JP2013246725A - Disaster prevention stockpiling system, terminal and disaster prevention stockpiling method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disaster prevention stockpiling system for efficiently stockpiling articles for disaster prevention in an organization.SOLUTION: A disaster prevention stockpiling system (SYS) includes, for stockpiling a fixed number of articles for disaster prevention: a storage part (101) for storing stockpile information (100) relating to a plurality of stockpiled articles; a determination part (102) for, on the basis of the stockpile information (100), determining that at least one of the plurality of articles is sellable when the number of the plurality of articles is larger than a threshold; and a notification part (110) for sending notification of the number of articles which have been sold as a result of being determined to be sellable by the determination part (102), as the required number of replenishment.

Description

  The present invention relates to a disaster prevention storage system, a terminal, and a disaster prevention storage method, and more particularly to a system, a terminal, and a method for storing a certain number of disaster prevention articles in an organization such as a company.

  Conventionally, there is a system for securing disaster prevention articles. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-133036 (Patent Document 1) holds inventory information as information such as the quantity of disaster supplies stored in a storage room, and the number of inventory falls below a predetermined value or the expiration date / expiration date is limited. It is disclosed that a replenishment request is notified when the time elapses.

  Further, from the viewpoint of securing a certain amount of articles, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-325351 (Patent Document 2) detects the consumption status of consumables such as printing paper and ink, and stores the remaining inventory and the minimum stockpile. It is disclosed to place an order when the quantity is equal.

JP 2002-133036 A JP 2001-325351 A

  The system of the above-mentioned patent document 1 distributes and stores disaster supplies in a plurality of assumed disaster areas. Therefore, in this system, disaster prevention articles cannot be efficiently stored in one organization.

  Further, the system of Patent Document 2 relates to a storage of consumables necessary for printing a photographic image. Therefore, this system cannot be applied to stockpiling of disaster prevention articles.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and its purpose is to provide a disaster prevention storage system, a terminal, and a disaster prevention storage method capable of efficiently storing disaster prevention articles in an organization. Is to provide.

  A disaster prevention storage system according to an aspect of the present invention is a system for storing a certain number of articles for disaster prevention, and is based on storage means for storing storage information regarding a plurality of stored articles, and the storage information When the number of the plurality of articles is greater than the threshold value, the determination means for determining that at least one of the plurality of articles can be sold and the result of the determination by the determination means that the sale is possible are And a notifying means for notifying the number of articles that have been supplied as the replenishment required number.

  Preferably, the stockpiling information includes a storage deadline indicating a deadline to be excluded from the sale target for each of the plurality of articles, and the notifying unit further notifies the number of articles whose storage deadline has expired as the replenishment required number.

  Preferably, the storage deadline is a date before the expiry date of each article.

  Preferably, when the determination unit determines that the item can be sold, the selection unit further includes a selection unit for selecting an item for sale from those having a short storage period.

  Preferably, a calculation means for calculating the required number of articles to be replenished is further provided.

  Preferably, the stockpiling information further includes level information indicating whether it is within the storage deadline, further comprising change processing means for performing processing for changing the level information, and the calculating means is the level changed by the change processing means. Based on the information, the number of products for which the storage period has expired is calculated.

  Preferably, the apparatus further includes a carry-out means for carrying out the article selected by the selection means.

  When the terminal according to another aspect of the present invention has a storage means for storing storage information relating to a plurality of articles stored for disaster prevention, and the number of the plurality of articles is greater than a threshold based on the storage information And a determination means for determining that at least one of the plurality of articles can be sold, and a notification for notifying the number of articles sold as a result of the determination that the determination means determines that the article can be sold as a replenishment required number. Means.

  A disaster prevention storage method according to still another aspect of the present invention is a method for storing a certain number of articles for disaster prevention, which is executed by a computer including a storage unit and an arithmetic processing unit, and the arithmetic processing unit includes: A step of determining that at least one of the plurality of articles can be sold when the number of the plurality of articles is larger than a threshold based on the stockpiling information on the plurality of articles stored in the storage unit; The arithmetic processing unit includes a step of notifying the number of articles sold as a required replenishment number as a result of determining that sales are possible.

  According to the present invention, if there are more items stored than the threshold, items for disaster prevention can be sold. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the cost for stockpiling for the manager of the organization that stocks the goods, rather than stocking the goods fixedly (without selling).

  Further, since only the number of surplus articles is sold, a certain number of articles can always be secured. Furthermore, since the number of articles sold is notified as the replenishment required number, the rotation of the stored articles can be improved.

(A) is the figure which showed the outline | summary of the mechanism of the disaster prevention stockpiling system in embodiment of this invention, (B) is the figure which showed the outline | summary of the mechanism of general stockpiling. It is a functional block diagram of the disaster prevention stockpiling system in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the article | item data contained in the stockpiling information shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the disaster prevention stockpiling system in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the vending machine in the disaster prevention stockpiling system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the terminal in the disaster prevention stockpiling system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the sales process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the sales propriety determination processing in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the level change process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the calculation process in embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure which shows the characteristic of the disaster prevention stockpiling system in embodiment of this invention concretely.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will not be repeated.

<Overview>
First, the outline | summary of the disaster prevention stockpiling system in embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the disaster prevention article is stored food (for example, drinking water, handy type nutritional food, instant noodles, etc.). However, it is not limited to food as long as consumption is assumed even when it is not a disaster.

  FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an outline of a mechanism of a disaster prevention stockpiling system in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing an outline of a general stockpiling mechanism.

  When stocking disaster prevention goods in an organization such as a company, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), if a predetermined number of goods expire (or just before they expire), they are stockpiled in a lump. Replacement of goods is necessary. Accordingly, every time a replacement is made, not only the purchase cost of the new article but also the disposal cost of the old article occurs. Since such large-scale replacement is regularly performed, the burden is large for companies that stockpile disaster prevention articles.

  On the other hand, with reference to FIG. 1 (A), the disaster prevention storage system of this Embodiment takes the structure which sells a part of storage. That is, a part of the total reserve is sold and consumed. The products are sold from the one with the shortest expiry date (old one) and the goods are replenished by the amount sold. Thereby, articles are replaced with new ones as needed. In other words, by selling and consuming, the expiry date of the stockpile becomes longer as needed, and no waste occurs. A certain amount of articles is always stocked for disaster prevention (that is, only surplus is sold). Therefore, disaster prevention articles can be fluidly stored while always ensuring a minimum stockpile.

<Functional configuration example>
Next, a functional configuration example of the disaster prevention storage system in the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the disaster prevention storage system in the embodiment of the present invention.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the disaster prevention stockpiling system SYS includes a storage unit 101, a determination unit 102, a selection unit 104, a carry-out unit 106, a change processing unit 108, a notification unit 110, and a calculation unit as functional configurations. 112.

  The memory | storage part 101 memorize | stores the stockpiling information 100 regarding the some stockpiled goods. The stockpiling information 100 indicates information related to a plurality of articles, and includes, for example, data for identifying each article (hereinafter referred to as “article data”).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the article data 1000.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the article data 1000 retains an article name 52, an amount 53, a storage deadline 54, a consumption deadline 55, and a stockpiling level 56 in association with a code 51 for identifying the article. The code 51 is identification information for identifying an article, and may correspond to, for example, a code (bar code or two-dimensional code) assigned to each article. The storage deadline 54 represents a deadline to be excluded from sales. The expiry date 55 is longer than the storage due date 54 and represents, for example, the expiry date given to the article in advance. In other words, since it is not preferable that the article purchased by the employee is just before the expiration date, in the present embodiment, a date before the original expiration date of the article is set as the storage expiration date. As for the storage deadline, it is assumed that the storage deadline and the expiration date are in a proportional relationship, such as a predetermined number of days before the expiration date. The stockpiling level 56 is information indicating the stockpiling status of the corresponding article (whether it can be sold, or only in storage), and represents at least whether it is within the storage deadline 54 or not. In the present embodiment, “level LA” is stored within the storage period 54, “level LB” is stored within the storage period 55 but is within the consumption period 55, and “level LC” is the state after the consumption period has expired. Represent.

  Referring to FIG. 2 again, based on the stockpiling information 100, the determination unit 102 can sell at least one of the stocked items when the number of stocked items is greater than the threshold value. Is determined. Here, the “threshold value” represents the minimum number that should be stored in the organization as a disaster prevention article. For example, it may be determined by Nmin pieces × the number of employees. The threshold value is stored in the storage unit 101 and may be designed so that it can be changed as the number of employees changes. The determination unit 102 determines whether or not an article can be sold depending on whether or not the number of articles whose stockpiling level 56 is level LA is greater than a threshold value.

  When the determination unit 102 determines that the item can be sold, the selection unit 104 selects an item for sale from items with a short storage period 54 (old items). The unloading unit 106 unloads the article selected by the selection unit 104 when there is a deposit. As a result, articles are sold starting from those with a short storage period 54. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which payment is accepted after determination of whether or not sales are possible. However, whether or not sales are possible may be determined after payment.

  The change processing unit 108 performs processing for changing the stockpiling level 56. The notification unit 110 notifies various information. The calculating unit 112 calculates the number of articles sold and the number of articles whose storage deadline has expired as the replenishment required number.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the sold amount is replenished as needed, it is possible to avoid the expense of a collective cost. Furthermore, since the stockpiled goods are sold to the employees, disposal costs can be eliminated or reduced, and the company can stockpile disaster prevention items efficiently. In addition, depending on the selling price, companies can also make a profit. In addition, since food can be purchased in-house, employee satisfaction and work efficiency can be expected. Moreover, when drinking water is stockpiled, it can respond also to the heat stroke countermeasure in the summer.

<Specific configuration example>
Next, a specific configuration example for realizing the functional configuration as described above will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the disaster prevention storage system SYS in the embodiment of the present invention.

  With reference to FIG. 4, the disaster prevention storage system SYS includes a vending machine 1 that also functions as a storage for a plurality of articles 120 and a terminal 2. These are assumed to be installed in company A, which is an organization. The terminal 2 may be connected to the external management server 3 via the Internet 4. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the vending machine 1 and the terminal 2 are operated and managed by a provider (system administrator) of the stockpiling system SYS. However, these may be operated and managed in the company A, and the vending machine 1 and the terminal 2 may be operated and managed separately.

  The vending machine 1 and the terminal 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, respectively.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the vending machine 1.

  4 and 5, the vending machine 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13, a clock 14, a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 15, and a carry-out unit. 16 and an input / output I / F (interface) 17.

  The control unit 10 performs calculations for controlling the entire vending machine 1 and controls each unit. The control unit 10 is realized by an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The storage unit 11 stores various information. The storage unit 11 includes, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores the above-described storage information 100. In addition, in order to distinguish with the stockpile information stored in the terminal 2, it is described as stockpile information 100A here. The operation unit 12 receives an instruction from a user (typically, an employee of the company A). The display unit 13 displays various information. The display unit 13 is configured by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The clock 14 measures the current time. The depositing / dispensing processing unit 15 performs processing such as depositing from the coin insertion slot 15A and change dispensing to a coin dispensing outlet (not shown). The carry-out unit 16 carries out, for example, one of the built-in articles 120 to the carry-out port 16 </ b> A based on a carry-out instruction from the control unit 10. In FIG. 4, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, an example in which disaster prevention articles 120 are stacked is shown. However, the articles 120 are stored in, for example, a plurality of columns and / or a plurality of columns. . The input / output I / F 17 inputs and outputs information with the terminal 2 by wire or wirelessly.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal 2.

  Referring to FIG. 6, terminal 2 may have the same configuration as a general personal computer, and stores CPU 20 for performing various arithmetic processes, ROM 21 for storing various data and programs, work data, and the like. RAM 22, an operation unit 23 for receiving instructions from an operator, a display unit 24 for displaying various information, a communication I / F 26 for communicating with the Internet 4, a hard disk 27, and a recording And a drive device 28a capable of reading / writing data and programs from the medium 28b. The recording medium 28b may be, for example, an optical medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-ROM), a memory card, or the like. The terminal 2 further includes an input / output I / F 25 for inputting and outputting information to and from the vending machine 1. Further, the stockpiling information 100B is stored in the hard disk 27. The terminal 2 may be a mobile terminal.

  The hardware configuration of the management server 3 shown in FIG. 4 may be the same as that of a general personal computer. That is, since the management server 3 may have the same configuration as the terminal 2, the description of the hardware configuration of the management server 3 will not be repeated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the disaster prevention article is built in the vending machine 1, it is easy to introduce the disaster prevention storage system SYS even in a small and medium-sized company or a small number of bases where there is not enough storage space. is there.

  Here, an example of a correspondence relationship between the above-described functional blocks and hardware will be described.

  2, 5, and 6, the storage unit 101 corresponds to the storage unit 11 of the vending machine 1 and / or the hard disk 27 of the terminal 2. The functions of the determination unit 102 and the selection unit 104 are realized by the control unit 10 of the vending machine 1 executing software stored in the storage unit 11. The unloading unit 106 is realized by the unloading unit 16 and the control unit 10 of the vending machine 1. The function of the change processing unit 108 is realized by the CPU 20 of the terminal 2 executing software stored in the hard disk 27, for example. The notification unit 110 is realized by the display unit 24 and / or the communication I / F 26 of the terminal 2.

<About operation>
Operation | movement of the disaster prevention stockpiling system SYS in this Embodiment is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIGS. 7-10, referring already described FIGS.

(Sales process)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the sales process in the embodiment of the present invention. The sales process is executed by the vending machine 1. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 is stored in advance in the storage unit 11 as a program, and the function of the sales processing is realized by the control unit 10 reading and executing this program.

  Referring to FIG. 7, when the control unit 10 of the vending machine 1 detects an operation from the user (step S (hereinafter abbreviated as “S”) 102), the control unit 10 executes a sales permission / inhibition determination process (S 104). The sale availability determination process will be described with reference to a subroutine in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the sale availability determination process.

  With reference to FIG. 8, the determination part 102 counts the number of articles | goods of the stockpiling level LA based on the stockpiling information 100A memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 11 (S202). More specifically, the storage level 56 (FIG. 3) of each of the plurality of article data 1000 constituting the storage information 100A is searched, and the number of articles at the storage level LA indicating that it is within the storage period is counted.

  Next, the determination unit 102 determines whether or not the count number in S202 is larger than the threshold value (S204). That is, it is determined whether there is a surplus reserve. If it is determined that the count number is greater than the threshold value (YES in S204), it is determined that sales are possible (S206). On the other hand, when it is determined that the count number is equal to or less than the threshold value (NO in S204), it is determined that sales are not possible (S208).

  In this way, if the number of articles to be sold is equal to or less than a constant (threshold), it is determined that the sale is not possible, so that a situation where there is a shortage of disaster prevention articles can be avoided when a disaster occurs. .

  Referring to FIG. 7 again, if the result of the sale permission / inhibition determination process is that the sale is not possible (NO in S106), the sale is displayed on the display unit 13 and the process ends (S108). If sales are possible (YES in S106), the process proceeds to S110 and subsequent steps. In the present embodiment, the user (employee) is notified by display of the fact that the sale is not possible. However, the sale may be notified by voice or the like.

  In S110, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 15 detects the deposit from the user. Then, the selection unit 104 searches for an article code of the stockpiling level LA (S112), and selects an article code with an old storage period (S114). Specifically, by referring to the data of the storage deadline 54 (FIG. 3) of the article data 1000, an article code selection process with the shortest storage deadline is executed. In the present embodiment, since the storage deadline is set to a date that is a predetermined number of days before the expiration date, as a result, the article with the shortest expiration date is selected. The selected article code is temporarily stored in the internal memory.

  When the article selection processing is completed, the carry-out unit 106 carries out the article 122 selected from the plurality of articles 120 (S116). That is, the control unit 10 extracts an article having an article code temporarily stored in the internal memory from the plurality of articles 120 and carries it out. The process of S116 is executed in the following procedure, for example. The storage unit 11 stores position information for specifying the position of the accommodated column in association with the article code. The position of the article is specified based on the article code selected in S114. The carry-out unit 106 performs a process of driving the conveying device to the specified position and extracting the corresponding article. Such a technique for extracting a product from a specific position can be realized by a known technique.

  Or you may use the vending machine designed so that goods might be carried out in the order accommodated in the column. In that case, if the administrator stores the items in the order of shortest expiry date, the manager selects the item with the shortest expiry date (storage due date) without executing the processing of S112 and S114 shown in FIG. Is done.

  Alternatively, for example, as in the technique described in Embodiment 5 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-146366, the vending machine rotates the expiration date reading device that reads the expiration date described in the article, and the plurality of articles. A gondola truck for stirring may be provided. In that case, the carry-out unit may be designed to read the expiry date of the article in the gondola truck and carry out the article from the item with the short expiry date.

  When the article is carried out, the input / output I / F 17 functioning as the notification unit 110 notifies the terminal 2 of the code of the sold (selected) article (S118). When the input / output I / F 25 of the terminal 2 receives the notification, in the terminal 2, the CPU 20 deletes the article data corresponding to the notified article code from the stockpiling information 100B in the hard disk 27. Also in the control unit 10 of the vending machine 1, the article data corresponding to the sold article is deleted from the stockpiling information 100A (S120). In this way, the number of articles managed by each stockpiling information is updated.

  This completes the sales process.

(Level change processing)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing level change processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. The level change process is executed by the terminal 2. The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 is stored in advance in the hard disk 27 as a program, and the function of the level change process is realized by the CPU 20 reading and executing this program. The level changing process may be automatically executed at a predetermined time every morning or every night, or may be executed in accordance with an instruction from a user (system administrator).

  Referring to FIG. 9, the change processing unit 108 determines whether there is an article whose storage period has expired (S302). Specifically, the storage deadline 54 of the article data 1000 of the stockpiling information 100B is searched, and it is determined whether or not the date and time recorded as the storage deadline has passed the current date and time. If it is determined that there is an article whose storage period has expired (YES in S302), the change processing unit 108 changes the stock level 56 of the corresponding article data from the level LA to the level LB (S304). When the process of S304 ends, the process proceeds to S306. If there is no article whose storage period has expired (NO in S302), the process proceeds to S306.

  In step S306, the change processing unit 108 determines whether there is an article whose expiration date has expired. Specifically, the expiration date 55 of the article data 1000 of the stockpiling information 100B is searched, and it is determined whether or not the date and time recorded as the expiration date has passed the current date and time. When it is determined that there is an article whose expiration date has expired (YES in S306), the change processing unit 108 changes the stock level 56 of the corresponding article data from the level LB to the level LC (S308). When the processing of S308 ends, the process proceeds to S310. If there is no article whose expiration date has expired (NO in S306), the process proceeds to S310.

  In S310, the notification unit 110 notifies the updated article information. Specifically, for example, the display unit 24 displays the article code of the article whose level has been changed and the changed level in association with each other. This prompts the operator of the terminal 2 to dispose of items whose expiration date has passed, such as taking out items whose stockpiling level has been updated to level LC from the vending machine 1. In the case where the vending machine 1 is an apparatus in which the articles are carried out in the order in which they are stored in the column, the articles whose stockpiling level is updated to the level LB are also taken out from the vending machine 1 and temporarily stored in another place. It is desirable to encourage storage. In the present embodiment, the information on the article whose level has been changed is notified by display. However, the management server 3 is notified via the Internet 4 to replace the article in the vending machine 1 with the manager. You may be prompted.

  Subsequently, the change processing unit 108 requests the vending machine 1 to change the stockpiling level via the input / output I / F 25 (S312). For example, information in which the article code of the article whose level has been changed and the changed level is associated is notified (output). Thereby, the control part 10 of the vending machine 1 changes the stockpiling level about the notified article | item data among the article | item data of the stockpiling information 100A to the newest information.

  This completes the level change process.

(Calculation process)
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a calculation process in the embodiment of the present invention. The calculation process is executed by the terminal 2. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 is also stored in advance in the hard disk 27 as a program, and the function of the calculation processing is realized by the CPU 20 reading and executing this program. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the calculation process is executed according to an instruction from a user (system administrator). However, the present invention is not limited and may be executed automatically at a predetermined time every day.

  Referring to FIG. 10, CPU 20 counts the number of sales NS for the previous day (S402). That is, the number of articles sold / consumed between the previous calculation process and the present is counted. Specifically, for example, it is counted as follows. On the hard disk 27 of the terminal 2, the article code notified by the process of S118 in FIG. 7 is temporarily recorded in a predetermined area (referred to as “area A”) as a code of the deleted article data. Then, with the completion of the calculation process, these temporarily recorded article codes are deleted. In such a case, the CPU 20 counts the number of article codes recorded in the area A as codes of the deleted article data. This number is determined as the sales number NS from the previous process.

  Next, the CPU 20 counts the number of articles NL that has been changed to the stockpiling level LB in the immediately preceding level change process (S404). Specifically, for example, the article code notified to the vending machine 1 for level change in S312 of FIG. 9 is temporarily recorded in a predetermined area (referred to as “area B”). Then, with the completion of the calculation process, these temporarily recorded article codes are deleted. In such a case, the CPU 20 counts the number of article codes recorded in the area B as the article data code changed to the level LB.

  The total value (NS + NL) of the count numbers in S402 and S404 is calculated as the replenishment required number and notified by the notification unit 110 (S406). That is, the replenishment required number is displayed on the display unit 24. Alternatively, information indicating the required number of supplements is transmitted to the management server 3 via the communication I / F 26.

  This completes the calculation process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the vending machine 1 and the terminal 2 installed in the company A can replace sales / consumption and storage expiration with new articles as needed. That is, it is possible to stockpile the disaster prevention articles in a fluid manner. Thereby, for the company A, it is possible to reduce a large amount of expenses associated with the batch replacement, and it is possible to reduce waste.

<Characteristics of disaster prevention stockpiling system: Example of rotation (flow) of disaster prevention goods and disaster>
Finally, the features of the stockpiling system SYS described above will be explained in an easy-to-understand manner.

  FIG. 11 is an image diagram specifically showing features of the disaster prevention storage system in the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 11, it is shown that it is a new deadline as it goes to the right.

  Referring to FIG. 11, it is assumed that NT1 is introduced as total stockpiling (a plurality of articles) on the Xth day. Among them, the fixed stock (threshold) is NA1 and the surplus is NB. Suppose that NS items were sold from the oldest one that day. The number obtained by subtracting NS for sales / consumption from 1 surplus NB is represented by 2 NB as the final surplus on the Xth day. The number of articles whose stockpiling level has been changed from the level LA to the level LB on the Xth day, that is, the articles whose storage period has expired, is zero.

  On the Yth day (typically the day after the Xth day), NS sales for the Xth day are replenished. Thereby, the surplus becomes NB3 pieces. If no article is sold from the process of requesting replenishment this time (calculation process in FIG. 10) until the article is actually replenished to the vending machine 1, one NB and three NBs are equal. On the Yth day, it is assumed that the number sold is 0, and the number of articles whose stockpiling level is changed to level LB is NL.

  In that case, on the Zth day (typically, the day after the Yth day), NL storage expiration dates on the Yth day are replenished. Thereby, the surplus becomes NB4 pieces. Here, if no item is sold from the process of requesting replenishment this time (calculation process in FIG. 10) until the article is actually replenished to the vending machine 1, 1 NB and 4 NBs are equal. In the present embodiment, an article whose storage period has expired is not subject to sale, but a period remains until the expiration date. Therefore, the temporary storage is stored in a predetermined storage location in the vending machine 1 or a predetermined storage location in the company A. That is, an article whose expiry date is approaching is stored separately from the stored article (total stockpiling).

  Here, it is assumed that a disaster such as an earthquake has occurred on the Zth day. In that case, company A opens all articles. That is, the total stock NT2 and all the temporarily stored NL items are released. Thereby, more articles than the articles managed as stockpile can be distributed to the employees of the company A.

  As described above, by managing the deadline in two stages, when a disaster occurs, an article just before the expiration date can be effectively used as a disaster prevention article.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which only one type of article is stored. However, if the above-described processing is executed for each type, even when multiple types of articles are stored and sold. It is possible.

  Further, in this embodiment, the goods are sold due to the payment from the employees, but the consumption may be recorded as benefits expenses. In other words, if there is a predetermined operation in the operation unit 12 of the vending machine 1, the article may be carried out without payment.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the vending machine 1 and the terminal 2 have been described as realizing the disaster prevention storage system SYS, but this is not limitative. For example, a refrigerator (not shown) for sales of employees may be installed in the company A, and a plurality of articles (a part of them) may be arranged in the refrigerator so as to be picked up from items with an old deadline. In that case, when the employee takes out the article, the employee deposits a prescribed fee into the donation box. The terminal 2 may be installed in the vicinity of the refrigerator, and a code reading device (not shown) provided in the terminal 2 may be designed to read the article code of the taken-out article. The article taken out of the refrigerator is held by the employee over the code reading device, and the read article code is recorded in the area A of the hard disk 27 of the terminal 2. In this way, since the sold article code is held in the terminal 2, the level change process (FIG. 9) and the calculation process (FIG. 10) can be realized by the same process as in the above embodiment. Further, in such a case, the terminal 2 also executes the sale availability determination process (FIG. 8), and when it is determined that the sale is not possible, the article is not placed in the refrigerator. It can be secured.

  Alternatively, the plurality of articles 120 are stored in, for example, a stockpile, and among the sales process (FIG. 7) executed by the vending machine 1, a sales availability determination process (S104), an article code search / selection process (S112, S114) May be executed by the terminal 2. Then, a person such as an administrator may take out the article specified by the selected article code from the stockpile and sell it to the employee.

  Alternatively, in the vending machine 1, the processing (level change processing and calculation processing) performed by the terminal 2 may be executed.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  1 vending machine, 2 terminal, 3 management server, 4 internet, 10 control unit, 11 storage unit, 12 operation unit, 13 display unit, 14 clock, 15 deposit / withdrawal processing unit, 15A coin insertion slot, 16 unloading unit, 16A Unloading port, 17, 25 Input / output I / F, 20 CPU, 21 ROM, 22 RAM, 23 Operation unit, 24 Display unit, 26 Communication I / F, 27 Hard disk, 28a Drive device, 28b Recording medium, 100, 100A , 100B Stockpiling information, 101 storage unit, 102 determination unit, 104 selection unit, 106 unloading unit, 108 change processing unit, 110 notification unit, 112 calculation unit, 120, 122 (for disaster prevention) article, 1000 article data.

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A system for storing a certain number of articles for disaster prevention,
Storage means for storing stockpiling information relating to a plurality of stockpiled items;
A determination means for determining that at least one of the plurality of articles can be sold when the number of the plurality of articles is greater than a threshold based on the stockpiling information;
A disaster prevention stockpiling system, comprising: a notification means for notifying the number of articles sold as a replenishment required number as a result of the determination by the determination means being able to be sold. The stockpiling information includes, for each of the plurality of articles, a storage deadline indicating a deadline to be excluded from sale,
The disaster prevention storage system according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit further notifies the number of articles whose storage period has expired as a replenishment required number. The disaster prevention stockpiling system according to claim 2, wherein the storage deadline is a date before a consumption deadline of each article. The disaster prevention storage system according to claim 3, further comprising selection means for selecting an article for sale from the one with a short storage period when it is determined that the sale is possible by the determination means. The disaster prevention storage system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising a calculation means for calculating a necessary number of articles to be replenished. The stockpiling information further includes level information indicating whether the storage is within the storage period,
A change processing means for performing a process of changing the level information;
The disaster prevention storage system according to claim 5, wherein the calculation unit calculates the number of products whose storage deadline has expired based on the level information changed by the change processing unit. The disaster prevention storage system according to any one of claims 2 to 6, further comprising unloading means for unloading the article selected by the selection means. Storage means for storing stockpiling information on a plurality of articles stockpiled for disaster prevention;
A determination means for determining that at least one of the plurality of articles can be sold when the number of the plurality of articles is greater than a threshold based on the stockpiling information;
And a notification means for notifying the number of articles sold as a result of the determination made by the determination means as the replenishment required number. A method for storing a certain number of articles for disaster prevention, which is executed by a computer including a storage unit and an arithmetic processing unit,
When the number of the plurality of articles is greater than a threshold value based on the storage information regarding the plurality of articles stored in the storage unit, the arithmetic processing unit determines at least one of the plurality of articles. Determining that it can be sold;
A disaster prevention stockpiling method, comprising: a step for notifying the number of articles sold as a replenishment required number as a result of the arithmetic processing unit being determined to be sellable.

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