JP2002297952A - Operation management system for printer, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently receive an order corresponding to the unoccupied state of a printer. SOLUTION: This operation control system for printer joins a server 22 to a printing company terminal 12 (one example of an oder receiving side terminal) and a customer terminal 10 (one example of an application side terminal) via a telecommunication line network 18. The server 22 presents order receiving information corresponding to the unoccupied state of the printer acquired from a printing company (the recruiting side) to a customer (the application side), acquires an estimate answer to an estimate request acquired from the customer from the printing company, uses information selected by the customer from this estimate answer as application information, and uses the application information selected by the printing company from this application information as order receiving information. Thus, the order can be efficiently received corresponding to the unoccupied state of the printer, a cost required for receiving the order can be reduced, and the operation rate of the printer is improved so that the profit can be increased.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a server for a recruiting terminal (for example, a printing company terminal or a printing company factory terminal) and an application terminal (for example, a customer terminal or a fellow outsourcing contractor terminal) via a communication network. The present invention relates to a printing machine operation management system, a program, and a recording medium which are combined.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a vacant state (vacant schedule) occurs in a printing machine in a printing company, a person in charge of a sales department or a process management department communicates with a customer or a fellow outsourcing company by telephone. He received orders and filled the availability of printing machines.

[0003]

However, in the conventional telephone communication by a person in charge of the sales department or the process management department, if a customer or a subcontractor is selected as a contact, the vacant state of the printing machine is filled and an order is received. Since it is often based on the experience and intuition of the person in charge of whether the order can be performed efficiently, there is a problem that it is difficult for a person with little experience to make an order efficiently. In addition, there is a one-to-one relationship between the printing company and the customer or subcontractor, and the contact person may be absent at the time of contact, or may not be reliably transmitted even if a message is sent, and the time required for contact is long. There was a problem that it was difficult to make orders efficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing machine operation management system, a program, and a recording medium which can efficiently receive an order corresponding to the availability of the printing machine. It is the purpose.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation management system for a printing machine in which a server is connected to a recruiting terminal and an applying terminal via a communication line network. A work status information storage unit that stores machine work status information, a presentation destination information storage unit that stores recruitment information and presentation destination information (information indicating the presentation destination of recruitment), and a receiving spool that stores recruitment information and application information An information storage unit and an estimate information storage unit for storing estimate information and estimate response information are provided, and the server processes the work status information in the work status information storage unit into viewable information in response to a request from the recruiting terminal. Recruiting means for associating the recruitment information acquired from the recruiting side terminal with the presentation destination information and storing it in the presentation destination information storage unit and storing the recruitment information in the accepting spool information storage unit; Upon receiving the request, refer to the presentation destination information in the presentation destination information storage unit, process the corresponding recruitment information into browsable information, return it, and store the estimation request information obtained from the application side terminal in the estimation information storage unit Means for requesting a quote, and receiving the request from the recruiting terminal, processing the quote request information in the quote information storage unit into browsable information, returning the quote request information, and retrieving the quote response information obtained from the recruiting terminal. In response to the request from the application side terminal, the estimate response means stored in the application information processing section converts the estimate response information in the estimate information storage section into browsable information and returns it. Application means for storing response information as application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit, and browsing the application information in the reception spool information storage unit in response to a request from the recruiting terminal Return processed into ability information, characterized by comprising; and a sold-to party selection unit corresponding to application information and select and order information with the acquired order destination selection information from the Wanted terminal.

In such a configuration, the recruiting information from the recruiting party who browsed the work status information and the presentation destination information are stored in association with the presentation destination information storage unit, and the recruitment information is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit. The quote request information from the applicant who browsed the recruitment information is stored in the quote information storage unit, the quote response information from the recruiter who browsed the quote request information is stored in the quote information storage unit, and the quote response information was browsed. The estimate response information corresponding to the selection information from the side is stored as application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit,
The corresponding application information is selected from the order selection information from the recruiting party who browsed the application information, and the selected application information is used as the order information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to facilitate selection of application information on the recruiting side, the order receiving party selecting means is based on the display order selection information acquired from the recruiting side terminal. , The application information in the receiving spool information storage unit is one of the following: application order, estimated price order, printed product order
List generating means for generating information for displaying a list in the order of the list.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a server coupled to a recruiting terminal and an applying terminal via a communication network functions as a recruiting unit, a quotation requesting unit, a quotation replying unit, an applying unit, and an order selection unit. The recruiting means receives the request from the recruiting terminal, processes the work status information in the work status information storage unit into browsable information, returns it, and obtains the recruitment information obtained from the recruiting terminal. Is stored in the presentation information storage unit in association with the presentation information, and the recruitment information is received and stored in the spool information storage unit. With reference to the information, the corresponding recruitment information is processed into viewable information and returned, and the estimate request information obtained from the application terminal is stored in the estimate information storage unit,
The estimation reply means receives the request from the recruiting terminal, processes the request information in the estimation information storage unit into browsable information, returns the information, and returns the estimation response information obtained from the recruiting terminal to the estimation information storage unit. The application means receives the request from the application side terminal, processes the estimate response information in the estimate information storage unit into browsable information and returns it, and also responds to the estimate response corresponding to the selection information obtained from the application side terminal. The information is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit as application information, and the receiving party selection means processes the application information in the receiving spool information storage unit into browsable information in response to a request from the recruiting terminal, and returns the application. The corresponding application information is selected based on the order receiving party selection information obtained from the terminal on the side, and the selected application information is used as the order receiving information.

In such a configuration, the recruiting information from the recruiting party who browsed the work status information and the presentation destination information are stored in the presentation destination information storage unit in association with each other, and the recruitment information is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit. The quote request information from the applicant who browsed the recruitment information is stored in the quote information storage unit, the quote response information from the recruiter who browsed the quote request information is stored in the quote information storage unit, and the quote response information was browsed. The estimate response information corresponding to the selection information from the side is stored as application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit,
The corresponding application information is selected from the order selection information from the recruiting party who browsed the application information, and the selected application information is used as the order information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, in order to facilitate selection of application information on the recruiting side, the order receiving party selecting means is based on the display order selection information acquired from the recruiting side terminal. , The application information in the receiving spool information storage unit is one of the following: application order, estimated price order, printed product order
List generating means for generating information for displaying a list in the order of the list.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to the third or fourth aspect.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 18 show an embodiment of an operation management system for a printing machine, a program and a recording medium according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration. In FIG.
(N) is a customer terminal provided at the customer, 12 is a printing company terminal provided at the printing company's head office or sales office, 14 is a printing company factory terminal provided at the printing company factory, and 16 (1). ~
16 (m) is a subcontractor terminal provided to a subcontractor (a subcontractor of a printing company).

The customer terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n) and the subcontractor terminals 16 (1) to 16 (m) correspond to an example of an application side terminal of the present invention. The factory terminal 14 corresponds to an example of a recruiting terminal of the present invention. 1
Reference numeral 8 denotes a communication network, 20 denotes an ASP (application service provider) center, 22 denotes an application server, 24 denotes a communication server, 26 denotes a notification server, and 28 denotes a data server. The application server 22,
Communication server 24, notification server 26, and data server 28
Is provided in the ASP center 20.

The terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12,
A browser (browsing software) is incorporated in each of 14, 16 (1) to 16 (m). The terminals 10 (1) to 10
(N), 12, 14, 16 (1) to 16 (m) each include a display, a keyboard, a printer, and a main body, similar to a general computer, and the main body includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a disk device. Etc. are provided. The communication network 18 is provided with a network such as an ISDN network, a public network, or the like, in which these networks are directly connected or indirectly connected to the Internet using these networks. And when.

The application server 22 has functions realized by the following programs (1) to (5), and has the functions of the terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12, and 1.
4, 16 (1) to 16 (m), the database groups 30 to 44 in the data server 28 (FIG. 2).
Describe in. ) Read out the corresponding information, perform predetermined processing, and process the information into viewable information (for example, image information) and return it. (1) Recruitment program (contents will be described later in the description of the recruitment processing operation using FIGS. 6 to 10 together) (2) Estimation request program (contents will be described later with reference to FIGS. 11 to 1)
4 will be described in the description of the estimation request processing operation in combination. (3) Estimation response program (contents will be described later in the description of the estimation response processing operation in conjunction with FIG. 15) (4) Application program (contents will be described in the description of the application processing operation later) (5) ) Ordering party selection program (contents are described later in FIGS. 16 to 1)
8 will be described. )

The communication server 24 is provided with the communication network 1
8, the terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12, 1
4, 16 (1) to 16 (m), and the application server 2 in the ASP center 20.
2. It is coupled to a notification server 26 and a data server 28. The terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12, 14,
Communication devices (not shown) such as facsimile machines and telephones are provided in the vicinity of each of the communication devices 16 (1) to 16 (m). These communication devices are connected to the communication server 24 via the communication line network 18. Have been.

The communication server 24 is provided with the communication network 1
8 and the terminal 10
(1) to 10 (n), 12, 14, 16 (1) to 16
A function of managing transmission and reception between (m) and the application server 22 and the data server 28 in the ASP center 20 is provided. The notification server 26 communicates with the terminals 10 (1) to 10 (1) to 10 using the communication line network 18.
(N), a function for managing the transmission and reception of data between communication devices provided in the vicinity of each of 12, 14, 16 (1) to 16 (m) and the data server 28 in the ASP center 20. Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the data server 28 includes a process-specific DB 30, a machine-specific schedule DB 32, a machine type DB 34, a contact master 36, and a receiving spool D.
B38, presentation destination DB40, estimate DB42, order DB4
4 and other databases (not shown).

The process-specific DB 30 stores and updates work schedule information and work result information for each property for each process.

The machine-specific schedule DB 32 stores information used for machine-specific schedule management.
Specifically, work schedule information and work result information for each property and each work for each machine are stored and updated.

The machine type DB 34 stores the product type (type, product size, processing type, number of colors) of the product (printed material), the number of copies, the plate making size, and the paper size.
A machine type, a machine model number, a maker model number, and a standard number of printable sheets are stored.

The process-specific DB 30, machine-specific schedule DB 32, and machine-type DB 34 are examples of the configuration of the work status information storage unit of the present invention.

The contact master 36 indicates the contact method (e-mail, facsimile machine, telephone, etc.) and contact information (e-mail address, facsimile number, telephone number, etc.) for each customer, printing company, subcontractor. Information is stored in advance.

The acceptance spool DB 38 includes information on recruitment of prints corresponding to the availability of printing machines input from the printing company terminal 12 and the printing company factory terminal 14, and the customer terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n). ), Subcontractor terminal 16
Application information based on the estimate request information input from (1) to 16 (m) is stored in association with the recruiting code in the company information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, as for the recruiting side “B printing company” with the recruiting code “001”, the recruiting information includes the machine name “machine 09” and the recruiting schedule “0”.
1.3.3 / 09: 00 to 01.3.3 / 10: 0
0, paper size “B4”,...
2.25 / 16: 00 ”is stored. For the“ B plan ”on the application side with the recruitment code“ 001 ”, quote No. is applied as application information. Information on “12345”, requested product type “flyer”, requested product content “miscellaneous goods”,... Is stored.

The presentation destination DB 40 stores presentation destination information input from the printing company terminal 12 and the printing company factory terminal 14 in association with company information and recruitment information.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the recruiting code “001”, the division “recruiting side”, the company information of the company name “B printing company”, the machine name “machine 09”, the paper size “B4”,. The recruitment information of “01.2.25 / 16: 00” is stored in association with the presentation condition of the presentation condition “narrow down”, the selection item of “group”, and the selection content of “Kanagawa district”.

The estimate DB 42 stores and updates all estimate information for each property. For example, the customer terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), the subcontractor terminals 16 (1) to
16 (m), estimate request information for each process, and estimate response information for each process, input from the printing company terminal 12 and the printing plant terminal 14, are stored for each property.
Be updated.

The order DB 44 has the following (1) and (2).
Information as shown in (3) is stored as order information. (1) Who (customer, printing company,
Information indicating who (customer, printing company, subcontractor) requests and who (subcontractor, department in charge of the printing company) implements. (2) Information indicating from what time of what day to what time of what day the implementation is performed. (3) Information indicating the sales representative and required contact information.

Next, the operation of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. The printing company, which is an example of the recruiting side, the customer, which is an example of the applying side, and the outsourcing company, are required to have an ASP
From 0, a user ID for receiving a predetermined service is assigned, and the service that can be used in a contract with the ASP center 20 is limited by the user ID. The printing company, customer, and subcontractor to which this user ID has been assigned is AS
The contracting company (or contractor) of the P center 20.

For convenience of explanation, the flow of processing of the entire system will be described first in A, and the main processing will be described below in B and below (B: recruitment processing, C: estimate request processing, D: estimate response processing, E: application processing). , F: order receiving party selection processing) will be described.

A: Processing Flow of the Entire System As shown in FIG. 5, processing is performed in the order of recruitment processing, estimation request processing, estimation response processing, application processing, and order receiving party selection processing. For convenience of explanation, the recruiting B printing company has a terminal 14
At (or 12), the ASP center 20 is used to solicit orders for prints corresponding to the availability of printing machines. In response, the A, B, and C plans (customers or outsourcing contractors) on the applicant side respond. A case where an application is made using the ASP center 20 at the terminal 10 (or 16) will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

B: Recruitment Processing As shown in FIG. 6, the processing is performed in the order of the machine-specific schedule display processing, the recruitment selection processing, and the presentation destination selection processing, and the operations are performed as shown in the following (1) to (6). I do. (1) The person in charge of the printing company B has the terminal 14 (or 1
By inputting the user ID from 2), the ASP center 20 is connected via the communication network 18 and the communication server 24.
By using the service of the ASP center 20 by displaying the menu screen and using the service of the ASP center 20, a screen for monthly schedule management (reservation rate) for each machine as shown in FIG. 7 can be displayed. That is, the operation schedule information and the operation result information for each machine for each machine in the selected year “2001/03” in the selected month “2001/03” are read from the process-specific DB 30, the machine-specific schedule DB 32, and the machine type DB 34 in the data server 28. Machine name from 01 to 12 in the month
Displays the printing machine schedule up to the reservation rate.

(2) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks in FIG.
When the user selects “3 days” on the terminal 14 (or 12) and clicks “daily detailed display” from the list display screen of FIG. 8
Can be displayed as shown in FIG. In other words, the use status of the printing machines whose machine names are “01” to “12” on March 3, 2001 (the use time zone is hatched in the figure) is displayed in units of 5 minutes, and the available time is displayed. The number of printable sheets (for example, 80,000 sheets) is displayed in the schedule portion (for example, the time period from 9:55 to 10:50 for the machine “05”). This printable number is calculated based on the standard printable number in the machine type DB.

(3) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks in FIG.
When the recruiting portion is selected on the terminal 14 in consideration of the empty schedule portion in the display screen of (1), a machine-specific empty schedule recruitment selection screen as shown in FIG. 9 can be displayed. That is, for the vacant schedule portion of the display screen of FIG. 8, the recruiting portion is selected in consideration of the time required for the start of work of the printing machine and the like, and the vacant schedule recruitment for each machine as shown in FIG. Cross-hatching is added to the time zone of the part.)
For example, a time period from 10:00 to 10:40 is selected and displayed as the recruiting time zone of the machine “05”.

(4) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks the
When the user selects an available part of the available schedules on the display screen of the display of the item and clicks “selection of the destination” to instruct the selection of the destination, the selection of the supplier of the vacant schedule by machine as shown in FIG. The screen can be displayed. That is, any recruitment part (for example, the machine “0” indicated by an arrow) in the empty schedule part of the display screen of FIG.
9 ", the recruiting time zone from 10:05 to 11:00) is selected, and the" selection of the presentation destination "is clicked to instruct the selection of the presentation destination. As shown in FIG. Is displayed in the upper half of the display screen, and a screen for selecting the presentation destination of the recruitment information is displayed in the lower half of the display screen.

(5) The selection of the presentation destination in the above (4) includes a condition selection and a narrow-down selection as shown in FIG. The condition selection is to select the condition of the customer or subcontractor to be presented, and to select the customer or subcontractor that meets the condition.The narrowing selection is to select the total of the customer or subcontractor to be presented. From the above, customers and subcontractors that meet the conditions are narrowed down and selected. The conditions used in the condition selection and the narrowing selection include a group (arbitrary group such as a district and a company group), an individual (an arbitrary customer or a subcontractor registered in the contact master 36), a reliability, and a form. (Customer and outsourcing company types, etc.) and transaction status (statistics of past transaction status). In the display in the lower half of FIG. 10, narrowing selection is selected as the presentation destination selection, "Kanagawa area" is selected as the group, "A printing company" is individually specified, "AA rank" is set as the reliability, and "Planning company" is set as the format. , And "A rank" as the transaction status are displayed as conditions for narrowing down selection.

(6) Next, when the person in charge of the B printing company selects a presentation destination by selecting conditions or narrowing down selections by inputting from the terminal 14 (or 12), and further selecting "selection of recruitment" in FIG. The acceptance spool DB 38 stores the recruiting information in association with the company information, and the presentation destination DB 40 stores the presentation destination information in association with the company information and the recruiting information. That is, as shown in the upper left of FIG. 3, the receiving spool DB 38 stores the machine name “machine 09” and the recruiting schedule “01.3.3 / 09: 00 to 01.3.3 / 1.
0:00 ", paper size" B4 ", ..., deadline" 0
The recruitment information of “1.2.25 / 16: 00” is stored in association with the recruitment code “001”, the division “recruiting side”, and the company information of the company name “B printing company”. In addition, the presentation destination DB4
0, as shown in FIG.
The presentation destination information of the selection item “group” and the selection content “Kanagawa district” are stored in association with the company information and the recruitment information.

C: Estimation request processing As shown in FIG.
The processing is performed in the order of the availability information detail display processing and the estimation request processing, and operates as shown in the following (1) to (3). (1) The person in charge of the customer (or subcontractor)
(1) to 10 (n) (or 16 (1) to 16 (m))
(Hereinafter simply abbreviated as 10 (or 16).) By entering a user ID, the user enters the site of the ASP center 20 and displays a menu screen to display the ASP center 20.
By using this service, a workflow management screen as shown in FIG. 12 can be displayed, and a screen of machine vacancy schedule information registered by each printing company can be displayed in a part thereof. That is, on condition that it is designated as the presentation destination, the receiving spool DB 38
Then, the recruitment information of the printing company is read from the presentation destination DB 40, and a screen of the machine idle schedule information is displayed on the terminal 10 (or 16). In the screen of the machine vacancy schedule information, No. The information of the company name “B printing company” of No. 2 is the information described in the recruitment process of B above. 1
The information of the company name “A printing company” is the information stored in the receiving spool DB 38 and the presentation destination DB 40 from the A printing company by the same operation as described in the recruitment process of B above.

(2) Then, when the person in charge of the customer (or the subcontractor) checks the details of the vacancy information, the terminal 1
When "0 (or 16)" is used to first click "enlarged display" in the display screen of FIG. 12 to instruct enlargement display, a screen of machine free schedule information with enlarged display contents as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. Is displayed. Next, the user selects "No. 2 B printing company" (displayed with hatching in the figure) on the display screen of FIG. 13 and clicks "Detailed display" to instruct the detailed display. Confirmation of detailed machine vacancy information as shown (that is, confirmation of recruitment information for B printing company)
Is displayed.

(3) Next, the person in charge of the customer (or subcontractor) uses the terminal 10 (or 16) to request a quotation from the B printing company using the terminal 10 (or 16) in the display screen of FIG. When the user requests a quote request by clicking on "Request for quote", a normal quote request process with an offer code provided by the quote request program is performed. The reason why the recruiting code is given here is to make it possible for the printing company B to distinguish an estimate request for an empty application from a normal estimate request.

D: Estimation response processing (1) The person in charge of the printing company B has the terminal 14 (or 1
Enter the ASP Center 20 site by inputting the user ID from 2), display the menu screen, and
By using the service of the P center 20, an estimate reply process is performed by an ordinary estimate reply program in response to an estimate request from a customer (or a subcontractor). For example, the recruitment information in the machine vacancy information displayed on the display screen of FIG. 14 is checked, and the estimate reply information for each is quoted together with other necessary quote reply information.
o. Terminal 14 (or 12) as the response information of 12345
, The estimate response information is stored in the estimate DB 42
In the corresponding memory area.

E: Application process (1) The person in charge of the customer (or subcontractor)
By using (or 16) to enter the site of the ASP center 20 and use the service of the ASP center 20, it is possible to display an empty schedule formal application screen as shown in FIG. That is, after the “Estimation response process” of D is performed by the printing company B, a screen for confirming the detailed machine vacancy information (display screen of FIG. 14) according to the operation of (1), (2), and (3) of C. ) Is displayed, and when a formal application is instructed by clicking “official application” on this display screen, a screen for a formal application for a free schedule as shown in FIG. 15 can be displayed.

(2) Next, the person in charge of the customer (or subcontractor) uses the terminal 10 (or 16) to check the response information on the display screen of FIG. And the formal application registration is instructed, this response information is associated with the company information as application information and the acceptance spool DB
38. That is, the receiving spool DB 38
As shown in the lower right middle part of FIG.
The application information of “12345”, the requested product type “flyer”, the requested product content “miscellaneous goods”,.
The information is stored in association with the company information of the category “applicant side” and the company name “B plan”.

F: Order receiving party selection processing (1) The person in charge of the printing company B applies for the application deadline date (2001).
/ 02/25) after terminal 14 (or 12)
Entering the site of the SP center 20, displaying the menu screen and using the service of the ASP center 20, FIG.
The application information can be confirmed by displaying an application information list display screen as shown in FIG. That is, the receiving spool D
The application information is read from B38, and information for displaying a list in the order of application is created, and a list of application information corresponding to the recruitment information of the recruitment code "001" as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the terminal 14 (or 12). I do. Specifically, in the display order 1, the company name “B plan” and the application date “2001/02
/ 20 ", ..., contract price" 0.47 yen / piece ", ... are displayed as application information, and in display order 2, the company name" C plan ", application date" 2001/02/21 ", ..., contract The price “0.45 yen / piece”,... Is displayed as application information, and in the display order 3, the company name “A plan” and the application date “2001”
/ 02/22 ", ..., contract price" 0.50 yen / piece ", ...
Can be displayed as application information.

(2) Next, the person in charge of the printing company B selects "order by estimated price" on the display screen of FIG. 16 to create information for displaying a list in descending order of estimated price, and A list of application information can be displayed in the order of the estimated price as shown in FIG. By selecting "print product order" on the display screen of FIG. 16, information for displaying a list in the order of predetermined requested product contents can be created, and a list of application information (not shown) can be displayed in print product order. .

(3) Next, the person in charge of the printing company B can select application information matching the available schedule of the printing machine from the application information list shown in FIG. That is, in the application information list in the order of the estimated price in FIG.
Is displayed, a screen as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. When "select order" in this display screen is selected,
The company name "B plan" in the display order 2 and the application date "2001 /
The application information of the contract price “0.42 / 20”,..., “0.47 yen / sheet”,... Is selected as the order receiving party and stored in the order receiving DB 44 as the order receiving information. Also, when the application information of the display order 1 is selected from the application information list of the application order of FIG. 16, the company name “B plan” of the display order 1 and the application date “2001/0” are selected.
2/20 ”,..., Contract price“ 0.47 yen / sheet ”,... Are stored in the order DB 44 as order information. Further, depending on the availability schedule of the printing machine, it is possible to select a plurality of order recipients as order recipients. For example, if there is a recruitment of a 5-hour free schedule, 2
It is possible to select the application information corresponding to the application for the time and the application for 3 hours, and use it as order information.

In the above embodiment, the case where the recruiting side is a printing company (or a printing company factory) and the applicant side is a customer or a subcontractor has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can be used even when the applicant is a customer or a printing company (or printing company factory).

In the above embodiment, in order for the recruiting side to make an efficient order selection, the order receiving party selecting means uses the application information in the receiving spool information storage unit based on the display order selection information obtained from the recruiting side terminal. The order of application, the order of estimated price,
Although it is configured to include the list creating means for creating information for displaying the list in any one of the order of the printing products, the present invention is not limited to this. Any configuration may be used as long as the corresponding application information is selected from the application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit and used as order information.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the operation management system of the printing machine has been described.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be used for a program for causing a computer (server) in this system to realize a predetermined function, or for realizing a predetermined function in a computer (server) in this system. The present invention can also be applied to a case where the program is used on a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the application side terminal (for example, 10, 16) and the recruiting side terminal (for example, 12, 14) are terminals incorporating a browser has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the present invention can be used for a device having display software other than a browser (for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone).

[0050]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a work status information storage unit and a presentation destination information storage are provided in a printing machine operation management system in which a server is connected to a recruiting terminal and an application terminal via a communication network. Unit, an acceptance spool information storage unit and an estimation information storage unit, and the server is a recruiting unit, an estimation requesting unit,
Equipped with estimate reply means, application means and order receiving party selecting means, associates the recruiting information from the recruiting party who browsed the work status information with the presentation destination information, stores it in the presentation destination information storage unit, and accepts the recruiting information and receives spool information. Memorize in the storage unit,
The estimate request information from the applicant side who browsed the recruitment information is stored in the estimate information storage unit, the estimate response information from the recruitment side who browsed the estimate request information is stored in the estimate information storage unit,
Based on the selection information from the application side that viewed the estimate response information, the corresponding estimate response information is received as application information and is stored in the spool information storage unit, and the corresponding application information is selected according to the order receiving party selection information from the recruiting side that viewed the application information. It is configured to select and make order information. For this reason, the recruiting side (for example, a printing company)
Is presented to the applicant, the recruitment information corresponding to the availability of the printing machine, and the applicant selects the application information from the recruitment side's estimate response to the quote request from the applicant, and recruits from this application information The application information selected by the side can be used as order information. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently make an order corresponding to the availability of the printing machine, reduce the cost required for the order, improve the operation rate of the printing machine, and increase profits.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the order receiving party selecting means estimates the application information in the acceptance spool information storage section based on the display order selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal, in the order of application. Either price order or printed product order
Since the configuration is provided with the list creating means for creating the information for displaying the list in the order of the order, the recruiting side can easily select the application information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a server connected to a recruiting terminal and an applying terminal via a communication network functions as a recruiting unit, a quotation requesting unit, a quotation replying unit, an applying unit, and an order receiving unit selecting unit. A program for causing the recruiting unit to store the recruiting information from the recruiting party who browsed the work status information and the presentation destination information in the presentation destination information storage unit by associating the recruitment information with the reception spool information storage unit. The quote request information from the applicant who browsed the recruiting information by the quote request means is stored in the quote information storage unit, and the quote reply information from the recruiting side who browsed the quote request information by the quote reply means is stored in the quote information storage unit. And accepts the estimated response information corresponding to the selected information from the applicant who browsed the estimated response information by the application means. Stored in the spool data storage unit, and configured to select and order information applicants information corresponding in order destination selection information from the recruitment side who browsed the application information by ordering party selection unit. Therefore, the same effect as the first aspect of the invention can be achieved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the order receiving party selecting means estimates the application information in the receiving spool information storage section based on the display order selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal. Either price order or printed product order
Since the configuration is provided with the list creating means for creating the information for displaying the list in the order of the order, the recruiting side can easily select the application information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to the third or fourth aspect can achieve the same effect as the third or fourth aspect of the invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a printing machine operation management system, a program, and a recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the contents of a data server 28 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing data contents of a receiving spool DB 38 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing data contents of a presentation destination DB 40 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the entire system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a recruitment process in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing a monthly schedule management screen for each machine on the printing company factory terminal 14 in FIG. 1;

8 is a diagram showing a display screen when a selection date is set to three days in FIG. 7 and a daily detailed display is instructed.

9 is a diagram showing a display screen when an available schedule recruitment for each machine in FIG. 8 is selected.

10 is a diagram showing a display screen when a presentation destination selection is commanded in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an estimation request process in FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 shows a customer terminal 10 (or a subcontractor terminal 1) in FIG.
FIG. 6C is a diagram showing the release availability schedule information displayed in a part of the workflow management screen in 6).

13 is a diagram showing a display screen when an enlarged display is commanded in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen when a recruiting side is a printing company B in FIG. 13 and a detailed display is instructed.

15 is a diagram showing an empty schedule formal application screen displayed on the customer terminal 10 (or the subcontractor terminal 16) in the application process of FIG.

16 is a diagram showing an application information list display screen displayed on the printing company factory terminal 14 (or the printing company 12) in the order receiving party selection process of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display screen when an order of estimated prices is commanded (selected) in FIG. 16;

18 is a diagram showing a display screen when application information of display order 2 in the application information list of FIG. 17 is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 (1) to 10 (n): customer terminal (an example of an application terminal), 12: printing company terminal (an example of a recruiting terminal),
14 ... printing company factory terminal (an example of a recruiting terminal), 16
(1) to 16 (m) ... outsourcing contractor terminal (an example of an application side terminal), 18 ... communication network, 20 ... ASP center,
Reference numeral 22: application server, 24: communication server, 26: notification server, 28: data server, 3
0: Process-specific DB (database), 32: Machine-specific schedule DB, 34: Machine-type DB, 36: Contact master, 38: Acceptance spool DB, 40: Presentation destination D
B, 42: Estimate DB, 44: Order DB.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor ▲ Yoshi ▼ Mineka Kazutaka 1-6-6 Moto-Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Second Anzen Building Inside Fujitsu General Limited (72) Inventor Hiroshi Ota Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu, Ltd. 4-1-1, Kamidadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Katsumi Namiki 1-9-6 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Shintomi 1-chome Building Machida Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] An operation management system for a printing machine comprising a server connected to a recruiting side terminal and an application side terminal via a communication line network, wherein work status information for storing recruiting side printing machine operation status information is provided. A storage unit, a presentation destination information storage unit that stores the recruitment information and the presentation destination information (information indicating the presentation destination of the recruitment),
An acceptance spool information storage unit for storing recruitment information and application information, and an estimate information storage unit for storing estimate information and estimate response information, wherein the server receives the request from the recruiting terminal and receives the work status information The work status information in the storage unit is processed into browsable information and returned, and the recruitment information acquired from the recruiting side terminal and the presentation destination information are stored in the presentation destination information storage unit in association with each other, and the recruitment information is received by the acceptance spool. Recruiting means to be stored in an information storage unit, and referring to the presentation destination information in the presentation destination information storage unit in response to a request from the application side terminal, processing the corresponding recruitment information into viewable information and returning it An estimate requesting unit that stores estimate request information obtained from the application-side terminal in the estimate information storage unit; and an estimate information storage unit that receives a request from the recruitment-side terminal. The quote request information is processed into browsable information and returned, and the quote reply means for storing the quote reply information obtained from the recruiting terminal in the quote information storage unit; The estimate response information in the estimate information storage unit is processed into browsable information and returned, and the estimate response information corresponding to the selection information obtained from the application side terminal is stored as application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit. Application means, receiving the request from the recruiting terminal, processing the application information in the acceptance spool information storage unit into browsable information, returning the processed information, and responding with the ordering party selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal. An operation management system for a printing machine, comprising: an order receiving party selecting unit that selects information and sets the received order information. 2. The receiving party selecting means, based on the display order selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal, sorts the application information in the receiving spool information storage unit into any one of application order, estimated price order, and print product order. 2. The operation management system for a printing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a list creating means for creating information for displaying the list. 3. A program for causing a server coupled to a recruiting side terminal and an applying side terminal via a communication network to function as recruiting means, quote requesting means, quote answering means, applying means and order receiving party selecting means. The recruiting unit receives the request from the recruiting terminal, processes the work status information in the work status information storage unit into browsable information, returns the processed information, and presents the recruitment information acquired from the recruiting terminal. In addition, the destination information is stored in the presentation destination information storage unit and the recruitment information is received and stored in the spool information storage unit, and the estimate requesting unit receives the request from the application side terminal and presents the presentation destination information storage unit With reference to the destination information, the corresponding recruitment information is processed into browsable information and returned, and the quote request information acquired from the application side terminal is stored in the quote information storage unit, and the Receiving the request from the recruiting terminal, processing the quote request information in the quote information storage unit into browsable information and returning the information, and estimating the quote response information obtained from the recruiting terminal. In the information storage unit, the application means receives the request from the application side terminal, processes the estimate response information in the estimate information storage unit into viewable information, returns the information, and obtains the information from the application side terminal. The estimated response information corresponding to the selected information is stored in the acceptance spool information storage unit as application information, and the receiving party selection unit receives the request from the recruiting terminal and converts the application information in the reception spool information storage unit. It is processed into information that can be viewed and returned, and the corresponding application information is selected based on the order receiving party selection information obtained from the recruiting side terminal and becomes the order receiving information. Program. 4. An order receiving party selecting means, based on the display order selecting information acquired from the recruiting terminal, sorts the application information in the receiving spool information storage section in any one of application order, estimated price order, and print product order. 4. The program according to claim 3, further comprising a list creating means for creating information for displaying a list. 5. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 3 or 4 is recorded.