JP2004229719A - Food/beverage supply managing system which circulates and carries food/beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food/beverage supply managing system for circulating and carrying a food/beverage which can deal with the change of request from a customer while always ensuring kinds and quantities of specified foods/beverages on a carrying path. <P>SOLUTION: This food/beverage supply managing system provides foods/beverages to customers by the circulate-carrying path. The food/beverage supply managing system reads (10) the kinds of foods/beverages which are carried on the circulate-carrying path, and calculates (7) the feeding rates for respective kinds of foods/beverages. At the same time, the food/beverage supply managing system calculates (7)request rates for respective kinds of foods/beverages which are input (12A and 12B) in a specified period of time based on the requests by the customers, and supplies and instructs (8) the kinds and the quantities of foods/beverages of which shortages are estimated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food supply management system for providing food and drinks to customers on a circulation transport path.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a circulation conveyor path for conveying goods formed endlessly along a counter or the like is provided, and food and drink containers such as dishes on which foods such as sushi are placed are placed on the conveyor path. The food and beverage supply device of the circulation transport type that transports food and drink can eat and drink or cook without moving the food and drink, and since the food and drink can eat and drink while choosing their desired product while sitting at the seat, it is widely used. It is used.
[0003]
In the circulating transport type food and drink counter as described above, since the customer selects and takes out the desired food from the food transported on the conveyor path, the quantity of the predetermined food and drink on the transport path is reduced. As a result, it is impossible to provide sufficient services to customers.
[0004]
Therefore, it is necessary to supply the reduced food to the conveyor road, but it is difficult to grasp the amount of the food on the conveyor road for each type, and to supply the appropriate amount without excess or shortage. In addition to this, human resources are required, and the type of product and the quantity should be determined based on experience, and there is a problem that standardization and standardization are difficult.
[0005]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, as a system for grasping the situation of food and drink on the transport path and standardizing and standardizing replenishment, etc., individual IDs are assigned in advance to dishes etc. on which sushi etc. are served A system has been proposed that associates this ID with the type of sushi, detects the ID, and manages the supply of sushi on the transport path (Patent Document 1). This system prepares several types and quantities of sushi to be supplied to food and beverage customers in advance, decides one pattern among them, and compares the actual type and quantity of sushi on the conveyor with the prepared pattern. Replenish when it occurs.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-44553 (paragraph 0001, 0004-0005, FIG. 1-3)
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional system described above, since the sushi is supplied based on the type and quantity of the sushi consumed by the food and drink, there is a possibility that the supply instruction may be delayed in time, and the prior supply system taking into account the demands of the food and drink is set in advance. I could not secure it.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and while constantly securing a predetermined type and amount of food and drink on a transport path, a supply of food and drink to be circulated and transported which can respond to changes in the demands of food and drink. It is intended to provide a management system.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the supply management system for food to be circulated and transported according to the present invention is a food supply and management system for providing food and beverages to food and beverages on a circulating transport path, wherein Calculates the actual supply rate for each type of food and beverage that has been input, and calculates the request rate for each type of food and drink that has been input based on the demands of the food and beverage, and instructs the supply of food and beverage that is expected to be in short supply It is characterized by:
According to this feature, it is possible to secure in advance the supply state in advance in consideration of the demands of the food and drink.
[0010]
In the supply management system for food and beverages to be circulated and transported according to the present invention, when the desired rate for each type of food exceeds the set supply rate, the corresponding type of food and drink is such that the actual supply rate approximates the desired rate. Is preferably supplied.
In this way, when the request rate exceeds the set supply rate, it is predicted that the actual supply rate will decrease, so that the supply can be performed in advance.
[0011]
In the supply management system for food and beverages to be circulated and transported according to the present invention, the actual supply rate for each type is a ratio of the quantity of each type of food to the total number of foods read by the sensors on the transport path within the time when the food and drink go around. It is preferable that
In this way, the actual supply rate is a rate based on the total number of foods and drinks on the transport path, so that a more accurate supply rate can be obtained.
[0012]
In the supply management system for food to be circulated and transported according to the present invention, the food container on which the food is placed is provided with an ID tag in which container-specific identification information and food type information are previously written, and the sensor has an ID. It is preferable to obtain the actual supply rate by reading the information content of the tag.
By doing so, the type and quantity of food and drink on the transport path can be counted simply by reading the information content of the ID tag with the sensor, and the supply instruction can be easily automated by interlocking with the management computer.
[0013]
In the food and drink supply management system of the present invention, an ID tag preliminarily containing identification information unique to the container is added to the food and drink container on which the food is placed, and the food and drink placed on the food and drink container is provided. It is preferable that the type information is registered in association with the identification information before entering the circulation path, and the actual supply rate is obtained from the identification information of the ID tag read by the sensor and the registered type information.
By doing so, the type of food placed on the food container can be reliably registered by registering the type information of food and beverage before entering the circulation conveyance path.
[0014]
In the supply management system for food and beverage to be circulated and transported according to the present invention, it is preferable that the request rate is calculated based on an input by a customer who is eating and drinking and a customer who is waiting for eating and drinking.
In this way, more accurate supply instruction can be performed by adding the input by the customer waiting for food and drink to the calculation of the request rate.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circulating food and beverage transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a schematic diagram of a food supply and supply device circulated and transported on an endless circulating transport path, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a partial cross section of a dish plate, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a method of registering type information of food and drink in association with identification information before putting in a circulation path, and FIG. 4 is a touch panel type input placed on a counter. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a management computer of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a supply management system of the present invention in which a calculation result of the management computer is shown on a display device.
[0017]
Reference numeral 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a circulating food and beverage transport device, which is constituted by an endless crescent chain conveyor 2 composed of circulating transport paths 1a, 1b and 1c in order from the kitchen side. Then, sushi S, which is food and drink, is placed on the tableware 5 on the circulation conveyance path 1a from the kitchen area partitioned by the partition wall 4, and travels around the eating and drinking area by the circulation conveyance paths 1b and 1c. It is designed to return to the kitchen area.
[0018]
Further, a food and drink counter 6 is provided on the side of the circulating transport paths 1b and 1c constituting the circulating food and drink transport apparatus 1, and a plurality of food and drink seats are arranged on the food and drink counter 6 along the transport direction. They are arranged at predetermined intervals.
[0019]
On the side of the circulating transport path 1c downstream of the circulating food transport apparatus 1 disposed in the eating and drinking area, identification information of an ID tag of sushi S as a food placed on the tableware 5 as will be described later. A reading unit 10 for reading is read, and the reading result is sequentially transmitted to the management computer 7. A plurality of reading units may be provided on the circulating transport path. In this embodiment, the reading units are also provided downstream of the input port 2 'of the circulating transport path 1a on the kitchen side, and a total of two reading units are provided to obtain more accurate data. Is also possible.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 2, an ID tag 15 is embedded in the bottom surface 5 a of each dish 5, and information relating to the type of sushi S for each dish 5 and dish information are written as identification information. The reading unit 10 reads what number is on the plate and sends the data to the management computer 7 so that the quantity of the material type currently on the transport path can be sequentially grasped.
[0021]
On the other hand, in place of the means for grasping the quantity of the material type shown in FIG. 2, there is, for example, a grasping means shown in FIG. This is because the information stored in the ID tag 15 is only the identification information of the dish, for example, only a different number is numbered for each dish, and the information on the material of the sushi is not included as data.
[0022]
However, before the sushi chef puts a dish plate on which sushi S is put into the slot 2 ', the material type is registered in the material type registering machine 9 in association with the identification information of the plate, and this data is stored in the management computer 7. This is stored in the unit 25 (see FIG. 5). In this way, if only the plate number is detected by the reading unit 10, it is possible to know what kind of material has been placed, and it is possible to sequentially grasp the quantity of the material type currently on the transport path.
[0023]
In the former grasping means, since the identification information of the dish including the information about the seed type is added to the ID tag 15 for each sushi S for each dish 5, it is necessary to register the type of the sushi S in the management computer 7 in advance. However, there is a time and effort required to accurately place the sushi S corresponding to the identification information on the tableware 5. Therefore, when the sushi S is placed on the dish 5 in the kitchen, a method of preventing a misplacement by selecting a dedicated dish 5 corresponding to the sushi S has been proposed.
[0024]
Also, as shown in FIG. 1, touch panel input devices 12A are arranged at appropriate intervals on the counter 6 so that a food or drinker can request a desired material type. The input data is registered in the management computer 7. .
[0025]
FIG. 4 shows the display contents of the touch panel type input device 12A. The food is sent to the management computer 7 side if the eater touches the desired material by finger and presses the confirmation button 13. In the case of an input error, it is reset by pressing the cancel button 14. By touching the same material type, for example, the sea urchin twice, two sea urchins can be requested, and the item of the quantity on the screen is also changed to “2”.
[0026]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the management computer 7 is connected to a data bus 21 for sending and receiving data, and a central processing unit (CPU) 22 for performing various arithmetic processes and a storage unit 25 including a RAM, a ROM, and the like. At the same time, the reading unit 10, the touch panel type input device 12A, the input device 26 such as a keyboard, and the display device 8 such as a display are also connected via the interface IF.
[0027]
The storage unit 25 stores several reference supply patterns prepared according to seasons, days of the week, or time zones. The reference supply patterns indicate a set supply rate of a standard material type to be supplied on the transport path. Have been. For example, in the early spring, when the consumption of bonito is high, select the reference supply pattern for May, which has a high supply rate, and on Sunday, when there are many families, select the reference supply pattern for Sunday, which has a high supply rate of fried eggs and seaweed rolls. Then, the seeds are selected and supplied so that this supply pattern can be maintained.
[0028]
Next, the flow of the supply management system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in the kitchen, tableware 5 on which sushi S corresponding to a special tableware is placed is sequentially loaded on a circulation conveyance path 1a passing through the kitchen area. The dish plate 5 thrown into the circulation conveying path 1a is given an ID in which the type of sushi and the dish number are read, and travels around the eating and drinking area by the circulation conveying paths 1b and 1c. 'The reading units 10 provided at two locations, the downstream and the circulating transport path 1c, make it possible to ascertain the number of material types flowing on the circulating transport path.
[0029]
For example, if the tableware is read by one reading unit only for the time required for the dish to make a round of the transport path, the approximate quantity of the material type for all the dishes on the transport path is known, and the actual supply rate is displayed on the display device 8 as shown in FIG. Can be.
[0030]
As can be seen from FIG. 6, if the supply is performed at the same pace as before, the sea urchin is 3% short and the octopus is 1% short. For example, if the transfer device can circulate 500 dishes, the set supply rate is maintained. As shown in the parentheses, the shortage is 500 × 0.03 = 15 dishes and the octopus is 500 × 0.01 = 5 dishes.
[0031]
On the other hand, in addition to the shortage, data collected from the eating and drinking side via the touch panel input device 12A is displayed on the display device 8 as a customer demand rate. The customer request rate is calculated for a predetermined time or, for example, when the total amount reaches 50, grasping the request tendency of customers who came to the store today, adding it to the lacking data, and obtaining a more appropriate amount of sushi It is intended to be supplied.
[0032]
That is, according to FIG. 6, the customer demand rate is 14% for middle toro, 8% for sea urchin, 9% for octopus, and 1% for locust. Since the supply rate is 1% lower than that of the above, the sea urchin has a request rate of 8%, which is 3% higher than the set supply rate of 5%, so that in addition to the shortage of 15 dishes, 500 × 0.03 = 10 dishes, similarly, it is determined that 500 × 0.02 = 10 dishes should be added in addition to the 10 missing dishes in the octopus, and the sea urchin and the octopus are preferentially added to the display device 8 according to the quantity. Is instructed.
[0033]
The change of the total number of dishes that can be circulated and the selection of the set supply rate can be changed by the input device 26. The actual supply rate and the customer demand rate may be measured once every 30 minutes or at predetermined intervals in view of the arrival of customers. As shown in FIG. 6, a touch panel type input device 12B may be installed in a waiting room or the like to increase the number of input parameters so that a more accurate customer demand rate can be grasped.
[0034]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to these examples, and the food and drink is not limited to sushi, for example, salad and miso soup and the like. You may mix and convey.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
[0036]
(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to secure in advance a supply state in advance in consideration of the demands of food and drink customers.
[0037]
(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, when the demand rate exceeds the set supply rate, it is predicted that the actual supply rate will decrease, so that the supply can be performed in advance.
[0038]
(C) According to the third aspect of the invention, since the actual supply rate is a rate based on the total number of foods and drinks on the transport path, a more accurate supply rate can be obtained.
[0039]
(D) According to the invention of claim 4, the type and quantity of food and drink on the transport path can be counted simply by reading the information content of the ID tag by the sensor, and the supply instruction can be easily automated by interlocking with the management computer. Can be planned.
[0040]
(E) According to the fifth aspect of the invention, by registering the type information of the food and beverage before entering the circulation conveyance path, it is possible to reliably register the type of the food and beverage placed in the food and beverage container.
[0041]
(F) According to the invention of claim 6, a more accurate supply instruction can be performed by adding an input by a customer waiting for food and drink to the calculation of the request rate.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circulation-type food and beverage transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a supply and management device for food that is circulated and transported on an endless circulation transport path.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a partial cross section of a dish plate in which an ID tag is embedded in a bottom surface.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a method of registering food and beverage type information in association with identification information before inputting to a circulating transport path;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a touch panel type input device placed on a counter.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a management computer according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the supply management system of the present invention in which a calculation result of the management computer is shown on a display device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Circulation-type food conveyance apparatus 1a, 1b, 1c Circulation conveyance path 2 Crescent chain conveyor 2 'Input port 4 Partition wall 5 Dish plate 5a Bottom surface 6 Food counter 7 Management computer 8 Display device (display)
9 Neta type register 10 Reading unit 12A, 12B Touch panel type input device 13 Confirmation button 14 Cancel button 15 ID tag 21 Data bus 22 CPU
25 Storage unit 26 Input device IF interface S Sushi (food and drink)

Claims (6)

This is a food supply management system that provides food and beverages to customers on a circulation transport path, and calculates the actual supply rate of each type of food being transported on the circulation transport path and responds to the demands of the food and beverage customers. A supply management system for circulating and transporting food, wherein a request rate for each type of food that has been input is calculated based on the input, and an instruction to supply food that is expected to be in shortage is provided. The food and drink supply management system according to claim 1, wherein when the demand rate exceeds a set supply rate, the food of the corresponding type is supplied such that the actual supply rate approximates the demand rate. The food and beverage to be circulated and transported according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the actual supply rate for each type is a ratio of the quantity of each type of food to the total number of foods and beverages read by a sensor on the transport path within a time period in which the food and drink go around. Supply management system for goods. Claims: A food container on which the food is placed is provided with an ID tag in which identification information unique to the container and type information of the food are written in advance, and the sensor reads the information content of the ID tag to obtain an actual supply rate. Item 4. A supply management system for food and beverage to be circulated and transported according to Item 3. The food container on which the food is placed is provided with an ID tag in which identification information unique to the container is preliminarily written, and the type information of the food to be placed on the food container is added to the identification information before the circulation path is inserted. The supply management system for food and beverage to be circulated and transported according to claim 3, wherein the actual supply rate is obtained from the identification information of the ID tag which is registered in association with the sensor and read by the sensor, and the registered type information. The supply management system for food and beverages to be circulated and transported according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the request rate is calculated by an input by a customer who is eating and drinking and a customer who is waiting for eating and drinking.

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