JP2002269410A - Selling/buying system among group companies - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a more safe auction system on the Internet by expanding a system applicable to B2B to a relationship with B2B2C (E: Employ). SOLUTION: A provider-side server 1 for providing commodities, a replication server 5 for performing unitary collection and management of the provided commodities, a buyer-side server 2 for acquiring commodity information subjected to unitary management by the replication server 5 and buying the commodities, and a family terminal 6 to be used by families of employees certified by a buyer are connected via a communication network N1. The replication server 5 has means for providing the commodity information acquired by the provider-side server 1 to the family terminal 6 in accordance with a buying request transmitted from the family terminal 6 via the communication network N1 and means for transmitting buying information selected from a list screen for the commodity information and transmitted from the family terminal 6 to the corresponding provider-side server 1, as order information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales and purchase system in a group company for purchasing various products via the Internet by a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the rapid spread of the Internet, merchandise is bought and sold on the Internet.

[0003] In this case, when there is a product to be purchased, the user individually accesses the homepage (virtual store) of each company that sells the product and sets the price (sales price).
Then, the user returns to the homepage of the finally selected company and purchases the desired product.

[0004] In large companies, factories and branches,
The company has sales offices, but if these factories, branch offices, sales offices, and other departments, etc., individually access stores on the Internet and purchase products, Since the settlement process also needs to be performed individually (for example, for each department), the settlement process is extremely inefficient when viewed from the whole company.

[0005] Accordingly, the present applicant connects a store on the Internet via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) or the Internet, and loads it on an intranet within a company, thereby performing search processing at the time of product purchase and settlement processing after purchase. Centralized purchasing system and electronic centralized system that enables transactions between users by increasing the efficiency of the Internet, deploying such an intranet system to other companies, and installing a replication server on the Internet Offers purchasing method (Japanese Patent Application 2000-3)
No. 12933).

As described above, by placing the replication server on the Internet, many purchasing companies and
Many companies that provide products can form a group while maintaining mutual trust, and can safely and actively sell and purchase products within the group.

[0007]

However, such a system mainly focuses on business-to-business transactions (B2B), and this system is used for business-to-person transactions (B2C). In order to apply, there arises a problem that a trust management is required separately.

In particular, at auction system sites that are frequently provided on the Internet, troubles such as the fact that goods are not paid even if sold are increasing, and trust management is an important issue.

Therefore, the present invention provides an electronic centralized purchasing system and an electronic centralized purchasing method (Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-312).
No. 933), the system is constructed so that the families of the employees of the company participating in this system can also participate in this system, so that not only transactions between companies (B2B) but also companies (B2C (E: Emplo)
By increasing y)), the shift to B2B2E is achieved as a whole.

[0010] That is, the recruitment to employees in the company,
Since both the information was provided and purchases were made on the company intranet, only the employees themselves could handle them. However, the information to be introduced to the employees includes many products that the family wants to purchase. Also,
The company and its employees have established a trusting relationship when they enter into an employment relationship, and their families are guaranteed (approved) by their employees.
By doing so, a trust relationship can be built. Therefore,
Even if the application of the above system is extended to the family of the employee, no particular problem occurs in the trust relationship, that is, the trust management. Also, by applying such a concept of a family or the like to a small and medium-sized enterprise that is not enough to build an intranet in the enterprise, a small and medium-sized enterprise can receive the same benefits as a large enterprise.

[0011] It should be noted that the conventional B2C is an unspecified number of people as a market, so it is unclear how much achievements can be achieved. Therefore, the market can be expected to some extent. As a result, the B2B2E market can be a useful market for suppliers who are busy with the Internet business.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point. The purpose of the present invention is to extend the electronic centralized purchasing system proposed by the present applicant to the relationship of B2B2C (E). It is an object of the present invention to provide a sales and purchase system within a group company that can construct a more useful and safe auction system on the Internet.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a sales and purchase system in a group company according to the present invention comprises one or a plurality of providing servers for providing goods, and a united product provided. A replication server that collects and manages, one or more purchasing company servers that acquire product information that is centrally managed by this replication server and purchases products, and a family of employees who are certified by the purchasing company One or more family terminal devices to be used are connected via a communication network, and the replication server according to a purchase request transmitted from a family using the family terminal device via the communication network, Means for providing the product information obtained from the providing server to the family terminal device, selected from a product information list screen, The purchase information from the serial communications network the family terminal device that has been transmitted through the, characterized in that a means for transmitting a purchase order to the providing server applicable. Further, the purchasing company side server,
A plurality of employee terminal devices installed at each section in the purchasing company are connected by an intranet, and the purchasing company server transmits from the employee using the employee terminal device via the intranet. Means for providing a list of product information provided from the providing server to the employee terminal device in accordance with the purchase request received, and each employee selected from the product information list screen and transmitted via the intranet. And a means for sequentially storing purchase information from the employee terminal device, and a means for collectively transmitting the stored purchase information to the providing server as order information via the replication server.

According to the present invention having such features,
The family terminal device selects a product to be purchased from the product information list screen acquired from the replication server. This purchase information is transmitted as order information to the corresponding provider server via the communication network and the replication server. The replication server also transmits the purchase information transmitted from the family terminal device to the purchase company server of the company to which the family belongs. Based on the purchase information, the purchase company server stores the purchase information of the family as purchase information of the employees of the family and uses the information at the time of payment.

[0015] The purchasing company server (intranet Web server) is connected via a company intranet (LAN, WAN, etc.) as merchandise information obtained from the replication server, for example, as a merchandise list classified by merchandise. To each employee terminal device. As a result, each employee terminal device can select the product desired to be purchased while comparing the same type of product of each company on the list screen. This purchase information is received by the purchasing company server via the intranet, and classified and stored for each providing server. Then, at an arbitrary timing (for example, twice a day), the purchase information stored for each provider server is collectively collected for each corresponding provider server and transmitted as order information via a replication server.

[0016] Thus, in the company that manages the purchasing company server, the purchase information of the commodities obtained from various parts such as factories, branches, sales offices, and the like that are deployed nationwide is collectively collected for each providing server. Can be ordered.

[0017] Also, for example, once a month from the provider server.
Every time, the billing data is sent together, but the company can transfer the billing amount of this billing data collectively to each corresponding server on the provider side, reducing the labor and fee required for the transfer can do. Also,
Internally, the accounting server can perform simple in-house settlement processing for each department as before. At this time,
As described above, since the purchase information purchased by the employee's family etc. is also stored, the payment server also processes the individual purchase price purchased by the employee's family etc. as the individual purchase of the employee. For example, debit the employee's personal account.

Further, according to the present invention, products provided from a plurality of providing servers are collectively managed by a replication server arranged on the Internet, so that the products are provided, for example. When the company changes information of any product using the provider server (for example,
Just by changing only the information of the product managed by the replication server, such as changing the selling price, the changed information is reflected on each purchasing company side server and family terminal device. In addition, through the replication server, sales (transactions) of own products can be performed between companies that provide products (that is, between servers on the providing side) and between companies that purchase products (that is, between servers on the purchasing company side). There is also an advantage that it becomes possible.

Further, according to the sales and purchase system in the group company of the present invention, when a purchase request is transmitted from a family using the family terminal device, the replication server provides the purchase request based on the approval information of the family. It is characterized in that the contents of product information to be performed are limited.

That is, in the product information provided to the purchasing company server, there are products that are unfamiliar to individual purchases as products dedicated to the company, and products that are desired to be purchased as individuals. For this reason, the replication server sorts and provides available product information for each product information providing target. In other words, when a purchase request is sent from an employee using an employee terminal device or a family terminal device in a company, it is common to mainly purchase company-specific items. Providing products from valid sources based on personal attributes (authorities).
On the other hand, if the information is sent from a family member who uses the family terminal device, it is unlikely that the family member will purchase a company-dedicated item. In this case, according to the family attribute,
Provide other products except for company-specific products. By performing such sorting, it is possible to provide appropriate product information according to the attributes of the family and the employees related to the family.

Further, according to the intra-group company sales and purchase system of the present invention, the replication server includes one or a plurality of purchase company side terminal devices used by the company approved by the product providing company. The replication server is connected via the communication network, and in accordance with a purchase request transmitted from a user of the purchasing company side terminal device via the communication network, the product information acquired from the providing side server is provided by the purchasing company. Transmitting the purchase information from the purchasing company side terminal device selected from the means for providing to the terminal device and the product information list screen and transmitted through the communication network to the corresponding provider server as order information. And means for performing the operation.

According to the present invention having such features,
This system can be used by small and medium-sized enterprises that are not enough to build an intranet within the enterprise, and as a result, small and medium-sized enterprises can receive the same benefits as large enterprises. That is, the unit price in the conventional centralized purchasing is determined for each company. In other words, larger companies with more employees were more advantageous. However, according to the intra-group company purchasing and purchasing system of the present invention, the partitioning among all buyers (large enterprises, employees of large enterprises, their families, and small and medium-sized enterprises) connected to this mechanism by the Internet which is a communication network. Since the unit price can be presented to the product providing company, small and medium-sized companies can also enjoy the same benefits as large companies.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment (Embodiment 1) of the group company sales and purchase system of the present invention.

[Embodiment 1] A sales and purchase system in a group company according to Embodiment 1 includes one or a plurality of providing servers (Web (DB) servers) 1, 1.
A replication server 5 that collectively collects and manages provided products, and one or more purchasing company-side servers that purchase product products by acquiring product information that is centrally managed by the replication server 5 (Intranet Web (DB) server) 2, 2... And one or more family terminal devices 6, 6,. (Line, dedicated line, Internet, etc.) N1. .., Managed by a plurality of companies that provide products, purchased server servers 2, 2,... Managed by a plurality of companies that purchase the products, and employees of each company. A family terminal device 6 used by a member's family and a replication server 5 are connected by a communication network N1 such as the Internet.

Further, the purchasing company server 2 installed in each company has one or more employee terminal devices 3, 3... Installed in various parts of the company, such as LAN and WAN. Connected via the intranet N2,
An accounting server 4 for performing payment and the like after purchase of a product is connected.

The purchasing company server 2 is connected to the intranet N
The product information acquired from the replication server 5 according to the purchase request transmitted from each of the employee terminal devices 3, 3. .. And the purchase information from each of the employee terminal devices 3, 3... Selected from the product list screen and transmitted via the intranet N2. .. means for successively storing the purchase information classified by each providing server, and purchase information classified and stored for each providing server 1, 1... And means for transmitting the data via

The replication server 5 is connected to each family terminal 6, 6,... Via the communication network N1.
Are selected from the means for providing the product information acquired from each of the providing servers 1, 1,... To the family terminal devices 6, 6,. Means for transmitting the purchase information transmitted from the family terminal device 6 transmitted via the communication network N1 to the corresponding provider server 1 as order information.

FIGS. 2 to 5 show examples of the structure of various databases provided in the purchasing company server 2. FIG.

(A) is an example of a user master table indicating information of users (users) who use each employee terminal device 3, and includes a user ID for identifying the user and a user ID for entering the present system. Password, employee number, if you are an affiliate company employee, affiliate company employee number, email, name,
Various items such as supplier code, department code, department code of purchase cost, contact information, destination of purchased goods, family approval ID indicating family of employee, family approval flag, user type code, etc. Consists of (B)
Is an example of a user type table, which includes items of a user type code, a provider code, and a product management group. This table is a table that associates a user type code with a product management group. Also,
(C) is an example of a department master table representing each department in the company in which the purchasing company server 2 is installed. The department code, organization code, official name, abbreviation, postal code, address, telephone number, It consists of items of management department code, parent supplier code, and subject judgment code.

FIG. 3D shows an example of an authority master table showing the authority, which is composed of items of an authority code and an authority name. (E) is an example of a user authority table, which includes items of a user ID and an authority code. (F) shows the provider servers 1, 1,.
・ ・ It is an example of the product master table showing the products provided by, providing source code, product management group code, product code, large classification number, medium classification number, small classification number, product name, manufacturer part number, ... , Product details, ... lowest price,
It consists of items such as maximum price, ..., product attributes, ....

FIG. 4 (g) is an example of a product manager master table showing the product manager of the seller managing the provider server 1, and includes a provider code, a product management group, and a user ID. Each item consists of: (H)
Is an example of a pre-registered user master table for associating a user code registered in the provider server 1 in advance with a department code of the present system, and includes a provider code, a product management group, a department code, User code, shipping address, shipping zip code, shipping address, shipping phone number,
It consists of each item of the delivery schedule code. (I) is an example of a merchandise management group master table indicating a merchandise manager of a seller managing the provider server 1, and includes a provider code, a merchandise management group, a name, and B2.
It is composed of items of a B product flag, a B2C product flag, a proper employee target flag, a representative, an automatic order acceptance flag, and a pre-registered user required flag.

FIG. 5 (j) shows an example of an order table representing orders in the order history, including an order code, a provider code, a merchandise management group code, a B2B flag, a B2C flag, a user ID, an order date and time, It consists of items of destination, postal code, address, telephone number, and shipping fee. Also,
(K) is an example of an ordered product table representing ordered products in the order history, including an order code, an ordered product ID, a provider code, a product management group code, a product code, a large classification number, a medium classification number, and a small classification number. , Product name, manufacturer part number, manufacturer name, product attribute,...

Although illustration is omitted, other than these, an aggregation section master table indicating an aggregation section of a destination section, a product attribute master table indicating an article attribute such as a green mark or an eco mark, A product category master table indicating product classifications (large, medium, and small classifications: for example, a large classification (stationery), a middle classification (pencil), a small classification (black), etc.), and a product manager for determining a sales source Master table, order code management table for issuing order codes, subject master table representing subjects, subject group master table representing subject groups, automatic sorting department master table, product management group subject master table, shipping master table, delivery It has a schedule master table, a holiday master table, and the like.

Next, in the intra-group company sales and purchase system having the above-described structure, the approval process shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. This will be described with reference to screen transition diagrams shown in FIGS.

(1) When an employee of each company applies for an ID (see FIGS. 6, 8 and 9) The employee applies an ID from the purchasing company side server 2 via the employee terminal device 3 via the intranet N2. Get the screen,
Then, necessary information is input (from step S1 to step S2). Alternatively, I can be sent from the replication server 5 via the Internet N1 from the family terminal device 6 at home.
A D application screen is acquired, and necessary information is input to this screen (from step S1 to step S5). Hereinafter, the case of applying from both terminals will be described in parallel.

FIG. 8 shows an ID application screen 20 by an employee. On the ID application screen 20, the employee's name (kanji and kana), e-mail mail address, company code, company name (kanji and kana) telephone number, family approval ID (no input required on this screen), personal address , Personal zip code,
Individual address, personal telephone number, company address, company zip code, company address, company telephone number, user authority, etc. are provided, and employees can enter these items. Fill in the necessary items.

Then, after inputting necessary information, by selecting (clicking) a button 20a described as "Send with this" at the bottom of the screen, the purchase company side server 2 is transmitted from the employee terminal device 3 via the intranet N2. Is temporarily registered in the database (step S3).
The content of the ID application is transmitted to the system administrator by e-mail from the purchasing company server 2 on behalf of the employee (step S4). Alternatively, it is registered as temporary data in the database of the replication server 5 from the family terminal device 6 via the Internet N1. Thereafter, the data of the ID application content is copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S6), and the purchasing company server 2 sends the ID to the system administrator on behalf of the employee.
Application contents are sent by e-mail (step S
7).

In the purchasing company server 2, the received I
D The application contents are registered in the user master table of FIG. 2A and the department master table of FIG. 2C (step S6). At the time of registering this table, a temporary ID and a password are issued to the employee who is the registrant.

Thereafter, the administrator of the purchasing company server 2
The contents of the received ID application are confirmed and approval (permission) is performed. FIG. 9 shows the permission confirmation screen 30 at this time. The administrator of the purchasing company server 2 confirms the content of the permission confirmation screen 30, and then selects the button 30a labeled "Approve" at the bottom of the screen to approve the approval on the intranet N2 or the Internet N1. Perform (Step S9). If approved, the invalid flag in the user master table of FIG. 2A is changed to off (step S10 or step S12). If the approval is given on the Internet N1, the contents of the approval are copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S13).

After the invalid flag is changed, the purchasing company server 2
Then, on behalf of the system administrator, an approval mail is automatically transmitted to the mail address of the employee who is the applicant (step S11 or step S14). As a result, the employee confirms the transmitted approval mail, records or stores the ID and password assigned to the employee by memo or the like, and completes the registration in the present system. Thereafter, the system is accessed by using the ID and the password, and the process of purchasing a product described later is executed.

(2) In the case where the family of the employee of each company applies for an ID (FIG. 7, FIG. 10 to FIG. 12) The employee sends the ID from the purchasing company side server 2 via the employee terminal device 3 via the intranet N2. A family ID application screen is obtained, and necessary information is input thereto (step S21).
To step S22). Alternatively, the employee and the employee's family can access the Internet N from the family terminal device 6 at home.
Then, a family ID application screen is obtained from the replication server 5 via the server 1 and necessary information is input thereto (from step S21 to step S25). Hereinafter, the case of applying from both terminals will be described in parallel.

FIG. 10 shows an ID application screen 40 by the family. On the ID application screen 40, the name of the person (family) (kanji and kana), e-mail mail address, family approval ID, personal address, personal zip code, personal address,
Each entry item of an individual's telephone number and authority as an attribute of the individual is provided, and an employee or a family fills in these items. As the family approval ID, the ID of the employee who has already been approved is input.

Then, after inputting necessary information, by selecting (clicking) a button 40a described as "Send with this" at the bottom of the screen, the purchasing company server 2 is transmitted from the employee terminal device 3 via the intranet N2. Is temporarily registered in the database (step S23), and at the same time, the registered content is transmitted from the purchasing company server 2 to the employee's e-mail address by e-mail (step S2).
4). Or, the Internet N1 from the family terminal device 6
Is registered as temporary data in the database of the replication server 5 via the. Thereafter, the data of the ID application content is copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S26), and the registered content is transmitted by e-mail from the purchasing company server 2 to the email address of the employee (step S27). ).

The purchasing company server 2 registers the received ID application contents in the user master table shown in FIG. 2A and the department master table shown in FIG. 2C (step S28). At the time of this table registration, a temporary ID and a password are issued to the family who is the registrant.

Thereafter, the employee uses the received ID on the employee terminal 3 of the company or the family terminal 6 at home.
Confirm application details and approve. FIG. 11 shows a family approval screen 50. After confirming the contents of the family approval screen 50, the family employee selects the button 50a described as "approval" at the bottom of the screen, thereby performing approval on the intranet N2 or the Internet N1 (step S29). ). If approved, the family approval flag in the user master table of FIG. 2A is changed to off (step S30 or step S32). Also,
If the approval is made on the Internet N1, the contents of the approval are copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S33).

After the family approval flag is changed to off, the contents of the ID application are transmitted by e-mail from the purchasing company server 2 to the system administrator on behalf of the employee (step S31 or step S34).

After approval by the employee, approval permission information is registered in the purchasing company server 2 from the employee terminal device 3 or the family terminal device 6. The administrator of the purchasing company server 2 confirms the contents of the approval permission information and performs approval (permission). FIG. 12 shows the permission confirmation screen 60 at this time. After checking the contents of the permission confirmation screen 60, the administrator of the purchasing company side server 2 selects the button 60a described as "Approve" at the bottom of the screen, thereby permitting approval on the intranet N2 or the Internet N1. Is registered (step S35). If approved, the invalid flag in the user master table of FIG. 2A is changed to off (step S36 or step S36).
38).

After the invalid flag is changed, the purchasing company server 2
, An approval email is automatically sent to the email address of the employee who is the applicant (registrant) via the intranet N2 (step S37). If the approval is made on the Internet N1, the contents of the approval are copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S3).
9) After that, an approval mail is automatically transmitted from the purchasing company server 2 to the mail address of the employee who is the applicant (registrant) (step S40).

Thus, the employee or his / her family confirms the transmitted approval mail, records or memorizes the ID and password assigned to the family with a memo or the like, and registers it in the present system. Complete. After this,
Access this system with this ID and password,
The product purchase process described later is executed.

By performing such an ID application, mutual trust using the present system is guaranteed. That is, a trust relationship has been established between the company and its employees at the time of entering into an employment relationship, and their families can build a trust relationship with the assurance (approval) of the employees. Therefore, even if the application of the present system is extended to the family of the employee, no particular problem occurs in the trust relationship, that is, the trust management. The family referred to here generally refers to an employee's wife (or husband) and children, and the employee and his wife's (or husband's) parents. There is no particular problem as long as the members approve.

Next, a processing operation for registering a product provided by a provider in the above-structured intra-group company sales and purchase system will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

(3) Processing for Registering Product Data Provided by Provider In registering the product data, the provider registers on the Internet (replication server) or the registration on the purchasing company server 2. (Step S
41). Here, when the product data is registered on the replication server 5 (Yes in step S41), the registered product data is copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2 (step S42).

On the other hand, when the provider registers the merchandise data in the purchasing company server 2 (No in step S41), the provider performs B2B, B on the Internet N1.
Subsequent processing differs depending on whether or not the 2C site is open (step S43). That is, when the B2B and B2C sites are not opened on the Internet N1 (No in step S43), the purchasing company server 2
A person who operates a store (store owner) registers product data (step S44). That is, directly on the registration screen,
Register the product in the product master table. Thereafter, the registration data is copied from the purchasing company server 2 to the replication server 5 and registered in the database of the replication server 5 (step S45).

On the other hand, if the B2B and B2C sites are opened on the Internet (Yes in step S43), then in step S46, the merchandise data is downloaded using EDI for communication or the Internet. And whether or not there is an upload means. If these means are present (Yes in step S46)
In the case of (1), the providing company (provider) creates a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, an MO, or an MD in which the product information is written (step S47), uploads the storage medium to the purchasing company server 2, and The information is registered in the database of the company server 2 (step S48). Thereafter, the registration data is copied from the purchasing company server 2 to the replication server 5 and registered in the database of the replication server 5 (step S49).

On the other hand, if there is no download or upload means (No in step S44), each provider (provider) registers the product data in the provider server 1 (step S50). Thereafter, the registration data is copied from the providing server 1 to the replication server 5 and registered in the database of the replication server 5 (Step S51). Further, the data is copied from the replication server 5 to the purchasing company server 2, and
(Step S52).

When registering in the database,
Process the acquired product data. The processing here refers to merchandise consolidation, in which merchandise is aggregated by a merchandise provider (a company that provides merchandise) and a merchandise management group (a merchandise classification of the providing company). At this time, basic items are provided as items in the product master table, and other attributes use a general-purpose area. As a result, all products on the B2B and B2C (E) sites performed on the Internet can be handled by the purchase server 2. In addition, products on the B2B and B2C (E) sites that are performed on the Internet can be purchased on one screen.

However, on the B2B site, all registered products can be provided, but on the B2C (E) site,
So that the products offered are limited to a certain extent (i.e.,
You can't buy things like company-specific items). As a method of distinguishing between B2B (employee) and B2C (E) (family), information is basically registered in a family approval ID and a family approval flag in a user master table shown in FIG. B depending on whether
2B or B2C (E) is determined. To determine whether a user (in this case, family) is a merchandise management group that can be purchased, first, the user type code of the user (family) is referred to the user type table shown in FIG. Investigate and determine the product management group from there. As a result, the determination of a product that can be purchased is different depending on the provider code, the product management group code, B2B or B2C (E) in the product management group master table shown in FIG.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the environment classification of purchased products by users who can use this system. That is, the employees of the company and the SMEs (this will be described in the second embodiment) are B2B
While products for both B2C (E) and B2C (E) can be purchased, it is not possible to purchase products for B2B for employees' families. Since the price and billing method of B2B products are different from those used by family members, they cannot be used by family members.

Next, in the intra-group company sales / purchase system having the above configuration, (4) a processing operation until a family browses a provided product list and purchases it, and (5) a processing operation for payment for payment is shown in FIG. 15 and the screen transition diagrams shown in FIGS. 16 to 20. However, FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the browsing and purchase processing operations, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the merchandise settlement processing operations.

(4) Processing Operation from Viewing the Provided Commodity List to Purchasing (See FIG. 14) From the family terminal device 6 installed at the employee's home, his / her family can use the commodities (in this embodiment, When purchasing a family terminal), the family starts up the family terminal device 6, inputs his / her ID and password on an initial screen (not shown), and clicks a confirm button or the like to enter the family terminal. The device 6 displays a menu screen 70 shown in FIG.
The family selects "B2C (E) site" from this menu screen 70 (step S53).

Here, the menu screen 70 also displays "B2B site" when the employee selects. If you are an employee, you can buy a product for internal use or a private product, so both “B2B site” and “B2C (E) site” Is displayed and any of them can be selected,
When a family member purchases a product, if a "B2B site" containing a large number of company-specific items can be selected, inconvenience may occur. Therefore, the family can select only a "B2C (E) site". . In this case, by not displaying the “B2B site”, the family can be referred to as the “B2B site”.
And a method in which a screen is displayed such that a “B2B site” is also displayed, but the family is ignored even if it is selected. The menu screen 70 shown in FIG. 16 adopts the latter method.

When the “B2C (E) site” is selected,
A product narrowing screen 8 shown in FIG.
0 is displayed. On the product narrowing screen 80, an input window 80a for inputting a product provider and a product management group, a selection window 80b for selecting a product classification, a selection window 80c for selecting an attribute of a product, and a search for a product name or the like. A keyword input window 80d is provided.
A selection button 80e for selecting whether to perform a D search or an OR search is provided.

The family enters search conditions for the product in each of the input windows 80a to 80d of the product narrowing-down screen 80, and selects either the AND selection or the OR selection of the selection button 80e (step S54). Thereby, the products narrowed down according to the search condition are displayed on the family terminal device 6 as a product list screen 90 shown in FIG.

This product list screen 90 includes items of serial No., product number, product name, remarks, product provider, selling price, and selection, and the image of each product is displayed below it. It has become. That is, this product list screen 9
0 displays a list of products of each company, so that the family can use this product list screen 90 to compare and review the products of each company.

Here, in order to see more detailed information of the product, the cursor may be moved to the product name and clicked. Thus, although not shown, detailed information of the product is displayed, and among the images displayed in the lower column, the image of the product is enlarged and displayed.

The family selects a desired product from the product list screen 90. In other words, one or more products are selected by clicking on the "selection" window in the right end column of the desired product and checking the box (step S5).
5). After that, when the selection of the desired product is completed, the user selects (clicks) the "Add to cart" button 90a at the bottom of the screen. As a result, on the family terminal device 6, a purchased product list (B2C (E)) screen 50 shown in FIG. 19 is displayed.

This purchased product list (B2C (E)) screen 1
00, a list of purchased products is displayed for each providing company, and each list includes items of a product number, a product name, a quantity, a purchase price, a regular purchase, a designated date of arrival, a subject, and a selection. The family can use this purchased product list (B2C (E)) screen 1
At 00, the final confirmation of the purchased product is performed, and the purchased quantity of the product is input in the item of quantity. Although illustration is omitted, 1 is previously input as a default value in the item of quantity. Also, as a result of the final check of this purchased product, if you want to cancel the purchase of any product, click on the “selection” window of that product to check it, and then it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen "Delete" button 1
By selecting (clicking) 00a, the product can be deleted.

Thereafter, when purchasing all the products displayed on the purchased product list (B2C (E)) screen 100,
A "purchase all" button 100b at the bottom of the screen is selected (clicked). Thereby, the replication server 5
The order confirmation screen 110 shown in FIG. 20 is transmitted to each family terminal device 6. The family uses this order confirmation screen 110 to confirm all ordered products and payment methods.

The replication server 5 copies the purchase information (order data) inputted from each family terminal device 6 to the purchase company side server 2 of the company to which the family belongs. If the purchase information (order data) is input on the purchase company server 2 side, the purchase information (order data) is copied from the purchase company server 2 to the replication server 5 (step S56). . Based on the purchase information, the purchase company server 2 stores the purchase information of the family as purchase information of the employees of the family and uses it at the time of payment.

On the other hand, in the replication server 5, this purchase information (order data) is classified and stored for each providing company. Then, at a preset time, the stored order data for each provider is collectively transmitted for each provider-side server 1, 1,... Of the corresponding provider, and transmitted as order data (step). S57).

On the other hand, the merchandise provider of the provider server 1 receiving the order data sends the merchandise to the orderer using the respective distribution systems (step S58).

In the above description, only the case where the family purchases a product using the family terminal device 6 is described. However, the case where the employee purchases a product using the employee terminal device 3 may be used. The processing operation is almost the same as the processing operation (FIG. 14) described in the above (4). The difference is
As described above, when an employee purchases, the only point is that “B2B site” can be selected from the menu screen 70.

(5) Processing Operation of Payment (See FIG. 15) Order data is sent to each provider server 1 at any time as described above, and the purchase price included in the order data is totaled at any time. And add up. Then, in the present embodiment, once a month (for example, at the end of the month), the total amount for one month is transmitted to the purchasing company server 2 as billing data.

When the purchasing company server 2 receives the billing data from each of the provider servers 1, 1... (Step S
61, step S62), after reconciling the received billing data with the order data stored in the purchasing company server 2 to confirm the amount (step S6).
3), proceed to step S64. On the other hand, if the purchased product is an in-house product including an affiliated company, the purchasing company side server 2 proceeds from step S61 to step S64.

The order data stored in the purchasing company server 2 is processed for the accounting server 4 and transmitted to the accounting server 4. The accounting server 4 processes the internal or external order data received from the purchasing company side server 2 by the internal accounting system (step S65). That is, in-house products are processed by internal transfer (from step S66 to step S67), and out-of-house products are purchased in accordance with a predetermined payment method with each of the providing servers 1, 1,. Payment (payment) of the price of the product is performed in a lump (from step S66 to step S68).

Further, the price of the product purchased by the employee and his or her family privately (ie, the price purchased using the B2C site) is deducted from the employee's personal account, whereby the employee and the company are Payment (settlement) is performed at once (step S69).

As described above, according to the sales and purchase system in the group company of the first embodiment, a family who purchases a product using the family terminal device 6 at home is provided to each purchase company side server 2. A desired product can be purchased using the same screen as the product list screen. As a result, it is possible to purchase a product at a lower unit price.

Next, a second embodiment of the group company sales and purchase system of the present invention will be described.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a sales and purchase system in a group company according to a second embodiment.

In the intra-group company sales and purchase system of the second embodiment, in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, one or a plurality of purchase company side terminal devices used by the company certified by the product providing company are provided in the replication server 5. 7,7
Are connected via the communication network N1. The illustration of the family terminal device 6 is omitted in the figure.

That is, in the second embodiment, by applying the concept of the family adopted in the first embodiment to small and medium-sized enterprises that are not enough to construct an intranet in the enterprise, the same benefits as those of large enterprises are obtained. This is a system configuration that can receive the same.

Note that a small and medium-sized business that has been approved by the merchandise provider can purchase only the merchandise of the merchandise provider. In other words, when logging in, the ID assigned
Items to be purchased will differ depending on the item. Thereby, the reliability of the present system can be ensured.

The processing when the employee of the company applies for an ID through the purchasing company side terminal device 7 of the small and medium-sized business is performed by the employee of each company described in the above (1). Since this is the same as the case of applying, a detailed description is omitted here. However, in the second embodiment, the system can be used only by employees of small and medium-sized enterprises, but the range of application may be extended to its families. The ID application process in that case is the same as the case described in the above (2).

As described above, according to the intra-group company sales and purchase system of each of the above embodiments, each employee who purchases a product using the employee terminal device 3, 3,... The family can compare all products of each providing company with only a single product list screen provided from the purchasing company server 2, and develop desired products by developing from the product list screen. The purchase can be completed. In addition, the company that manages the purchasing company server 2 transmits the purchase information of the products obtained from various parts such as factories, branch offices, and sales offices that are deployed nationwide to the providing server 1, 1,. Can be ordered at once. Also, from the providing server 1, for example,
Every time, the billing data is sent collectively, but the company can collectively transfer the billing amount of the billing data to the corresponding providing servers 1, 1,. Labor and fees can be reduced. Further, internally, the accounting server 4 has various advantages such that settlement processing can be performed for each section as in the past.

In each of the above embodiments, the products provided from the providing servers 1, 1,... Are collectively collected and managed by the replication server 5 arranged on the Internet N1. For example, when the company A that provides the product changes information on an arbitrary product using the provider server 1 (for example, changes the selling price),
By only changing the information (sales price) of the product managed in the product master table of the replication server 5, the changed information is stored in the purchasing company side servers 2, 2,... This is reflected on the family terminal device 6 and the purchasing company side terminal device 7. If there is no replication server 5, each purchasing company server 2, 2,..., Family terminal device 6, purchasing company terminal device 7, and providing server 1, 1,. It is necessary to connect, but by placing the replication server 5 on the Internet N1, each purchasing company side server 2, 2,... Only needs to connect to the replication server 5. That is, the purchasing server 2, the family terminal device 6, and the purchasing company terminal device 7 are connected to the replication server 5, and the respective providing servers 1, 1
.. Has the advantage that the same amount of data can be obtained at a time as it is obtained by separately connecting to. Further, through the replication server 5, between the companies that provide the products (that is, between the providing servers 1 and 1) and between the companies that purchase the products (that is, the purchasing company server 2 and the purchasing company terminal device 7). Also during the period, there is an advantage that it is possible to buy and sell (transact) products.

[0087]

According to the intra-group company sales and purchase system of the present invention, in addition to the use of the system by the employees of the company on the intranet, the family of the employee can use the same system on the Internet. , B2B as well as B2C (E) can be actively performed, thereby realizing B2B2C (E). In addition, when the family of an employee purchases a product using the family terminal device at home, he or she must purchase the desired product using the same screen as the product list screen provided to each purchasing company server. Can be purchased at a lower unit price.

According to the intra-group company sales and purchase system of the present invention, when a purchase request is transmitted from a family using a family terminal device, the replication server provides the purchase request based on the approval information of the family. The content of the product information is restricted. That is, in the product information provided to the purchasing company server, there are products that are unfamiliar to personal purchase as products dedicated to the company, and products that are desired to be purchased as individuals. Therefore, the replication server sorts and provides the product information that can be provided for each product information target, so that appropriate product information can be provided according to the attributes of family members and employees related to the family members. It can be carried out.

Further, according to the intra-group company sales and purchase system of the present invention, it is possible to use this system even for small and medium-sized enterprises not enough to construct an intranet in the enterprise. In other words, small and medium enterprises can receive the same benefits as large enterprises.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment (Embodiment 1) of a group company sales and purchase system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of various databases included in a replication server.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of various databases provided in the replication server.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of various databases provided in the replication server.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of various databases provided in the replication server.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing operation when an employee of each company applies for an ID.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when applying for an ID of an employee's family;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an employee ID application screen when an employee of each company applies for an ID;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a permission confirmation screen when an employee of each company applies for an ID.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an ID application screen by a family member when an ID application for an employee's family is made;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a family approval screen by an employee when applying for an ID of an employee's family;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a permission confirmation screen by an administrator of a server on the purchasing company side when an ID application for an employee's family is made;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of merchandise registration.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a browsing and purchase processing operation by a family.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of merchandise settlement.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu screen transmitted from the replication server to the family terminal device.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a product narrowing-down screen transmitted from the replication server to the family terminal device.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a product list screen transmitted from the replication server to the family terminal device.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a purchased product list (B2C (E)) screen transmitted from the replication server to the family terminal device.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen transmitted from the replication server to the family terminal device.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of another embodiment (Embodiment 2) of the group company sales and purchase system of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing an environment classification of purchased goods by a user who can use the present system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Provision server 2 Purchasing company server 3 Employee terminal device 4 Accounting server 5 Replication server 6 Family terminal device 7 Purchasing company terminal device 20 Employee ID application screen 30 Permission confirmation screen 40 Family ID application screen 50 Family approval Screen 60 Permission Confirmation Screen 70 Menu Screen 80 Product Refinement Screen 90 Product List Screen 100 Purchased Product List (B2C (E)) Screen 110 Order Confirmation Screen N1 Communication Network (Dedicated Line, Public Line, Internet) N2 Intranet (LAN, WAN)

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server for providing goods, one or more providing servers, a replication server for collecting and managing provided goods in a unified manner, and acquiring information of goods managed centrally by the replication server. One or a plurality of purchasing company side servers for purchasing goods through a communication network, and one or a plurality of family terminal devices used by a family of an employee approved by the purchasing company are connected via a communication network; The replication server, according to a purchase request transmitted from a family using the family terminal device via the communication network, means for providing the product information acquired from the providing server to the family terminal device, The purchase information from the family terminal device selected from the list screen and transmitted through the communication network, Means for transmitting the order information to the providing server that performs the ordering. 2. The replication server has a function of centrally integrating the product data registered in the purchasing company server and copying the product data registered in the replication server to the purchasing company server. 2. The sales and purchase system in a group company according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The purchasing company side server is connected to a plurality of employee terminal devices installed in each section of the purchasing company via an intranet, and the purchasing company side server is connected via the intranet. Means for providing a list of product information provided from the providing server to the employee terminal device according to a purchase request transmitted from an employee using the employee terminal device, and selecting from a product information list screen Means for sequentially storing the purchase information from each employee terminal device transmitted via the intranet, and transmitting the stored purchase information as order information to the providing server via the replication server in a lump. 3. The sales and purchase system in a group company according to claim 1, further comprising means. 4. When the purchase request is transmitted from a family using the family terminal device, the replication server limits the contents of the product information to be provided by the approval information of the family. The intra-group company sales and purchase system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The replication server, wherein one or a plurality of purchase company side terminal devices used by a company approved by a product providing company are connected via the communication network, and the replication server comprises: Means for providing, to the purchasing company side terminal device, product information acquired from the providing server according to a purchase request transmitted from a user of the purchasing company side terminal device via the communication network; and a list of product information. Means for transmitting purchase information selected from a screen and transmitted from the purchasing company side terminal device transmitted through the communication network to the corresponding provider server as ordering information. The intra-group company sales and purchase system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.