JP2007226539A - Data management device and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology allowing management of data on commodities for combined sale by easy operation. <P>SOLUTION: In this data management method for managing a price for combined sale of the plurality of commodities, commodity information showing the commodity for combined sale is stored associatively with set kind information showing the kind of a set and a configuration kind information showing a kind inside the set about the commodity information. When the inputted commodity information is associated with the same set kind information as the other precedingly inputted commodity information, and different configuration kind information, it is decided that the set is configured by the commodity information and the other commodity information. A discount amount of a commodity price is calculated in each the commodity information decided that it constitutes the set. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing prices of commodities sold as a set.

In today's distribution business, POS (Point of Sales) systems have become widely used in order to manage in real time on the data management server which products have been sold at each store. It is coming. Depending on the form of sale, multiple products may be handled as a set product and sold at a lower price than purchasing each product separately. Can be calculated in the POS system (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-5-204938

  In order to process a set product in the POS system according to the prior art, a user who inputs data from the POS terminal needs to input information indicating that the product to be registered in the POS system is to be handled as a set. There is. In a sales form in which merchandise data is sequentially input in response to an order from a customer at a store, the user needs to input again from the beginning when the set type itself is changed. In other words, the set type after the change must be input again, and then the product data must be input again. As described above, conventionally, in order to process a product discounted as a set with the POS system, the user is required to perform input processing in more procedures than when the product is processed as a single item. For the user, it is preferable that the input operation of the set product is simpler.

  An object of this invention is to provide the technique which can perform management of the data of the goods sold as a set by simple operation.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is a data management method for managing data on products sold as a set, wherein the product information indicating the products sold as a set indicates the type of the set Stored in association with set type information and configuration type information indicating the type of the product information in the set, and the input product information is the same set type as the other product information previously input When it is associated with information and different configuration type information, it is determined that the product information and other product information constitute a set, and the discount price of the product price is determined for each product information determined to constitute the set Is calculated.

  The product information is associated with the set type information and the configuration type information in advance, and the product information associated with the same set type information and different configuration type information among the product information input to the system is input first. If the product information is recognized, it is determined that the product information constitutes a set. A discount amount is assigned to each piece of product information determined to constitute a set.

  When it is determined that the input product information constitutes a set, the price of the product information is set based on the discount information associated with the product information prepared in advance, and the set is configured The sum of the discount amount of each product information to be calculated may be calculated as the total discount amount.

  The present invention is not limited to the above data management method. For example, the present invention includes a program to which the above data management method is applied, and an apparatus, a system, and the like provided with the program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to manage data of commodities sold as a set by a simple operation.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present embodiment. As an example of the data management system 1 that manages products together with their sales prices, a POS system will be described in the following description.

  The data management system 1 includes a plurality of terminals (POS terminals) 2 and a server 3 for managing product data. The terminal 2 includes an operation screen 21 and is a POS terminal device that is arranged at each store that sells products, for example, and a user such as an employee of the store inputs sales data at each store. The server 3 stores data necessary for input processing in each terminal 2, and processes data received from the terminal 2 based on the stored data. The server 3 includes an input unit 31, a storage unit 32, a registered product data storage area 33, a set discount data extraction unit 34, a set discount data storage region 35, a reference data setting unit 36, a discount determination unit 37, an output unit 38, and a product master. 39, a set discount master 40, a set discount master 41, and a control unit 42.

  The input unit 31 receives information input by the user via the operation screen 21 of the terminal 2. The storage unit 32 stores the data received via the input unit 31 in the work area. The registered product data storage area 33 is a work area for storing data input by the user. The set discount data extraction unit 34 extracts product data to be discounted from the product data stored in the registered product data storage area 33. The set discount data storage area 35 is a work area for storing product data extracted by the set discount data extraction unit 34 as a target of discount. The reference data setting unit 36 sets a product to be used as a reference when calculating the discount amount of each product constituting the set product. The discount determination unit 37 stores the product stored in the set discount data storage area 35. It is determined whether or not the data is to be discounted. The output unit 38 gives information indicating that the product sold as a set is a set product to the terminal 2 whose data is input to the server 3 and outputs various information. The product master 39, the set discount master 40, and the set discount master 41 each store information on products managed by the data management system 1, products to be sold in sets, and discounts on set products. The control unit 42 controls processing executed in each processing unit such as the storage unit 32, the set discount data extraction unit 34, the reference data setting unit 36, and the discount determination unit 37.

  In the data management system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the input product constitutes a set, and when product data about the product that can constitute the set is input, the set is further set. Calculate the price of the product when sold at. The price of a product when sold in a set here is an amount obtained by subtracting a discount amount allocated in advance for each product for the products constituting the set. In other words, instead of discounting from the total price of the unit price as a set discount amount for a certain amount set based on the type of set, etc., the discount amount set in advance for each product of the set is subtracted from the unit price The price is the price of each product. Hereinafter, a method for setting a price for a product sold as a set will be specifically described.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the process of discounting the set product, which is executed in the data management system 1 according to the present embodiment. The process shown in FIG. 2 is executed each time certain product data is input from the terminal 2 of the data management system 1 to the server 3.

  First, when product data for one product is input in step S1, if the product is to be set in step S2, the product data for the set discount is determined to be a candidate for the product constituting the set. As the work area. In step S3, product data to be used as “reference data” is set out of the set discount product data. Here, the reference data refers to product data provided for discounting a predetermined discount amount from the price of another product to be combined when sold as a set in combination with another product. In the embodiment, the reference data is not discounted. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the discount is combined with the reference data by the discount determination, the price obtained by subtracting the discount amount is set for the product to be discounted, and the result is displayed on the operation screen 21 of the terminal 2 in step S5. Output and finish the process.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the product master 39 of the server 3. The product master 39 in FIG. 3 stores menu name (product name) information and unit price information in association with the product code for each product. The product code is product identification information provided for each product managed in the data management system 1. The menu name is the name of the product displayed on the operation screen 21 when the user of the terminal 2 specifies the product. The unit price information represents a price when the product is sold as a single item.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data related to the set product according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the set discount master 40. The set discount master 40 stores information related to products sold in combination with other products as a set product, a product code for the product to be discounted, a set type code associated with each product code, and a set hierarchy code And a discount code.

  The set type code is information for identifying the type of the set, and the maximum number of products constituting the set is defined by the set type code. The set hierarchy code is information for distinguishing products composing each set according to the environment in which the data management system 1 is used. In the embodiment, among the products whose set type code is “1”, for drinks, “1” is set as the set hierarchy code, “2” is set as the set hierarchy code for the main menu of the set, etc. For side menus such as soup, “3” is set as the set hierarchy code. The discount code is code information for determining a discount amount when the product is sold as a set.

  FIG. 4B is a data configuration example of a table that defines the number of products constituting the set. The maximum number of products constituting each set is defined in association with the set type. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4B, the set with the set type “1” has a maximum number of products of 4, and the set with the set type “2” has a maximum number of products of 2. As shown in FIG. 4A, the products constituting the set with the set type “1” are divided into four layers from “1” to “4” as shown in FIG. 4A. A set composed of products of type “1” includes one product from each set hierarchy.

  FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the set discount master 41. The set discount master 41 stores information about the name of the set product (“set discount name” information in FIG. 4C) and discount information for each set product in association with the discount code. Yes. The discount code corresponds to the discount code of the set discount master 40 in FIG. For the products to be set stored in the set discount master 40, when the set price is calculated by subtracting the discount amount from the price information stored in the product master 39, the discount code of the set discount master 41 is used as a key. The discount amount is referred to as

  With reference to the information stored in the product master 39, the set discount master 40, and the set discount master 41 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the product data input from the terminal 2 is the target of the set discount. For goods, discounts are made for each product. The product data input from the terminal 2 is first stored in the registered product data storage area 33, and the product data determined to be the target of set discount is extracted as set discount data and stored in the set discount storage area 35. . For discountable products, information such as a discount amount is given, and the sales price is displayed on the operation screen 21 of the terminal 2. Hereinafter, the data structure of the registered product data storage area 33 for storing product data registered in the data management system 1 and the set discount data storage area 35 for storing product data to be discounted will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing data stored in the set discount data storage area 35. As shown in FIG. 5, in addition to the product code, the set type code, the set hierarchy code, and the discount code, establishment number information is stored. By executing the above price determination method, data is stored in the discount code and the established number. The number of established items is information given to products combined as a set product, and products having the same established number information are composed of products of the same set type and different set hierarchies. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 15A to be described later, three items of product codes “0001”, “1354”, and “2258” in which “1” is stored as the establishment number information are shown in FIG. As shown in the set discount master 40), the set type is “1” and the set layers are “1”, “2”, and “4”, respectively.

  As described above, according to the data management system 1 according to the present embodiment, with respect to the product data input via the terminal 2, a product that can be set discounted with reference to the product master 39 and the set discount master 40. When there is a product with the same set type code and different set hierarchy from the extracted products, the set discount master 41 stores the products with the set hierarchy of “2” or more in advance. A discount is made based on the discount amount information.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing data stored in the registered product data storage area 33. Menu name (product name) information, unit price, set discount name information, discount amount information, and establishment code information corresponding to the product code are stored. Among the registered merchandise data, the set discount name information, the discount amount, and the establishment code information are stored based on the information stored in the set discount data storage area 35 shown in FIG. Since the information other than the formation code information is as described above, the description thereof is omitted here.

  The formation code information is a code given to a product to be sold as a set and a product that can be sold as a set, and for products of different set hierarchies within the same set type determined to be able to constitute a set. , The same code number is assigned. Here, the set sale “possible” product refers to the new product data when the product data newly stored in the registered product data storage area 33 is product data belonging to another hierarchy with the same set type. Suppose that the goods which can comprise a set are said. In the embodiment, “NO” is set in the formation code for products that can be sold as a set by further inputting reference data.

  FIG. 7 is an example of the operation screen 21 of the terminal 2. FIG. 7 shows an initial screen before product data is input. In the lower part 52 of the screen, menu name information among the product data stored in the product master 39 is displayed. In the embodiment, the tabs are divided into “food” and “drink” tabs, and are displayed in a format that is easy for the user to input according to, for example, the classification of the product. For example, the screen is a touch panel or the like, and the user inputs product data based on the menu name information according to the customer's order via the screen of FIG.

  In the upper part 51 of the screen, the menu name and price information of the product designated by the user from the menu name shown in the lower part 52 of the screen are displayed. As for the price, the set name and the price after discount for the commodities constituting the set are displayed. In addition, as shown in the example shown in FIG. 7, the unit price and the discount amount may be displayed, or the subtotal, the deposit amount, the fishing amount, and the like may be displayed.

  FIG. 8 is an example of a screen when product data is input. FIG. 8A shows a screen when “bagel” is further input while “blend” is input. In the embodiment, since blended coffee and bagels are not sold as a set, each unit price is displayed in the total amount column.

  FIG. 8B is a screen display example when product data is further input for “rare cheese”. As shown in FIG. 3, the product code of the rare cheesecake is “1354”. When the set discount master 40 in FIG. 4A is searched using the product code as a key, the set type is “1”, the set hierarchy is “2”, and the discount code is “1365”. That is, the rare cheesecake with the product code “1354” can be sold as a set in combination with the blended coffee whose set type is “1” and the set hierarchy is “1”, and the discount amount is shown in FIG. It is obtained by searching the set discount master 41. According to FIG. 4C, the set with the discount code “1365” has the set name “cake set B” and the discount amount “46 yen”. Therefore, on the operation screen 21 of the terminal 2, the rare cheese cake whose input number is “No. 3” is a product of cake set B, and the price is reduced to “46 yen” from the unit price “350 yen” of the rare cheese cake. Information indicating that the discounted “304 yen” is the price of the rare cheesecake is displayed. In addition, in order to indicate that the blended coffee and the rare cheesecake are products of the same set, the same “S1” character is displayed in each set information.

  Although not shown in FIG. 8, as described in FIG. 6, “NO” characters or the like are displayed on the operation screen 21 for product data that can constitute a set depending on product data that is further input. Then, the user can be notified that the set discount can be performed. Thereby, the user can input the product data more easily.

  In addition to displaying “S1” as described above, the set information may be an icon, a symbol, a color classification, or the like as long as it is a display showing the products combined as a set in the registered product data.

  Hereinafter, based on the product data transmitted from the terminal 2 to the server 3 via the operation screen 21, a process for setting the price for each product is executed, and the execution result is displayed as in the example of FIG. The processing will be specifically described.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process for extracting set discount data from registered product data. A series of processes shown in FIG. 9 corresponds to the process of step S2 in FIG.
First, in step S11, all the product data stored in the registered product data storage area 33 are extracted. FIG. 10A is a diagram for explaining data stored in the registered product data storage area 33, which is referred to in the process of step S11. Based on the information stored in the product master 39 of FIG. 3, the product code, menu name, and unit price information are stored. Since the set discount determination has not yet been executed, no data has been stored yet for the set discount name, the discount amount, and the establishment code.

  In step S12, the set type code is acquired from the set discount master 40 using the product code of the registered product data as a key, and grouped for each set type code. In step S13, the set hierarchy code is acquired from the set discount master 40 and grouped for each set hierarchy code. FIG. 10B is a diagram for explaining a state in which the set type code and the set hierarchy code are read and associated with the product code. A set type code and a set hierarchy code acquired with reference to the set discount master 40 are stored.

  In step S14, the product data for which the set type code and the set hierarchy code have been acquired are rearranged in ascending order of the product code and stored in the set discount data storage area 35. FIG. 10C is a diagram for explaining data stored in the set discount data storage area 35 by executing the processing shown in FIG. The product data is sorted for each set type code and set hierarchy code.

  The process of step S13 is executed for product data having the same set type code, and the process of step S14 is executed for product data having the same set type code and the same set hierarchy code. When the product data sorting process is completed for the code, the process ends.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing for setting reference data as a reference for setting a set price. A series of processes shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to the process of step S3 of FIG. In the following description, the set type is M, the set hierarchy is N, and among the registered products, the established number indicating the number of established sets is L (M, N, and L are integers of 0 or more). .

  First, in step S21, the value of the set type M is initialized. When the set type M is incremented by 1, one item of product data stored in the set discount data storage area 35 is acquired in step S22. In step S23, the acquired product data has the set type "M" Hierarchy N determines whether or not N = 1 is satisfied. If the conditions for the set type and set hierarchy of the acquired product data are not satisfied, no processing is performed. If the conditions are satisfied, the process proceeds to step S24, and the discount code of the product data acquired in step S22 is used as the reference data. “0000” representing the existence is stored. Hereinafter, with respect to the processing from step S22 to step S23, when the processing is executed for all the set types until the product data having the set hierarchy N of 2 or more is acquired in step S22 among the sorted set discount data, FIG. Terminate the process.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the set discount data after setting the reference data. In the example shown in FIG. 12, for the product data of product codes “0001”, “0002”, “2790”, and “2800”, the set hierarchy is “N = 1” in each set type. It is set as reference data in the process, and the code “0000” indicating that the product data is reference data is stored in the discount code.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the discount determination process. A series of processes shown in FIG. 13 corresponds to the process of step S4 of FIG. Further, in the set discount data storage area 35 when the processing of FIG. 13 is started, as described with reference to FIG. 12, the product code, the set type, the set hierarchy, and the reference data discount code are stored. Although data is stored, no data has been stored yet for the discount codes for product data having a set hierarchy of “2” or more and the number of formation codes for all product data.

  First, in step S31, the set type M and the established number L are initialized. When 1 is added for the set type M, the process proceeds to step S32. In step S32, "0000" is set as a discount code, and one item of product data for which no value has been stored in the number-of-establishment data is acquired. The acquired product data is referred to as product data A. Here, the product data for which the value is not yet stored in the number of formations indicates that the determination as to whether or not to reduce the set price has yet been performed. For example, in the case of the set type M = 0, among the data shown in FIG. 12, the first product data (product data of product code “0001”, set type “1”, set hierarchy “1”, discount code “0000”) ) Is taken out as product data A. FIG. 14A shows an example of the extracted product data A.

  In step S33, it is determined whether or not product data satisfying the above conditions has been acquired. If the product data has not been acquired, the set type M is incremented by 1, and the same processing is repeated for the next set type. If the product data satisfying the conditions has been acquired, the process proceeds to step S34.

  In step S34, “1”, which is the lowest layer, is set as the set hierarchy N. In step S35, a process for extracting a product in which the set product data is set is executed, and the process proceeds to step S36. If there is product data belonging to the same set type and having a set hierarchy of 2 or more by the processing of step S35, the product is determined to be a product data A and a set, and the number-of-establishment information indicating the set is set. Is done. Although details will be described later with reference to FIG. 16, by executing the processing of FIG. 16, for example, the product data with the product code “0001” and the product data to be set discounted are extracted, and the extracted product data The discount code and the number of establishments are sequentially set.

  In step S 36, the same value as the established number L is assigned to the product data A and the product data determined to be set, and the value is stored in the set discount data storage area 35. FIG. 15A shows set discount data obtained by executing step S36 when the product data corresponding to the product code “0001” is the product data A. Product code “1354” of the set hierarchy M = 2 among product data having the same set type (M = 1) as the product data A of the product code “0001” and the set hierarchy M = 1 and the set hierarchy M being two or more. ”And two product data of the product code“ 2258 ”of the set hierarchy M = 4, the establishment number L = 1 is set. By setting establishment number information in the product data A, the product data A indicates that the discount determination process has been completed.

  In step S37, the product data in which the same value is stored as the establishment number L is extracted from the set discount data storage area 35, and in step S38, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired product data exceeds 1. FIG. 15B shows the product data of the establishment number L = 1 extracted from the set discount data storage area 35 in the above step S37. Since there are two or more product data with the establishment number L = 1, it is determined that a set price should be set for product data with the establishment number L = 1 and the set hierarchy N being two or more. If the number of product data of the established number L does not exceed 1, no particular processing is performed. However, if there are two or more product data of the established number L, in step S39, a set discount is applied to the acquired product data. The set discount name information and the discount amount information are extracted from the master 41 using the discount code as a key. FIG. 15C shows the discount code of the product data B and the set discount name information and the discount information extracted from the set discount master 41 using the discount code as a key in the above step S39. The information shown in FIG. 15C is stored in the registered product data storage area 33 in the process of step S40.

  In step S40, the acquired set discount name information, discount amount information, and establishment code are stored. FIG. 15D shows registered product data obtained by executing the process of step S40. FIG. 15D shows a state in which set discount name information, discount amount, and establishment code of product data to be discounted for the product data of the product code “0001” are stored. Thereafter, information about the set discount name, the discount amount, and the establishment code is sequentially stored for the product data for which the discount determination is performed for the other reference data. In step S41, 1 is added to the establishment number L, and the process returns to step S32. Thereafter, when the processing from step S32 to step S41 is executed for all set types, the processing ends.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a process for extracting a set product. The process shown in FIG. 16 corresponds to the set product extraction process in step S35 described above.
First, when 1 is added to the set hierarchy N, in step S51, the product data that has the same set type (M) as the product data A and has not yet been stored in the set hierarchy N and the number of formations is set to the set discount data storage area. 35. The product data acquired here is product data B. The product data B has the same set type as the product data A, and the set hierarchy is a product different from the product data A, so that a set can be configured in combination with the product data A. In the case of the set type M = 1, first, the product data (product code “1354”) stored in the upper part of the set discount data storage area 35 with the product data of the set hierarchy N = 2 is extracted as the product data B. . FIG. 14B is an example of the extracted product data B.

  In step S52, it is determined whether or not product data satisfying the condition of step S51 has been acquired. If it cannot be acquired, no particular process is performed. If it can be acquired, the process proceeds to step S53, and the discount code is read from the set discount master 40 using the product code for the acquired product data B as a key. In step S54, a discount code and establishment number information are stored in the set discount data storage area 35 for the product data B. As shown in FIG. 12C and FIG. 12D, for example, “1365” as the discount code and “1” as the establishment number information are sequentially stored in the product data of the product code “1354”. The product data in which the establishment number information is stored indicates that the discount process has been performed. Thereafter, for the product data of the set type M, the same processing from step S51 to step S54 is repeated for all set layers, and the processing is terminated.

  By executing the above processing, the product data to be discounted is extracted from the product data registered in the registered product data storage area 33 of the server 3 via the terminal 2 and stored in the set discount data storage area 35. Store. For the product data stored in the set discount data storage area 35, it is determined whether or not the set discount can be performed based on the information stored in the set discount master 40. For products that can be set discounted, a value such as a discount amount stored in the set discount master 40 is determined for each product to be discounted based on information stored in the set discount master 41.

  As described above, according to the data management method according to the present embodiment, for products whose product data is stored in the set discount master 40, that is, products that constitute a set, a discount amount is set in advance for each product. The set product is composed of products having the same set type code and different set hierarchy codes.

  In this embodiment, the product data in which “1” is set as the set layer code is used as a reference, and the product data in which a value of 2 or more is set in the set layer code is discounted. Not limited to. For example, depending on the configuration of the set discount master 40, it has the same set type code as the product data with reference to the product data for which the smallest value is set in the set hierarchy code among the input product data, and The product data for which a value larger than the set product hierarchy code of the reference product data is set may be discounted. That is, according to the price setting method for a product, a set price can be set even for a product sold as a set even if the product does not have a predetermined number of products. Moreover, since the user of the data management system 1 does not need to input that it is a set product before inputting each product data, a user's input operation can be simplified.

  In the above embodiment, the set discount is executed by determining the product to be set discount based on the discount code associated with the product code. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the set discount is executed in the same manner as described above by setting the classification subject to discount according to the commodity classification for classifying the commodity and providing the information table for the non-target commodity codes. be able to. Hereinafter, a description will be given of a method of discounting the products constituting the set when each product is classified according to the product category to which the product belongs and the discount amount is set according to the product classification.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of other data stored in various masters managed in the server 3. FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product classification master. In the product category master, product name codes and category name information are stored in association with the category codes. The product classification code is information for identifying the product classification set by the administrator of the data management system 1 according to, for example, the category and type of the product.

  FIG. 17B is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product master. The difference from the product master 39 in FIG. 3 is that each product is classified into one of the product categories, and a classification code is assigned to each product data.

  FIG. 17C shows the data structure of the set discount master. As with the set discount master 40 in FIG. 4A, the set type code, the set hierarchy code, and the discount code are stored. The information stored as the code information is a classification code or a product code here. It is. When a code number consisting of 2 digits is stored as the code information, it indicates a product classification code, whereas when a code number consisting of 4 digits is stored, it indicates a product code.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a data structure stored in the set discount data storage area 35. Compared to the data structure of FIG. 5, the only difference is that a product classification code is added. As described above, the product type data that is not subject to discount is not stored in the set discount data storage area 35 because the data of the set type code and the set hierarchy code are deleted.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a data structure stored in the registered product data storage area 33. Compared with the registered product data corresponding to the previous embodiment, it is different in that a classification code is added. Based on the set discount data in FIG. 18, the set discount name information, the discount amount information, and the establishment code are stored for the product data to be discounted.

  In the method of setting the price of the product that constitutes the set that specifies the discount target based on the classification code, refer to the information stored in the set discount master and the product code that is not eligible for discount The data other than the data is extracted as a set candidate and the product data is stored in the set discount data storage area 35. Hereinafter, differences from the above embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing processing for extracting set discount data according to the present embodiment. The processing from step S61 to step S64 corresponds to the processing from step S11 to step S14 in FIG. 7, and the same processing is executed. At the stage where the execution of the processing up to step S64 is completed, the set type and set hierarchy are read from the set discount master using the code information including the classification code as a key, and are grouped. For this reason, even if the product is not discounted, it is extracted from the registered product data, and the set type and set hierarchy are set based on the information of the set discount master. Accordingly, in step S65, the code information about the product that is not discounted is read from the set discount master, and the set type code and the set hierarchy code are deleted for the corresponding product data. Whether the set discount master code represents a classification code or a commodity code that is not a discount target is identified by the number of digits of the code as described above.

  For product data that is not subject to discounting, if the data for the set type and set hierarchy is deleted, in step S66, as with step S14 in FIG. Data is stored in the set discount data storage area 35 in ascending order of the code, and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a data structure of each work area associated with the set discount data extraction process according to the present embodiment. FIG. 21A is a diagram showing a data structure of the registered product data storage area 33 referred to in step S61. In the set discount method described above, FIG. 21 (a) corresponds to FIG. 10 (a). The difference between the two data structures is that a classification code is further assigned in FIG.

  FIG. 21B is a diagram for explaining a state in which the set type code and the set hierarchy code read based on the classification code are associated with each product code. Since the set type and set hierarchy are read from the set discount master based on the classification code, for example, the product with the product code “1201” is stored in the set discount master as a product not subject to discount. Regardless, set type and set hierarchy information is set. Therefore, as described above, for the product with the product code “1201” based on the 4-digit code information stored in the set discount master in the process of step S65 in FIG. Deleted. As a result, merchandise data that is not targeted for discount in a set is excluded from processing in subsequent reference data setting processing and discount determination processing.

  FIG. 21C is a diagram illustrating a state in which product data to be discounted is stored in the set discount data storage area 35. In the process of step S65 in FIG. 20, since the data of the set type and the set hierarchy is deleted for the product data that is not subject to discount, the product data that does not have these data is considered to be excluded from the discount. It is not stored in the data storage area 35.

Subsequent reference data set processing and discount determination processing are the same as the processing according to the above-described embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
As described above, even when the discount amount is set according to the product category indicating the category to which the product belongs, the set discount process is executed as in the previous embodiment.
(Appendix 1)
A data management method for managing data on products sold as a set,
Commodity information indicating the product to be sold as a set is stored in association with set type information indicating the type of the set and configuration type information indicating the type in the set for the product information,
When the input product information is associated with the same set type information and different configuration type information as other previously input product information, the product information and other product information are set. Is determined to constitute,
A data management method comprising: processing for calculating a discount amount of a product price for each product information determined to constitute the set.
(Appendix 2)
When it is determined that the input product information constitutes a set, the price of the product information is set based on the discount amount information associated with the product information prepared in advance,
The data management method according to claim 1, further comprising: a process of calculating a total discount amount of each piece of product information constituting the set as a total discount amount.
(Appendix 3)
A process of setting reference product information to be used as a reference when calculating discounts for other product information with reference to the configuration type information;
If the same set type information as the reference product information and the product information associated with different configuration type information are newly input when the reference product information is input first, the newly input The data management method according to claim 2, wherein a price is set for the product information based on the discount information.
(Appendix 4)
The data management method according to appendix 3, wherein the set type information is associated with prescribed number information that defines the maximum number of products that constitute the set.
(Appendix 5)
The product information determined to constitute the set is provided with information indicating that the set has been established,
The information indicating that the reference product information is not input is added to the product information determined to constitute the set by further inputting the reference product information. Data management method.
(Appendix 6)
A data management method for managing data on products sold as a set,
The classification information for classifying the product information indicating the set sold product is stored in association with the set type information indicating the type of the set and the configuration type information indicating the type in the set for the classification information. And
Among the product information, store excluded product information indicating products to be excluded from set sales,
The classification information for the input product information is associated with the same set type information and different configuration type information as the classification information for the other previously input product information, and the product information is not the excluded product information. When it is determined that the product information and other product information constitute a set,
A data management method comprising: processing for calculating a discount amount of a product price for each product information determined to constitute the set.
(Appendix 7)
A data management device for managing data on products sold as a set,
Set product information storage means for storing the product information indicating the product to be sold in a set in association with set type information indicating the type of the set and configuration type information indicating the type of the product information in the set; ,
When the product information input to the data management device has the same set type information as the other product information previously input and has different configuration type information, the product information and other products Determination means for determining that the information and the information constitute a set;
A data management apparatus comprising: a calculation unit that calculates a discount price of a product price for each product information determined to constitute a set by the determination unit.

It is a system configuration figure concerning an embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the basic operation | movement about the process which discounts set goods. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data stored in the goods master which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data regarding the set goods which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data stored in a set discount data storage area. It is a figure which shows the data stored in a registration merchandise data storage area. It is an example of the operation screen of a terminal. It is an example of a screen when product data is input. It is the flowchart which showed the process which extracts set discount data. It is a figure for demonstrating the process which extracts set discount data. It is the flowchart which showed the process which sets reference | standard data. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the set discount data after setting reference | standard data. It is the flowchart which showed the process of discount determination. It is FIG. (1) for demonstrating a discount determination process. It is FIG. (2) for demonstrating a discount determination process. It is the flowchart which showed the process which extracts set goods. It is the figure which showed the example of a structure of the other data stored in various masters. It is a figure which shows the other data structure stored in a set discount data storage area. It is a figure which shows the other data structure stored in a registration goods data storage area. It is a flowchart which shows the process which extracts the set discount data which concern on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of each work area which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Data management system 2 Terminal 3 Server 21 Operation screen 31 Input part 32 Storage part 33 Registered merchandise data storage area 34 Set discount data extraction part 35 Set discount data storage area 36 Reference data setting part 37 Discount determination part 38 Output part 39 Product master 40 set discount master 41 set discount master

Claims (3)

A data management method for managing data on products sold as a set,
Commodity information indicating the product to be sold as a set is stored in association with set type information indicating the type of the set and configuration type information indicating the type in the set for the product information,
When the input product information is associated with the same set type information and different configuration type information as other previously input product information, the product information and other product information are set. Is determined to constitute,
A data management method comprising: processing for calculating a discount amount of a product price for each product information determined to constitute the set. When it is determined that the input product information constitutes a set, the price of the product information is set based on the discount amount information associated with the product information prepared in advance,
The data management method according to claim 1, further comprising: a process of calculating a total discount amount of each piece of product information constituting the set as a total discount amount. A data management device for managing data on products sold as a set,
Set product information storage means for storing the product information indicating the product to be sold in a set in association with set type information indicating the type of the set and configuration type information indicating the type of the product information in the set; ,
When the product information input to the data management device has the same set type information as the other product information previously input and has different configuration type information, the product information and other products Determination means for determining that the information and the information constitute a set;
A data management apparatus comprising: a calculation unit that calculates a discount price of a product price for each product information determined to constitute a set by the determination unit.