JP2006195783A - Order receipt/placement-based inventory management system and method and recording medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an order receipt/placement-based inventory management system capable of rapidly implementing a response process from the placement of an order for a product through a network to the determination of the receipt of the order, while enabling an orderer to either directly receive the delivery of the ordered product or take out the product at a predetermined time at a designated inventory center, and its management method. <P>SOLUTION: The orderer designates the product, its quantity, time, and other necessary items through the network 10 and places an order, and a transaction is conducted as the content of the order and inventory status are collated with each other. The system includes an inventory inquiry means 13 for letting the orderer designate from a plurality of inventory centers the desired inventory center from which to either receive the delivery of the product or take out the product and for making inquiries about the inventory status of the designated inventory center and the content of the order; an inventory quantity planning means 14 for planning a necessary inventory quantity at the designated inventory center on the basis of information data about products in a production factory or the other inventory center; and a transaction notification means 16 for notifying the orderer of either an inquiry as to changes to the content of the order for requesting the resetting of the content of the order or information on whether or not purchase is possible. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an order / stock management system and an order / stock management method for ordering a product through a network such as the Internet, inquiring about the stock status of the ordered product, notifying whether or not to sell through the network, and placing an order. About.

  In recent years, products are ordered through a network such as the Internet, and an inventory amount of the product is inquired through a database on a management server on the seller side, and online sales are performed (for example, see Patent Document 1). The ordering / ordering system via this network enables the purchaser to automatically obtain the necessary products without going to the sales company. Further, since the seller side can omit the exhibition space and personnel arrangement for sale and can reduce the sales cost, it has been tried in various fields.

  However, even if the order is placed through a network, depending on the products handled, the order may not always be accepted due to the relationship between inventory location, size, production delivery time, and the like. In addition, if the demander or customer (hereinafter referred to as the "orderer") does not have a constant demand due to large orders, small orders, long-term continuous orders, temporary orders, etc., in general, the demand forecast In order to secure a certain amount of inventory and work in progress based on product information, etc., efforts are being made to avoid excessive inventory as much as possible.

On the other hand, in order to be able to respond to orders as quickly as possible, an inventory management system for grasping the stock quantity and ordering production for order information has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2001-319113 A JP 2002-163014 A

  For example, in the field of optical information communication, FTTH (Fiber To The Home) and LAN (Local Area Network) are widespread, and the use of optical fiber core wires and optical fiber cables is increasing. For optical fiber cables, the orderer usually asks the sales company through the sales department about the quantity, price, delivery date, etc. of the ordered product. In response to the inquiry from the orderer, the sales department requests the sales department or the manufacturing department to review and also provides the product.

  In addition, wire rods such as fiber optic cables are ordered from the orderer with the length specified, so the process such as rewinding and packing to the specified length is included. There is a problem that it takes time. The sales or manufacturing department usually secures the inventory in anticipation of a certain amount of demand, but produces and ships the shortage in accordance with the delivery date. However, since a lot of people are involved in the flow from the order to the shipment, there is a problem that the load on personnel and the lead time until the product shipment become long. In some cases, it is difficult for the orderer to respond quickly.

  Depending on the product, it is easy to make a demand forecast and to optimize the stock quantity and to shorten the lead time for large orders where a certain level of demand can be expected, and orders that are not large orders, but regular long-term orders. . However, as with optical fiber cables, for example, it is difficult to deal with sufficient inventory for demands due to temporary orders at a small scale such as a construction subcontractor. In addition to this, if the orderer does not have its own storage warehouse and the seller has multiple inventory locations (inventory centers), the orderer must go to a convenient inventory center and be necessary. There is also a desire to directly receive or take out the required quantity of product at a certain time. That is, the orderer uses the inventory center prepared by the seller instead of the warehouse.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and can quickly perform a response process from ordering a product through a network to receiving an order, and the orderer can carry out a designated inventory center at a predetermined time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an order order inventory management system and a management method thereof that can receive or take out ordered products directly.

  The order placement / stock management system and management method according to the present invention are those in which an orderer designates a product, quantity and time, and other necessary items via a network, places an order, inquires about the order contents and stock status, and conducts a transaction. is there. An inventory inquiry means, a production factory or other company that designates an inventory center from which the orderer himself / herself wants to take out or take out a product from a plurality of inventory centers, and inquires about the inventory status and order contents of the designated inventory center. Inventory quantity formulating means for formulating the required inventory quantity of the specified inventory center based on information data about the products of the inventory center, transaction notification means for requesting the orderer to reset the order contents, or notifying the purchase availability Have When the purchase is possible, the ordered product is directly paid out or taken out from the inventory center designated by the orderer at a predetermined time.

  When the ordered product in the present invention is a wire rod, it is assumed that the product is wound and packed in a predetermined length unit. In addition, the present invention includes information storage means for storing ordering / ordering data, and a production management table for creating a demand forecast and a production plan for a product based on the stored ordering / ordering data. Further, the present invention can use the purchaser's purchase rate (= actual purchase amount / network reservation amount) or use rate (= removal amount from the inventory center / network purchase amount) in formulating the necessary inventory amount. Furthermore, the present invention has a movement amount calculation means for moving the product between the inventory centers so that the difference between the order quantity and the inventory quantity of the products at each inventory center is minimized.

  According to the order order inventory management system and management method of the present invention, the contents of the order and the inventory status of the designated inventory center are inquired. If the inventory is insufficient, the intermediate product inventory amount and the production lead time to the predetermined time. It is possible to immediately determine whether or not replenishment is possible and determine whether or not the contents of the order can be met. As a result, it is possible to promptly notify the orderer of the availability of sales and perform a smooth transaction, and it is possible to instruct an appropriate production plan to the production department. Further, by accumulating various data related to ordering, it is possible to facilitate the formulation of a production plan and to manage and manage an appropriate inventory amount.

  An embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an order order inventory management system and an order order inventory management method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram thereof. In the order / stock management system according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a product orderer (X, Y, Z) is connected to a seller's order / stock management server (hereinafter referred to as a management server) through a network such as the Internet. ) And place an order for the desired product. When placing an order, the product name, order quantity, desired delivery date, etc. are specified. Further, in the present invention, a predetermined inventory center ((E, F, G, H,...) Is designated to place an order so that the orderer can receive a required quantity of products at a required time. However, the person who receives or takes out may be the agent or consignor of the orderer.

  When a product is ordered through the network, the seller immediately inquires the contents of the order and the inventory status of the designated inventory center (for example, E) based on the database of the management server. Here, if the ordered product is in stock and can be shipped by the deadline, a reply of sale is immediately made through the network. In addition, even if the designated inventory center E is in short supply of ordered products, if the product can be shipped to the due date by replenishment from the production factory or other inventory centers, a reply indicating that the product can be sold will be given. The According to the reply that the product can be sold, the orderer can go to the designated inventory center within a predetermined date or within the predetermined date to obtain the ordered product, and the purchase and sale of the ordered product is completed here.

  As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the management server of the present invention is based on a database 11 that stores various information for receiving and placing orders, receiving and ordering processing means 12, inventory inquiry means 13, and inventory quantity formulation. Means 14, a production management table 15, and transaction notification means 16 are provided. The database 11 has information storage means 17 and includes various data such as inventory quantity in each inventory center, intermediate product or inventory quantity in the production factory, ordering data by ordering, sales quantity, etc., and these data are in real time. Accumulated.

  The order receiving / processing unit 12 is a unit that receives an order from an orderer (X, Y, Z) through the network 10 and makes a reply to the sales success / failure from the seller for the order through the network 10. For example, when the orderer (for example, X) places an order in the inventory center E, for example, when the orderer wants to receive △ product of XX pieces, XX days, XX of the inventory center E Product inventory is accessed. Here, the ordering contents of the orderer and the inventory contents of the inventory center are compared, and if the orderer's ordering contents are satisfied and there is no other allocation plan, it is determined that the sale is possible. A reply indicating that the orderer (X, Y, Z) can sell is made.

  As a result of the inquiry by the inventory inquiry means 13, if the inventory quantity in the inventory center designated for the ordering contents of the orderer (X, Y, Z) is insufficient, the inventory quantity formulation means 14 causes the database 11 to Whether or not replenishment from the production factory is possible or replenishment from other inventory centers is determined by the movement amount calculation means 18 based on various information data stored in Although details of replenishment from the production factory will be described later, whether or not replenishment is possible is determined including the lead time required for transfer to the inventory center and the lead time for processing the finished product from the procurement of intermediate products. Various tables 15 for production management for creating a production plan for the product for this purpose are prepared.

  If the contents of the order cannot be satisfied even if the inventory quantity is replenished by the inventory quantity formulating unit 14, the transaction notifying unit 16 determines whether the orderer is informed of a change in the order contents or not sold. Then, the orderer is notified through the ordering / ordering processing means 12. In response to this notification, for example, the orderer returns a reply such as a change in quantity, a change in due date, or a partial change. If the sale is possible, the orderer can obtain the ordered product directly from the inventory center by a predetermined time.

  Next, details of the above-described ordering / stocking management system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input form for ordering obtained through a network. In this input form, whether it is a reservation indicating ordering accuracy as an item for creating an inventory management database, such as 1. product name, 2. product name code, 3. specification No .... Items that ask whether it is a purchase order), long-term ordering or temporary, take-out period in the case of temporary, availability of inventory center, and which inventory center to designate . Here, in the following description, the ordered product is a 16-mode single-mode (SM) tape slot type optical cable, and the number of 500 m units is three.

  The inputted order contents of the optical cable are inputted to the management server of the seller. As described with reference to FIG. 2, the order inquiry means 13 shows the order contents and the stock status in the stock center designated by the database 11 in the management server. Inquired by As a result of the inquiry, if an order can be accepted, the orderer is immediately answered via the ordering / ordering processing means 12 that the ordering is possible. However, as a result of the inquiry, even if the inventory at the inventory center is insufficient and the contents of the order cannot be satisfied, the inventory quantity formulation means 14 does not immediately notify the orderer that the sale is not possible, but the inventory quantity formulation means 14 The amount of inventory is formulated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the flow of inventory quantity determination. First, in step S1, whether or not there is an inventory in the production factory regarding the desired delivery date and required quantity of the optical cable (final product) that is in shortage of inventory. Searched. As a result, if there is a partial inventory of the ordered product at the production plant and the order contents can be satisfied by including the lead time for transport to the designated inventory center, the orderer is instructed in step S2. Reply with a sale notification. At the same time, the product is delivered to the designated inventory center and preparations are made for the purchaser to obtain. Thereafter, buying and selling is established by obtaining the optical cable from the inventory center designated by the orderer within a predetermined period.

  If there is no stock of the final product optical cable in the production plant in step S1, the process proceeds to step S3, where the intermediate product A (for example, optical fiber ribbon, slot, coating, etc.) required for manufacturing the optical cable of the ordered product is obtained. The status of the factory inventory of the material etc. is retrieved. If the intermediate product A is in stock or can be purchased, the lead time for manufacturing the final product optical cable is calculated in step S4, and the delivery date, production quantity, etc. are calculated. The intermediate product A is formulated with a predetermined length of the optical cable including a surplus length.

  In step S4, the lead time for producing the ordered product from the intermediate product A, the lead time for transporting to the designated inventory center, etc. are calculated, and if the order contents cannot be satisfied, the orderer is informed in step S5. For example, an NG notification as shown in FIG. 5 is performed. Here, by requesting the orderer to reset the quantity desired to be purchased and the delivery date, the order contents may be changed and the order may be established. However, if the order contents cannot be changed, the order will not be accepted.

  If the lead time for producing the ordered product from the intermediate product A in the production factory and the lead time for transport to the designated inventory center can be calculated in step S4 and the order contents can be satisfied, the order is placed in step S6. Reply to the seller that the sale is possible. At the same time, the start of production of the ordered product is instructed, and preparations are made for the purchaser to obtain it at the designated inventory center. Thereafter, the orderer obtains the optical cable from the inventory center within a predetermined period, and the sale is established.

  In step S3, when there is no or shortage of the intermediate product A (tape core wire) of the optical cable that is considered to be insufficient in stock, the intermediate product B (for example, an optical fiber single core wire) in the previous stage of the intermediate product A is further provided. Step S7 for searching the factory inventory can be performed for the tape covering material and the like. As a result of step S7, if there is an inventory of intermediate product B necessary for the ordered product in the production factory, the lead time for producing intermediate product A from intermediate product B and the finished product from intermediate product A are produced in step S8. The lead time to be carried out and the lead time for conveyance to the designated inventory center are calculated and integrated.

  As a result, if the order contents cannot be satisfied, an NG notification similar to that in step S5 is made to the orderer in step S9. Here, by requesting the orderer to reset the quantity desired to be purchased and the delivery date, the order contents may be changed and the order may be established. However, if the order contents cannot be changed, sales are impossible. However, if the contents of the order can be satisfied, in step S10, a notice of sale permission is returned to the orderer. At the same time, the start of production of the ordered product is instructed, and preparations are made for the purchaser to obtain it at the designated inventory center. Thereafter, the orderer obtains the optical cable from the designated inventory center within a predetermined period, and the sale is established.

  If the intermediate product B is not in stock or insufficient in step S7, the inventory quantity of the intermediate product C (for example, the optical fiber glass base material) in the previous stage of the intermediate product B is further searched, and further in the previous stage. The intermediate product D (such as a raw material of the glass base material) may be searched. As a result, when the order contents for the ordered product cannot be finally satisfied, a notification that the sale is impossible is returned to the orderer, and the order is not established.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of notifying the orderer that the order quantity is not satisfied in step S5 or S9 to the orderer as a result of the inventory amount formulation for the product shortage in step S4 or S8 described above. It is shown. In other words, the ordering product of the orderer is “16-fiber SM tape slot optical cable” and “1500 m (500 m × 3)” is ordered to be purchased at the stock center designated by the day of the month of 2005. Suppose it was content. On the other hand, as a result of the inventory amount formulation, it is determined that 500 m × 1 pieces of ordered items are insufficient, and it is determined that preparation is not possible by the desired date even if additional production is performed.

  In such a case, the orderer is notified that the desired order contents are not met, and the order details such as postponement of the delivery date or partial purchase (500m x 2 pieces of the ordered items) are reset ( Change) request. As a result, the orderer can accept the postponement of the delivery date, or the delivery date of the shortage (500m x 1) can be postponed and the inventory (500m x 2) can be received on the due date. With this change, the sale becomes possible, and the process proceeds to step S6 or step S10 to complete the sale.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table for carrying out inventory quantity formulation or the like in the inventory center, and is an example of a lead time table when a shortage of completed products are produced from the intermediate products A or B. For example, suppose that it is determined whether or not the shortage 16-fiber SM tape slot type optical cable 500 m × 1 described above can be prepared by a predetermined date. In step S3 of FIG. 4, the intermediate product A at the production factory is searched. Next, in step S4, based on the production table, the lead time from the intermediate product A to the production of the final product optical cable is calculated. The final product (optical cable) of the ordered product usually has a plurality of SM tape core wires (intermediate product A4) housed in the slot groove of the slot (intermediate product A3) to produce a collective core (intermediate product A1). It is assumed that this is manufactured by coating with polyethylene for sheath (intermediate product A2).

  In the lead time table, for example, the lead time required for the process for coating the aggregate core (A1) with the polyethylene for sheath (A2) and the final inspection process is set to 2 days. Further, in order to accommodate the SM tape core wire (A4) in the slot (A3) and produce the assembly core (A1), the lead time is set to take 2 days in the assembly process and the intermediate product inspection process. . Furthermore, it is set that a lead time of 7 days is required to purchase a polyethylene (A2) for sheath and a 3-day lead time is required for manufacturing the slot (A3) in factory production. In this case, if the sheath polyethylene (A2), the slot (A3), and the SM tape core wire (A4) are in stock, the optical cable can be manufactured with a total lead time of 4 days.

  If one day is added as the lead time required for packing and transportation to the inventory center, the final product can be obtained from the factory stock status of the intermediate product even if there is no final product stock if there is a schedule of 5 days after receiving the order. Can be prepared for shipment to a designated inventory center, and depending on the desired delivery date, a reply indicating that the product can be sold can be issued. However, when any of the intermediate products (A2 to A4) is not in stock, a lead time for preparing the intermediate products is further added.

  If there is no stock of the SM tape core wire (A4), the intermediate product B at the production factory is searched in step S7 of FIG. Next, in step S8, based on the lead time table, the lead time from the intermediate product B to the production of the final product optical cable is calculated. The SM tape core (A4) is usually formed into a tape shape by integrating a plurality of single-core optical fiber cores (intermediate product B1) with a taped resin (intermediate product B2). If it is set that the lead time of this tape forming process requires 2 days, in order to obtain the final product optical cable, add 2 days to the lead time (4 days) for manufacturing the optical cable from the intermediate product A described above. Required days. Further, when there is no stock of the optical fiber core (B1), the stock status of the optical fiber preform ahead is searched, and the lead time for this is calculated and added.

  Note that wires such as electric cables and optical cables are often ordered with a total length of tens of meters, hundreds of meters, and thousands of meters. However, for such an ordering form, it is necessary to rewind and divide the long-winding wire rod supply drum into another drum and repack each time an order is placed. Since this rewinding process hinders shortening of the lead time, it is desirable for the seller side to manage a product that has been wound up to a predetermined length in advance and shipped and sold in a number that satisfies the order quantity.

  Thereby, it can be made into the state which only ships without passing through the process called division | segmentation and packing in the production factory side. In addition, since an optical fiber or an optical cable usually requires a certain amount of extra length for testing and connection, transactions are made in product units including this extra length. For this reason, the purchase request length on the orderer side may not match the sales length on the seller side, but even if the seller side services the unnecessary part of the orderer, it is necessary to manage product inventory and shorten the delivery time. The merit is great.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of formulating a product production plan based on ordering / ordering data stored in the information storage means 17 (see FIG. 2) through the network. Based on the order contents from the orderer, the order quantity is divided into a fixed quantity and a reservation quantity and is divided in order of delivery date, thereby making it possible to create a receiving / ordering table as shown in FIG. This may be further divided into a long-term demand amount and a short-term demand amount so as to make a production plan. FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of formulating the factory production amount from the ordering table of FIG. 7A. The cumulative production amount and the required number of days along the production capacity line M of the factory are calculated to produce make a plan. This production plan is adjusted from the accumulated data to the minus side or to the plus side with respect to the production capacity line M, and an appropriate inventory amount for each future inventory center is established.

  8 is a diagram showing a specific example of the ordering / ordering table in FIG. 7. FIG. 8 (A) is a table showing the relationship between the order quantity and the delivery date, and FIG. 8 (B) is an order for the stock quantity of the designated inventory center. It is a table which shows the relationship between quantity and delivery date. Here, for example, in the above-mentioned optical cable 500 m (including the extra length), the orderer J has seven due dates (current to e days) and the orderer K has five due dates (c to It is assumed that the orderer L orders 10 pieces on the due date (d to g days). Then, it is assumed that the seller makes a reply indicating that sales are possible to each orderer (J, K, L) based on the flow of FIG.

  Assuming that the normal stock quantity at the stock center is P, the orderer J and the orderer K can be sold without restocking. However, when the orderer L enters, there is a shortage of inventory within the period d to f, and any of the orderers cannot obtain the product. For this reason, the seller side instructs the factory to produce additional products and replenishes inventory. At the time of inventory replenishment, since there is generally a minimum production start quantity (minimum lot) Q, products exceeding the inventory replenishment quantity are produced and may become excessive. Therefore, production is started while checking the inventory status of other inventory centers or the additional order quantity.

  At the start of production, the lead time differs as described with reference to FIG. 6 depending on the inventory status of the intermediate product, so the delivery time from the production start to the inventory center also differs. For example, if the minimum delivery date including product completion from the start of production and packing / shipping is (ba) days, production starts at least the number of days before the minimum delivery date from the date required at the inventory center. There is a need. In addition, when a quantity greater than the minimum production start quantity is required, the production start point a is set by adding the number of days for which a predetermined quantity can be secured according to the inclination of the production capacity line M. As shown in FIG. 8B, when the production starts from a to b, preparation for shipment is made, but the inventory in the period (d to e) in which the sales times of the orderer (J, K, L) overlap is satisfied. I can't. Therefore, additional production is performed based on the inclination of the production capacity line M, and an inventory quantity that satisfies the order quantity is prepared.

  In the schematic diagram of FIG. 1, if the inventory center (E, F, G, H,...) Is managed by the seller, the orderer (X, Y, Z) The sale will be concluded upon receipt. However, although the purchaser has not yet completed the sale, he can go to a designated inventory center and receive the ordered item at any time within a predetermined period. When the ordered product is delivered from the inventory center to the orderer, the data is input to the management system. From this data accumulation, information on the purchase rate (= actual purchase amount / network reservation amount) for each orderer is obtained from the reservation amount ordered by the orderer through the network and the actual purchase amount received from the inventory center. Can do.

  Further, the inventory center (E, F, G, H,...) Can be managed by the orderer as a warehouse for a plurality of orderers (X, Y, Z). In this case, when the seller delivers the ordered item from the orderer to each stock center, the product has been delivered to the orderer and the sale can be concluded. Thereafter, the orderer can go to the designated inventory center and take out the ordered product at any time within a predetermined period. Each time the orderer picks up, the purchase amount is input to the management system. Based on the accumulation of these data, the usage rate for each orderer (= amount taken from the inventory center / network purchase amount), based on the amount of network purchase that the orderer placed through the network and the sale was completed, and the actual amount taken out from the inventory center. ) Information.

The accumulated data of the purchaser's purchase rate or usage rate described above can be used for adjusting the inventory quantity. For example, based on the purchase rate accumulation data,
Stock lower limit = Σ (reserved amount of orderer J, K, L ...) x (purchase rate of orderer J, K, L ...)
Can be formulated. Also, based on the usage data accumulated,
Inventory lower limit = Σ (Order quantity of ordering party J, K, L ...) x (Usage rate of ordering party J, K, L ...)
Can be formulated.
By including these purchase rates or usage rates in the inventory amount formulation, the lower limit value of the inventory amount can be estimated in advance, and optimization can be performed so that there is no excess inventory or insufficient inventory.

  Further, it is desirable that the production factory and each inventory center (E, F, G, H,...) Are regarded as one unit and the inventory quantity is managed as a whole. That is, in each inventory center, the inventory quantity is set based on the ordering record of the orderer (J, K, L,...) And adjustment is performed by replenishing production at the production factory. The movement of the stock quantity is adjusted so that the difference between the order quantity and the stock quantity is minimized. The movement adjustment of the inventory quantity is performed by the movement quantity calculating means 18 (see FIG. 2). In this case, the lead time accompanying the movement between the inventory centers is also taken into consideration. Based on this calculation result, the ordered product is transported between the inventory centers.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the movement of the inventory quantity in each inventory center (E, F, G), and it is assumed that adjustment between each inventory center is performed in the current inventory status. Each inventory center can set the lower limit of the inventory quantity by using the purchaser's purchase rate and usage rate data table described above. Further, as described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the order quantity (required inventory quantity) including the reserved quantity is formulated in real time, and the upper limit value of the inventory quantity is set based on this. In each inventory center, the inventory quantity can be optimized by moving the inventory quantity in each inventory center so that the inventory quantity does not fall below the lower limit and does not greatly exceed the upper limit. A quick response to the demand of the orderer can be realized.

  Note that even if the seller performs inventory management with a certain degree of purchase cancellation based on the purchase rate and usage rate of the orderer, the purchase may be canceled halfway. If the orderer does not receive or take out the inventory center order item within a predetermined period, it will be treated as returned goods or purchased by the seller. In order to avoid the stuck state in the inventory center, it is necessary to perform purchase cancellation processing for the purchase cancellation amount. This processing is performed after the product payout period or the product withdrawal period has elapsed, but is performed by issuing a purchase cancellation notification to the orderer through the network by the purchase cancellation notification means. Thereafter, the products whose purchase has been canceled are distributed to other orderers and other inventory centers as inventory.

  Regarding the cancellation of purchase, if the inventory center is under the management of the seller, products that have not been paid out by the due date will be taken over by the seller as unsuccessful. In the case where the inventory center is managed by the orderer, the sale is established when the seller delivers the ordered item to the inventory center. Therefore, if the orderer does not take out the ordered item during the predetermined period, the purchase is canceled, but the purchase is repurchased because the sale has already been established.

  As described above, each inventory center can be shared by a plurality of orderers, thereby reducing the overall inventory quantity and improving efficiency. However, when the orderer places an order exceeding the past results, or when a plurality of orderers are temporarily concentrated, the inventory amount in the inventory center may be temporarily short. In such a case, the determined order for the product is paid out with respect to the reserved amount. In addition to providing guidance on extension of the deadline as shown in FIG. 5 and clearly indicating that it is a best effort type inventory management system, it is necessary to obtain the understanding of the orderer (put it in the contract item). preferable.

  The above-described order / order inventory management system or order / order inventory management method is programmed in a management server managed by a seller for execution. Further, the above-described ordering / stocking management system or ordering / stocking management method can be provided by a recording medium in which the program is described and can be read by a computer.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the order-order stock management system by this invention. 1 is a block diagram of an order placement and inventory management system according to the present invention. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the order form in this invention input through a network. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which determines the success or failure of order placement by this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reply that notifies that the order content condition cannot be satisfied (NG) in the flow of FIG. 4. In this invention, it is a figure which shows an example of the table which formulates the stock quantity to an inventory center. It is a figure which shows an example which formulates the production plan of a product based on accumulation | storage information. It is an example of the table which shows the relationship between the order quantity with respect to the stock quantity of a stock center, and a delivery date. It is a figure explaining movement of the stock quantity in each stock center in the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Network, 11 ... Database, 12 ... Order receiving processing means, 13 ... Inventory inquiry means, 14 ... Inventory quantity formulation means, 15 ... Production management table, 16 ... Transaction notification means, 17 ... Information storage means, 18 ... Movement amount calculation means.

Claims (8)

An ordering inventory management system in which an orderer specifies a product, quantity, delivery date, and other necessary items through a network, places an order, and inquires about the contents and inventory status of the order, and conducts a transaction.
An inventory inquiry means for designating an inventory center from which the orderer himself or herself wishes to receive or take out the product from a plurality of inventory centers, and inquiring the inventory status of the designated inventory center and the contents of the order;
Inventory quantity formulating means for formulating a required inventory quantity of the product of the designated inventory center based on information data about the product of a production factory or other inventory center;
A transaction notification means for notifying the purchaser of order content change request for requesting resetting of the order content or purchase availability,
When the sale is possible, the order placement / inventory management system which receives or takes out the ordered product directly from the inventory center designated by the orderer at a predetermined time.   2. The order placement / inventory management system according to claim 1, wherein the product is a wire wound and packed in a predetermined length.   2. An information storage means for storing order data, and a production management table for creating a demand forecast and a production plan for the product based on the stored order data. Or the order placement and inventory management system described in 2.   4. The purchase rate (= actual purchase amount / network reservation amount) of the purchaser or the usage rate (= removal amount from the inventory center / network purchase amount) is used for formulating the necessary inventory amount. Ordered inventory management system described.   2. A moving amount calculating means for moving the product between the inventory centers so that a difference between the order quantity and the inventory amount of the product at each inventory center is minimized. The ordered / ordered inventory management system according to any one of -4.   6. The receipt according to claim 1, further comprising purchase cancellation notification means for notifying purchase stop when the orderer does not pay out or remove the ordered product within a predetermined period. Order inventory management system. An order inventory management method in which an orderer designates a product, quantity and time, and other necessary items through a network, places an order, inquires about the order contents and inventory status, and conducts a transaction.
The orderer himself / herself designates the inventory center from which the product is to be paid out or taken out from a plurality of inventory centers, and inquires the inventory status of the designated inventory center and the contents of the order with the inventory inquiry means,
As a result of the inquiry, if the inventory quantity is insufficient, the inventory quantity formulating means determines whether or not the specified inventory center can be replenished with the information data on the product at the production factory and other inventory centers. Formulated by
Based on this formulation result, the order notification request for resetting the order contents to the orderer is notified by the transaction notifying means or the sales notification means is not available.
A receiving / ordering inventory management method characterized in that, when sales are possible, the ordered product is directly paid out or taken out from the inventory center designated by the orderer in a predetermined period.   A recording medium readable by a computer in which a program for executing the order placement and inventory management method according to claim 7 is described.

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