JP2003050851A - Small article merchandise management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To separate merchandise and a medium having merchandise information recorded thereon, to improve picking work efficiency for small article merchandise, to end the collation of items/quantities, etc., and to cope with merchandise history tracking management (the management of lot numbers and the management of sales routes, etc.), as well. SOLUTION: A radio tag is housed near the frontage of a shelf where the merchandise is kept beforehand. The information of the radio tags picked for the same quantity as the merchandise on the basis of the information of a picking instruction book is read by a reader. Read data are gathered and controlled by a computer system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a small article management system and method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of an embodiment of a conventional small product picking (picking up: extracting a required quantity of products stored on a shelf for each product) method. Conventionally, a medium such as a bar code or a wireless tag 1 on which information about the product 2 is recorded is directly attached to the product 2. Then, the picking operator takes out the merchandise 2 from the frontage 4 of the shelf 3 that is stored based on the pre-output picking instruction, reads the merchandise 1 by item with the dedicated reading device 8, and collects the information of the merchandise 2 collected by picking. The data was transmitted temporarily to the computer system that manages this data after the temporary registration and after the picking work.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technique, even if picking a small product with a small amount, the reader must be brought to the site. Or, if you don't take the reading device to the site, you have to take the relevant product to the place where the reading device is, especially if you are in a hurry and you can not ship unless you register the product. In case it was inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is to separate a product from a medium on which product information is recorded to improve the picking work efficiency of small products.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a small product management system and method capable of managing the history tracking of products (management of lot numbers, management of sales channels, etc.) after collating the items and quantities.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a small article management system of the present invention is provided with a shelf having a frontage for storing merchandise and a shelf near the frontage of the shelf,
A wireless tag in which necessary information of the product is registered in advance, a reading device for reading information of the wireless tag picked by the same quantity as the product based on the information of the picking instruction, and data read by the reading device And a computer system for collecting and controlling the.

The management method for small articles of the present invention is as follows:
A wireless tag in which necessary information is registered in advance for a product is stored near the frontage of a shelf for storing the product, and the wireless tags are picked in the same quantity as the product based on the information in the picking instruction sheet. The information of the wireless tag is read by the reading device.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a small article management system and method according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

The RFID tag 11 in which necessary information for a product such as a product name and a manufacturing lot number is registered in advance is not attached to the product 12, but the same frontage 14 of the shelf 13 together with the product 12 is provided.
It is stored near (may be another frontage). The worker 15 picks the product 12 based on the information of the picking instruction sheet output in advance and prepares the cart 16
To load. At this time, the RFID tag 11 placed in the same frontage 14 in the bag (storage unit) 17 worn by the worker 15
You can pick up the same quantity as the product. This work is performed for all products listed in the picking instructions.

After the picking work is completed, the worker 15 moves the goods to the shipping standby area (or they may move together), and then moves to the dedicated reading device 18 of the wireless tag 11 in an office or the like, The information of the wireless tag 11 temporarily stored in the bag (housing) 17 is read. This dedicated reading device 1 can read the information of a plurality of wireless tags at one time. This dedicated reader can be composed of a known reader. This data is transmitted to the computer system 19 connected to the reading device 18, and is collated with the data of the picking instruction sheet, and the data such as the product name, the manufacturing lot number, and the quantity are managed as the picking actual data.

As a result, it is possible to provide a picking system that enables checking of items and quantities without bringing equipment into the field, and further, it is possible to reduce the trouble of inputting after returning to the office. It is possible to eliminate input mistakes such as the product name of the person.

In the above-described embodiment, when picking up the products 2, the same number of RFID tags 1 are picked. However, when importance is attached to the management of which lot of products 12 is shipped rather than the quantity. It is also possible to pick one RFID tag 11 at each frontage 14 and read the data. In this method, the quantity is not managed or it must be dealt with by another method such as manual input. However, when an abnormality is found in the lot of the shipping product 12, the shipping destination of the product 12 of the same lot is sent to the computer system. 19
It is also possible to track from.

Further, when the bag 17 is not near, the same effect can be obtained by using a pocket of work clothes, or if a small amount of the bag 17 is brought by hand.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the same number of RFID tags as the picked products are moved to the reading device to read the RFID tag information without attaching the RFID tags to the small items, it is possible to use both hands during the picking work. Can be used freely, and it is possible to collect picking performance data in an environment where a reader cannot be brought into the field. Furthermore, it is possible to realize picking of small products that allows even a worker with a low level of proficiency to safely perform picking work. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the product and its external image are not damaged because the RFID tag is not attached to the product.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of an example of a conventional picking method when history management is performed.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Wireless tag 12 ... Product 13 ... Shelf 14 ... Frontage 15 ... Worker 16 ... carriage 17 ... bag 18 ... reading device 19 ... Computer system

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shelf having a frontage for storing merchandise, a radio tag placed near the frontage of the shelf, in which necessary information of the merchandise is registered in advance, and the information based on information of a picking instruction sheet. A small article product management system comprising: a reading device that reads the information of the RFID tags picked up by the same quantity as a product; and a computer system that collects and controls the data read by the reading device. 2. A wireless tag in which necessary information for a product is registered in advance is stored near a frontage of a shelf for storing the product, and the same number of the wireless tags as the product are stored based on information of a picking instruction sheet. A method of managing small articles, comprising picking and reading the information of the RFID tags by the reading device.