JP2003331211A - Slip management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slip management technology capable of performing a slip processing work easily and accurately, even when a slip of a different format is used relative to each lease trader. <P>SOLUTION: Leased vehicle attribute information related to a leased vehicle is stored in a database, and work item information related to the work item content to the leased vehicle is stored in the database. Then, slip format information of each lease trader related to the leased vehicle attribute information is selected from the database, and slip content information including the leased vehicle attribute information, the work item information and the slip format information is generated, and the slip content information is outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slip management technique.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a vehicle mechanic or the like issues handwritten slips such as bills to customers when the maintenance or repair is completed.

However, issuing a large number of slips by handwriting has not been easy for a worker of a vehicle maintenance company.

For this reason, many vehicle maintenance companies have installed (introduced) and utilized application software capable of creating quotes and slips in their computers.

By utilizing these general-purpose application software, the vehicle mechanic can easily and accurately issue the slip to the customer.

However, when carrying out maintenance or repair of a leased vehicle managed by the leasing company, the leasing company often requests the vehicle maintenance company to use a slip of a different format for each leasing company. is there.

Since it is difficult to utilize the application software due to the large number of slips of different formats for each leasing company, the vehicle mechanic has created the slip for the leasing company by hand.

By the way, as a technique for facilitating the voucher processing relating to the leased vehicle in the above-mentioned vehicle maintenance company, for example, an automobile maintenance management system of JP 2001-249992 A has been proposed.

According to the automobile maintenance management system, the leasing company and the vehicle maintenance company are connected via the server device. By storing the common format of the slip in the server device and using the common format for each leasing company and vehicle maintenance company, the slip processing can be efficiently performed.

[0010]

However, in reality, the vehicle maintenance company is obliged to handle a plurality of types of slips prepared by the leasing company, so it cannot be said that the vehicle maintenance management system is effectively utilized. It was

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned matters, and it is possible to easily and accurately perform a slip processing business even when a slip having a different format is used for each leasing company. The problem is to provide a slip management technology.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has the following means.

That is, the leased vehicle attribute information associated with the leased vehicle is stored in the database, the work item information associated with the work item content for the leased vehicle is stored in the database, and is associated with the leased vehicle attribute information. The slip format information for each leasing company is searched from the database, and the slip content information including the lease vehicle attribute information, work item information, and slip format information is generated,
The slip content information is output.

According to the above-described method, the vehicle mechanic can easily and accurately perform the slip processing business even when different slip formats are handled by a plurality of leasing companies.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a slip management method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, the slip management method of the present invention is installed (introduced) in a computer as a computer-executable program, and the computer is installed in a vehicle maintenance company for each maintenance terminal and leasing agent. An example will be described in which a network is configured by the leasing terminal and the server device provided in the above.

A network for implementing the slip management method in this embodiment is constituted by the elements shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a slip management network, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The network in this embodiment is the Internet (TCP / IP: Transmission Control P
rotocol / Internet Protocol data transfer network). A maintenance company terminal 100 provided for a vehicle maintenance company, a leasing company terminal 200 provided for each leasing company, and a server device 300 are connected to this network.

Next, an example of the hardware components of the maintenance company terminal 100 in the present embodiment will be described. The maintenance company terminal 100 is made up of the components shown in FIG.

First, the maintenance company terminal 100 has a CPU
(Central processing unit) 101 and main memory (M
M) 102 and an arithmetic processing unit 103 that performs processing based on an application program.

A storage device 104 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 103 via a bus 108. A large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk device is normally used as the storage device 104. Then, the storage device 104
An operating system (OS) necessary for the maintenance agent terminal 100 to function normally is installed in the.

In the storage device 104, an application program such as a business management program for the automobile maintenance industry, which has been widely used in the industry, is installed.

Further, in the storage device 104, a computer-executable slip management program created to realize the slip management method of the present invention is installed.

These programs are not shown in the CD-
This maintenance company terminal 100 is stored in a storage medium such as a ROM.
And is installed in the storage device 104 in an executable state through the CD-ROM drive device 109 shown in FIG.

Then, the CPU 101 loads the slip management program in the storage device 104 into the main memory 10 as necessary.
The slip management method, which is the present embodiment, is realized by loading (reading) the data in No. 2 and executing it sequentially.

The storage device 104 stores a leasing agent database, a leased vehicle database, a vehicle user database, a slip conversion database, etc. necessary for implementing the slip management method of the present invention.

The leasing company database stores information associated with each leasing company, such as the name of the leasing company, the location of the business office, information about the leased vehicle, and slip format information.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the screen display of the leasing company database, which is designated by reference numeral 1. In the storage device 104, the leasing company database 1 is provided for each leasing company.

In the leased vehicle database, the number plate of the vehicle owned by the leasing company, the vehicle type name, the vehicle user name, the model number, the image information of the repaired portion of the leasing vehicle, the registration date of the first year, or the leasing company. Stores information associated with each leased vehicle, such as whether or not the terminal of the business office can handle XML data.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the leased vehicle database, which is indicated by reference numeral 2. In the storage device 104, a lease vehicle database 2 is provided for each leasing company.

The vehicle user database stores information associated with vehicle users, such as the name of the user who contracts the leased vehicle, the location, the type of user, the contract date, the contract period, and the contract content. ing.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a vehicle user database, which is designated by reference numeral 3. A vehicle user database 3 is provided in the storage device 104 for each leasing company.

In the present embodiment, the slip conversion database is used by the service provider terminal 10 to generate slip content information.
An XML in which data such as lease vehicle attribute information input from the input means of 0 is stored as slip format information for each lease agent.
(Extensible Markup Language) A database used when converting to data.

In addition to the above, an OS is stored in the storage device 104.
And a database used in the business management program for the automobile maintenance industry are stored.

Input means and output means are connected to the arithmetic processing unit 103 of the maintenance company terminal 100 via a bus 108.

First, as an input means, an input device such as a keyboard 107 or a mouse for inputting various information is provided. Then, as an output means, the display 1
An output device such as 06 or the printer 105 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 103 via the bus 108.

In this embodiment, the constituent elements of the maintenance company terminal 100 are not limited to those described above. For example, there may be a component added to the maintenance company terminal 100 as needed.

Next, an example of the hardware components of the leasing company terminal 200 in the present embodiment will be described. The leasing company terminal 200 comprises the components shown in FIG.

First, the leasing company terminal 200 has a CPU
(Central processing unit) 201 and main memory (M
M) 202 and an arithmetic processing unit 203 for performing processing based on an application program.

A storage device 204 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 203 via a bus 208. A large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk device is usually used as the storage device 204. Then, the storage device 204
The operating system (OS) necessary for the leasing agency terminal 200 to function normally is installed in the.

Further, in the storage device 204, an application program such as a business management program of the leasing company used by the leasing company is installed.

The existing application program may have a different structure for each leasing company.

The storage device 204 stores a database of data used by leasing companies.

The contents of these databases are information used by each leasing company, and store information about leasing vehicles of each leasing company, information about vehicle users, and the like.

Input means and output means are connected to the arithmetic processing unit 203 of the terminal 200 of the leasing company via a bus 208. First, as an input means, an input device such as a keyboard 207 or a mouse for inputting various information is provided. As output means, an output device such as the display 206 or the printer 205 is connected to the bus 2
It is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 203 via 08.

In this embodiment, the constituent elements of the leasing agency terminal 200 are not limited to the above-mentioned form. For example, the leasing company terminal 200 may have a component added as needed.

Next, an example of the hardware components of the server device 300 according to the present embodiment will be described. The server device 300 comprises the components shown in FIG.

First, the server device 300 has a CPU (ce
ntral processing unit) 101 and main memory (MM)
And an arithmetic processing unit 303 configured to perform processing based on an application program.

A storage device 304 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 303 via a bus 308. A large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk device is normally used as the storage device 304. Then, the storage device 304
An operating system (OS) necessary for the server apparatus 300 to function normally is installed in the server.

Further, in the storage device 304, a computer-executable slip management program created to realize the slip management method of the present invention is installed.

These programs are not shown on the CD-
The CD-ROM drive device 3 shown in FIG. 4 is stored in a storage medium such as a ROM and provided to the server device 300.
09, etc., and is installed in the storage device 304 in an executable state.

Then, the CPU 301 loads the slip management program in the storage device 304 into the main memory 30 as needed.
The slip management method, which is the present embodiment, is realized by loading (reading) the data in No. 2 and executing it sequentially.

Further, by the slip management program, the arithmetic processing section 303 causes the leased vehicle attribute information storage means, work item information storage means, slip format information retrieval means, slip content information generation means, and image information acquisition in this embodiment. The means are realized.

The storage device 304 stores a leasing agent database, a slip conversion database, a maintenance agent database, etc., which are necessary for implementing the slip management method of the present invention.

The leasing company database stores information relating to each leasing company, such as the name of the leasing company, the location of the business office, information about owned vehicles, and slip format information as a slip format.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen display of the leasing agency database, which is designated by reference numeral 1. In the storage device 304, the leasing company database 1 is provided for each leasing company.

In the slip conversion database, information necessary for slip generation in this embodiment is stored in XML (Extensible M).
arkup Language) data, and is a database that stores information necessary for analyzing the XML data.

The vehicle user database stores information associated with vehicle users, such as the name of the user who contracts the leased vehicle, the location, the type of user, the contract date, the contract period, and the contract content. ing.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the vehicle user database, which is indicated by reference numeral 3. In the storage device 304, the vehicle user database 3 is provided for each leasing company.

In addition to the above, an OS is stored in the storage device 304.
And the database used by normal application software is stored.

Further, the arithmetic processing unit 3 of the server device 300
Input means and output means are connected to 03 via a bus 308.

First, an input device such as a keyboard 307 or a mouse for inputting various information is provided as an input means. Then, as an output means, the display 3
Output devices such as 06 and the printer 305 are connected to the arithmetic processing unit 303 via the bus 308.

In the present embodiment, the constituent elements of server device 300 are not limited to those described above. For example, there may be a component added to the server device 300 as needed.

Next, the procedure of the slip processing in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the procedure of the slip processing is input by an operator such as an operator based on the screen display displayed on the display 106 or the like, and CGI (Co
mmonGateway Interface).

First, the maintenance company terminal 100 accepts, as a leased vehicle attribute information storage means, input of information on a leased vehicle that has been stored (step 101 in FIG. 7, hereinafter omitted as S101) from the keyboard 107 or the like. FIG. 9 is an example of a leased vehicle attribute information input screen displayed on the display 106 or the like when receiving the leased vehicle attribute information, and is indicated by reference numeral 4.

On the lease vehicle attribute information input screen 4, the keyboard 1 of the mechanic terminal 100 is displayed from the vehicle verification of the vehicle.
The lease vehicle attribute information is received from 07. Examples of the lease vehicle attribute information to be received include the registration number of the lease plate number plate, owner information, user information, or vehicle verification description information.

Further, the maintenance company terminal 100 accepts lease vehicle attribute information as work item information, which is information about work contents or parts used for maintenance or repair of the vehicle, or image information obtained by photographing the lease vehicle. Accept.

When the work content is selected, the maintenance company terminal 100 searches for a list of parts to be used based on the work content and vehicle specification information.

FIG. 10 to FIG. 13 show an example of screen display when determining work item information in the present embodiment. By determining the work items along these screens, the slip processing in the present embodiment can be more efficiently performed.

The maintenance company terminal 100 displays the leased vehicle attribute information, vehicle specification information, user information, image information, and information included in the work item information on the received vehicle on the input content confirmation screen. FIG. 14 is an example of the input content confirmation screen, which is indicated by reference numeral 10.

The maintenance company terminal 100 converts the received leased vehicle attribute information and the like into XML data (S102). XML of lease vehicle attribute information etc. is shown in FIG.
An example of the XML data display screen converted into data is shown.
Reference numeral 11 is attached.

The user can freely add tags (control information described on the text) to the information described in XML.
Since it is possible to generate, it is possible to describe the data attribute and the data content in association with each other.

The maintenance company terminal 100 transmits the XML information to the server device 300 via the network (S10).
3).

The server device 300 analyzes the received XML information (S104).

The XML information analysis processing by the server device 300 will be described. In this XML data display screen 11, a leasing company information description section 11a, a user information description section 11b, a vehicle attribute information description section 11c, a work item information description section 11d, and an instruction information description section 11e are described and stored. The data attribute information associated with each piece of data is described. More specifically, the part in which the content information such as the name of the leasing company is described is associated with attribute information such as the form of the slip used by the leasing company, the payment method, or the calculation method of the price. There is.

The server device 300 determines whether or not the XML information includes data necessary for generating the slip content information to be passed to the leasing company (S10).
5).

When it is determined in step 105 that the data necessary for generating the slip content information is not included, the server device 300 determines that the maintenance company terminal 10
Notify 0 to that effect. The maintenance company terminal 100 receives the above-mentioned notification and accepts the necessary data again until the lacking data is exhausted.
Process.

The server device 300 is the maintenance company terminal 100.
The slip content information is generated in the format required for each leasing company based on the XML information received from S10 (S10).
6). An example of information included in the slip content information in the present embodiment will be described.

For example, in the case of a leasing company that requires a single leased vehicle to separately issue a voucher issued for maintenance work such as consumables and vehicle inspection and a voucher issued for repair work such as an accident Is attached with a flag or the like having information that allows the maintenance work slip and the repair work slip to be distinguished from each other.

Further, in the case of a leasing company that can invoice the maintenance work slip and the repair work slip in an integrated manner, a flag or the like having information capable of identifying that the invoice is possible in an integrated manner is attached. .

The flag stores the work information at the time of occurrence of a plurality of works relating to the slip processing at the time of occurrence of a plurality of works.
0 issues a slip.

When payment conditions such as discounts are set for each leasing company at the time of billing, information about the discounting rate is stored in the slip content information, so that even if the leasing company has a different discounting rate, it is easy. Can correspond to.

Even when the servicing work and the names of parts are different for each leasing company, a code is attached in advance to each part, work, etc. as information relating to these in the slip content information, and It can be easily handled by storing the code.

The server device 300 determines whether or not to transmit the generated slip content information as XML data to the lease agent terminal 200 (S107).

In the present embodiment, when it is determined whether or not the generated slip content information is transmitted as XML data,
The server device 300 refers to the information about the leasing company stored in the database. And the server device 3
00 determines whether or not the leasing company uses XML data in the business management program based on the database.

When the slip content information may be transmitted as XML information to the business management program of the leasing company, the server device 300 transmits the slip content information via the network (S108).

If the business management program of the leasing company does not handle XML data, the server device 3
00 transmits the slip content information from the server device 300 to the maintenance company terminal 100 via the network, and causes the printer 105 provided in the maintenance company terminal 100 to output the information (S109).

[Other Embodiments] The slip management method of the present invention is not limited to the above-described illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Is.

For example, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained even with the configurations shown in the following items.

[Supplementary Note 1]: This is a method in which a server device manages slips related to a leased vehicle, and a server device connectable to a database storing slip form information associated with a leasing company is associated with a leased vehicle. Storing the leased vehicle attribute information in the database,
Storing work item information associated with the work item content for the leased vehicle in a database; searching for slip form information for each lease agent associated with the leased vehicle attribute information from within the database; A step of generating slip content information including vehicle attribute information, work item information, and slip format information,
A slip management method for executing the step of outputting the slip content information.

[Supplementary Note 2]: The slip management method according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein the slip content information is output from the server device to at least one of the maintenance company terminal or the leasing company terminal via the network.

[Supplementary Note 3]: The server device executes the step of acquiring image information of the repaired portion of the leased vehicle, and the slip content information includes the image information. .

[Supplementary Note 4]: A program for causing a server device to manage a voucher relating to a leased vehicle, the server device being connectable to a database storing the voucher format information associated with a leasing company, and associated with the leased vehicle. Storing the leased vehicle attribute information in the database, storing work item information associated with the work item contents for the leased vehicle in the database, and a slip for each lease agent associated with the leased vehicle attribute information A slip that executes a step of searching for format information from a database, a step of generating slip content information including the leased vehicle attribute information, work item information, and slip format information, and a step of outputting the slip content information Management program.

[Supplementary Note 5]: The slip management program according to Supplementary Note 4, which causes the server device to output the slip content information to at least one of a maintenance company terminal or a leasing company terminal via the network.

[Supplementary Note 6]: The slip management program according to Supplementary Note 4 or 5, wherein the server device is caused to execute the step of acquiring image information of the repaired portion of the leased vehicle, and the slip content information includes the image information. .

[Supplementary Note 7]: A server device that manages slips related to a leased vehicle, which is connectable to a database that stores slip format information associated with a leasing company, is a lease associated with a leased vehicle. Lease vehicle attribute information storage means for storing vehicle attribute information in a database, work item information storage means for storing work item information associated with work item contents for the leased vehicle in the database, and the lease vehicle attribute Voucher format information search means for searching the voucher format information for each leasing company associated with the information from the database, and voucher content information including the leased vehicle attribute information, work item information, and voucher format information A server device including a slip content information generating unit and an output unit for outputting the slip content information. .

[Supplementary note 8]: The server device according to supplementary note 7, wherein the slip content information is output from the server device to at least one of a maintenance company terminal or a leasing company terminal via the network.

[Supplementary Note 9]: The server device according to Supplementary Note 7 or 8, wherein the slip content information generating means generates slip content information including image information of the repaired portion of the leased vehicle.

In the present invention, each of the above constituent elements can be combined as much as possible.

[0101]

As described above, according to the slip management method of the present invention, a vehicle mechanic can easily and accurately process a slip even when different slip formats are handled by a plurality of leasing companies. The excellent effect that it becomes possible to perform work can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a slip management network, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware components of a maintenance agent terminal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a leasing agency database according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a leased vehicle database in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a vehicle user database in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware components of a leasing agent terminal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of slip processing according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware components of a server device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an example of a leased vehicle attribute information input screen displayed on a display or the like when receiving leased vehicle attribute information in the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an example of a work item information screen display when determining work item information in the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an example of a work item information screen display when work item information is determined in the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an example of a work item information screen display when determining work item information according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an example of a work item information screen display when work item information is determined in the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an example of an input content confirmation screen in the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an example of converting leased vehicle attribute information into XML data in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Leasing company database 2 Lease vehicle database 3 Vehicle user database 4 Lease vehicle attribute information input screen 5 Work item information screen 6 Work item information screen 7 Work item information screen 8 work item information screen 9 Work item information screen 10 Input contents confirmation screen 11 XML data display screen 11a Leasing company information section 11b User information section 11c Vehicle attribute information description section 11d Work item information description section 11e Instruction information entry section 100 Vehicle maintenance terminal 101 CPU 102 main memory 103 arithmetic processing unit 104 storage device 105 printer 106 display 107 keyboard 108 bus 109 CD-ROM drive device 200 Leasing terminal 201 CPU 202 main memory 203 arithmetic processing unit 204 storage device 205 printer 206 display 207 keyboard 208 bus 209 CD-ROM drive device 300 server device 301 CPU 302 main memory 303 arithmetic processing unit 304 storage device 305 printer 306 display 307 keyboard 308 bus 309 CD-ROM drive device

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A method for managing a voucher relating to a leased vehicle by a server device, wherein the server device connectable to a database storing the voucher format information associated with the leasing company is a leased vehicle associated with the leased vehicle. A step of storing attribute information in a database; a step of storing work item information associated with work item contents for the leased vehicle in the database; and a database of slip format information for each lease agent associated with the leased vehicle attribute information. A slip management method for executing a step of searching from inside, a step of generating slip content information including the leased vehicle attribute information, work item information, and slip format information, and a step of outputting the slip content information. 2. The slip management method according to claim 1, wherein the slip content information is output from a server device to at least one of a maintenance company terminal or a leasing company terminal via the network. 3. The slip management method according to claim 1, wherein the server device executes a step of acquiring image information of a repaired portion of the leased vehicle, and the slip content information includes the image information. 4. A program for causing a server device to manage a voucher relating to a leased vehicle, the server device connectable to a database storing voucher format information associated with a leasing company, and a lease associated with a leased vehicle. Storing the vehicle attribute information in the database, storing the work item information associated with the work item content for the leased vehicle in the database, and the slip format information for each lease agent associated with the leased vehicle attribute information. A slip management program for executing a step of searching from a database, a step of generating slip content information including the leased vehicle attribute information, work item information, and slip format information, and a step of outputting the slip content information. 5. The slip management program according to claim 4, wherein the slip content information is output from a server device to at least one of a maintenance company terminal or a leasing company terminal via the network. 6. The slip management program according to claim 4, wherein the server device is caused to execute a step of acquiring image information of a repaired portion of the leased vehicle, and the slip content information includes the image information. 7. A leased vehicle attribute information associated with a leased vehicle, the server apparatus managing a slip related to a leased vehicle, the server apparatus being connectable to a database storing slip format information associated with a leasing company. Associated with the leased vehicle attribute information, a work item information storage means for storing work item information associated with the work item content for the leased vehicle in the database, Form information retrieval means for retrieving from the database the form information for each leasing agent, and the form contents for generating form content information including the lease vehicle attribute information, work item information, and form format information. A server device comprising information generating means and output means for outputting the slip content information. 8. The server device according to claim 7, wherein the slip content information is output from the server device to at least one of a maintenance company terminal or a leasing company terminal via the network. 9. The server device according to claim 7, wherein the slip content information generating unit generates slip content information including image information of a repaired portion of the leased vehicle.