JP2005063067A - Delivery management method and delivery management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery management method and a delivery management program which can efficiently acquire delivery information to be provided by a transporter. <P>SOLUTION: A link server 20 records link data obtained by associating a contract number, sales slip number, transportation company code and transportation invoice number in a link data storage part 22. Then, a management computer 21 of the link server 20 extracts the transportation invoice number from the link data storage part 22, and acquires the data related with delivery costs associated with the transportation invoice number from the transportation company server 60. Then, the management computer 21 associates the data related with the delivery costs acquired from the transportation company server 60 with the transportation invoice number and the sales slip number stored in the link data storage part 22, and transmits the data to a store server 40 specified by the contract number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise delivery management method and a delivery management program, and more specifically, a delivery management method and delivery management for managing information related to delivery when a carrier delivers a package requested by a delivery requester. Regarding the program.

  When the merchandise seller delivers the merchandise to the purchaser, and when the merchandise seller delivers the merchandise to the customer, various methods for managing delivery of the merchandise have been proposed (for example, (See Patent Document 1). When the carrier delivers the package from the sender to the recipient, various information regarding the delivery of the package is provided to the sender and the recipient by the carrier's own system.

On the other hand, when the merchandise seller delivers the merchandise to the purchaser, the merchant may request delivery of the merchandise from the transporter in addition to the merchandise delivering the merchandise by itself. In such a case, the seller manages the sale of the product by the sales slip, whereas the shipping company manages the package to be transported using a unique invoice. For this reason, when a purchaser or a seller confirms the delivery status of a product, it is necessary to identify a transportation invoice and make an inquiry to the transportation company.
JP 2002-189781 A (page 4-20)

  However, it is complicated to manage the identification information on the invoice on the seller side separately from the identification information on the sales slip. In addition, the purchaser of the product may not be informed of the identification information on the invoice, and in such a case, the purchaser cannot confirm the information provided by the carrier.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a delivery management method and a delivery management program capable of efficiently obtaining delivery information provided by a carrier.

  In order to solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a management computer connected to a delivery management server that records delivery information of a carrier, a transaction slip identifier used by a delivery requester, and the carrier. A delivery management method for managing the delivery of goods using a linked data storage means that records and associates a transport identifier used by the management computer, wherein the management computer accepts a transaction slip identifier and a transport identifier, and A first stage for recording in the data storage means; a second stage for extracting a transport identifier from the connected data storage means based on the request of the delivery requester; and delivery data associated with the transport identifier; A third step of obtaining from the delivery management server, and associating the delivery data obtained from the delivery management server with the transport identifier in the linked data storage means; In association with the recorded transaction voucher identifier, the gist that a fourth step of transmitting to said delivery requester.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the delivery management method according to the first aspect, the delivery management method further comprises a step in which the management computer receives a transaction slip identifier from the delivery requester. The gist of step 2 is to extract a transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on the received transaction slip identifier.

The invention according to claim 3 is the delivery management method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the management computer is connected to a plurality of delivery management servers respectively corresponding to a plurality of carriers, and the linked data storage means is Further, a carrier identifier for specifying the delivery management server in association with the transport identifier is further recorded, and the third step is to obtain delivery data from the delivery management server specified by the carrier identifier.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the delivery management method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the delivery data includes data relating to delivery costs or data relating to tracking information of packages. .

  The invention according to claim 5 relates the management computer connected to the delivery management server that records the delivery information of the carrier, the transaction slip identifier used by the delivery requester, and the transportation identifier used by the carrier. A delivery management program for managing delivery of goods using a connected data storage means for recording, wherein the management computer accepts a transaction slip identifier and a transport identifier and records them in the connected data storage means. A second means for extracting a transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on a request from the delivery requester; and a third means for acquiring delivery data associated with the transport identifier from the delivery management server. And the delivery slip acquired from the delivery management server are recorded in the linked data storage means in association with the transport identifier. In association with the child, and summarized in that to function as a fourth means for transmitting to said delivery requester.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery management program according to the fifth aspect, the management computer further functions as means for receiving a transaction slip identifier from the delivery requester, and the second means. Is based on the received transaction slip identifier and functions as means for extracting a transport identifier from the linked data storage means.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the delivery management program according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the management computer is connected to a plurality of delivery management servers respectively corresponding to a plurality of carriers, and the linked data storage means is Further, a carrier identifier for specifying a delivery management server in association with the transport identifier is further recorded, and the third means is specified by the carrier identifier using the plurality of delivery management servers and the linked data storage means. The gist is to function as a means for acquiring delivery data from a delivery management server.

  The invention described in claim 8 is the delivery management program according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the delivery data includes data relating to delivery costs or data relating to package tracking information. .

(Function)
According to the first or fifth aspect of the present invention, based on the request of the delivery requester, the delivery data is obtained from the delivery management server using the delivery identifier, and is associated with the transaction slip identifier associated with the delivery identifier. The delivery data can be provided to the delivery requester. Therefore, the delivery requester can acquire delivery data recorded in the delivery management server using the transaction slip identifier.

  According to the invention described in claim 2 or 6, the management computer extracts the transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on the transaction slip identifier received from the delivery requester, and based on the transport identifier, the delivery management server You can get delivery data from Therefore, the delivery requester can acquire the delivery data by specifying the delivery data recorded in the delivery management server by the transaction slip identifier without being aware of the transport identifier.

According to the invention described in claim 3 or 7, it is possible to specify a delivery management server from a plurality of delivery management servers based on a carrier identifier, and to obtain delivery data from the specified delivery management server. Therefore, each delivery data can be acquired from a delivery management server managed by each of a plurality of carriers.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 or 8, the delivery requester can confirm delivery cost or package tracking information using the transaction slip identifier.

  According to the present invention, delivery information provided by a carrier can be efficiently acquired.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, when requesting delivery of a product sold to a customer (purchaser) in a store to the shipping company, the delivery information provided by the shipping company system is acquired using the sales slip number managed in the store. Will be described as a delivery management method and a delivery management program. In this embodiment, a delivery company as a carrier is requested to deliver a product sold to a customer (purchaser) at a store. In this embodiment, the store manages products for which delivery is requested using a sales slip number as a transaction slip identifier. On the other hand, the shipping company manages the delivery of the package by using a shipping invoice identifier as a shipping identifier used by the shipping company, and provides delivery information. In this embodiment, since the purchaser requests delivery of the product from the shipping company via the store, and the store directly requests delivery of the product from the shipping company, the purchaser and the store each have a product as a package. It corresponds to the delivery requester about.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a linked server 20, a store system 46, a purchaser terminal 50, a shipping company server 60 as a delivery management server, and a transporter terminal 70 are connected via the Internet 30. Connected. In the present embodiment, the linked server 20 is managed by a contractor independent of the shipping company that manages the shipping company server 60. The transportation company servers 60 of a plurality of transportation companies are connected to the linked server 20 respectively.

  The purchaser terminal 50 is a computer terminal used by a purchaser of goods, and is used when inquiring cargo tracking information or the like. For this reason, the purchaser terminal 50 includes control means (CPU), storage means (RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.), communication means, display means (eg, monitor), input means (eg, keyboard and mouse), etc., not shown. I have.

  The store system 46 includes a store server 40 and a store terminal 45. The store server 40 is a server for managing the sale of products in the store. The store server 40 includes a delivery record data storage unit 41 that performs processing such as delivery management of sold products and stores delivery record data related to the delivery results of sold products.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery record data storage unit 41 stores delivery record data 410 for managing the delivery status of products delivered to customers for each sales slip number. In this embodiment, the delivery result data 410 is recorded when a product delivered to a customer is input from the store terminal 45, and updated when data related to the delivery result is received from the linked server 20. The delivery record data 410 includes data related to the sales slip number and the delivery record corresponding to the sales slip.

  In the sales slip number data area, data related to the sales slip number for specifying the sales slip used for selling the product is recorded. In the delivery record data area, data relating to the cost required for delivery of the product is recorded.

The store terminal 45 is a computer terminal used by a store clerk, and is used when performing sales data registration, cargo tracking information inquiry, delivery expense inquiry, and the like. For this reason, the shop terminal 45 includes a control means (CPU), storage means (RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.), communication means, display means (eg, monitor), input means (eg, keyboard and mouse), etc., not shown. ing.

  The shipping company server 60 is a server that performs processing for managing the packages handled by the shipping company that performs the package transportation business. In this embodiment, a plurality of shipping companies are provided with a shipping company server 60 for managing the packages handled by each company. The shipping company server 60 includes a delivery data storage unit 61.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the delivery data storage unit 61 stores delivery data 610 for managing the delivery status of the package for each invoice number. In the present embodiment, the delivery data 610 is recorded when a transport invoice number or the like input using the transport invoice at the transporter terminal 70 is received from the transporter terminal 70. The delivery data 610 includes data relating to a delivery invoice number, delivery costs, and cargo tracking information in association with the delivery invoice.

  In the invoice number data area, data relating to the invoice number for specifying the invoice used for delivery of the package is recorded. In the delivery expense data area, data relating to delivery expenses required for delivery of the package is recorded. In the cargo tracking information data area, data relating to tracking information of the package is recorded.

  As the cargo tracking information, at least a collection location, a destination, a collection flag, and a delivery completion flag are recorded. The collection flag is recorded when a package is collected. The delivery completion flag is recorded when the package is delivered to the destination. Further, different information is recorded in the freight tracking information data area for each shipping company. For example, there is a case where only information on whether or not a package has been delivered to a customer is included, and a case where information on where a transport vehicle carrying the package is traveling is also included. Also, the timing of updating the cargo tracking information differs depending on each shipping company, and may be updated in real time or not.

  In this embodiment, an employee of a shipping company having the shipping company server 60 or an employee of a shipping company affiliated with the shipping company having the shipping company server 60 carries the package as a carrier. If the carrier is an employee of a shipping company having the shipping company server 60, the carrier uses the shipping invoice of the shipping company. On the other hand, if the transporter is an employee of a transport company that is affiliated with the transport company having the transport company server 60, the transporter is the invoice of the transport company having the transport company server 60 that is affiliated with the transport company Is used.

  The carrier carries the carrier terminal 70. The carrier terminal 70 includes control means (CPU), storage means (RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.), communication means, display means, input means, etc. (not shown). The transporter terminal 70 includes a barcode reader.

  The linked server 20 associates the sales slip number used by the store with the invoice number used by the shipping company, and provides the information provided by the shipping company server 60 to the store server 40, the store terminal 45, and the purchaser terminal 50. It is a server that performs the process. The linked server 20 performs processing for acquiring data related to cargo tracking information and delivery expenses from the shipping company server 60 and transmitting the data to the store server 40, store terminal 45, and purchaser terminal 50. The linked server 20 includes a management computer 21.

This management computer 21 transmits and receives data to and from the store server 40, store terminal 45, purchaser terminal 50, shipping company server 60 and carrier terminal 70, and data management processing for executing management of various types of information Etc. The management computer 21 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like (not shown), and performs processing described later (processing including a first stage, a second stage, a third stage, a fourth stage, and the like). By executing the delivery management program for that purpose, the management computer 21 functions as a first means, a second means, a third means, a fourth means, and the like.

Further, the linked server 20 includes a linked data storage unit 22 as linked data storage means.
As shown in FIG. 4, the linked data storage unit 22 records linked data 220 for associating the sales slip number used by each store with the invoice number used by the shipping company. Yes. In the present embodiment, the linked data 220 is read from the sales slip number, the transport invoice number, and the like using the sales slip and the invoice by the transporter terminal 70, and the data is received from the transporter terminal 70. Recorded in case. The concatenated data 220 includes data relating to a contract number, a sales slip number, a shipping company code, a transport invoice number, and a delivery expense, corresponding to the sales slip number of the sales slip used by each store.

  In the contract number data area, data relating to a contract number is recorded as an identifier for specifying a store that has contracted with the service. In the sales slip number data area, data related to the sales slip number as an identifier for specifying the sales slip used in the store is recorded. In the shipping company code data area, data relating to the shipping company code for specifying the shipping company that transports the product based on the sales slip is recorded. In the invoice number data area, data relating to the invoice number as an identifier for specifying the invoice used by the shipping company is recorded. In the delivery expense data area, data relating to delivery expense required for delivery of the product is recorded. In the present embodiment, the delivery cost acquired from the delivery data storage unit 61 is recorded as the delivery cost.

  In the system configured as described above, when a carrier delivers a product sold at a store to a purchaser, a processing procedure in the case of performing delivery management with reference to information provided by the carrier will be described. Here, the registration stage, the inquiry stage, and the delivery expense calculation stage will be described in this order.

(Registration stage)
First, the registration stage process will be described with reference to FIG. When the product is sold, the store clerk registers the sales data about the sold product in the store system 46 using the store terminal 45 (step 1-1). In the store system 46, the store server 40 assigns a sales slip number and outputs a sales slip printed with the sales slip number (step S1-2). When the purchaser wishes to deliver the product, the store requests the shipping company to deliver the product. In addition, the store prepares the shipping invoice form of the shipping company requested in advance, and the name and address of the store that is the collection location and the name and address of the destination specified by the purchaser are included in the shipping invoice. Fill out.

  The shipping company requested to deliver the product causes the store to visit the carrier. A carrier who visits a store uses the carrier terminal 70 to input a sales slip number, a shipping company code, and the like. The carrier terminal 70 inputs the contract number and reads the sales slip number using the barcode of the sales slip in accordance with the input operation by the carrier (step S1-3). In addition, the carrier terminal 70 inputs the shipping company code and reads the transportation invoice number using the barcode of the transportation invoice according to the operation of the carrier (step S1-4). Furthermore, the carrier terminal 70 receives information on the collection location and the destination input based on the shipping invoice by the operator's operation (step S1-5).

And the carrier terminal 70 transmits the data regarding a contract number, a sales slip number, a shipping company code, and an invoice number to the connection server 20 (step S1-6). Receiving this, the linked server 20 records data on the contract number, sales slip number, shipping company code, and shipping invoice number in the linked data storage unit 22 (step S1-7).

  Furthermore, the carrier terminal 70 transmits the shipping invoice number, the collection location, and the destination to the shipping company server 60 (step S1-8). Receiving this, the shipping company server 60 records the shipping invoice number in the delivery data storage unit 61, and records the collection location, destination and collection flag in the cargo tracking information data area of the delivery data 610 (step S1-9). .

(Inquiry stage)
Next, the inquiry stage process will be described with reference to FIG. A store clerk and a purchaser of a store may wish to inquire about cargo tracking information, delivery cost information, and the like. Here, a case will be described in which the purchaser uses the purchaser terminal 50 to inquire about the cargo tracking information. The purchaser receives a receipt printed with the contract number and the sales slip number from the store when purchasing the product, and the purchaser makes an inquiry request using the contract number and the sales slip number.

  The purchaser uses the purchaser terminal 50 to access the linked server 20 and make a transmission request for a web page (search request screen) for inputting a transportation invoice number or the like for requesting the inquiry of the cargo tracking information. In response to this, the management computer 21 transmits a search request screen to the purchaser terminal 50. This search request screen has a contract number input field and a sales slip number input field.

  When the purchaser inputs the contract number and the sales slip number on this search request screen and makes a transmission request, the purchaser terminal 50 concatenates the inquiry request for the cargo tracking information including the contract number and the sales slip number. It transmits to the server 20 (step S2-1).

  Receiving this, the management computer 21 of the linked server 20 extracts the shipping company code and the invoice number from the linked data storage unit 22 based on the received contract number and sales slip number (step S2-2). Then, the management computer 21 designates a transportation invoice number and transmits a cargo tracking information transmission request to the transportation company server 60 specified by the transportation company code (step S2-3). In response to this, the shipping company server 60 transmits data relating to the cargo tracking information extracted from the delivery data storage unit 61 by the shipping invoice number to the connection server 20 (step S2-4). Specifically, the shipping company server 60 transmits data in XML format including data related to the cargo tracking information.

  The management computer 21 that has received this adds the data for displaying the contract number and the sales slip number to the received data, and transmits it to the purchaser terminal 50 (step S2-5). The purchaser terminal 50 that has received this displays the cargo tracking information based on the received data (step S2-6).

The same applies when the store clerk uses the store terminal 45 to query the cargo tracking information.
On the other hand, when receiving the delivery cost inquiry request, the linked server 20 uses the shipping company code and the shipping invoice number extracted from the linked data storage unit 22 in the same manner as described above, to the shipping company server 60 for data relating to the delivery cost. Request to send. And the connection server 20 receives the data regarding a delivery expense, and provides the information regarding a delivery expense based on the data.

(Delivery cost calculation stage)
Next, processing in the delivery expense calculation stage will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, for each predetermined period, data relating to delivery expenses is acquired from the shipping company server 60, and delivery results for each sales slip number are provided to the store server 40 of each store. The linked server 20 performs the following processing for each contract number corresponding to each store.

  In this process, first, the linked server 20 sends a delivery data transmission request to the shipping company server 60 (step S3-1). Specifically, the management computer 21 of the linked server 20 first extracts the sales slip number, the shipping company code, and the invoice number from the linked data storage unit 22 for the contract number to be processed. Then, the management computer 21 makes a transmission request for data related to the delivery expense to the shipping company server 60 specified by the shipping company code by specifying the shipping invoice number. In the case where a plurality of invoice numbers are extracted corresponding to one shipping company code, the management computer 21 designates the plurality of invoice numbers and requests transmission of data relating to delivery expenses. .

  In response to this, the shipping company server 60 transmits data relating to the delivery expense extracted from the delivery data storage unit 61 to the connection server 20 (step S3-2). Specifically, the shipping company server 60 transmits data in XML format including data related to delivery expenses. Receiving this, the management computer 21 of the linked server 20 extracts data related to delivery expenses from the received data and records it in the linked data storage unit 22 (step S3-3).

  In some cases, one store requests a different delivery company for delivery of products to be delivered to each customer. In such a case, when the contract number is extracted from the concatenated data storage unit 22 based on the contract number, a plurality of shipping company codes are extracted. In this case, the management computer 21 specifies the shipping company server 60 based on each extracted shipping company code, and sends a transmission request for delivery data to each specified shipping company server 60.

  Next, the linked server 20 extracts the sales slip number and the delivery expense for each contract number from the linked data storage unit 22, and transmits the sales slip number and the delivery record to the store server 40 specified by the contract number. (Step S3-4). Here, data for calculating the billing amount is recorded as data relating to the delivery expense, and the management computer 21 obtains the billing amount (delivery result) for each sales slip number based on the data relating to the delivery expense. . Then, the management computer 21 transmits data including the delivery record and the sales slip number to the store server 40.

  Upon receiving this, the store server 40 records the received delivery record data in the delivery record data 410 specified by the sales slip number (step S3-5). Then, the store server 40 manages the delivery results for each sales slip number using the data relating to the delivery results.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
In the above embodiment, the linked server 20 records the linked data 220 that associates the contract number, sales slip number, shipping company code, and shipping invoice number in the linked data storage unit 22. Then, the management computer 21 of the connection server 20 extracts the transportation invoice number from the connection data storage unit 22 and acquires data associated with the transportation invoice number from the transportation company server 60. Then, the management computer 21 transmits the data acquired from the shipping company server 60 to the store server 40 specified by the contract number in association with the sales slip number recorded in the linked data storage unit 22 in association with the shipping invoice number. To do. For this reason, each store server 40 can acquire data required by the store server 40 among the data recorded in the shipping company server 60, and can specify data corresponding to each sales slip number.

In the above embodiment, the management computer 21 extracts the shipping company code and the invoice number from the concatenated data storage unit 22 based on the contract number and sales slip number received from the purchaser terminal 50 or the store terminal 45. Then, the management computer 21 designates a transportation invoice number to the transportation company server 60 specified by the transportation company code and makes a transmission request for data relating to the cargo tracking information and the like. When the management computer 21 receives data relating to the cargo tracking information from the shipping company server 60, the management computer 21 adds the data for displaying the contract number and the sales slip number to the data, and the purchaser who sent the inquiry request It transmits to the terminal 50 or the shop terminal 45. For this reason, the purchaser or the clerk of the product can refer to the data of the shipping company server 60 using the sales slip number for each store without being aware of the shipping company code or the shipping invoice number.

  In the above embodiment, the management computer 21 is connected to a plurality of shipping company servers 60 respectively corresponding to a plurality of shipping companies. And the management computer 21 acquires the data regarding cargo tracking information and delivery expense from the shipping company server 60 specified by the shipping company code. Therefore, it is possible to acquire data related to cargo tracking information and delivery expenses from the shipping company server 60 managed by each of the plurality of shipping companies.

  In the above-described embodiment, the management computer 21 obtains a billing amount (delivery result) for each sales slip number based on the data relating to the delivery expense received from the shipping company server 60 and transmits it to the store server 40. For this reason, the store server 40 can acquire delivery results in units of sales slips and can manage delivery costs for individual transactions.

  In the above embodiment, the management computer 21 acquires delivery expenses and cargo tracking information from the shipping company server 60 in response to an inquiry request specifying the contract number and sales slip number from the store terminal 45 or the purchaser terminal 50. To the store terminal 45 or the purchaser terminal 50. For this reason, a store clerk or a product purchaser can specify a contract number and a sales slip number to check delivery expenses and cargo tracking information.

In addition, you may change the said embodiment into the following aspects.
In the above embodiment, the carrier uses the sales slip and the transportation invoice to register the contract number, the sales slip, the shipping company code, and the transportation invoice number in the linked data storage unit 22. Instead, the linked server 20 provides a web page for registering the contract number, sales slip, shipping company code and shipping invoice number to the linked data storage unit 22, and the store clerk uses the store terminal 45. These may be registered. By doing in this way, since the store side can register in advance, the work by the transporter can be reduced.

  Further, when the store system 46 manages these data, the data may be registered in the linked data storage unit 22 by acquiring these data from the store system 46 and transmitting the data to the linked server 20. By doing so, the work on the store side for registration in the linked data storage unit 22 can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the sales slip number and the transportation invoice number are input using the barcodes printed on the sales slip and the transportation invoice, respectively. Instead, the sales slip number and the transportation invoice number respectively described in the sales slip and the transportation invoice may be input by OCR (optical character reader). In addition, the contract number and the shipping company code may also be input using a bar code or characters of a sales slip or a shipping invoice, respectively.

  In the above embodiment, a vendor independent of each shipping company operated the linked server 20, but a shipping company having the shipping company server 60 may include the linked server 20. In this case, the concatenated data storage unit 22 does not manage the shipping company code, and only the data relating to the packages handled by the shipping company may be managed.

In the above embodiment, each sales slip is transported using one invoice. However, when a plurality of shipping companies relay and transport the goods, different invoices may be used. . In this case, a plurality of transportation company codes and transportation invoice numbers are recorded in the linked data storage unit 22 for the sales slip number. And when calculating a delivery performance, the data regarding a delivery expense are each acquired from each shipping company server 60 specified by each shipping company code by a shipping invoice number. And the delivery results about each transportation invoice of each shipping company are calculated, respectively, and they are totaled and provided as delivery results corresponding to the sales slip. By doing in this way, even when using a plurality of transportation invoices for one sales slip, it is possible to acquire data related to delivery expenses from a plurality of shipping company servers 60 and manage delivery results for each sales slip.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the delivery data 610 of the shipping company server 60 is acquired using the sales slip number used in the store has been described. Alternatively, the delivery data 610 of the shipping company server 60 may be acquired using a transaction identifier other than the sales slip number as identification information used by the delivery requester to identify the delivery request.

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Claims (8)

Using a management computer connected to a delivery management server that records delivery information of a carrier, and linked data storage means that records a transaction slip identifier used by the delivery requester and a delivery identifier used by the carrier in association with each other. A delivery management method for managing delivery of products,
The management computer is
Receiving a transaction slip identifier and a transport identifier and recording them in the linked data storage means;
A second step of extracting a transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on the request of the delivery requester;
A third step of obtaining delivery data associated with the transport identifier from the delivery management server;
And a fourth step of transmitting the delivery data acquired from the delivery management server to the delivery requester in association with the transaction slip identifier recorded in the linked data storage means in association with the transport identifier. A characteristic delivery management method. The delivery management method is:
The management computer is
Receiving a transaction slip identifier from the delivery requester;
2. The delivery management method according to claim 1, wherein in the second step, a transport identifier is extracted from the linked data storage means based on the received transaction slip identifier. The management computer is connected to a plurality of delivery management servers respectively corresponding to a plurality of carriers,
The linked data storage means further records a transporter identifier that identifies the delivery management server in association with the transport identifier,
The delivery management method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the third step acquires delivery data from a delivery management server specified by the carrier identifier. The delivery management method according to claim 1, wherein the delivery data includes data relating to delivery costs or data relating to package tracking information. Using a management computer connected to a delivery management server that records delivery information of a carrier, and linked data storage means that records a transaction slip identifier used by the delivery requester and a delivery identifier used by the carrier in association with each other. A delivery management program for managing delivery of products,
The management computer,
First means for accepting and recording a transaction slip identifier and a transport identifier in the linked data storage means;
Second means for extracting a transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on the request of the delivery requester;
Third means for obtaining delivery data associated with the transport identifier from the delivery management server;
Delivery for causing delivery data acquired from the delivery management server to function as a fourth means for sending to the delivery requester in association with the transaction slip identifier recorded in the linked data storage means in association with the delivery identifier. Management program. The management computer further
While functioning as a means for receiving a transaction slip identifier from the delivery requester,
6. The delivery management program according to claim 5, wherein the second means functions as means for extracting a transport identifier from the linked data storage means based on the received transaction slip identifier. The management computer is connected to a plurality of delivery management servers respectively corresponding to a plurality of carriers,
The linked data storage means further records a carrier identifier that identifies a delivery management server in association with a transport identifier, and uses the plurality of delivery management servers and the linked data storage means,
7. The delivery management program according to claim 5, wherein the third means functions as means for obtaining delivery data from a delivery management server specified by the carrier identifier. 8. The delivery management program according to claim 5, wherein the delivery data includes data relating to delivery costs or data relating to package tracking information.

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