JP2003256019A - Production instructing system, production instructing method, and production instructing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production instructing system, production instructing method and production instructing program capable of easily and accurately giving a production instruction in response to customer needs. <P>SOLUTION: A salesroom analyzing server 11 calculates a predicted sales quantity per time zone on the basis of a sold quantity and a sales trend ratio per each time zone. The salesroom analyzing server 11 calculates a predicted stock quantity per time zone on the basis of the predicted sales quantity per time zone and an instructed production quantity, and it gives an instruction for production operation of a commodity to an automatic weighing, packaging and pricing device 15, a weighing and pricing device 18 and an ESL 6 on the basis of the predicted stock quantity. <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 production instruction system, a production instruction method and a production instruction program for giving a production instruction of a product to be produced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the needs of customers have been changing in various ways, and in stores such as supermarkets,
We sell a wide variety of products on display shelves that meet the needs of our customers every day. Generally, in a store such as a supermarket, production of fresh food is carried out in the store. This production work must be done on an hourly basis. That is, in a store such as a supermarket, a product is produced according to a time zone and the product is displayed on a display shelf in the store.

[0003] Usually, an operator in a sales store confirms the display shelves and gives an instruction to produce a product with a small remaining number (hereinafter referred to as a production instruction), or a large remaining number is likely to be unsold. I'm giving up to sell out all kinds of products.
Most of these production instructions and closeouts rely on the experience and intuition of the workers. Conversely, too many production instructions may be issued, resulting in unsold items, or urgent closeouts leading to opportunity loss. Many. Here, the opportunity loss means that the customer has come to buy but the product is out of stock and the amount of money that should have been originally sold becomes a chance loss. Further, although it is also performed to make a sales forecast of a product and give a production instruction, such a sales forecast is generally made only about once a day. In addition, the sales forecast depends on the experience and intuition of the workers and the daily sales are 50%.
At the time of reaching (so-called return time), 10 packs were sold by that time, so it is the actual situation that we make predictions only by thinking that we will sell another 10 packs, and make a production instruction and a decision to close. .

By the way, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-44771 discloses a product information display device for displaying price information and characteristics of products in a store such as a supermarket. This product information display device is intended to accurately convey product information such as price, quality, and characteristics to customers, and based on information from a POS (Point of Sales) system, the product inventory quantity and sales. Find the degree,
The price reduction rate is calculated according to the result, and in order to prevent mistakes in setting price information for the product when the price of the product is reduced, etc., the price reduction price of the product is accurately transmitted to the customer using the display. . With this device, price information can be accurately transmitted to the customer.

[0005]

However, with the product information display device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-44771, it is not possible to give a production instruction in accordance with the daily sales situation of fresh food and the needs of customers. Therefore, it is impossible to accurately produce the product that the customer originally wants according to the time zone. In addition, it is impossible to make an accurate production instruction and a close-out judgment of an accurate product based on the above-described prediction based on the experience and intuition of the worker. And this leads to loss of customer opportunity and loss of trust, which is an important issue for retailers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a production instruction system, a production instruction method, and a production instruction program capable of giving a production instruction easily and accurately according to the needs of customers.

[0007]

A production instruction system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a production instruction system for instructing the production of a product to be produced in a sales store, and the sales amount of the product for each time zone. Sales management means for managing sales, first storage means for storing a sales trend ratio for each time period, and sales forecast for calculating a sales forecast quantity based on the sales volume and the sales trend ratio read from the first storage means And a quantity calculation means.

In the production instruction system according to the first aspect of the present invention, sales for each product based on past sales statistics transmitted every morning in advance by the Internet, etc. from the sales volume for each time zone and the headquarters that supervises each sales store in advance. Based on the trend ratio, the sales forecast amount for each time period is calculated. here,
The sales trend ratio refers to a composition ratio of what percentage of this product can be sold per day based on past sales results for each product by time zone (for example, one hour, one month, one year, etc.). For example, if there is a product that sells 100 pieces a day in the past statistical value, and if it can be assumed that 10 pieces can be sold on average in the past 10 o'clock (the amount of money is also considered), then the sales trend ratio in that time period is 10%. Become. The sales trend ratio may be based on statistical values independently aggregated at each sales store. The worker
Since it is possible to know the forecast sales volume by time zone instead of forecasting once a day during business hours, it is possible to forecast sales without relying on intuition and experience.

A production instruction system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the configuration of the production instruction system according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the inventory control means controls the inventory amount of each product by time zone and each product by time zone. Second storage means for storing the production instruction amount of, and an inventory prediction amount calculation means for calculating the inventory forecast amount based on the inventory amount and the sales forecast amount and the production instruction amount read from the second storage device, and the inventory forecast It is provided with a production instruction transmitting means for giving a production instruction for each time zone based on the quantity.

Since the worker predicts the stock forecast amount from the time the store is opened to the time the store is closed, if the current production instructions are kept, there is a possibility that the product will remain unsold at the time the store is closed from the stock forecast amount. Alternatively, it is possible to make an objective decision without resorting to experience, taking into consideration the possibility that the product may run out. Therefore, the worker must provide accurate and quick production instructions,
You can make a close-out decision. Further, not only the forecast of once a day but also the forecasted amount of inventory can be confirmed for each time zone at any time during business hours, so that the production instruction can be given accurately and promptly.

In the production instruction system according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the production instruction system according to the second aspect of the invention, the production instruction transmitting means is a display means for displaying the status of the inventory forecast quantity of the product based on the inventory forecast quantity. It is equipped with.

In this case, the worker can confirm the status of the forecasted stock quantity at a glance on the display means of the production transmitting means, so that the operator can accurately and promptly instruct the production instruction and the close-up decision of the commodity while checking the commodity. be able to.

A production instruction system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the configuration of the production instruction system according to the second aspect of the present invention, further comprising production processing means for performing a production operation of a product based on the production instruction transmitted by the production instruction transmission means. Be prepared.

In this case, since the worker can recognize the quantity to be produced by the production instruction transmitted by the production instruction transmitting means, it is possible to perform the production work such as arranging processing accurately and promptly.

A production instructing method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a production instructing method for instructing the production of a product to be produced in a sales store, which comprises a step of managing the sales volume of the product for each time zone. A first storage step of storing the sales trend ratio for each time period, a step of calculating a sales forecast amount based on the sales amount and the sales trend ratio, a step of managing the inventory amount of each product by time period, A second storage step for storing the production instruction amount for each product for each obi, a step for calculating the inventory forecast amount based on the inventory amount, the sales forecast amount, and the production instruction amount, and the production for each time zone based on the inventory forecast amount And a step of giving an instruction.

In the production instruction method according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the inventory forecast amount is calculated based on the inventory amount, the sales forecast amount, and the production instruction amount read from the storage means. The worker calculates the inventory forecast amount from opening to closing by time zone, so if the current production instruction is followed, there is a possibility that the product may remain unsold at the time of closing from the inventory forecast amount, or It is possible to make an objective decision without relying on experience, taking into consideration the possibility that there will be a shortage. Therefore, the operator can accurately and promptly make a production instruction and a close-up decision. Further, not only the forecast of once a day but also the forecasted amount of inventory can be confirmed for each time zone at any time during business hours, so that the production instruction can be given accurately and promptly.

A production instruction program according to the sixth invention is
A computer-readable production instruction program for instructing production of a product to be produced in a store, processing for managing the sales volume of a product for each time zone, and storing a sales trend ratio for each time zone The first storage process, the process of calculating the sales forecast amount based on the sales amount and the sales trend ratio, the process of managing the inventory amount of each product by time period, and the production instruction amount of each product by time period. The computer is caused to execute a second storage process of storing, a process of calculating a stock forecast amount based on the stock amount, a sales forecast amount, and a production instruction amount, and a process of issuing a production instruction for each time zone based on the stock forecast amount. It is a thing.

In the production instruction program according to the sixth aspect of the invention, the inventory forecast quantity is calculated based on the inventory quantity, the sales forecast quantity, and the production instruction quantity, and the production instruction is issued based on the inventory forecast quantity. Therefore, the worker calculates the inventory forecast amount from the time of opening the store to the time of closing the store by time zone, and if the current production instruction is kept, the product may remain unsold at the time of closing the store from the inventory forecast amount, Alternatively, it is possible to make an objective decision without relying on experience, taking into consideration the possibility that the product may run out. Therefore, the operator can accurately and promptly make a production instruction and a close-up decision.

[0019]

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 a product management system including a production instruction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The product management system of FIG. 1 is provided in a sales store such as a supermarket. The stores are
The management room 100, the sales floor 200, and the cooking workshop 300 are provided. Further, the product management system of FIG. 1 can communicate with a head office that controls each sales store via the Internet or the like via a router (not shown).

The management room 100 has a POS (Point of Sal
es) Controller 1, POS file processor 2, mobile access point 4, ESL (electronic shelf label: Electric S
A helfLabel) controller 8, an ESL base station 9, a sales floor analysis server 11, and a fresh master controller 12 are provided. In the sales floor 200, the POS scanning system 3, the mobile information terminal 5, the product display shelf 7, the ES
An L transmitter / receiver 10 and an in-store weighing machine 16 are provided. The mobile information terminal 5 is an information terminal carried by an operator. This product display shelf 7 has a plurality of ESLs (electronic shelf labels: Electric).
Shelf Label) 6 is provided. Further, in the cooking workshop 300, the processing instruction printer 13 and the automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 15 are provided.
And a weighing and pricing device 18 is provided. This automatic weighing / packaging device 15 is provided with a display unit 15, and a weighing and pricing device 18 is provided.
Includes a display unit 17. The worker uses the automatic weighing and packaging device 15 or the weighing device 18 to carry out a product production operation. In this case, the production work includes weighing, packaging, and pricing of predetermined products.

In the merchandise management system of FIG. 1, the sales floor analysis server 11, the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15, the weighing pricing device 18, the portable information terminal 5, the ESL 6, and the POS controller 1 constitute a production instruction system. In the present embodiment, the POS controller 1 corresponds to sales management means, and the sales floor analysis server 11 corresponds to sales forecast quantity calculation means, inventory management means, and inventory forecast quantity calculation means. Further, the RAM 503 of the sales floor analysis server 11 or the external storage device 506 is
It corresponds to the first storage means and the second storage means. The mobile information terminal 5 and the ESL 6 correspond to production instruction transmitting means. It should be noted that the production instruction can be given also in the automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 15 and / or the weighing and pricing device 18.

First, the POS controller 1 stores price information of each product for each product in the POS file processor 2.
In addition, the price information of the merchandise and the budget information for each department organized by each department are given to the sales floor analysis server 11, and the price information of the merchandise is given to the ESL controller 8.
Here, the section (area) means a fresh food section, a frozen food section, a confectionery section, or the like. In addition, the price information includes a normal price of a product that is normally sold and a discounted price of a product that does not sell well.

The POS file processor 2 gives the price information of the given product to the POS scanning system 3. The POS scanning system 3 determines the price of the product purchased by the customer according to the price information of the given product. Further, the POS scanning system 3 gives the daily sales record of each product to the POS file processor 2. The POS file processor 2 stores the sales record of a given product, and the POS controller 1
Give to. The POS controller 1 gives the daily sales record of each product to the sales floor analysis server 11.

Next, the portable information terminal 5 displays the sales floor analysis information, which will be described later, given from the sales floor analysis server 11 via the mobile access point 4. Further, the worker can provide the sales floor analysis server 11 via the mobile access point 4 with the portable information terminal 5 through the mobile access point 4 with display information regarding a display shelf for displaying products, product production instructions, and product price information. The production instruction refers to an instruction for production work, and the production instruction includes identification information (a product name, a product code and a product number) of the product, and the number of products produced, the amount of closeout, the number of closeouts, and the like.

Here, the display information includes display shelf information and display instruction information. The display shelf information is information for identifying the display shelf on which the merchandise should be displayed, and includes the floor, area, and display shelf number of the sales store. The display instruction information is information indicating the display position and the display method of the product on the display shelf, and includes the number of columns, the number of faces (the number of types of products), the number of stacked products, and the number of columns of the display shelf.

Further, the portable information terminal 5 displays on the screen display information, an instruction to attach a POP advertisement regarding a product, an instruction to attach the ESL 6, and the like. Therefore, the worker can grasp the status of the display shelves in the store on the screen of the mobile information terminal 5.

Next, the ESL controller 8 provides the ESL base station 9 with the price information of the product given from the POS controller 1, the display information of the product given from the sales floor analysis server 11, and the sales floor analysis information described later. The ESL base station 9 provides the ESL transceiver 10 with the price information of the product, the display information of the product, and the sales floor analysis information provided from the ESL controller 8.

The ESL transmitter / receiver 10 transmits the information given from the ESL base station 9 to a predetermined ESL 6 provided on the commodity display shelf 7 by a radio signal. The ESL 6 displays the information given from the ESL transceiver 10.

Now, the ESL 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the ESL 6 in this embodiment.

The ESL 6 has a display unit 601, a product name description unit 602, a switch 603, a wireless transmission / reception unit 604, and a power generation unit 605. The display unit 601 displays price information of products, the product name and product number are described in the product name description unit 602, and the switch 603 operates the operator to instruct the wireless transmission / reception unit 604 to produce a product. give.
The wireless transmission / reception unit 604 receives a wireless signal from the ESL transmission / reception unit 10 and the portable information terminal 5, and also uses the switch 60.
The production instruction given from No. 3 is transmitted to the ESL transmission / reception unit 10. The power generation unit 605 includes a solar cell, and the display unit 60.
1, the switch 603 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 604 are supplied with the generated power.

The ESL 6 is installed on the display shelf corresponding to each product, and the ESL 6 may be provided with a switch for inputting the number of products (stock quantity) of each product.

Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 sells the products and budget information for each product given from the POS controller 1, product display information given from the mobile information terminal 5, product production instructions and price information, which will be described later. By using the unit price information per weight of the product given from the fresh master controller 12 and the production record given via the automatic weighing / packaging device 15 or the weighing / pricing device 18, as will be described later, the time zone for each product The sales floor analysis information including the forecasted number of sales classified by time, the forecasted number of inventory by time zone, and the sales digestion rate information is calculated. Further, the sales floor analysis server 11 stores the sales trend ratio transmitted via the Internet or the like or manually input in the sales store in the external storage device 506 or the RAM 503 described later.

Further, the sales floor analysis server 11 uses the mobile access point 4 to store information such as forecasted sales figures by time zone, forecasted inventory figures by time zone, remaining production quantity, production digestion rate information, etc., which are included in the sales floor analysis information described later. It is given to the portable information terminal 5 via the ES and the product display information and product production digestion rate information are ES
The L controller 8 and the production instruction to the processing instruction printer 13, the automatic weighing / packaging device 15 and the weighing device 18 through the fresh master controller 12. In addition, the production instructions can be sent by the automatic weighing and packaging device 15 or
It is also possible from / and the weighing and pricing device 18. The forecasted number of sales by time zone, the forecasted number of inventory by time zone, and the number of remaining production by time zone will be described later. The sales digestibility information has already been disclosed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-60314. When the sales digestibility is low, the product is not selling well, and when it is high, it indicates that the product is selling well. .

Then, the fresh master controller 12
The product master, additive master, and scroll information are stored. Here, the product master is a collection of information about products (hereinafter referred to as product information), and for each product, product code or product number, product name, normal unit price, variable unit price, product size, expiration date, etc. including. The additive master is an aggregate of information on additives (hereinafter referred to as additive information) for a predetermined product, and includes types and amounts of additives. The scroll information is a message that the customer wants to appeal to.

The fresh master controller 12 responds to the production instruction for each product given from the sales floor analysis server 11.
The product information included in the stored product master is added with the additive information included in the additive master, and the price information of the product given from the POS controller 1 is further added and given to the in-store weighing machine 16. Further, the fresh master controller 12 gives unit price information per weight to the sales floor analysis server 11.

Further, the fresh master controller 12 gives the merchandise information, the additive information, the merchandise price information and the production instruction to the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 or the weighing pricing device 18.

The automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 15 and the weighing and pricing device 18 display product information, additive information, product price information and production instructions on the respective display sections 14 and 17,
Print on the label attached to the product. The operator weighs using the automatic weighing and packaging device 15 and the weighing device 18.
Performs production work such as packaging and pricing. The automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 15 and the weighing and pricing device 18 are provided in the sales floor analysis server 11
Gives the number of production records of the produced products. In the present embodiment, the automatic weighing / packaging device 15 and the weighing device 1
8 corresponds to production processing means.

The in-store measuring device 16 is used particularly in the area of fresh food (meat, fish, etc.), and the product information and the additive information given from the fresh master controller 12 to the product desired by the customer. And the price information of the product is printed on the label, and scroll information, which is a message that the customer wants to appeal to, is displayed.

Next, the configuration of the sales floor analysis server 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sales floor analysis server 11.

The sales floor analysis server 11 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 500, an input / output device 501, a ROM (read only memory) 502, a RAM (random access memory) 503, a recording medium 504, and a recording medium driving device 505.
And an external storage device 506. In addition, communication is performed with the general headquarters via a communication line such as the Internet via a router (not shown).

The input / output device 501 transmits / receives information to / from other devices. A system program is stored in the ROM 502. The recording medium driving device 505 is a CD-R.
A recording medium 5 such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk, which comprises an OM drive and a floppy disk drive.
Data is read from and written to 04. Recording medium 504
A production instruction program for giving an instruction for production work is recorded in. The external storage device 506 includes a hard disk device or the like, and stores the production instruction program read from the recording medium 504 via the recording medium driving device 505. The CPU 500 executes the production instruction program stored in the external storage device 506 on the RAM 503. Further, communication information transmitted via a communication line such as the Internet is stored in the external storage device 506 or the RAM 50.
Store in 3.

As the recording medium 504 for recording the production instruction program, various recording media such as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a hard disk can be used.
Further, the production instruction program may be downloaded to the external storage device 506 via a communication medium such as a communication line such as the Internet and executed on the RAM 503.

Next, the production instruction system according to the present invention will be described. First, from the headquarters every morning, past sales statistics (“PI (Purchase Index) value by time zone” and past 1) are stored in the sales floor analysis server 11 of the product management system shown in FIG.
Average values such as months / years. The production plan and sales trend ratio for each product, which are created based on the above), are transmitted via communication lines such as the Internet. Here, the time zone-specific PI value refers to the past average value of the number of products purchased per 1000 persons, and is represented by the following formula. Further, “by time zone” means, for example, every hour. Time-based PI value = Number of products purchased / Number of customers visiting by time zone x 1000 Multiplying the time-based PI value by the expected number of customers visiting the store today yields the sales forecast quantity by time zone, which is calculated based on this It is a production plan by obi.

The hourly production plans and sales trend ratios for each product transmitted from the headquarters are stored in the external storage device 506 or the RAM 503 of the sales floor analysis server 11. Then, the sales floor analysis server 11 transmits the production plan for each product by time zone to the mobile information terminal 5 via the mobile access point 4. The worker confirms the sent time-wise production plan for each product and appropriately modifies the time-wise production plan for each product while considering today's store situation (for example, weather and local events). The production instruction is transmitted from the mobile information terminal 5 to the sales floor analysis server 11 via the mobile access point 4. The production instruction is transmitted to the automatic weighing and packaging bidder 15 and the weighing bidder 18 via the sales floor analysis server 11. The production instruction quantity of the production instruction is stored in the RAM 503 of the sales floor analysis server 11 and / or the external storage device 5.
It is stored in 06. The above production instruction can be appropriately corrected not only from the portable information terminal 5 but also by a personal computer (not shown) or the automatic weighing / packaging device 15 and / or the weighing and pricing device 18.

The worker processes, arranges, wraps, and attaches the measured value to the product based on the transmitted time-series production plan for each product. When giving a production instruction, the worker gives priority to the production instruction having a low display consumption rate by the opening time of the store based on the production consumption rate information disclosed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-60314. . Here, the production digestibility is an index indicating the progress of the production work of the product.

Next, the production instruction given by the worker during business hours when the store opens will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of calculating the sales forecast quantity by time zone (for example, every hour, the same applies hereinafter) by the sales floor analysis server 11. First, the sales floor analysis server 11 reads the sales record quantity A for each time zone from the POS controller 1 (step S41). Furthermore, the sales trend ratio B for each product for each time zone transmitted from the headquarters is read (step S4).
2). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 uses the actual sales quantity A and the sales trend ratio B to calculate the predicted sales quantity C according to the following equation.
Is calculated (step S43). Sales forecast quantity C = F (sales achievement quantity A, sales trend ratio B) (1) Here, the sales achievement quantity A means the number of products actually produced for each time zone. The sales trend ratio B is transmitted from the headquarters every morning before the store opens. Here, the calculation formula of the function F for obtaining the predicted sales quantity C may be any formula as long as it is determined based on past results.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the calculation process of the actual inventory quantity by time zone by the sales floor analysis server 11.
The sales floor analysis server 11 is the external storage device 506 or the RAM 5
The previous-hour actual inventory quantity D one hour before stored in 03 is read (step 51). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 reads the production record quantity E by time zone transmitted from the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 or the weighing pricing device 18 (step 52). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 reads the sales record quantity A transmitted from the POS controller 1 for each time zone (step 53). Then, the sales floor analysis server 11 calculates the actual inventory quantity F by the following formula (step 54). Actual inventory quantity F = Previous time actual inventory quantity D + Actual production quantity E-Sales achievement quantity A (2) Here, the actual production quantity E means the number of actually produced products for each time zone. . The actual inventory quantity F calculated by the equation (2) is the actual inventory quantity in the current time zone.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the calculation process of the remaining production quantity G by time zone by the sales floor analysis server 11. The sales floor analysis server 11 reads the previous time remaining number G one hour ago from the RAM 503 or the external storage device 506 (step 61). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 uses the RAM 5
03 or the production instruction quantity H stored in the external storage device 506 is read (step 62). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 uses the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 and the weighing pricing device 1
The actual production quantity E of products by time zone is read from 8 (step 63). Then, the sales floor analysis server 11 calculates the remaining production quantity G for each time zone by using the previous time remaining quantity G, the production instruction quantity H, and the actual production quantity E as in the following equation (step S64). Production remaining number G = previous time remaining number G + production instruction number H-production actual number E ... (3) Here, the production remaining number G calculated by the equation (3) is not yet produced by time zone. It represents the number of items that are not available.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the calculation process of the estimated inventory quantity K by time zone by the sales floor analysis server 11. The sales floor analysis server 11 reads the previous hour actual inventory quantity D stored one hour before stored in the RAM 503 or the external storage device 506 (step 71). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 reads the production instruction quantity H for each time zone stored in the RAM 503 or the external storage device 506 (step 72). Next, the sales floor analysis server 11 reads the sales forecast quantity C by time zone described in FIG. 4 (step 73). Then, the sales floor analysis server 11 calculates the inventory forecast quantity K for each time zone using the following formula based on the previous-hour actual inventory quantity D, the production instruction quantity H, and the sales forecast quantity C (step 74). Stock forecast quantity K = previous time actual inventory quantity D + production instruction quantity H-sales forecast quantity C (4) Here, the stock forecast quantity K can be used as information for the operator to give a production instruction. As described above, the sales forecast quantity C, the actual inventory quantity F, calculated by the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 to 7,
The production residual quantity G and the estimated stock quantity K are calculated by the sales floor analysis server 11
RAM 503 or external storage device 506.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8, a case will be described in which the worker gives a production instruction based on the estimated inventory quantity for each time period obtained above. The sales floor analysis server 11 is shown in FIG.
~ The sales floor analysis information including the estimated number of stocks for each time period calculated in Fig. 7 is read (step 81). Sales floor analysis server 1
1 transmits the sales floor analysis information including the read inventory forecast quantity by time zone to the mobile information terminal 5 via the mobile access point 4 (step 82). Further, the sales floor analysis server 11 transmits the sales floor analysis information to the ESL 6 via the ESL base station 9 (step 82). Although the sales floor analysis information is transmitted to the portable information terminal 5 in the above, it may be transmitted to a personal computer (not shown) or the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 and / or the weighing pricing device 18.

FIG. 9A shows an example in which the sales floor analysis information of the product transmitted from the sales floor analysis server 11 is displayed on the display unit of the portable information terminal 5. The top row shows the time zones from opening to closing (9am to 7pm) divided by hour. The leftmost column shows items such as the production plan, sales trend ratio, and the number of production instructions sent from the headquarters every morning. In addition, the numbers in the boxes surrounded by squares indicate the number (however, the fields of the item of sales trend ratio show the percentage display), and the blanks indicate that they are undecided. The "total" in the rightmost column of the uppermost column indicates the cumulative number of the above items from before opening to closing. However, the estimated inventory quantity, remaining production quantity, and actual inventory quantity are the quantities when the store is closed. The mobile information terminal 5 displays, for each time zone, the production plan and the sales trend ratio for each time zone (every hour) transmitted from the headquarters, the number of production instructions for each time zone, and the like. This display example shows the production status of a single item at the opening time of 10:00. In other words, the sales forecast quantity, forecast stock quantity, remaining production quantity, actual stock quantity, etc. for each time zone calculated by the above equations (1) to (4) and the “total” at the time of closing the store are displayed. It also indicates that the actual production quantity is 15. The worker has a production record of 1 at 10 am
It is possible to recognize at a glance that the number is 5, and the estimated number of stocks when the store is closed is 15. Therefore, the worker can immediately change the production instruction quantity from the next time zone, judging that the production will be overproduced if this condition is left. The production instruction number is changed from the portable information terminal 5, and in this example, the production instruction number “30” in the time zone of 11:00 is changed to, for example, “15”. Further, since the worker can objectively confirm the forecasted inventory quantity for each time zone, it is possible to give a precise and prompt production instruction without relying on intuition and experience.

On the display unit of the mobile information terminal 5, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 9B is displayed. Figure 9 (b)
Shows the stock forecast at 16:00 on March 5, 2002. The mobile information terminal 5 can set extraction conditions in order to select necessary information from the sales floor analysis information. In FIG. 9 (b), the worker extracts extraction conditions in which the commodity information is “side dish” and “sushi” and the inventory forecast quantity calculated by the equation (4) as the inventory forecast is positive, so "+" Indicates that the inventory forecast quantity is "5 or more"
It shows the case where it is set as. here,
The number of products produced is the number of products produced by time of day, the number of products sold is the number of products accumulated by 16:00 until time of 16:00, and the sales digestion rate is what the applicant disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-60314. When the digestibility is low, the product is not selling well, and when it is high, the product is selling well. The displayed inventory quantity represents the actual inventory quantity. Therefore, looking at this table, the worker, for example, in the case of "8 pieces of special Nigiri", has an estimated inventory quantity of 14, so it is expected that the production instruction quantity in the current time zone will be unsold. Therefore, the portable information terminal 5 gives a production instruction so as to reduce the number of production instructions. In addition, the operator gives a close-out instruction of the quantity when the production of the commodities is all finished. In that case, the “closed-out number” and the “closed-out amount” are input from the portable information terminal 5. At the same time, the worker prints out a cut-off label such as "10 yen discount" or "half price" with a dedicated printer or a processing instruction printer 13 and attaches it to the product. On this screen, the worker sets the "discontinuation number" of the product "8 pieces of special Nigiri" to "10" and the "discontinuation amount" to "700 yen"
Is shown as an example. On the other hand, if the product whose inventory forecast quantity is negative is extracted and displayed from the sales floor analysis information as the extraction condition "inventory forecast-", the product is out of stock if it is the production instruction quantity at the current moment. Therefore, the production instruction is made to increase the number of production instructions. Here, the inventory forecast quantity represents the quantity when the store is closed, and the production quantity and the sales quantity represent the cumulative quantity up to the current time of 16:00. However, the quantity may be represented by time zone. Figure 9
Although the production instruction quantity is not displayed in (b), the production instruction quantity may be displayed. Then, the operator can recognize the production instruction quantity and the inventory forecast quantity for each time zone at a glance, and the accurate and quick production instruction can be performed without relying on intuition and experience.

FIG. 10 shows another display screen for displaying the stock forecast on the mobile information terminal 5. The left side shows a display example of the stock forecast situation when the display shelves in the sales floor are viewed from above, and the right side shows a display example when the display shelves showing the stock forecast situation are viewed from the front. In this display example, colors are arbitrarily classified according to the estimated stock quantity calculated by the equation (4). For example, when the predicted stock quantity is ± 10 packs or more, it is displayed in red. The screen shows that the estimated stock quantity of the product C3 on the display shelf 700 is large or small. With such a display screen, it is possible to recognize at a glance which product on which display shelf is under-produced or over-produced. Thereby, the worker can instruct an appropriate production instruction quantity from the portable information terminal 5 while checking the products displayed on the display shelf. An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the portable information terminal 5 is shown above, but it may be displayed on a display unit of a personal computer (not shown) or the automatic weighing / packing price-setting device 15 and / or the weighing price-setting device 18.

On the other hand, the ESL 6 displays the inventory forecast quantity. In the ESL 6, when the estimated inventory quantity is ± 10 packs or more, the light emitting units 800 provided along the four sides repeat blinking as shown in FIG. 11A. FIG. 11B shows 1
Another example in which the light emitting unit 801 along the side blinks will be shown. As a result, the worker can confirm the estimated stock quantity, and check the products displayed on the display shelf while E
It is possible to give an accurate production instruction by using the switch 603 provided in the SL6.

As described above, the worker can confirm the estimated stock quantity and the like for each product by using the portable information terminal 5 or the ESL 6, and use the experience and intuition of the worker based on the predicted stock quantity and the like. It is possible to give accurate production instructions.

The operator sends the changed production instruction quantity or the like for each time zone from the mobile information terminal 5 to the sales floor analysis server 11 via the mobile access point 4 or from the ESL 6 to the ES.
It transmits to the sales floor analysis server 11 via the L transmission / reception part 10 and the ESL base station 9 (step 83). The sales floor analysis server 11 transmits the changed production instruction quantity and the like to the fresh master controller 12. The fresh master controller 12 sends the changed production instruction quantity or the like as a recommendation to the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 and the weighing pricing device 18 or the processing instruction printer 13 (step 84).

On the display units 14 and 17 of the automatic weighing / packing pricing device 15 and the weighing / bidting device 18, the production work recommendation shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. In the production work recommendation list on the display screen, products based on the production digestion rate and the like are displayed in descending order of priority. This makes it easy for the operator to determine which product should be prioritized. Further, the production instruction number and the like are output to the processing instruction printer 13 and printed out as a production instruction document or a processing instruction document. The worker can process and arrange the product based on the production instruction or the processing instruction.

In order to confirm the difference between the "production plan" of a single item that the general headquarters has planned and instructed to send to each sales store, and the "actual production quantity" actually instructed at the sales store, Calculate the planned digestion rate using the formula. Planned digestion rate = actual production quantity / production plan (5) The planned digestion rate is the actual production quantity, production plan and 1 for each time period.
Calculated by totaling those performances for the day. The planned digestion rate calculated by the equation (5) is used in future production planning and serves as an index such as the check of the sales situation at each sales store. In addition, the planned digestion rate is used for sales trend statistics and the like at the headquarters and each sales store. It is transmitted to the headquarters via the Internet or the like.

[0060]

According to the present invention, there is a possibility that the product may remain unsold at the time of closing the store based on the estimated amount of stock if the production instruction at the present time is kept during the business hours without depending on the intuition, experience and memory of the worker. It is possible to objectively judge whether there is something or there is a possibility that the product will run short. Therefore,
The operator can make an accurate and prompt production instruction and make a decision on the close-up. Further, not only the forecast of once a day but also the forecasted amount of inventory can be confirmed for each time zone at any time during business hours, so that the production instruction can be given accurately and promptly. Further, the worker can check the status of the estimated stock amount at a glance on the display unit such as a portable information terminal, so that it is possible to accurately and promptly instruct the production of the product and the decision to close the product while checking the product. . In addition, since the estimated number of stocks for each time zone is displayed by easy-to-use color coding and extraction conditions, it is possible to accurately and swiftly instruct production of products without relying on the intuition, experience and memory of the operator. Further, the worker can perform the production work such as arranging processing accurately and promptly based on the production instruction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a product management system including a production instruction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an ESL in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a sales floor analysis server.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of calculating a sales forecast quantity by time zone by the sales floor analysis server.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a calculation process of the actual inventory quantity by time zone by the sales floor analysis server.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a calculation process of the remaining production quantity by time zone by the sales floor analysis server.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of calculating a forecasted inventory quantity by time zone by the sales floor analysis server.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a production instruction using the forecasted inventory quantity by time zone.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of a mobile information terminal.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another display screen of the mobile information terminal.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a light emitting unit of ESL.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a recommendation for production work on an automatic weighing / packing pricing device or a display unit of the weighing / pricing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 POS controller 2 POS file processor 3 POS scanning system 4 mobile access points 5 Personal digital assistants 6 ESL 7 product display shelves 8 ESL controller 9 ESL base station 10 ESL transceiver 11 Sales floor analysis server 12 Fresh master controller 15 Automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 18 Weighing device 800,801 Light emitting part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A production instruction system for instructing production of a product to be produced in a sales store, comprising a sales management means for managing the sales volume of a product for each time zone, and a sales trend ratio for each time zone. And a sales forecast quantity calculation means for calculating a forecast sales quantity based on the sales volume and the sales trend ratio read from the first storage means. Instruction system. 2. An inventory management means for managing an inventory quantity for each product by time zone, a second storage means for storing a production instruction quantity for each product by time zone, the inventory quantity and the predicted sales quantity. And a stock forecast quantity calculating means for calculating a stock forecast quantity based on the production instruction quantity read from the second storage means, and a production instruction sending means for issuing a production instruction for each time zone based on the stock forecast quantity. The production instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the production instruction system is provided. 3. The production instruction system according to claim 2, wherein the production instruction transmitting means includes a display means for displaying the status of the inventory forecast quantity of the product based on the inventory forecast quantity. 4. The production instruction system according to claim 2, further comprising a production processing means for performing a production operation of the merchandise based on the production instruction transmitted by the production instruction transmitting means. 5. A production instructing method for instructing production of a product to be produced in a sales store, the step of managing the sales volume of the product for each time zone, and storing the sales trend ratio for each time zone. A first storing step, a step of calculating a sales forecast amount based on the sales amount and the sales trend ratio, a step of managing an inventory amount for each product by zone,
A second storage step of storing the production instruction amount for each product for each time period, a step of calculating an inventory forecast amount based on the inventory amount, the sales forecast amount, and the production instruction amount, and based on the inventory forecast amount And a step of giving a production instruction for each time zone. 6. A computer-readable production instruction program for instructing the production of a product to be produced in a sales store, comprising: processing for managing the sales volume of a product for each time zone; A first storage process for storing the sales trend ratio, a process for calculating a forecast sales amount based on the sales amount and the sales trend ratio, a process for managing the inventory amount of each product by time period, and a time period Second storage process for storing the production instruction amount for each product, processing for calculating the inventory forecast amount based on the inventory amount, the sales forecast amount, and the production instruction amount, and the time zone based on the inventory forecast amount. A production instruction program, characterized in that the computer is caused to execute a process of giving a production instruction separately.