JP2012164324A - Inventory management device and inventory management program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inventory management device and an inventory management program capable of efficiently performing an inventory management of commodities sold at a net supermarket.SOLUTION: An inventory management device includes: first holding means for holding an identifier for identifying each commodity to be sold in a store and a deficiency flag indicating the presence/absence of the inventory of the commodities in association with each other; second holding means for holding the identifier of purchase order target commodity and state information indicating whether or not processing relating to the reading of the identifier is unsettled in association with each other; first changing means for changing the state information corresponding to the identifier read from each commodity collected in accordance with the content of the purchase order from the store to the state information indicating that the processing is settled; and second changing means for changing the deficiency flag of the first holding means corresponding to the identifier whose state information indicate that the processing is unsettled to a flag indicating the absence of the inventory when the reading of all the collected commodities is completed.

Description

  The present invention relates to an inventory management apparatus and an inventory management program for managing inventory of commodities sold at an online supermarket.

  With the spread of networks in recent years, a sales method (EC: Electronic Commerce) for selling products via the Internet is actively performed. Also, in a store such as a supermarket, a so-called “net supermarket” sales method is performed in which products sold in the store are sold via the Internet. At online supermarkets, when an order to purchase a product is received from a customer, the picking work for collecting the corresponding product from the store and the packing work for sorting the collected product for each customer are performed and delivered to each customer. Has been.

  In addition, since the products sold at the online supermarket are also sold in the store, if the purchase concentrates on a specific product, a shortage (out of stock) will occur. Regarding the occurrence of this missing item, the person in charge confirms the missing item at the time of picking work, and reports the missing item in writing. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying an alternative product on a picking device when there is a shortage during a product picking operation.

  However, picking work at online supermarkets is sometimes collected from the products displayed in the store, so every time a missing item is found, the report or display of a replacement is an obstacle to the customer who came to the store. There is a possibility. Also, during picking work, it is common for the person in charge of picking work who is knowledgeable about the product to inspect the freshness etc. of the product and collect what is judged to be appropriate. (Reporting) together is inefficient. Further, since the person in charge of the picking work and the packing work is generally different, there is a possibility that an error may occur when reporting a missing item from the packing person to the packing person in writing or the like.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an inventory management apparatus and an inventory management program capable of efficiently managing inventory of products sold at an online supermarket.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention relates to an identifier for identifying each product sold in a store and a shortage flag indicating whether or not the product is in stock. 1 holding means, a second holding means for holding in association with the identifier of the product for which the purchase order has been placed, and status information indicating whether or not the processing related to reading of the identifier is unprocessed, and from within the store For each product collected according to the contents of the purchase order, first change means for changing the status information corresponding to the identifier read from each product to processed, and reading all the collected products And second change means for changing the shortage flag of the first holding means corresponding to an unprocessed identifier in the status information to “out of stock” upon completion.

  In addition, the present invention is a target for purchase order, a first holding means for holding an identifier for identifying each product sold in a store, and a shortage flag indicating whether or not the product is in stock, in association with each other. A computer comprising: a second holding unit that holds a product identifier and state information indicating whether or not the processing related to reading of the identifier is unprocessed, in accordance with the content of the purchase order from the store For each product collected in this manner, the first change means for changing the status information corresponding to the identifier read from each product to processed, and when the reading of all the collected products is completed, the status information It functions as a second changing means for changing the shortage flag of the first holding means corresponding to an unprocessed identifier to no stock.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an inventory management apparatus and an inventory management program capable of efficiently performing inventory management of commodities sold at an online supermarket.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a net super system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the store computer. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a net product master file. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a category master file. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the order management file. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery service management file. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the packing device. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the initial page. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product purchase page. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase screen. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a stockout screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery date / time designation page. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the packing process. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the missing item check process.

  Embodiments of an inventory management system, an inventory management apparatus, and an inventory management program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the net super system 1. As shown in the figure, the net super system 1 is connected to a POS system 5 including a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal 2, a store computer 3, and a packing device 4, and a store computer 3 via a network N2, And a sales support server 6 that provides a net super service to the customer terminal 7 via the network N3.

  The POS terminal 2 is a terminal device operated by a store clerk (casher), and is configured to be able to execute online communication with the store computer 3 via a network N1 such as a LAN laid in the store. ing.

  The POS terminal 2 can be connected to a control unit composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., an input device such as a keyboard and various buttons, a display device such as a CRT and LCD, a storage device such as an HDD and a flash memory, and a network N1. A communication interface, a code scanner, and the like (not shown) are provided, and various functions are realized by the control unit executing predetermined programs stored in the storage device.

  Specifically, the POS terminal 2 notifies the store computer 3 of the product code when a product code (described later) added to each product in the form of a barcode or a two-dimensional code is read by the code scanner. To obtain the unit price of the corresponding product from the store computer 3. Further, the POS terminal 2 calculates the total amount of these products based on the unit price and the number of products sold, and performs processing such as settlement.

  The store computer 3 is a server device that manages various data necessary for the operation of the network super system 1 and the POS system 5, and the electrical system is configured as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

  Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the store computer 3. As shown in the figure, the store computer 3 is connected to a control unit 31 having a computer configuration including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, a bus 32, a first communication interface 331 connectable to the network N1, and a network N2. A connectable second communication interface 332, an I / O device control unit 34, an operation input unit 35 including a keyboard and a mouse, a display unit 36 including a display device such as a CRT and an LCD, and an HDD And a storage unit 37 composed of a storage device such as a flash memory.

  The control unit 31 is configured to perform online communication with each POS terminal 2 and the packing device 4 via the first communication interface 331 connected to the bus 32. The control unit 31 is configured to perform online communication with the sales support server 6 via the second communication interface 332 connected to the bus 32. In addition, an operation input unit 35, a display unit 36, and a storage unit 37 are connected to the control unit 31 via a bus 32 and an I / O device control unit 34.

  The storage unit 37 stores various programs executed by the control unit 31 and various setting information related to the execution of the programs. The control unit 31 realizes various functional units (a first change unit, a second change unit, a determination unit, a display control unit, etc.) in cooperation with a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 37, and the packing device 4. In addition, a packing process and a missing part check process, which will be described later, are executed.

  The storage unit 37 also stores store product master file 371, net product master file 372, category master file 373, order management file 374, and delivery service management as data necessary for the operation of the net super system 1 and the POS system 5. A file 375 and the like are stored.

  The store product master file 371 holds a category ID, a product name, a unit price, and the like indicating the category of the product in association with the product code of each product sold in the store. Here, the product code is a product identification code such as JAN (Japanese Article Number) that can identify each product. The product code is added in advance in the form of a barcode or the like to each product sold in the store.

  The net product master file 372 corresponds to the first holding means, and is associated with the product code of each product sold on the net supermarket, the product category ID, product name, unit price, image URI and shortage flag described later. Etc. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the online product master file 372. As shown in the figure, the net product master file 372 holds a record in which a category ID, a product code, a product name, a unit price, an image URI, and a shortage flag are associated with each product type.

  Here, the image URI is a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) indicating the storage location of the image file of the corresponding product, and is used when the sales support server 6 provides the net super service. The missing item flag is flag information for identifying whether or not the corresponding item is out of stock, where “0” means that there is a stock and “1” means that the item is out of stock (out of stock). is doing.

  The category master file 373 holds a category ID and its category name in association with each other. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the category master file 373. In the figure, the category ID “001” is “vegetable”, “002” is “meat”, and “003” is “daily (product)”. The category ID in the category master file 373 corresponds to the category ID in the store product master file 371 and the net product master file 372, and the category name can be read from each product code.

  The order management file 374 corresponds to the second holding means, the third holding means, and the fourth holding means, and is a data table for managing (holding) an order product list to be described later transmitted from the sales support server 6. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the order management file 374. As shown in the figure, the order management file 374 holds a record in which a flight number, box number, sequence number, product code, product name, and check status are associated with each other.

  Here, the flight number is an identifier for identifying a delivery flight that delivers a product, and products having the same flight number are delivered by the same flight. The box number is an identifier for identifying a storage box that stores a product for delivery. The product purchased (ordered) by the online supermarket, that is, the product code (product name) registered in the order management file 374 is stored in the storage box indicated by the box number and delivered to the customer who placed the order. The Each storage box is given a unique box number in advance in the form of a data code such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code. The sequence number is a management number sequentially assigned to each product having the same flight number.

  The check status is information for indicating whether or not a packing process to be described later has been performed and a product shortage. In this embodiment, when the check status is “0”, it means that the packing process has not been processed, and when it is “1”, it means that the packing process has been processed. Further, when the check status is “9”, it means that the product is a missing item. It is assumed that the initial (default) state of the check status is “0”.

  The delivery flight management file 375 is a data table for managing the delivery date and time corresponding to each flight number. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the delivery service management file 375. As shown in the figure, the delivery service management file 375 holds the delivery date, delivery time, and deadline time in association with the flight number.

  The delivery date and the delivery time represent the date and time period for delivering the product. Moreover, the deadline time represents the time when the reception with the corresponding flight number is closed. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the deadline is 3 hours before the delivery time. The control unit 31 deletes the delivery flight record whose deadline has passed from the delivery flight management file 375 based on the current date and time counted by a timekeeping unit such as an RTC (Real Time Clock) (not shown).

  Next, the packing device 4 will be described. The packing device 4 is a handy terminal or the like that can be carried by a worker who performs a packing operation (hereinafter referred to as a packing operator), and the electrical system is configured as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the packing device 4. As shown in the figure, the packing device 4 includes a code scanner 41, an operation input unit 42, a display unit 43, a communication interface 44, a storage unit 45, a control unit 46, and the like, and each unit is connected by a bus 47.

  The code scanner 41 reads the code data added to the product or the storage box, and outputs the result of decoding the code data to the control unit 46. The operation input unit 42 includes an input device such as a keyboard, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a user operation to the control unit 46. The display unit 43 is configured by a display device such as an LCD, and displays various types of information under the control of the control unit 46. The communication interface 44 is a communication interface connectable to the network N1, and accesses the store computer 3 under the control of the control unit 46.

  The storage unit 45 includes a storage device such as a flash memory, and stores various programs executed by the control unit 46 and various setting information related to the execution of the programs. The control unit 46 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and various function units (a first reading unit, a second reading unit, a first changing unit, and the like) in cooperation with a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 45. A second change unit, a reception unit, a determination unit, a display control unit, and the like), and performs a packing process and a missing part check process described later together with the store computer 3.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the sales support server 6 is a server device for providing a net super service for selling products sold in a store of the POS system 5 via a network N3 such as the Internet. The sales support server 6 includes a control unit including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input device such as a keyboard and various buttons, a display device such as a CRT and an LCD, a storage device such as an HDD and a flash memory, and networks N2 and N3. A connectable communication interface is provided (none of which is shown), and various control units are realized by the control unit executing predetermined programs (for example, Web applications, database programs, etc.) stored in the storage device. .

  The customer terminal 7 is an information processing apparatus such as a PC or a mobile phone operated by a net supermarket customer (user). The customer terminal 7 can be connected to a control unit composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., input devices such as a keyboard and various buttons, display devices such as CRT and LCD, storage devices such as HDD and flash memory, and a network N3. A communication interface or the like (not shown) is provided, and various functions are realized by the control unit executing a predetermined program (for example, a Web browser) stored in the storage device.

  Here, an example of an operation until a product is purchased (ordered) at the internet supermarket will be described. First, the control unit of the customer terminal 7 (hereinafter simply referred to as the customer terminal 7) accesses the address of the EC site provided by the sales support server 6 in accordance with a user operation. On the other hand, when the control unit of the sales support server 6 (hereinafter simply referred to as the sales support server 6) receives access from the customer terminal 7, the EC sells products based on a program or the like stored in a storage unit (not shown). An initial page of the site is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 7. The customer terminal 7 displays the initial page provided from the sales support server 6 on a display unit (not shown) and waits for a user operation input.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the initial page of the EC site. In the figure, a list of character strings representing each product category (for example, vegetables, fruits, etc.) is displayed in the area A1. In the area A2, icon images representing each product category are displayed in a list.

  When the customer terminal 7 detects that a specific product category (for example, vegetable) is selected by the user from a plurality of product categories displayed in the area A1 or the area A2 of the initial page, the customer terminal 7 The category name or category ID is notified to the sales support server 6.

  On the other hand, when the sales support server 6 receives a selection notification of the category name or category ID from the customer terminal 7, the sales support server 6 refers to the net product master file 372 stored in the storage unit 37 of the store computer 3, and the category name or category Read the record corresponding to the ID. And the sales support server 6 will transmit to the customer terminal 7, if the goods purchase page for receiving a purchase order is produced | generated based on each read record. The customer terminal 7 displays the product purchase page provided from the sales support server 6 on a display unit (not shown) and waits for the user's operation input.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product purchase page. As shown in the figure, the product purchase page has a shortage flag “0” in the record read from the online product master file 372, that is, a purchase screen G1 for purchasing a product in stock, The shortage flag in the record read from the product master file 372 is “1”, that is, it has a stockout screen G2 indicating that the product is out of stock.

  Here, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of the purchase screen G1 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the purchase screen G1 includes an area A31 for displaying the product code included in the corresponding record, an area A32 for displaying the product name, and an area A33 for displaying the unit price. And an area A34 for displaying an image file. The purchase screen G1 has an area A35 for selectively inputting the number of products to be purchased and a purchase button B1 for instructing an order. In the area A34, an image file acquired from the storage location indicated by the image URI is displayed.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the out-of-stock screen G2 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the out-of-stock screen G2 is similar to the purchase screen G1, an area A31 for displaying the product code, an area A32 for displaying the product name, and an area A33 for displaying the unit price. And an area A34 for displaying an image file. Further, the out-of-stock screen G2 has an area A35 for selectively inputting the number of products to be purchased and a purchase button B1, as in the purchase screen G1, but is in an invalidated state that cannot be operated. Information indicating out of stock is displayed at the position of the purchase button B1. That is, the sales support server 6 invalidates the area A35 and the purchase button B1 in the purchase screen G1, and generates a product with the information indicating that the product is out of stock as the stockout screen G2.

  Each time the customer terminal 7 receives a press of the purchase button B1 provided on the purchase screen G1 via a keyboard or mouse (not shown), the sales support server 6 uses the product code of the corresponding product and the purchase quantity as a purchase target. To notify. When the customer terminal 7 receives an instruction to the effect that the product selection has been completed via a keyboard or a mouse (not shown), the customer terminal 7 notifies the sales support server 6 that the selection has been completed.

  On the other hand, when the sales support server 6 receives a notification of selection completion from the customer terminal 7, the delivery for accepting designation of the delivery date and time based on the delivery service management file 375 stored in the storage unit 37 of the store computer 3. A date and time designation page is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 7. The customer terminal 7 displays the delivery date designation page provided from the sales support server 6 on a display unit (not shown) and waits for a user operation input.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery date / time designation page. As shown in the figure, the delivery date and time designation page area A4 is configured such that the delivery date and time corresponding to each flight number held in the delivery flight management file 375 can be selected. When the customer terminal 7 accepts that a specific delivery date and time has been selected via a keyboard or a mouse (not shown), the customer terminal 7 notifies the sales support server 6 of the selected delivery date and time.

  When the sales support server 6 receives the delivery date / time notification from the customer terminal 7, the sales support server 6 associates the flight number corresponding to the delivery date / time with the product code of each product notified as the purchase target, and sends it to the store computer 3 as an order list. Send.

  Each time the control unit 31 of the store computer 3 receives the order list from the sales support server 6, the flight number and product code included in the order list are sequentially stored in the order management file 374 in the record format shown in FIG. To do. The box number is assigned for each product according to the order list and the type and quantity of the product included in the order list. In addition, sequence numbers are assigned in the order of storage in the order management file 374 for the same flight number.

  A person in charge of picking work in the store of the POS system 5 (hereinafter referred to as a picking worker) stores each product associated with the corresponding flight number in the order management file 374 at the time corresponding to each flight number. Collect from within. The collected products are then transported to a backyard or the like and delivered to a packing operator.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, processing contents during the packing operation of the net super system 1 will be described. Here, FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the packing process executed by the cooperation of the store computer 3 and the packing device 4.

  As a premise of this processing, it is assumed that a flight number related to the main packing work is input via the operation input unit 42 by a packing operator who operates the packing device 4 (step S11). Further, it is assumed that one of the products delivered from the picking operator is picked up by the packing operator and the code data added to the product is read by the code scanner 41 of the packing device 4.

  First, when the control unit 46 of the packing device 4 acquires the product code read by the code scanner 41 (step S12), the control unit 46 notifies the store computer 3 of the combination of the flight number input in advance and the product code. The number is inquired (step S13).

  When the control unit 31 of the store computer 3 receives the combination of the flight number and the product code from the packing device 4, the control unit 31 searches the order management file 374 for a record corresponding to this set and having an unprocessed check status (step S21). ), It is determined whether or not the corresponding record exists (step S22).

  Here, when it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist (step S22; No), the control unit 31 transmits a message to the packing device 4 indicating that the notified product code need not be sorted (step S23), End the process. If it is determined in step S22 that the corresponding record exists (step S22; Yes), the control unit 31 packs the box number associated with the minimum value among the sequence numbers included in the corresponding records. It transmits to the apparatus 4 (step S24).

  The control unit 46 of the packing device 4 determines whether or not a box number has been transmitted from the store computer 3, and when receiving a message that the product code is not required to be sorted (step S14; No), this message. Is displayed on the display unit 43 (step S15), and the process is terminated. Thereby, the packing operator can easily determine whether or not the product needs to be sorted by checking the message displayed on the display unit 43.

  When the box number is received from the store computer 3 in step S14 (step S14; Yes), the control unit 46 displays the value of the box number on the display unit 43 (step S16). Wait for input (step S17; No).

  Here, the packing operator stores the product obtained in the storage box corresponding to the box number displayed in step S16, and then uses the code scanner 41 of the packing device 4 to store the box number added to the storage box. Read.

  When the box number is input via the code scanner 41 (step S17; Yes), the control unit 46 of the packing device 4 confirms the consistency of the box number by transmitting the box number to the store computer 3. (Step S18).

  When receiving the box number notification from the packing device 4, the control unit 31 of the store computer 3 determines whether or not the box number matches the box number transmitted in step S24 (step S25). If it is determined that there is a mismatch (step S25; No), the control unit 31 transmits a message indicating that there is an error in the sorting destination to the packing device 4 (step S26), and ends the process.

  If it is determined in step S25 that both box numbers match (step S25; Yes), the control unit 31 transmits a message indicating that the sorting destination is correct to the packing device 4 (step S27). When receiving the message transmitted from the store computer 3, the control unit 46 of the packing device 4 displays this message on the display unit 43 (step S19) and ends the process.

  Thereby, the packing operator can easily determine whether or not the sorting has been performed correctly by checking the message displayed on the display unit 43. In this embodiment, the store computer 3 determines whether the box number matches, but the box number transmitted from the store computer 3 is compared with the box number input via the code scanner 41. Thus, the packing device 4 itself may perform the matching determination.

  Subsequently, the control unit 31 of the store computer 3 changes the check status included in the record of the sequence number to be processed to “1” indicating that it has been processed (step S28), and ends the process.

  When the packing operator performs the above-described packing process for all the products delivered from the picking operator, the packing operator performs an operation for instructing that the sorting is completed via the operation input unit 42. When the control unit 46 of the packing device 4 receives an instruction for completion of sorting through the operation input unit 42, the control unit 46 executes a shortage check process described later together with the store computer 3.

  Here, FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the missing item check process realized by the cooperation of the store computer 3 and the packing device 4. As a premise of this process, it is assumed that the flight number related to the packing process is input in advance via the operation input unit 42 (step S31).

  When the control unit 46 of the packing apparatus 4 receives an instruction for completion of sorting through the operation input unit 42 (step S32), it transmits the previously entered flight number and sorting completion information indicating the completion of sorting to the store computer 3. (Step S33), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when receiving the flight number and sorting completion information from the packing device 4, the control unit 31 of the store computer 3 refers to the order management file 374 and checks the check status included in each record corresponding to this flight number. Then, “0” representing unprocessed is changed to “9” representing the shortage (step S41).

  Subsequently, the control unit 31 changes the shortage flag of the net product master file 372 to “1” for the check status product code changed to “9” representing the shortage in step S41 (step S42). End the process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to check the shortage of the product sold at the online supermarket during the packing operation, and therefore, it can be performed more efficiently than when performing the picking operation. In addition, the missing items are automatically detected simply by the packing operator performing the operation of sorting each product into a storage box, so there is no need to provide a separate process for checking for missing items, and the processing related to product delivery can be performed quickly. Can be achieved.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications, substitutions, additions, and the like are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the store product master file 371 and the online product master file 372 are used to individually manage the prices of products sold in the store and online supermarkets. For example, it is possible to use a single product master file to manage products sold in stores and online supermarkets.

  In the above embodiment, the store computer 3 holds the net product master file 372 and the order management file 374. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the store is performed in such a manner that the packing device 4 acquires from the store computer 3. It is good also as a form which the computer 3 hold | maintains.

  In the above embodiment, the sales support server 6 is arranged outside the POS system 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be arranged in the POS system 5. The store computer 3 may have a function of the sales support server 6.

  In the above embodiment, the product code and the box number are held in the data code. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the product code and the box number may be held in the form of an RFID tag or the like. In this case, the packing apparatus 4 includes an RFID reader / writer instead of the code scanner 41.

  The program executed by each device of the above embodiment may be configured to be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like. The program may be provided by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD in an installable or executable format file. Good.

  Further, the program may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. Further, the program may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Net super system 2 POS terminal 3 Store computer 31 Control part 32 Bus 331 1st communication interface 332 2nd communication interface 34 I / O device control part 35 Operation input part 36 Display part 37 Storage part 371 Store product master file 372 Net Product Master File 373 Category Master File 374 Order Management File 375 Delivery Service Management File 4 Packing Device 41 Code Scanner 42 Operation Input Unit 43 Display Unit 44 Communication Interface 45 Storage Unit 46 Control Unit 47 Bus 5 POS System 6 Sales Support Server 7 Customer Terminal N1 network N2 network N3 network

Japanese Patent No. 3953714

Claims (5)

First holding means for associating and holding an identifier for identifying each product sold in the store and a shortage flag indicating whether the product is in stock;
A second holding unit that holds the identifier of the product that is the target of the purchase order and state information that indicates whether or not the processing related to reading of the identifier is unprocessed,
A first changing means for changing the state information corresponding to the identifier read from each product for each product collected according to the content of the purchase order from within the store;
A second changing means for changing the shortage flag of the first holding means corresponding to an unprocessed identifier to a stock-out condition when reading of all the collected products is completed;
An inventory management device comprising: Third holding means for holding a flight number of a delivery flight delivering the product in association with the identifier of each product held in the second holding means;
Receiving means for receiving an input of a specific flight number among flight numbers held in the third holding means;
Further comprising
The first changing means changes the status information corresponding to the flight number received by the receiving means and corresponding to the read identifier to processed,
The second changing means changes the shortage flag of the first holding means to no stock for the identifier corresponding to the flight number received by the receiving means and the status information of the second holding means is unprocessed. The inventory management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: A fourth holding unit that holds a box number for identifying a storage box that is a sorting destination of the product in association with the identifier of each product held in the second holding unit;
For each product collected from the store, the box number of the fourth holding means corresponding to the identifier read from each product matches the box number read from the storage box that is the sorting destination of the product Determining means for determining whether to do;
Further comprising
The said 1st change means changes the said status information corresponding to the identifier of the said goods which concern on this determination to process processed, when it determines with the said determination means agree | coinciding. Inventory management equipment.   4. The inventory management apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising display control means for displaying a message indicating that there is an error in the sorting destination on the display device when the determination means determines that they do not match. A first holding means for associating and holding an identifier for identifying each product sold in the store, a shortage flag indicating whether or not the product is in stock, an identifier for the product for which the purchase order is made A second holding unit that holds and associates state information indicating whether or not processing relating to reading of the identifier is unprocessed,
A first changing means for changing the state information corresponding to the identifier read from each product for each product collected according to the content of the purchase order from within the store;
A second changing means for changing the shortage flag of the first holding means corresponding to an unprocessed identifier to a stock-out condition when reading of all the collected products is completed;
Inventory management program to make it function.

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