JP2003203167A - Order receiving method and order receiving system of order product - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a part of an excessive inventory as a substitute for a short- supply part. <P>SOLUTION: An order receiving device 10 of an order product issues an estimate of the product by investigating an inventory state of the part by receiving an estimation request for the product from an order terminal 1 connected on-line, and has a part developing part 3 for retrieving a use part and a substitute part used for the product by referring to product constituting part data 6 according to the estimation request, an inventory control part 4 for investigating the inventory state and a part amount by retrieving inventory data 7 according to a retrieving procedure predetermined on the use part and the substitute part, and an estimate answering means 2 for transmitting the estimate including the substitute part to the order terminal 1 when at least one of the use part runs out of the inventory or is short-supply in the inventory or when the substitute part is the excessive inventory according to the inventory state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interactive product ordering system that presents delivery dates and prices for product orders, and more particularly to a method for estimating alternative parts even when parts are out of stock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The delivery date reply system according to the prior art has a specific product inventory, production plan, parts information, production capacity, etc. in which a customer's request is managed in the delivery date reply system in response to an order from the customer. It is common to make a reservation and give a reply on the delivery date. As a conventional technique related to this type of delivery date reply system, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-136756 is known. In addition, JP-A-2000-14021
Has known a method of presenting an alternative part with satisfaction when a part runs out.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the technology of No. 36756, if there are many types of product parts, it is necessary to have a sufficient inventory in order to prevent the parts from running out, resulting in an enormous amount of parts inventory. Further, the technology of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-14021 presents alternative parts when there is no standard product, and naturally the satisfaction level is lowered.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to place an order for a custom-made product that can proactively present alternative parts when the product is out of stock or out of stock, and can reduce the parts stock as a whole. And to provide an ordering system.

[0005]

According to the present invention to achieve the above object, in a method of ordering a product for which a quotation request has been made from an ordering terminal, a product code and quantity specifying a product are received by the quotation request, and the product is Based on the code, the product component data is referred to obtain the component code to be used and its alternative component code, and then the inventory data of the component is searched by referring to the inventory data based on the component code, and the used component is If the stock is a predetermined appropriate stock or if the substitute parts are excess stocks, the estimate of the parts is presented.

[0006] Here, when at least one of the used parts is out of stock or out of stock, or when the alternative part of the used part is an excess inventory, an estimate of the alternative part is presented.

Further, in the estimation of the substitute parts, a discount rate which is set in advance in accordance with the stock state of stock shortage, proper stock or surplus stock is presented.

The appropriate stock is such that the value obtained by subtracting the allocation quantity from the stock quantity is equal to or more than a predetermined stock thin line and equal to or less than the surplus stock line.

In the order receiving system for ordered products of the present invention, a request for estimating a product is received from an ordering terminal connected online, the stock state of parts is checked, and a product estimate is issued. Product component data to refer to the product component data to search for used parts and alternative parts used for the product, and inventory data according to a predetermined search procedure for the used parts and alternative parts to determine the stock status and parts. Inventory management means to check the amount of money,
According to the stock situation, when at least one of the used parts is out of stock or out of stock or when the substitute part is overstock, there is provided a quotation reply means for transmitting a quotation including the substitute part to the ordering terminal. Is characterized by.

The ordering terminal is provided with an interactive screen for transmitting the quotation request and receiving the quotation reply.

According to the present invention, when a component whose inventory is excessive due to a sharp decrease in demand can be used as a substitute component for another ordered product component, the excess inventory component is actively proposed. By doing so, it is possible to promote the consumption of inventory.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an interactive order-made product order receiving system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an order-made product order receiving system according to the present invention. It is composed of an ordering terminal 1 such as a personal computer that receives an estimate request from an orderer, and an estimate reply device 10. The quotation replying device 10 has the functions of a quotation replying unit 2, a parts developing unit 3, an inventory management unit 4, a production planning unit 5, product component data 6, inventory data 7, and backorder data 8. Note that each unit may have a separate hardware configuration. The order terminal 1, the quotation replying unit 2, the parts developing unit 3, the inventory management unit 4, and the production planning unit 5 are configured to be able to mutually send and receive data.

In the above-mentioned configuration, the parts developing section 3 has a function of using the product constituent parts data 6 to generate the data of the parts composing the product and the alternative parts thereof. Inventory management department 4
Has a function of managing the inventory data 7 and the back-order data 8 and determining the inventory status of the components and the component price that fluctuates depending on the inventory status.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of product component data.
The product component data 6 stores information about parts such as a product code, a part code, and a substitute product flag. here,
A product code having data in the substitute product flag means a substitute product, and is a substitute product of the product code in the substitute product column.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of inventory data. Inventory data 7 is the part code, part name, inventory quantity, allocation quantity, unordered quantity,
Stores information about inventory such as thin inventory line, excess inventory line, and unit price of parts. Here, the allocation number is the number of parts that have already been decided to be installed, and cannot be used for new use. Remaining quantity is the number of parts ordered. The thin inventory line and the excess inventory line are used to determine the inventory status. In other words, when the number of stocks minus the number of allocations falls below the thin stock line, which is the lower limit of proper stock, it is determined that the stock is thin. Further, when the number of stocks minus the number of allocations exceeds the surplus stock line which is the upper limit of the proper stock, it is judged as surplus stock. In this embodiment, in order to keep each part within the range of appropriate stock,
Parts that are out of stock are not used, and it is managed to use surplus parts that can be replaced.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the backorder data. The order backlog data 8 stores information related to ordering parts such as a part order code, a part code, an order quantity, and a planned delivery date.

Next, the operation of the custom-made product order receiving system configured as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the order-made product order receiving system, and FIG. 6 is a subsequent flowchart. First, step S1
At, the orderer operates the order terminal 1 to input the product code and the quantity thereof.

FIG. 8 is a quote request screen of the order terminal, in which a list of product codes and the amount of money are displayed. When the orderer inputs the quantity to be ordered and presses the [quote] button, the ordering terminal 1
Is the product code for specifying the product in the quotation reply section 2,
Send quantity.

In step S2, the quotation reply unit 2 transmits the product code and the number of quotation requests to the component development unit 3, and the component development unit 3 refers to the product component data 6 and identifies the components to be used for the product. Examine the alternative parts.

For example, when a request for estimating the product code A1 is received in step S1, the product code A1 is used as a key to search for a part code and a substitute product flag from the product component data (FIG. 2) in step S2. As a result, 001, 002, 003 and 011, 012, 013 parts are searched for as A1 product parts, and the latter three of these parts are alternative parts.
Since the substitute flag field of substitute component 011 is 001, the component code
011 indicates that it is an alternative part of the part code 001. Similarly, the substitute for 002 is 012 and the substitute for 003 is 013.

Next, in step S3, the component developing unit 3 transmits the component information to the inventory management unit 4. Inventory management department 4
Refers to the inventory data 7 and the back-order data 8 to check the inventory status of the parts. If there is inventory, the procedure goes to step S4. However, the stock is determined when the number of stocks-the number of allocations is larger than 0.

For example, for the stock of the part code 001, when the stock data (FIG. 3) is searched using the part code 001 as a key, the stock number 120 and the allocation number 30 are searched. Inventory number-Allocation number is 90, which is greater than 0, so there is inventory. Similarly, when inventory is checked for part code 002,
Since the allocation number is -8 and is 0 or less, it is determined that there is no stock.

Next, in step S4, it is checked whether the parts used are out of stock. Stock thinning is when the stock quantity minus the reserve quantity is less than the stock thin line. For example, in the case of the part code 001, the stock number, the number of allocations, and the stock thin line are obtained from the stock data 7 with the part code as a key. Since the number of stocks-the number of allocations is 90 and the thin stock line is 100, the part code 001 is determined to be "thin stock". If the inventory is low, the process proceeds to step S6. If the inventory is low, the process proceeds to step S5.

Next, in step S5, it is checked whether or not the parts to be used are a surplus inventory. Excess inventory is when the number of inventory minus the number of allocations is larger than the excess inventory line. For example, for the part code 012, the stock number, the number of allocations, and the surplus stock line can be obtained from the stock data 7 with the part code as a key. Since the number of stocks-the number of allocations is 270 and the surplus stock line is 150, the part code 012 is determined to be "surplus stock". If it is not a surplus inventory, it is determined to be “appropriate inventory”.

Next, in step S6, step S
From the alternatives extracted in step 2, the alternatives to be presented to the orderer are determined and the discount rate is calculated.

FIG. 7 shows a list of discount rates for each part. The vertical items in the table are the parts status from "out of stock" to "appropriate stock" determined above, the horizontal items are the stock status of substitutes, and the numbers show the ratio after discounting the unit price. . If both used parts and alternative parts are out of stock, there is no discount for alternative parts because new orders must be placed. Less than,
The discount rate is rising depending on whether the replacement product is thin, proper, or surplus. For example, the component code 001 is out of stock, and the component code 011 of the substitute product of the component code 001 is proper inventory, so the discounted unit price of the substitute product is 90% of the original. Further, in the case of "No presentation of alternatives" in the figure, it is better to use the original parts, so no alternatives are presented to the orderer.

Next, in step S7, the inventory data 7 is searched for the component unit price. For example, since the replacement product part code 011 is in proper inventory, the replacement product discount amount is 90% (12,000 yen) of the part code 011 part price (12,000 yen).
It will be 0,800 yen).

Next, in step S8, the estimated delivery date of the part code of the out-of-stock part code is retrieved from the backorder data 8. For example, the expected delivery date 2001/12/10 can be searched from the order backlog data (FIG. 4) using the part code 002 as a key.

Next, in step S9, the estimated delivery date is determined. The scheduled delivery date is determined by the production planning unit 5. The production planning unit 5 is a well-known technique, and determines the delivery date from the order data and the scheduled delivery date of the ordered parts. deadline is,
The date will be the assembly start date plus the assembly period and shipping period.

Next, in step S10, the ordering terminal 1
Display the estimation result on. The quotation result shows suggestions for alternative parts by product code. FIG. 9 shows the estimation result display screen. Displays the part code and part name used for the ordered product, part price, part delivery time when out of stock, alternative part code, alternative part name, discounted part amount, discount rate, deadline when out of stock Has been done. When the orderer uses a substitute part, he / she selects (marks) the selection field of the row in which the corresponding part is displayed. After selecting the alternative parts, press the [To order confirmation screen] button. As a result, the order confirmation screen is displayed.

FIG. 10 shows an order confirmation screen. On this screen, check the product code, quantity, estimated price and delivery date of the product, and press [Order] to place an official order. In addition,
Although FIGS. 9 and 10 show the screens of the product code A1, when there are a plurality of orders, the screens for each of the plurality of product codes may be displayed.

[0033]

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a request for a product from an online-connected orderer and propose a substitute part according to the part inventory amount at that time, so that the part inventory is properly managed. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an order receiving system for ordered products according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data configuration diagram showing product component data.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram showing inventory data.

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing order backlog data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of this system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the continuation of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing discount rates of alternative parts.

FIG. 8 is a screen diagram showing a quote request screen.

FIG. 9 is a screen diagram showing an estimation result display screen.

FIG. 10 is a screen diagram showing an order confirmation screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Ordering terminal, 2 ... Estimation response section, 3 ... Parts development section,
4 ... Inventory management section, 5 ... Production planning section, 6 ... Product component data, 7 ... Inventory data, 8 ... Back-order data.

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Katsuo Kugenuma             5-2-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture             Information Control Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.             Within F term (reference) 3C100 AA45 BB36 BB39 CC05

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of ordering a product for which a quotation request has been made from an order terminal, receives a product code and a quantity that specify a product according to the quotation request, and refers to product component data based on the product code for use. To find the part code and its alternative part code, and then search the inventory status of the part by referring to the inventory data based on the part code. If the used part is a predetermined proper inventory or the alternative part is an excess inventory In the case of, a method for receiving an order-made product characterized by presenting an estimate for the part. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when at least one of the used parts is out of stock or out of stock, or when the replacement part of the used part is an excess inventory, an estimate of the replacement part is presented. How to order custom-made products. 3. The ordering of a custom-made product according to claim 2, wherein the estimate of the substitute part is presented with a discount rate which is set in advance in accordance with the stock status of stock shortage, proper stock or surplus stock. Method. 4. The custom-made product according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the proper inventory is such that a value obtained by subtracting the number of allocations from the number of inventory is equal to or more than a thin inventory line and less than or equal to a surplus inventory line. How to order. 5. An order product ordering system for receiving a product quotation request from an online-connected order terminal, checking the stock status of parts and issuing a product quotation, in accordance with the quotation request, product component parts Refer to the data,
A parts developing means for searching for used parts and alternative parts used for the product, and an inventory management means for searching inventory data according to a predetermined search procedure for the used parts and alternative parts, and checking inventory status and parts price, According to the stock situation, when at least one of the used parts is out of stock or out of stock, or when the substitute part is overstock, a quotation reply means for transmitting a quotation including the substitute part to the order terminal is provided. A featured ordering system for custom products. 6. The order receiving system for ordered products according to claim 5, wherein the order terminal includes an interactive screen for transmitting the quotation request and receiving a quotation reply.