JP2010102665A - System and method for supporting lease of article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for supporting lease of articles. <P>SOLUTION: The article lease support system includes terminals A-C and a server 40 connected to each of the terminals through a network. The server 40 has a database 42 storing production information (information X) such as an identification number of an article, management information (information Y) such as a result of inspecting the article, and lease information (information Z) such as a lessee of the article. The system includes: a first notification means notifying the terminal B 20 of at least the lessee and a lease start date when the information Z is stored; a second notification means notifying the terminal A 10 and/or the terminal C 30 of the information X and Y when at least the information X and Y are stored on the basis of the information Z via the terminal B 20; and a third notification means having an operation determination means 44 comparing a lease expiration date calculated based on the information Z with a service life expiration date of the article calculated based on the information X to determine the date coming sooner, and notifying each terminal 30 of the date. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for supporting leasing of goods and a support method therefor.

  Conventionally, the present applicant has proposed a sales system related to reuse (recycling) for the purpose of preventing illegal dumping by leasing the final user (hereinafter also referred to as user) of the manufactured fire extinguisher. (Patent Document 1). However, in the proposed sales system described above, a complicated contract relationship relating to sales, leasing, and maintenance management exists between Company B and Company D, and therefore, it is difficult to operate especially for Company C as an agent. Existed. Specifically, in the conventional system, company B must sell a fire extinguisher to company D, which is a leasing company, and then pay a maintenance fee to agency C, which actually maintains the fire extinguisher. As a result, Company B was charged not only with the manufacture and sale of fire extinguishers, but also with the burden of management man-hours for regular maintenance of fire extinguishers.

Furthermore, for manufacturing company B, the direct sales partner of the fire extinguisher is company D of the leasing company, and since company D leased the fire extinguisher to user A, company D of the leasing company and agent C It was not easy to ensure close cooperation with the company. The problem of cooperation between the leasing company and the agent also exists in the sales system separately proposed by the applicant of the present application (Patent Document 2).
JP 2007-26332 A JP 2006-18799 A

  As mentioned above, in preventing illegal dumping through leasing to the end user of manufactured goods, it is important for manufacturers to clarify relationships with agents that play an important role in supporting the sale of the goods. It can be said that it is very important to enhance the effectiveness of the lease system. In addition, even in the case where business cooperation between the manufacturing industry and leasing industry under ideal single capital is not possible, the construction of a system that ensures close cooperation among manufacturers, agents, and leasing companies Is an urgent need.

  The present invention provides a system and method that greatly contributes to the construction of close cooperation between different industries when leasing goods by solving the above-described problems. The present inventor adopts a distribution structure in which an agent that is closely associated with the user for a long period of time through delivery of goods and maintenance management is arranged on the distribution path of the fire extinguisher at a position farther from the user than before. As a result, it was found that the leasing and maintenance management of goods can be facilitated. In addition, the present inventor uses the information owned by the leasing company, which is a direct counterparty contractor for the user, using the terminal of each supplier, the server provided with the database, and the network connecting them. A business system that organically links various information, such as business support for agents, was constructed, and the present invention was completed.

  One article lease support system of the present invention includes an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, an article leaser terminal, an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, and And an article lease support server connected to the article leaser terminal via a communication network. Here, the above-mentioned article lease support server includes article manufacturing information including the identification number of the article and the year of manufacture of the article, article management information including the inspection result of the article, the lease destination of the article, and the lease of the article. It has a database that stores the start date and lease information including the lease period of the article. In addition, one article lease support system of the present invention stores at least the lease destination and the lease start date in the article sales and management terminal by storing the lease information in the database. Based on the first notification means for reporting and the lease information, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information are stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal, so that at least Second informing means for informing the article management information and the article manufacturing information to the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal, and a lease period expiration date calculated based on the lease information And an operation determination means for determining the earlier arrival date by comparing the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information described above. Rutotomoni, and a third notifying means for notifying the article manufacturer terminal, the article sales and management agent terminal, and the aforementioned arrival date the article leasing agency terminal.

  According to this article lease support system, the first notification means shares information on the minimum number of articles that the article sales and management company (hereinafter also simply referred to as an article sales management company) should deliver to the leasing company. Can do. Further, since the lease start date is notified to the article sales manager by the first notification means, the article sales manager can easily grasp the installation date or the delivery date of the article to the lease destination at its own terminal. Moreover, even if it is an article manufacturer (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a manufacturer) and / or a leasing company, there is no possibility of actually being involved in the maintenance of the article by the second notification means, or the possibility is low. Information regarding the presence or absence of the identified article or the illegal dumping (at least its probability) can be easily shared via the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal. Further, the third notification means notifies all the above-mentioned merchants of information on the collection time of the articles, so that the articles that have become collection objects can be collected with high accuracy. In other words, it is possible to prevent or suppress with high accuracy that an article whose lifetime has expired is left as it is or illegally dumped.

  Another article lease support system of the present invention includes an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, an article leasing terminal, an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, And an article lease support server connected to the article leaser terminal via a communication network. Here, the above-mentioned article lease support server includes article manufacturing information including the identification number of the article and the year of manufacture of the article, article management information including the inspection result of the article, the lease destination of the article, and the lease of the article. It has a database that stores the start date and lease information including the lease period of the article. In addition, one article lease support system of the present invention stores at least the lease destination and the lease start date in the article sales and management terminal by storing the lease information in the database. When the article is delivered based on the first notification means for notification and the lease information, at least the article manufacturing information is accumulated in the database through the article sales and management terminal. Thus, at least the article management information and the article manufacture based on the lease information based on the lease information, the preliminary second notification means for notifying the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal described above at least. By storing the information in the above-mentioned database via the above-mentioned article sales / manager terminal, at least the article management information is stored. A second notification means for notifying the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal of the article manufacturing information, a lease period expiration date calculated based on the lease information, and the article. Comparing with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the manufacturing information, and having a calculation determination means for determining the earlier arrival date, the article manufacturer terminal, the article sales and management terminal, And third informing means for informing the article leaser terminal of the arrival date.

  According to this article lease support system, the first notification means can share information on the minimum number of articles that the article sales and distribution agency should deliver to the leasing company. Further, since the lease start date is notified to the article sales manager by the first notification means, the article sales manager can easily grasp the installation date or the delivery date of the article to the lease destination at its own terminal. In addition, even if the article manufacturer and / or the leasing company has no possibility of actually being involved in the delivery or delivery of the article or the possibility of the delivery by the preliminary second notification means, the terminal for the article manufacturer and / or Alternatively, it is possible to easily share the delivered or carried-in fact and the information on the delivered or carried-in specific article through the aforementioned article leasing company terminal. Moreover, even if it is an article manufacturer and / or a leasing company that has no possibility of being actually involved in the maintenance of the article or is not likely to be involved in the maintenance by the second notification means, the article manufacturer terminal and / or the aforementioned Information regarding the presence or absence of the identified article or illegal dumping (at least its probability) can be easily shared via the terminal for the article leasing company. Further, the third notification means notifies all the above-mentioned merchants of information on the collection time of the articles, so that the articles that have become collection objects can be collected with high accuracy. In other words, it is possible to prevent or suppress with high accuracy that an article whose lifetime has expired is left as it is or illegally dumped.

  Also, one article lease support method of the present invention includes an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, an article leasing terminal, an article manufacturer terminal, and an article sales and management terminal. Connected to the terminal and the terminal for the article leasing company via the communication network, article manufacturing information including the identification number of the article and the year of manufacture of the article, article management information including the inspection result of the article, and This is implemented using an article lease support server including a database that stores lease information including a lease destination of an article, a lease start date of the article, and a lease period of the article. In addition, according to one article lease support method of the present invention, after the step of storing the lease information in the database in the article lease support server, at least the lease of the article sales and manager terminal is performed. Based on the lease information and the first notification step for notifying the destination and the lease start date, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information are stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal. After the accumulated step, based on the second notification step of notifying at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information to the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal, and the lease information. Compare the lease expiration date calculated in this step with the product expiration date calculated based on the above-mentioned product manufacturing information to determine the earlier arrival date. Having an arithmetic determining step, the article manufacturer terminal, the article sales and management agent terminal, and a third notification step of notifying the aforementioned arrival date the article leasing agency terminal.

  According to this article lease support method, the information on the minimum number of articles to be delivered to the leasing company by the article distributor can be shared by the first notification step. Further, since the lease start date is notified to the article sales manager by the first notification means, the article sales manager can easily grasp the installation date or the delivery date of the article to the lease destination at its own terminal. In addition, even if the second notification step is an article manufacturer and / or a leasing company that has no possibility of being actually involved in the maintenance of the article or has a low possibility, the terminal for the article manufacturer and / or the aforementioned Information regarding the presence or absence of the identified article or illegal dumping (at least its probability) can be easily shared via the terminal for the article leasing company. Furthermore, by the third notification step, information on the collection time of the article is notified to all the above-described suppliers, so that the article that has become the collection target can be collected with high accuracy. In other words, it is possible to prevent or suppress with high accuracy that an article whose lifetime has expired is left as it is or illegally dumped.

  Further, another article leasing support method of the present invention includes an article manufacturer terminal, an article sales and management terminal, an article leasing terminal, an article manufacturer terminal, and an article sales and management company. An article manufacturing information including an identification number of the article and the year of manufacture of the article, and an article management information including an inspection result of the article; This is implemented using an article lease support server including a database that stores lease information including the lease destination of the article, the lease start date of the article, and the lease period of the article. In addition, according to one article lease support method of the present invention, after the step of storing the lease information in the database in the article lease support server, at least the lease of the article sales and manager terminal is performed. When the article is delivered based on the lease information, the first notification step for notifying the destination and the lease start date, and at least the article manufacturing information is described above via the article sales and management terminal. After the step stored in the database, at least based on the lease information, preliminary second notification means for notifying the article manufacturer information to the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal, and At least after the step of storing the article management information and the article manufacturing information in the aforementioned database via the aforementioned article sales and management terminal. A second notification step of notifying the article management information and the article manufacturing information to the above-mentioned article manufacturer terminal and / or the above-mentioned article leaser terminal, and a lease term expiration date calculated based on the above-mentioned lease information Is compared with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information described above to determine the earlier arrival date, the article manufacturer terminal, and the article sales and manager A third notification step of notifying the terminal and the terminal for the article leaser of the arrival date.

  According to this article lease support method, the information on the minimum number of articles to be delivered to the leasing company by the article distributor can be shared by the first notification step. Further, since the lease start date is notified to the article sales manager by the first notification means, the article sales manager can easily grasp the installation date or the delivery date of the article to the lease destination at its own terminal. In addition, even if the article manufacturer and / or the leasing company has no possibility of actually being involved in the delivery or delivery of the article or the possibility of the article delivery and the carry-in by the preliminary second notification process, the terminal for the article manufacturer and / or Alternatively, it is possible to easily share the delivered or carried-in fact and the information on the delivered or carried-in specific article through the aforementioned article leasing company terminal. In addition, even if the second notification step is an article manufacturer and / or a leasing company that has no possibility of being actually involved in the maintenance of the article or has a low possibility, the terminal for the article manufacturer and / or the aforementioned Information regarding the presence or absence of the identified article or illegal dumping (at least its probability) can be easily shared via the terminal for the article leasing company. Furthermore, by the third notification step, information on the collection time of the article is notified to all the above-described suppliers, so that the article that has become the collection target can be collected with high accuracy. In other words, it is possible to prevent or suppress with high accuracy that an article whose lifetime has expired is left as it is or illegally dumped.

  In each of the above-described inventions, “when the article is delivered” means that the article to be delivered after the article to be delivered is specified and the article to be delivered are delivered. It is a concept that includes both of the following.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this description, common parts are denoted by common reference symbols throughout the drawings unless otherwise specified. In the drawings, the elements of the present embodiment are not necessarily shown to scale. Moreover, in order to make each drawing easy to see, some reference numerals may be omitted.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an article lease support system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process when providing lease support for an article in the present embodiment. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing examples of specific processing in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the hardware configuration of the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of terminals (A terminal 10, B terminal 20, and C terminal 30 in the present embodiment), an article lease support server. 40 and an Internet line or WAN (Wide Area Network) that connects them to each other to enable data exchange.

  Specifically, the A terminal 10 of this embodiment is a terminal for an article manufacturer, and the B terminal 20 is a terminal for an article sales and management company. The C terminal 30 is a terminal for an article leasing company. In addition, the article lease support server 40 includes a database 42, a calculation determination unit 44, and an automatic transmission unit 46 in addition to at least known communication units (not shown). Here, the A terminal, the B terminal, and the C terminal each include a standard computer and a display device, and in some cases, an output device.

  More specifically, the above-mentioned computer has a known configuration such as a known OS (operating system), CPU, memory, network interface, keyboard and other input means, and in some cases a hard disk for storing various data. Provide a drive. The article lease support server 40 also includes, for example, a known OS, CPU, memory, and network interface, and further includes a large-capacity hard disk drive that stores various data. Further, the display device described above displays the input form used when inputting to the database 42, the contents of the database 42, and the like in addition to the calculation or determination result by the calculation determination means 44 described above. Is a liquid crystal display (LCD). Further, the output device described above is a device for outputting each display result described above, and is typically a laser printer. Each terminal and the article lease support server 40 are not limited to the above-described configurations, and other known configurations can be applied.

  In addition, the calculation determination unit 44 of the present embodiment plays a role of calculating a predetermined date, and comparing the timings of a plurality of dates to determine the future. In addition, the place where this goods lease assistance server 40 is arrange | positioned is not specifically limited. It may be arranged in the property of each of the above-mentioned merchants, or may be arranged in a company specialized in managing servers different from the above-mentioned respective merchants.

  In addition, when the predetermined information is input or accumulated in the database 42, the automatic transmission means 46 of the present embodiment plays a role of transmitting the fact that the information is input or necessary information to a predetermined terminal. A known device is applied as the automatic notification means.

  Here, the article in the present embodiment is a fire extinguisher that is particularly demanded to collect and reuse waste. The operation of the A terminal 10, the B terminal 20, the C terminal 30, and the article lease support server 40 in each process will be described below with reference to a specific fire extinguisher lease support process flowchart (FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, a fire extinguisher is leased and collected by an article manufacturer P that owns the A terminal 10, an article sales manager M that owns the B terminal 20, and a leasing company L that owns the C terminal 30. In some cases, reuse is performed. In addition, the article manufacturer P, the article sales manager M, and the leasing company L are in a relationship with which there is no capital relationship or a sparse relationship.

  First, the fire extinguisher which is the goods of this embodiment is manufactured by the goods manufacturer P (step 101). This fire extinguisher may be new, but it may be reused as permitted by laws and regulations. At this time, each fire extinguisher is given an individual identification number. In this embodiment, numbers that are consecutive in the order of manufacture are stamped on the seal of the fire extinguisher.

  Next, the manufactured fire extinguisher is sold to the merchandise sales manager M and transferred to the warehouse of the merchandise sales manager M (step 102). Thereafter, when the leaser L concludes a fire extinguisher lease contract with the user (step 103), as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. That is, the user), the lease start date of the fire extinguisher, and the lease period are normally stored in the database 42 by being input using the C terminal 30. (Step S1).

  When the above-described lease information is accumulated in the database 42, the article lease support system 100 according to the present embodiment automatically transmits at least the above-mentioned lease destination and lease start date information from the article lease support server 40 to the B terminal 20. Transmission is performed by the transmission means 46. At this time, the B terminal 20 is also notified that such information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as first notification). For example, the information on the lease destination and the lease start date is transmitted to the B terminal 20 and, at the same time, for a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer owned by a predetermined employee of the article sales manager M, A means for notifying by e-mail that information has been transmitted can be employed. In this case, the e-mail address of the employee to be notified is registered in advance in, for example, a part of the database 42 in the article lease support server 40, and the address is read by the automatic transmission unit 46 when the automatic transmission unit 46 is activated. Will be.

  By this first notification, the merchandise sales agency M can immediately know the fact that the lease contract with the user by the lease contractor L and the necessary information are available at its own B terminal, and the lease start date specified in the contract In addition, a corresponding number of fire extinguishers can be delivered (step 104). If the manufactured fire extinguisher is sold to the merchandise distributor M before the lease contract is established as in step 102 of this embodiment, even if the number of days from the lease contract establishment to the lease start date is small. The merchandise distributor M can deliver the fire extinguisher quickly. Further, the information on the lease destination and the lease start date is transmitted to the B terminal 20 and at the same time is transmitted to a portable terminal possessed by a predetermined employee of the article sales manager M, for example, going out. Since the notification is made promptly to the employee, the response can be further accelerated.

  On the other hand, unlike the present embodiment, the manufactured fire extinguisher is not sold to the merchandise distributor M before the lease contract is established, and the fire extinguisher may not be transferred. In that case, the article sales manager M can know the minimum number of extinguishers by the first notification described above, and therefore it is not necessary to maintain and manage the inventory of unnecessary extinguishers. Furthermore, as another aspect, the manufactured fire extinguisher is not sold to the article sales manager M before the lease contract is established, but the fire extinguisher may be transferred to the article sales manager M and managed. In this case, as in the present embodiment, the merchandise distributor M can quickly extinguish the fire without depending on the production status of the article manufacturer P even if the number of days from the establishment of the lease contract to the lease start date is small. Can be delivered. As described above, the profit obtained from the first notification of the fact of the lease contract and necessary information is very large for the merchandise sales manager M.

  Now, when the fire extinguisher to be leased is delivered to the user by the merchandise distributor M (step 104), the article management information including the initial inspection result of the fire extinguisher, the identification number of the fire extinguisher and the year of manufacture thereof Is manufactured from the B terminal 20 and stored in the database 42 via the network (step S3). Here, before delivering the fire extinguisher, article manufacturing information including the identification number of the fire extinguisher to be delivered and article management information including the initial inspection result may be accumulated in the database 42. When the type of fire extinguisher to be leased is determined by the first notification described above, the article sales manager M selects a fire extinguisher to be delivered and performs an initial inspection. It is also a preferable aspect that each piece of information described above is input. The article management information may further include a delivery date (installation date) of the fire extinguisher. By including the delivery date (installation date) of the fire extinguisher, it is possible to easily confirm the consistency with the above-mentioned lease start date.

  When the predetermined information is accumulated in the database 42 by the above-described step 3, the article lease support system 100 according to this embodiment is at least described above from the article lease support server 40 to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30. The article management information and article manufacturing information are transmitted by the automatic transmission means 46 (step S4). At this time, similarly to the first notification, the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30 are also notified that the information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as second notification). Also by the second notification, for example, the above-mentioned article management information and article manufacturing information are transmitted to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30, and at the same time, a predetermined employee of the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L A means for notifying a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer that such information has been transmitted by e-mail may be employed. In this case, the e-mail address of each employee to be notified is registered in advance in, for example, a part of the database 42 in the article lease support server 40, and the address is set by the automatic transmission unit 46 when the automatic transmission unit 46 is activated. Will be read.

  In the present embodiment, the “second notification” means notification including that the information is transmitted in addition to the article management information and the article manufacturing information. An information group excluding the above-mentioned “notification that these pieces of information have been transmitted” may be used. However, it is preferable from the viewpoint of immediacy of information transmission that “the information has been transmitted” is included.

  By this second notification, the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30 can be used even if the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L are not likely to be actually involved in the maintenance of the fire extinguisher or have a low possibility. Thus, it is possible to share the information of the user to whom the fire extinguisher specified by the identification number is delivered. In addition, even the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L can easily share whether or not the specified initial state of the fire extinguisher is normal via the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30. can do. In other words, if an abnormality is recognized in the fire extinguisher that is scheduled to be delivered in the initial state, the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L who may not be directly involved in the inspection of the fire extinguisher in the present embodiment Since the fact can be easily grasped through the lease support system 100, an early response is possible. The article management information and the article manufacturing information are transmitted to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30, and at the same time, the portable terminal owned by a predetermined employee of the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L. By being transmitted, for example, a worker who has gone out is notified quickly, so that the response can be further accelerated.

  By the way, depending on the lease contract or individual contract, during the fire extinguisher lease period, the merchandise distributor M conducts regular or irregular fire extinguisher inspections separately from the initial inspection upon delivery. Therefore, in the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment, the content of the processing differs depending on whether the above-described regular or irregular fire extinguishers are inspected or not. ). Hereinafter, each case will be described separately.

  First, when the above-described regular or irregular fire extinguishers are not inspected, the calculation determination unit 44 of the present embodiment calculates the lease period expiration date calculated based on the previously stored lease information. An earlier arrival date is determined by comparing the expiration date of the delivered fire extinguisher calculated based on the above-described article manufacturing information (step S5). In the present embodiment, the article manufacturing information includes only the manufacturing year, but more accurately may include the manufacturing date. In this embodiment, since only the manufacturing year is accumulated in the database, the expiration date is calculated assuming that the last day of the year (that is, December 31) is the manufacturing date of the fire extinguisher.

  When the calculation by the calculation determination unit 44 is performed, the article lease support server 40 automatically transmits at least the above arrival date from the article lease support server 40 to the A terminal 10, the B terminal 20, and the C terminal 30. Send by. At this time, the A terminal 10, the B terminal 20, and the C terminal 30 are also notified that the information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as third notification) (step S6). Regarding the third notification, for example, the information on the lease destination and the lease start date described above is transmitted to the B terminal 20, and at the same time, the predetermined manufacturer of the article manufacturer P, the article sales manager M, and the leaser L A means for notifying the possessed portable terminal that such information has been transmitted by e-mail may be employed. In this case, the e-mail address of the employee to be notified is registered in advance in, for example, a part of the database 42 in the article lease support server 40, and the address is read by the automatic transmission unit 46 when the automatic transmission unit 46 is activated. Will be. Note that the third notification is set to notify each terminal on the same day or earlier than the above-mentioned arrival date at the latest, but it is set to notify on the day before the arrival date. It is preferable from the viewpoint of prompting the person to call attention.

  By this third notification, information on the recovery time of the fire extinguisher is notified to all the above-mentioned contractors via the A terminal to the C terminal, so that the fire extinguisher that has become a recovery target can be collected with high accuracy. it can. In other words, it is possible to prevent or suppress with high accuracy that an article whose lifetime has expired is left as it is or illegally dumped. In some cases, the fire extinguisher is recycled by the article manufacturer P (step 107).

<Modification of First Embodiment>
Next, in the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment, a process when the above-described regular or irregular fire extinguisher inspection is performed (step 105) will be described.

  When the above-mentioned fire extinguisher is inspected, the merchandise distributor M performs a regular or irregular fire extinguisher inspection in accordance with the contents of the above-mentioned lease contract or for other reasons. Thereafter, at least the article management information including the inspection result of the fire extinguisher and the identification number of the fire extinguisher are input from the B terminal 20 and stored in the database 42 via the network (step S7). Similar to 3, the identification number of the fire extinguisher to be inspected may be input and stored in the database 42 before delivering the fire extinguisher.

  When the article management information including at least the inspection result of the fire extinguisher and the identification number of the fire extinguisher are accumulated in the database 42, the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment transmits the A terminal 10 and / or the article lease support server 40. Alternatively, the automatic transmission means 46 transmits at least the above-described article management information and the identification number of the fire extinguisher to the C terminal 30. At this time, similarly to the first notification, the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30 is also notified that the information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as a fourth notification).

  According to the fourth notification, even if the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L have no possibility of actually being involved in the maintenance of the fire extinguisher, the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30 In addition to the facts and results of the inspection of the fire extinguisher, it is also possible to easily share information on whether the specified fire extinguisher has been lost or illegally dumped (at least its probability). Accordingly, when any of the abnormal situations as described above occurs, each supplier can promptly respond (for example, report to the relevant government office, manufacture or delivery of a new fire extinguisher).

  In the fourth notification, as in the second notification, for example, the article management information and the article manufacturing information are transmitted to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30, and at the same time, the article manufacturer P and / or lease A means for notifying a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer possessed by a predetermined employee of the trader L that such information has been transmitted by e-mail may be employed. Also in this case, the e-mail address of each employee to be notified is registered in advance in, for example, a part of the database 42 in the article lease support server 40, and the address is automatically transmitted when the automatic transmission means 46 operates. Will be read.

  Thereafter, when the lease contract is followed, after completion of the predetermined number of inspections or for other reasons, when the inspection of the fire extinguisher is performed regularly or irregularly, the process of step 5 described above is performed. Thereafter, the above-described processes (step S6 and step 107) are performed.

<Other Modifications of First Embodiment>
Here, another modification of the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment will be described. In this modification, the above-mentioned lease information includes information on the “inspection date” (including the scheduled inspection date) of the fire extinguisher in addition to the lease destination of the fire extinguisher, the lease start date, and the lease period. Yes. In addition, the article lease support system 100 of the present embodiment notifies the B terminal 20, that is, the article distributor terminal, on the day before a predetermined number of days (for example, one week or one month) from the inspection date. To do.

  In this system, when the leaser L concludes a lease contract with the user, it is specified that the fire extinguisher is to undergo periodic inspection (or irregular inspection) for a fee or free of charge during the lease contract. It is beneficial to. Specifically, first, the fire extinguisher is delivered to the user, and predetermined information including the identification number is accumulated in the database 42 in step 3. As a result, the article lease support system 100 according to the present embodiment is based on the lease information and the identification number described above, and at least the above-described items from the article lease support server 40 to the B terminal 20 on the day before the inspection date. The automatic transmission means 46 transmits the inspection date and the identification number. At this time, the B terminal 20 is also notified that such information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as fifth notification).

  By this fifth notification, the merchandise distributor M can easily know in advance via the B terminal 20 that the fire extinguisher inspection date is approaching without having to scrutinize the contents of the lease contract. Note that the day before the predetermined number of days includes, for example, one week ago, two weeks ago, one month ago, or all those days. A larger number of set days for the predetermined number of days is preferable from the viewpoint of alerting a predetermined employee.

<Second Embodiment>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an article lease support system 200 according to the present embodiment. The present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the A terminal 10 includes the calculation determination unit 44 and the automatic transmission unit 46 and the article lease support server 40 does not include the calculation determination unit 44. Therefore, the description which overlaps with 1st Embodiment is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the present embodiment, at the time of the third notification, the operation determination unit 44 of the A terminal 10 performs processing based on the above-described predetermined information accumulated in the database 42 in the article lease support server 40 (first embodiment). Corresponds to step S5). Accordingly, the information stored in the database 42 is acquired by the A terminal 10 by the automatic transmission means 46 of the article lease support server 40. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the A terminal 10 itself may be provided with known means for acquiring the information in the database 42 via the network. Thereafter, the automatic transmission means 46 notifies the A terminal 10 of the notification corresponding to step S6 in the first embodiment.

  As described above, even if the operation determination unit 44 is not in the article lease support server 40, the article lease support system 200 according to the present embodiment provides the same effects as those of the first embodiment. Therefore, when the B terminal 20 or the C terminal 30 includes the calculation determination unit 44 instead of the A terminal 10, the same effects as those of the first embodiment are obtained as described above.

  By the way, in each above-mentioned embodiment, after the fire extinguisher is delivered or after the merchandise distributor M delivers the fire extinguisher to be leased to the user (step 104), the initial inspection result of the fire extinguisher is included. The article management information and the article manufacturing information including the fire extinguisher identification number and the year of manufacture are input from the B terminal 20 and stored in the database 42 via the network (step S3). It is not limited. That is, when it is clear that the fire extinguisher to be delivered is new, as shown in FIG. 3, there may be a case where the inspection before delivery to the user is not performed.

  FIG. 7 is an extracted flowchart of a part of FIG. 2 (from step S2 to step S4). Since the flow of processing other than the extracted portion is the same as that in FIG. 2, it will be described using FIG. 7 for convenience.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when a fire extinguisher to be delivered is a new product, when the fire extinguisher to be leased is delivered to the user by the merchandise distributor (sales manager) M (step 104), the identification of the fire extinguisher is performed. Article manufacturing information including the number and its manufacturing year is input from the B terminal 20 and stored in the database 42 via the network (step S21). At this stage, since the fire extinguisher is not inspected, the article management information including the inspection result is not accumulated.

  When the predetermined information is accumulated in the database 42 by the above-described step S21, at least the above-described article manufacturing information is transmitted from the article lease support server 40 to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30 by the automatic transmission means 46. (Step S22). At this time, the A terminal 10 and / or C terminal 30 is also notified that the information has been transmitted (hereinafter also referred to as preliminary second notification). Also by the preliminary second notification, for example, the above-mentioned article manufacturing information is transmitted to the A terminal 10 and / or the C terminal 30, and at the same time, the mobile phone possessed by a predetermined employee of the article manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L A means for notifying a mobile terminal such as a telephone or a personal computer that the information has been transmitted by e-mail may be employed. In this case, the e-mail address of each employee to be notified is registered in advance in, for example, a part of the database 42 in the article lease support server 40, and the address is set by the automatic transmission unit 46 when the automatic transmission unit 46 is activated. Will be read.

  Accordingly, even if the goods manufacturer P and / or the leasing company L have no possibility of actually being involved in the delivery or delivery of the goods by the steps S21 and S22, the A terminal 10 and / or Alternatively, the delivered fact and the information on the delivered specific fire extinguisher can be easily shared via the C terminal 30. As a result, the fire extinguisher delivered can be managed with high accuracy.

  In the present embodiment, “preliminary second notification” means notification including the fact that the information has been transmitted in addition to the article manufacturing information. It may be an information group excluding “the information has been transmitted”. However, it is preferable that “the information has been transmitted” is included from the viewpoint of immediacy of information transmission.

  After that, as in the first embodiment, the article management information including the inspection result at the first inspection of the fire extinguisher (for example, when six months have passed after delivery) and the article manufacturing information of the fire extinguisher are the B terminal. After being input from 20 and stored in the database 42 via the network (step S3), a predetermined notification (step S4) is performed.

  Here, before the fire extinguisher is delivered (step 104), article manufacturing information such as the identification number of the fire extinguisher to be delivered may be stored in the database 42 (step S21). Similar to the first embodiment, when the type of fire extinguisher to be leased is determined by the first notification described above, the merchandise dealer M selects (specifies) the fire extinguisher to be delivered. Therefore, it is also a preferable aspect that the above-described information is input from the B terminal 20 at that time.

  In addition, for special items such as fire extinguishers whose installation is stipulated by law, it is an urgent issue to prevent illegal dumping of items after use or after the end of their useful lives and to collect them with high accuracy. is there. Therefore, if the article sales manager M, who is close to the user through the maintenance work for the fire extinguisher, also serves as the leasing service, it will complicate the business and impose an excessive burden on the article sales manager M. . For this reason, the commodity sales manager M of each of the above-described embodiments sells the fire extinguisher purchased from the commodity manufacturer P to the leaser L and transfers the ownership to the leaser L. As a result, the merchandise sales manager M is released from the leasing business. However, since the merchandise distributor M is responsible for delivering the product to the user, the leaser L maintains the fire extinguisher, which is the actual article, because the fire extinguisher is stored in the company even after the ownership is transferred. It becomes possible to focus on the fire extinguisher lease business for users while freed from the management burden.

  As described above, in each of the above-described embodiments, the leasing agent L performs a business concerning the conclusion of a lease contract with a user and management thereof without storing the fire extinguisher to be leased in-house in principle. It is not directly involved in its own maintenance, its recovery, and its reuse. In addition, the present embodiment employs a system that leases a fire extinguisher to the user rather than selling the fire extinguisher to the user (that is, transfer of ownership). Therefore, it is a major concern of the leasing company L that the fire extinguisher is reliably returned after a predetermined period. For the merchandise sales manager M and the merchandise manufacturer P, information on the contents of the lease contract and the results of the maintenance play a very important role in terms of preventing illegal dumping and use after the service life. Therefore, according to the above-described embodiments, it is possible to quickly obtain and appropriately operate such information.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the A terminal 10, the B terminal 20, and the C terminal 30 are owned by different companies, but may be owned by one group company or one company. . Further, the article lease support server 40 may be owned by one company group or one company. However, companies that are not group companies or that have virtually no capital relationship with each other are not working well as a matter of fact for close collaboration in the collection and reuse of waste in modern complex distribution channels. Exists. In light of such a situation, it has been described above that these companies can cooperate with each other through the system of the present embodiment and execute the collection and reuse of the goods with a high degree of accuracy through the leasing operation of the goods. This is a remarkable advantage of each of the embodiments.

  Moreover, although each said embodiment demonstrated the system or its assistance method which supports lease of a fire extinguisher, articles | goods are not limited to a fire extinguisher. For example, even if a specific article is an automobile or a fire fighting equipment, the same effects as the effects of the above-described embodiments can be obtained. However, as described above, it is a particularly preferable aspect that the above-described embodiments are applied to a special article such as a fire extinguisher whose installation is stipulated by law. As described above, modifications that exist within the scope of the present invention are also included in the claims.

  The present invention can be widely used as a system for supporting leasing of goods or a support method thereof.

It is a figure which shows the goods lease assistance system in one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of performing the lease support of goods in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the specific process in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the specific process in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the specific process in FIG. It is a figure which shows the goods lease assistance system in other embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which extracted a part of flowchart which shows the process at the time of performing the lease assistance of the goods in other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 A terminal 20 B terminal 30 C terminal 40 Goods lease support server 42 Database 44 Operation determination means 46 Automatic transmission means 100,200 Goods lease support system

Claims (9)

A communication network for a terminal for an article manufacturer, a terminal for an article sales and management company, a terminal for an article leaser, the terminal for an article manufacturer, the terminal for an article sales and management company, and the terminal for an article leaser And an article leasing support server connected via
The article lease support server includes article manufacturing information including an article identification number and a manufacturing year of the article, article management information including an inspection result of the article, a lease destination of the article, a lease start date of the article, and A database for storing lease information including a lease period of the article;
First notification means for notifying at least the lease destination and the lease start date to the article sales and management terminal by storing the lease information in the database;
Based on the lease information, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information are stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal, thereby the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article. Second informing means for informing at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information to a terminal for a leasing company;
Comparing the expiration date of the lease period calculated based on the lease information with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information, and having an operation determination means for determining an earlier arrival date, An article lease support system comprising: the article manufacturer terminal; the article sales and management terminal; and third notification means for notifying the arrival date to the article leaser terminal. A communication network for a terminal for an article manufacturer, a terminal for an article sales and management company, a terminal for an article leaser, the terminal for an article manufacturer, the terminal for an article sales and management company, and the terminal for an article leaser And an article leasing support server connected via
The article lease support server includes article manufacturing information including an article identification number and a manufacturing year of the article, article management information including an inspection result of the article, a lease destination of the article, a lease start date of the article, and A database for storing lease information including a lease period of the article;
First notification means for notifying at least the lease destination and the lease start date to the article sales and management terminal by storing the lease information in the database;
When the article is delivered based on the lease information, at least the article manufacturing information is stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal, so that the article manufacturer terminal and / or Preliminary second notification means for notifying at least the article manufacturing information to the article leaser terminal;
Based on the lease information, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information are stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal, thereby the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article. Second informing means for informing at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information to a terminal for a leasing company;
Comparing the expiration date of the lease period calculated based on the lease information with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information, and having an operation determination means for determining an earlier arrival date, An article lease support system comprising: the article manufacturer terminal; the article sales and management terminal; and third notification means for notifying the arrival date to the article leaser terminal. Each time a periodic or irregular inspection of the article is performed during the lease period other than when the article is delivered, at least the article management information and the identification number of the article are based on the lease information. The information is stored in the database via the article sales / management terminal, so that at least the article management information and the identification number of the article are notified to the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal. The article leasing support system according to claim 1, further comprising: 4 notification means. The lease information includes an inspection date of the article;
The lease information and the identification number are accumulated in the database, so that the lease information and the identification number are notified to the article sales and management terminal on a day before a predetermined number of days before the inspection date. The article lease support system according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit. The second notification means notifies the portable article manufacturer terminal and / or the portable article leaser terminal,
The article lease according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the third notification means notifies the portable article manufacturer terminal, the portable article sales and management terminal, and the portable article leaser terminal. Support system. The article lease support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the article is a fire extinguisher. A communication network for a terminal for an article manufacturer, a terminal for an article sales and management company, a terminal for an article leaser, the terminal for an article manufacturer, the terminal for an article sales and management company, and the terminal for an article leaser The product manufacturing information including the product identification number and the manufacturing year of the product, the product management information including the inspection result of the product, the lease destination of the product, the lease start date of the product, and Using an article lease support server having a database for storing lease information including a lease period of the article,
A first notification step of notifying at least the lease destination and the lease start date to the terminal for article sales and management after the step of storing the lease information in a database in the article lease support server;
After the step of storing at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information in the database via the article sales / manager terminal based on the lease information, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information. A second notification step of notifying the product manufacturer terminal and / or the product leaser terminal;
An operation determination step of comparing the lease expiration date calculated based on the lease information with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information, and determining an earlier arrival date;
An article lease support method comprising: a third notification step of notifying the arrival date to the article manufacturer terminal, the article sales and management terminal, and the article leaser terminal. A communication network for a terminal for an article manufacturer, a terminal for an article sales and management company, a terminal for an article leaser, the terminal for an article manufacturer, the terminal for an article sales and management company, and the terminal for an article leaser The product manufacturing information including the product identification number and the manufacturing year of the product, the product management information including the inspection result of the product, the lease destination of the product, the lease start date of the product, and Using an article lease support server having a database for storing lease information including a lease period of the article,
A first notification step of notifying at least the lease destination and the lease start date to the terminal for article sales and management after the step of storing the lease information in a database in the article lease support server;
When the article is delivered based on the lease information, at least the article manufacturing information is stored in the database via the article sales and management terminal when at least the article manufacturing information is stored. A preliminary second notification step for notifying the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal;
After the step of storing at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information in the database via the article sales / manager terminal based on the lease information, at least the article management information and the article manufacturing information. A second notification step of notifying the product manufacturer terminal and / or the product leaser terminal;
An operation determination step of comparing the lease expiration date calculated based on the lease information with the expiration date of the article calculated based on the article manufacturing information, and determining an earlier arrival date;
An article lease support method comprising: a third notification step of notifying the arrival date to the article manufacturer terminal, the article sales and management terminal, and the article leaser terminal. Each time a periodic or irregular inspection of the article is performed during the lease period other than when the article is delivered, at least the article management information and the identification number of the article are based on the lease information. At least the article management information and the identification number of the article are notified to the article manufacturer terminal and / or the article leaser terminal by the step of accumulating in the database via the article sales and manager terminal. The article leasing support method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a fourth notification step.

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