JP2005053680A - Management method of physical distribution container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management method of physical distribution containers capable of easily grasping a flow of the containers, thereby quickening recovery of the containers and easily grasping the number of new containers required corresponding to forecast demand of containers, in an article delivery system by using the containers. <P>SOLUTION: An identification code identifying stored articles and a serial number code of a container are read from a paper sheet attached to the delivered container and recording the identification code and the serial number code. At least, a destination and a container delivery date are registered in a table, corresponding to the read identification code and serial number code. When the container is recovered, the container recovery date is additionally registered in registered information of the table corresponding to the serial number code of the recovered container. By calculating the number of days required for recovering the container based on a reference date, at predetermined intervals, a recovery rate of the container is determined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

    The present invention relates to a logistics container management method. In particular, the present invention relates to a logistics container management method that makes it easy to grasp the flow of containers used for transporting large parts and to predict new container procurement.

  In recent years, video display devices including large display panels are becoming popular in general households. A manufacturer of such a video display device manufactures a large display panel unit and adds a receiving circuit, a display control circuit, and the like to complete the video display device.

  On the other hand, it is becoming common for video display devices to be manufactured across a plurality of manufacturing locations and manufacturing countries through a series of manufacturing processes due to cost reduction and specialized business.

  For this purpose, the large display panel unit is transported from the large display panel unit manufacturing factory to the assembly factory. In such a case, it is assumed that distribution is performed between the manufacturing plant of the large display panel unit to the assembly plant in the same business entity, and distribution is performed between different business entities.

  Further, the large display panel unit has a feature that it is very expensive and difficult to convey compared to the conventional relatively small display panels and display tubes. That is, as the display panel becomes larger, it is natural that the number of panels that can be manufactured in one manufacturing process is small, and a huge facility capable of manufacturing a large panel, that is, more construction costs. Necessary.

  In addition, the large display panel increases its weight due to the increase in size of the glass, and the large area of the glass tends to cause distortion due to shock and vibration that occurs during transportation, but compared to the small display panel. It does not use special strength glass. Furthermore, even though the conveyance efficiency is low due to its large size, it is expensive, so that even if only one display panel unit is broken during the conveyance, a great deal of damage occurs.

  In order to transport in consideration of such characteristics, a large packaging material with high accuracy and a small gap is required so that the large display panel unit does not move or vibrate in the packaging box. In addition, for example, if the packaging box is distorted due to a slight error in the lift used when loading or unloading the packaging box, the distortion will be added to the large display panel and cause damage. It is necessary enough.

  Despite the fact that it is becoming more common to transport units in the middle of production in recent years, there are special circumstances like this, so specialized carriers need special packing materials to transport large display panel units. It is said. Such a packing material has been proposed previously (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  As the unit grows in size, transportation costs and risks need to be minimized because all factors such as manufacturing, transportation, and risk are associated with increased product costs. Therefore, the carrier provides a dedicated container for each type of large display panel unit, and lends it to the large display panel unit production line so that the dedicated container can be used as a storage box for the large display panel unit. I have to. Specifically, a large-scale display panel unit manufacturer (hereinafter referred to as the primary customer) lends an empty dedicated container to a place to store the shipped product, and stores and manages the container storing the shipped product. A dedicated container is rented to the place where large display panel units are assembled on the assembly line of a manufacturer of video display equipment that uses display panel units (hereinafter referred to as secondary customers).

  Further, the frequency of transporting such a large display panel unit varies depending on the manufacturing demand of the video display device. Therefore, when a large demand for transportation is expected, it is important to secure a container for transportation. In other words, in order to transport a large display panel unit at a low price so that a video display device using the large display panel unit can be manufactured at a price that can be purchased by general consumers, it is necessary to rent a dedicated container as described above. It is effective. Therefore, it is necessary for the carrier to manage not only the goods to be transported but also the rented containers.

Here, a delivery system for ordering and delivering materials used to construct a building is known (see Patent Document 3). In the invention described in Patent Document 1, materials can be ordered and delivery can be arranged online. It is described that the packing material for packing the material can be reused, collected at the delivery destination, and returned to the delivery company again.
Japanese Patent No. 3,284,335 Japanese Patent No. 3,259,085 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-259,770

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is no description of managing the packing material, and after the delivered product is taken out at the delivery place, the unnecessary packaging material is taken back and sent back to the product manufacturer. Even the mechanism is not disclosed. Furthermore, the packaging material described in Patent Document 1 is premised on the fact that it is no longer necessary at the delivery place, and the necessity of managing the packaging material is not disclosed.

  Here, assuming conveyance of a large display panel unit or the like, a container stays in the middle due to the fact that multiple types of units are mixed in one container, and there are multiple delivery destinations of units. In some cases, it takes a considerable number of days to collect.

  On the other hand, as described above, a container used for transporting a large display panel unit or the like is expensive. When an increase in demand for a unit to be transported is expected, collection from a container delivery destination is extremely important.

  In particular, since containers are not only used for transportation but are lent out to the production lines of primary and secondary customers, simply managing the transportation status of goods and forecasting demand for large display panel units It is not possible to grasp the required amount of containers only by doing.

  Furthermore, when a large display panel unit is contained in a container staying at a customer site, it cannot be recovered as an empty container, and the number of containers that cannot be used for transportation has increased. For this reason, it is necessary to order much more containers than the demand prediction, which leads to an increase in transportation costs.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to easily grasp the flow of containers in a delivery system using containers of goods, thereby speeding up collection of containers and facilitating the number of new containers required in response to container demand prediction. It is to provide a logistics container management method that can be grasped.

  Furthermore, to provide a logistics container management method that not only shortens the container residence period at the customer site and reduces transportation costs, but also assists in reducing various burdens caused by customers having stock. It is in.

    According to a first aspect of the physical distribution container management method for achieving the above-mentioned object of the present invention, an identification code attached to a container to be delivered and identifying a stored item, and the identification code from a sheet on which a serial number code of the container is recorded. Read the serial number code, associate it with the read identification code and serial number code, register at least the destination and the container delivery date in the table, and correspond to the serial number code of the recovered container when the container is recovered The collection date of the container is additionally registered in the registration information of the table, and the collection rate of the container is obtained by calculating the number of days required for the collection of the container from a reference date in a predetermined cycle. .

  Furthermore, the second aspect of the physical distribution container management method for achieving the above-mentioned object of the present invention is that, in the first aspect, when the container is continuously transferred to a plurality of customers, The arrival date and the departure date of the container are registered in the table, and the retention period of the container for each customer is obtained by calculating the date required for collecting the container from the reference date in the predetermined cycle. It is characterized by.

  Furthermore, a third aspect of the physical distribution container management method for achieving the above-described object of the present invention is to output a sheet attached to a container to be delivered, on which an identification code for identifying a stored item and a serial number code of the container are recorded. Each time the container with the output paper attached is shipped or arrived, the identification code and serial number code are read from the paper attached to the container, and the read identification code and serial number code are associated with each other. At least the receipt / shipment classification and date are registered in the container management table, and the receipt / shipment classification is at least an empty box shipment for shipping a container that does not contain a product to be distributed and a container that does not contain a product to be distributed. The receipt / shipment classification is the number of days from the empty box shipment to the arrival of the empty box or the average number of days before. A retention period calculated for each container identification code, wherein the container retention period is calculated for each container identification code, and the shipping / shipping classification can be input for each container identification code. The number of empty container containers predicted from the number of empty container containers in which the arrival of empty containers in the receipt / shipment category is input and the number of containers to be shipped are compared. It is characterized in that the necessary number of containers can be grasped by predicting and calculating the date and the number of shortages.

  Further, a fourth aspect of the physical distribution container management method for achieving the above-mentioned object of the present invention is to output a sheet attached to a delivered container and recording an identification code for identifying a stored item and a serial number code of the container. Each time the container with the output paper attached is shipped or arrived, the identification code and serial number code are read from the paper attached to the container and associated with the read identification code and serial number code. , At least the receipt / shipment classification and date are registered in the table, and the receipt / shipment classification is at least an empty box shipment for shipping a container not containing a product to be distributed and a product receiving a container containing a product to be distributed Incoming shipments, product shipments that ship containers that contain products to be distributed, and empty shipments that contain containers that do not contain products to be distributed When the receipt / shipment classification is product shipment, the movement source and the destination are registered in the table, and the receipt / shipment classification is based on the total number of days from the empty box shipment to the product arrival or the average number of days. The retention period at the primary customer is calculated for each identification code of the container, and the receipt / shipment classification is the total number of days from product shipment to empty box arrival or the average number of days, and the retention period at the secondary customer is determined for each container identification code. By calculating for each destination, the retention period of the container for each customer can be grasped.

  The features of the present invention will become more apparent from the embodiments of the present invention described with reference to the drawings.

  According to the method of the present invention described above, it is possible to carry out logistics container management that can quickly collect containers and can easily grasp the number of new containers that are required in response to the demand prediction of containers.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a container delivery procedure to which a physical distribution container management method according to the present invention is applied.

  A delivery management center (OPC) 1 manages container delivery and collection. As an example, there is a display panel factory 2 as a primary customer, and a device maker 3 as a secondary customer who manufactures a display device by adding a control unit or the like to a panel manufactured at the display panel factory 2 is assumed. . Further, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the primary customer is one company, and the delivery from one company to the secondary customers of a plurality of companies will be described. Basically, it is assumed that the transportation request comes from the primary customer, and the primary customer also pays the cost. Furthermore, the container rental fee is set in consideration of the average number of days of use of the container for the transportation of the display panel module and the return of the container.

  The delivery management center (OPC) 1 has a system configuration shown in FIG. 2 as a basic configuration. As peripheral devices attached to the computer 20, a wireless barcode scanner 21 and a printer 22 connected via, for example, a wireless LAN are connected via a wireless base station 25. Further, a database 23 for storing data is provided.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the delivery management center (OPC) 1 registers in the box management master table every time a new container (hereinafter referred to as a box) 100 is inserted. FIG. 3 is an example of a screen for registration in the management master table of the pass box 100 and is displayed on the monitor screen 24 of the computer 20.

  The box number 01-1234 is a combination of the box code (01) and the box order number (1234) of the box code. The box code is the name of the item stored in the corresponding box. In the example of FIG. 3, the box code = 01 indicates that it is used for accommodating a 42-inch display panel module. When the box code (01) is input on the monitor screen of FIG. 3, the name of the corresponding storage object is displayed with reference to the correspondence table of the box code and the storage object stored in the database 23 (not shown). The

  In the box management master table, as shown in the input screen of FIG. 3, the date of manufacture, the cost price, the number of movements, and the number of rotations are registered as other information. The significance of the number of movements and the number of rotations will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the liquid crystal monitor provided in the barcode scanner 21. As shown in FIG. As an initial screen of the barcode scanner 21, a menu screen is displayed on which the box number to be read can be selected. On this menu screen, it is possible to select four input states 1 to 4 which are required when the passing box 100 leaves the delivery management center (OPC) 1 shown in FIG. ing. Furthermore, menu items can be appropriately increased by editing the screen for processing other than normal processing. Then, by selecting these menus with the numeric keypad provided on the barcode scanner, it is possible to designate the receipt / shipment classification of the box number of the barcode to be read.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the empty management box (OPC) 1 delivers an empty box 100 to the display panel factory 2 that is a primary customer. At this time, the empty box 100 is already registered in the box management master table as described in FIG. Further, a bar code label punched out by the printer 22 as shown in FIG. 5 is pasted on the registered box, which indicates information of the corresponding box number 01-1234.

  The delivery management center (OPC) 1 is notified of the production plan from the primary customer, and determines how many empty boxes 100 per day are delivered to the display panel factory 2 as the primary customer for each type such as 42 inches. ing. Then, when shipping the fixed number of pass boxes 100 every business day of the primary customer, the bar code attached to the pass boxes 100 is read by the bar code scanner 21. When reading with the barcode scanner, in order to select empty box shipment shown in FIG. 4, the numeric keypad 2 of the barcode scanner is pressed and the barcode of the empty box shipping pass box 100 is read, so The box number and departure date can be entered at once. FIG. 6 is a registration screen for the receipt / shipment management table stored in the database 23.

  In FIG. 6, items enclosed by a frame indicate items to be input. A box number is input by reading the bar code 101 attached to the box 100. Of course, instead of reading the bar code 101, it is also possible to input from the keyboard.

  The receipt / shipment classification is a code for distinguishing between receipt and shipment. In FIG. 6, only items necessary for input are displayed by this receipt / shipment classification.

  The example shown in FIG. 6 shows a display in the case of empty box shipment. The input of the movement source code 001 displays the corresponding movement source, and the input of the movement destination code 011 displays the corresponding movement destination. In the case of empty box shipment, the delivery management center (OPC) that normally manages empty boxes is the source of movement and the primary customer is the destination of movement, so the same value is automatically entered by default. Yes.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the movement source code 001 is the delivery management center (OPC) 1, and the movement destination code 011 is the primary customer 2.

  Furthermore, the delivery departure date and estimated arrival date of the pass box are entered. In addition, the scheduled return date is entered. Of these dates, a fixed number of days from the delivery management center (OPC) 1 to the primary customer 2 is determined as the estimated arrival date, and the number of days determined by the delivery departure date input by the barcode scanner is determined. The added date is automatically entered. In addition, the scheduled return date is automatically input with the scheduled return date from the primary customer to the original empty box through the secondary customer in accordance with the number of days for determining the rental fee.

  With such data input, the empty pass box 100 is sent to the display panel factory 2 which is the primary customer (processing step S1). At the same time, the rotation speed of the box management master table shown in FIG.

  In the display panel factory 2, the manufactured display panel corresponding to the box code = 01 is loaded into the sent box 100 and sent to the delivery management center (OPC) 1 (processing step S2).

  In the delivery management center (OPC) 1, when the arrival box 100 arrives, the barcode of the arrived container is read by pressing the numeric keypad 3 of the barcode scanner to select the product arrival shown in FIG. The receipt / shipment classification, box number and arrival date / time can be entered at once. Also, the type of the panel loaded from the input box number is confirmed, the registration screen for the receipt / shipment management table shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the arrival date and time is registered (processing step S3). At the same time, the number of movements of the box management master table shown in FIG.

  Next, the loaded box 100 is stored for a necessary period (processing step S4) and sent to the secondary customer (processing step P5). At this time, registration in the receipt / shipment management table shown in FIG. 6 is performed again. At this time, a code corresponding to the secondary customer 3 is input as the destination code. In order to determine the destination, information and quantity of the secondary customer are usually sent by email from the primary customer. Then, the optimum place is searched from the secondary customer information and the quantity in the place of the pass box 100 stored in the processing step S4, and the movement source code and the movement destination code are automatically determined as a pair. Then, in order to select the product shipment shown in FIG. 4, the barcode of the arrived container is read by pressing the numeric keypad 4 of the barcode scanner, and the receipt / shipment classification, the box number, the shipment date and time, and the determined movement The source code and destination code can be entered at once.

  Upon receiving the loaded bin 100, the secondary customer 3 unpacks the product (processing step S6) and stores the empty box 100 (processing step S7). At the same time, the delivery management center (OPC) 1 is requested to collect the empty pass box 100 (processing step S8).

  The delivery management center (OPC) 1 issues a pick-up slip (processing step S9), and picks up an empty box 100 from the secondary customer 3 at an appropriate time (processing step S10).

  Furthermore, when the empty box 100 actually arrives at the delivery management center (OPC) 1, in order to select the arrival of the empty box shown in FIG. 4, the numeric keypad 1 of the barcode scanner is pressed, and the barcode of the arrived container is changed. By reading, receipt / shipment classification, box number and arrival date and time can be entered at once. Then, the receipt / shipment registration screen of FIG. 6 is opened, the arrival date is registered (processing step S11), and stored as an empty box ((processing step S12).

  The empty box 100 in which the arrival information is input is stored in the delivery management center (OPC) 1 until the next delivery.

  When registered as described above, a management table as shown in FIG. In this management table, the collection status of the delivered box 100 is shown in the A column of the total number of shipping boxes in the right column for each customer. In the B column, an unrecovered situation is shown.

  In the column A, the number of collections is recorded for each of the current month shipment, the previous month shipment, and the previous month shipment, and the average collection days and the average collection months calculated thereby are recorded.

  In column B, the number of uncollected items is recorded for the current month shipment, the previous month shipment, and the previous month shipment.

  In FIG. 7, it is possible to register the recovery status and the non-recovery status for each product contained in the pass box 100 as indicated by C.

  By grasping the collection status and the non-collection status in this way, it becomes easy to grasp at which customer destination the retention of the box has occurred and to prompt the collection. Further, it is possible to obtain a basis for determining a price setting renewal for a new box delivery service from the number of days collected.

  In particular, it is possible to predict the collection time from the number of uncollected items, or to predict the collection time from the retention period such as the previous month's shipment or the previous month's shipment. ) It is possible to make a request before requesting 1, and it is possible to achieve both improvement of service for secondary customers and early collection of empty pass box 100. By managing these services for each box type, early collection can be achieved by specializing in the box type where there are not enough empty boxes.

  Further, by classifying these statistics for each secondary customer and presenting them to the primary customer, a new service from the primary customer to the secondary customer becomes possible. That is, since the primary customer can ship while confirming the inventory status of the secondary customer, the secondary customer does not have useless inventory. Furthermore, if the collection of the pass box 100 is facilitated, it is possible to reduce the rental fee or the transport fee of the pass box 100.

In the above description of the embodiment, it has been described that the cargo passing box 100 returned from the primary customer 2 is delivered to one secondary customer 3, but the application of the present invention is not limited to this.
That is, when the primary customer 2 delivers a breakdown of the cargo pass box 100, that is, when a plurality of products are delivered to a plurality of different secondary customers, the primary customer 2 provides the breakdown information at the time of processing step S2. The box 100 is sent to the delivery management center (OPC) 1.

  Therefore, in such a case, in the delivery management center (OPC) 1, based on the breakdown information, the cargo is reloaded into a plurality of bins 100 for a plurality of corresponding customers, and for each of the plurality of bins 100, Shipping information is registered on the receipt / shipment registration screen of FIG.

  Furthermore, since the primary customer is notified of the production plan and has the function to enter the production plan in order to determine the number of empty box shipments, the required quantity of empty boxes when using this function It is desirable to be able to calculate First, the average number of days from empty box shipment to empty box arrival is calculated, and the predicted return quantity is calculated assuming that empty boxes are returned by the number of passing boxes currently being shipped divided by the average number of days. Then, the excess / shortage of empty boxes can be calculated by adding the predicted return quantity to the currently empty box quantity and subtracting the empty box shipment quantity determined from the production plan. By obtaining the date when this excess or deficiency occurs and the quantity deficient during the period of the production plan, it is possible to obtain the order date and quantity of the newly required empty box very accurately.

  In the above embodiments, the primary customer has been described as one company. However, when there are a plurality of primary customers, statistics may be taken separately for each primary customer, or a table may be divided for each primary customer. May be managed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to expedite collection of containers. Therefore, this makes it possible to secure the necessary containers corresponding to the container demand forecast. Further, it is possible to grasp whether or not it is necessary to insert a new container by counting the number of times sent from the container delivery source to the delivery destination and returning to the delivery source.

It is a figure explaining an example of the delivery procedure of the container to which the physical distribution container management method according to this invention is applied. 1 is a diagram showing a system as a basic configuration of a delivery management center (OPC) 1. FIG. It is an example of a registration screen to the management master table of the pass box 100. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on a liquid crystal monitor provided in the barcode scanner 21. FIG. It is a figure explaining the barcode label stretched on a pass box. 4 is a registration screen for a receipt / shipment management table stored in a database 23; It is a figure explaining the management table created in the database.

Explanation of symbols

1 Delivery Management Center (OPC)
2 Primary customer 3 Secondary customer

Claims (4)

The identification code and serial number code are read from a sheet that is attached to the container to be delivered and that records the identification code for identifying the stored item and the serial number code of the container,
In association with the read identification code and serial number code, register at least the destination and the container delivery date in the table,
When the container is collected, the collection date of the container is additionally registered in the registration information of the table corresponding to the serial number code of the collected container,
A logistics container management method characterized in that a collection rate of the container is obtained by calculating the number of days required to collect the container from a reference date at a predetermined period. In claim 1,
When the container is continuously transferred to a plurality of customers, the arrival date and departure date of the container in each of the plurality of customers are registered in the table,
A logistics container management method characterized in that a retention period of a container for each customer is grasped by calculating a date required for collecting the container from a reference date in the predetermined period. Output the paper that is attached to the container to be delivered and that records the identification code that identifies the stored item and the serial number code of the container,
Each time the container with the output paper attached is shipped or arrived, the identification code and the serial number code are read from the paper attached to the container,
In association with the read identification code and serial number code, register at least the receipt / shipment classification and date in the container management table,
The receipt / shipment classification is at least distinguishable between empty box shipment for shipping containers that do not contain products to be distributed and empty box receipt for containers that do not contain products to be distributed;
Calculate the stay period of the container for each identification code of the container from the total number of days from the empty box shipment to the empty box arrival or the average number of days.
The receipt / shipment classification can be input for each container identification code for a shipping schedule of empty box shipment,
The number of empty box containers predicted from the stay period calculated for each container identification code, the number of empty box containers to which the empty box arrival of the receipt / shipment classification is input, and the input container to be shipped Compare with the number of
A logistics container management method characterized in that the required number of containers can be ascertained by predicting and calculating the date and number of empty containers. Output the paper that is attached to the container to be delivered and that records the identification code that identifies the stored item and the serial number code of the container,
Each time the container with the output paper attached is shipped or arrived, the identification code and the serial number code are read from the paper attached to the container,
In association with the read identification code and serial number code, register at least the receipt / shipment classification and date in the table,
The receipt / shipment classification includes at least an empty box shipment for shipping a container not containing a product to be distributed, a product arrival for receiving a container containing a product to be distributed, and a container containing a product to be distributed. It is possible to distinguish between product shipments to be shipped and empty box arrivals to receive containers that do not contain products to be distributed,
If the receipt / shipment classification is product shipment, register the source and destination in the table,
The receipt / shipment category calculates the residence time at the primary customer from the total number of days from the empty box shipment to the product arrival or the average number of days for each identification code of the container,
By calculating the staying period at the secondary customer from the total number of days from product shipment to empty box arrival or the average number of days for each destination by the identification code of the container,
A logistics container management method characterized by making it possible to grasp the residence period of the container for each customer.

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