JP2002329259A - System for transmitting pos message - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for directly transmitting sales information to a merchandise supplying company, etc., in real time when merchandise is sold at a store. SOLUTION: In a POS system comprising a POS terminal, a head office server, other computers and a network connecting the POS terminal, the POS server and the other computers, the POS terminal is provided with a sales registering means, a preparing means for preparing transmission information from a plurality of transmission destinations of sales information and sales information in each of the transmission destinations, and a transmitting means for transmitting the transmission information to the transmission destinations, and the head office server and the other computers are provided with a receiving means for receiving the transmission information from the POS terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS system for transmitting sales registration and sales information to a plurality of destinations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional POS system. P
The OS terminal A1 and the POS terminal B2 are connected to the head office server 4 via the network 3. Network 3 is LAN or WAN. The WAN uses a dedicated line or a public line network. The sales information registered in all the POS terminals is sent to the headquarters server 4 and totaled. The merchandise was ordered from the merchandise supplier based on the aggregated data, merchandise inventory data, sales forecast, and the like. The merchandise supplier prepares a delivery plan for the ordered merchandise based on the order. If the product is not in stock, order or manufacture it from another company. In addition, it is presumed that the product is sold from the order form from the store. FIG. 2 shows an example of a conventional PLU (price look-up). The PLU table contains a product code, a product name, and a selling price. PLU
Also includes items related to taxes, discounts, discounts, etc.

[0003]

In the conventional POS system, sales information is compiled in the head office server, and the information is not sent directly to the product supplier, but is indirectly sent to the product supplier in ordering. Delivered. In such a system, a long time lag occurs between the time when the system is sold at the store and the time when the manufacturer produces it, and an excessive inventory is required to cover the time lag. If the product runs out, it takes a long time to replenish it.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the POS system of the present invention provides means for directly transmitting real-time sales information to a product supplier or the like when a product is sold at a store.

[0005]

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

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the entire system. The POS terminal A10 at the store is connected to the Internet via the router 94
Connected to 90. Although not shown in the figure, it is usually connected to the Internet 90 via a firewall or the like for security. Access to the Internet 90 may be through an ISP or the like. The head office server 81 of the POS terminal A10 and the computers 82 and 83 of the product supply company are also connected to the Internet 90. The POS terminal A10, the head office server 81, and the computers 82 and 83 of the commodity supplier all have a function of transmitting and receiving a message and an address. POS terminal A
The address of 10 is posa@nagano.co.jp and the head office server 8
The address of 1 is sale@nagano.co.jp, the address of the computer 82 of the product supplier is sale@shinshu.co.jp, and the address of the computer 83 of the product supplier is sa
le@matumoto.co.jp. The processing of the POS terminal will be described with reference to FIG.

[0007] Sales registration is usually performed by scanning a barcode printed on a product with a barcode scanner to obtain a product code, and using the product code as a key, PLU12 (price).
search-up) to get the product price and product name.
After scanning all products, calculate the total sales and tax, make a payment, print a receipt, and save the sales information. The receipt 20 in FIG. 5 is an example of a sales receipt. FIG. 6 shows an example 21 of a message sent to the head office server 81. A message including all the sold products is sent to the head office server 81. The message includes the transmission destination, transmission source, sales, product code, quantity, sales price, tax, discount, payment method, transaction number, POS ID, store name, operator, sales date and time, and the like.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show an example of a message transmitted to a product supplier. After the sales registration, the sales destination is acquired by referring to the PLU 12 for each product sold. Next, messages 22 and 23 are created for each destination by sorting for each destination. Only the sales information relating to the merchandise of the company is sent to the merchandise supplier. The message 22 is sent to Matsumoto Bento Co., Ltd., and includes only the curtain and the bird lunch, which are products of Matsumoto Bento Co., Ltd. The tax and total are recalculated based on the product and quantity included in the message 22. The message 23 addressed to Shinshu Beer Co., Ltd. contains only beer. FIG. 9 shows an example of a PLU having one transmission destination for each product. Since one destination is included for each product in the PLU table, the destination can be obtained from the product code.

FIG. 10 shows a PLU having two destinations for each product.
31 shows an example. The destination 1 is, for example, a maker, and the destination 2 is, for example, a wholesaler. If the transmission destination is further added to the PLU 31, the sales information can be simultaneously transmitted to all the companies, departments, and individuals who handle the products. This can streamline all stages of product manufacture and distribution. FIG. 11 shows an example of the PLU 32 having a transmission destination pointer for each product. The PLU 32 is searched using the product code, and the destination Ponta is acquired. Next, the destination table 33 is searched with the pointer and the destination 1
And transmission destination 2 are obtained. Thereby, the transmission destination can be additionally changed without changing the PLU.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the sales information is transmitted in real time to the goods supply company when the goods are sold at the store, so that the excess inventory can be reduced and the replenishment period of the stockout can be reduced. Can be minimized. In addition, since the status of sales can be understood in real time, production plans can be made accurately and promptly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a conventional POS system.

FIG. 2 shows a conventional PLU.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment of a POS system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an embodiment of a processing flow of a POS terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a receipt according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an embodiment of a message sent to the head office server of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a message sent to a product supplier according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the message sent to the product supplier of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an example of a PLU table according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the PLU table of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of a PLU table including a transmission destination table according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 POS Terminal 2 POS Terminal 3 Network 4 Headquarters Server 5 PLU Table 10 POS Terminal 11 Sales Registration 12 PLU 13 Message Creation 14 Message Transmission 20 Receipt 21 Transmission Message 22 Transmission Message 23 Transmission Message 30 PLU Table 31 PLU Table 32 PLU Table 33 Transmission Destination table 81 Computer connected to network 82 Computer connected to network 83 Computer connected to network 90 Internet 91 Router 92 Router 93 Router 94 Router

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A POS system comprising a POS terminal, a headquarters server, another computer, and a network connecting the POS terminal, the POS server, and the other computer, wherein the POS terminal has sales registration means and sales information. A plurality of transmission destinations, a generating unit for generating transmission information from the sales information for each transmission destination, and a transmission unit for transmitting the transmission information to the transmission destination, wherein the headquarters server and the other computer are the POS terminal A POS message transmission system comprising a receiving unit for receiving the transmission information from a POS message. 2. The POS message transmission system according to claim 1, wherein said sales information has a transmission destination for each product in a PLU in said sales registration means. 3. The POS message transmission system according to claim 2, wherein said sales information has a plurality of transmission destinations for each product in a PLU in said sales registration means. 4. In the POS system, a pointer of a destination of the sales information is set to a PLU in the sales registration means.
POS message transmission system characterized by having 5. The POS message transmitting system according to claim 1, wherein each of the sales information destinations has a PLU. 6. A POS message transmission system according to claim 1, wherein information is transmitted to said transmission destination via the Internet. 7. In the POS system, the information is X
A POS message transmission system that transmits in ML format. 8. The POS message transmitting system according to claim 1, wherein said information is transmitted by electronic mail.