a milk store. Information about the delivery area of the delivery company is stored in the delivery company DB 15 of the sales management center 10 together with the map information of the target area. It should be noted that a delivery company closely attached to an area, such as a newspaper store, usually has personal information such as the name and address of local residents, and is fully equipped with a method for collecting payment. Therefore, by applying such a delivery company for product delivery and payment collection, it is not necessary to register the member's address, payment card number, and the like in the sales management center 10. The advertiser 40 is an arbitrary company that publishes an advertisement on a page provided by the web page providing unit 11 of the management center 10 by paying an advertisement publishing fee.

The consumer 50 accesses a log-in page (that is, a home page) provided by the web page providing unit 11 of the sales management center 10 from his / her own PC terminal, and sets a group linked to the log-in page. On the registration page, for example, you can register a group that makes you a group leader. Login /
The page and the group registration page are respectively shown in FIG.
And as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG.
Browse to the terminal. As shown in FIG. 3, the consumer 50 registers the group by inputting the name and e-mail address of the responsible person, the name of the group, the classification, the ID, the web page address, etc. on the group registration page. I do. In addition, the group of consumers 50 establishes a purchase application page for product purchase application on the web page providing site 60 of the network 50.

When the group is registered, the web page providing unit 11 of the sales management center 10 creates a member registration page for the group, and the consumer 50 on the network 70.
To be accessible. Multiple consumers can be registered as members when registering a group. Groups include workplace groups, hobby groups, community groups,
Any group such as a network friend group may be used. Also,
It may be a group around the shipper 30 as described above. If a new consumer 50 joins an existing group, access the member registration page for that group,
What is necessary is just to input a name and ID.

When the input of the name and ID on the member registration page is completed, the web page providing unit 11 presents the delivery company designation page to the consumer. On the delivery company designation page, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 4, information on a plurality of delivery companies stored in the delivery company DB is presented. Delivery company 3
0, for example, you can specify the seller of the newspaper you are purchasing. You can also link to a page for presenting map information. Note that the delivery company 30 does not necessarily need to deliver the product to the consumer, and the consumer may store the product and go to receive it. Note that the ID of the consumer 50 is preferably set in advance between the consumer and the delivery company. If the ID is not set, the sales management center 10 transmits the ID to the consumer 50 and the delivery company 30.
It is necessary to adjust the ID between the two.

Since the delivery company 30 is of a community-based type, as described above, the address of the consumer and the like are known in advance, and a payment collection method has been established. This eliminates the need for the consumer 50 to register personal details such as his / her own address and payment card number in the sales management center 10. Note that the consumer 50 does not have a delivery company whose address is known in advance, such as immediately after moving, etc.
It is only necessary to select an appropriate delivery company that is in charge of the area where the user's address is located, and then notify the delivery company of his / her address and the method of collecting money. The group name, member name, and designated delivery company name registered by the consumer 50 are the member D
B14.

When registered as a member, the consumer 50 can confirm the contents of the product on the product introduction page provided by the web page providing unit 11. Product introduction page
As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 5, the browsing is performed on the PC terminal of the consumer 50, and the PR column of the advertiser is provided in addition to the information on the sales product. Also, a link to the advertiser's web page may be attached. The product introduction page is optional, that is, if you are a member of another group,
Even the consumer 50 who is not a member can browse.

If the consumer 50 wants to purchase a product,
It is possible to visit a web page (of the web page providing site 60) established by the group to which the user belongs and to make an input for product purchase on a purchase application page in the web page. However, the purchase application for the second time or later can be input on the purchase application page of an arbitrary group as long as the member is a member. On the purchase application page, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 6, a consumer's name and ID, a delivery destination (delivery company) ID, and a group ID are input, and a product number and an order quantity are input. The purchase application page also displays the total number of products ordered up to the present for each group.
The purchase application page is further provided with a group PR column and an advertiser PR column, and a link to the advertiser's web page is also provided.

When the consumer 50 as a member makes a purchase application for a product on the purchase application page, the content is notified to the sales management center 10, and the order processing unit 12 stores the content in the order DB 16. . At this time, with reference to the member DB 14, a search is performed to find out which group the applicant is a member of,
The group name is also stored. At the same time, the order processing unit 12 returns the information on the delivery company designated by the member in advance, which is stored in the member DB 14, and presents the information to the consumer 50 for confirmation.

The order processing unit 12 monitors the purchase application of the product of the consumer 50 registered as a member for each group, and determines the number of orders of the product for each group in the minimum order lot stored in the manufacturer DB 17. Upon reaching, the order processing unit 12
Creates an electronic purchase order and distributes it to the manufacturer 20 via the network 70. The contents of the purchase order include the name of the consumer 50 and the delivery company 30 specified by the consumer on the delivery company designation page. Manufacturer 20
Starts the production of the product corresponding to the order upon receiving the order, and delivers the manufactured product to the delivery company 30 designated by each consumer 50. The delivery company 30 either delivers the product to the consumer 50, or stores the product until the consumer comes to pick it up, and collects the price.

[0019] In the above embodiments, the web page providing unit 11 of sales management center 10, is configured so as to present a membership registration page to the consumer 50 consumes membership Toroku page May be included in the web page established by the user. In this case, the member registration information input on the member registration page is communicated to the sales management center 10 via the network 70 and stored in the member DB 13 respectively. Conversely, the purchase application page may be provided not by the web page providing site 60 but by the web page providing unit 11 of the sales management center 10.

Next, the advertisement provided by the advertiser 40 will be described. As described above, the advertiser 40 is provided with the product introduction page and the consumer 50 provided by the web page providing unit 11.
On the purchase application page provided by (or the web page providing unit 11), an advertisement including image data and text data and a link to a web page provided by the advertiser 40 can be posted. At this time, the advertiser 40 provides the content and sales history of each product, the number of accesses to each product introduction page, the characteristics of each group, and the order history of the product from the advertiser handling unit 13 of the sales management center 10. Then, referring to the information, a product and a group suitable for posting the advertisement are selected. Then, a label advertisement of the product of the advertiser is pasted on the product introduction page of the selected product and / or the purchase application page of the selected group, and a link to its own web page is pasted as necessary.

Since the product is a biochemical product and does not adversely affect the global environment, the image of the advertiser 40 to the consumer 50 is improved. In addition, the characteristics of the group are which region group, what kind of hobby group, and the like. Therefore, the advertiser 40 can publish an advertisement that is targeted to the region and the hobby. It is an effective advertising method for the main.

The advertiser 40 pays an advertisement listing fee, which can be used to discount the price of the product. In this case, a comment such as "The price of the product is expected to be reduced by XX yen from the final price due to the courtesy of the XXX company" is added to the product introduction page and / or the order receiving page presented by the web page providing unit 11. Instead of applying the advertising fee to the discount on the product price, it may be pooled as points for each group or member. The point pool system increases consumers' willingness to purchase products. Members of each group can see the number of products ordered for each group on the order page, and at that time,
Since information such as the price of the product being reduced by the advertiser's advertisement publication fee is also provided, the consumer 50 will be interested in seeing the advertisement of the advertiser 40. Therefore, it is considered that a psychological advertisement effect for the consumer 50 is generated, and from this point, it is also an effective advertisement publishing means for the advertiser.

[0023] It will be apparent from the above description, the member registration processing and order processing executed in the electronic commerce system of the present invention is carried out as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, in step S1, when the consumer 50 accesses the log-in page shown in FIG. 2 and clicks a link button to the member registration page, the sales management center 10 registers the member with the consumer 50 in step S2. By presenting the page and providing the delivery company designation page as shown in FIG. 4, the member registration is executed interactively with various consumers. Thereafter, in step S3, when the consumer 50 accesses the product introduction page, the sales management center 10 presents the product introduction page shown in FIG. 5 to the consumer. Referring to the product introduction page, if the consumer 50 desires to purchase a product, in step S4, the web page 60 provided by the group is provided.
The user accesses the purchase application page shown in FIG. 6 and makes a purchase application for the product.

The sales management center 10 monitors the number of products purchased for each group, and if it is determined in step S5 that the number of ordered products of a certain group has reached the minimum number of applications, the process proceeds to step S6. , The relevant manufacturer 20 is notified of the contents of the order and information about the delivery company 30 specified by the consumer 50, respectively. Then, in step S7, the information of the consumer 50 who has applied for the purchase of the product is notified to each delivery company 30. It should be noted that, instead of monitoring the number of products purchased for each group, instead of monitoring the number of all ordered units regardless of the group, when the number of units reaches the minimum number of ordered units, it is possible to place an order with the manufacturer 20. Good. Monitoring all order units in this way is effective when the number of members in each group is small. This allows the manufacturer 20 to start producing the product,
The delivery company 30 can deliver the product to the appropriate consumer 50 who subscribed when the product was delivered.

[0025]

Since the electronic commerce system of the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. a) Consumers form a group on the net and make an order when a certain amount is reached as a group, and based on that, the manufacturer manufactures the ordered product, so the manufacturer needs to have inventory. There is no. b) The advertiser can obtain personal data such as the characteristics of the consumers in the group for a certain period of time on the web page of each group, so that the PR effect is large and the effect of the Internet advertisement can be improved. c) Since the advertiser pays for the advertisement, the purchaser can purchase the product at a lower price than the normal product price, and the price of the product can be reduced. d) Since the delivery of the product is performed by a deliverer closely associated with each area, there is no need to notify the manufacturer or the seller of the consumer's address, card number, etc., and the privacy of the consumer can be protected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic commerce system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a login page screen presented to a consumer by the sales management center shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a group registration page screen presented to a consumer by the sales management center shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a diagram schematically showing a delivery company designation page screen presented to a consumer by the sales management center shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a product introduction page screen presented to a consumer by the sales management center shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a purchase application page screen presented to a consumer by a web page providing site or a sales management center shown in element 1.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a member registration and product ordering process executed in the electronic commerce system shown in FIG. 1;

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A sales management center for managing electronic commerce of products made of biochemical raw materials, comprising: a web page providing means for providing a web page to a consumer; A member registration page with a field for the user to enter his / her name and the name of the group to which he / she belongs, and b) The registered consumer who has already registered his / her product delivery destination or who can register his / her product delivery destination. A web page providing means for providing a selectable delivery company designation page, and a group of product purchase applications entered on a purchase application page in a web page provided by a group of registered consumers. When the total value for each group reaches the set order lot, the manufacturer is instructed to start production of the product and the product purchase of that group is started. And the name of the applicant, sales management center said applicant and shipper selected on shipper specified page, characterized in that consisting of order processing means for notifying the shipper and manufacturers. 2. A sales management center for managing electronic commerce of products composed of biochemical raw materials, comprising: a web page providing means for providing a web page to a consumer; A member registration page with a field for the user to enter his / her name and the name of the group to which he / she belongs, and b) The registered consumer who has registered his / her product delivery destination or who can register his / her product delivery destination A web page providing means for providing a selectable delivery company designation page, and all the number of product purchase applications entered on the purchase application page in the web page provided by the registered consumer group When the total value reaches the set order lot, the manufacturer is instructed to start production of the product, and the name of the product purchase applicant and the applicant are Sales management center and a shipper selected on feed skilled specified page, characterized in that consisting of order processing means for notifying the shipper and manufacturers. 3. A web page providing means for providing a web page to a consumer at a sales management center for managing electronic commerce of a product composed of biochemical raw materials, wherein: A member registration page with a field for the user to enter his / her name and the name of the group to which he / she belongs, and b) The registered consumer who has registered his / her product delivery destination or who can register his / her product delivery destination. A web page providing means for providing a selectable delivery company designation page, and c) a purchase application page provided for each group and for which a registered customer applies for a product purchase; counts the number of units of the product purchase offer input on the page for each group, at the time when the aggregate value reaches of each group to set orders lot, to start the production of the product to the manufacturer And the order processing means for notifying the delivery company and the manufacturer of the name of the product purchase applicant of the group and the delivery company selected by the applicant on the delivery company designation page. Characteristic sales management center. 4. A web page providing means for providing a web page to a consumer in a sales management center for managing electronic commerce of a product composed of biochemical raw materials, wherein: A member registration page with a field for the user to enter his / her name and the name of the group to which he / she belongs, and b) The registered consumer who has already registered his / her product delivery destination or who can register his / her product delivery destination. A web page providing means for providing a selectable delivery company designation page, and c) a purchase application page provided for each group and for which a registered customer applies for a product purchase; Total the number of product purchase applications entered on the page, and when the total value reaches the set order lot, instruct the manufacturer to start producing the product and And the name of the product purchase applicant, sales management center said applicant and shipper selected on shipper specified page, characterized in that consisting of order processing means for notifying the shipper and manufacturers. 5. The sales management center according to claim 1, wherein the web page providing means is further configured to provide a product introduction page for displaying a description of the product. and at least one is of the purchase application page, it is possible to paste the advertiser's ad, order processing means, in accordance with the listing fee of advertising that is attached, is calculated as discounting the sale price of the product A sales management center characterized by the following. 6. The sales management center according to claim 5, further comprising means for notifying the advertiser of the nature of each group registered on the member registration page, whereby the advertiser Characterized in that the user can select a group of pages on which an advertisement should be placed.