JP2002298029A - System, method and program for receiving and placing order for goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow even a retail shop whose business scale is small to place orders for goods at low purchasing prices enough to compatible with large-scale stores and mass retailer by group purchasing. SOLUTION: A goods receiving and placing order system 10 is equipped with a server system 12, which is connected to the computer 13 of a maker and a wholesaler, and the terminal 14 of a retail shop so as to be able to communicate with them through the Internet 11. The server system 12 has a database 23 storing the table showing unit prices according to the delivery quantity registered classified by goods by makers and wholesalers beforehand. The server system 12 is provided with a Web server 21 and business server 22 which receive orders of goods from a retail shop, adds together the number of goods for which orders were placed classified by the same goods out of these goods, determine the delivery unit prices which balanced aggregation quantity with reference to the database 23 classified by goods, and place orders with makers and wholesalers for the above goods of this decided delivery unit prices and aggregation quantity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for receiving and ordering goods through a communication network, and in particular, to order a large quantity of goods from a manufacturer or a wholesaler jointly even with a small-scale retailer. And a merchandise ordering system capable of suppressing the purchase unit price.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of supermarkets and large stores that sell a large amount of various kinds of products, as well as mass retailers that narrow down the product group to be sold and sell them at low prices, has increased. In most cases, the ability of retail stores to attract customers is decreasing, and their management is being squeezed. Although these retail points have various plans and events in each shopping district to increase the ability to attract customers, the reality is that they have not achieved the desired results.

[0003] Conventionally, in the case of small-scale retail stores, merchandise is purchased individually at each store. For this reason, the small purchase size is a bottleneck as compared with large stores, and there is no necessity to negotiate the purchase price with manufacturers and wholesalers, and it is difficult to suppress the purchase price. In terms of sales competitiveness, this is a handicap with large-scale retailers and mass retailers.

[0004] Under such circumstances, the recent wave of IT (information technology) is flowing into the merchandise distribution wholesale industry, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Hei 8-22576 and Hei 11-2966.
As described in JP-A-11, a POS system for analysis of hot-selling products, product management, and the like, and a method and apparatus for supporting ordering of products in consideration of demand forecast, arrival lead time, stock quantity, and the like have been proposed. I have.

[0005]

However, any of the above-mentioned methods utilizing the IT technology described in the gazettes are considered to be effective for large-scale stores and mass-stores capable of responding to capital and human resources. This is a method of distribution modernization that can hardly be realized in small-scale retail stores such as personal management.

As described above, conventionally, a small retail store has
Except for each individual store or each shopping district, few proposals have been made for systematic distribution modernization that leverages the rapidly developing information technology of recent years.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the conventional situation of such a small-scale retail store. Due to the small business scale, the present invention is directed to a retail store that has little financial and human resources. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product ordering system that can have a product ordering power enough to sufficiently compete with large stores and mass retailers.

Another object of the present invention is to create an electronic marketplace that can return small retail stores, which tend to be left behind, to merchandise distribution in the valley of intense distribution competition in recent years.

[0009]

According to one aspect of the present invention, data communication between a terminal managed by a merchandise supplier and a terminal managed by a retailer is achieved through a communication network. A server system connected to the server system, the server system having a product ordering function in the server system, wherein the server system is configured to deliver the product for the quantity of each product registered in advance by the product supplier. A database storing correspondence information indicating a unit price, order receiving means for receiving an order for a product from the retailer via the communication network, and summing means for summing up the order quantity for the same product among the products received by the order receiving means Determining means for referring to the database and determining a delivery unit price corresponding to the total quantity for each product,
Ordering means for ordering the goods of the delivery unit price and the combined quantity determined by the determining means to the goods supplier via the communication network.

[0010] Thus, it is possible to provide an electronic marketplace in which a so-called joint purchase chain is developed, in which small orders from a large number of retailers are added up, and a unit delivery price of a product is determined according to the added up amount. Therefore, due to the small business scale, even a retail store with little financial resources and human resources can purchase products at a price that can sufficiently compete with large stores and mass retailers. .

[0011] Preferably, the correspondence information of the database is a table, wherein the quantity of the commodities is divided into a plurality of stages by a desired width, and the delivery unit price is set for each of the divided quantities. In addition, the delivery unit price is set to a lower value as the quantity increases.
Further, for example, the determination unit is a unit that searches for the partition quantity width that matches the total quantity, and selects the delivery unit price assigned to the partition quantity width.

According to another preferred example, the order receiving means is means for receiving the order for a predetermined period. By setting this fixed period to an appropriate time, it is possible to suppress a prolonged time lag from the purchase of goods in the joint purchase chain, and it is possible to provide a system comparable to ordinary individual purchase.

[0013] A further preferred example is a notifying means for notifying the retail store of a product order impossible via the communication network when the corresponding means cannot be retrieved when the determining means refers to the table. It is to have. With this notification, the retailer can place an order without having to worry too much about whether or not the item is handled by the ordering system. Conversely, by receiving such an order, the ordering system can automatically collect data for searching for market trends.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for receiving and ordering a product using a database storing correspondence information indicating a unit delivery price for a quantity for each product registered in advance by a product supplier. Receiving an order for a product from a retailer via a communication network, summing up the order quantity for the same product among the ordered products, determining a delivery unit price corresponding to the total quantity for the product by referring to the database, There is provided a method for receiving and placing an order for a product, wherein the product is ordered to the product supplier via the communication network at a determined delivery unit price and the total quantity. With this ordering method, it is possible to develop a joint purchase chain and reduce the purchase price of the retailer.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a computer connected to a terminal managed by a merchandise supplier and a terminal managed by a retailer via a communication network so as to be capable of data communication is provided from the retailer to the computer. Order receiving means for receiving an order for a product via a communication network, of the products received by the order receiving means, summing means for summing the order quantity for the same product, and a delivery unit price corresponding to the total quantity by referring to a database. A determination means is determined for each product, and a program for functioning as ordering means for ordering the product in the unit price and the total quantity determined by the determination means to the product supplier via the communication network is provided. . This allows the computer to operate in a joint purchasing chain and lowers retailer purchase prices.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, an outline of a product ordering / ordering system embodying the present invention will be described.

This ordering system for commodities is a system for opening an electronic marketplace (e-marketplace) on a communication network, and is suitable for a retailer whose business scale is small (hereinafter, referred to as “retail store”). It is a joint purchase chain. In this ordering system, manufacturers and wholesalers that supply products (hereinafter referred to as “manufacturers and wholesalers”), retail stores that sell products to consumers, and a joint purchase chain of multiple retail stores are required. The player is an operation agent processing company that performs the business, a carrier that transports the goods, and a billing agent that collects and pays for the goods.

In particular, the agent processing company is a player that mediates ordering and ordering operations between many retail stores (for example, 1000 or more) and many manufacturers and wholesalers (for example, 500 or more) for each product. . For this reason, from the viewpoint of the manufacturer / wholesaler, only the operation agency processing company may be a virtual business partner. For this reason, the maker / wholesaler can save troublesome work such as when directly dealing with a large number of retailers who mostly make small-scale product orders. Conversely, retailers participating in this ordering and ordering system can order small-scale merchandise orders from an operation agency processing company without hesitation, and enter into a joint purchase chain conducted by the operation agency processing company. In most cases, you can enjoy the quantity effect. The name of the operation processing agency is not limited to this, and may be various names such as “xxx center” and “xxx service company”.

This ordering system is operated on a membership system in which members are recruited in advance from both manufacturers / wholesalers and retail stores, and necessary information on companies and products is registered. The communication network is, for example, the Internet. The agent processing company is operated with a fee according to the membership fee and transaction amount from the member. The products sold by this ordering system are particularly suitable for mass-consuming products such as daily necessities and foodstuffs. In addition, as a product, a product for a service such as a ticket or a ticket can be ordered.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a hardware configuration of an ordering system that forms an e-marketplace.

This ordering system 10 is connected to the Internet 11 as a communication network and managed by an operation processing agency, a server system 12 and computers 13A, 13B of a plurality of manufacturers and wholesalers.
(Hereinafter, represented by reference numeral 13: referred to as a manufacturer / wholesaler computer), computers 14A of a plurality of retail stores, 1
4B,... (Hereinafter, represented by reference numeral 14: referred to as a retail terminal), computers 1 of at least one or more carriers
5 (hereinafter referred to as a carrier computer) and at least one or more billing agent computers 16 (hereinafter referred to as billing agent computers).

The server system 12 is, in terms of hardware, a web server 21 connected to the Internet 11.
And the business server 22 connected to the web server 21
(Composed of a plurality of server devices for load sharing), and a database 23 used for processing by the business server 22 and the web server 21.

The web server 21 has a communication function and an authentication function with the maker / wholesaler computer 13, the retail store terminal 14, the carrier computer 15, and the billing agent computer 16. The business server 22 is a member (manufacturer /
Registration of wholesalers and retailers), registration / update of product master,
It has functions such as receiving orders from retail stores, receiving orders including matching, ordering to manufacturers and wholesalers, processing transport instructions, billing, and searching the database 23. Database 2
3, a maker / wholesaler master, a merchandise master (including a table for matching each merchandise), and a retail store master are constructed. These masters are updated whenever necessary.

The web server 21 and the business server 2
In the second memories M1 and M2 (recording media), application programs for executing predetermined processing including the above-described processing are installed. This application runs on the operating system (OS) of the servers 21 and 22.

The manufacturer / wholesaler computer 13 is a general-purpose computer that functions as a terminal capable of bidirectional communication via the communication device 13x for each company. A browser is installed on the manufacturer / wholesale computer 13. As a result, the manufacturer / wholesaler can perform processing such as member registration, product master registration / update, product order receiving, billing, etc., on the server system 12 from the manufacturer / wholesaler computer 13 alone. In addition, manufacturers and wholesalers use this ordering / ordering system (e-
In the case of marketplace), it is only necessary to deal with the operation processing agency in terms of merchandise registration, order receiving, billing, etc., and it is not necessary to directly conduct business with many retail stores.

[0027] The retail store terminal 14 is a communication device 1 for each store.
It is composed of a general-purpose computer that functions as a terminal capable of bidirectional communication via 4x. The retailer terminal 14 has a browser installed. Thus, each retail store can perform processing such as member registration and product ordering from the terminal 14 to the server system 12 by itself. In this ordering / ordering system (e-marketplace), each retailer only needs to place an order with the operation processing agency, even if the order destination (manufacturer / wholesaler) of the product is distributed to a plurality of companies. There is no need to do business directly with many manufacturers and distributors.

To participate in the e-marketplace, each retail store only needs to prepare a general-purpose personal computer having a browser installed, enable connection to the Internet 11, and register as a member. For this reason, even a small retail store can reasonably participate in the e-marketplace.

The carrier computer 15 is connected to the Internet 11 via a communication device 15x. Similarly, the billing agent computer 16 communicates with the communication device 1.
It is connected to the Internet 11 via 6x.

The Internet 11 is a server system 1
The two-way communication between the client 2 and the unspecified number of clients 13 to 16 is performed under a predetermined communication protocol such as TCP / IP.

Next, an example of the overall operation of the ordering / ordering system 10 according to the present embodiment and its operational effects will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows the flow of the work performed among the manufacturer / wholesaler, retail store, operation agency processing company, carrier, and billing agency, as a preparation for the ordering / ordering system 10 in advance. , Member registration and product master registration are performed. Specifically, the maker / wholesaler who wants to be a member sends the information that satisfies the registration form shown in FIGS.
(Step S1, FIG. 2)
S2).

As shown in FIG. 3, a manufacturer (wholesale) code (assigned by an operation agency processing company), a manufacturer (wholesale) name, a postal code, an address, a representative telephone number, a representative Information such as name, access number, password, type of business / business, capital, annual sales, responsible department, department in charge, etc. is required.

To register the product master, as shown in FIG.
Manufacturer (wholesale) code, JICFS (JAN Item)
Code File Service) Classification Code, J
AN (Japanese Article Number)
(r Code) code, product name, desired selling price, order lot (piece), delivery unit price, order unit price, new product flag, recommended product flag, number of pieces, order unit, and the like.

In particular, the number of ordered lots and the delivery unit price (= ordered unit price) are items corresponding to one of the features of the present invention, and the larger the number of ordered lots from the operation agency processing company, the more the operation agency processing company (ie, , A retail store) is set as a storage table for each product so as to reduce the unit price of delivery.
This is based on the fact that the larger the order quantity of the same product, the larger the quantity effect in general, and is also a matter for negotiation between the manufacturer / wholesaler and the operation processing agency at the time of registration.

In this product registration, if the JAN code is duplicated, a notice such as the adoption of the product with the lower delivery price is sent from the operation agency processing company to the corresponding manufacturer.
Sent to wholesaler.

The retail store desiring to be a member sends the information to fill the registration form shown in FIG. 5 to the operation agency processing company and registers the ordering master in the database 23 of the server system 12 (FIG. 2, step). S3).

To register a retail store, as shown in FIG. 5, an ordering source code (assigned by the operation agency processing company), an ordering source name, a postal code, an address, a representative telephone number, a representative name, an access number, a password, Information such as the type of business / business, capital, annual sales, responsible department, department in charge, joint purchase category, and specification POS maker is required.

When the orderer master is created by this retailer registration, the business server 22 of the server system 12
Create a representative company code for each region. The representative company code is a group of retail stores that match the transport route of the carrier. Based on this representative company code, the efficiency of goods transportation is improved.

The above-described master registration process, that is, the processes of steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 2 are independent processes that do not depend on the temporal order.

In this ordering / ordering system 10, as the number of members and the number of products that can be handled increase, the principle of competition between manufacturers and wholesalers also acts, and it is expected that the products will be more active. , Register, update, and delete.

When the registration preparation is completed, the ordering / ordering system 10 is started up, and an e-marketplace using the communication network 11 is opened.

The operation associated with ordering goods in the e-marketplace will be described.

Each retail store sends, for example, product order data to the e-marketplace established by the business server 22 (FIG. 2: step S4). This order data transmission method includes:
A method of selecting order data by accessing the ordering site of the e-marketplace online, or a method of transmitting a data file to the server system 21 via an interface is provided.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the order (delivery) data. As shown in the figure, each retail store has an order source code, an order source name (retail store name), a representative company code, a representative company name, an order source store code, an order source store name, an order date, a maker (wholesale) code, a JICFS. Classification code, JAN code, product name, order unit, quantity, size, case, order quantity, order unit price,
Order amount, delivery quantity, delivery amount, delivery date, joint purchase category, order difference reason, confirmation date, and the like.

The order data is taken into the server system 12 and is subjected to an order receiving process including the following matching (FIG. 2, step S5). That is, the server system 12 extracts only the data of the joint purchase from the order data, and adds up the data of the representative company code for each product of the joint purchase. Then, the server system 12 matches the product to be ordered with the product master, extracts an order unit price corresponding to the order quantity, and returns the order unit price to the ordering retailer in, for example, a CVS format data format. . The order unit price (the unit price delivered to the manufacturer / wholesaler) determined by this matching is a price reflecting the effect of the joint purchase.

In this matching, if an order is placed for a product that is not handled, the product data is returned to the ordering source, and a notification that the product is not handled is given.

Here, the above-mentioned matching processing will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

In the server system 12, the business server 22 stands by while judging whether or not there is an order from a retail store (FIG. 7, step S401). This judgment is YE
S, that is, when there is an order, it is determined whether the order is a joint purchase or a direct purchase (step S402).

The direct purchase is a purchase method in which each retail store independently orders goods through an operation agency processing company. The direct purchase method has the advantage that each retailer can freely order products when necessary, but the effect of quantity is often not so expected.

On the other hand, the joint purchase is, as described above,
This is a purchase method in which a number of retailers jointly order one product, and aim to reduce the unit price (purchase price) based on the quantity effect. For this reason, even for the same product, the larger the number of joint purchases, the lower the order unit price. Although the joint purchase method has some restrictions on the timing of ordering as described later, an effect of suppressing the order unit price due to a large quantity effect can be expected. Therefore, each retailer can appropriately use joint purchase or direct purchase depending on the urgency of purchasing goods.

If the determination in step S402 is NO, that is, if it is a direct purchase, the business server 22 performs a predetermined direct purchase process (step S403). On the other hand, when the determination is YES, that is, in the case of joint purchase, the order data is read and stored (step S404). The reception of this joint purchase is continued until a certain time comes (step S4).
05). The acceptance period for this joint purchase is, for example, every half day, 1
It is set appropriately for each day, every two days, or the like.

When the reception period ends, the business server 22
Selects one representative company code predetermined for each district, for example, in ascending order, and then specifies one product (JAN code), for example, in ascending order (steps S406 and S407).

Next, the business server 22 proceeds to step S4
Sort the order data stored in 04 by product,
Calculate the number of joint purchase lots for each product (Step S40)
8). In other words, the number of lots of the joint purchase obtained by this calculation is a number represented as, for example, "370 sweets for the cherry blossom viewing company" xxx "in the" Shimbashi / Shinagawa "district".

After that, the business server 22 searches the product master of the database 23 with the product of the lot number obtained as described above, and determines whether or not the product master is registered in the master (steps S409 and S409). NO in this judgment,
That is, if the ordered product is not registered in the product master, each retail store is notified of the fact as described above (step S411). In this case, the aggregated data such as the lot number of unregistered products and the name of the area where the order was requested are stored in the e-marketplace.
Used as research data to work with wholesalers.

As a result of the above product master search, when it is determined that the product is registered (YE in step S410)
S), the business server 22 searches the number of ordered lots in the storage table in the master of the product with the total number of ordered lots as described above, and selects a corresponding order unit price (steps S412 and S413).

FIG. 8 schematically shows how the lot number is searched and the unit price is selected. Now, for example, a product “xx” manufactured by Company A
As for “x”, it is assumed that the number of ordered lots (pieces) and the delivery unit price (yen) of the product master are registered in advance as shown in FIG. In other words, as the number of ordered lots increases,
The delivery unit price is reduced for each category of the number of ordered lots according to the quantity effect.

Now, when the total number of ordered lots of the product “xxx” manufactured by Company A is 370, the lot number search determines the “251 to 400” lot number category including the 370 lots. This lot number division "251-400 pieces"
Is 890 yen. For this reason,
Product “xxx” manufactured by Company A: The delivery unit price (= order unit price) for the ordered lot number = 370 pieces is determined to be 890 yen. This is a lower purchase price due to the quantity effect of joint purchase, compared to a case where the order quantity is 12 units of the minimum unit and 980 yen.

This matching process is performed for all products and further for all representative company codes (all districts) (steps S414 and S415).

Next, the business server 22 creates order data including the delivery unit price (= order unit price) for each representative company code and product determined as described above (step S41).
6). Further, the delivery unit price for each product is calculated by the server system 1
2 is notified to the retail store through the retail store terminal 14 (step S417).

Items not handled by the ordering system are written on an electronic bulletin board established by the server system 12 and are provided for members to browse. This is effective for stimulating the principle of competition and revitalizing the e-marketplace, for example, a competitor who browses an unhandled product registers the product to handle the product.

When the order data (including the order lot and the order unit price) is determined for each representative company code and each product by the above matching, the order data is transmitted on-line to the corresponding maker / wholesaler in, for example, a CVS format. (FIG. 2, step S6). Thereby, an order for joint purchase is made. Further, the server system 12 notifies the representative company that the order has been confirmed in, for example, a CVS format, and each retail store receives the order confirmation notification individually via the representative company (FIG. 2, step S7). ). Further, the server system 12 also notifies the carrier computer 15 of the data related to the transportation out of the order data on-line as a product delivery command (step S8 in FIG. 2).

The manufacturer / wholesaler who has received the order arranges the ordered products and entrusts the delivery to the carrier, and the carrier delivers the products to each retail store based on the delivery entrustment contract (see FIG. 2, work W1). . In other words, the transport company goes to the manufacturer / wholesaler to receive the goods in accordance with the goods delivery instruction written in advance from the operation agency processing company, receives the goods, and delivers the goods to each retail store. At this time, the manufacturer / wholesaler may deliver to the joint delivery location specified by the operation agency processing company. In that case, the carrier receives the goods at such a joint delivery location and delivers the goods to each retail store.

The retail store that has received the product delivery inspects the product and performs a delivery confirmation input to the retail store terminal 14 (FIG. 2, step S9). At this time, if there is a difference between the order quantity and the arrival quantity of the product, or if the product is different, the information is also input. This input data is stored online in the server system 1.
Sent to 2.

In the server system 12 that has received the delivery confirmation input, the business server 22 performs a predetermined delivery confirmation process (step S10). Although not shown, the business server 22 sends a return or re-shipment command to the maker / wholesaler computer 13, the retailer terminal 14,
And / or to the carrier computer 15.

The maker / wholesaler confirms the transmitted delivery confirmation data and performs confirmation processing. As a result, this confirmation processing information is sent online from the manufacturer / wholesaler computer 13 to the server system 12 (step S).
11).

When the delivery confirmation processing is completed, the business server 22
Sends online the billing statement data of the goods to the computer 13 of the manufacturer / wholesaler, the terminal 15 of the corresponding retail store, and the computer 16 of the billing agent (steps S12a to 12c). This transmission is performed, for example, in a CSV format.

The billing agent bills the merchandise to the retail store and pays the merchandise to the manufacturer / wholesaler.

It should be noted that the burden of the transportation cost of the commodity in the above-mentioned joint purchase can take various forms. Preferably, the manufacturer / wholesaler pays for the joint distribution center set up for joint purchase, and the operating agent processing company pays the transportation costs to the remaining retail stores. In the e-marketplace, each retail store pays an operation fee to the operation processing company at a rate corresponding to the annual sales and the transaction amount of each month. For this reason, the transportation fee from the operation fee to the retail store is covered.

FIG. 9 shows a form of monthly billing data that the retail store receives from the operation processing agency. In this form, in addition to the total invoice amount of purchased goods, a registration fee to be paid to the investment agent processing company when becoming a member of this e-marketplace, a basic fee to be paid according to the annual sales and the transaction amount, and a consumption amount Fees are included.

In this embodiment, the web server 21 and the business server 22 cooperate to receive the order receiving means, summing means,
It has a determining means, an ordering means and a notifying means functionally.

According to the merchandise ordering system according to the present embodiment, this system can be opened even in a small-scale retail store with an initial investment for preparing a terminal device and connecting to the Internet or the like. You can participate in the e-marketplace. In this e-marketplace, the purchase price can be considerably reduced by simply ordering the merchandise to the operation agency processing company by the quantity corresponding to the sales power of the own shop, by the quantity effect based on the joint purchase chain. Therefore, this ordering and ordering system has been
Furthermore, it becomes an extremely effective product purchasing route for small-scale retailers who have lagged behind price competition with large stores and mass retailers in terms of human resources. As a result, retailers with small businesses can set retail prices that are comparable to large-scale retailers and mass retailers, which can contribute to increasing the ability to attract customers in local shopping districts, and in the hope of revitalizing the shopping districts it can.

Further, the joint purchase chain based on the e-marketplace is different from the joint purchase based on the affiliated stores such as the existing convenience stores, and it is easy for an individual store completely unrelated to the affiliates to easily participate. it can.

Further, the maker / wholesaler can do business with a large number of retail points behind it simply by making a virtual transaction with the operation agency processing company. Manufacturers and wholesalers can receive large orders and get new customers without being busy with the work required for many small orders.

Further, the e-marketplace can return small retail stores, which are often left behind in the valley of intense distribution competition in recent years, to product distribution, and the distribution business as a whole is a new business field. Can be created.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made based on the gist of the claims.

For example, the operation of collecting the product price from the retail store and paying the manufacturer / wholesaler may be performed by the operation processing agency company itself without depending on the billing agency.

In the above embodiment, the table schematically shown in FIG. 8 is used in the matching process for determining the total quantity (lot number) of the ordered products and the delivery unit price (order unit price). However, this may be performed by calculation. For example, an arithmetic expression in which the total quantity is compared with a predetermined reference quantity, and the difference becomes smaller, the discount rate increases, may be stored.

As a modified example of the above-described embodiment, a normal (proper) product is registered in a JICFS master of an operation processing agency by a predetermined procedure, while a new product or a recommended product is The information may be posted on a homepage created on the website of the agent processing company for each manufacturer and wholesaler, and an order may be received from this homepage. This homepage product can be registered in the JICFS master as well as the normal product. Items listed on the website include the product name, J
It is necessary to include the AN code, product image, manufacturer name, standard, capacity, release period, sales area, unit price, and number of lots.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the communication network is the Internet has been described, but a communication network using a public line, a dedicated line, or the like, or a transmission function from a user in BS digital broadcasting. May be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the client terminal used for accessing the server system online is described as a general-purpose personal computer.
This personal computer can be of any type, such as desktop, notebook, laptop, etc., as well as mobile phones, various mobile terminals with communication functions, and home appliances (products) with communication functions. Good.

[0082]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Because it is possible to develop a joint purchase chain with many retailers, due to its small business scale, even retailers with little financial and human resources can compete sufficiently with large stores and mass retailers. We can have product ordering power enough to obtain. In addition, in the valley of intense distribution competition in recent years, small-scale retail stores that are often left behind can be returned to commodity distribution.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a product ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a work flow illustrating a process (work) performed via a communication network between players executed in the ordering system.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a form when master information of manufacturers and wholesalers is registered.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a form when a product is registered as a master.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a form when a retail store registers an order source as master.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a form when filling in order delivery data.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of an order receiving process including matching executed by the business server.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining matching relating to joint purchase from a retail store.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a form of monthly billing data to a retail store.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Product Ordering System 11 Internet (Communication Network) 12 Server System 13 Manufacturer / Wholesaler Computer 14 Retailer Terminal 15 Carrier Terminal 21 Web Server 22 Business Server 23 Database (Maker / Wholesale Master, Product Master (Table for Matching) ), Retail store master)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A server system connected to a terminal managed by a product supplier and a terminal managed by a retailer via a communication network so as to be able to perform data communication, and the server system has a product ordering function. In the commodity ordering system, the server system stores, via the communication network, a database storing correspondence information indicating a delivery unit price for a quantity for each commodity registered in advance by the commodity supplier. Order receiving means for receiving an order for a product, summing means for summing up the order quantity for the same product among the products received by the order receiving means, and referring to the database, determining a delivery unit price corresponding to the total quantity for the product Deciding means, and a delivery unit price determined by the deciding means and the total number of the commodities are transmitted to the communication network. Ordering system of the product being characterized in that a purchase order unit for ordering the product supplier through. 2. The commodity ordering / ordering system according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence information of the database is a table, and the table divides the quantity of the commodity into a plurality of stages by a desired width. A delivery / ordering system for a product, wherein the delivery unit price is set for each quantity, and the delivery unit price is set to a value that decreases as the quantity increases. 3. The commodity ordering system according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit searches for the separated quantity range that matches the total quantity, and selects the delivery unit price assigned to the separated quantity range. Product ordering and ordering system. 4. The product ordering system according to claim 1, wherein said order receiving means is means for receiving said order during a predetermined period. 5. The commodity ordering system according to claim 1, wherein when the decision means refers to the table and cannot find a corresponding commodity, a notice to the effect that the commodity cannot be ordered is sent via the communication network. A product ordering / ordering system comprising a notification unit for notifying the retail store. 6. A method for receiving and ordering goods using a database storing correspondence information indicating a unit delivery price for a quantity of each product registered in advance by a goods supplier, wherein the goods are received from the retailer via a communication network. Received, and the order quantity is summed up for each same product among the ordered products, and the delivery unit price corresponding to the total quantity is determined for each product with reference to the database, and the determined delivery unit price and the total A method of receiving and placing an order for a quantity of the goods to the goods supplier via the communication network. 7. A computer connected to a terminal managed by a commodity supplier and a terminal managed by a retailer via a communication network so as to be able to perform data communication, and an order for goods is sent from the retailer via the communication network. Receiving means, receiving means, of the goods received by the receiving means, summing means for summing the order quantity for the same product, reference means for determining a delivery unit price corresponding to the sum quantity for each product by referring to a database, A program for functioning as ordering means for ordering the product of the unit price of delivery determined by the determining means and the combined quantity to the product supplier via the communication network.