JP2009084022A - Collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a collection system capable of eliminating loss time and shortening total transaction time. <P>SOLUTION: The collection system includes: an ordinary line 16; another line 4 which joins the ordinary line 16 at a junction point 19; individual identification means 5-1, 5-2 which are provided at the upper stream of the line 16 and the line 4; junction control means 17, 18 which are electrically connected to the individual identification means and are electrically and/or mechanically connected to the junction point. In the collection system, orders from the customer are analyzed and then categorized into a commodity group in which a plurality of items can be packed in a customer-specific foldable container and a commodity group in which only one item is allowed to be packed, and while items of the commodity group are boxed using DPS and fed to the ordinary line 16 in the distribution order, items of the commodity group are fed to the line 4 in the distribution order and allowed to join a foldable container equivalent to the commodity group at the junction point, thus arranging a distribution order and moving to a delivery process. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a collection system, and more particularly to a collection system that eliminates waste of processing time and can reduce the total transaction time.

For example, in a distribution center of a consumer cooperative that conducts joint purchasing activities for daily commodities, efforts are made to improve the efficiency of various operations such as sorting, transporting, and collecting goods, to eliminate waste of processing time, and to reduce the total transaction time. Various things are done.
As one of them, product sorting, transportation, and collection automation have been carried out in various ways by utilizing known material handling devices, systems, etc. (see Patent Document 1).

  However, a complete system has not yet been proposed, and the collection system has the following problems.

That is, in the past, for example, in all products, customer-specific shippers or folding containers (Oricon),
i) Products that can be packed in multiple boxes
ii) On the other hand, products that can only be boxed,
Since the order of delivery should not be disturbed, the line was sent together from the upstream and shipped.

Then
i) Most product groups can be packaged in customer-specific sippers or collapsible containers, and only a few can be packaged.
In spite of ii), even though it should not be disturbed that the items are arranged in the order of delivery, this means that only one item can be packed together,
iii) It leads to the fact that the boxing operation ends in a single operation in the middle of the line and is wasted on the same line.

Even considering such circumstances comprehensively, all products, i.e.
i) Products that can be packed in multiple boxes
ii) On the other hand, products that can only be boxed,
There is a problem that passing the lines together wastes processing time and leads to an increase in total transaction time.

  Also, among all products, for example, relatively small products are boxed in regular buckets for each customer, while relatively large products do not fit in the regular buckets. There was a problem similar to the above example.

  In other words, in the case of the conventional apparatus, the customer-specific bucket and the separate large box as necessary are arranged in the order of the customers, that is, in the order of the delivery route. Shipped through the line.

here,
i) Most commodity groups are small ones that can be boxed into regular buckets, and relatively large products are probabilistically few.
ii) Despite this, even though it should not be disturbed that it is arranged in the order of delivery route, flowing a regular bucket and a separate large box together on the line
iii) The result is that either one of the fixed bucket and the separate large box is allowed to pass as an empty box in which no product boxing operation is performed.

In this case, useless empty flow time occurs, and processing time is wasted as in the previous example, leading to an increase in total transaction time.
JP 2005-15102 A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a collection system that eliminates waste of processing time and can reduce the total transaction time.

  As a result of various studies to solve the above problems, the inventor of the present application has found that the above problems can be solved by using a collection system configured based on the following idea. completed.

(1) That is, the collection system of the present invention that can solve the above-mentioned problems is based on the following idea.
A. Analyze orders from each customer,
i) a group of products that can be packaged in a customer-specific sipper or folding container (Oricon);
ii) a group of products that can only be boxed in a customer specific shipper or oricon;
Divide into
B. In response to this,
The product group of i) is boxed by a sorter and / or a digital picking system (DPS), and flows to the line in the order of delivery.
The commodity group corresponding to the above ii) is made to flow in the order of delivery from the other line, and finally merged with the customer-specific sipper or oricon corresponding to the above i) at the confluence provided before the end of the normal line. , Arrange delivery order and ship.

(2) Alternatively, the collection system of the present invention capable of solving the above problems is based on the following idea.
A. Analyze orders from each customer,
i) only for orders of relatively small items;
ii) includes orders for relatively large items;
Divide into
B. In response to this,
Only the bucket corresponding to i) is allowed to flow on the main or normal line, and is passed as an actual box in which a product is packed at a specific location. Also,
For buckets (or separate large boxes) corresponding to ii)
Once extracted from the main or normal line and flowed to another line, or originally flowed to a different line from the main or normal line,
Here too, the product is passed as a real box where the boxing operation of the product is performed at a necessary place.
This prevents the bucket from flowing.
C. B. Corresponds to ii) after the packaging of the product for each bucket (or a separate large box) was completed, and was once extracted from the main line and flowed to another line, or originally flowed to a different line from the main line The buckets (or separate large boxes) to be merged back on the main line (as they were or in the order of customers, ie, in the order of delivery routes), and again arranged in the order of delivery routes.
The bucket corresponding to i) and the bucket corresponding to ii) (or a separate large box) are arranged in the order of delivery after final merging and are shipped.

The collection system according to claim 1 of the present invention capable of solving the above-described problem is
With normal lines,
Another line that merges with the normal line at a certain merge point;
Individual identifying means respectively provided upstream of the junction in the normal line and the other line;
A merging control means electrically connected to the individual identifying means provided in each of the normal line and the other line, and electrically and / or mechanically connected to the merging point;
A collection system consisting of
Analyze orders from each customer,
i) a group of products that can be packaged in a plurality of customer-specific shippers or folding containers;
ii) a group of products that can only be boxed in one customer-specific sipper or folding container;
Divided into
For the product group of i), the boxing operation is performed with a sorter and / or a digital picking system.
The product group corresponding to ii) flows according to the order of delivery from the other line, and the customer-specific sipper or oricon corresponding to i) and the final product at the confluence provided before the end of the normal line. Merge, arrange the delivery order, and move to the shipping process,
It is characterized by this.

Moreover, the collection system which concerns on Claim 2 of this invention which can solve the said subject is,
With normal lines,
Another line that merges with the normal line at a certain merge point;
Individual identifying means respectively provided upstream of the junction in the normal line and the other line;
A merging control means electrically connected to the individual identifying means provided in each of the normal line and the other line, and electrically and / or mechanically connected to the merging point;
A collection system consisting of
Analyze orders from each customer,
i) only for orders of relatively small items;
ii) includes orders for relatively large items;
Divided into
While only the bucket corresponding to i) is allowed to flow on the normal line and passed as an actual box in which a product is packed at a specific location,
About the bucket corresponding to said ii), it is once extracted from the said normal line, and it flows on another line, or it flows on the line different from the said normal line originally, and the boxing operation | work of goods is made in a required part. Let it pass as a real box so that the bucket does not run out,
After the packaging of the goods for each of the buckets corresponding to i) and ii) has been completed, the product was once extracted from the normal line and flowed to the other line, or originally to a line different from the normal line. The bucket corresponding to the above ii) was joined and returned to the normal line at the junction, and again arranged in the order of the delivery route, and the process proceeds to the shipping process.
It is characterized by this.

  According to the collection system of the present invention described above, processing time is not wasted and the total transaction time can be shortened.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a collection system of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a work image diagram of another line collection, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a work flow of another line collection / Oricon automatic merge collection system of the present invention.

[Example]
The following is an explanation of another line collection / Oricon automatic merge collection system corresponding to one embodiment of the collection system of the present invention.

(1) Purpose of separate line collection Products that only contain one item per collection box are removed from the regular sorter / DPS collection line, and collected in a separate line, and the order is sent to Dolly. By merging just before packing, the collection time will be shortened and productivity will be improved, leading to a reduction in running costs (personnel costs).

(2) Current problems Under the current assumption, 5 kg of dry collected rice is collected in a sorter, and only one is allocated to 16B Oricon, which is a collection box. The papers such as toilet paper and box tissue are subject to group collection by DPS according to the customer's response. In addition to these, if there are many large items such as bedding that only fit in one collection box, the collection time will be extended by increasing the number of orders, and production will be handled by handling large heavy items. Sexual deterioration is still a problem.

(3) Solution to the problem As a solution to the above problem, the orders that flow through the normal line can be reduced by collecting orders that contain only one product in one collection box on a separate line. , To shorten collection time. In addition, by consolidating large, heavy products that will pull productivity into a separate line, the overall productivity of the work will be improved.

(4) Operational effect Further, by combining the normal line order and the order of another line into an automatic merge with a bar code, it is possible to reduce the number of workers and improve the accuracy.

(5) Flow of separate line collection The flow of separate line collection will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, after explaining the flow of the separate line collection, the merge with the normal line will be explained.

In addition, although the work image figure of another line collection is as showing in FIG. 1, CPU17 which manages the automatic confluence of the Oricons 13 and 14 is the barcode readers 5-1 and 5-2, as evident from FIG. In addition, the merge control unit 18 is electrically connected to each other. Other parameter information is also input to the CPU 17 (not shown).
Although omitted in FIG. 1, the merge control unit 18 is mechanically connected to the normal line 16 and the merge unit 19 of another line 4.

i) First, as a premise, picking of another line target product W2 for another line 4 is performed based on a label for a product temporarily placed on a pallet, a cart, or the like (label picking, S1).
This label picking itself may be a known method.

    ii) Next, the picked product W2 is put in a large collection box (Oricon in this example) 14, a label is pasted on the Oricon 14 and put into another line 4 (S2).

    iii) The Oricon 14 put on the separate line 4 is a normal collection box (this is also an Oricon in this example) that flows through the ordinary line 16 by means of individual identification of the affixed label (in this example, barcode scanning). ) And 13 automatically join (S3).

Here, the Oricons 13 and 14 pass through the barcode reader 5-1 when the Oricon 13 flows through the normal line 16 before the automatic merge, while the Oricon 14 flows through the other line 4. When I come, I am passing the barcode reader 5-2.
Oricons 13 and 14 are arranged and flowed in the order of the delivery route.

  The CPU 17 matches the individual identification information of the labels detected by the barcode readers 5-1 and 5-2, and sends a merge command to the merge control unit 18 only when the matching is obtained. In the merge control unit 18, when the merge command is received, the oricons 13 and 14 are automatically merged by the merge unit 19 by mechanical control.

  On the contrary, when the matching cannot be obtained, the merging control unit 18 does not automatically merge the oricons 13 and 14. In this case, the Oricon 13 passes through the junction 19 and returns to the normal line 16. Alternatively, when it is determined that the assortment with the large product is not necessary anymore and the merging with the Oricon 14 put on the other line 4 is not necessary, the system is ready for shipping alone. This determination is made based on other parameter information input to the CPU 17.

  On the other hand, the Oricon 14 when the matching cannot be obtained stands by on another line 4 before the merging portion 19 and is prepared so that the merging portion 19 can automatically merge with the Oricon 13 when the matching is obtained.

  As described above, the separate line collection / Oricon automatic merge collection system of the present embodiment is realized.

[Modification]
While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to one embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the Oricon 14 when the matching cannot be obtained is made to stand by on the other line 4 before the merging portion 19 and is prepared so that the merging portion 19 can automatically merge with the Oricon 13 when the matching is obtained. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the other line 4 may be configured in the same manner as the normal line 16 and the Oricon 14 may be configured to be recirculated.

  As described above, according to the collection system of the present invention, it is clear that the processing time is not wasted and the total transaction time can be shortened, which is new and useful.

It is a work image figure of another line collection. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an operation | work of another line collection and an Oricon automatic merge collection system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Collecting system 2 Picked product input 3 Dolly loading 4 Separate line 5-1 Bar code reader 5-2 Bar code reader 6 Label picking 7 Assortment 8 Automatic merge 9 Bag binding 10 DPS picking 11 64B Oricon input 12 Shipping transport 13 Collection box 14 Large collection box 15 Shipping box 16 Normal line 17 CPU
18 Junction control unit 19 Junction unit 20 Separate line collection 21 Shipment line W1 General product W2 Separate line target product

Claims (2)

With normal lines,
Another line that merges with the normal line at a certain merge point;
Individual identification means provided respectively upstream of the junction in the normal line and the other line;
A merging control means electrically connected to the individual identifying means provided in each of the normal line and the other line, and electrically and / or mechanically connected to the merging point;
A collection system consisting of
Analyze the orders from each customer,
i) a group of products that can be packed in a customer-specific sipper or folding container;
ii) a group of products that can only be boxed in one customer-specific sipper or folding container;
Divided into
For the product group of i), the boxing operation is performed with a sorter and / or a digital picking system, and the product is flowed to the normal line according to the order of delivery.
The product group corresponding to ii) flows according to the order of delivery from the other line, and the customer-specific sipper or oricon corresponding to i) and the final product at the confluence provided before the end of the normal line. Merge, arrange delivery order, and move to shipping process,
A collection system characterized by that. With normal lines,
Another line that merges with the normal line at a certain merge point;
Individual identifying means respectively provided upstream of the junction in the normal line and the other line;
A merging control means electrically connected to the individual identifying means provided in each of the normal line and the other line, and electrically and / or mechanically connected to the merging point;
A collection system consisting of
Analyze orders from each customer,
i) only for orders of relatively small items;
ii) includes orders for relatively large items;
Divided into
While only the bucket corresponding to i) is allowed to flow on the normal line and passed as an actual box in which a product is packed at a specific location,
About the bucket corresponding to said ii), it is once extracted from the said normal line, and it flows on another line, or it flows on the line different from the said normal line originally, and the boxing operation | work of goods is made in a required part. Let it pass as a real box so that the bucket does not run out,
After the packaging of the goods for each of the buckets corresponding to i) and ii) has been completed, the product was once extracted from the normal line and flowed to the other line, or originally to a line different from the normal line. The bucket corresponding to the above ii) was joined and returned to the normal line at the junction, and again arranged in the order of the delivery route, and the process proceeds to the shipping process.
A collection system characterized by that.

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