JP2005174050A - Ic tag management system for indirect sub material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC tag management system enabling a user to select an indirect sum material or a factory article stuck with an IC tag from sales companies in respective fields at a reasonable price with a simple means by an information appliance of each the user connected to a communication network and to order it. <P>SOLUTION: In this IC tag management system, each maker 5 produces all products related to the indirect sub material or the factory article in a form of a finished article or a half-finished product, while the sales company 8 or a sales agency obtains information about the indirect sub material, the factory article, or a component thereof stuck with an IC tag 12 from a large-scale general trading company 7, i.e., a wholesale company, and sells the indirect sub material, the factory article, the component thereof, or the like stuck with the IC tag 12 according to order placement of each the user 10, especially an end user. The sales company 8 or the sales agency has a catalog database storing printed matter related the indirect sub material, the factory article or the component thereof stuck with the IC tag 12, especially cataloged printed matter as data. The sales company 8 or the like constructs the original system, and is connected to each the user 10 and a server 11 via the Internet 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention can select and order indirect secondary materials or factory supplies at a reasonable price from sales companies in various directions with simple means by using information devices of each user connected to a communication network and The present invention relates to an IC tag management system for an indirect secondary material that can notify the order status from a user in real time, and manages the indirect secondary material or factory supplies with an IC tag.

Conventionally, there is a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-39396 as an ordering system for this type of product. This will be described with reference to FIG. 4. An ordering client 1 as a user for ordering products, an ordering client 2 as a manufacturer receiving product orders, and a database server 3 for registering the ordering status of products are provided on an Internet line 4. The database server 3 can search on the WWW (World Wide Web) to receive registration of ordering data relating to the ordering of the product and provision of registered ordering data. The electronic mail can be transmitted / received between the ordering client 1 as a user and the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer.

Then, registration of ordering data from the ordering terminal to the database terminal is performed on the WWW, and transmission / reception of electronic mail is enabled between the ordering terminal and the ordering terminal. Then, when trying to place an order for goods etc. at the ordering terminal, the registration items are described in the HTML file for ordering data registration given from the database terminal by using the WWW browser, and the HTML file is stored in the database. The HTML file for ordering data registration is attached to an e-mail and transmitted to the order receiving terminal. As a result, the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer clarifies the order receiving status.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-39396

In the conventional product ordering system described above, when the ordering client 1 on the user side purchases the product, there are many companies via the Internet line 4 after considering the specifications and desired price of the product. The client applies for purchase by e-mail or the like to the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer, a sales company handling the product, or its agent.
However, it is difficult to select a product having an appropriate price, quality, performance, or function from an appropriate order receiving client 2 and the products of other order receiving clients 2 after purchasing are difficult. The information revealed that the product was inappropriate and had to be repurchased.
On the other hand, the products handled by each company and the standards are not uniform on the order client 2 side as a whole, and the industry of the order client 2 is not unified as a whole, satisfying all requirements of the order client 1 in various fields. There is a problem that it is practically impossible to provide the goods to be delivered quickly.
In addition, the conventional product ordering system described above relates to, for example, personal computer equipment that is a general product and related services, such as special work tools or miscellaneous tools. There was a problem that it could not be applied to the system accompanying the provision of secondary materials or factory supplies.
Furthermore, there is a problem that there is no system for managing the indirect secondary materials or factory supplies with IC tags.

The system for ordering indirect secondary materials according to the present invention is a wide range of indirect secondary materials such as special work tools or factory supplies having a desired price, quality or performance with a simple system using an Internet line from a user. An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can be selected from a group of companies, can quickly procure the indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, and attaches an IC tag to the indirect secondary materials or factory supplies and manages them. And is constituted by the following configuration and means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a catalog database in which catalog information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies provided by a plurality of companies or a large number of manufacturers is processed or analyzed and stored, and a sales agent or Receive large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that outputs the database information to the sales company and database information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies from the sales agent or sales company as order information via the Internet A reader / writer provided in the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company), and an IC tag attached to the reader / writer. Read the ID of the indirect secondary material, receive it and manage it with the server connected to the Internet line. It is characterized in.

According to the invention described in claim 2, a large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that receives information accompanying catalogs of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies provided by a plurality of companies or many manufacturers, and the large-scale A sales agent or sales company that processes or analyzes and accumulates output information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies from a general trading company (wholesale company) and stores it, and the sales agent or sales In a system composed of a user who receives database information of indirect secondary materials including parts from a company as ordering information via an Internet line, the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale comprehensive A reader / writer provided in a trading company (wholesale company) and an ID of the indirect secondary material with an IC tag read by the reader / writer are received and received. Characterized by comprising in a server connected to the internet to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials according to the first or second aspect, wherein the server is the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) or the sales agent or sales company. It is characterized by being.

Since the IC tag management system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a catalog database in which catalog information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies provided by a plurality of companies or a large number of manufacturers is processed or analyzed and stored, and a sales agent or Receive large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that outputs the database information to the sales company and database information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies from the sales agent or sales company as order information via the Internet A reader / writer provided in the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company), and an IC tag attached to the reader / writer. Read the ID of the indirect secondary material, receive it and manage it with the server connected to the Internet line. To provide an IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials, characterized in that.
With such a configuration, the user who ordered the indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof can promptly use the Internet line from all the products on the market that have the desired price, predetermined quality, and functions. It can be reasonably procured and the work efficiency can be improved, and the catalog database of indirect secondary materials constructed by a large general trading company (wholesale company) can be used effectively. There is an effect that various management such as inventory management or sales management of indirect secondary materials owned by a wholesale company or a sales agent can be rationally performed.

According to the invention described in claim 2, a large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that receives information accompanying catalogs of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies provided by a plurality of companies or many manufacturers, and the large-scale A sales agent or sales company that processes or analyzes and accumulates output information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies from a general trading company (wholesale company) and stores it, and the sales agent or sales In a system composed of a user who receives database information of indirect secondary materials including parts from a company as ordering information via an Internet line, the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale comprehensive A reader / writer provided in a trading company (wholesale company) and an ID of the indirect secondary material with an IC tag read by the reader / writer are received and received. Providing indirect auxiliary materials IC tag management system characterized by comprising between the internet connection servers that.
Because of this configuration, the user who ordered the indirect secondary materials or factory supplies or their parts can promptly use the Internet line from any commercially available product with the desired price, specified quality, function, etc. It can be reasonably procured to improve work efficiency, and can effectively use the catalog database of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies constructed by sales agents or sales companies. There is an effect that various management such as inventory management or sales management of indirect secondary materials owned by (wholesale company) or sales agents can be rationally performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the server is the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) or the sales agent or sales company. The indirect submaterial IC tag according to the first or second aspect Provide a management system.
With this configuration, the server is a management company that includes large-scale general trading companies (wholesale companies) or sales companies, etc., so that a system that can be used concurrently can be constructed, which is easy to implement and enhances economic effects. Can do.

Embodiments of the IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an IC tag management system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention. The present invention relates to sales and ordering of indirect auxiliary materials such as work tools such as drivers or pliers or miscellaneous tools as factory supplies or production auxiliary materials, and management forms thereof. The sales system of the sales company is accessed via a communication network, and each of the sales companies and the like provides, for example, the above-mentioned indirect auxiliary material or the like with a predetermined quality and performance and at a reasonable price by using a user interface. Purchase factory supplies. As one embodiment of the present invention, when a sales case of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies or parts thereof occurs between each sales company or the like and each user, the order receiving system of each sales company and The present invention relates to a communication format exchanged between each user ordering system.
The factory supplies include work tools, work jigs, power tools, air tools, pallets, heavy oil / kerosene, clean room supplies, and the like.

5 is a manufacturer composed of A company 5A, B company 5B, C company 5C, D company 5D, E company 5E and F company 5F, which produces indirect auxiliary materials or factory supplies and parts thereof, Companies that sell this.
Each manufacturer 5 produces all products related to the indirect auxiliary materials or factory supplies in various forms such as finished products or semi-finished products, and includes subcontracting companies. Each of the manufacturers 5A to 5F includes a reader / writer, a user terminal device, a display device, an input device, and the like, which will be described later.

6 is a catalog database for storing printed materials, especially catalogs, as indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, etc., produced by each manufacturer 5 as data, and each company handling each manufacturer 5 Based on the information, it is processed, analyzed and analyzed, and stored as accumulated data. Therefore, if a new product as an indirect auxiliary material or factory supplies is newly produced, it is newly accumulated and processed as new information.

7 is a large-scale general trading company that handles indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, etc. and products related to their parts upon request from each manufacturer 5, that is, a wholesale company. For example, “As One”, “Nippon”, “Yamazen”, etc. It is. The large-scale general trading company 7 includes, from the catalog database 6, for example, new products produced from each manufacturer 5 in real time on various commercially available information devices such as personal computers and PDAs (information terminals) or mobile phones. Obtain information on various indirect sub-materials, factory supplies, and parts. The large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7 includes a reader / writer, a user terminal device, an input device, or the like, which will be described later.
The catalog database 6 is provided on the maker 5 side when data is created, processed and processed on the maker 5 side. However, the large-scale general trading company 7, that is, the wholesale company side, is a product from each maker 5. When information is obtained, processed, processed, and accumulated and shared by each large-scale general trading company 7, it is convenient to prepare for the large-scale general trading company 7 side. You may install in the third party organization from the importance of the said catalog base 6, the efficiency of this system, or the convenience of storage management. The installation location is determined from the viewpoint of rationality, convenience, and safety of data processing, analysis, or accumulation work.

8 is obtained from a large-scale general trading company 7, that is, a wholesale company, with information on the indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof, and the indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or the like according to orders from each user 10, especially end users. For example, there are four companies, that is, a company A 8A to a company D 8D, that is, a plurality of companies. The sales company 8 or the like builds its own system and connects to each user 10 via the Internet line 9. Examples of the user 10 include four companies, namely, A company 10A, B company 10B, C company 10C, and D company 10D. The A company 8A to the D company 8D of the sales agent (sales company) 8 include a reader / writer, a user terminal device, a display device, an input device, and the like, which will be described later.

Thus, each of the companies 10A, 10B, 10C, 10C and 10D of the user 10 is a working tool such as a small pliers or a plus screwdriver having a large diameter around the handle. When purchasing indirect sub-materials or factory supplies, etc., this is applicable to information equipment that shares the database of the sales agent or sales company 8 via the Internet line 9 with its own simplified information equipment or PDA (information terminal). Send an order signal. As a result, the sales agent or the sales company 8 informs the user 10 of each company 10A to 10D of the user 10 that the order has been received, and the specifications and parts required by the ordering company. Deliver the above work tools that meet the requirements. In this way, there is an effect of realizing real-time transactions in response to requests from a large number of ordering companies. The user 10 may also be provided with a reader / writer, a user terminal device, and the like, similar to the sales agent 8 and the like.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a server, which is an ID of an indirect secondary material or the like attached with an IC tag by a reader / writer provided in the user 10 or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7 or the manufacturer 5 or the sales agent (sales company) 8. Read out, manage the number of sales, sales, etc. centrally.

Next, an embodiment of the IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example in which an IC tag is affixed or attached to the indirect auxiliary material or factory supplies used in the system of the present invention, and a structure example of the IC tag.
First, this will be explained and the IC tag and the like will be clarified. FIG. 2A shows an example in which the IC tag 12 is attached to a part of an indirect auxiliary material (including factory supplies) 13, for example, a side surface. The IC tag 12 may be attached to any part of the indirect secondary material 13 from the indirect secondary material 13 due to contact with other indirect secondary materials, other causes, or physical external force during handling. Affix it so that it does not peel off.

The IC tag 12 can be formed by connecting an IC chip 12b in which an antenna coil pattern 12a is formed by etching a metal layer to a paper or plastic base material on which a metal layer is laminated. If the memory capacity of the IC chip 12b is, for example, 1 (Kbit), 128 characters can be recorded, and there is no problem for delivery of the indirect secondary materials (including factory supplies) 13, inventory management, and the like. Items to be recorded on the IC tag 12 include a product name, product number, date of manufacture, unit price (sale price), feature points, and an ID code or identification code of the IC tag 13 itself.

FIG. 2B is a plan view showing an example of the IC tag 12. The IC tag 12 is designed to have a size of, for example, 30 (mm) × 30 (mm) or less, and is also called a so-called data carrier. The antenna tag pattern 12a is formed on a base material 12c such as plastic, and the antenna tag is used. A resonance circuit is formed by the coil pattern 12a and the capacitive element built in the IC chip 12b, and radio waves having a constant frequency can be received and transmitted. In the case of the system according to the present invention, for example, a frequency band of 135 KHz (medium wave) to 2.45 GHz (microwave) is used. The antenna coil pattern 12a is connected to the IC chip 12b through the coil connection terminal 12e by the conductive member 12d. Further, information such as various product names and ID codes of the indirect auxiliary materials (including factory supplies) 13 recorded on the IC tag 12 transmits a call signal that causes the reader / writer to be described later to resonate with the IC tag 12. The response signal from the IC tag 12 that has received is stored.

Next, a specific embodiment of the IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials according to the present invention will be clarified based on FIG.
For example, the embodiment shows an example of an order receiving system such as an information device provided in the company A 10A among the companies of the user 10, and an information device provided in the company A 8A among the companies of the sales agency or the sales company 8. FIG. 1 shows an example of an ordering system such as a system for communicating with each other via an Internet line 9 and establishing a business transaction for indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof, and an IC tag management system. .

The company A 10A of the user 10 has, for example, a system for ordering indirect secondary materials or factory supplies from a sales agent or sales company that is an ordering company.
The ordering system includes, for example, a user terminal device 101 that is an information device or a personal digital assistant (PDA), a display device 102 of the user terminal device 101, an input device 103, and a reader / writer 104. This ordering system may be shared by each company B company 10B to D company 10D other than company A 10A, or the entire system can be constructed with a single ordering system. The reader / writer 104 is a device for transmitting an ID code or an identification code related to the indirect auxiliary material or the part read from the antenna coil pattern 12a of the IC tag 12 to the host device. Then, the reader / writer 104 acquires IC tag data from the existing information device owned by the user 10A as IC tag information acquisition means, and uses the IC tag data to, for example, a product individual database of indirect secondary materials and factory supplies. By retrieving the above, various information relating to indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof is obtained from an ordering company described later, that is, a sales agent or a sales company 8A.

The company A 8A of the sales agency or the sales company 8, for example, is responsible for delivering indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies or parts thereof to the company 10A of the user 10 who is the ordering source, and for detecting the order status in real time. The ordering system 801 of the sales company is provided.
The ordering system 801 of the sales company is a system for receiving orders for the indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof, and receives the received signal from the user A company 10A via the Internet line 9 below. To that ordering system.
Further, the sales agent (sales company) 8A includes the user terminal device 101, the display device 102, the input device 103, and the reader / writer 104 in the same manner as the company A 10A of the user 10 described above. The reader / writer 104 includes IC tag information. As acquisition means, IC tag data is acquired from the existing information equipment owned by the user 10A, and the order receiving company, which will be described later, for example, by searching the product individual database of indirect secondary materials and factory supplies using the IC tag data, That is, various information regarding indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof is obtained from the sales agent or the sales company 8A.

802 is a specification database of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, 803 is a specifications database of parts of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, and 804 is a parts compatibility database of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, which is provided in the ordering system 801 of the sales company. ing. The databases 802, 803, and 804 deal with cases where new indirect secondary materials, factory supplies or parts thereof are newly added or when sales are abolished, and are always newly processed or analyzed and further stored as the latest data. doing.
Therefore, each company of the ordering user 10 is a sales agent as an ordering company for special work tools, factory supplies, miscellaneous tools and other indirect sub-materials or factory supplies such as lightweight work tools. Alternatively, if an order is made to each company of the sales company 8 using the Internet line 9, the order communication signal is transmitted to the order receiving system 801 of the sales company 8 in real time and promptly received from the sales agency or the sales company 8A. It will be. Further, the order system 801 of the sales company may have a configuration including each database 802 to 804 shared by a plurality of companies, and the whole can be constructed as a single order system and IC tag management system.

The user 10 and the sales agent or the sales company 8 may be constructed separately, or the IC tag management system shown in FIG. 1 or 3 may be modified to add a payment system with delivery. The price includes product considerations such as indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, sales fees or brokerage fees, which are prices received from the sales agent or sales company 8 from the user 10, and The fee is a fee paid to the sales agent or the sales company 8 for selling the indirect auxiliary materials produced by the manufacturer 5.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in the case of company A 7A of large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7, for example, “As One” etc., company A 10A of user 10 and company A of sales agent (sales company) 8 Similar to 8A, it includes a user terminal device 101, a display device 102, an input device 103, and a reader / writer 104. The reader / writer 104 acquires IC tag data from an existing information device owned by the user 10A as IC tag information acquisition means. The IC tag data is used, for example, to search a product individual database of indirect secondary materials and factory supplies, for example, an indirect secondary material, factory supplies, or parts thereof from an order receiving company, that is, a sales agent or a sales company 8A. We will obtain various information about.

A server 11 is connected to the Internet line 9. The server 11 may be constituted by, for example, an IC tag management company, and is provided for or concurrently serving as the user 10, the manufacturer 5, the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7, the sales agent 8, or the like. Also good.
When the server 11 distributes the indirect secondary material 13 to which the registered IC tag 12 is attached, the ID code and the identification code of the indirect secondary material 13 are stored in the database of the server 11. . Then, the user terminal device 101 provided for each user 10 or the like is operated, and a browser (personal computer) is activated to connect to the server 11 via the Internet line 9 in order to authenticate the user terminal device 101. If the server 11 recognizes this, the user ID and password of the user terminal device 101 provided in the user 10 or the large-scale general trading company 7 or the sales agent 8 are input. A signal is transmitted. Then, the user 10 or the like inputs the user ID and password with the input device 103 and transmits them to the server 11. Here, the reader / writer 104 provided for the user 10, the sales agent 8, etc. reads out the ID code and identification code of the indirect secondary material etc. distributed in the market and the server 11 centrally manages it via the Internet line 9. The management information includes various management information such as the product name, product number, performance, unit price, wholesale price, characteristics, etc. of the indirect auxiliary material 13 or the like, or total sales.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an IC tag management system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The IC tag used for the Example of the IC tag management system of the indirect secondary material which concerns on this invention is shown, Comprising: (a) is a side view which shows the state affixed on the indirect secondary material etc., (b) is an IC tag FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the component in the system with which the user based on the Example of the IC tag management system of the indirect submaterial which concerns on this invention, and the sales agency or the sales company was equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the conventional goods ordering system.

Explanation of symbols

5 Manufacturer 5A Manufacturer A Company 5B Manufacturer B Company 5C Manufacturer C Company 5D Manufacturer D Company 5E Manufacturer E Company 5F Manufacturer F Company 6 Catalog Database 7 Large-scale general trading company (wholesale company)
7A Large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Company A 8 Sales agent (sales company)
8A Sales agent (sales company) Company A 8B Sales agent (sales company) Company B 8C Sales agent (sales company) Company C 8D Sales agent (sales company) Company D 801 Sales company order system 802 Indirect subsidiary materials Specification database 803 Indirect secondary material parts database 804 Indirect secondary material compatibility database 9 Internet line 10 User 10A User A Company 10B User B Company 10C User C Company 10D User D Company 101 User terminal device 102 Display device 103 Input device 104 Reader Writer 11 Server 12 IC tag 12a Coil pattern 12b for antenna IC chip 12c Base material 12d Conductive member 12e Coil connection terminal 13 Indirect auxiliary material (factory supplies)

Claims (3)

A catalog database that stores, analyzes, and stores catalog information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies provided by multiple or multiple manufacturers, and stores the database information to sales agents or sales companies. In a system comprised of a general trading company (wholesale company) and a user who receives database information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies from the sales agent or sales company as ordering information via the Internet line. The reader / writer provided for the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company), and the ID of the indirect secondary material with the IC tag attached by the reader / writer are received and received. And an indirect auxiliary material comprising a server connected to the Internet line to be managed IC tag management systems. A large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that receives information associated with catalogs of indirect sub-materials including parts or factory supplies provided by multiple or multiple manufacturers, and parts from the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Process or analyze and store output information of indirect secondary materials including factory supplies, create a database and store it, and store and store indirect secondary materials including parts from the sales agent or sales company. A reader / writer provided in the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) in a system comprising a user who receives database information as ordering information via an Internet line And the Internet line for reading out and managing the ID of the indirect secondary material with the IC tag attached by the reader / writer IC tag management system for indirect auxiliary materials, characterized by comprising at the connected servers. 3. The IC tag management system for indirect secondary materials according to claim 1, wherein the server is the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) or the sales agent or sales company.

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