JP2007293436A - Article sale management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily respond to preferential treatment in a tax system without requiring tax rate setting or the like for every article by a dealer side. <P>SOLUTION: The article sale management system has a maker server 12 managed by a maker and a distribution server 13 managed by a distribution side company connected via a network 10 to an administrative agency server 11 managed by an administrative agency that sets the tax rate of the article and manages the article for preferential treatment in tax system accompanied by the registration of a purchaser. The maker server 12 adds a medium recording a maker name, tax rate information, model form information, and identification information of an individual article to each manufactured article, and informs the administrative agency server 11 of various information about the preferential treatment article. The distribution server 13 is connected with a plurality of terminals 21 for reading the tax rate information from the medium of the article in selling the article and performing the accounting. Especially, when the article is a preferential treatment article, the distribution server 13 acquires information read from the medium and purchaser information from the terminal 21, informs the administrative agency server 11, and registers it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales management system suitable for handling merchandise with different consumption tax rates using a POS system.

  In general, many shops recognize a product as sold by reading a barcode attached or printed on the product with a dedicated reading device provided in a register machine, and charge the product.

  In that case, the bar code indicates information for identifying the product, and the information read from the bar code is charged by the register unit on the basis of a preset unit price and information indicating the tax rate of the product genre. It is a mechanism to do.

  In this type of register machine, before unifying so that all retail prices are displayed including tax as at present, products with external tax, internal tax and tax exemption were mixed with the displayed main unit price. . For this reason, there has been a technology that has been developed so that the same amount of consumption tax can always be charged regardless of the registration order of the products when the same products are sold.

For example, a product master that holds a tax type code that indicates the type of consumption tax corresponding to a product code and a tax master that can hold the contents of tax and discount priority for each tax type code are set on the RAM of the POS terminal. In addition, a transaction summary file is created that aggregates the prices of products input by the data input means for each sales by tax type code, and after the input of sales information of all products is completed by the data input means, the transaction summary is calculated. Subtract the discount amount entered by the data input means from the aggregate amount for each tax type code collected in the file in the order of discount priority in the tax master, and after the discount amount is deducted This is a technique for calculating a tax amount for each tax type code based on a price. (For example, Patent Document 1)
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-283570

  As described above, the bar code indicates only information for specifying the product, and in a store where the sales product is input to the register machine by reading the bar code, the unit price and the tax rate corresponding to the product in advance. And must be registered.

  Even in the technique described in the above-mentioned patent document, it is necessary to previously store a product master and a tax master in a RAM in a register which is a POS terminal.

  As described above, in the product management system using a barcode that has been widely used in the past, a prior registration process including setting of a tax rate is necessary, which is troublesome for retailers. .

  For this reason, the burden of operating the burden increases, for example, a significant setting change on the system is required especially during the tax rate modification period.

  For products that have tax incentives, such as a garbage disposal machine, which is one of household appliances, the barcode added to the product only identifies the product. Since it does not indicate the individual product, it is not possible to take a procedure such as automatically performing a charging process considering the preferential treatment at the time of purchase.

  Therefore, in order to receive the above-mentioned preferential treatment, the purchaser submits a prescribed document in which the device model type, serial number, etc. are filled in after the purchase to the government agency, and then a part of the purchase price is returned. It takes a lot of time and effort to get them, and this is one factor that hinders the promotion of the purpose of setting preferential treatment for the product.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is that it is not necessary for the retailer to set a tax rate for each product, and it is also easy for tax incentives. The object is to provide a merchandise sales management system capable of promoting sales correspondingly.

The invention described in claim 1 is an administrative institution server operated by an administrative institution that manages a commodity that can be taxed by setting a tax rate for a product manufactured by a manufacturer and accompanied by purchaser registration. A product having a maker server device operated by a manufacturer that manufactures products, and a distribution server device operated by a distribution company that distributes products purchased from the manufacturers and sells them to consumers, each connected to the device via a network In the sales management system, for each product to be manufactured, the manufacturer server device stores at least a manufacturer name, tax rate information indicating the tax rate of the product, information indicating the model type of the product, and identification information of the individual product. Information on at least the manufacturer's name and the model type of the product regarding the product that can be added and receive the tax incentives above And the distribution server device connected to a terminal that reads the information indicating the tax rate from the medium attached to the product at the time of sale of the product and performs the accounting process. If the product to be sold is a product that can receive the above-mentioned preferential treatment, the information read from the medium attached to the product and the information indicating the purchaser are obtained from the terminal, and the administrative agency The server device is notified and registered.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the tax rate information recorded on the medium added for each product manufactured by the maker server device includes tax rate information for a limited period and tax rates other than the period. It is characterized by including information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the terminal connected to the distribution server device is a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal.

  The invention described in claim 4 is the invention described in claim 1, characterized in that the medium added by the manufacturer for each product is an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology. To do.

  According to the invention described in claim 1, it is not necessary to set a tax rate for each product on the retailer side, and for a product for which a tax incentive is set when the product is sold, Since the corresponding billing process can be performed, it is possible to promote the sale of the product.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, it is possible to cope with a temporary tax incentive with a limited period and a tax rate modification period.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, registration processing with a governmental organization for the purchase of goods for which tax incentives are set can be immediately executed, While the burden on the merchant can be further reduced, merchandise management can be made more efficient at the relatively large retailers who have already introduced the POS system.

  In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the invention described in claim 4 can easily rewrite the information recorded on the medium added to the merchandise on the distribution side including the retailer without contact. Therefore, not only can the tax rate change period be dealt with, but it is also possible to easily deal with situations in which the distribution side has some characteristics, such as upgrading the firmware of electrical appliances. It can be used for various services.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the entire merchandise sales management system including the distribution side adopting the POS system. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an Internet as a WAN (Wide Area Network), and an administrative institution server 11, a manufacturer server 12, and a distribution server 13 are interconnected via the Internet 10, for example, WWW (World Wide Web). Send and receive data to and from each other using the website.

  The administrative institution server 11 connects the administrative institution database (DB) 11D and sets tax rates for each of the products manufactured by many manufacturers, while receiving tax incentives particularly with purchaser registration. It is run by an administrative agency that manages products.

  In the administrative institution database 11D, a large number of tax rate information for the manufacturer name and format information of the product is stored and set, and for the product for which preferential treatment in the tax system is given, registration information of the product corresponding to the purchaser is also stored.

  The maker server 12 is connected to a maker database (DB) 12D and is operated by a manufacturer that manufactures products, and ships with an IC tag to be described later for each manufactured product. For manufactured products that can receive preferential treatment, at least the manufacturer name, information indicating the model type of the product, and product individual identification information are notified to the administrative institution server 11 and registered in the institutional database 11D.

  The distribution server 13 is connected to a purchase / sales database 13D for performing sales management and inventory management, and is installed in the headquarters company offices of a plurality of stores that are chain-developed, and has its own POS (Point Of Sales) system. The POS system is always connected to the POS terminals 21, 21,... Installed in the stores via the network 20.

  Each POS terminal 21, 21,... Reads an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology attached to a product, and rewrites the contents as necessary. An IC tag reader / writer (not shown) is connected.

  The hardware configuration of each of the servers 11 to 13 and the databases 11D to 13D connected thereto and the individual POS terminals 21, 21,... Constituting the POS system is basically a general one. Therefore, the illustration and description of those configurations are both omitted here.

  Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows a sale executed by reading information in the IC tag of the product with the IC tag reader / writer of the POS terminal 21 when the product is sold at one of the POS terminals 21, 21,. It shows the flow of processing.

  Initially, the information stored in the IC tag is read (step S01). In principle, the information stored in the IC tag is given from the manufacturer server 12 when the product is manufactured by the manufacturer.

  Specific information to be read includes, for example, a product manufacturer name, model type (model number), serial number for identifying an individual, preferential information, tax rate information with period information, tax rate information outside the period, and production period It shall have information.

  Of these, the preferential information is set when the product is preferentially treated under the tax system in exchange for registering the purchaser.

  Tax rate information with period information is set when the above preferential information is set, especially when the period of preferential treatment is limited, information on the start and end dates of that period However, if it is not limited, information not specifying a specific date is added, and the specific content of the preferential treatment tax rate, for example, “−20 (%)” (or a uniform reduction value “−” “5000 (yen)”.

  The tax rate information outside the period is not allowed to be registered in the administrative institution database 11D of the administrative institution server 11 even with the normal tax rate information of the product for which the preferential information is not set and the product for which the preferential information is set. In this case, for example, it is composed of information on a tax rate when a limited period is exceeded or a plurality of the same products are purchased.

  In this way, the POS terminal 21 that has read various information from the IC tag attached to the product sets a sales price in which the consumption tax is added to the main body price based on the read out-of-period tax rate information (step S02). ).

  Next, it is determined whether or not preferential information is set in the information read from the IC tag (step S03).

  If it is determined that the preferential information has been set, it is further determined whether or not it is within the period corresponding to the preferential treatment based on the tax rate information with the period information of the trap set (step S04). ).

  If the period of preferential treatment is limited and it is judged that it is within that period, or if information that does not specify a specific date is added because the period is not limited, it falls under preferential treatment The distribution server 13 notifies the administrative institution server 11 that the product will be sold via the Internet 10 (step S05), and is set in advance with the administrative institution server 11 thereafter. The registered sales registration process is performed (step S06).

  In this case, in particular, when the purchaser of this product is a member registered as a member of the store, the member card is presented, and the purchaser's name is searched by searching the purchase / sales database 13D using the ID information of the member card. In order to simplify the work related to the purchaser registration as necessary, such as reading out an address, etc., the administrative server 11 stores information on the purchaser and information read from the IC tag of the product, specifically, The manufacturer name, model type (model number) of the product, and serial number for identifying the individual are sent at least, and the administrative institution server 11 determines whether to register.

  It is determined whether or not registration is possible according to the response from the administrative institution server 11 (step S07).

  When it is determined that registration is possible, the registration certificate is sent to the purchaser of this product by a printer (not shown) on the POS terminal 21 side based on the registration authentication number sent from the administrative institution server 11 side together with the registration permission information. On the other hand (step S08), the product price reduction setting process is performed based on the tax rate information with the period information (step S09).

  In this way, when goods with tax incentives are purchased and the period is limited, the purchaser does not interfere with the conditions set on the administrative institution server 11 side within the limited period The purchase price is automatically reduced based on the preferential treatment.

  Thereafter, when predetermined charging processing such as payment of cash or settlement by credit card is performed between the purchaser of this product and the store clerk handling the POS terminal 21 (step S11), a series of the above is performed. The processing at the POS terminal 21 is mainly terminated.

  If it is determined in step S03 that preferential information has not been set in the information read from the IC tag of the purchased product, and preferential information has been set in step S04, the relevant period has been exceeded. If it is determined that it is, the preferential treatment cannot be used, so that the processing in steps S05 to S09 is not performed, and as a result, the set price based on the tax rate information outside the period set in step S02 first. The process proceeds to step S11 using and the billing process is executed.

  In addition, if it is determined in step S07 that the product is a product that is a preferential measure and is within the period that corresponds to the measure, but registration is not permitted from the administrative institution server 11 side, for example, purchase If the number is limited to 1 and the purchase is for the second time, or if the purchaser's address is not the local government where the preferential treatment is set, the preferential treatment shall be applied. Is displayed on the display unit of the POS terminal 21 together with the reason (step S10), the above steps S08 and S09 are not performed, and as a result, the tax rate outside the period set in step S02 is initially set. Proceeding to step S11 using the set price based on the information, billing processing is executed.

  In this way, there is no need to set the tax rate for each product on the distribution side (retailer side) that sells the product, and for products that have tax incentives set at the time of product sales Since the billing process with the measures applied can be performed automatically, the burden on the purchaser side can be particularly reduced and the product can be easily purchased. As a result, the sale of the product can be promoted. .

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the tax rate information recorded on the medium (IC tag) added for every product to manufacture shall include the tax rate information which limited the period, and the tax rate information other than the said period, and limited a period. It is possible to flexibly cope with temporary tax incentives and the tax rate change period.

  In addition, since the distribution server 13 constitutes the POS system with the POS terminals 21, 21,... Via the POS system network 20, the administrative institution server for the purchase of goods for which tax incentives are set. 11 can be executed at the same time as the purchase, and the burden on the purchaser can be further reduced, while merchandise management can be made more efficient at relatively large retailers who already have a POS system installed. .

  Furthermore, the medium added to each product uses an IC tag using RFID technology, and the information recorded on the medium added to the product on the distribution side including retailers can be easily rewritten without contact. It was supposed to be possible.

  As a result, not only can the tax rate change period be dealt with, but the product should have some characteristics on the distribution side, not the manufacturer side, such as firmware upgrades and additions of application software with built-in computers. It can easily cope with the situation and can be used for more diverse services.

  In the above embodiment, for ease of explanation, the administrative server 11, the manufacturer server 12, and the distribution server 13 connected to the Internet 10 have been described as being one each. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  That is, the administrative institution server 11 can receive tax incentives by registering the purchaser with the first server operated by the first administrative institution that sets the tax rate for the product manufactured by the manufacturer. A second server operated by a second administrative institution that manages products may be provided separately.

  Similarly, the maker server 12 is provided with a very large number of servers that are individually operated by a large number of manufacturers that manufacture products, and the distribution server 13 is also operated by various distributors individually. A large number of servers are provided in parallel.

  Further, the distribution server 13 does not necessarily correspond to the POS system. For example, in a relatively small-scale private store, a distribution server operated by a manufacturer-affiliated sales company using a personal computer as a terminal device. 13 may be configured to sell products, place orders, etc. via the WWW website on the Internet.

  In the above embodiment, the IC tag is used as a medium to be added for each product. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the QR code ( A two-dimensional code seal typified by a registered trademark may be affixed to the product or printed directly on the product.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

  Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent elements are deleted from all the constituent elements shown in the embodiment, at least one of the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and described in the column of the effect of the invention. In a case where at least one of the obtained effects can be obtained, a configuration in which this configuration requirement is deleted can be extracted as an invention.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the whole merchandise sales management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the content of the sales process in the POS terminal which concerns on the same system.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Internet, 11 ... Administrative organization server, 11D ... Administrative organization database (DB), 12 ... Manufacturer server, 12D ... Manufacturer database (DB), 13 ... Distribution server, 13D ... Purchase / sales database, 20 ... POS system network, 21: POS terminal.

Claims (4)

Connect to each government agency server device operated by a government agency that manages taxable products that are set by the manufacturer and that can receive tax incentives with the purchaser's registration. A product sales management system having a manufacturer server device operated by a manufacturer that manufactures products, and a distribution server device operated by a distribution company that distributes products purchased from the manufacturer and sells them to consumers,
The manufacturer server device is
For each product to be manufactured, add at least a manufacturer name, tax rate information indicating the tax rate of the product, information indicating the model type of the product, and a medium recording the identification information of the individual product,
Notifying the administrative server device of at least the manufacturer's name, information indicating the model type of the product, and identification information of the individual product regarding the manufactured product that can receive preferential treatment in the tax system,
The distribution server device
Connect multiple terminals that read the tax rate information from the media attached to the product at the time of sale and perform billing,
When the product to be sold is a product that can receive the above-mentioned preferential treatment, the information read from the medium added to the product and the information indicating the purchaser are obtained from the terminal, and the administrative institution server A merchandise sales management system characterized in that a device is notified and registered.   2. The product management system according to claim 1, wherein the tax rate information recorded on the medium added for each product to be manufactured by the maker server device includes tax rate information for a limited period and tax rate information other than the period.   2. The merchandise sales management system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal connected to the distribution server device is a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal.   The product sales management system according to claim 1, wherein the medium added by the manufacturer for each product is an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology.

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