JP2003141224A - Physical distribution division system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of dividing merchandise so that the merchandise are delivered to the respective shipping destinations even in the case of the merchandise the quantity of which is fluctuated, to collect data of shipping quantity, etc., to the respective shipping destinations and to provided a system useful for product plans, etc., next year. SOLUTION: This physical distribution division system is provided with a merchandise distribution information retrieving part having a shipping request information storage part and an arrival merchandise information storage part, for reading shipping request information of merchandise to be divided from the shipping request information storage part and for reading arrival merchandise information of the merchandise to be divided from the arrival merchandise information storage part, a screen structure display part for displaying a merchandise division input screen on which the shipping request information and the arrival merchandise information are displayed and a shipment information storage part for storing merchandise division information for determining the shipping quantity to the respective shipping destinations in the shipment information storage part when the merchandise division information is inputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to delivering fruits and vegetables such as vegetables and fruits, or products (agricultural products) having characteristics such as flowers and trees from a production site or an intermediate distribution center to a plurality of shipping destinations. The present invention relates to a system for determining the delivery quantity to each shipping destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With regard to products such as fruits and vegetables such as vegetables and fruits, flowers and trees, the quantity, size and quality of the harvested products vary depending on the season and the weather. Therefore, in the production area, there may be a case where it is necessary to ship fruits and vegetables whose contents and quantity are different from those when the shipping request is issued. In particular, such a situation occurs when the quantity is insufficient due to sudden changes in weather or irregularity. The situation is similar at intermediate distribution centers, and not only fluctuations at the production site, but quality and quantity change on a daily basis for some reason during or after transportation.

It is necessary to supply fruits and vegetables every day, and it is necessary to ship commodities whose quantity and quality often fluctuate to each shipping destination. If the number of shipments is short or there is a shipping destination with zero shipments, it is virtually the same as ignoring the shipping request, and the store shelves will be empty at the store where the goods do not arrive It will be.

Since the conventional distribution of fruits and vegetables is carried out exclusively by verbal instructions while observing the actual products at the site,
It is difficult to keep a record of which fruits and vegetables were delivered to which production area and where, and to issue shipping slips.
Therefore, the actual situation is that physical distribution management is hardly done.

Furthermore, since individual data for each fruit and vegetable in the previous year cannot be collected, it is difficult to make a production plan for each fruit and vegetable at each production site in the following year, and it is also difficult for a store to make a sales plan. It is in.

As a prior art relating to distribution management of foods, agricultural products, etc., there is a production distribution management system for agricultural products which establishes a network between a producer and a purchaser and adjusts production reservations and purchase wishes. No.

[0007] Similarly, a support system for an agricultural product distribution work that compares the planned shipment amount of the agricultural product with the arrival amount and updates the planned shipment amount based on a predetermined algorithm is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-22.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2558.

Further, regarding the inventory management of the products in the food distribution center, the appropriateness of the products is to carry out the receipt / shipment schedule for a plurality of days and the logical inventory management, and to prompt the order recommendation for the products below the minimum stock number in order to prevent the stockout. An inventory management method is disclosed in JP-A-9-114898.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a system capable of distributing and shipping products so that the products can be distributed to a plurality of shipping destinations, even if the quantity and quality of the products often change for some reason. The challenge is to provide.

In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system capable of shipping a product to a plurality of shipping destinations even if the quantity of the product is insufficient for some reason.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system that collects data on how many products have been shipped to each shipping destination and is useful for production planning for the next year.

[0012] In particular, when the product is a product (agricultural product) having characteristics such as fruits and vegetables, flowers, and trees, it is also an object to provide a system suitable for shipping management of those products.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer system for managing a shipping status of a product at a distribution stage, including a shipping request information storage unit storing shipping request information of the product, and a product. And the shipment request information storage unit that stores the receipt information of the product, and reads out one or more shipment request information of the goods to be unloaded from the shipping request information storage unit, and also becomes the unloaded object from the arrival information storage unit. It has a screen configuration display section that displays the distribution information search that reads out the arrival information of the products and the distribution input screen that displays the shipping request information and the arrival information, and determines the shipment quantity to each shipping destination. It is a distribution distribution system having a shipping information storage unit for storing the distribution information in the shipping information storage unit when the shipping information is input.

With this configuration, it is possible to determine the number of distributions of goods to each shipping destination (shipping) and the shipping destination while comparing a plurality of shipping requests with the quantity of shipments from a plurality of receiving destinations. Therefore, it is difficult to generate a shipping destination with a shipping amount of zero. In addition, since it is possible to collect data on how many products have been shipped to each shipping destination, it is possible to use the data for production planning for the next year.

The invention according to claim 2 has a quantity comparison unit for comparing the arrival quantity of the goods to be unloaded and the minimum quantity of the goods required for the unpacking, and the arrival quantity is necessary for the unpacking. The physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising a warning display portion for displaying a warning message on the screen when the quantity is below the minimum quantity.

With this configuration, it is possible to previously recognize the shortage of the number of products when the goods are distributed to a plurality of shipping destinations.

The invention according to claim 3 has a quantity comparison unit for comparing the arrival quantity of the goods to be unloaded and the minimum quantity of the goods required for the unpacking, and the arrival quantity is required for the unpacking. The physical distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising a minimum quantity distribution unit that allocates a minimum distribution quantity corresponding to the minimum quantity to each shipping destination when the quantity is equal to or more than the minimum quantity.

With this configuration, at least the minimum distribution number of products can be distributed to each shipping destination, so that there is no possibility of a shipping destination having a shipping number of zero.

The invention according to claim 4 is the physical distribution system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the minimum quantity is a number proportional to the number of shipping request destinations.

With this configuration, since the minimum quantity of commodities proportional to the number of shipping request destinations is distributed to each shipping destination, there is no possibility that a shipping destination with zero shipping number occurs.

The invention according to claim 5 is the physical distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the minimum quantity is the same as the number of shipping request destinations.

With this configuration, at least one shipping destination is provided.
Since it is possible to carry out the distribution of the goods, the possibility that a shipping destination with a zero shipment quantity will occur is reduced.

The invention according to claim 6 has a product distribution unit that sequentially allocates to each shipping destination the number of received stocks obtained by subtracting the minimum quantity from the received quantity in proportion to the number of orders from each shipping destination. Item 3. The distribution system according to Item 3.

With this configuration, in addition to the minimum quantity, the number of products proportional to the number of orders is distributed to each shipping destination.
Even if the number of products is insufficient, the distribution is relatively fair,
Moreover, there is no shipping destination with zero distribution.

In the invention according to claim 7, the similar product search unit for searching the arrival information storage unit for the arrival information of the similar product of the product to be unloaded and the arrival information of the similar product are searched, Combined with the arrival information of the product to be loaded that has been read in advance, it is used as the arrival information of the product, and the screen configuration display section uses the arrival information of this product and the shipping request information of the product to be the loading target. The physical distribution distribution system according to the invention of claim 1, wherein the load input screen is reconstructed and displayed.

With this configuration, when the quantity of the goods to be loaded is insufficient, it is possible to use the similar goods to compensate for the shortage of the quantity of the goods.

The invention described in claim 8 is the distribution distribution system according to the invention of claim 1, which has a shipping slip printing section for printing out the distribution information separately for each shipping destination.

With this configuration, it is possible to ship to each shipping destination with a shipping slip.

The invention according to claim 9 is the distribution distribution system according to the invention of claim 1, wherein the product is a fruit or vegetable.

With this configuration, it is possible to distribute the fruits and vegetables to each shipping destination in response to changes in product quality and quantity due to seasonal and weather conditions peculiar to fruits and vegetables, troubles during transportation, and the like.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, and this system is an example provided in a physical distribution center in charge of intermediate distribution between a production site and a store.

First, the storage section of the physical distribution system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

The shipping request information storage section stores shipping request information, which is a set of request contents for shipping products from each store. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a table in which shipping request information is stored. Here, shipping request number, distributor name, distributor order number, order date, product name, place of origin, size, grade, quantity, packing unit, packing quantity, shipping unit price, total shipping quantity, shipping destination, shipping destination, shipping Items such as number, desired delivery date, planned shipping date, and shipping date are provided, and information corresponding to each item is stored. At the time of a shipping request from each retailer, it is often specified that one request should ship a plurality of products to a plurality of branch offices. A different number is assigned to each branch. The shipping request number is automatically assigned when data is input. The order date is the date on which the shipping request from the store is accepted. The product name is a general classification of fruits and vegetables such as "mandarin oranges" and "apples", and the size and grade of the fruits and vegetables and a certain processing state are added according to the custom in the industry. It is also possible to use. For example, "apple (M size)", "wild vegetable mix", and the like. The production area indicates the extent of the prefecture. This is because the production areas of various fruits and vegetables can be specified to some extent in prefectures. The size and grade indicate the size and quality of the product, and specify the specifications of the product desired by each store. The quantity is the quantity with one product as a unit. A packing unit is a unit in which a plurality of products are physically grouped and handled, such as one bag or one box. The number of packages is a quantity with one package unit. The number of shipping destinations indicates the number of branches that have received orders for shipping the same product from among the branches of each sales outlet. The shipping date column stores the shipping date when the shipping is actually finished.

The arrival information storage unit stores information on the products received from the production place to the distribution center, and the arrival content information for each arrival and for each product is stored in each column.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a table storing arrival information. This table contains the arrival date, arrival number, product number,
Stored is information such as the place of origin, the origin of delivery, the size, the grade, the quantity, the packing unit, the number of packings, the unit price, the total amount, and the like, which are fixed by the inspection at the time of the arrival. The arrival number is automatically numbered according to the data input at the time of arrival of the goods, and when a plurality of goods arrives from one arrival source, the arrival number is added to each of the goods. The origin of the shipment is a collection agricultural cooperative or a collection company that deals with fruits and vegetables in each production area. Further, a flag for confirmation is set in the division decision field when the division is confirmed.

The screen information storage unit displays standard product specification screen information for specifying which product is to be unloaded immediately after the start of processing, and information for unpacking. Stored are the standard load input screen information for input, the standard similar product search screen information for searching and adding similar products, and the like.

The product specification screen is provided with a field for inputting a product number or a product name for specifying a product to be loaded. Furthermore, it is possible to input information necessary for finely specifying the product, such as the production area, grade, and size of the product. Further, a window for inputting a desired delivery date of the shipping destination, a search button for starting a product search, and a cancel button for interrupting the processing are provided.

Next, an example of a load input screen is shown in FIG. Figure 4
In the above, conditions for searching for products are displayed on the upper part, and a list-formatted arrival information display unit for displaying the products searched for as a cargo to be loaded is provided. Below that, there is provided a column for displaying the total number of retrieved products. To the right of the item, there is provided a product addition button for searching for similar products from the stock and adding them to the product list when the number of products does not reach the minimum quantity required for loading. Below that, a button is provided to move to the process of newly placing an additional order (the explanation is omitted) and to end the cargo-loading work when there is no similar item in stock or there is not enough similar item. At the bottom of the screen, the contents of the request from the store requesting the shipment are displayed, and a distribution information input unit for inputting the distribution contents is provided in a list form. In the list, the shipping destination and the number of shipping requests show the data of the shipping request searched by the loading information search section, and the fields of the receipt number, the number of packages, the number of shipping packages, and the planned shipping date are entered. This is a possible field. Below that, a load confirmation button is provided. This button is used to store the load information in the storage unit and to send an instruction to print the merchandise slip to the printer by clicking after inputting the load.

By using this screen, it is possible to determine the number of items to be packed while comparing the arrival information and the shipping request status regarding a specific product, and to determine the items to be packed based on a plurality of items of incoming information and a plurality of shipping requests. Products such as fruits and vegetables that require complicated cargo handling that must be shipped,
It is possible to distribute cargo without making mistakes such as zero shipment.

An example of the similar product search screen is shown in FIG. Figure 5
In, there is a window in the center for entering search conditions,
The product name, product number, production area, grade, size, and arrival date can be entered. Of these, the product name or product number and the arrival date are two required input items, and the other items are optional input items. Below the input window, a cancel button, a reference button, and a search button are provided. The cancel button is a button for returning to the original screen without performing a similar product search. The reference button is a button for referring to the table regarding the item of this window when the cursor is in the input window to be input. The search button is a button for starting a similar product search after the search conditions are completed.

The shipment information storage unit stores the distribution information displayed on the screen when the distribution confirmation button is clicked in the table shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the shipping number, the shipping destination, the receiving number, the number of shipments, the packing unit, the number of packings,
Stored are data such as planned shipping date, shipping flight, product number, arrival date, and arrival number. The shipping number is automatically assigned to each shipping destination and each shipping flight.

The product name, product number, grade, size,
Data such as the unit, the place of origin, the code number of the receiving party are stored in the product table. With respect to the delivery source, the delivery source name, the delivery source code number, the address, the fax number, the telephone number, the person in charge, the e-mail address, etc. are stored in the delivery source table. The product table and the receipt source table are related by using the receipt source code number as a key. The name, code number, address, fax number, telephone number, name of person in charge, e-mail address, etc. of each shipping destination are stored in the shipping destination table. These tables are stored in the memory as a relational database,
Not shown in FIG.

Next, the processing section of the system shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The product specification screen display section reads out the standard product specification screen information from the screen information storage section at the start of the process and displays it on the screen.

When the search button on the product specification screen is clicked, the distribution information search unit stores the arrival information storage unit under a search condition in which the product number etc. entered on the screen match and the distribution determination flag is not set. It searches and sends the data of the retrieved in-stock items to the load distribution screen configuration display section. In addition, the shipment request information storage section is searched under the search condition in which the desired delivery date and the product number match each other, and the planned shipping date has not yet been input,
The retrieved shipping request data is sent to the loading screen configuration display section.

The load distribution screen configuration display unit reads the load distribution input screen information from the screen information storage unit, and configures the load distribution input screen using the data of the received goods retrieved by the load distribution information search unit and the shipping request data. And display it. Also, if similar products are searched, add that data to the data of the received products,
Reconfigure and display the cargo entry screen. Further, when the minimum number of distributions to each shipping destination is assigned, the data is added to reconfigure and display the load sharing input screen.

The quantity comparison unit compares the total number of the received goods displayed on the cargo input screen with the total number of the shipment requested goods, and the number of the received goods is the minimum quantity required for the shipment of the shipment requested goods. The subsequent processing is switched depending on whether it is smaller or larger or the same. The minimum quantity required for distribution is the minimum quantity required to evenly allocate the minimum quantity to each ship-to party, and the minimum quantity is multiplied by the number of ship-to parties receiving the shipping request. It is a number.

The warning display section displays a standard warning message on the screen when the number of the received products is smaller than the minimum quantity required for the distribution of the shipping requested products. This section is provided because if the number of received products is smaller than the minimum quantity required for distribution of the requested products, a shipping destination with zero shipments will inevitably occur. This is to warn before entering the load input work.

When the product addition button is clicked after the warning message is displayed, the similar product search unit reads the standard similar product search screen shown in FIG. 5 from the screen information storage unit and displays it. When the search condition for the similar product is input and the search button is clicked, the stock information storage unit is searched to read the similar product data and send it to the distribution screen configuration display unit.

One reason for providing this similar product search section is that products such as fruits and vegetables and flowers are subject to unloading because the number of items received tends to fluctuate due to weather factors. This is because it is necessary to secure the number of products, and next, it is possible to satisfy the actual demand even if the specifications are not the same, which is significantly different from the industrial products. In other words, if the number of products requested to be shipped has significantly decreased due to climate change, it is not preferable that the grades and sizes of the products to be shipped are different compared to the products requested to be shipped, but nothing is shipped. It is better than not doing it, and the situation that must be dealt with in that way can occur in actual logistics. Therefore, the searched similar product is handled as an incoming product and can be shipped as a substitute product.

The minimum quantity distribution unit, when the number of received goods is greater than or equal to the minimum quantity required for the distribution of the shipment request goods, is 1 for each of the shipment quantity of each shipping destination corresponding to the shipment request. In addition, the data is sent to the screen configuration display section. Usually, for products such as fruits and vegetables, a complicated shipping work is performed using a plurality of shipping requests and a plurality of pieces of arrival information, so that a shipping destination of zero shipments may occur. When such a shipping destination occurs, the products are not lined up at the store, which is a big problem for products such as fruits and vegetables that must be supplied every day. The problem is solved by providing this part.

It should be noted that the "1" added to each load quantity in the minimum distribution quantity allocation section does not have to actually be one product, but may be a predetermined minimum quantity. For example, in the case of a product that is customarily distributed only in units of 12, 12 may be added as a minimum unit to each consignment number. This minimum quantity is the quantity that is evenly shipped to each shipping destination, and is therefore proportional to the number of shipping destinations.

The residual quantity distribution unit allocates the remaining quantity (remaining quantity of the received goods) to each shipping destination after the minimum quantity of the product to be shipped to each shipping destination is allocated, and then determines the number of orders received by each shipping destination. Correspondingly, the products are sequentially distributed to the respective shipping destinations, and the processing is continued until the remaining quantity of the received products becomes zero or the distribution to all the shipping destinations is completed, and the received goods are assigned to the respective shipping destinations.

When the load confirmation button on the load input screen is clicked, the shipping information storage unit reads the data displayed on the screen and stores it in the shipping information storage unit in the table format shown in FIG. . As a result, it becomes possible to leave records even for products such as fruits and vegetables, for which it was almost impossible to leave records for physical distribution.

When the load confirmation button on the load input screen is clicked, the printer output unit reads out the data displayed on the screen, divides the data for each shipping destination and for each shipping flight, and performs standard shipping. Print out slips. In the past, it was difficult to issue shipping slips for products such as fruits and vegetables because the sorting work was carried out verbally at the site, but this department made it possible to issue shipping slips. Can be managed.

Next, an example of a processing flow using the physical distribution system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the loading process is started (S0), the information of the standard product information input screen is read from the screen information storage unit and displayed on the screen of the terminal (S1).

Subsequently, the product number, the place of origin, the grade, the size, etc. for specifying the product to be distributed and the desired delivery date of the shipping destination are input, and the search button is clicked (S2),
The shipping request data corresponding to the search condition is searched (S3), the data of the in-stock product corresponding to the search condition is searched (S4), and the cargo input screen is configured and displayed using these data (S5). ). Next, compare the number of retrieved in-stock items with the number of retrieved shipping-requested items (S6). The flow branches to the right, and a warning message indicating that the number of items in stock is insufficient is displayed on the screen (S7).

Here, although the distribution processing may be stopped, similar products may be searched / added from the stock products to continue the distribution work, or a new product may be ordered and the distribution work is completed. May be (S8). The contents of this S8 step will be described in detail with reference to FIG. When similar products in stock are searched and products are added, the process proceeds from S8 to S5 according to the line (A). If a new order is placed and a product is added when the stock is insufficient or insufficient, the process goes to the ordering process (explanation is omitted) and the shipping process is completed according to the line (B).

When a similar product is added from the stock ((A) of FIG. 7), the load input screen is reconstructed and displayed using the data of the additional product (S5). Again, in S6, the number of items received and the number of items requested for shipment are compared (S6), and if the number of items received is still less than the minimum number, a warning message is displayed again (S7) and S6-S7-S8 -S5-S6 loop is repeated. If it is determined that the number of items in stock is equal to or greater than the minimum quantity required to distribute the items requested for shipment, the flow branches downward to allocate the minimum distribution number (S
9). Specifically, each 1 is automatically entered in the shipping quantity column corresponding to the shipping request on the distribution input screen of FIG. Subsequently, the remaining quantity of the received goods is distributed according to the order quantity from each shipping destination (S10),
The load input screen is reconstructed and displayed (S11). If necessary, the content of the package is corrected and input, and the confirmation button of the package is clicked (S12), the content of the package is stored in the shipping information storage section (S13), and the shipping slip for each shipping destination is printed. (S14), the series of processing ends (S15).

The contents of step S8 in FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIG. If you select to search for similar products from stock when adding products, the product search button is clicked, the standard similar product search screen is read from the screen information storage unit, and the similar product search screen is displayed. Displayed (SA
2). Then, when the search condition for similar products in stock products is entered and the search button is clicked (SA3), a search formula is constructed based on the search condition, and the stock information storage unit is searched by this search formula. Information about similar products is read (SA4). The similar product information is sent to the screen configuration display unit (SA5), added to the already-received product information that has already been searched, and made a part of the received product. If there is no stock or there is not enough, we will decide whether to place a new additional order (SA
6). To place an additional order, click the additional order button to move to the ordering system and place a new order.
The shipping process ends. If no additional order is placed, the minimum quantity required for cargo distribution cannot be secured, so the shipping process ends.

Next, the processing flow (step S10 in FIG. 7) in the remaining amount distribution unit will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

When the processing is started, first, the shipping destination having the smallest shipping destination number is selected from the shipping destinations for which the shipping request has been received (SB1), and the number of orders received by the shipping destination with respect to the total number of orders is selected. The ratio is multiplied by the remaining quantity of arrival (SB2), and if a fractional part is generated, it is rounded up to obtain the allocation quantity for that particular shipping destination (SB3). Next, the minimum number allocated in advance and the previously determined allocation amount are summed to obtain the allocation candidate number (SB4). If the number of allocation candidates is compared with the number of orders received from that shipping destination (SB5), if the number of allocation candidates is equal to or greater than the amount of orders received from that shipping destination, then the amount of orders is regarded as the distribution amount (SB6). , The minimum quantity and the total of allotments are taken as the load capacity (SB7). Then, subtract the difference between the load quantity and the minimum quantity for this shipping destination from the remaining stock,
The rest is newly set as the remaining stock (SB8). It is determined whether or not the remaining quantity of the arrival is zero (SB9), and if it is zero, the process branches to the left and the processing is terminated (SB11). Further, if the remaining amount of the received goods still remains, it is branched to the lower part to judge whether or not there is another shipping destination who has received an order for the shipping request whose parcel processing has not been completed (SB10). If there is a second shipping destination, the same operation is performed for the second shipping destination, and the amount of cargo to be shipped to that shipping destination is obtained. After that, the processes of SB2 to SB10 are repeated, and the same operation is repeated until the distribution of goods to all the shipping destinations is completed or there is no remaining stock in the shipment. When all the shipping destinations have been sorted, the process branches from SB10 to the end (SB11).

Although there is a case where there is no remaining stock to be distributed to the shipping destination to which the cargo is to be processed later, since the minimum quantity is secured, the shipping quantity does not become zero even at such shipping destination. The order of the shipping destinations that perform the distribution work of the remaining stock amount is
Although it is determined simply by the order of the shipping destination number, it may be randomly determined or the order may be determined in advance in accordance with the past results. Further, it is also possible to preferentially distribute from the shipping destinations having a large number of orders at that time.

Although the invention has been described as a system, it can be understood as a program to be executed by a computer.

For example, a program corresponding to the system of claim 1 has a shipment request information storage function for storing product shipment request information and a receipt information storage function for storing product arrival information. A shipping information search function that reads out the shipping request information of the goods to be unloaded from the information storage function and reads the arrival information of the products to be unloaded from the arrival information storage function, and the shipping request information and the arrival information. Has a screen configuration display function to display the load input screen that displays, and stores the load information in the shipment information storage function when the load information that determines the shipment quantity to each shipping destination is input. It is a program for causing a computer to execute a physical distribution function having a shipping information storage function.

Similarly, the program corresponding to each system can be defined.

These programs may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium is a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, an R
It refers to a portable medium such as OM and CD-ROM, and a recording device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the program can be arbitrarily divided, and the divided pieces can be stored in the respective storage media.

When counting the number of products, the physical number of products may be indicated, or the unit of packaging in a bag or the like may be used. In the physical distribution stage, it is preferable to use the packaging unit because it is handled in the packaging unit, but since the packaging unit may be changed exceptionally, it is more desirable to use both together.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the system.
Shown in. In this system example, a server that manages a physical distribution management database, a terminal for carrying out a load distribution work, and a shipping slip printer are mainly connected by a LAN (Local Area Network). The distribution management database is provided with a shipping request information storage unit, an arrival information storage unit, a screen information storage unit, and a shipping information storage unit, each of which is composed of a relational database using a table.

In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the system is built in the fruit and vegetable distribution center.
The invention need not be so limited. For example, the server may be located outside the distribution center and connected to one or more terminals within the distribution center by a telephone line, or may be connected via a WAN (Wide Area Network) or the Internet. Also, the entire system may be configured on a stand-alone computer.

The terminals are not limited to those for physical distribution and distribution work, and an ordering terminal, a receipt inspection terminal, etc. may be added.
Each terminal is a general-purpose personal computer, but is not necessarily limited to them, and a mobile phone or PDA.
(Personal Digital Assistance), or even a dedicated network terminal or the like.

In addition to the above, an input device, a display, a printer, etc. are connected to each computer as peripheral devices. Here, the input device refers to an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. A display is a CRT
(Cathode Ray Tube) and liquid crystal display devices.

The distribution management database may be configured as a relational database, or may be XML (eXtens
ible Markup Language) type database. The physical distribution management database may be built in the server or may be in another device and accessed from the server by communication. The storage unit or database is a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, or a CD-ROM.
It is composed of a read-only recording medium such as a ROM, a volatile memory such as a RAM, or a combination thereof. Same for each terminal.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment and includes design changes without departing from the idea of the present invention.

[0076]

[Effects of the Invention] Even if the quantity of a product fluctuates for some reason, the product can be distributed so as to be distributed to a plurality of shipping destinations. Also, it is possible to collect data on how many products have been shipped to each shipping destination, which is useful for formulating a production plan for the next year.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an example system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a configuration example of a table storing shipping request information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table storing arrival information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example of a load input screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example of a similar product search screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table storing shipping information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a processing example using the system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a part of a processing example using the system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a part of a processing example using the system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of a system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 processing unit, 2 storage unit, 3 product identification screen display unit, 4 load information search unit, 5 load screen configuration display unit, 6 quantity comparison unit, 7 warning display unit, 8 similar product search unit, 9 minimum quantity distribution Part, 10
Remaining amount distribution unit, 11. Shipping information storage unit, 12 Printer output unit,
13 screen information, 14 shipping request information, 15 arrival information, 16 shipping information, 17 input interface, 18 screen output interface, 19 printer interface. S0 start, S1 product information input screen display step, S2 target product information input, S3 shipping request information acquisition step, S4 receipt information acquisition step, S5 load information input screen configuration display step, S6 whether quantity is sufficient or not Judgment step, S7 warning message display step, S8 similar product search / addition step, S9 minimum distribution number allocation step, S10 load input screen reconfiguration display step, S11 load content input, S12 load content storage step, S13 shipment Slip print step, S14 ends. Start SA0 product addition process, judge SA1 similar product search, SA2 similar product search screen display step, SA3 search condition input, SA4 similar product search step, SA5 screen configuration display step, SA6 additional product order Judgment,
SA7 Product addition processing ends. SB0 Start of distribution processing for the remaining quantity of in-stock, step of selecting the shipping destination of SB1 1, SB
2 Step of multiplying the ratio of remaining quantity of received products x number of orders from the relevant shipping destination, step of rounding down the decimal point of the result of SB3, step of calculating the number of SB4 allocation candidates, determining whether the number of SB5 allocation candidates is within the number of orders Step, SB6 Assigning candidate quantity as consignment quantity, SB7 Order quantity as consignment quantity, SB8 Receiving stock recalculation step, SB
9 SB10 Steps for Determining Whether the Remaining Quantity is Zero
Step to determine if there are other unshipped shipping destinations, SB11 end. 21 logistics management database,
22 servers, 23 loading terminals, 24 shipping slip printers.

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[Claims] 1. A computer system for managing the distribution and shipping status of merchandise at the distribution stage, comprising a shipping request information storage unit storing shipping request information of the product and an arrival information storage unit storing product arrival information. A distribution information search unit that reads out one or more shipping request information of the products to be unloaded from the shipping request information storage unit and reads the arrival information of the products to be unloaded from the arrival information storage unit When,
It has a screen configuration display section that configures and displays the cargo input screen that displays these shipping request information and receipt information, and when the cargo information that determines the shipment quantity to each shipping destination is input to the cargo input screen. A distribution distribution system having a shipping information storage unit for storing the distribution information in the shipping information storage unit. 2. A quantity comparison unit for comparing the arrival quantity of goods to be distributed and the minimum quantity of goods required for distribution,
The physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising a warning display unit that displays a warning message on the screen when the quantity of the received goods is less than the minimum quantity required for the distribution. 3. A quantity comparison unit for comparing the arrival quantity of goods to be distributed and the minimum quantity of goods required for distribution,
The physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising a minimum quantity distribution unit for allocating a minimum distribution quantity corresponding to the minimum quantity to each shipping destination when the quantity received is equal to or larger than the minimum quantity required for distribution. . 4. The physical distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the minimum quantity is a number proportional to the number of shipping request destinations. 5. The physical distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the minimum quantity is the same as the number of shipping request destinations. 6. The physical distribution according to claim 3, further comprising a residual quantity distribution unit that sequentially allocates, to each shipping destination, the remaining quantity of the incoming goods obtained by subtracting the minimum quantity from the quantity of the incoming goods in proportion to the number of orders from each shipping destination. Distribution system. 7. The similar product search unit that searches the arrival information storage unit for the arrival information of the similar product of the product to be loaded, and the information that has been read in advance when the arrival information of the similar product is searched. Combined with the arrival information of the product to be loaded, it is used as the arrival information of the product, and the screen reconfiguration display unit reconfigures the load input screen using the arrival information of this product and the shipping request information of the product to be loaded. The distribution distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution distribution system is displayed. 8. The physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising a shipping slip printing unit that prints out the distribution information separately for each shipping destination. 9. The physical distribution distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the product is a fruit or vegetable.