JP2006127076A - Internet order system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an Internet order system where an ordering operation is prevented from being forgotten, the ordering operation is made easy and a trouble to work, which a consumer and a supplier suffer, can be avoided when the supplier manages out of stock of expendables that the consumer orders in the past, it is warned on an exclusive order screen 24 and there is possibility of out of stock of the expendables. <P>SOLUTION: Issuing of warning on the expendables whose out of stock is forecasted and display of warning on the exclusive order screen 24 where the ordering operation of the expendables is performed are aimed at. The supplier manages stock of the expendables in the consumer from a past ordering situation of the expendables by the consumer. The expendables that the consumer orders in the past are displayed on the exclusive order screen 24 of a home page and they can be ordered. In the exclusive order screen 24, warning that out of stock possibly occurs is given in product display columns (product display ordering columns 25) of the respective expendables on the expendables whose out of stock possibly occurs when the consumer accesses the product display column 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

    The present invention relates to an internet ordering system, and more particularly to an internet ordering system capable of notifying out-of-stock predictions in ordering operations for consumables (supplements) that are used and consumed regularly.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an order system that can place an order for label paper, tag paper, ribbon, or the like, which is a consumable item, on the Internet for printers and other devices.
In this order system, on the website of the seller (supplier) on the Internet, a photo showing the appearance of the product or product to be sold, such as label paper, tag paper and ribbon, and detailed specifications (size, base material, paste quality) Others) In addition, price conditions are posted, and orders from users (customers) are accepted and delivered.

Such an Internet ordering system has a problem that it takes time and effort to find a product to be ordered by a user when the number of handled products or products (posted products) increases.
In addition, for products that have already been ordered in the past for each product to be used, there is a problem that it is troublesome because the ordering operation must be repeated each time an order is placed.
In addition, a product may be out of stock, but the consumer may forget to place an order. In this case, the consumer may interfere with the operation. Needless to say, there is also a problem that the delivery work of the supplier side, which is suddenly forced to receive an order, is lacking in smoothness or stability.

JP 2002-56312 A JP 2002-145413 A JP 2004-13750 A

    The present invention has been considered in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an Internet ordering system that facilitates an ordering operation for consumables that have already been ordered by a consumer in the past.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet order system that allows a supplier to manage or monitor the out of stock of consumables that have already been ordered in the past by a consumer and to warn this on a dedicated order screen. .

    It is another object of the present invention to provide an Internet order system that can keep an ordering operation in mind when there is a possibility that a consumable item that has already been ordered by a consumer is out of stock.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet ordering system that can prevent troubles for both the consumer and the supplier when the consumer forgets the ordering operation of the consumables already ordered in the past. .

    In other words, the present invention focuses on issuing a warning for consumables that are expected to be out of stock and displaying this warning on a dedicated order screen for ordering consumables. An internet ordering system in which a consumer who places an order for a consumable by selling a consumable sells the product and places the order for the consumable by accessing the supplier's homepage on the Internet. The supplier manages inventory of the consumables in the consumer from the past order status of the consumables by the consumer, creates a dedicated order screen for the consumer on the homepage, and The consumables ordered in the past are displayed on this special order screen and can be ordered. Each product display column of consumables is warned that there is a possibility of out of stock for items that may be out of stock when the above consumer accesses this product display column. Internet order system.

    According to a second aspect of the present invention, the consumer who purchases a consumable item by placing an order for the consumable item and accesses the supplier's homepage on the Internet can access the consumable item. An internet ordering system for placing an order, wherein a consumer terminal operated by a consumer of the consumables can communicate bidirectionally with the consumer terminal via the internet, and the consumables by the consumer A supplier terminal that can manage the inventory of the consumables in the consumer from the past order status of the consumer, and the consumer ordered in the past on the dedicated order screen of the consumer provided on the homepage The consumables are displayed on this dedicated order screen so that they can be ordered. The display field, the consumer is about what the possibility of stock at the time of accessing the product display column, an internet ordering system, characterized in that a warning to the effect that the possibility of stock.

    The dedicated order screen can be displayed by inputting the consumer ID number and password on the order start screen of the homepage.

    As the warning, an out-of-stock prediction mark can be displayed above the product display field.

In the Internet order system according to the present invention, a dedicated order screen on which a consumer can place an order for necessary consumables is provided on the supplier's homepage,
For consumables that are expected to be out of stock, a warning for forecasting out of stock was displayed on this special order screen, so the consumer accessed the special order screen when trying to place an order for any consumables. When you are already aware by the customer, or forget that you are out of stock, you can prevent forgetting to order. The ordering operation can be immediately performed on the necessary consumables on the dedicated order screen on which the warning is displayed, and the ordering operation can be easily and quickly performed for the consumer.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent a sudden ordering operation from occurring on the supplier side after the inventory is lost due to forgetting ordering on the consumer side, and to avoid the sudden delivery work on the supplier side, and to perform each other's business easily and efficiently. be able to.

    According to the present invention, a warning is displayed for a consumable that is expected to be out of stock on a dedicated order screen for performing an ordering operation. An order system was realized.

Next, an Internet order system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of an Internet ordering system 1, which includes a customer terminal 2, a supplier terminal 3, and an order server 4. The terminal 3 and the order server 4 are connected via the Internet 5 so as to be able to communicate in both directions.
The consumer terminal 2 can access various home pages on the Internet 5 and is operated by a consumer who orders consumables.
The supplier terminal 3 accepts orders from consumers via the Internet 5 and stores the past order status of consumables by the consumer as data in the order server 4. Manages inventory of products and warns of out-of-stock predictions, which will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the supplier terminal 3. The supplier terminal 3 is composed of an arbitrary form of personal computer or the like, and includes a control unit 6, a ROM 7 and a RAM 8, an order server 4 and the Internet 5. A communication unit 9, a keyboard and other input operation unit 10, a display unit 11 having an operation screen, a homepage data unit 12, and a bus 13 for connecting them.
The supplier terminal 3 establishes a home page on the Internet 5 based on various data related to its products stored in the home page data section 12, and the consumer accesses this home page from the consumer terminal 2, Enables ordering of desired consumables.

    The order server 4 stores various data related to the consumer, various data including the order status of the consumables ordered in the past from the consumer, and the inventory forecast period or inventory of each consumable predicted from the order status. Save data about cut information.

A dedicated order screen for each consumer is created on the supplier's home page.
That is, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an order start screen 20 on a home page. The customer enters the address of the home page that has been previously contacted by the supplier at the customer terminal 2, and the order start screen 20 20 is accessed.
The ID number input field 21 and password input field 22 of the order start screen 20 are input with the ID number and password obtained in advance from the supplier, and the product list button 23 is pressed, so that the customer's dedicated order screen 24 Move to (FIG. 4).

For products that have not been ordered in the past, simply press the product list button 23 to shift to a reference order screen (not shown) for the supplier's products in general and perform an ordering operation. Can do.
In addition, when there is no ordering record by the Internet ordering system 1, the dedicated order screen 24 may be created on the supplier's homepage at the request of the customer based on the past sales record or estimated record.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the dedicated order screen 24. With respect to various products ordered by the customer in the past, each product display order column 25 (product display column) has a specification column and a display column for each specification and order specification. An input field is provided. About the display order of the product display ordering column 25 of each consumable, it is desirable to display it in the highest order from the order of the consumables with the largest number of orders. In addition, regarding the product name, when there is a unique name that the consumer calls at the site, the unique name can be displayed.
As for these display fields, input fields, and other various operation buttons, arbitrary operation forms can be prepared in the same manner as various Internet sales systems, such as a “put this product in a cart (shopping cart)” button. This is not described in detail.

In particular, in the product display ordering column 25 of the present invention, an out-of-stock prediction mark 26 is displayed in a prominent part such as the upper part.
The form of the out-of-stock prediction mark 26 is arbitrary, and is based on the content or mark decided in advance between the customer and the supplier, determined by the supplier and previously communicated with the customer, Or, as a specific description content, an arbitrary warning such as “out-of-stock forecast product” or “confirmed product mark” that can recognize that the consumer is about to run out of stock is displayed. To do.
That is, the consumables ordered by the consumer in the past are displayed on the dedicated order screen 24 so that the consumable can be ordered. In order to warn that there is a possibility that the product is out of stock when the person accesses the product display ordering column 25, a necessary ordering operation is immediately performed on this dedicated order screen 24. be able to.

This out-of-stock prediction is calculated by the supplier terminal 3 from the customer's past order data by an arbitrary method and displayed as the out-of-stock prediction mark 26 in the product display order field 25.
As a calculation method, for example, there is a method of calculating an out-of-stock prediction period from an order period or order quantity from a consumer.
As an example of calculating from the order period, for example, if six boxes are ordered for a box with 10,000 labels in January of that year and six boxes are ordered in July, the order period is 7− Since 1 = 6 months, if the warning is given in half of this ordering period, from the last ordering time, that is, July, 6/2 = 3 months, as of October Make a warning.
Or, as an example of calculating from the order period and the order quantity, for example, in January of that year, 6 boxes were ordered for a box with 20,000 labels (total 120,000 sheets), and 4 boxes were ordered in July. (A total of 80,000 sheets)
The average monthly usage is 120,000 sheets / 6 months = 20,000 sheets / month,
Calculate the number of months for the second order (as of July)
80,000 sheets / 20,000 sheets = 4 months worth.
Therefore, if the warning is given in half (4 months / 2 = 2 months), a warning of out of stock is given at the time of September, two months from the last ordering time (July). Further, when a warning is given when a label amount of 3/4 is used, a warning is given after 4 months / 0.75 = 3 months, that is, in October.
Of course, any calculation method can be employed for the out-of-stock prediction, and a predetermined prediction calculation is performed according to the consumer's activity or the type of consumables, and the order server 4 is out of stock. Stored as prediction data, the product display order column 25 at the required timing
It is assumed that a warning (out of stock prediction mark 26) is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4, a purchase history reference button 27 is provided on the dedicated order screen 24 displayed on the operation screen of the consumer terminal 2.
In addition to the ordering operation described above, the consumer presses the purchase history reference button 27 to move to the purchase history reference screen 28 (FIG. 5) for the consumables that he ordered in the past, and the history is displayed. You can refer to it.

    FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the purchase history reference screen 28. The purchase history reference screen 28 is provided with a purchase history inquiry condition input field 29 for arbitrarily selecting a product name, destination name or order date. By doing so, the purchase history can be searched.

    FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the search result screen 30 showing an example of the search result. The search result screen 30 shows the order number of a predetermined product. , Order date, delivery address, product No. In addition, a search product display column 31 (product display column) for displaying product names and other data is provided, and in the same manner as the product display order column 25 (product display column) on the dedicated order screen 24 (FIG. 4) An out-of-stock prediction mark 26 is provided so that an out-of-stock prediction warning can be issued also in the search result screen 30 or the search product display field 31.

    Thus, when a consumer accesses the dedicated order screen 24 and orders or confirms a predetermined consumable item, the out-of-stock prediction mark 26 in the product display order field 25 or the out-of-stock prediction in the search product display field 31 Since any one of the marks 26 will be seen, the out-of-stock prediction information about the consumable item can be contacted, and the necessary ordering operation can be immediately executed on the dedicated orderer screen 24. Forgetting to do so can be avoided, and both the customer and the supplier can facilitate the work.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the internet order system 1 by the Example of this invention. FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of the supplier terminal 3. It is explanatory drawing of the order start screen 20 of a homepage. It is explanatory drawing of the exclusive order screen 24 similarly. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase history reference screen 28. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the search result screen 30 which shows an example of a search result similarly.

Explanation of symbols

1 Internet Order System (Example, Fig. 1)
2 Customer terminal 3 Supplier terminal 4 Order server 5 Internet 6 Control unit 7 ROM
8 RAM
9 Communication part 10 Input operation part 11 Display part 12 Homepage data part 13 Bus 20 Order start screen (FIG. 3)
21 ID number input field 22 Password input field 23 Product list button 24 Dedicated order screen (Fig. 4)
25 Product display order column (Product display column)
26 Out-of-stock prediction mark 27 Purchase history reference button 28 Purchase history reference screen (FIG. 5)
29 Purchase history inquiry condition input field 30 Search result screen (FIG. 6)
31 Search product display column (Product display column)

Claims (4)

An internet ordering system in which a consumer who places an order for a consumable by selling a consumable supplies and purchases the consumable supplies accesses the supplier's homepage on the Internet to place the order for the consumables. Because
Managing the inventory of the consumables in the consumer from the past order status of the consumables by the consumer in the supplier;
Create a dedicated order screen for the consumer on the homepage,
The consumables ordered by the consumer in the past are displayed on this dedicated order screen and can be ordered,
In this dedicated order screen, a warning that there is a possibility of out of stock for items that may be out of stock when the consumer accesses this product display column in each product display column of the consumables Internet order system characterized by An internet ordering system in which a consumer who places an order for a consumable by selling a consumable supplies and purchases the consumable supplies accesses the supplier's homepage on the Internet to place the order for the consumables. Because
A consumer terminal operated by a consumer of the consumables;
A supplier terminal capable of bidirectionally communicating with the consumer terminal via the Internet, and capable of managing the inventory of the consumables in the consumer from the past order status of the consumables by the consumer;
Provided,
In the dedicated order screen of the consumer provided on the homepage, the consumables ordered by the consumer in the past are displayed on the dedicated order screen and can be ordered,
In this dedicated order screen, a warning that there is a possibility of out of stock for items that may be out of stock when the consumer accesses this product display column in each product display column of the consumables Internet order system characterized by 3. The Internet order system according to claim 1, wherein the dedicated order screen can be displayed by inputting the ID number and password of the consumer on the order start screen of the homepage. The Internet order system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an out-of-stock prediction mark is displayed as the warning above the product display field.

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