JP2004010339A - Freight information management method and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rational freight information management method and its system requiring no installation cost to provide a printer for a pallet number label and working cost to stick the pallet number label to the pallet. <P>SOLUTION: The freight information management system is provided with the printer for the freight number label, a management database to manage the record correspondence relation between the freight number and the pallet number, and a reading terminal of the freight number label which reads the pallet number label and teaches the pallet number with reference to the management database. The printing the pallet number label and the sticking the label to the pallet are not required by using this management system. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for managing information on cargo loaded on a pallet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a conventional cargo information management system. Here, it is assumed that each of the cargos loaded on the pallet is called a case, and each case has a case number for identifying the case. Conventionally, cargo information has been managed on a pallet basis in the following manner as shown in FIG. 1 in order to grasp the record and history of movement such as shipment of cargo loaded on pallets and transfer between warehouses.
1) In the manufacturing line, a bar code printer 10 prints a bar code 11 indicating a case number on each manufactured product case. Alternatively, a label 11 on which a case number is printed is created and attached to each case. A product case 13 having a bar code 11 printed or a label 11 attached thereto is obtained.
2) In the palletizing line, the product cases 13 on which the barcode is printed are stacked on a pallet. At this time, the case number label is read by the bar code reading terminal 14 and stacked on the pallet. This is for registering the case numbers stacked on one pallet in the management database.
3) When the number of stacked cases reaches a predetermined number, a label 16 including pallet number information is issued and attached by the barcode printer 15 as one pallet unit.
4) On the entry / exit line, the pallet label 16 is used to perform warehouse-to-warehouse transfer and shipping record management.
[0003]
In order to apply a label on a pallet, automatic application by a machine or manual application is required. For this reason, cost or human labor due to the introduction of the machine is required, and it is necessary to manage both the case number information and the pallet number information printed on the case as management information.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In a conventional method of attaching a label indicating a pallet number to a pallet and managing the pallet number, information on equipment cost and a case number and information on a pallet number provided with a pallet number label printing device (the bar code printer 15 in FIG. 1). There is the complexity of managing both.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and the above-mentioned rational cargo information which eliminates the equipment cost of providing a pallet number label printing device and the operation cost of attaching the pallet number label to the pallet. And a cargo information management system.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first invention for solving the problem is a method for managing information on cargo loaded on a pallet, and prints out a label describing pallet management information for each pallet and affixes the label to the pallet. By doing so, instead of managing the shipment of cargo loaded on the pallet and managing the movement between warehouses, the number of each cargo loaded on the pallet and the corresponding relationship with the pallet are generated in the management database, By referring to the database from the number of any one cargo on the pallet and notifying the corresponding pallet number, using a terminal for reading the cargo number label without attaching a label describing the pallet management information The point is to manage the information on the cargo loaded on pallets.
[0007]
A second invention for solving the problems is a printing device for a cargo number label, a management database for recording and managing the correspondence between cargo numbers and pallet numbers, and a cargo number which is read and stacked when the pallets of cargo are stacked. A first cargo number reading terminal for generating a table relating the cargo number and the pallet number to the management database while counting the number, reading the number label of the cargo on the pallet, converting the pallet number with reference to the management database And a second cargo number reading terminal for managing the history of outgoing or transferring between warehouses in pallet units.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a cargo information management system 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a method of managing cargo information in the cargo information management system 2. The freight information management system 2 manages freight information as follows.
[0009]
{Circle around (1)} The bar code 11 indicating the case number is printed by the bar code printing machine 10 on the case immediately before palletizing, which has already passed the weight check and the quality check on the production line. Alternatively, a label 11 on which a case number is printed is created and attached to the case. A product case 13 on which the barcode 11 is printed or to which the label 11 is attached is obtained.
{Circle around (2)} The barcode reading terminal 14 checks the barcode reading of the product case 13, and if the reading is abnormal, remove the case from the production line before palletizing so that it is not loaded on the pallet. The number of cases where reading is normal is counted, and the same pallet number is set until the number of pallets loaded is reached. A correspondence table of the case number of the product case 13 and the corresponding pallet number is created and registered in the management database 18.
(3) When a transfer between warehouses or a warehouse is performed, the barcode label of one of the cases loaded on the pallet 17 is read by the reading terminal 19 and converted into a pallet number by referring to the management database 18. Perform history management of unit issue or transfer between warehouses.
[0010]
The barcode reading terminal 14 can be composed of a barcode reading device and an application program for registering new data in the management database 18. The bar code reading terminal 19 comprises a bar code reading device and an application program for searching the management database 18 using the case number as a key, obtaining the corresponding pallet number, and updating the history of delivery or transfer between warehouses. can do. In the cargo information management system 2, it is necessary to attach a pallet number label 16 to a pallet because the barcode reading terminal 19 is used. Therefore, the barcode printer 15 is not required.
[0011]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, if the cargo information management method and the cargo information management system according to the present invention are adopted, equipment required for printing out pallet number labels such as a pallet label printing device becomes unnecessary. It has a remarkable effect that the equipment cost can be reduced. Further, regarding the management database, the data in case units and the data in pallet units can be integrated, so that the data amount can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique relating to management of cargo information.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a cargo information management method according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Conventional Cargo Information Management System 2 Cargo Information Management System 10 of the Present Invention 10 Barcode Printing Machine 11 Barcode 13 Product Case 14 Barcode Reading Terminal 15 Barcode Printing Machine 16 Pallet Number Label 17 Pallet 18 Management Database 19 Barcode Reading Terminal

Claims (2)

This is a method of managing the information on the cargo loaded on the pallets, and prints out a label describing the pallet management information for each pallet, and attaches this label to the pallet to ship the cargo loaded on the pallet. Instead of managing and managing the movement between warehouses, the number of each cargo loaded on the pallet and the corresponding relationship with the pallet are generated in the management database, and the A method of managing cargo information loaded on a pallet without attaching a label with pallet management information by using a terminal that reads a cargo number label that informs the corresponding pallet number by referring to a database . Cargo number label printing device, a management database that records and manages the correspondence between cargo numbers and pallet numbers, and reads cargo numbers when stacking pallets of cargo, counts the cargo to be loaded, and stores cargo numbers and pallets in the management database. A first cargo number reading terminal for generating a table relating numbers, a number label of a cargo on a pallet is read, and converted into a pallet number by referring to the management database, and a history management of pallet unit delivery or transfer between warehouses. And a second freight number reading terminal for performing a freight information management system.

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