JP2016081069A - Rental equipment/materials borrower management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide rental equipment/materials borrower management system with which, when there is a many-to-one/one-to-many configuration in lending and borrowing, it is possible to respond to many differences in management method or contention in management numbers, and to identify the same equipment from different companies.SOLUTION: Provided is a rental equipment/materials borrower management system in which rental equipment/materials are lent from a rental company to a cooperative company through a prime contractor, and are transacted among a plurality of rental companies, a prime contractor, and a plurality of cooperative companies, the rental equipment/materials borrower management system comprising: lending information transmission/reception means A for transmitting/receiving lending information among the plurality of companies through a communication line by the plurality of rental companies and the prime contractor; means B for editing the lending information and issuing a tag including the lending information by the prime contractor; and lending information browse means C for browsing the lending information by the cooperative companies.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an integrated management system for borrowing and renting rental equipment at a construction site.

  Equipment used at construction sites is rarely held by prime contractors for economic reasons. Generally, prime contractors borrow necessary equipment from multiple rental companies and lend them to multiple partner companies. .

  Rental equipment is complicatedly exchanged between rental companies, prime contractors, and multiple cooperating companies. Rental destination management is required.

The following Patent Document 1 is a system that mediates between a plurality of rental companies and a prime contractor by providing a server on the Internet.
JP 2002-74210 A

  As shown in FIG. 6, the rental intermediary system for construction work machines disclosed in Patent Document 1 is at least one for a user to input data relating to work including the location of the work site and data relating to rental machines including rental conditions. The first input terminal 10 and at least one second input terminal 20a, 20b for the rental company to input data relating to rental information including the location of the construction work machine to be rented by the rental company, from the rental company A database 30 for storing at least the data relating to the rental information, and storing at least the data from the second input terminal in the database, and based on the data stored in the database and the data from the first input terminal, Search function to search for the best rental company and rental machine And a search server 25 having

  According to the rental brokerage system of Patent Document 1, the user can feel as if all models are available at one rental company (rental brokerage system), and a plurality of rental companies until a desired model is found. It is not necessary to perform complicated work such as making an inquiry.

  In addition, the user can properly use various rental companies and can efficiently search for a better model in terms of price and performance.

Patent Document 2 listed below is a system that supports the efficient use of medical equipment by renting medical equipment between multiple hospitals (free of charge or for a fee). Based on the use reservation information, facility information transmitting means for transmitting to a plurality of facilities via a communication line, use reservation information receiving means for receiving use reservation information for the facilities via a communication line, and the use reservation information Lending information registration means for registering lending information for lending the equipment between a plurality of facilities is provided.
JP 2002-15073 A

  As shown in FIG. 7, the regional rental server 15 is provided in a sales office 6 of a medical equipment manufacturer that sells medical equipment, for example, and uses a sales office terminal 17 provided in the sales office 16, for example, the Internet. The homepage disclosed above is created in the regional lending server 15, and various information exchanges are performed with the hospital terminals 18 arranged in a plurality of hospitals. The lending management server 13 and the plurality of regional lending servers 15 are connected via the Internet, for example.

  In Patent Document 1, there is a system that mediates between a plurality of rental companies and a prime contractor by providing a server on the Internet, but the rental equipment rental destination cannot be managed. That is, in rental equipment management of rental equipment that is complicatedly exchanged between multiple rental companies, prime contractors, and multiple partner companies, when the primary contractor borrows and performs centralized management, the management method of each rental company It is not possible to cope with the difference of the management number and the conflict of the management number.

  In addition, it is possible to manage with existing technology if it is limited to the exchange between the main contractor and the cooperating company, but the same equipment may be borrowed from different rental companies, so even if the same equipment is borrowed from any rental company It is necessary to identify whether there is a problem, but existing technology cannot handle it.

  In Patent Document 2, there is a system in which a device user can check a lending destination by providing a server in which a lending destination of each device is registered in order to efficiently use lending devices between a plurality of facilities. Since the rental equipment and the user directly exchange the rental equipment, it cannot be applied when the exchange is made between a plurality of rental companies, prime contractors, and a plurality of partner companies.

  That is, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, in the rental system management of rental equipment that is complicatedly exchanged between a plurality of rental companies, main contractors, and a plurality of subcontractors, in the existing system, the main contractor borrows. When centralized management is performed, it is not possible to deal with differences in the management methods of each rental company and conflicting management numbers.

  In addition, it is possible to manage with existing technology if it is limited to the exchange between the main contractor and the cooperating company, but the same equipment may be borrowed from different rental companies, so even if the same equipment is borrowed from any rental company It is necessary to identify whether there is a problem, but existing technology cannot handle it.

  The object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience of the conventional example, and when it has a many-to-one-to-many structure in lending and borrowing, it can cope with the difference of many management methods and conflict of management numbers, from different companies The object is to provide a rental equipment management system for rental equipment that can identify the same equipment.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1, wherein rental equipment is rented from a rental company to a partner company via a main contractor, and a plurality of rental companies, a main contractor, and a plurality of subcontractors. A rental destination management system for rental equipment to be exchanged, in a plurality of rental companies and a prime contractor, a rental information transmission / reception means for transmitting and receiving the loan information between the plurality of companies through a communication line, and in the prime contractor the loan The gist of the present invention is that it includes means for issuing a tag including information and lending information browsing means for browsing the lending information in a cooperating company.

  The present invention as set forth in claim 2 is provided with a server for storing additional information of rental equipment on the Internet, and the rental information of the rental company in the additional information is a rental company when the rental company lends the equipment to the main contractor. Is entered into the server using the lending information transmission / reception means, and the management number of the main contractor company is automatically generated by the server when the data of the rental company is input and integrated into the lending information. When a company lends to a subcontractor, a prime contractor enters into the server and is integrated into the lending information, and a tag with information for accessing the lending information stored in the server at the prime contractor is issued The gist is to attach the tag to the equipment.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the information contained in the tag is the prime contractor management number and the URL for browsing the equipment information. The fourth aspect of the present invention is that the subcontractor is attached to the equipment. The gist of the invention is that the lending information stored in the server can be viewed using the lending information browsing means.

  According to the present invention, rental equipment is rented from a rental company via a prime contractor to a partner company, and rental destination management of rental equipment exchanged between a plurality of rental companies, a prime contractor, and a plurality of partner companies. As a system, a server is installed on the Internet, and among the additional information on the equipment, the rental company data is entered by the rental company when the rental company lends the equipment to the primary contractor, and the primary contractor management number is the rental company data The data is automatically allocated at the time of entry. The data of the subcontractor is entered by the main contractor when the main contractor lends it to the subcontractor, and the equipment includes the management number of the main contractor when the main contractor receives the equipment. A tag in which a URL for browsing equipment information is stored is attached.

  Each piece of data to be added to the equipment is input by the respective manager, so that it can be input efficiently in a series of flow from borrowing the rental equipment to returning it.

  By having both the management number of the rental company side and the prime contractor side, it is possible to cope with the management number conflict between the rental companies.

  Further, the management number of the rental company can be used between the rental company and the main contractor, and the management number of the main contractor can be used between the main contractor and the partner company. This makes it possible to consolidate lending and borrowing between the three parties into one system.

  As described above, the rental equipment management system for rental equipment according to the present invention can cope with differences in management methods and management number conflicts when it has a many-to-one-to-many configuration in lending and borrowing, The same equipment can be identified from different companies and is efficient.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of a rental equipment rental destination management system according to the present invention. In the case of exchanging rental equipment among a plurality of rental companies 1, a main contractor company 2, and a plurality of partner companies 3. Loan management.

  A server 5 for storing additional information on rental equipment of the system is provided on the Internet 4 so that the rental company 1, the prime contractor 2, and the partner company 3 can use it. Reference numeral 6 denotes a database of the server 5. The prime contractor 2 is not limited to a corporation as a company, but refers to a prime contractor that includes an individual contractor.

  Additional information on the equipment includes rental company data (borrower), prime contractor management number, subcontractor data (loaner), and the like.

  The present invention provides a lending information transmitting / receiving means A for transmitting and receiving the lending information between the plurality of companies through a communication line in a plurality of rental companies and a prime contractor, and a means for issuing a tag including the lending information in the prime contractor company B and lending information browsing means C for browsing the lending information in a cooperating company.

  Among the additional information, the rental information of the rental company is input to the server from the rental company using the rental information transmission / reception means when the rental company rents the equipment from the rental company to the main contractor, and the management number of the main contractor is the rental company's management number. When the data is input, it is automatically generated by the server and integrated into the lending information. When the main contractor lends to the subcontractor, the main contractor inputs the data to the server and is integrated with the lending information. .

  A tag with information for accessing the lending information stored in the server is issued at the prime contractor, and the tag is attached to the equipment.

  The information included in the tag is a prime contractor management number and a URL for browsing equipment information.

  The cooperating company can browse the lending information stored in the server using the lending information browsing means with the tag attached to the equipment.

  When each user accesses the system on the Internet 4, the user is authenticated with an ID and a password, and the rental company 1, the main contractor 2, and the cooperating company 3 have different functions that can be used depending on their positions.

  In order to identify the same equipment rented to each cooperating company 3 in response to differences in the management methods of each rental company 1 and management number conflicts, the rental company 1 data (borrower), Added support for prime contractor management number and subcontractor data (destination).

  As additional information on the equipment, the data of the rental company 1 is input from the rental company when the rental company 1 lends the equipment to the prime contractor.

  The prime contractor management number is automatically assigned when the rental company enters data.

  The data of the partner company 3 is input by the prime contractor 2 when the prime contractor 2 lends it to the partner company 3.

  In this configuration, each piece of data to be added to the equipment is input by the respective manager, so that it can be efficiently input in a series of flow from borrowing the rental equipment to returning it.

  The rental company 1 can add and browse equipment information, the prime contractor can add, edit and browse, and the partner company can only browse.

  The device information can be automatically added by uploading a CSV file hijacked in a common format.

  In order to respond to sudden additions of small amounts of equipment, you can also add equipment information manually.

  Equipment information can be edited for each item of equipment information.

  The device information can be browsed for each item of the device information.

  Further, when the main contractor 2 receives the equipment, a tag in which the main contractor management number and URL for browsing the equipment information are stored is attached to the equipment. As a result, the equipment can be associated with the equipment information, and the equipment information can be immediately confirmed even outdoors by a portable device such as a smart device.

  The tag is inexpensive and can be easily created, and a QR code (registered trademark) is used to tie the tag with a string.

The operation of the server 5 which is the lending information management server and the database 6 is as shown in FIG.
[Equipment rental] (See Figure 2)
(1) The prime contractor will contact the rental company to order equipment.
(2) The rental company registers the equipment information with the rental information management server. Equipment information includes equipment name, rental company management number, primary contractor management number, rental start date, primary contractor staff, rental company name, return status (whether it has been returned to the rental company), borrower, It consists of rental date / time, return date / time, and remarks. When registering from the rental company, the undetermined information is omitted, and the equipment name, rental company management number, rental start date, prime contractor staff, and rental company name are registered.
(3) The rental company carries the equipment to the prime contractor.
(4) The prime contractor confirms the equipment information from the lending information management server, and creates a equipment identification tag storing the management number of the prime contractor and the URL of the page where the equipment information can be viewed.
(5) The prime contractor attaches tags to the equipment.
(6) The prime contractor changes the rental destination of the equipment information to the rental information management server.
(7) The prime contractor lends equipment (with tags) to the partner company.

[Partners return equipment] (See Figure 3)
(1) The cooperating company will contact the prime contractor to return the equipment.
(2) The partner company returns the equipment to the prime contractor.
(3) The prime contractor changes the equipment information lending destination to the lending information management server to the prime contractor.

[Primary contractor returns equipment]
(1) The prime contractor changes the rental status of the equipment information to returned to the rental information management server.
(2) The prime contractor returns the equipment to the rental company after removing the tag.

[Changing equipment lending destination from partner to another partner] (See Figure 5)
(1) In order to request the main contractor to change the loan destination, the subcontractor informs the management number of the main contractor side of the target equipment and the name of the subcontractor to be loaned next.
(2) The prime contractor changes the rental destination of the equipment information to the rental information management server.

By adopting the above configuration, the present invention can cope with the following.
(About rental companies)
(1) Regarding differences in management methods among rental companies, a common format using only general management items that can be used in any management method is prepared. (Equipment name, rental company management number, rental start date, primary contractor's person in charge rental company name)
(2) Management number conflict between rental companies and identification of the same product between rental companies can be solved by automatically issuing a unique code and issuing and attaching a tag based on the code.
(3) Management number conflicts between systems can be managed centrally using an external server on the Internet by preparing a common format.
(4) The fact that management software differs for each rental company can be solved by preparing a common format and centrally managing it in the cloud.

(About the system)
(1) Centrally manage in the cloud as a system that can centrally manage rental equipment on site.
(2) The cloud was used because anyone can view and manage it anywhere. Browsing is possible by ID / PW.
(3) Centralized management in the cloud as a system that can be updated in real time.
(4) A simple system using a smart device, a mobile phone terminal, and a cloud is required to make the system less time-consuming.

(About functions)
(1) Assuming that a dedicated machine for product identification is unnecessary, reading by a smart device or a mobile phone terminal is possible.
(2) In order to efficiently input equipment information, each rental company uploads a common format to the rental information management server so that the equipment information is automatically registered.
(3) Simple operations for continuous use are possible with simple operations using smart devices, mobile phone terminals, and the cloud.

(About cost)
(1) Regarding the environmental resistance and low cost of the tag, it is conceivable to use a ball chain that is easy to detach and attach, an aluminum tag that can be reused many times, and a cellophane tape coating (about 50 yen / tag).
(2) In order to realize an inexpensive system, use of a smart device, a mobile phone terminal, a cloud (rental), and an inexpensive tag (QR code (registered trademark)) can be considered.

It is explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the lending destination management system of the rental equipment of this invention. It is a flow chart of equipment rental in the flow of system use of the present invention. It is a flowchart in case a cooperation company returns equipment in the flow of the system use of this invention. It is a flowchart in case the prime contractor returns equipment in the flow of system use of the present invention. It is a flowchart in the case of changing the lending destination of equipment from a cooperating company to another cooperating company in the system usage flow of the present invention. It is the schematic of the system which shows a prior art example. It is the schematic of the system which shows another prior art example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rental company 2 ... Primary contractor company 3 ... Cooperating company 4 ... Internet 5 ... Server 6 ... Database A ... Rental information transmission / reception means B ... Tag issuing means C ... Rental information browsing means

Claims (4)

Rental equipment is rented from a rental company to a partner company via a prime contractor, and is a rental equipment rental destination management system that is exchanged between multiple rental companies, prime contractors, and multiple partner companies.
In a plurality of rental companies and prime contractors, lending information transmitting / receiving means for transmitting and receiving the lending information between the plurality of companies through a communication line;
Means for issuing a tag including the lending information in a prime contractor;
A rental equipment management system for rental equipment, comprising: a rental information browsing means for browsing the rental information in a partner company. A server for storing additional information on rental equipment on the Internet
Among the additional information, the rental information of the rental company is input to the server using the rental information transmission / reception means from the rental company when renting the equipment from the rental company to the prime contractor,
The management number of the prime contractor is automatically generated by the server when data of the rental company is entered and integrated into the lending information.
The data of the subcontracting company is input to the server by the main contracting company when it is lent to the subcontracting company, and is integrated into the lending information
A tag with information for accessing the lending information stored in the server is issued at the prime contractor,
The lending destination management system according to claim 1, wherein the tag is attached to equipment.   3. The lending destination management system according to claim 2, wherein the information included in the tag is a prime contractor management number and a URL for browsing equipment information.   4. The lending destination management system according to claim 2, wherein the cooperating company can browse the lending information stored in the server by using lending information browsing means on the tag attached to the equipment.

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