JP2006236273A - Management system, and store management terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system for reducing sales opportunity loss by rapidly and easily managing information among stores. <P>SOLUTION: The system comprises: a plurality of POS registers 100 which are mutually connected via a first network; a POS management terminal 200 having a sales data receiving part 204 for receiving sales data from the POS registers 100 of the stores, a store information transmitting part 240 for transmitting the sales data to an ASP 300, and a store information receiving part 242 for receiving store information from the ASP 300; and the ASP 300 which is connected to the plurality of POS management terminals 200 via a second network 60, so as to receive the sales data from the POS management terminals 200 in the plurality of stores, to generate the store information, having an actual sales result and stock data, from the received sales data, to store the store information in a store information storage part 312, to obtain the stock data of merchandises, based on the stored store information, to manage the stock data by each store, and to present the store information to the POS management terminals 200 via the second network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a management system and store management terminal for managing sales information, and in particular, business owners such as stores that have opened as commercial facilities in large commercial facilities register and collect information such as sales results, inventory, and ordering, The present invention relates to a management system for inquiring and analyzing and a store management terminal.

  Conventionally, the inventory status is linked in real time in conjunction with sales management registered individually by POS (Point Of Sales) system and reflected in the core system owned by the business owner, and individual data of related multiple stores There is a management system that can be aggregated at a time more than the day and can be referred to only on a specific terminal such as the head office.

Alternatively, there has been a management system in which a server function is provided in the POS system itself and information can be referred to in the POS system of the head office and each store. An example of such a management system is described in Patent Document 1. The store management system described in this document is a low-cost POS register system that connects a head office and a store using the Internet, and has a product management function, a shift management function, and a server function.
JP 2002-24947 A

  However, the prior art described in the above literature has room for improvement in the following points.

  For example, since the product management function, shift management function, and server function are provided in the POS cash register, the POS cash register is highly functional, but it becomes a POS cash register specialized for this system. It may not be applicable to stores that use cash registers. In addition, the structure of the POS register itself becomes complicated, the manufacturing cost increases, and maintenance may become difficult.

  In addition, these product management functions and shift management functions can be referred to by the server in the same commercial facility, but at the same time, the information of stores in other commercial facilities in the same affiliate group is referred to and analyzed. The function was not provided.

  Furthermore, individual management data of each store and data of related stores as a whole cannot be quickly compared and examined, which may hinder highly independent analysis and judgment at the store. Installation of a server that aggregates data in a location with headquarters functions such as the headquarters is an essential requirement, so even users with one retail store must have a server, which introduces and costs maintenance. There was a possibility that it would be expensive. In addition, since daily aggregated data is handled, there is a case where it is impossible to grasp the sales situation during business and to respond quickly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a management system that can quickly and easily manage information between other stores in the same group and reduce loss of sales opportunities. It is in.

According to the present invention, in a plurality of stores in the same facility, POS terminals that are connected to each other via the first network and collect and manage sales data of products in the stores;
A store management terminal that receives and processes the sales data from a plurality of the POS terminals of the store;
A management server that manages information related to the product management of the store management terminal of a plurality of store groups, and a management system comprising:
The store management terminal
A sales data receiving unit for receiving the sales data from the POS terminal of the store;
A transmission unit for transmitting the sales data to the management server;
An information receiving unit for receiving store information including sales record data and inventory management data of the product from the management server;
A display unit for displaying the store information received by the information receiving unit;
An ordering data receiving unit for receiving ordering data of the product;
An ordering instruction unit for instructing the management server to order a product including the ordering data;
Including
The management server
Connected to the plurality of store management terminals via a second network;
A receiving unit that receives the sales data and the order data from the store management terminal of the plurality of stores via the second network;
Based on the sales data and the ordering data received by the receiving unit, a generating unit that generates store information including sales performance data and inventory data;
A store information storage unit for storing the sales data and the order data received by the receiving unit, and the store information generated by the generating unit;
Based on the order data stored in the store information storage unit and the sales data, a management unit that obtains inventory data of the product and manages it for each store;
An analysis unit for analyzing the store information for each store group;
A presentation unit for presenting the store information and the result of the analysis unit to the store management terminal via the second network;
The management system characterized by including is provided.

  Here, the store is a retail business particularly in a large-scale commercial facility, and management information necessary for store operation, for example, product information, sales results, inventory data, ordering data, acceptance schedule, etc. are set to existing. Data is linked to the POS terminal, registered and acquired in real time at the store management terminal via the network, and related information is displayed. This makes it possible to make a judgment on events that occur from time to time in the store, and to reduce sales misses of each store, that is, loss of sales opportunities and improve store sales. The second network can be, for example, the Internet.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a management system capable of collecting and systematically managing sales management and stock status in a plurality of store groups. Further, in addition to the conventional network between a plurality of stores in the same commercial facility, a network between a plurality of stores in the same affiliate store group can be achieved, and information between the same affiliate store groups can be shared.

  In the management system, the management server can be provided as an application service provider device, and the application service provider device stores the store information received from the store management terminal, and the store management terminal. An information providing unit for providing store information including information on other stores, and the store management terminal receives the store information provided by the application service provider device by the information receiving unit, It can function by displaying on the display unit.

  According to this configuration, since the system is realized by using an application service provider (hereinafter referred to as “ASP (Application Service Provider)”), the cost of introducing and upgrading the system in each store management terminal can be suppressed. Can do. That is, instead of the server retailer owning and managing the server equipment as in the past, the management system uses the ASP service that provides the function to the retailer of the entire commercial facility using the network. Is realized. As a result, if the headquarters or the like has an environment that can be connected to a network without a server, the use of functions and provision of services similar to those when a server is present can be realized.

  In the management system, the store management terminal includes, in the store, an input reception unit that receives input of the sales data of the product, and a sales data storage unit that stores the sales data received by the input reception unit. Can be included. According to this configuration, sales data can be input directly from the store management terminal at a store that does not have a POS terminal, a so-called POS register.

  In the management system, the store management terminal generates a store information including sales performance data and inventory data based on the sales data and the order data, the sales data and the order data, and the generation Based on the order information and the sales data stored in the store information storage unit, the store information storage unit for storing the store information generated by the unit is obtained and managed for each store based on the order data and the sales data. And a management unit.

According to the present invention, connected to the management server via a network,
A sales data receiving unit for receiving sales data of the product at a store where the product is sold;
A transmission unit for transmitting the sales data to the management server;
An information receiving unit for receiving store information including sales record data and inventory management data of the product from the management server;
A display unit for displaying the store information received by the information receiving unit;
An ordering data receiving unit for receiving ordering data of the product;
An ordering instruction unit for instructing the management server to order a product including the ordering data;
A store management terminal characterized by comprising:

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the management system which makes information management between the other stores of the same series group quick and easy, and reduces a sales opportunity loss is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The management system according to the present embodiment has a plurality of stores (sales store 10 (“store a1” in the diagram, “store facility a1”, “commercial facility A”, “commercial facility A”, etc.) in the diagram, (Indicated as “shop b1”,...)) And connected to each other via a first network (first network 24 (indicated as “network A”, “network B”, etc.) in the figure) POS terminal for collecting and managing product sales data (POS register 100 (shown as “POS register a11”, “POS register a12”,..., “POS register b31”,...)) Store management terminal (POS management terminal 200 ("POS management terminal x1", "POS management terminal" in the figure) that receives sales data from POS terminals of a plurality of stores and performs product sales results, inventory management, and product ordering. 2 ”,...,“ POS management terminal z1 ”,...)), And a plurality of series of store groups (chain group 40 (in the figure,“ chain X ”,“ chain Y ”, ...) And the like, information related to product management of the store management terminal is managed.

  In addition, in the following each figure, the structure of the part which is not related to the essence of this invention is abbreviate | omitted. In addition, each component of the management system of the present embodiment includes a CPU, a memory of any computer, a program that realizes the components of this figure loaded in the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk that stores the program, and a network connection It is realized by any combination of hardware and software, with a focus on the interface. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus. Each drawing described below shows a functional unit block, not a hardware unit configuration.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the POS management terminal 200 and the ASP 300 of FIG. In the management system of this embodiment, the store management terminal (POS management terminal 200) includes a sales data receiving unit (sales data receiving unit 204) that receives sales data from the POS terminal (POS cash register 100) of the store, and sales data. A transmission unit (store information transmission unit 240) that transmits to the management server, an information reception unit (store information reception unit 242) that receives store information including product sales record data and inventory management data from the management server, and an information reception unit Displays the store information received by the display unit (display unit 230), receives an order data reception unit (operation reception unit 234) for receiving product ordering data, and instructs the management server to order the product including the ordering data. An ordering instruction unit (access unit 236). The management server (ASP 300) is connected to a plurality of store management terminals via the second network (second network 60), and receives sales data and order data from the store management terminals of the plurality of stores via the second network. Receiving unit (interface unit 302 (shown as “I / F” in the figure)) and a generating unit that generates store information including sales performance data and inventory data based on sales data and order data received by the receiving unit (Execution unit 306), store information storage unit (store information storage unit 312) that stores sales data and order data received by the reception unit, and store information generated by the generation unit, and store information storage unit A management unit (execution unit 306) that obtains inventory data of products based on the ordering data and sales data, and manages the store information for each store. Including analyzing unit for analyzing for each loop (the execution unit 306), the presentation unit for presenting via the second network the result of the store information and analysis unit to store management terminal (the presentation unit 308), the.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the POS register 100 of the present embodiment. The POS register 100 of the present embodiment is a general POS register, and includes a first interface unit 102, a sales reception unit 110, a sales data processing unit 112, and a product master storage unit 114 (“product master” in the figure). Sales data storage unit 116 (shown as “sales data” in the figure), sales data transmission unit 118, second interface unit 120, product master reception unit 122, product master update unit 124, ,including.

  The first interface unit 102 is an interface for connecting to the POS cash register 100 and the server 22 of each store 10 of the same commercial facility 20 via a first network 24 such as a LAN. The sales reception unit 110 receives sales data of products. Here, the sales data of the product is received in real time when the product is sold. Here, the sales reception unit 110 is an operation input unit (not shown) such as a keyboard, sheet key, bar code reading unit, magnetic card reading unit, IC card reading unit, RFID tag reading unit provided on the POS register 100. Sales data input from is accepted.

  The sales data processing unit 112 processes the sales data received by the sales receiving unit 110 and stores the sales data in the sales data storage unit 116. The product master storage unit 114 stores product master information. This product master information will be described later. FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of the sales data storage unit 116. The sales data storage unit 116 has fields of date 131, time 132, product code 133, and quantity 134, and the sales quantity 134 of each product code 133 for each time 132 is stored.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the sales data transmission unit 118 transmits the sales data stored in the sales data storage unit 116 to the POS management terminal 200 via the second interface unit 120. The transmission of sales data to the POS management terminal 200 may be performed directly without the sales data storage unit 116 when sales occur, or may be performed periodically. Further, a transmission request may be made from the POS cash register 100, the sales data may be transmitted in response to a response from the POS management terminal 200, or may be transmitted at any time in response to the transmission request from the POS management terminal 200.

  The second interface unit 120 communicates with the POS management terminal 200. Between the POS cash register 100 and the POS management terminal 200, network communication via a network such as a LAN, serial communication such as a USB cable or RS232C, or parallel communication may be used. In any case, when connected to the POS management terminal 200, the second interface unit 120 recognizes the connection and establishes communication between the POS register 100 and the POS management terminal 200 as necessary.

  The product master receiving unit 122 receives the product master information updated from the POS management terminal 200 via the second interface unit 120. The product master update unit 124 stores the received product master information in the product master storage unit 114 and updates the product master information. The product master is associated with the sales data, and as shown in FIG. 3, the sales data is indicated by the product code 133 registered in the product master.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the POS management terminal 200 of this embodiment includes a third interface unit 202, a sales data receiving unit 204, a management unit 210, and a store information storage unit 220 (in the figure, “Store information” Display) 230, operation unit 232, operation reception unit 234, access unit 236, fourth interface unit 238, store information transmission unit 240, store information reception unit 242, and product master transmission unit 244. The POS management terminal 200 is, for example, a personal computer, and can execute an application program installed in advance under a predetermined OS to realize the functions of this system. The POS management terminal 200 is registered at each store and registers and refers to information necessary for store management, such as ordering, inventory, receipt, and sales performance. As will be described later, by collecting information in real time at each store by the POS management terminal 200, it is possible to respond to an occurrence event in a short cycle, and it is possible to improve sales by reducing sales opportunity loss. .

  The third interface unit 202 communicates with the POS register 100 via the third network 62 or directly. As described above, the POS register 100 and the POS management terminal 200 can take various communication forms. In any case, when connected to the POS register 100, the third interface unit 202 recognizes the connection and establishes communication between the POS register 100 and the POS management terminal 200 as necessary.

  The sales data receiving unit 204 receives sales data from the POS cash register 100 via the third interface unit 202. The sales data received here includes the items included in FIG. Specifically, the sales data receiving unit 204 receives sales data from the POS cash register 100 via the third interface unit 202. The transmission of sales data from the POS cash register 100 to the POS management terminal 200 may be performed at any time when sales occur or may be performed periodically. Further, a transmission request may be made from the POS cash register 100, and the POS management terminal 200 may respond to receive sales data, or the POS cash register 100 may be requested to transmit sales data from the POS management terminal 200. . Since sales data is acquired from the POS cash register 100 in this way, it is not necessary to separately input sales data at the POS management terminal 200, so that double registration of information can be omitted.

  The management unit 210 stores the sales data received from the sales data reception unit 204 in the store information storage unit 220 and manages transmission / reception of various types of information. The store information storage unit 220 temporarily stores the sales information of the POS cash register 100 in each store. Details will be described later.

  The display unit 230 displays various information display screens, operation screens, status display screens, and the like, such as lamps, LEDs, CRT monitors, and liquid crystal displays. The operation unit 232 receives instructions such as various settings and inputs from the user, and includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a tablet, operation buttons, a switch, a lever, a seat key, a trackball, and the like.

  The operation reception unit 234 receives user operation instructions and inputs from the operation unit 232. The access unit 236 accesses the ASP 300 in accordance with an instruction from the user. For example, the access unit 236 may include a browser that browses web pages provided by a server on the Internet. Details will be described later. The fourth interface unit 238 communicates with other POS management terminals 200 and the ASP 300 on the second network 60 such as the Internet or a LAN.

  4, the ASP 300 includes an interface unit 302 (shown as “I / F” in the drawing), a program storage unit 304 (shown as “program” in the drawing), an execution unit 306, and a presentation unit 308. And a store information storage unit 312 (shown as “store information” in the figure).

  The interface unit 302 communicates with a plurality of POS management terminals 200 on the second network 60 such as the Internet or a LAN. The program storage unit 304 stores various programs including application programs that implement the management system of the present embodiment. The execution unit 306 executes an application program stored in the program storage unit 304. The presentation unit 308 provides store information that the POS management terminal 200 browses. In accordance with a request from the POS management terminal 200, the execution unit 306 is caused to execute the application program, and the result is presented to the POS management terminal 200 on the second network 60 via the interface unit 302. The store information storage unit 312 collects and stores the store information received by the information receiving unit 310.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information transmitted from the POS management terminal 200 to the ASP 300. The information transmitted from the POS management terminal 200 can include sales performance information 402, ordering information 404, and attendance information. As shown in FIG. 5A, the sales performance information 402 includes fields such as a store code, a data type, a date, a time, a product code, and a quantity. As shown in FIG. 5B, the order information 404 includes fields such as store code, data type, date, time, order number, product code, and quantity. As shown in FIG. 5C, the attendance / leaving information 406 includes fields such as a store code, a data type, an employee code, a date, and a time.

  The sales performance information 402 is created by the management unit 210 based on the sales data received from the POS cash register 100, temporarily stored in the store information storage unit 220, and then transmitted to the ASP 300. The order receiving information 404 is transmitted to the ASP 300 through the access unit 236 when the operation receiving unit 234 receives input of ordering information. The attendance / leaving information 406 is transmitted to the ASP 300 through the access unit 236 when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the input of attendance / leaving information. The entry / exit information may be input automatically from an attendance / exit management system (not shown) or manual input. These input processes can be operated from a store menu of the POS management terminal 200 described later.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information transmitted from the ASP 300 to the POS management terminal 200. Information transmitted from the ASP 300 can include product master information 410, shipping status information 412, and inventory transfer instruction information 414. As shown in FIG. 6A, the product master information 410 is provided with fields such as a store code, a data type, a product category, a product code, a product name, and a selling price. The merchandise master information 410 is transmitted from the ASP 300 to each POS management terminal 200 and also transmitted from the POS management terminal 200 to the POS cash register 100. In the POS cash register 100, the product master receiving unit 122 described above receives the data, and the product master update unit 124 stores and updates the product master storage unit 114.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the shipping status information 412 includes fields such as a store code, a data type, a shipping status, an arrival schedule, an order number, a product code, and a quantity. As shown in FIG. 6C, the stock transfer instruction information 414 is provided with fields such as store code, data type, date, time, product code, quantity, and delivery destination store code.

  The operation of the management system of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the management system of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIGS.

  First, in the POS cash register 100 of FIG. 2, the sales reception unit 110 receives sales data (step S11). Here, for example, sales results are input to the POS cash register 100 by a store clerk at the time of product sales. Subsequently, the sales data processing unit 112 processes the sales data (step S13). The sales data transmitting unit 118 transmits the sales data processed by the sales data processing unit 112 to the POS management terminal 200 via the second interface unit 120 (step S17).

  Here, the transmission of sales data from the POS register 100 to the POS management terminal 200 can be performed in real time at the time of sales input or at a predetermined time period and almost simultaneously with the sales. Conventionally, sales data has been transmitted to the server 22 by batch processing once a day. This makes it possible to quickly collect information.

  Subsequently, in the POS management terminal 200 of FIG. 4, the sales data receiving unit 204 receives the sales data from the POS cash register 100 via the third interface unit 202 (step S21). The management unit 210 temporarily stores the received sales data in the store information storage unit 220 (step S23). Here, the POS management terminal 200 periodically accesses the ASP 300, and the store information transmission unit 240 accesses the ASP 300 via the fourth interface unit 238 (step S25). Here, in the ASP 300, a program that is always running is executed by the execution unit 306 (step S41), and the presentation unit 308 presents an operation screen and information to the POS management terminal 200 (step S42).

  Here, the POS management terminal 200 can access the ASP 300 using functions such as a browser and a display program, and display and refer to various data. Details will be described later.

  Subsequently, the user operates the store information using the operation unit 232 according to an operation screen presented from the ASP 300 or the like. These operations are received by the operation receiving unit 234 (step S27). Subsequently, the store information transmission unit 240 transmits various store information to the ASP 300 via the fourth interface unit 238 (step S29). For example, order information 404 and attendance information 406 shown in FIG. 5 are transmitted.

  Subsequently, in the ASP 300, store information is received via the interface unit 302 (step S43), and store information transmitted from the plurality of POS management terminals 200 is stored and aggregated in a storage unit (described later) (step S45). The information is analyzed based on the stored information (step S47). Store information including a result analyzed by the ASP 300 is transmitted to the POS management terminal 200 via the interface unit 302 (step S49). In the POS management terminal 200, the store information receiving unit 242 receives the store information via the fourth interface unit 238 (step S31) and displays it on the display unit 230 (step S33).

  FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram of the ASP 300 of this embodiment. The ASP 300 includes the interface unit 302, the information reception unit 310, the store information storage unit 312, the operation unit 314, the instruction reception unit 316, the analysis management unit 318, the display unit 320, and the information transmission unit. 322.

  The interface unit 302 communicates with a plurality of POS management terminals 200 via the second network 60. The information receiving unit 310 receives store information from the plurality of POS management terminals 200 on the second network 60 via the interface unit 302.

  The operation unit 314 receives instructions such as various settings and inputs from the administrator, and includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a tablet, operation buttons, a switch, a lever, a seat key, a trackball, and the like.

  The instruction receiving unit 316 receives instructions from a plurality of POS management terminals 200 on the second network 60 via the interface unit 302. The analysis management unit 318 performs various analysis processes based on the store information stored in the store information storage unit 312. For example, the analysis management unit 318 aggregates and displays order information for each product from a plurality of stores for each time, and performs a sales opportunity loss analysis.

  The display unit 320 displays various information display screens, operation screens, status display screens, and the like, such as lamps, LEDs, CRT monitors, and liquid crystal displays. In particular, the display unit 320 displays the results analyzed by the analysis management unit 318. In the information transmission unit 322, the analysis management unit 318 transmits information such as the analysis result to each POS management terminal 200 via the interface unit 302. Alternatively, necessary information is read from the store information storage unit 312 via the analysis management unit 318 and transmitted in accordance with the instruction from the POS management terminal 200 received by the instruction receiving unit 316.

  Next, functions such as ordering and inventory management in the management system of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing details of the analysis management unit 318 of the ASP 300. The analysis management unit 318 of the ASP 300 according to the present embodiment includes an inventory management unit 351, an inventory movement unit 352, an ordering subcontracting unit 353, a delivery management unit 354, a store closing processing unit 355, an event weather management unit 356, and attendance and departure. A management unit 357 and an analysis unit 360 are included. Further, the POS management terminal 200 of the present embodiment displays a store menu screen 600 as shown in FIG. 13 on the display unit 230 when the management system is activated. The store menu screen 600 includes an inventory management menu 610, an inventory movement menu 620, a sales input button 630, an ordering and subcontracting menu 640, a delivery menu 650, an other menu 660, and an end button 670. . When the user presses each button using the operation unit 232 of the POS management terminal 200 in FIG. 4, the operation reception unit 234 receives the information, and the access unit 236 transmits an information provision request to the ASP 300. Information searched and extracted from the store information storage unit 312 by the analysis management unit 318 of the ASP 300 in FIG. 20 is transmitted to the POS management terminal 200 via the information transmission unit 322, via the store information reception unit 242, and the display unit 230. Is displayed.

  The inventory management menu 610 further includes a carry-over inventory confirmation button 611, a sales calculation display button 612, a stockout input button 613, a disposal input button 614, a disposal list correction button 615, and an inventory confirmation button 616. . The inventory movement menu 620 includes a neighborhood inventory list button 621, a movement payout list button 622, a movement acceptance list button 623, and a movement request input button 624. The ordering and subcontracting menu 640 includes an ordering input button 641 and a store subcontracting list button 642. The delivery menu 650 includes a product acceptance confirmation button 651 and a miscellaneous goods acceptance input button 652. The other menu 660 includes a store closing process button 661, a weather cheerful input button 662, and an attendance / exit input button 663.

  The inventory management unit 351 in FIG. 8 manages the inventory status of each store. For example, with the inventory management menu 610 in FIG. 13, the inventory management unit 351 performs a carry-over inventory confirmation process, a sales calculation display, a missing item input process, a disposal input process, a disposal list correction process, an inventory confirmation, and the like. Can do. For example, when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the sales statement display button 612, a request is transmitted to the ASP 300, and the date-designated sales statement shown in FIG. 19 is obtained by the information retrieved and extracted by the inventory management unit 351 in the ASP 300. A display screen 750 is displayed on the display unit 230. The date-designated sales calculation display screen 750 displays the sales calculation 752 of the store on the specified date. The sales calculation statement 752 includes items such as the product name, the number of items carried forward the previous day, the number of items received, the number of items received, the number of items transferred, the number of items discarded, the number of items carried forward the next day, the number of items carried forward, the amount of sales, etc. Can do.

  The inventory movement unit 352 in FIG. 8 performs, for example, a neighboring inventory list display, a movement payout list display, a movement acceptance list, and a movement request input process by the inventory movement menu 620 in FIG. When the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the neighborhood inventory list button 621 in FIG. 13, information is extracted by the ASP 300, and the neighborhood inventory list screen 740 in FIG. 18 is displayed on the display unit 230 and included in the neighborhood inventory list screen 740. The user can confirm the stock of other stores by the nearby inventory list 742. The neighborhood inventory table 742 includes information on whether the inventory quantity of other stores in the neighborhood and the amount of inventory with respect to the required amount viewed from the predicted value are large or small. Specifically, for each product name and store area, It can include items such as name, inventory quantity, difference from standard inventory, scheduled receipt quantity, scheduled receipt time, telephone number, and update date / time.

  As described above, according to the management system of this embodiment, it is possible to refer to inventory information of a plurality of stores such as chain stores of the same series on each POS management terminal 200 almost in real time.

  The ordering subcontracting unit 353 of FIG. 8 performs, for example, ordering input processing, store subcontracting list display, and the like by the ordering and subcontracting menu 640 of FIG. For example, when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the order entry button 641, the order entry screen 700 of FIG. 14 is displayed on the display unit 230 from the ASP 300. The order entry screen 700 can include items such as product name, flight number, deadline date, order quantity, initial value, inventory quantity, previous order quantity, cumulative order quantity, and cumulative sales quantity for each product category. The operation accepting unit 234 accepts an order entry on the order entry screen 700 and makes an order request to the ASP 300 via the access unit 236.

  The order entry screen 700 includes an order list button 710 and a result detail display button 720. When the operation accepting unit 234 accepts an operation of the order list button 710, the order list screen 712 in FIG. . Here, an order list 714 indicating information on what and how many items have been ordered at the own store or the headquarters, and schedule information on what time and what will enter the own store is displayed.

  Further, when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts an operation of the result detail display button 720, the sales result detail display screen 722 of FIG. 16 is displayed on the display unit 230. The information displayed on the sales result detail display screen 722 is information that is comprehensively managed by the ASP 300 and transmitted to the POS management terminal 200. The sales result detail display screen 722 includes a sales result graph 726, a sales result list 724, an event information list 728, and a weather information table 729 for each product name. In this way, it is possible to refer to information on what has been delivered at what time in the past, what information has been sold at what time, and information on disposal and missing items.

  The delivery management unit 354 of FIG. 8 performs a product acceptance confirmation process and a miscellaneous goods acceptance input process in the delivery menu 650 of FIG. When the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the product acceptance confirmation button 651 in the delivery menu 650 in FIG. 13, the product acceptance confirmation screen 730 in FIG. 17 is displayed on the display unit 230. The product acceptance confirmation screen 730 displays a scheduled acceptance time, a driver name, a telephone number, and a commodity acceptance confirmation list 732 for each flight name and store. The product acceptance confirmation list 732 may include items such as product name, label, acceptance status, number of orders (for stores), number of orders (for subcontracting), number of shipments (for stores), and number of shipments (for subcontracting). it can.

  Further, the store closing processing unit 355 of FIG. 8 performs the store closing processing when the operation receiving unit 234 receives an operation of the store closing processing button 661 of the other menu 660 of FIG. The event weather management unit 356 of FIG. 8 performs a weather cheerful input process when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the weather cheerful input button 662 of FIG. When the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the attendance / exit input button 663 in FIG. 13, the attendance / exit management unit 357 in FIG. 8 performs attendance / exit input processing. The analysis unit 360 in FIG. 8 creates various analysis reports to be described later.

  Further, when the operation accepting unit 234 accepts the operation of the sales input button 630 in FIG. 13, the POS cash register 100 is displayed on the sales input screen 780 in FIG. 23 and the inventory confirmation input screen 790 in FIG. Sales and actual inventory information can be input directly to the management terminal 200.

  9 to 12 are diagrams showing an example of the structure of the store information storage unit 312 of the ASP 300. As shown in FIG. 9A, the order information 500 includes product name, delivery flight name, order deadline date / time, order quantity, default value, inventory quantity, data update time, previous order quantity, total order, total sales, order. Includes fields such as recommended values, daily forecast values, previous week sales, previous year sales, date, store name, etc. As shown in FIG. 9B, the product acceptance information 510 includes a product name, production date and time, acceptance status, number of orders (for store expected), number of orders (for reservation), number of shipment (for store expected), number of shipments. It includes fields such as (number of reservations), delivery flight name, scheduled receipt date and time, delivery ID, delivery person, delivery person contact (TEL), date, shop name, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, the sales record information 520 includes fields such as product name, sales time, number of sales, standard unit price, sales amount, discount, customer category, payment category, and store name. As shown in FIG. 10B, the sales status information 530 by product includes the product name, the number of items carried forward the previous day, the number of products received, the number of horizontal acceptances, the number of horizontal withdrawals, the number of disposals, the number of carry-forwards the next day, the number of reserved sales, Includes fields such as number of sales, reserved sales, sales, date, and store name.

  As shown in FIG. 11, sales summary information 540 includes store name, date, cash register registration amount, provisional sales, cash sales, credit sales, accounts receivable, total sales, store weather, store cheerful, belonging area weather, It includes fields such as minimum temperature, maximum temperature, humidity, event name, event start time, and event end time.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the inventory information 550 includes fields such as product name, store name, inventory quantity, ideal inventory quantity, planned acceptance quantity, scheduled acceptance time, shop telephone number, update date and time, and area.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of the order total value display screen 760. As shown in FIG. On the order total value display screen 760, an order total value list 762 including information indicating how many items of which label (manufacturing time) are ordered from the head office or the manufacturing department is displayed in units of time.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of display using commercially available software on the analysis report screen 770. The analysis report screen 770 displays an analysis report list 772 including past sales summary, year-on-year comparison information, a loss loss rate, and an opportunity loss rate.

  In this way, the chain store's unique know-how regarding sales forecasts and inventory forecasts can be accumulated efficiently, improving forecast accuracy, and in the event of inventory changes that do not meet forecasts, allow for the interchange of products from nearby stores. Can be done quickly. For example, it is possible to analyze the influence of factors such as weather, weather, events, and areas on sales, and it is possible to accumulate them as know-how.

  As described above, according to the management system of the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to consolidate and manage the sales management and inventory status in a plurality of series of store groups, and reduce sales opportunity loss. be able to. Further, in addition to the conventional network between a plurality of stores in the same commercial facility, a network between a plurality of stores in the same affiliate store group can be achieved, and information between the same affiliate store groups can be shared.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

  For example, a commercial facility developer prepares equipment according to the present invention, such as an information terminal or an Internet connection, and adds the usage fee of each ASP service, POS cash register, and POS management terminal to the commercial facility fee, or distributes it with the developer. The investment and operation costs can be reduced by adopting such methods.

  In the management system according to the present invention, the application program for realizing the function of the POS management terminal 200 may be executed as the ASP 300 or may be executed by a unique management server. According to this configuration, since the management system can be realized by the store information centrally managed by the ASP 300, it is easy to upgrade and maintain the data management program and reduce the cost for system construction. Is done.

In addition, although the said embodiment demonstrated the structure provided with the management part of store information in ASP300, it is not limited to this. In another embodiment, the POS management terminal 200 may include a similar store information management unit.
FIG. 25 is a functional block diagram showing details of the management unit 210 of the POS management terminal 200 according to another embodiment. The management unit 210 of the POS management terminal 200 of the present embodiment includes an inventory management unit 211, an inventory movement unit 212, an ordering subcontracting unit 213, and a delivery management unit 214, which are the same as the components of the analysis management unit 318 of the ASP 300. The store closing processing unit 215, the event weather management unit 216, and the attendance / exit management unit 217 may be included.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the POS cash register of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the sales data storage part of the POS cash register of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the POS management terminal and ASP of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the information transmitted to ASP from a POS management terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the information transmitted to POS management terminal from ASP. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the management system of this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detail of the analysis management part of ASP of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the order information and merchandise receipt information of a shop information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the sales performance information of a shop information storage part, and the sales condition information according to goods. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the sales total information of a shop information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the inventory information of a shop information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the store menu screen displayed on the display part of a POS management terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of an order input screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an order list screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a sales performance detailed display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a goods acceptance confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a neighborhood stock list screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a date designation sales calculation display screen. It is a functional block diagram of ASP of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an order total value display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an analysis report screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a sales input screen each time. It is a figure which shows an example of an inventory confirmation input screen. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detail of the management part of the POS management terminal of other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sales store 20 Commercial facility 22 Server 24 1st network 40 Chain group 60 2nd network 62 3rd network 100 POS cash register 102 1st interface part 110 Sales reception part 112 Sales data totaling part 114 Goods master memory | storage part 116 Sales data storage part 118 Sales Data Transmitting Unit 120 Second Interface Unit 122 Product Master Receiving Unit 124 Product Master Updating Unit 200 POS Management Terminal 202 Third Interface Unit 204 Sales Data Receiving Unit 210 Management Unit 211 Inventory Management Unit 212 Inventory Moving Unit 213 Order Subcontracting Unit 214 Delivery management unit 215 Closed processing unit 216 Event weather management unit 217 Attendance management unit 220 Store information storage unit 230 Display unit 232 Operation unit 234 Operation reception unit 236 Access unit 238 4th in Interface unit 240 Store information transmission unit 242 Store information reception unit 244 Product master transmission unit 300 ASP
302 Interface unit 304 Program storage unit 306 Execution unit 308 Presentation unit 310 Information reception unit 312 Store information storage unit 314 Operation unit 316 Instruction reception unit 318 Analysis management unit 320 Display unit 322 Information transmission unit 351 Inventory management unit 352 Inventory movement unit 353 Ordering Outsourcing unit 354 Delivery management unit 355 Closure processing unit 356 Event weather management unit 357 Attendance management unit 360 Analysis unit 402 Sales performance information 404 Order information 406 Attendance information 410 Product master information 412 Shipment status information 414 Inventory transfer instruction information 500 Order information 510 Product Acceptance information 520 Sales performance information 530 Sales status information by product 540 Sales summary information 550 Inventory information 600 Store menu screen 610 Inventory management menu 611 Carry-over inventory confirmation button 612 Sales statement display button 6 13 Stockout input button 614 Disposal input button 615 Disposal list correction button 616 Inventory confirmation button 620 Inventory movement menu 621 Neighboring inventory list button 622 Movement delivery list button 623 Movement acceptance list button 624 Movement request input button 630 Sales input button 640 Subcontracting menu 641 Order entry button 642 Store outsourcing list button 650 Delivery menu 651 Product acceptance confirmation button 652 Miscellaneous goods acceptance input button 660 Other menu 661 Closing processing button 662 Weather input button 663 Attendance input button 670 End button 700 Order entry screen 710 Order list button 712 Ordering List screen 714 Order list 720 Result detail display button 722 Sales result detail display screen 724 Sales result list 728 Event information list 729 Weather weather Report List 730 Item Acceptance Confirmation Screen 732 Item Acceptance Confirmation List 740 Neighboring Inventory List Screen 742 Neighboring Inventory List 750 Date Designated Sales Statement Display Screen 752 Sales Statement 760 Order Summary Value Display Screen 762 Order Summary Value List 770 Analysis Report screen 772 Analysis report list 780 Sales input screen 790 Stock confirmation input screen

Claims (5)

POS terminals that are connected to each other via a first network at a plurality of stores in the same facility, and collect and manage sales data of products at the stores;
A store management terminal that receives and processes the sales data from a plurality of the POS terminals of the store;
A management server that manages information related to the product management of the store management terminal of a plurality of store groups, and a management system comprising:
The store management terminal
A sales data receiving unit for receiving the sales data from the POS terminal of the store;
A transmission unit for transmitting the sales data to the management server;
An information receiving unit for receiving store information including sales record data and inventory management data of the product from the management server;
A display unit for displaying the store information received by the information receiving unit;
An ordering data receiving unit for receiving ordering data of the product;
An ordering instruction unit for instructing the management server to order a product including the ordering data;
Including
The management server
Connected to the plurality of store management terminals via a second network;
A receiving unit that receives the sales data and the order data from the store management terminal of the plurality of stores via the second network;
Based on the sales data and the ordering data received by the receiving unit, a generating unit that generates store information including sales performance data and inventory data;
A store information storage unit for storing the sales data and the order data received by the receiving unit, and the store information generated by the generating unit;
Based on the order data stored in the store information storage unit and the sales data, a management unit that obtains inventory data of the product and manages it for each store;
An analysis unit for analyzing the store information for each store group;
A presentation unit for presenting the store information and the result of the analysis unit to the store management terminal via the second network;
Management system characterized by including. The management system according to claim 1,
Providing the management server as an application service provider device;
The application service provider device is:
A store information storage unit for storing the store information received from the store management terminal;
Including an information providing unit that provides store information including information on other stores to the store management terminal,
The store management terminal functions by receiving the store information provided by the application service provider device by the information receiving unit and displaying it on the display unit. In the management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The store management terminal
In the store, an input receiving unit that receives input of the sales data of the product;
A sales data storage unit for storing the sales data received by the input receiving unit;
Management system characterized by including. The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The store management terminal
Based on the sales data and the order data, a generation unit that generates store information including sales performance data and inventory data;
A store information storage unit that stores the sales data and the order data, and the store information generated by the generation unit;
A management unit that obtains inventory data of the product based on the order data and sales data stored in the store information storage unit and manages each product for each store. Connected to the management server via the network,
A sales data receiving unit for receiving sales data of the product at a store where the product is sold;
A transmission unit for transmitting the sales data to the management server;
An information receiving unit for receiving store information including sales record data and inventory management data of the product from the management server;
A display unit for displaying the store information received by the information receiving unit;
An ordering data receiving unit for receiving ordering data of the product;
An ordering instruction unit for instructing the management server to order a product including the ordering data;
A store management terminal comprising: