JP2007304671A - Used product purchase system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve uniform purchase prices for used products and facilitate calculation work thereof, while reducing labor hours for performing preparation work such as creation of a database. <P>SOLUTION: The used product purchase system 10 comprises a server 20 and a POS terminal 30 which perform transmission and receiving of each piece of information 60-66 through the Internet 11. An operation server 40 which operates an electronic commerce site for selling used products is connected to the Internet 11. The POS terminal device 30 includes an input means 31 for inputting the identification information 60 of a used product, a retrieval means 32 retrieving the identification information 60 from a site database 41 of the operation server 40 to acquire the site sales price information 61; a receiving means 33 receiving the information acquired by the retrieval means 32 from the operation server 40; and an operation means 34 performing an operation using a set coefficient C2 to the site sales price information 61 to calculate a sales price at a store. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a used product purchase system, and more particularly, to a used product purchase system capable of calculating a used product purchase price at a so-called second-hand bookstore.

  Conventionally, in second-hand bookstores and the like, used items such as books and CDs are purchased and used items are sold. In general, the operation of calculating the purchase price of a used product is performed manually by a second-hand bookstore clerk, such as multiplying a list price of the used product when it is new by a predetermined coefficient.

Further, in a store, a POS terminal device may be used for accounting for second-hand goods that are commodities, and a type of second-hand goods purchase system using such a POS terminal device is disclosed in Patent Document 1. Things are known. In this document, a POS terminal device exchanges price data of second-hand goods with a database, and obtains a purchase price when buying second-hand goods from a customer at a store.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-64482

  However, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-260688, when the information regarding second-hand goods to be purchased is not stored in the database, the purchase price cannot be calculated using the POS terminal device. As a result, the above-described calculation work is required manually, and this work is troublesome. In addition, there is a disadvantage that the purchase price of the same second-hand goods tends to vary at a plurality of stores.

  Here, as the amount of information in the database increases, the inconvenience described above is further improved. However, second-hand goods such as secondhand books not only become enormous, but also new books to be issued increase daily. If the corresponding database is created in-house, it causes another inconvenience that the burden of the preparation work becomes large.

[Object of invention]
The present invention has been devised by paying attention to such inconveniences, and its purpose is to reduce the labor of preparation work such as database creation, to make the purchase price of used goods uniform and to facilitate the calculation work. It is to provide a used product purchase system capable of achieving the above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a second-hand goods purchase system provided with a terminal device that is installed in a store and connected via an Internet network.
The Internet network is connected to an operation server that operates an electronic commerce site that sells second-hand goods. This operation server is used for a site that stores used-product identification information and site sales price information associated therewith. With a database,
The terminal device includes input means for inputting used product identification information;
Search means for retrieving identification information input via the input means from the site database to obtain site sales price information;
Receiving means for receiving information obtained by the search means from the operation server;
Calculation means for calculating a purchase price at a store by performing calculation using a setting coefficient on the site sales price information received by the reception means;
It has a configuration that comprises.

Further, the present invention is a second-hand goods purchase system including a POS terminal device installed in each of a plurality of stores and a server connected to the POS terminal device via the Internet network.
The Internet network is connected to an operation server that operates an electronic commerce site that sells second-hand goods, and this operation server includes used product identification information, site sales price information and new product price information associated therewith. It has a database for the site to remember,
The server includes a server database for storing used product identification information and store purchase price information associated therewith,
The POS terminal device includes input means for inputting used product identification information;
Search means for searching the identification information input via the input means from the database for the server and the database for the site, and acquiring store purchase price information, site sales price information and new price information;
Receiving means for receiving information acquired by the search means from the server and the operation server;
A calculation means for calculating a purchase price at the store,
When the receiving means receives store purchase price information from the database for the server, the calculating means calculates the purchase price at the store by performing a calculation using the first setting coefficient for the store purchase price information,
When the site purchase price information is received from the database for the site without receiving the store purchase price information, the purchase price at the store is calculated by performing a calculation using the second setting coefficient for the site sale price information,
When both the store purchase price information and the site sale price information are not received, the purchase price at the store is calculated by performing a calculation using the third setting coefficient on the received new price information.

  In the present invention, when there are a plurality of site sales price information associated with the same identification information in the site database, the calculation means calculates the site sales price information closest to the setting order from the minimum value among the site sales price information. A configuration in which a function of selecting and performing the calculation is also preferably employed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to calculate purchase price information of a store using information of an electronic commerce site of another company or the like. Here, the electronic commerce site is operated by an operation server provided with a database for a site having a large amount of data in order to maintain the customer attraction.
Therefore, by acquiring and calculating information on the electronic commerce site, it is possible to minimize the necessity of manually calculating the purchase price. As a result, the purchase price can be easily and quickly calculated from the information in the database for the site for most used items. In addition, when the POS terminal device is used in a plurality of stores, it is possible to prevent a variation in purchase price among stores, and it is possible to reduce the burden of price management of second-hand goods.
In addition, when a server database that is self-managed is used in combination, the server database information and the site database information can be used properly. As a result, for example, the information stored in the server database can be saved only for second-hand goods that are expected to have a relatively large number of transactions. It is possible to easily manage the purchase price of second-hand goods in the system while reducing the work load.
Furthermore, although the selling price of the e-commerce site tends to change greatly in a short time depending on the needs of many customers, it can easily cope with this in near real time, and the customer needs in the market and the inventory of the stores can be handled in stores. It is possible to set a purchase price that maintains a good balance with profits.

  In addition, purchase price information in line with the market conditions formed by the e-commerce site is calculated by selecting site sale price information in the setting order from the minimum value among multiple site sale price information and calculating purchase price information. Can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a used product purchase system according to the present invention. In this figure, the used product purchase system 10 is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, it is used at a plurality of chain stores, franchise stores and their headquarters in order to perform used product sales and purchase operations. Is done.
The used product purchase system 10 includes a server 20 that transmits and receives information described later via the Internet 11 and a plurality of POS terminal devices 30. In addition, an operation server 40 that operates an electronic commerce site is connected to the Internet network 11.
Here, various kinds of used products are adopted, and examples include books, CDs, DVDs, game software, trading cards, clothes, furniture, etc., not only used products but also unused items by customers. included.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the information used in this embodiment includes the used product identification information 60, site sales price information 61, store purchase price information 62, purchase price information 63 associated therewith. New price information 64, limit price information 65, inventory information 66, and provisional price information 67.
The identification information 60 is information for identifying the used item from a bar code or the like previously attached to the used item and distinguishing it from other used items.
The site sales price information 61 is a sales price of a used product published on the electronic commerce site. If there are a plurality of used products of the same type, a plurality of site sales price information 61 associated with the same identification information 60 is also obtained. May be a type.
The store purchase price information 62 is the best or predetermined purchase price of the second-hand goods to be presented to customers who wish to purchase second-hand goods at the store.
The purchase price information 63 is a purchase price calculated by performing a purchase process described later.
The new product price information 64 is the sales price or the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the used product when it is new.
The limit price information 65 is a minimum price allowed as a purchase price of second-hand goods in the store, or a coefficient by which the new price information 64 is multiplied or subtracted so that the price is calculated.
The stock information 66 is the number of stocks related to all the stores or second-hand goods for each store.
The provisional price information 67 is price information used in the middle of the purchase process described later.

The server 20 is configured by a computer installed in the headquarters, and is connected to the Internet network 11 through a predetermined interface, and can transmit and receive information between the POS terminal device 30 and the operation server 40. It is like that.
As shown in FIG. 1, the server 20 includes a server database 21 (hereinafter referred to as “server DB 21”) that can store and manage various types of information related to second-hand goods. Prior to the purchase processing described later, at least a plurality of used product identification information 60 and store purchase price information 62, new product price information 64, marginal price information 65, and inventory information 66 associated therewith are previously stored by the server administrator or the like. It is remembered.

At least one POS terminal device 30 is installed in each store and connected to the Internet network 11. Each POS terminal device 30 has a function of performing sales processing, deposit / withdrawal processing, and accounting processing similar to those of a known POS terminal, and a function substantially equivalent to a personal computer. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the input unit 31, the search unit 32, the reception unit 33, and the calculation unit 34 are included.
The input means 31 is provided so as to be able to input the identification information 60, and includes, for example, a scanner for reading a barcode.
The search means 32 uses the identification information 60 input via the input means 31 as a search key, and uses the server DB 21 and a later-described site database 41 (hereinafter referred to as “site DB 41”) to match the identification information 60 that matches the identification information 60. ”And check whether there is information associated with the identification information 60 and necessary for the processing of the computing means 34.
The receiving unit 33 receives the information acquired by the search unit 32 from the server 20 and the operation server 40.
The calculation means 34 uses the first setting coefficient C1 for the store purchase price information 62 received by the receiving means 33, uses the second setting coefficient C2 for the site sales price information 61, and calculates the new price information 64. It has a function of calculating provisional price information 67 by performing processing such as multiplication or subtraction using the third setting coefficient C3.
The computing unit 34 compares the function of selecting the site sales price information 61 closest to the setting order R from the minimum value among the plurality of site sales price information 61, the provisional price information 67 and the limit price information 65. And a function for obtaining the purchase price information 63.
Here, the setting coefficients C1 to C3 and the setting order R are set in advance before the purchase processing described later, and are stored in the calculation unit 34 or stored in the server DB 21 and reception unit 33. And may be used by the calculation means 34. In addition, a plurality of types of setting coefficients C1 to C3 may be used depending on conditions described later.

  Although not shown here, the configuration included in the POS terminal device 30 includes a touch panel, a card reader, an input device such as a mouse, a display device such as a display including the touch panel, and a drawer for taking in and out money. Etc. can be illustrated.

The management server 40 operates an electronic commerce site that sells the same product as the used product in addition to the used product.
As shown in FIG. 1, the management server 40 includes a site DB 41. The site DB 41 includes a large number of second-hand product identification information 60 and associated information for managing an electronic commerce site. Site sales price information 61 and new product price information 64 are stored.

  Next, the purchase process of the used product purchase system 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in a store, a bar code or the like of a used item that a customer desires to purchase is read through the input means 31 of the POS terminal device 30, and identification information 60 of the used item is input (step S1).
When this input is completed, the search unit 32 uses the identification information 60 as a search key to search the server DB 21 and the site DB 41 (to be described later) for the identification information 60 that matches the identification information 60, and Sales price information 61, store purchase price information 62, new product price information 64, limit price information 65, and inventory information 66 are acquired (steps S2 and S3).

Then, the presence / absence of the store purchase price information 62 is checked in the server DB 21 (step S4).
When the store purchase price information 62 exists, the provisional price information 67 is calculated by multiplying the store purchase price information 62 by a first setting coefficient C1 that differs depending on the inventory information 66 (step S5).
By this step S4, S5, for example, when the stock information 66 is 10 or more, the store purchase price information 62 is multiplied by the first setting coefficient C1 “0.5”, and when it is less than 10, the first setting coefficient By multiplying C1 “1”, that is, making the store purchase price information 62 unchanged, the number of in-stock items of the same type becomes 10 or more and the inventory number becomes relatively large. It is possible to set a purchase price according to the number of inventory, such as reducing the price (to half price), and avoiding excess inventory and adjusting the selling price.

If there is no store purchase price information 62 in step S4, the presence / absence of site sales price information 61 in the site DB 41 is checked (step S6).
When there is the site sales price information 61, the calculation means 34 selects the site sales price information 61 closest to the setting order R from the minimum value among the plurality of site sales price information 61 associated with the same identification information 60. (Step S7).
That is, for example, the setting order R is “3”, and there are six second-hand goods of the same type, and the site sales price information 61 of these second-hand goods is 400 yen, 420 yen, 450 yen, 480 yen, 500 yen, 520 In the case of a circle, “450 yen” is selected. Also, if the setting order R is “3”, there are two used items and the site sales price information 61 is 480 yen or 500 yen, “500 yen” is selected, and one used item, that is, site sales price information. If 61 is singular, the site sales price information 61 is processed as it is in the next step.

The site sales price information 61 processed in step 7 is multiplied or subtracted using the second setting coefficient C2 by the calculation means 34, and provisional price information 67 is calculated (step S8).
In steps S7 and S8, it is possible to set the purchase price so that the profit amount is close to the desired value while making the sales price close to the sales price of the electronic commerce site.
That is, if the site sales price information 61 that has undergone step 7 is “500 yen” and is multiplied by the second setting coefficient C2 “0.3” in step 8, the provisional price information 67 is calculated as “150 yen” and the store sales. If the price is “500 yen”, a profit (rough profit) of “350 yen” can be obtained. Further, when the second setting coefficient C2 “300 yen” is reduced in step 8, if the provisional price information 67 is calculated as “200 yen” and the store selling price is “500 yen”, the profit (roughness) of “300 yen” Profit).
Further, in step 7, it is possible to select provisional price information 67 by selecting just good site sales price information 61 that is neither too expensive nor too cheap in the electronic commerce site.

If the site sales price information 61 does not exist in the site DB 41 in step S6, the provisional price information 67 is calculated by multiplying the new price information 64 by the third setting coefficient C3 (step S9).
In this step S9, for example, the new price information 64 is “1000 yen”, and the provisional price information 67 can be set to 200 yen by multiplying by the third setting coefficient C3 “0.2”.

The provisional price information 67 calculated through step S5, step S8 or step S9 is compared with the limit price information 65 (step 10).
When the provisional price information 67 is larger than the limit price information 65, the provisional price information 37 is used as it is as the purchase price information 63 (step S11). When the provisional price information 67 is less than or equal to the limit price information 65, the limit price information 65 is the purchase price. Information 63 is set (step S12). This makes it possible to prevent the provisional price information 37 from becoming extremely cheap.

  According to such a processing flow, it is possible to calculate the purchase price information 63 of second-hand goods using the information on the electronic commerce site while giving priority to the information in the server DB 21 of the company. As a result, even if the amount of information in the server DB 21 is relatively small, the purchase operation can be performed without any trouble, and the burden of the preparatory work can be reduced. Price information 63 can be set.

The best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to this.
That is, the present invention has been illustrated and described with particular reference to particular embodiments, but is not intended to depart from the technical idea and scope of the invention. Various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art in various configurations.

For example, for the site sales price information 61, the store purchase price information 62, the new product price information 64, or the provisional price information 67, according to the elapsed period from the release date of the second-hand goods, appearance, conditions, customer service points, etc. The purchase price information 63 may be calculated by further performing a process of multiplying or subtracting different setting coefficients.
Further, as described above, even if a function for storing the calculated purchase price information 63 in the server DB 21 or a function for changing the inventory information 66 of the server DB 21 in real time in accordance with the buying and selling process of second-hand goods is added. Good.
Furthermore, the server 20 in the embodiment may be omitted, and the purchase processing steps S2, S4, and S5 may be omitted. However, it is advantageous that the server 20 is installed and the steps S2, S4, and S5 are performed in order to facilitate inventory management and price management of the entire system.
Although it is possible to use a personal computer instead of the POS terminal device 30, it is preferable to use the POS terminal device 30 in consideration of performing the deposit process and various accounting processes at the store floor.

  The present invention is mainly used for second-hand goods sales operations such as secondhand books developed at the headquarters mechanism and a plurality of stores.

The schematic block diagram of the used article purchase system which concerns on embodiment. The schematic block diagram of the information used by the said embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of a POS terminal device. The flowchart which shows the purchase processing of a used article.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Used goods purchase system 11 Internet network 20 Server 30 POS terminal device 40 Management server 60 Identification information

Claims (3)

In a second-hand goods purchase system equipped with a terminal device that is installed in a store and connected via the Internet network,
The Internet network is connected to an operation server that operates an electronic commerce site that sells second-hand goods. This operation server is used for a site that stores used-product identification information and site sales price information associated therewith. With a database,
The terminal device includes input means for inputting used product identification information;
Search means for retrieving identification information input via the input means from the site database to obtain site sales price information;
Receiving means for receiving information obtained by the search means from the operation server;
Calculation means for calculating a purchase price at a store by performing calculation using a setting coefficient on the site sales price information received by the reception means;
A used product purchase system characterized by comprising: In a used goods purchase system comprising a POS terminal device installed in each of a plurality of stores and a server connected to the POS terminal device via the Internet network,
The Internet network is connected to an operation server that operates an electronic commerce site that sells second-hand goods, and this operation server includes used product identification information, site sales price information and new product price information associated therewith. It has a database for the site to remember,
The server includes a server database for storing used product identification information and store purchase price information associated therewith,
The POS terminal device includes input means for inputting used product identification information;
Search means for searching the identification information input via the input means from the database for the server and the database for the site, and acquiring store purchase price information, site sales price information and new price information;
Receiving means for receiving information acquired by the search means from the server and the operation server;
A calculation means for calculating a purchase price at the store,
When the receiving means receives store purchase price information from the database for the server, the calculating means calculates the purchase price at the store by performing a calculation using the first setting coefficient for the store purchase price information,
When the site purchase price information is received from the database for the site without receiving the store purchase price information, the purchase price at the store is calculated by performing a calculation using the second setting coefficient for the site sale price information,
A second-hand goods purchase system characterized in that when both the store purchase price information and the site sale price information are not received, the purchase price at the store is calculated by performing a calculation using the third setting coefficient on the received new price information.   When there are a plurality of site sales price information associated with the same identification information in the site database, the calculation means selects the site sales price information closest to the setting order from the minimum value among the site sales price information, and The second-hand goods purchase system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a function of performing an operation.

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