JP2003242304A - Device and method for managing package standard - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily manage various information based on a container package recycling rule obtained by utilizing materials information provided by a plurality of materials makers. <P>SOLUTION: A package standard management server 12 designates materials that are merchandise and are used as a package in each merchandise sold by merchandise makers, acquires and registers component materials information by merchandise for designating materials makers providing these materials, and requests the respective materials makers (materials maker terminals 16-1, 16-2,..., 16-n) to register materials information about the materials on the basis of the registered component materials information by merchandise from a merchandise maker terminal 14. The package standard management server 12 registers the materials information registered through the materials maker terminal of each materials maker with respect to materials used in merchandise designated by the component materials information by merchandise and calculates various information for the merchandise on the basis of the materials information. <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 a packaging material standard management device and packaging material for managing information on packaging materials based on a law concerning the promotion of sorted collection and recycling of containers and packaging (Container and Packaging Recycling Law). Standard management method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, with the enforcement of a law concerning the promotion of sorted collection and recycling of containers and packaging (hereinafter referred to as the Container and Packaging Recycling Law), businesses such as product manufacturers selling products are It is necessary to manage various information related to the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, such as the total weight of packaging materials by product, the required amount of recycling, and the recycling fee for recycling. In order to manage such information, it is necessary to acquire material information (material, packaging material weight, classification (specific container information) in the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, etc.) regarding packaging materials used for products.

[0003] Usually, a product maker receives a packaging material or the like used for a product from a material maker. Therefore, the product manufacturer also needs to obtain the material information of the provided packaging material from the material manufacturer.

[0004] Conventionally, when a product maker acquires material information from a material maker, it has been verbally heard by telephone or a facsimile (FAX) has been used. In addition, the computerized material information file created by the material manufacturer is acquired by a recording medium such as a flexible disk (FD), or is acquired through a network as an attached file of an electronic mail. Based on the material information acquired from the material manufacturer, the product manufacturer uses various means (such as file registration and sequential entry to each item presented on the screen) for a database for packaging material standard management. Information was registered.

Further, in the past, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-27338 has been used.
0 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-82923) discloses a container and packaging material recycling management system, in which data related to the Recycling Law (including data relating to the composition of processed products for distribution) is provided as a recycling law compliant information input terminal. Discloses a technique of writing in a Web server or a file server and constructing it as a database of recycling law compliance information.

[0006]

As described above, in the prior art,
The product maker has acquired the material information from the material maker by using a telephone, FAX, or network, and registered the acquired material information in the database. by the way,
Product manufacturers handle many products and use a plurality of packaging materials for each product. In addition, a plurality of packaging materials used in one product may have different materials, and may be provided by a plurality of material manufacturers. Therefore,
The product maker has to acquire material information on multiple types of packaging materials for multiple products from multiple material manufacturers and classify and manage each product, which requires a great deal of labor for information registration. Therefore, the burden of managing information regarding the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law was large.

Further, in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-273380, although the information can be written from the recycling law compatible information input terminal to the Web server or the file server, the person in charge operates the recycling law compatible information input terminal. Since the registration work must be carried out in advance, the work load for information registration cannot be reduced.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make various kinds of materials based on the material information provided by a plurality of material manufacturers based on the Container and Packaging Recycling Law. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging material standard management device and a packaging material standard management method capable of easily managing information.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve such a problem. The invention of claim 1 is a packaging material standard management device for managing packaging material used for products, which is provided by a product manufacturer. Registration means for specifying, for each product to be handled, a material used as a packaging material in the product, and acquiring product-specific component material information specifying a material manufacturer who provides the material from a product manufacturer terminal, and the registration. Registration requesting means for requesting each material manufacturer to register the material information regarding the material based on the constituent material information for each product registered by the means,
The material information registered through the material maker terminal of each material maker in response to the registration request by the registration request means is registered for the material used in the product specified by the product-specific component material information registered by the registration means. It is characterized by comprising: a material information registering means for storing information, and an information calculating means for calculating various kinds of information for a product based on the material information registered by the material information registering means.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the material information includes information on a container type and a weight.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the information calculating means calculates information relating to the remanufacturing of a product handled by a product maker.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided associated information registration means for registering other information associated with the material information registered through the material manufacturer terminal of each material manufacturer in response to the registration request by the registration request means. And a providing unit that provides other information registered by the incidental information registration unit in response to an acquisition request from the product maker terminal.

The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is a packaging material standard management method for managing packaging material used for a product, wherein a material used as a packaging material for a product is classified by product manufacturer. Based on the registration step of acquiring and registering the product-specific component material information specifying the material manufacturer that provides this material from the product maker terminal, based on the product-specific component material information registered in the registration step, A registration request step of requesting each material manufacturer to register material information regarding materials, and material information registered through the material manufacturer terminal of each material manufacturer in response to the registration request at the registration request step,
Based on the material information registration step of registering the material used in the product specified by the product-specific component material information registered in the registration step and the material information registered in the material information registration step, An information calculation step of calculating various information is provided.

According to the first and fifth aspects of the invention, by acquiring the product-specific component information from the product maker terminal,
For each product handled by the product manufacturer, specify the material used as packaging material in the product, register the material manufacturer that provides this material, and supply the material to each material manufacturer based on the component material information for each product. Request registration of material information regarding.
When the material information can be acquired through the material manufacturer terminal of each material manufacturer in response to this registration request, this material information is registered for the material used in the product specified by the product-specific component material information. Therefore, material information regarding a plurality of packaging materials for a plurality of products can be acquired and registered from a plurality of material manufacturers. Further, since the material information is registered for the material used in the product specified by the product-specific component material information, various information about the product can be calculated based on this material information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by including the information on the type and weight of the container, the information on the re-commercialization based on the Container and Packaging Recycling Law (recyclable compulsory amount, The commercialization commission fee) can be calculated.

According to the invention described in claim 3, it is possible to calculate the information regarding the remanufacturing of the products handled by the product maker, that is, the information based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law (recycling compulsory amount, recycling commission). .

According to the invention described in claim 4, not only the material information but also other information (for example, a manufacturing specification file) is acquired and registered through the material manufacturer terminal, and the request is received from the product manufacturer terminal. Can be provided.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of a packaging material standard management system according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging material standard management system according to this embodiment includes a packaging material standard management server 12 (database 13), a product maker terminal 14, and a material maker terminal 16 (16-1) via a network 10. , 16-2,
, 16-n) are connected to each other.

The network 10 includes various communication media such as the Internet, a public line network, and a LAN. For example, a LAN that connects the packaging material standard management server 12 and the product manufacturer terminal 14 within the product manufacturer, and a package provided through this LAN. The material standard management server 12 and the Internet connecting the product maker terminal 14 and the material maker terminal 16 are included.

The packaging material standard management server 12 (packaging material standard management device) is for managing materials used as packaging materials for products handled by product manufacturers in accordance with the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, and stores them in the database 13. Various information for management as shown in FIG. 2 is registered. The information registered in the database 13 includes a material information table 13a, a product table 13b, a specific container table 13c, a remanufacturing consignment management table 13d, and calculation coefficient data 13e (details will be described later). The packaging material standard management server 12 acquires various information registered in the database 13 through, for example, a dedicated homepage for information acquisition,
It is assumed that it is obtained from a file provided from the product maker terminal 14 or is directly input from the product maker terminal 14.

The product maker terminal 14 is a terminal used by the product maker to manage the packaging material standard management server 12 (database 13).

Material manufacturer terminal 16 (16-1, 16-
2, ..., 16-n) are terminals used by a material maker that provides packaging materials for products handled by the product makers. Based on the browser program, the material manufacturer terminal 16 can access a home page published through the Internet, access a dedicated information acquisition home page published by the packaging material standard management server 12, and access the home page through this home page. It is possible to register information on materials provided to product manufacturers.

The packaging material standard management server 12, the product maker terminal 14, and the material maker terminal 16 used in the packaging material standard management system shown in FIG.
It is realized by a computer which reads a program recorded in various recording media such as a VD and a magnetic disk and whose operation is controlled by this program.

According to the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, businesses such as product manufacturers are obliged to remanufacture the products they are handling, and in order to fulfill them, information on remanufacturing, that is, the amount of remanufacturing obligation, is calculated. You need to do it. The amount of obligatory recycling is calculated by the formula “Amount of obligatory recycling = specific container weight x calculation coefficient”. In addition, when a product maker outsources remanufacturing to a designated corporation, it is necessary to pay a remanufacturing entrustment fee, and therefore it is necessary to calculate a remanufacturing entrustment fee as information regarding remanufacturing. The recycling fee for recycling is calculated by the formula “recycling fee for recycling = required amount for recycling * unit price for recycling.

The product manufacturer handles a plurality of products and may use a plurality of packaging materials for one product. In addition, when there are a plurality of packaging materials used for one product, the packaging materials may be provided in a plurality of types, so packaging materials will be provided by a plurality of material manufacturers according to the materials. . Therefore, the product manufacturer obtains material information (materials, packaging material weight, classification under the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law (specific container information indicating container type), etc.) regarding multiple types of packaging materials for multiple products from multiple material manufacturers. Therefore, it is necessary to manage the aforementioned information based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law.

Next, details of the information registered in the database 13 will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 3
An example of the material information table 13a is shown in (a). The material information table 13a is a table in which material information regarding packaging materials used for products handled by a product maker is registered. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, a product code, a product name, a material code, and a material product name. , The specific container information, the material, the packaging material weight, and the data indicating the material manufacturer are registered in association with each other. The product code, the material item name, and the material manufacturer data are registered as the product-specific component material information by the administrator of the product manufacturer through the product manufacturer terminal 14. Further, each data of the specific container information, the material, and the packaging material weight is registered by the administrator of the material maker through the material maker terminal 16 of the material maker designated in the component material information for each product.

FIG. 3B shows an example of the product table 13b. In the product table 13b, data related to products handled by the product maker is registered in advance by the product maker side. For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, the product code, the product name, the number of products per case (number / Case) data is registered.

FIG. 3C shows a specific container table 13c.
Shows an example. In the specific container table 13c, data indicating the classification of the specific container based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law is registered in advance by the product manufacturer. For example, as shown in FIG. (Colorless), glass bottles (brown), glass bottles (others), PET bottles, paper containers and packaging, plastic containers and packaging, and not covered. In addition, in FIG.
Although only the type of the specific container is shown, a specific code may be given to each type and registered. In this case, the specific code assigned to the type of the specific container can be used to manage the specific container information in the material information table 13a.

FIG. 3D shows an example of the remanufacturing consignment management table 13d. In the remanufacturing consignment management table 13d, the consignment unit price for entrusting the remanufacturing to the designated corporation for each specific container registered in the specific container table 13c is registered in advance by the product maker side, and for example, FIG. As shown in (d), 4 yen is registered for a glass bottle (colorless), 7 yen for a glass bottle (brown), and so on.

Although not shown, it is assumed that the calculation coefficient data 13e used for calculating the remanufacturing obligation amount is registered in advance by the product maker terminal 14.
If the calculation coefficient needs to be changed, it can be changed from the product manufacturer terminal 14 at an arbitrary timing.

Next, the operation of the packaging material standard management system in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 4A shows the material manufacturer terminal 16
4B shows the process of the packaging material standard management server 12, and FIG. 4C shows the process of the product maker terminal 14. Further, FIG. 5 shows the relationship (transmission / reception relationship of various information) with the packaging material standard management server 12, the product maker terminal 14, and the material maker terminal 16 (16-1, 16-2, 16-n). There is.

First, in the product maker, the product maker terminal 1
4, in order to obtain material information on the packaging material used for the product from each material manufacturer, product-specific component material information is created and transmitted to the packaging material standard management server 12 (step A1) (FIG. 5 ( 1)). In the product-specific component information, the product name and the material code used as a packaging material in the product are specified for each product handled by the product maker, and the material maker who provides the material is specified. When a plurality of packaging materials are used for one product, a material code, a material item name, and a material manufacturer are designated for each of the plurality of packaging materials.

When the packaging material standard management server 12 obtains the product-specific component material information from the product manufacturer terminal 14, the material manufacturer is associated with the material code and the material item name designated by this information, and the material is stored in the database 13. It is registered as the information table 13a (step B1).

When the material code, the material item name, and the material manufacturer are registered in the material information table 13a of the database 13, the packaging material standard management server 12 acquires the material information from the material manufacturer based on these information. Create a dedicated home page for the Internet (WWW (Worl
d Wide Web).

Therefore, the material manufacturer terminal 16 can access the dedicated homepage published by the packaging material standard management server 12 through the network 10 (Internet). The material manufacturer terminal 16 accesses a dedicated home page and gives an instruction to display an input screen for material information. In this case, the packaging material standard management server 12 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
Display data (for example, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)) of an input screen (Web page) as shown in FIG.
Data described by the above) is provided to the material manufacturer terminal 16.

The input screen shown in FIG. 6 (a) is provided with an input field 20 for inputting the material manufacturer name and a password input field 21 for entering the password preset for each material manufacturer. ing. In the material manufacturer terminal 16, when the material manufacturer name and the password are entered in the respective input fields 20 and 21 on the input screen and the transmission execution is instructed, the material manufacturer name and the material manufacturer name entered in the packaging material standard management server 12 are entered. Submit password

When the packaging material standard management server 12 receives the material manufacturer name and password from the material manufacturer terminal 16,
It is determined whether the password preset for the material manufacturer indicated by the material manufacturer name and the password received from the material manufacturer terminal 16 match. Here, if the passwords do not match, the process does not proceed to the subsequent process, and the state in which the input screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the material manufacturer terminal 16 is maintained.

On the other hand, if the passwords match, it is determined that the access is made by a valid material manufacturer (person in charge), and the packaging material standard management server 12 causes the material information table 1
Referring to 3a, the material (the material code, the material item name, the product code, the product name) for which the corresponding material manufacturer has registered the material information is determined, and the material information input screen for this material is displayed. Display data to the material manufacturer terminal 1
6 is requested to register the material information (step B2) ((2) in FIG. 5).

On the material information input screen shown in FIG. 6B, the material manufacturer name display field 22 in which the material manufacturer name is displayed.
And a material information input field 23 for inputting material information. In the material information input field 23, the material code, material name, product code, and product name of each material for which material information is not registered are presented, and a plurality of items to be input as material information, that is, specific containers Items of information, material, and packaging material weight are provided. Further, in order to register the manufacturing specifications (including other detailed information such as the manufacturing process in addition to the material information) as the source of the material information for each material in the state of electronic data in the packaging material standard management server 12. Registration button 24 is provided. It should be noted that FIG.
The detail of the material information input column 23 in (b) is shown.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the material manufacturer input field 20
Since "○○ Printing Co., Ltd." is entered, the packaging material standard management server 12 refers to the material information table 13a shown in FIG. The material information table 13a shown in FIG. 3 (a) indicates that the material information has been registered, but here, the specific container information, the material information, and the packaging material weight information are Not registered). That is, the product code, product name, material code, and material name are each “A
"001, ○○ beverage, 0001, paper case""A001,
Beverage, 0003, Label ”" B001, Beverage,
3 materials of “0001, paper case” are extracted, and FIG.
It is presented in the material information input field 23 as shown in (c).

As shown in FIG. 6 (c), in the material information input field 23, material information for a plurality of products (product names "○○ beverage" and "□□ beverage") can be collectively entered. Further, when a plurality of material codes are set for one product (when a plurality of packaging materials are used), material information of a plurality of materials can be collectively input.

In the material manufacturer terminal 16, the material information (specific container information, material, packaging material weight) of each material which is blank is input to the material information input field 23. When the manufacturing specification is transmitted to the packaging material standard management server 12 together with the material information, the registration button 24 corresponding to the position where the material information is input in the material information input field 23 is designated. When the registration button 24 is instructed, the material manufacturer terminal 16 displays a file selection window (not shown) for selecting a file recorded in the recording device (hard disk device) of the material manufacturer terminal 16. . In the file selection window, folders and files recorded in the recording device can be arbitrarily designated. In the file selection window, the file in which the contents of the manufacturing specifications are recorded (manufacturing specifications file) is selected,
When the selection completion is instructed, the material manufacturer terminal 16 closes the file selection window and sets the selected manufacturing specification file in association with the corresponding material information (for example, a combination of the product code and the material code). Here, not only the manufacturing specification file but also other information (file) related to the material information can be attached to the material information.

When the material manufacturer terminal 16 is instructed to complete the input of the material information, the material manufacturer terminal 16 transmits the information input in the material information input field 23 to the packaging material standard management server 12 (step C1) (FIG. 3)). In addition, when the manufacturing specification file is set in association with the material information, this manufacturing specification file is also sent together with the material information.

Upon receiving the material information from the material manufacturer terminal 16, the packaging material standard management server 12 registers the content of the material information in association with the material code in the material information table 13a (step B3). For example, it is assumed that the information of the specific container information, the material, and the weight of the packaging material "paper container and packaging, paper / PE, 5" is input to the packaging material of the product code "A001" and the material code "0001". . Similarly, product code “A001” and material code “00
Information of "paper container and packaging, paper, 1" for the packaging material of "03", product code "B001", and "paper container and packaging, paper / PE, 5" for the packaging material of material code "0001" Is entered. As a result, the packaging material standard management server 12
As shown in the material information table 13a of FIG. 3 (a), for each packaging material for which the material maker "XX Printing Co., Ltd." is set, is acquired from the material maker terminal 16 of "XX Printing Co., Ltd." The registered material information is registered according to each item.

When the material information received from the material manufacturer terminal 16 does not include the specific container information,
The material information input by the material manufacturer in correspondence with the material code may indicate the container type, and the specific container information may be discriminated and automatically registered based on this information.
For this reason, it is assumed that the packaging material standard management server 12 is prepared in advance with a correspondence table showing the relationship between each material and the specific container information corresponding to each material.

In the material manufacturer terminal 16, when the manufacturing specification file is transmitted together with the material information by operating the registration button 24 provided in the material information input field 23, the information registered in the material information table 13a. It is registered in association with (for example, in association with a combination of a product code and a material code).

In the above description, the material information table 1 is obtained by acquiring the material information from the material maker "XX Printing Co., Ltd."
Although the case of registering in 3a has been described, the packaging material standard management server 12 similarly obtains material information from other material manufacturers (eg, “XX plastic stock”) in the same manner as described above. And register it in the material information table 13a. That is, the packaging material standard management server 12 acquires the material information on the packaging material used for each product from each material maker designated by the product-specific component material information and registers it in the material information table 13a. .

In the above description, it is assumed that the packaging material standard management server 12 creates a dedicated homepage for information acquisition and acquires the material information from the material manufacturer through this homepage, but by other means. It is also possible to acquire material information from each material manufacturer. For example, the packaging material standard management server 12 uses the material information table 13
An e-mail is created to each material maker (material maker terminal 16) for notifying the material code and the material name (at least one) for which the material information should be provided by referring to the information registered in a. Request material information. When the e-mail is received, the material maker terminal 16 of the material maker creates a file in which the material information corresponding to the material code and the material name specified in the e-mail is digitized, and this file is created by the product maker (packaging material). It is sent as an attached file of an electronic mail addressed to the standard management server 12). The packaging material standard management server 12 extracts and registers data to be registered in the database 13 (material information table 13a) based on the content of the attached file of the email received from each material manufacturer.

In this way, by requesting each material manufacturer to provide the material information by e-mail, it is possible to avoid the fact that the material manufacturer cannot request the material information because the dedicated home page for information registration is not accessed. The packaging material standard management server 12 (product maker) side can positively request the provision of material information.

It should be noted that either one of the material information acquired through the dedicated home page or the file attached to the electronic mail may be used, or both may be used in combination. In the case of combining both, if the material manufacturer does not register the material information within a predetermined period after releasing the dedicated website for requesting the material information, an email requesting the material information may be sent. it can.

In this way, in the packaging material standard management system, by transmitting the product-specific component material information from the product maker terminal 14 to the packaging material standard management server 12, a plurality of products registered in the material information table 13a are stored. Material information regarding a plurality of packaging materials is acquired from a plurality of material manufacturers and registered in the material information table 13a.

By the way, the product maker terminal 14 first receives the packaging material standard management server 12 from the administrator of the product maker.
When a request to display the material information for the product-specific component material information transmitted to the product is instructed, the material information display request is transmitted to the packaging material standard management server 12 (step A2).
(FIG. 5 (4)). Here, it is assumed that the product information can be displayed for each product by designating the product name and the product code (at least one of the products) as the display target of the product information. In addition, even if the material information is displayed for each material by specifying the material name and the material code (at least one of them), or the material information is displayed for each material manufacturer by specifying the material manufacturer. good.

When the packaging material standard management server 12 receives the display request for the material information from the product maker terminal 14, the display data of the material information display screen (for example, the data described in HTML) created based on the material information table 13a. ) To the product manufacturer terminal 14 (step B4)
(FIG. 5 (5)). The product maker terminal 14 displays the material information screen based on the display data from the packaging material standard management server 12 (step A3).

FIG. 7A shows an example of a material information display screen on which material information is displayed. The material information display screen shown in FIG. 7A shows an example in which the material information for the product “XX beverage” with the product code “A001” is displayed from the product maker terminal 14. As shown in FIG. 7A, the material information display screen includes a display field 30 for displaying the product name of the product to be displayed and a display field 31 for displaying the product code, and each of the items used for this product. A material information display column 32 that displays a list of material information about the packaging material is provided.

FIG. 7 (b) shows the details of the material information display column 32 shown in FIG. 7 (a). As shown in FIG. 7B, in the material information display column 32, each material code, material name, specific container information, material, packaging material weight, and material manufacturer information are displayed in association with each material code. ing.

The material information display column 32 is provided with a display button 33 for each material information for one material code. When the display button 33 is instructed, the packaging material standard management server 12 displays the content of the manufacturing specification file registered in association with the corresponding material information (for example, a combination of the product code and the material code). It is provided to the terminal 14. The product maker terminal 14 displays the contents of the manufacturing specification file acquired from the packaging material standard management server 12, for example, by providing a dedicated window in the display screen.

A weight recalculation button 34 is provided on the material information display screen. Weight recalculation button 34
Asks for the compulsory amount of remanufacturing based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law and the remanufacturing consignment fee for the product for which the material information is displayed (product name "XX beverage" in Fig. 7), and displays the result. This is a button to execute.

When the weight recalculation button 34 in the material information display screen is instructed, the product maker terminal 14 transmits a weight recalculation request to the packaging material standard management server 12 (step A4). In response to a request from the product maker terminal 14, the packaging material standard management server 12 is currently using the product maker terminal 1
For the product for which the material information is displayed in 4, the various values based on the Container and Packaging Recycling Law are calculated based on each information registered in the database 13, and the result of the weight calculation is transmitted to the product maker terminal 14 ( Step B
5). That is, the weight for each material code of the packaging material used for the product is calculated.

Specifically, the packaging material standard management server 12
Based on the packaging material weight information of each material (packaging material) used for the product, the remanufacturing obligation amount for each specific container registered in the specific container table 13c is calculated. That is,
Calculate the required amount of remanufacturing for each specific container by the formula of “Amount of required recycling” = Weight of specific container x Calculation coefficient. The calculation coefficient is stored in the database 13 as calculation coefficient data 1
It is registered in advance as 3e. In addition, the packaging material standard management server 12 remanufactures goods based on the remanufacturing obligation amount calculated for each specific container and the remanufacturing contract unit price for each specific container registered in the remanufacturing contract management table 13d. Calculate the outsourcing fee. That is, the recycling fee for each specific container is calculated by the formula “recycling fee = required recycling amount × recycling unit price”. Further, the packaging material standard management server 12 also includes information on the number of products per case set in the product table 13b in order to facilitate the final calculation of the total material weight and the total compulsory recycling amount. In addition, the weight per case of the product is calculated.

Upon receiving the weight calculation result from the packaging material standard management server 12, the product maker terminal 14 displays the material weight information screen (step A5). FIG. 8 shows a display example of the material weight information screen.

On the material weight information screen shown in FIG.
As the weight per item, the packaging material weight, the remanufacturing obligation amount, and the remanufacturing commission fee for each specific container are displayed in association with each other, and the packaging material weight, the remanufacturing duty amount, and the remanufacturing commission fee The total value of each is displayed. In addition, regarding the weight per case, together with the material weight / 1 piece, the required amount of remanufacturing / 1 piece, the number of pieces (number per case)
Case weight information is displayed in association with each other (see FIG. 8).
The symbols (○, □, △, etc.) shown in each column inside represent arbitrary numerical values.

In the product shown in FIG. 7, only paper containers and packaging and plastic containers and packaging are used as specific containers. Therefore, the weight per unit shown in FIG. The packaging material weight, the amount of obligatory re-commercialization, and the re-commercialization commission fee for the packaging will be displayed.

In this way, by instructing the weight recalculation button 34 provided on the material information display screen on the screen, various information (reproduction) based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law regarding the product currently displaying the material information is displayed. Compulsory commercialization amount,
Recycling commission fees, etc.) can be displayed. Here, since the materials (packaging materials) provided by a plurality of material makers are displayed, it is easy to manage each product. If information about other products is required, return to the material information display screen, specify another product (for example, □□ beverage) to display the material information, and then instruct the weight recalculation button 34 there. Then, similarly, various information based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law can be easily displayed.

In the above description, the product maker terminal 14 acquires display data from the packaging material standard management server 12 and performs screen display, but the database of the packaging material standard management server 12 is described. The data or file registered in 13 may be acquired and the screen display may be performed based on these data or files.
In this case, the product maker terminal 14 has a function of executing processing based on the data or file acquired from the packaging material standard management server 12, for example, displaying a material information display screen, recalculating weight and displaying results. A program shall be prepared.

In the above description, the case where various information calculated by the packaging material standard management server 12 is displayed is explained. However, the information is acquired as a file in which various information for each product is recorded and the product maker terminal is acquired. It can also be managed at 14.

By the way, there is a case where the calculation coefficient used when the packaging material standard management server 12 calculates the remanufacturing obligation amount is changed. In this case, the product maker terminal 14
Calculation coefficient data 13 registered in the database 13 from
The change of e can be instructed. Product maker terminal 14
When the change of the calculation coefficient is instructed, the separately input new calculation coefficient data is transmitted to the packaging material standard management server 12, and the calculation coefficient data 13e is requested to be changed (step A6). The packaging material standard management server 12 rewrites the old calculation coefficient data 13e registered in the database 13 with the new calculation coefficient data in response to a request from the product maker terminal 14. After that, the packaging material standard management server 12 uses the new calculation coefficient data 13e to calculate the remanufacturing obligation amount.

The methods described in the above embodiments are, as a program that can be executed by a computer, for example, a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM,
It can be provided to various devices by writing it on a recording medium such as a DVD) or a semiconductor memory. It is also possible to transmit the data via a communication medium and provide it to various devices. A computer that implements the present apparatus reads the program recorded on the recording medium or receives the program via a communication medium, and the operation is controlled by the program to execute the above-described processing.

The invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified at the stage of implementation without departing from the spirit of the invention. Furthermore, the embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, if some constituent elements are deleted from all the constituent elements shown in the embodiment and the effect is obtained, the structure in which the constituent elements are deleted can be extracted as the invention.

[0070]

As described above in detail, according to claim 1 of the present invention, a plurality of material information regarding a plurality of packaging materials for a plurality of products is obtained based on the product-specific component material information from the product maker terminal. Since it is possible to obtain various information for products based on this material information, it is possible to obtain various information based on the Container and Packaging Recycling Law based on the material information provided by multiple material manufacturers. It becomes possible to easily manage information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a packaging material standard management system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of information registered in a database 13.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining details of information registered in a database 13.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the packaging material standard management system in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5: Packaging material standard management server 12 and product maker terminal 1
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship with the material manufacturer terminals 16-1, 16-2, 16-n.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen on the material manufacturer terminal 16.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a material information display screen on the product maker terminal 14.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a material weight information screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Network 12 ... Packaging material standard management server 13 ... Database 13a ... Material information table 13b ... Commodity table 13c ... Specific container table 13d ... Remanufacturing consignment management table 13e ... Calculation coefficient data 14 ... Commodity maker terminal 16 (16-1) , 16-2, 16-n) ... Material manufacturer terminal

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Noguchi             1-5-1 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Toppan stamp             Imprint Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masafumi Nishiwaki             1-5-1 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Toppan stamp             Imprint Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A packaging material standard management device for managing packaging material used for a product, wherein a material used as a packaging material in a product is designated and provided for each product handled by a product manufacturer. Based on the registration means for registering the product-specific component material information specifying the material manufacturer to be acquired from the product maker terminal and the product-specific component material information registered by the registration means, Registration request means for requesting registration of material information, and material information registered through the material manufacturer terminal of each material manufacturer in response to the registration request by the registration request means Based on the material information registration means for registering the materials used in the specified product and the material information registered by the material information registration means, various information for the product Packaging material standard management apparatus characterized by comprising a calculation information computing unit. 2. The packaging material standard management device according to claim 1, wherein the material information includes container type and weight information. 3. (Various information calculated by information calculation means (weight recalculation)) The information calculation means calculates information relating to the remanufacturing of a product handled by a product maker. Packaging material standard management device. 4. An associated information registration means for registering other information associated with the material information registered through the material maker terminal of each material manufacturer in response to the registration request by the registration request means, and acquisition from the commodity maker terminal. The packaging material standard management device according to claim 1, further comprising: a providing unit that provides other information registered by the incidental information registration unit in response to the request. 5. A packaging material standard management method for managing packaging material used for a product, wherein a material used as a packaging material in a product is designated and provided for each product handled by a product manufacturer. Based on the product-specific component information registered in the registration step, which acquires the product-specific component material information specifying the product maker from the product maker terminal, and registers the material to each material maker. The registration request step for requesting registration of material information, and the material information registered through the material maker terminal of each material maker in response to the registration request at the registration request step Based on the material information registration step for registering the materials used in the specified product and the material information registered in the material information registration step, various information about the product is displayed. A packaging material standard management method comprising: a step of calculating information.