JP2021026679A - Order-reception/placement-matching system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an order-reception/placement-matching system capable of quickly presenting an orderer after receiving information on contents of an order from the orderer, with information required for the orderer to select an order receiver from among order-receiver candidates who have an intention to accept the order.SOLUTION: An order-reception/placement-matching system 1 includes: order-information-receiving means 11 for receiving order information from an ordering company 2; order-information-providing means 12 for providing the order information to order-receiving companies 3; order-receiving-application-receiving means 13 for receiving applications for receiving an order from a plurality of the order-receiving companies 3 having received provision of the order information; and application-information-provision means 14 for providing information of the received applications to the ordering company 2. The order-receiving-application-receiving means 13 receives the applications from the order receiving companies 3 in a plurality of receiving periods each two adjacent ones of which sandwich an interruption period for interrupting reception of the applications from the order receiving companies 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an order matching system that mediates between an orderer and a contractor.

Conventionally, as a matching service that connects an orderer who places an order and a contractor who receives an order, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. In the matching service described in Patent Document 1, the ordering party sends information on the ordering item to the computer of the coordinator in charge of the ordering candidate company via the Internet, and the coordinator introduces the ordering item to the appropriate ordering candidate company. When the order candidate company decides to enter the order, it accesses the company selection system and makes an entry. The ordering party browses the information of the entry candidate company, and if he / she wishes to have an interview with the candidate company, he / she applies for the interview by telephone, e-mail, etc. and introduces it to the operator of the matching service. Pay the fee.

JP-A-2018-180671

When the ordering party selects a supplier from a plurality of ordering candidates, the estimated amount presented by each ordering candidate is often used as the selection criterion. When soliciting quotations from multiple order candidates, if you set a long period for submitting quotations, you can receive quotations from many order candidates, which gives you a wider range of choices. For example, the product to be ordered is under development. If it is a prototype and the ordering party wishes to obtain the item to be ordered at an early stage, it is necessary to promptly receive a quotation and decide the ordering party. In such a case, if the period for submitting the quotation is simply set short, the number of quotes presented may be reduced and the range of choices may be narrowed.

Therefore, in the present invention, after receiving the information regarding the contents of the order from the orderer, the orderer obtains the information necessary for the orderer to select the ordering party from the order candidates who are willing to respond to the order. The purpose is to provide an order matching system that can be presented at an early stage.

The present invention is an ordering / ordering matching system that mediates between an orderer and an ordering party in order to achieve the above object, and includes an ordering information receiving means for receiving ordering information from the ordering party and a plurality of the ordering information. The ordering information providing means provided to the ordering candidate, the ordering application receiving means for receiving the application for the order from the plurality of ordering candidates who received the ordering information, and the ordering party using the received application information. The order receiving application receiving means provides an order receiving / ordering matching system that accepts the application in a plurality of receiving periods including a suspension period for suspending the acceptance of the application.

According to the order matching system according to the present invention, it is necessary for the orderer to select an ordering party from among the ordering candidates who are willing to respond to the order after receiving information on the contents of the order from the ordering party. Information can be presented to the ordering party at an early stage.

It is a flowchart which shows a series of flow from the provision of order information by an orderer to delivery and payment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the schematic block block example of the order matching system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows an example of a plurality of acceptance periods in which an order application acceptance means accepts an application from a plurality of ordering companies, and an suspension period in which acceptance of an application is interrupted. In the second embodiment, it is a graph which shows an example of a plurality of acceptance periods in which an order application acceptance means accepts an application from a plurality of ordering companies, and an interruption period in which acceptance of applications is interrupted.

[First Embodiment]
The first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are shown as suitable specific examples for carrying out the present invention, and there are some parts that specifically exemplify various technically preferable technical matters. , The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this specific aspect.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a series of flow from the provision of ordering information by the ordering party to delivery and payment. Here, the content of the order by the orderer is the manufacture of the work, and the case where the contractor who received the order manufactures and delivers the work will be described, but the content of the order is not limited to the manufacture of the work. Using the order matching system according to the present invention, it is possible to match (mediate) the orderer and the contractor of various goods (goods) and services (services).

In this flowchart, the ordering party creates a drawing showing the structure of the workpiece to be ordered and ordering information showing the contents of the order such as the desired delivery date (step S1), and the ordering candidate who is willing to respond to this ordering. Creates an estimate (step S2). The ordering party obtains this estimate (step S3) and considers the ordering party. When the ordering party decides the ordering party (step S4: Yes), the order candidate selected as the ordering party produces and delivers the ordered item after receiving the order (step S5), and receives the delivery. The ordering party pays the price (step S6). On the other hand, if the ordering party does not determine the ordering party (step S4: No), steps S2 and S3 are repeated.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration example of the order matching system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The order matching system 1 is a system that matches an orderer who places an order with a contractor who receives an order, and is composed of a matching server 10 which can be connected to a public communication network such as the Internet. When the ordering party determines the ordering party in step S4 from the process of providing the ordering information created in step S1 to a plurality of ordering candidates in each of the above steps, the matching server 10 notifies that fact. It is involved in the process of notifying the order candidate selected as the supplier.

FIG. 2 illustrates the ordering company 2 as the ordering party and the ordering company 3 as a plurality of ordering candidates who can be the contractors who receive the order. The communication terminal 21 of the ordering company 2 and the communication terminals 31 of the plurality of ordering companies 3 are capable of bidirectional communication with the matching server 10 via the public communication network. Further, although FIG. 2 shows only one ordering company 2, the matching server 10 can deal with a plurality of ordering cases from a plurality of ordering parties.

In the present embodiment, the case where the ordering company 2 and the plurality of ordering companies 3 are corporations will be described, but the ordering party and the ordering candidate may be individuals, or may be an organization without legal personality. May be good. Further, the communication terminal 21 and the communication terminal 31 are, for example, information processing devices such as a personal computer and a so-called smartphone, but are not limited to this, and may be, for example, a facsimile. When the communication terminal 21 or the communication terminal 31 is a facsimile, the matching server 10 communicates with the communication terminal 21 or the communication terminal 31 by a telephone line which is a public communication network.

The matching server 10 includes an ordering information receiving means 11 that receives ordering information from the ordering company 2, and an ordering information providing means 12 that provides the ordering information received by the ordering information receiving means 11 to a plurality of pre-registered ordering companies 3. , An order application receiving means 13 that accepts an application for an order from a plurality of ordering companies 3 that have received order information, and an application information providing means that provides information on an application received by the order application receiving means 13 to the ordering company 2. The ordering company 2 includes an ordering party information receiving means 15 for receiving the information when the ordering company 2 decides the ordering party.

In the ordering information receiving means 11, the ordering information providing means 12, the ordering application receiving means 13, the application information providing means 14, and the ordering party information receiving means 15, the microprocessor of the matching server 10 is stored in a storage device 100 such as a hard disk. It is realized by executing the program 101. Further, the storage device 100 stores the order candidate database 102. In the order candidate database 102, the contact information of a plurality of ordering companies 3 and the history information of past transactions using the ordering matching system 1 of each ordering company 3 are registered.

The ordering information receiving means 11 receives the ordering information transmitted from the ordering company 2 via the public communication network, and the ordering information providing means 12 provides the public communication network to the plurality of ordering companies 3 registered in the order candidate database 102. Send order information via. The order receiving application receiving means 13 accepts an application for an order from the ordering company 3 who wishes to receive the order. The application information providing means 14 transmits the received application information to the ordering company 2 via the public communication network. The application for receiving an order means a procedure in the order matching system 1 performed by the ordering company 3 with the intention of receiving the order.

The order receiving application receiving means 13 accepts the application from the ordering company 3 in a plurality of receiving periods including the suspension period for suspending the acceptance of the application from the plurality of ordering companies 3. In the present embodiment, the application from the ordering company 3 accepted by the order receiving application receiving means 13 is the presentation of the quotation. That is, in the present embodiment, the order application receiving means 13 receives the submission of the quotation from the plurality of ordering companies 3 via the public communication network, and the application information providing means 14 provides the received quotation to the ordering company 2. This estimate includes an amount (estimated amount) as a consideration for providing the workpiece as an ordered item to the ordering company 2.

Each reception period ends when the predetermined end conditions are met. In other words, the order receiving application receiving means 13 accepts applications from a plurality of ordering companies 3 in a plurality of receiving periods that are terminated when a predetermined termination condition is satisfied, and any one of a plurality of receiving periods is set. Between the end and the start of the next acceptance period, a suspension period is provided to suspend the acceptance of applications from the plurality of contracting companies 3.

FIG. 3 is a graph showing an example of a plurality of acceptance periods in which the order application acceptance means 13 accepts applications from a plurality of ordering companies 3 and an interruption period in which acceptance of applications is suspended. In this graph, the horizontal axis is the time axis.

In FIG. 3, the first to third reception periods 41 to 43 are shown as the plurality of reception periods. Between the first reception period 41 and the second reception period 42, between the second reception period 42 and the third reception period 43, and after the end of the third reception period 43, there is a suspension period 40. It is provided. The first reception period 41 starts when the order information providing means 12 transmits the order information to the plurality of ordering companies 3, and ends when a _{predetermined time T 1 elapses from the start.} After the end of the first reception period 41, the suspension period is 40. The length of the first reception period 41 (predetermined time T ₁ ) is set in consideration of the time required for the contracting company 3 to prepare the quotation, and is, for example, 48 hours.

_{The second reception period 42 starts when a predetermined time T 2} elapses from the end of the first reception period 41, and ends when a predetermined time T ₃ elapses from the start. The predetermined time T ₂ indicates the length of the suspension period 40 after the end of the first reception period 41. _{The third reception period 43 starts when a predetermined time T 4} elapses from the end of the second reception period 42, and ends when a predetermined time T ₅ elapses from the start. The predetermined time T ₄ indicates the length of the suspension period 40 after the end of the second reception period 42.

If the ordering company 2 receives the information that the ordering party information receiving means 15 has decided the ordering party within the suspension period 40 after the end of the first acceptance period 41, the second acceptance period 42 is set. If the supplier information receiving means 15 receives information from the ordering company 2 that the supplier has been determined within the suspension period 40 after the end of the second acceptance period 42 without starting, the third acceptance period 43 does not start.

When the ordering company 2 determines the ordering party, the ordering company 2 notifies the matching server 10 of the determined ordering party. The supplier information receiving means 15 receives this notification, charges the ordering company 2 for the brokerage fee, and notifies the ordering company 30 selected as the ordering party to that effect. Upon receiving this notification, the ordering company 30 produces an ordered product and delivers it to the ordering company 2, and the ordering company 2 pays the ordering company 30.

In the present embodiment, the end condition of the plurality of reception periods (first to third reception periods 41 to 43 in the example shown in FIG. 3) is a predetermined time (T ₁ , T ₃ , T) from the start of the reception period. ₅ ) has passed. The predetermined time from the start to the end of each reception period may be constant (T ₁ = T ₃ = T ₅ ) or may be gradually shortened (T ₁ > T ₃ > T ₅ ). Further, the length of the suspension period 40 (T ₂ , T ₄ ) is set in consideration of the time required for the ordering company 2 to examine the content of the quote presented, for example, 24 hours.

When the ordering information providing means 12 provides the ordering information to the plurality of ordering companies 3, the ordering information providing means 12 notifies the plurality of ordering companies 3 of the information regarding the end time of the first reception period 41. The information about the termination time of the first reception period 41, the length of the first application period 41 may be information (predetermined time T _1), a the information of the end time of the first application period 41 You may.

The order receiving application receiving means 13 transmits resumption information to a plurality of ordering companies 3 when the second receiving period 42 is started and when the third receiving period 43 is started. The resumption information transmitted when the second reception period 42 is started includes information indicating that the second reception period 42 is started, as well as information regarding the end time of the second reception period 42. The resumption information transmitted when the third reception period 43 is started includes information indicating that the third reception period 43 is to be started, as well as information regarding the end time of the third reception period 43. The information regarding the end times of the second and third reception periods 42, 43 may be the information of the lengths of the second and third reception periods 42, 43 (predetermined times T ₃ , T ₅ ), and the first It may be information on the end times of the second and third reception periods 42 and 43.

If the supplier is not determined even in the suspension period 40 after the end of the third reception period 43, the fourth reception period may be started, and in the suspension period after the end of the fourth reception period. If the supplier is not determined, a fifth acceptance period may be started.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, the acceptance of the quotation is interrupted after the end of the first acceptance period 41, so that the plurality of contracting companies 3 have the first acceptance period 41. Promptly try to make and present a quote in time for the end. As a result, after receiving the ordering information from the ordering company 2, it is possible to present the quotation from the ordering company 3 to the ordering company 2 at an early stage. Further, if a desired quotation is not obtained within the first reception period 41, it is possible to receive quotations from a plurality of contracting companies 3 in the second reception period 42, and within the second reception period 42. However, if a desirable quotation cannot be obtained, the quotation can be received even in the third reception period 43 or a later reception period, so that the situation that the desired quotation cannot be finally obtained for the ordering company 2 may not be obtained. It can be avoided.

Within the second reception period 42, the contractor company 3 who did not present the quotation in the first reception period 42 can present the quotation, and the contractor company 3 who presented the quotation in the first reception period 41 can present the quotation. For example, you may resubmit an estimate with a lower estimate. The same applies to the third reception period 43 and the subsequent reception periods. Further, when the ordering information providing means 12 notifies the plurality of ordering companies 3 of the information regarding the end time of the first reception period 41, the start time of the second reception period 42 and the third reception period 43 and the start time of the third reception period 43 are provided in advance. Information on the end time may be notified to a plurality of contracting companies 3.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a graph showing an example of a plurality of acceptance periods in which the order application acceptance means 13 accepts applications from a plurality of ordering companies 3 and an interruption period in which the acceptance of applications is interrupted in the second embodiment.

In the first embodiment, the case where the end condition of each reception period is that a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of reception has been described, but in the second embodiment, the end condition is a plurality of orders. It is satisfied when the number of quotes presented by the company 3 reaches a predetermined upper limit value or when a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, as a sufficient condition for ending the acceptance period, it is added that the number of quotes presented has reached a predetermined upper limit.

In the present embodiment, the order receiving application receiving means 13 receives an estimate from the ordering company 3 during each receiving period, for example, up to a maximum of three cases. That is, for example, when the first reception period 41 orders application reception unit 13 into accepts the estimate of 3, even before the predetermined time T ₁ from the start of the first acceptance period 41 has elapsed, The acceptance of quotations in the first acceptance period 41 is closed.

In FIG. 4, when the upper limit of the number of quotations presented in the first to third reception periods 41 to 43 is 3, the times when the quotations are presented by the contracting company 3 are indicated _{by t 1 to t 8.} .. In the first reception period 41, since the number of quotes presented has reached the upper limit at time t _{3 before the predetermined time T 1} elapses, the first reception period 41 ends at this point and the suspension period 40 It becomes. If the supplier is not determined within the suspension period 40, the second reception period 42 is started. In the second application period 42, the presentation number estimate reaches the upper limit at time t ₆ before the predetermined time T ₃ has elapsed, the interruption period 40 second application period 42 at this time is finished Become. Third reception period 43, since the presentation number estimate does not reach the upper limit value, the presentation of estimated until a predetermined time T ₅ has elapsed is accepted.

According to this second embodiment, since an upper limit is set for the number of quotations presented in each reception period, the motivation for promptly creating and presenting quotations in a plurality of contracting companies 3 is increased, and the first It is possible to present the quotation from the plurality of ordering companies 3 to the ordering company 2 earlier than the embodiment of the above.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment, as in the second embodiment, an upper limit of the number of estimated receptions in each reception period is set. Further, in the third embodiment, the order receiving application receiving means 13 receives an offer from the ordering company 3 that it intends to present a quotation for the ordering information, and displays this intention among the plurality of ordering companies 3. The contractor 3 is the person who is planning to present the quotation, and if the person who is planning to present the quotation presents the quotation, it is accepted, and if the person other than the person who is planning to present the quotation is presenting the quotation, it is not accepted.

The order receiving application receiving means 13 accepts an offer of intention to present a quotation within each receiving period. The upper limit of the number of receptions for which the order application reception means 13 accepts this offer within each reception period is set to be smaller than the upper limit of the person who is scheduled to present the quotation in each reception period. That is, the ordering company 3 makes an offer to present a quotation for the order information in each acceptance period, and even if this offer is accepted, the preparation of the quotation is delayed compared to other prospective quotation presenters. In some cases, the estimate cannot be presented.

The offer to present the quotation is made by communication between the communication terminal 31 of the ordering company 3 and the matching server 10 via the public communication network, and the order receiving application receiving means 13 accepts the offer from the ordering company 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the contracting company 3 may be offered to offer an estimate by telephone contact. In this case, for example, the telephone operator of the operator of the ordering / ordering matching system 1 inputs to the matching server 10 that the intention is indicated, and the order application receiving means 13 uses this input as an offer from the ordering company 3. Accept.

In the first acceptance period 41, the upper limit of the number of cases where the order application acceptance means 13 accepts the offer of the intention to present the quotation from the plurality of ordering companies 3 is, for example, 5, and the upper limit of the number of the quotation accepted. For example, there are three cases. In the second acceptance period 42, the upper limit of the number of cases where the order application acceptance means 13 newly accepts offers from a plurality of ordering companies 3 is, for example, 4, and the upper limit of the number of estimates accepted is, for example, 3. .. Further, in the third acceptance period 43, the upper limit of the number of cases in which the order application acceptance means 13 newly accepts offers from a plurality of ordering companies 3 is, for example, 3, and the upper limit of the number of cases of estimation acceptance is, for example, 3. Is.

The contracting company 3 that received the offer to present the quotation in the first acceptance period 41 does not make the same offer again for the same order in the second and third acceptance periods 42 and 43. However, the quotation can be presented within the second and third reception periods 42 and 43. In addition, the contracting company 3 whose offer to present the quotation in the second reception period 42 is accepted does not have to make the same offer again for the same order in the third reception period 43. Quotations can be presented within the third reception period 43.

That is, in the above example, the number of contracting companies 3 that can present a quotation in the first reception period 41, that is, the number of prospective quotation presenters is a maximum of 5, and a maximum of 9 in the second reception period 42. In the third reception period 43, the maximum is 12. In this way, in each reception period, the upper limit of the number of receptions for which the order application reception means 13 accepts the presentation of the quotation is smaller than the upper limit of the person who is planning to present the quotation. Of these, the percentage of those who can actually present an estimate will decrease.

It should be noted that the contracting company 3 who is scheduled to present the quotation in the first reception period 41, even if the quotation is presented within the first reception period 41, has the second and third reception periods 42,43. You can provide a quote again within. Further, even if the contracting company 3 who is scheduled to present the quotation in the second reception period 42 presents the quotation within the second reception period 42, re-estimates the quotation within the third reception period 43. Can be presented. That is, even if the ordering company 3 who is scheduled to present the quotation for one order is presented with the quotation in any of the reception periods, for example, the quotation with the reduced estimated amount is resubmitted in the subsequent reception period. can do. The order application receiving means 13 also counts such a resubmission quotation as the number of quotation receptions, and limits the number of quotation receptions to the upper limit or less.

According to this third embodiment, in addition to the effect of the second embodiment, it is necessary to make an offer to have an intention to present an estimate prior to presenting the estimate, and the number of accepted requests is increased. Since the upper limit is set, the ordering company 3 makes a decision to promptly prepare a quotation after the ordering information is provided, makes an offer, and then promptly prepares and presents the quotation. Motivation increases. As a result, it becomes possible to present the quotation from the ordering company 3 to the ordering company 2 more quickly than in the second embodiment.

(Additional note)
Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiment, the embodiment does not limit the invention according to the claims. It should also be noted that not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the means for solving the problems of the invention.

Further, the present invention can be carried out by appropriately modifying it by omitting a part of the configurations or adding or replacing the configurations without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the application received by the order receiving application receiving means 13 is the presentation of a quotation has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, it may be an expression that the order is desired to be received. ..

1 ... Order matching system 10 ... Matching server 11 ... Order information receiving means 12 ... Ordering information providing means 13 ... Order application receiving means 14 ... Application information providing means 15 ... Ordering party information receiving means 2 ... Ordering company (ordering party)
3 ... Contractor (contractor, candidate for order)
40 ... Suspension period 41-43 ... First to third reception periods

Claims (5)

It is an order matching system that mediates between the orderer and the contractor.
Order information receiving means for receiving order information from the orderer, and
An ordering information providing means for providing the ordering information to a plurality of order candidates,
An order application receiving means for receiving an application for an order from the plurality of order candidates who have been provided with the order information,
It is provided with an application information providing means for providing the received application information to the ordering party.
The order receiving application receiving means accepts the application in a plurality of receiving periods including a suspension period for suspending the acceptance of the application.
Order matching system. The application is a presentation of a quote for the ordering information.
The order matching system according to claim 1. Each of the plurality of reception periods ends when the number of presentations of the estimate reaches a predetermined upper limit value or when a predetermined time elapses.
The order matching system according to claim 2. The order receiving application receiving means accepts an offer that it intends to present a quotation for the ordering information, and among the plurality of ordering candidates, the ordering candidate who has received the offer is set as a prospective quotation presenting person. If the person who is planning to present the quotation presents the quotation, we will accept it.
The order matching system according to claim 2 or 3. In each of the plurality of acceptance periods, the upper limit of the number of acceptances for which the order application acceptance means accepts the presentation of the quotation is smaller than the upper limit of the person who is planning to present the quotation.
The order matching system according to claim 4.

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