JP2022020419A - Aquatic product trading system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an aquatic product trading system capable of offering expected prices of aquatic products after the next day.SOLUTION: An aquatic product trading system 1 which trades aquatic products using a communication network 30 comprises: a transaction history database 13 which accumulates transaction history information of transactions contracted between customers; a market public information database 14 which accumulates market public information; a meteorological and hydrographic information database 15 which accumulates meteorological and hydrographic information; and an expected price calculation unit 8 which calculates expected prices after the next day for every kind of aquatic products on the basis of the transaction history information, the market public information, and the meteorological and hydrographic information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a marine product trading system for trading marine products using a communication network.

Traditionally, marine products landed from the sea by fishermen and other marine product producers have been traded through various distribution processes, including competitions at the wholesale markets of production areas and wholesale markets of consumption areas, and have been traded with retailers and restaurants. It has been delivered.

In addition, recently, commercial transactions on the Internet have become popular, and marine products are no exception, and buyers such as retailers and restaurants and sellers such as producers and middlemen in the wholesale market of production areas can communicate with each other through the Internet. The method of concluding a sales contract and purchasing through a direct sales channel is expanding. A trading system for marine products by electronic means is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-163495

Since the transaction price of fresh fishery products is determined by daily auctions at the wholesale market in the production area and the wholesale market in the consumption area, short-term price fluctuations are large. In addition, although frozen marine products can be stored for a relatively long period of time, prices fluctuate due to fluctuations in consumer demand over time. Since such price fluctuations may pose a great risk to sellers and buyers, an accurate expected transaction price for the next day or later is desired.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a marine product trading system capable of providing an estimated price of marine products from the next day onward.

The present invention is a marine products trading system that trades marine products using a communication network, and has a transaction history database that stores transaction history information of transactions executed between customers, a market public information database that stores market public information, and a market public information database. Equipped with a meteorological and oceanographic information database that accumulates meteorological and oceanographic information, and calculates an estimated price for the next day and thereafter based on the transaction history information, the market disclosure information, and the meteorological and oceanographic information for each type of marine product. It has a part.

In the marine product trading system of the present invention, the expected price calculation unit may calculate the expected price of frozen marine products, for example, frozen tuna, at least one month in advance.

The marine product trading system of the present invention calculates the expected price for the next day or later based on the transaction history information of the transaction executed between the customers, the market disclosure information, and the meteorological and oceanographic information. It is possible to provide a reasonably reasonable expected price for both.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the connection between a marine product trading system and a customer terminal through a communication network. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a distribution channel of a marine product together with an example of a communication network. It is a block diagram which shows the configuration example of a marine product trading system. It is a flowchart which shows the configuration example of a marine product trading system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the marine product trading system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a connection between a marine product trading system and a customer terminal via a communication network. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a distribution route of marine products together with an example of a communication network. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a marine product trading system.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the marine product trading system 1 has a domestic producer 21, a production area wholesale market 22, a consumption area wholesale market 23, an overseas producer 24, an importer 25, and a food processor 26. It is configured to be able to send and receive data to and from the terminals 21a to 27a of the retailer / restaurant 27 via the communication network 30. The terminals 21a to 27a are composed of information terminal devices such as personal computers, smartphones, and tablet terminals.

In addition, in FIGS. 1 and 2, for convenience, each of the domestic producer 21, the production area wholesale market 22, the consumption area wholesale market 23, the overseas producer 24, the importer 25, the food processor 26, and the retailer / restaurant 27. Although one customer is shown for each, there are a plurality of each of these customers, and each customer has a terminal capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the marine product trading system 1. The communication network 30 is, for example, the Internet, and may be wired or wireless.

First, the distribution channel of marine products will be explained. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 2, the marine products landed by domestic producers 21 such as domestic fishermen are produced in the wholesale market 22 in the production area, the wholesale market 23 in the consumption area, and the food processor 26. It will be delivered to the retailer / dining company 27 via such means or by direct delivery. The retailer / restaurant 27 is a business that purchases marine products for business use, such as restaurants such as restaurants, mass retailers such as general merchandise stores, fish stores, hotels, and inns.

In addition, the marine products landed by overseas producers 24 such as overseas fishermen are imported into Japan by importers 25 such as trading companies, and are shipped directly from the importers 25 through the wholesale market 23 in the consumption area and the food processor 26. It is delivered to the retailer / restaurant 27.

In the distribution of frozen tuna (an example of marine products), between the shipowner (domestic producer 21) and the tuna purchaser (not shown), all the tuna caught by the fishing boat and frozen on board is used. There is a route that goes through a one-ship buying transaction. The frozen tuna purchased by the purchaser is delivered to the retailer / restaurant 27 via the wholesale market 23 in the consumption area, the food processor 26, or directly from the purchaser.

In the present embodiment, the transaction of frozen tuna will be described as an example of the transaction of marine products using the marine product transaction system 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the marine product trading system 1 is composed of a computer such as a server, and has a customer information registration unit 2, an exhibition information registration unit 3, a search unit 4, a payment unit 5, a market disclosure information registration unit 6, and a meteorological seascape. It has an information registration unit 7, an estimated price calculation unit 8, a reference information creation unit 9, a customer information database 11, a exhibited marine products database 12, a transaction history database 13, a market disclosure information database 14, and a meteorological and oceanographic information database 15.

Each functional block 2 to 9 is configured to include a computer CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is realized by operating a program stored in a storage medium such as RAM, ROM, a hard disk, or a semiconductor memory. The databases 11 to 16 are constructed of storage media such as a hard disk and a semiconductor memory.

The customer information registration unit 2 registers a seller or a purchaser who wishes to use the marine product transaction system 1 as a user (customer) in the customer information database 11, and assigns authentication information such as an ID and a password. Here, the sellers are a domestic producer 21, a production area wholesale market 22, a consumption area wholesale market 23, an overseas producer 24, an importer 25, a food processor 26, and the like. In addition, the purchaser is a consumer area wholesale market 23, a food processor 26, a retailer / restaurant 27, and the like.

The customer information database 11 is a database that stores user information of both the seller and the purchaser. Examples of user information include information such as a seller's or purchaser's name (individual name or corporate name), address, delivery address, telephone number, e-mail address, transfer account, and authentication information.

The ID and password, which are authentication information, may be determined by the user at the time of user registration, or may be arbitrarily determined by the customer information registration unit 2. For the seller or the purchaser who has registered as a user, the customer information registration unit 2 authenticates by the authentication information at the time of the second and subsequent access.

The exhibition information registration unit 3 registers the information of the marine products that the seller wants to sell in the exhibition marine products database 12. The exhibition marine product database 12 is a database that stores the exhibition information of the marine products that the seller wants to sell. The registered exhibition information includes the type of marine product (fish species), price, production area, condition, characteristics, standard, shipping time, and orderable quantity. The seller registers the exhibition information via the communication network 30.

The search unit 4 searches for the exhibition information that meets the conditions desired by the purchaser from the exhibition information registered in the exhibition marine product database 12. Search keywords include fish species name, place of origin, condition, and shipping time. For example, a buyer who wishes to purchase frozen tuna in December, six months after June, may search for "frozen", "tuna", or "December", or a combination of these. You may search with. The search unit 4 searches the listing marine products database 12 for listing information that matches the search conditions, and sends the search results to the terminal of the purchaser.

The settlement unit 5 manages a business negotiation between a seller and a purchaser, and when a business negotiation is concluded, provides information necessary for issuing a form and making a settlement. For example, if a buyer who plans to purchase frozen tuna in December searches for and finds a seller who plans to ship frozen tuna in December, he / she can select the "Apply" button on the search result screen. , Approach the seller.

When the purchaser selects the "apply" button or the like, the settlement unit 5 transmits the information to the seller. The seller browses the purchase application from the purchaser, and when he / she approves it, he / she selects the "accept" button or the like to conclude a business negotiation. If you do not agree, you can present the conditions, refuse, etc. Further, it is preferable that the settlement unit 5 is provided with a chat function and a call function that are useful for business negotiations.

When the negotiation is concluded, the settlement unit 5 sends information such as the transfer account number of the seller registered in the customer information database 11 to the buyer, while the delivery address of the buyer registered in the customer information database 11 and the like. Information is sent to the seller. In addition, the settlement unit 5 issues quotations, purchase orders, delivery notes, and other forms during the negotiation process and after the negotiation is completed. The seller ships the goods to the buyer at the shipping time (for example, 6 months later) agreed upon in the negotiation, and the buyer pays the price to the seller by the due date.

Further, the settlement unit 5 registers the transaction history information in the transaction history database 13 for the transaction for which the negotiation has been concluded. The transaction history database 13 stores transaction history information such as a seller name, a purchaser name, a negotiation closing date, a marine product type (fish species), a price, a production area, a state, a shipping time, and a transaction volume for each closed transaction. do.

Next, an example of the flow of marine products trading will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Although not shown in FIG. 4, in order to trade marine products using the marine product trading system 1, it is necessary to perform user registration as described above. User registration is performed by the customer information registration unit 2. When both the seller and the purchaser access the marine product trading system 1 for the first time, they register users from terminals 21a to 27a and acquire authentication information from the customer information registration unit 2. For the second and subsequent accesses, authentication is performed using the authentication information. The customer information registration unit 2 stores the user information in the customer information database 11.

Sellers such as the domestic producer 21, the production area wholesale market 22, the consumption area wholesale market 23, the overseas producer 24, the importer 25, and the food processor 26 can use any of the terminals 21a to 26a to obtain the marine products they wish to sell. Register exhibition information such as type (fish species), price, production area, condition, characteristics, standard, shipping time, and orderable quantity (step S1). The exhibition information registration unit 3 receives the exhibition information from the terminals 21a to 26a and registers it in the exhibition marine product database 12.

A purchaser such as a consumer area wholesale market 23, a food processor 26, a retailer / restaurant 27, etc. searches the terminal 23a, 26a, or 27a for listing information that matches the conditions requested by the terminal (step S2). The search unit 4 searches the listing marine products database 12 for listing information that meets the conditions desired by the buyer, and sends the search results to the purchaser's terminal.

The purchaser who finds the listing information that matches the conditions in the search in step S2 conducts a business negotiation with the seller of the listing information (step S3). The settlement unit 5 handles business negotiations between the seller and the purchaser who meet the conditions. When the negotiation is completed (step S4, Yes), the settlement unit 5 stores the closed transaction history information in the transaction history database 13. If the transaction is not closed (steps S4, No), the transaction is terminated as unsuccessful. The marine products for which a business negotiation has been concluded are sent from the seller to the purchaser at the agreed shipping time.

By the way, when the traded product is a frozen marine product, for example, frozen tuna, it can be stored for a long period of time without deteriorating the quality by storing it at an ultra-low temperature of -60 ° C or lower. Therefore, if there is an agreement between the seller and the purchaser, it is possible to set a period of, for example, several months to half a year between the time when the negotiation is concluded and the shipping time. Such transactions can avoid the risk of a sharp price drop of frozen tuna for the seller, avoid the risk of a sharp price rise for the buyer, and can realize the stabilization of the management of both parties.

That is, the marine product trading system 1 of the present embodiment breaks away from the "market price trading" that is the custom of the current fishery business, and can trade "purchase at a certain point in the future" based on the current price. Can provide trading services. Buyers, such as food service industry operators, can significantly reduce the cost of procuring ingredients and increase the rate of return by closing transactions for marine products that they plan to purchase in the future when prices are low. On the other hand, by incorporating factoring in the marine products trading system 1 (transaction service), sellers such as marine products producers have the advantage of being able to immediately cash and raise funds for marine products to be delivered in the future. As described above, the marine product trading system of the present embodiment can greatly contribute to the business of both the seller and the purchaser.

For example, in the case of buying and selling tuna, the price tends to rise by 10% or more at the end of the year when demand is high. This is ultimately passed on to the final consumer, which is not preferable for stably providing services with the same quality and price. However, if futures trading is possible, there will be a move to purchase during low demand (low price), and as a result, trading demand at the end of the year will decrease, and the price difference due to seasonality should converge. .. As described above, the marine product trading system 1 of the present embodiment can construct a platform capable of providing marine products at a stable price.

In conducting such transactions, the prices of frozen marine products fluctuate daily, so it is desirable to provide information that can be used as a guide for determining transaction prices in the months ahead. The marine product trading system 1 of the present embodiment is configured to predict the future price of the marine product and provide the predicted price to the user (customer).

As shown in FIG. 3, the marine product trading system 1 includes a market disclosure information registration unit 6, a meteorological and oceanographic information registration unit 7, an estimated price calculation unit 8, a reference information creation unit 9, a market disclosure information database 14, and a meteorological and oceanographic information database 15. It is equipped with.

The market disclosure information registration unit 6 periodically accesses a website that discloses market transaction information via the communication network 30, downloads market transaction information from the site, and downloads data to the market disclosure information database 14. Accumulate. As a website that can be accessed via the communication network 30, for example, there is a market public information site of the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market.

The meteorological and oceanographic information registration unit 7 periodically accesses sites that publish meteorological and oceanographic information via the communication network 30, downloads the meteorological and oceanographic information from those sites, and stores the meteorological and oceanographic information in the meteorological and oceanographic information database 15. Accumulate download data. As a site that can be accessed via the communication network 30, for example, there is a site of the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The expected price calculation unit 8 is based on the transaction history information stored in the transaction history database 13, the market public information stored in the market public information database 14, and the meteorological sea image information stored in the meteorological sea image information database 15. , Predict the price of marine products from the next day onward for each type of marine product (fish species).

For example, the estimated price calculation unit 8 calculates the estimated price for frozen marine products containing frozen tuna up to 6 months ahead on a monthly basis, and calculates the expected price for the next day for fresh fish such as fresh fish. do. For example, the forecast price calculation unit 8 predicts the catch based on the meteorological and oceanographic information such as water temperature distribution, salt distribution, tidal current, wave, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, and temperature, and the predicted catch, transaction history information, and market disclosure. Predict the price of marine products from the next day onward based on information.

The reference information creation unit 9 includes transaction history information stored in the transaction history database 13, market disclosure information stored in the market disclosure information database 14, meteorological oceanographic information stored in the meteorological oceanographic information database 15, and expected prices. Based on the estimated price calculated by the calculation unit 8, reference information such as recent price fluctuations, next day's meteorological and oceanographic forecasts, and expected prices for the next day and thereafter is created for each type of marine product and stored in the reference information database 16. ..

Upon receiving the reference request signal for reference information from the user via the communication network 30, the reference information creation unit 9 reads the reference information of the corresponding marine product type from the reference information database 16 and transmits it to the user via the communication network 30. do.

By referring to the reference information provided by the marine product trading system 1, especially the expected price information, the user can conclude a transaction at a mutually reasonable price between the seller and the purchaser. Become.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention can be embodied in various embodiments without being limited to the above-described embodiments. The configuration of each part is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Fisheries trading system 2 Customer information registration department 3 Listing information registration department 4 Search department 5 Payment department 6 Market disclosure information registration department 7 Meteorological and oceanographic information registration department 8 Expected price calculation department 9 Reference information creation department 11 Customer information database 12 Listing marine products database 13 Transaction history database 14 Market public information database 15 Meteorological and oceanographic information database 16 Reference information database 21 Domestic producer 22 Producing area wholesale market 23 Consuming area wholesale market 24 Overseas producer 25 Importer 26 Food processor 27 Retailer / outside dining company 21a ~ 27a Terminal 30 Communication network

Claims (3)

A marine products trading system that trades marine products using a communication network.
A transaction history database that stores transaction history information of transactions executed between customers, and
A market disclosure information database that stores market disclosure information, and
Equipped with a meteorological and oceanographic information database that stores meteorological and oceanographic information
For each type of marine product, it is equipped with an estimated price calculation unit that calculates the expected price for the next day or later based on the transaction history information, the market disclosure information, and the meteorological and oceanographic information.
Fisheries trading system. The forecast price calculation unit calculates the forecast price of frozen marine products at least one month ahead.
The marine product trading system according to claim 1. The frozen marine product is frozen tuna,
The marine product trading system according to claim 2.

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