JP2002324276A - Method and device for managing merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for managing merchandise which facilitates registering of unregistered merchandise. SOLUTION: The merchandise managing device is provided with a merchandise master 5A storing a barcode given to merchandise in order to identify the merchandise and merchandise information corresponding to a JAN code shown by the barcode, and manages the merchandise by using the master 5A. Furthermore, the merchandise managing device is provided with a touch scanner 1 for reading the barcode of the merchandise, a processor 6 which investigates whether the JAN code shown by the barcode read by the scanner 1 is stored in the master 5A and prepares a temporary registration slip displaying the JAN code when the JAN code is not stored in the master 5A, and a printer 4 for outputting the temporary registration slip prepared by the processor 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product management method and a product management device for managing products,
The present invention relates to a merchandise management method and a merchandise management device that manage merchandise using an S system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art POS (point of point) for managing products, etc.
The sales) system is used in stores that sell products. The POS system reads a barcode displayed on a product by a scanner, and sells and manages the product based on the read data. The barcode is 13
This is a common product code that represents products with digits
(Japanese article number) code.

[0003] Since a JAN code is composed of only numbers, when selling or managing a product by a POS system, it is necessary to make the product correspond to the JAN code.
For this reason, in the POS system, a JAN code and product information corresponding to the JAN code are registered in a product master in advance. The product information registered in the product master includes, for example, the name of the product, the price of the product, the department of the product, and the appropriate stock. Further, it is necessary to register information of all products handled in stores and the like in the product master.

Normally, when a scanner reads a barcode, the POS system refers to a product master and checks product information corresponding to the JAN code indicated by the barcode. Then, when there is product information corresponding to the read barcode, the POS system stores sales information indicating the quantity of the sold products and the like in the sales file. The POS system performs such sales processing.

By the way, the information read by the scanner is
If the product is not registered in the product master, the POS system issues a warning indicating that the product is not registered and performs a temporary registration process of storing the product in a temporary registration file. In the temporary registration process, temporary registered sales information indicating the sales of the sold product and temporary registered product information indicating the JAN code, department, and price of the product are stored in the temporary registration file.

Thereafter, when the unregistered merchandise is sold again, the POS system refers to the temporary registration file and performs a temporary registration process without outputting a warning.

[0007]

The POS system described above has the following problems. That is, when there is an unregistered product, the POS system registers the temporarily registered product in the product master at the time of settlement, for example, and outputs information on the registered temporarily registered product. In this case, the temporarily registered product information to be output includes a JAN code, a product section, and a product price. That is, the product information related to the JAN code is not output because it is unknown at the time of settlement.

[0008] When the settlement information is output, the user of the POS system operates the POS system based on the settlement information in order to make a real registration, and performs other operations related to the JAN code (JAN code, department code). , Price) must be manually entered. As a result, the temporarily registered product is formally registered in the product master, and can be used for functions other than sales processing.

However, when the number of unregistered products increases, J
It is difficult to check the product information corresponding to the AN code, and therefore, the maintenance time of the product master becomes long.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to provide a product management method and a product management device which solve the above-mentioned problems and facilitate registration of unregistered products.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a product management method according to the present invention includes a bar code attached to a product for identifying the product and a common product code indicated by the bar code. In a product management method for managing products using a product master that stores corresponding product information, it is checked whether a common product code indicated by the read barcode is stored in the product master, When a code is not stored in the product master, a temporary registration slip displaying the common product code is output.

[0012] In the merchandise management method, a bar code indicating the common merchandise code is displayed on the temporary registration slip.

[0013] The product management apparatus of the present invention includes a product master storing a barcode attached to the product for identifying the product and product information corresponding to the common product code indicated by the barcode. , Using this product master,
In a product management device that manages products, a reading unit that reads a barcode of a product, and checks whether a common product code indicated by the barcode read by the reading unit is stored in the product master. When it is not stored in the product master, the processing means creates a temporary registration slip displaying the common product code, and outputs the temporary registration slip created by the processing means.

In the merchandise management apparatus, the processing means displays a barcode indicating the common merchandise code on the temporary registration slip when creating the temporary registration slip.

According to the merchandise management method and the merchandise management apparatus, when the merchandise is not registered in the merchandise master, a temporary registration slip including a JAN code is output on the spot. Thereafter, if the user associates the JAN code with the product using the temporary registration slip, the final registration becomes easier.

If a bar code is displayed on the temporary registration slip, the JAN code can be easily entered at the time of the main registration.

[0017]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a product management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The product management device in FIG. 1 includes a touch scanner 1, an input device 2,
A display device 3, a printing device 4 as an output device, a storage device 5, and a processing device 6 as a processing device are provided.

The touch scanner 1 is operated by a POS system user. The touch scanner 1 reads a barcode displayed on a product, and sends the read information to the processing device 6. The input device 2 is operated by a user of the POS system. The input device 2 receives information related to sales, product name such as product name, product price, product section and proper stock, and the like. Input device 2
Sends the input information to the processing device 6.

The display device 3 displays a JAN code read by the touch scanner 1 and information input to the input device 2 under the control of the processing device 6. Printing device 4
Prints a receipt indicating information on sales on paper under the control of the processing device 6 and outputs it. The printing device 4 prints and outputs a temporary registration slip described in detail later.

The storage device 5 is a device for storing information, and has a product master 5A, a temporary registration file 5B, and a sales file 5C therein.

The merchandise master 5A stores merchandise information indicating the name of the merchandise, the price of the merchandise, the department of the merchandise, the proper stock, etc. under the control of the processing device 6. The temporary registration file 5B is
Under the control of the processing device 6, when the product is unregistered, temporary registered sales information indicating the sales of the product and temporarily registered product information indicating the JAN code, department, and price of the product are stored. The sales file 5C stores sales information indicating the number of sold products and the like.

When the processing device 6 receives the JAN code and the product information corresponding to the JAN code from the input device 2 after receiving the instruction indicating the input of the product information, the processing device 6 stores the information in the storage device 5 in the storage device 5. It is stored in the master 5A.
As a result, the merchandise handled at the store or the like is stored in the merchandise master 5A.
Registered in.

Upon receiving the barcode information from the touch scanner 1, the processing device 6 refers to the product master 5A,
It is checked whether the JAN code indicated by the barcode has been registered. When the JAN code is registered in the product master 5A, the processing device 6 performs sales processing with reference to the product master 5A. That is, the processing device 6 stores the sales information indicating the quantity of the sold products and the like in the sales file 5C.

When receiving the barcode information from the touch scanner 1, the processing device 6 displays a warning on the display device 3 when the JAN code is not registered in the product master 5A. At the same time, the processing device 6 performs a temporary registration process.
That is, the processing device 6 stores the sales file (temporarily registered sales information indicating the sales of the sold product) and the temporarily registered product information indicating the JAN code, the department, and the price of the product in the temporary registration file 5B.

At this time, the processing device 6 performs a temporary slip processing for creating and outputting a temporary registration slip. That is, the processing device 6 creates the temporary registration slip 51 shown in FIG. Further, the processing device 6 stores the date / time column 51A of the temporary registration slip 51.
, The date and time when the temporary registration was made, and the serial registration number in the temporary registration number column 51B. In the barcode column 51C, enter the barcode representing the JAN code,
Write the JAN code in the product column 51D. Section column 51E
, The section code and the section name are entered, and the unit price of the product is entered in the unit price field 51F. The processing device 6 has a person in charge column 51H.
Enter the cashier's name in Also, the MEMO column 51G
Is entered by the user of the merchandise management apparatus.

The processing device 6 creates such a temporary registration slip and controls the printing device 4 to output the temporary registration slip.

The configuration of the product management device has been described above. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user of the product management device applies the touch scanner 1 to the bar code attached to the product, the bar code read by the touch scanner 1 is sent to the processing device 6 (step S1). Upon receiving the barcode, the processing device 6 refers to the product master 5A (step S2), and determines whether the JAN code of this barcode is registered in the product master 5A (step S2).
3).

When the JAN code is registered in the product master 5A, the processing device 6 performs the above-mentioned sales processing (step S4). If the JAN code is not registered in the product master 5A, the processing device 6 performs the above-described temporary registration process. That is, the processing device 6 stores the sales file (temporarily registered sales information indicating the sales of the sold product) and the temporarily registered product information indicating the JAN code, the department, and the price of the product in the temporary registration file 5B (step S5). ). After step S5, the processing device 6 creates a temporary registration slip (step S6) and sends the created temporary registration slip to the printing device 4
Is controlled and output (step S7).

When the temporary registration slip is output, the user of the merchandise management apparatus writes the name of the temporarily registered merchandise in the MEMO column of the temporary registration slip, and uses the temporary registration slip at the time of settlement to use the product master. The main registration process of 5A is performed. At this time, the user
The barcode printed on the temporary registration slip is read by the touch scanner 1, and the main registration process is performed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, if there is an unregistered product, a temporary registration slip can be output immediately. As a result, the user of the merchandise management device can easily perform the main registration process using the temporary registration slip. In particular, the barcode of unregistered products is printed on the temporary registration slip, and the temporary registration slip has a MEMO column. Can be found.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention. For example, the entries on the temporary registration slip are not limited to those shown in FIG. 3, and the entries can be increased or decreased.

In the present embodiment, the touch scanner 1 is used as a scanner.
For example, it is of course possible to use a fixed scanner.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a bar code of an unregistered product is read, a temporary registration slip can be output on the spot. by this,
The user of the merchandise management device can easily perform the main registration processing using the output temporary registration slip.

Further, according to the present invention, since the bar code of the unregistered product is printed on the temporary registration slip, it is possible to easily and reliably input the unregistered product during the main registration process.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a product management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a temporary registration slip.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure performed by the product management device in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Touch scanner 2 Input device 3 Display device 4 Printing device 5 Storage device 5A Product master 5B Temporary registration file 5C Sales file 6 Processing device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A product is managed using a product master storing a barcode attached to the product to identify the product and product information corresponding to a common product code indicated by the barcode. In the product management method, it is determined whether or not the common product code indicated by the read barcode is stored in the product master. If the common product code is not stored in the product master, a temporary display of the common product code is performed. A product management method characterized by outputting a registration slip. 2. The product management method according to claim 1, wherein a bar code indicating the common product code is displayed on the temporary registration slip. 3. A product master storing a barcode attached to the product for identifying the product and product information corresponding to the common product code indicated by the barcode, and using the product master. A merchandise management device that manages merchandise; reading means for reading a bar code of the merchandise; and checking whether or not a common merchandise code indicated by the bar code read by the reading means is stored in the merchandise master. When a code is not stored in the product master, processing means for creating a temporary registration slip displaying the common product code, and output means for outputting the temporary registration slip created by the processing means are provided. Product management device. 4. The merchandise management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processing unit displays a barcode indicating the common merchandise code on the temporary registration slip when creating the temporary registration slip.