JP2006178718A - Information processor with work instructing function and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and rapidly create and transmit work instruction information to a person in charge by using a service schedule table which is preliminarily created and managed. <P>SOLUTION: A client terminal 22 constituting a store system 2 acquires, upon selecting an optional position on the service schedule table which is preliminarily formed and managed in a state where the service schedule table is read and displayed, data related to service schedule of a person in charge corresponding to the designated position, and forms and transmits work instruction information showing work contents based on the data related to the service schedule of the person in charge to a portable terminal 23 of the person in charge. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with a work instruction function and a program for transmitting work instruction information to a terminal device on the side of a person in charge.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a work instruction system that transmits work instruction information to a terminal device via a network, for example, between a terminal device, a captured image captured by a camera and voice information input by voice are transmitted and received in real time as work instruction information. Such a work instruction system is known (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-68186

 However, in the technique of Patent Document 1 described above, it is possible to easily create and send work instruction information, compared to a technique that creates and sends work instruction information while inputting and creating character string data. This is based on the premise that camera shooting and voice input are performed each time a work instruction is given.

By the way, in general, convenience stores, supermarkets and other stores use personal computers to create work schedules (work shift tables) for hourly employees, etc.・ After preparing the necessary number of people and the monthly labor cost budget for each time period, the work schedule is printed for each required number of copies and distributed to each employee.
In this case, the number of hourly wage employees is many housewives and students, and the frequency of changing working hours is extremely high due to their own circumstances, and even if only one minimum employee is secured due to personnel expenses etc. Any change will have a major impact on the work schedule of other employees. Therefore, in order to confirm the work schedule for each employee and to convey the precautions, the administrator communicates work instructions according to the contents by oral or e-mail while referring to the work schedule. However, such a contact method puts a heavy burden on the administrator, and there is also a risk of contacting the contents different from the work schedule.

  An object of the present invention is to enable easy and quick creation and transmission of work instruction information addressed to a person in charge by using a work schedule that is created and managed in advance.

The invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus with a work instruction function for transmitting work instruction information to a terminal device on the person in charge side, and a work schedule table storage means for storing and managing a work schedule prepared in advance When this work schedule is displayed and output, when any position on this work schedule is selected and specified, data on the work schedule of the person in charge associated with this specified position is acquired. Obtaining means, creating means for creating work instruction information indicating the work contents based on data relating to the work schedule of the person in charge obtained by the obtaining means, and the work instruction information created by the creating means And transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal device on the user side.
Further, a program for realizing the main functions shown in the invention described in claim 1 is provided to the computer (the invention described in claim 6).

The invention described in claim 1 may be as follows.
A message storage means for storing and managing a fixed message sentence indicating the work request corresponding to various work is provided, and the creation means includes a work including a fixed message sentence corresponding to the work when the work instruction information is created. Instruction information is created (the invention according to claim 2).

 In the work schedule table, icons representing work details of work schedules are arranged in each matrix portion of the matrix where the person-in-charge item column where each person in charge is arranged and the time zone item field in which each time zone is arranged intersect. In the state where this work schedule is displayed and output, when any icon is selected and designated on this work schedule, the acquisition means works based on the position of the selected icon. Item data indicating a time zone, work content, and a person in charge are acquired, and the creation means creates work instruction information including each item data indicating the acquired work time zone, work content, and a person in charge, and transmits the data. The means specifies the terminal device on the person-in-charge side based on the acquired item data indicating the person in charge and transmits work instruction information (the invention according to claim 3).

  When the work control instruction is given to the terminal device on the person in charge side, the display control means reads out and displays the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge, and also inputs a work instruction for inputting and creating work instruction information. A screen is displayed and output. When an arbitrary position on the work schedule is selected and designated, the creation means automatically obtains the work schedule of the person in charge based on the designated position and the work schedule of the person in charge. A fixed message sentence automatically generated based on the above is allocated and arranged in each corresponding item in the work instruction input screen, and arbitrarily input data is input and arranged in the corresponding item in the work instruction input screen. The transmission means reads out the data in the generated item automatically generated in the work instruction input screen and the data in the input item arbitrarily input, and the person in charge as work instruction information And transmits to the terminal device (invention described in claim 4).

  When a request for confirming his / her work schedule is received from the terminal device on the person-in-charge side, the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge is read and transmitted to the requesting terminal device (invention according to claim 5).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when an arbitrary position on the work schedule is selected and specified in a state where the work schedule that has been created and managed in advance is displayed and output, it corresponds to the specified position. Acquires data related to the work schedule of the person in charge attached, creates work instruction information indicating the work contents based on the data related to the work schedule of this person in charge, and transmits it to the terminal device on the person in charge The work schedule information can be easily and quickly created and transmitted using the work schedule, and the contents of the work schedule and work instruction information are different. However, it is possible to give work instructions according to the contents of the work schedule, and it is possible to give reliable instructions.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to having the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 1 described above, in a state where a fixed message sentence indicating the work request corresponding to various work is stored and managed, When creating work instruction information, work instruction information including a fixed message sentence corresponding to the work is created, so operations for inputting and creating work instruction text may be reduced or made unnecessary. It is possible to efficiently create work instruction information.

 According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to having the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 1, the person-in-charge item column in which each person is arranged and the time-zone item field in which each time zone is arranged intersect. When a work schedule is displayed and output with an icon representing the work details of the work schedule in each matrix part of the matrix to be displayed, when any icon is selected and specified on this work schedule In addition, based on the position of the selected icon, item data indicating work hours, work contents, and persons in charge are acquired, and work instruction information including each item data indicating the work hours, work contents, and persons in charge is created. However, since the terminal device of the person in charge is identified and the work instruction information is transmitted based on the item data indicating the person in charge, the location of the work instruction on the work schedule display screen is determined. Yong You can create work instruction information that includes item data indicating work hours, work contents, and person in charge by simply specifying the icon position that is the target of the work instruction, and automatically transmitting it. it can.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge when a work instruction is given to the terminal device on the person in charge side In addition to reading out and displaying, a work instruction input screen for creating and inputting work instruction information is displayed and output, and when any position on this work schedule is selected and specified, it is automatically based on this specified position The work schedule of the person in charge obtained and the fixed message text automatically generated based on the work schedule of this person in charge are allocated and arranged in the corresponding items in the work instruction input screen, and arbitrarily entered data Is placed in the corresponding item in the work instruction input screen, and the data in the generated item automatically generated in this work instruction input screen and the data in the input item arbitrarily input are read out and the work instruction is read. Since it is sent to the terminal device on the person in charge as work information, work instruction information can be created while checking the contents of the work instruction input screen, and automatically generated based on the work schedule In addition to data, arbitrarily input data can be included in the work instruction information.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1 described above, when a request for confirmation of his / her work schedule is received from the terminal device on the person in charge side, Since the work schedule is read out and transmitted to the requesting terminal device, each person in charge can check his / her work schedule as needed, such as when an emergency occurs. In this case, after receiving the work instruction information, a request for confirming his / her work schedule may be made.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This embodiment is applied to a store support system that creates, manages, and transmits work instruction information for notifying a portable terminal of the person in charge (employee) in a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of the overall configuration of the store support system.
In this store support system, a center system 1 constructed on the headquarters side that supervises each store deployed on a nationwide scale and a store system 2 constructed on each store side include a wide area communication network (for example, the Internet). 3, a system environment connected via 3, and a TCP / IP communication protocol is used between the headquarter server 11 installed in the center system 1 and the store server 21 installed in the store system 2. Transmission and reception of data digitized (packetized) by the HTTP protocol or the like is performed.

The headquarter server 11 stores and manages all information related to store operations such as product management, personnel management, order management, etc. corresponding to each store, and performs sales aggregation, sales analysis, etc., and supports the operation of each store Or a server device for managing the server, and has various server functions such as a database server function and a Web server function.
The store system 2 is a local communication system (LAN system) in a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket. In addition to the store server 21 which is the core of the store system 2, a client terminal 22 for a store manager (administrator) and each person in charge (Store clerk) has a portable information terminal device (portable terminal) 23 possessed by the store server 21 and the client terminal 22 via a wired LAN, and a plurality of access points 24 installed on the premises. The client terminal 22 and the portable terminal 23 are connected via a wireless LAN via a wireless LAN, and data is transmitted and received between them.

  The store server 21 is a server device that stores and manages all information related to store operations such as merchandise management, personnel management, and order management in its own store, and has various server functions such as a database server function and a Web server function. Yes. The client terminal 22 creates a work schedule (work shift table) in which work schedules for one day are assigned for each person in charge and for each time zone, and in the state where this work schedule is stored and managed, When receiving a request for confirmation of his / her work schedule from the mobile terminal 23, the work schedule data corresponding to the person in charge is read out and transmitted to the requesting mobile terminal 23, or to the mobile terminal 23 possessed by each person in charge. To send work instructions. In this case, the client terminal 22 has a function of creating and sending work instruction information using a work schedule, in addition to a function of creating and sending work instruction information based on input data.

  Here, in this embodiment, the case where the client terminal 22 functions as an information processing apparatus with a work instruction function is illustrated. In a state where the work schedule table stored and managed in advance is read and displayed. When an arbitrary position on the work schedule is designated, work instruction information is created based on work schedule data associated with the designated position and transmitted to the mobile terminal 23. The store server 21 may function as an information processing apparatus with a work instruction function, and the work schedule created on the client terminal 22 side is transmitted to the store server 21 or the headquarter server 11 for storage management and necessary. Depending on the situation, the work schedule may be called from the store server 21 or the headquarter server 11. The portable terminal 23 is a PDA having a communication function or a Web browser function, HT (handy terminal), or the like. When the store manager (administrator) has the portable terminal 23, the person in charge (store clerk) means that the store manager is included.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a creation screen when a new work schedule is created on the client terminal 22.
As described above, this work schedule is created on a daily basis, and has a configuration in which work schedules for one day are assigned for each person in charge and for each time zone. This work schedule table creation screen is displayed and output based on a pre-registered table format, and a work day (for example, July 31) is input and arranged in the header portion. In addition, there is a person in charge item field in which each person in charge is arranged in the vertical axis direction (row direction) and a time zone item field in which each time period is arranged in the horizontal axis direction (column direction). Work icons (A, B, C,..., Circled in the figure) indicating work targets and work contents are arranged at each matrix portion where the time zone item field intersects.

  In this case, above the work schedule, a list of business icons with business details is arranged and displayed, and the administrator can drag an icon selected and specified from this icon list by operating the mouse. The work icon is created by copying and pasting the business icon into any cell in the table. The A icon indicates “cash register (accounting) work”, the B icon indicates “customer service (sales) work”, the C icon “ordering work”, the D icon “phone service”, and the E icon “rest”. In addition, icons such as “goods out”, “receipt”, “shelf arrangement”, and “vacation” are present.

  In the person-in-charge item column, names of persons in charge are displayed in a list, and in each column in the column direction corresponding to each person in charge, the contents of work for each person in charge are displayed as icons. Also, in the figure, the item on the left side of the person-in-charge item column is “row No.”, and the item on the right side is “state classification” indicating the current state of the work schedule for the person in charge. This “status category” indicates “schedule” indicating the initial status, “notifying (contacted)” indicating the status of contacting the person in charge, and the status of the contact person in charge confirming the schedule This indicates “confirmed” or the like, and “schedule” indicating the initial state is set in the “state classification” when a new work schedule is created. The time zone item column displays a list of time zones in units of 30 minutes. In the figure, the number of persons in charge for each time zone is arranged and displayed below the time zone item column. . In the figure, “T / N” indicates a time zone / number of people.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the work shift table 25 automatically generated based on the contents of the work schedule creation screen.
This work shift table 25 stores and manages each data (work schedule data) constituting the work schedule for each person in charge, and each schedule record includes “user ID”, “date”, “work start time”. , “Work end time”, “business category”, “status category” and the like. Here, the “user ID” is code information for identifying a person in charge, “date” indicates a work day, “work start time” and “work end time” indicate work hours, and “business classification”. Indicates the work contents (work contents) corresponding to the above-mentioned work icons, that is, "cash register (accounting) work", "customer service (sales) work", "ordering work", "telephone work", etc. "" Schedule "indicating the initial state as described above," notifying "(notified) indicating the status of contacting the person in charge, and the state in which the person in charge of the contact confirmed the work schedule The current status such as “confirmed” is shown.

When the work schedule created in this manner is stored and managed in the work shift table 25, the client terminal 22 receives a request for confirmation of its own work schedule from any of the mobile terminals 23. The work shift table 25 is accessed to read work schedule data corresponding to the person in charge and transmit it to the requesting mobile terminal 23.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen (mobile terminal screen) of work schedule data transmitted in response to a request for confirming his / her work schedule to the client terminal 22. A list of work schedules for one week is displayed. On this display screen, items of “date / day of the week”, “working time”, and “business” are provided. The work schedules that can be confirmed are not limited to the current week, and for example, by operating a scroll button, it is possible to confirm work schedules such as two weeks ahead and one month ahead while moving and displaying the display contents.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a work request window (work instruction input screen) appears when an arbitrary position (a grid position) in the matrix portion is selected and designated on the work schedule display screen. .
That is, on the work schedule display screen, the mouse cursor (not shown) as a pointing device is operated to move the mouse cursor to an arbitrary position on the work schedule, and then the right button is clicked. When the menu screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed and the item “work request” is selected and specified from the menu screen, the work request window is opened. The work request window is opened from the work schedule table via the menu screen as described above, and is directly opened by key operation, and the work request window having the same contents appears in any of them. .

FIG. 6 shows the contents of the work request window.
This work request window constitutes an input screen for inputting work instruction information. The item following the “title name” is a “destination” indicating a work instruction transmission destination (contact address). The employee name is set in the item. The next item “limit” indicates the final work completion date (year / month / day), and the next item “importance” indicates the importance of the current work instruction. “Predicted time” indicates an item in which an estimated time (how many hours and minutes) from the start to completion of the work is set, and “Approver” is set by the name of the approver who approved the work instruction. The items to be displayed are shown.

  Here, when the work request window is opened directly by key operation as described above, the items “destination”, “deadline”, “importance”, “estimated time”, and “approver” are It is an input item in which arbitrary data is set by an input operation or a selection operation on the pull-down menu. However, when the work request window is opened from the work schedule through the menu screen, the “destination” and “deadline” Each item of “estimated time” is a generated item in which data generated based on the item content acquired from the work shift table 25 according to the click position on the work schedule is automatically set.

  The item “work content” in the work request window is an item in which a message text for specifically explaining the work content is written. In the illustrated example, in the work schedule table of FIG. In this example, the line No. is “1” and the “time zone” is right-clicked at the position of the business icon (register) having “10:30 to 11:00”. In this case, "Please give me a cash register (7/31 10: 30-11: 00)", please do the work in the morning of the day. "Is set. Here, when the work request window screen is opened from the work schedule table via the menu screen, the message text on the first line, that is, “sales register” (7/31 10:30 to 11:00). ) ”” Is data automatically generated according to the click position on the work schedule. That is, the message text of “sales counter cash register” is a fixed message text read from the fixed text table 26 (see FIG. 7) based on the business content corresponding to the click position on the work schedule, “7/31 10:30 to 11:00” that follows is data that is automatically generated based on a click position on the work schedule table, indicating a work day and a work time zone.

  In addition, the message sentence “the work is requested in the morning of the day” on the second and subsequent lines in the “work contents” is a free message sentence arbitrarily input and created by key operation. Note that part of the message text on the second and subsequent lines may be a fixed message text. For example, a free message sentence may be created by inserting a word or a character string arbitrarily input into a fixed phrase. Further, the sales situation may be tabulated and managed for each day of the week, date, and time period, or the execution date and execution time period of half price sale etc. may be managed to specify the degree of congestion of the store.

  In the work request window, “registration button”, “clear button”, and “end button” are arranged. The “Register button” is a button for instructing that the contents of the work request window should be registered in a work instruction management file (not shown), and the “Clear button” is for re-inputting the work request window. This is a button for instructing deletion of input data, and the “end button” is a button for instructing that the input to the work request window has ended.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of the fixed sentence table 26.
The fixed sentence table 26 is configured to store and manage a “fixed message sentence” corresponding to the “business ID” for each type of business (for each work content). For example, the fixed message text when the business is “Register” is “Please check out at the cashier counter. (Month / Day Hour: Minute-Hour: Minute)” as described above, and the business is “Sales”. In the case of, the fixed message text is “Please sell face-to-face. (Month / Day hour: minute to hour: minute)”. In this case, in the item “month / day hour: minute to hour: minute”, the date of work schedule and the time zone of work schedule are set. Note that the content of the fixed message text is arbitrary.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of work instruction information 27 automatically generated based on each item data of the work request window.
This work instruction information 27 corresponds to each item data of the work request window, and includes “header information”, “destination (name of person in charge)”, “deadline”, “importance”, “estimated time”, “approval”. Each of the following items is “person name (administrator name)”, “fixed message text (working day, working time)”, and “free message text”. The work instruction information 27 configured as described above is transmitted to the portable terminal 23 possessed by the person in charge. At this time, the address of the person in charge is read out with reference to an address book (not shown). The mobile terminal 23 is specified as a transmission destination and is connected for communication. The “header information” includes a transmission date and time in addition to the transmission destination address and the transmission source address.

  On the other hand, when the work instruction information 27 transmitted from the client terminal 22 is received on the portable terminal 23 side, the work instruction information 27 is temporarily stored and held, and a message indicating that the work instruction information 27 has been received is displayed in the terminal screen. The guidance is displayed. When a work button (not shown) or the like in the terminal screen is operated in response to this message guidance, the work instruction information 27 is read out and displayed. In this work instruction screen, “deadline”, “importance”, “estimated time”, “administrator name”, “sending date / time”, “fixed message text” corresponding to each item constituting the work instruction information 27. (Working days, working hours) "," Free message text ", etc. are arranged and displayed.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating basic components of the client terminal 22 having a function of creating and transmitting work instruction information.
The CPU 31 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the client terminal 22 in accordance with the operating system and various application software in the storage device 32. The storage device 32 has a program area and a data area, and is constituted by a magnetic memory, an optical memory, a semiconductor memory, or the like. An application program for realizing the present embodiment is stored in the program area in the storage device 32 in accordance with an operation procedure shown in FIGS. 10 to 13 to be described later, and the work area described above is stored in the data area. A shift table 25, a fixed sentence table 26, work instruction information 27, and the like are stored.

  Programs and data in the storage device 32 are loaded into the RAM 33 as necessary, and the data in the RAM 33 is saved in the storage device 32. On the other hand, the CPU 101 is connected to the input / output peripheral devices through the communication unit 34, the input device 35, and the display device 36 via a bus line. The CPU 31 controls the operation of these input / output devices according to the input / output program. Do. The communication unit 34 controls local communication with the store server 21 or the portable terminal 23, and controls wide area communication with the headquarter server 11. The input device 35 is an operation unit constituting a pointing device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, and a touch input pen, and inputs character string data and various commands. The display device 36 is a liquid crystal display device that performs full-color display, a CRT display device, a plasma display device, or the like.

  Next, in the store support system in this embodiment, the operation concept on the client terminal 22 side will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. Moreover, the operation | movement according to the above-mentioned program code transmitted via the transmission medium can also be performed sequentially. In other words, in addition to the recording medium, an operation peculiar to this embodiment can be executed by using a program / data supplied externally via a transmission medium.

10 and 11 are flowcharts showing an overview of the overall operation on the client terminal 22 side.
First, the CPU 31 displays and outputs an initial menu screen upon power-on (step A1 in FIG. 10), and then waits for key input while checking for any input operation (step A2). Now, when a menu selection operation is performed and a menu item for instructing creation of a work schedule is selected from the initial menu screen by the operator (administrator) (step A3), the work schedule is displayed. The process proceeds to creation processing (step A4).

  That is, the CPU 31 reads out the pre-registered work schedule format, displays and outputs it, and then displays and displays the name of each person in charge specified in the person in charge field, as well as the person in charge field and the time zone item. Arbitrarily selected and specified business icons are arranged and displayed in each of the matrix cells where the columns intersect. In this case, the manager inputs and creates a work schedule by comprehensively taking into account the complexity of the store, the number of attendees, and the like. Here, when the registration for the created work schedule is instructed (YES in step A5), the data in this work schedule is registered in the work shift table 25 (step A6). Corresponding to the schedule, the “worker date” and the “creator name” and “creation date” are added and registered in the work shift table 25.

 With the work schedule created and registered in this way, when the operator (administrator) receives a work schedule display instruction (YES in step A7), the CPU 31 reads the format of the work schedule. The display is output (step A8). When an arbitrary date (working day) is input and designated as a display target (step A9), the work shift table 11 is accessed based on the designated date to read the configuration data of the corresponding work schedule (step A10). ) And display in the schedule format (step A11). As described above, each schedule record in the work shift table 25 includes items such as “user ID”, “date”, “work start time”, “work end time”, “business category”, and “status category”. The business icons corresponding to the “business category” are arranged and displayed at the corresponding positions for each person in charge and for each time zone, and the current state is arranged and displayed for each person in charge according to the “state category”.

 Then, when a mouse operation is performed on the matrix portion in the work schedule, and the mouse cursor is set to an arbitrary position on the work schedule, the right button is clicked (YES in step A12 in FIG. 11). The CPU 31 detects and specifies the click position (cell position), temporarily stores and stores the cell position in the work area of the RAM 33 (step A13), and displays and outputs the menu screen shown in FIG. 5 (step A14). ). When an arbitrary menu item is selected and specified from the menu screen (step A15), the selected item is discriminated. If it is an item of “work request” (YES in step A16), it is shown in FIG. After the work request window is opened and displayed (step A17), the process proceeds to a process for creating work instruction information described later (step A18). When other menu items are selected and designated, the other corresponding to the selected menu is displayed. The process proceeds to (A19).

  On the other hand, when a request for confirmation of one's work schedule is received from any portable terminal 23 (YES in step A20), the work shift table is based on the user ID transmitted along with the confirmation request from the portable terminal 23. 25, and all work schedule data corresponding to this user ID are read out. That is, for example, the client terminal 22 reads all work schedule data from the current date to one month ahead. Then, after creating a Web page based on each work schedule data and transmitting it to the requesting mobile terminal 23 (step A21), the "status classification" in the work shift table 25 corresponding to each transmitted work schedule data "Is set to" in communication (contacted) "(step A22). In this way, by sending the work schedule to the request source in response to the work schedule confirmation request, the person in charge can know his / her work schedule from the current date to one month ahead.

12 and 13 are flowcharts for explaining the work instruction information creation process (step A18) described above in detail.
First, when an arbitrary position on the work schedule is right-clicked as described above in the state in which the work request window shown in FIG. 5 is open, the CPU 31 responds to this click position (grid position). The corresponding “person name”, “working time zone”, and “work content (work content)” are read from the work shift table 25 (step B1), and “ "Work day" is read out and acquired (step B2).

  Then, the type of the business content (work content), that is, “checkout (accounting) business”, “customer service (sales) business”, “ordering business”, “telephone business”, etc. is determined (step B3). The fixed sentence table 26 is searched based on the business content (step B4), and the fixed message text corresponding to the business content is read (step B5). For example, if your business is “checkout”, please “checkout counter (month / day hour: minute-hour: minute)”, and “sale”, “face-to-face sales. Month / day hour: minute to hour: minute) "is read. Then, “working day” and “working time zone” are inserted and added to the month / day hours: minutes to hours: minutes constituting this fixed message sentence (step B6).

  Then, in the work request window of FIG. 5, the “person in charge” is arranged and displayed at the item position of “destination” (step B7), and “working day” is inserted and arranged at the item position of “deadline” The time interval indicated by “working hours” is inserted and arranged at the item position of “predicted time” (step B8), and “instructor name” is inserted and arranged at the item position of “approver” (step B9). . Next, a fixed message text is inserted and displayed at the item position of “work content” on the work request window screen (step B10). After assigning and arranging data to the corresponding items in the work request window based on the data acquired from the work shift table 25 in this way, the presence / absence of data input is checked (step B11 in FIG. 13).

  Here, if there is an additional message after the fixed message text, an arbitrary message text is input and created at the item position of “work content” in the work request window. That is, when data is input to create a free message sentence (YES in step B12), a process of creating an auxiliary free message sentence based on the input character string data is performed (step S12). B13). In this case, Kana-Kanji conversion processing is performed as necessary, and the Kanji mixed text (free message text) created and input is arranged and displayed as a message text following the fixed message text in `` Work contents '' in the work request window. (Step B14).

  If data input for other items is instructed in the work request window (NO in step B12), the process proceeds to data input processing for the designated item (step B15). For example, if “importance” in the work request window is specified as an input target, data arbitrarily selected from the pull-down menu is input to the item, and “approver” is input target If so, data arbitrarily selected from the pull-down menu is input to the item.

  Since the data input process for the work request window screen is repeatedly executed by returning to the above-described step B11 until the “end button” provided in the window screen is operated (step B16), the input data You can modify, change, add data, etc. Here, when the “end button” in the work request window screen is operated, the process proceeds to step B 17 to check whether or not the “registration button” in the work request window is operated, and the “registration button” is operated. If not, the process proceeds to step B20. However, when the “registration button” is operated, “destination”, “time limit”, “importance”, “predicted time” based on each item data in the work request window screen. , Work instruction information 27 including items of “approver name”, “fixed message sentence”, and “free message sentence” is created (step B18), and the work instruction information 27 is stored in a registration table (not shown). The storing process is performed (step B19).

  In Step B20, it is checked whether or not the “Send button” in the work request window has been operated. If the “Send button” is not operated, the process returns to Step B17, but the “Send button” is operated. The work instruction information 27 created this time is read from the registration table (step B21), and the transmission destination address of the portable terminal 23 is specified based on the “destination (name of person in charge)” in the work instruction information 27. Then, “header information” including the transmission destination address, its own transmission source address, transmission date and time (current date and time), and the like is generated (step B22). Then, the work instruction information 27 added with the “header information” is transmitted to the portable terminal 23 of the person in charge (step B23). The person-in-charge portable terminal 23 receives the work instruction information 27 transmitted from the client terminal 22 via the access point 24, displays the received work instruction information 27 on the display screen, and displays the work instruction information to the person in charge. Inform the contents of 27. Thus, after registering the work instruction information 27, it can be transmitted to the portable terminal 23 of the person in charge, or can be transmitted as it is to the portable terminal 23 of the person in charge without registering the work instruction information 27.

  When the client terminal 22 stores the work instruction information 27 created as described above in its own registration table, the link information for associating the work instruction information 27 with the work schedule table from which it was created. (For example, work schedule table No) may be added and registered. When the desired work instruction information 27 is read from the registration table, the corresponding work instruction information 27 may be read by inputting “working day” and “person in charge” as search keys. .

  As described above, the client terminal 22 installed in the store system 2 in this embodiment reads any work schedule that has been created and managed in advance, displays it, and outputs it on the work schedule. When the position of a person is selected and specified, work instruction information that obtains data related to the work schedule of the person in charge associated with the designated position and indicates the work contents based on the data related to the work schedule of the person in charge 27 is created and transmitted to the portable terminal 23 on the person in charge, so that work instruction information addressed to the person in charge can be easily and quickly created and transmitted using the work schedule. The contents of the work schedule do not differ from the contents of the work instruction information, and the work instructions suitable for the contents of the work schedule can be given, so that reliable instructions can be given.

  In this case, in a state where the fixed message sentence indicating the work request corresponding to various work contents is stored and managed in the fixed sentence table 26, the client terminal 22 creates the fixed sentence when creating the work instruction information 27. Since the work instruction information including the fixed message sentence read from the table 26 is created, the operation for inputting and creating the work instruction text can be reduced or made unnecessary, and the work instruction information 27 can be efficiently used. It becomes possible to create.

 In addition, a work icon representing the work content (work content) scheduled for work is placed in each matrix part of the matrix where the person-in-charge item field where each person in charge is placed intersects the time zone item field in which each time zone is placed When any work icon is selected and specified on this work schedule, the work hours, work contents, and responsibility are selected based on the position of the selected icon. Item data indicating the person is acquired, work instruction information 27 including each item data indicating the working hours, work contents, and the person in charge is created, and the person in charge side is based on the item data indicating the person in charge Since the mobile terminal 23 is specified and the work instruction information 27 is transmitted, the work instruction target portion can be easily confirmed on the work schedule display screen, and the work instruction can be confirmed. In addition to specifying the business icon position of interest, it is possible to working hours, work content, to create a work instruction information 27, including each item data indicating the person in charge to automatic transmission.

  When the client terminal 22 receives a request for confirming its work schedule from the portable terminal 23 on the person-in-charge side, the client terminal 22 reads out the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge and transmits it to the requesting portable terminal 2323. Therefore, each person in charge can check his / her work schedule as needed, such as when an emergency occurs. In this case, after receiving the work instruction information, a request for confirming his / her work schedule may be made.

  In addition, since the client terminal 22 changes the state classification of the work shift table 25 according to the current state, “schedule” indicating the initial state, and a state in which the person in charge is notified of the work schedule “ It is possible to manage the current status such as “in communication (contacted)”, “confirmed” indicating that the person in charge of the contact has confirmed the work schedule. In this case, when the work schedule is displayed and output, the contents of the status category corresponding to each work schedule are displayed in the work schedule so that the current status can be easily checked at any time by the status category. Can do.

  In the above-described embodiment, the work schedule is in the form shown in FIG. 2, but the form is not limited to this, and the form is arbitrary. For example, not only when a business icon is placed in the cell portion corresponding to the person in charge and the time zone, but the time zone is arranged and displayed in the cell portion corresponding to the person in charge and the business category, and it corresponds to the time zone and the business category. The person in charge may be arranged and displayed in the grid portion. In addition to the daily unit, a weekly and monthly work schedule may be created and displayed, and the display form of the work schedule is arbitrary.

  In the above-described embodiment, when creating a work schedule in which a plurality of persons in charge are assigned to each time zone, the case where this time zone is set in units of 30 minutes is exemplified. For example, in units of 5 minutes, units of 10 minutes , 60 minute units, 12 hour units, 24 hour (day) units, etc. Furthermore, the morning time zone / afternoon time zone or day of the week may be used as the time zone. That is, the time zone is not limited to the unit of time, but may be a unit of day, week, month, and year, and means a time interval.

  The work instruction information 27 created based on the work schedule may be information including “working day”, “working time zone”, and “work content (work content)”, such as a fixed message text, a free message text, etc. The configuration may be omitted. The created work instruction information 27 is stored in the registration table in the client terminal 22, but the work instruction information 27 may be transmitted to the headquarter server 11 or the store server 21 for registration. That is, the registration destination is arbitrary, and the transmission source is not limited to the client terminal 22 but may be performed by the headquarter server 11 or the store server 21.

  In the embodiment described above, the fixed sentence table 26 is configured to store and manage the “fixed message sentence” corresponding to the “business ID” for each type of industry (each work content). Correspondingly, “fixed message text” may be stored and managed. Further, a blank area may be provided in a part of the fixed message sentence, and for example, a message string may be completed by inserting a character string acquired from an index table for each product or work content into the blank area.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, when the client terminal 22 receives a work schedule confirmation request from any of the mobile terminals 23, the client terminal 22 arbitrarily selects from the person in charge when transmitting the work schedule data of the person in charge to the request source. If the date / day of the day is designated, only the work schedule data for the designated date / day of the week may be transmitted to the request source. Further, the person in charge may make a request to change the work schedule to the client terminal 22 using the mobile terminal 23 after confirming his / her work schedule.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the center system on the headquarters side and each store system are applied to the store support system connected via the Internet is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to such a wide area system. It may be a local system. In addition, the application to stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets was shown. For example, doctors and nurses work schedules are created and managed at hospitals, and worker work schedules are created and managed at building construction sites. You may do it.

  On the other hand, a recording medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a RAM card, etc.) on which program codes for executing the above-described units are recorded may be provided to the computer. That is, a computer-readable recording medium having a program code, a function for storing and managing a work schedule prepared in advance, and in the state where this work schedule is displayed and output, When an arbitrary position is selected and specified, the function for acquiring data related to the work schedule of the person in charge associated with the specified position and the work contents are shown based on the acquired data related to the work schedule of the person in charge To provide a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a function of creating work instruction information and a function of transmitting the created work instruction information to the terminal device on the person in charge It may be.

The block diagram which showed the outline | summary of the whole structure of the shop assistance system which produces, manages and transmits the work instruction information for notifying to the portable terminal of the person in charge (employee) side. The figure which showed the creation screen in the case of creating a new work schedule in the client terminal. The figure which showed the content of the work shift table 25 automatically generated based on the content of the work schedule preparation screen. The figure which showed the display screen (mobile terminal screen) of the work schedule data which was transmitted in response to the confirmation request | requirement of an own work schedule with respect to the client terminal. The figure which showed a mode that the work request window (work instruction | indication input screen) appeared by selecting and designating the arbitrary positions (cell position) in the matrix part on the work schedule table display screen. The figure which showed the content of the work request window screen. The figure which showed the content of the fixed sentence table 26. FIG. The figure which showed the structure of the work instruction information 27 produced | generated based on each item data of a work request window. The block diagram which showed the basic component of the client terminal 22 provided with the function which produces and transmits work instruction information. The flowchart which showed the outline | summary of the whole operation | movement by the side of the client terminal. Flowchart following FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the work instruction information creation process (step A18) shown in FIG. The flowchart following FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Center system 2 Store system 11 Headquarters server 21 Store server 22 Client terminal 23 Portable terminal 25 Work shift table 26 Fixed sentence table 27 Work instruction information 31 CPU
32 storage device 34 communication unit 35 input device

Claims (6)

An information processing apparatus with a work instruction function for transmitting work instruction information to a terminal device on the person in charge side,
A work schedule storage means for storing and managing a work schedule prepared in advance;
Acquisition of data related to the work schedule of the person in charge associated with this specified position when any position on this work schedule is selected and specified in the state where this work schedule is displayed and output Means,
Creating means for creating work instruction information indicating the work content based on data relating to the work schedule of the person in charge obtained by the obtaining means;
Transmitting means for transmitting the work instruction information created by the creating means to the terminal device on the person in charge side;
An information processing apparatus with a work instruction function. A message storage means for storing and managing a fixed message sentence indicating the work request corresponding to various work is provided,
The creation means creates work instruction information including a fixed message corresponding to the work when creating the work instruction information.
2. The information processing apparatus with a work instruction function according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus has a work instruction function. In the work schedule table, icons representing work details of work schedules are arranged in each matrix portion of the matrix where the person-in-charge item column where each person in charge is arranged and the time zone item field in which each time zone is arranged intersect. It is composed,
In the state where this work schedule is displayed and output, when any icon is selected and specified on this work schedule, the acquisition means, based on the position of the selected icon, the work hours, work contents, Acquire each item data indicating the person in charge,
The creation means creates work instruction information including each item data indicating the obtained working hours, work contents, and a person in charge,
The transmission means transmits the work instruction information by specifying the terminal device on the person-in-charge side based on the item data indicating the acquired person in charge.
3. An information processing apparatus with a work instruction function according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus has a work instruction function. When the work control instruction is given to the terminal device on the person in charge side, the display control means reads out and displays the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge, and also inputs a work instruction for inputting and creating work instruction information. Display and output the screen,
When the arbitrary position on the work schedule is selected and specified, the creation means is automatically generated based on the work schedule of the person in charge automatically acquired based on the designated position and the work schedule of the person in charge. A fixed message sentence is allocated and arranged in each corresponding item in the work instruction input screen, and arbitrarily input data is input and arranged in a corresponding item in the work instruction input screen,
The transmission means reads the data in the generated item automatically generated in the work instruction input screen and the data in the input item arbitrarily input, and transmits it as work instruction information to the terminal device on the person in charge side To
2. The information processing apparatus with a work instruction function according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus has a work instruction function. When receiving a confirmation request for their work schedule from the terminal device on the person in charge side, the work schedule table corresponding to the person in charge is read and transmitted to the requesting terminal device.
2. The information processing apparatus with a work instruction function according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus has a work instruction function. Against the computer,
A function for storing and managing a work schedule prepared in advance;
A function that acquires data related to the work schedule of the person in charge associated with this designated position when any position on this work schedule is selected and specified in the state where this work schedule is displayed and output When,
A function to create work instruction information indicating the work contents based on the data related to the work schedule of the acquired person in charge,
A function of transmitting the created work instruction information to the terminal device of the person in charge,
A program to realize

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