JP2023152413A - Sales management apparatus, user device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve efficiency of operation for selling a commodity on a seller side, while suppressing cost for a purchaser to purchase the commodity.SOLUTION: A sales management apparatus includes: an acquisition unit which acquires a purchase request for an order quantity smaller than a sales unit quantity of a commodity from a user device used by a purchase request user; a settlement management unit which transmits, when the total order quantity to be purchased by the purchase request user reaches the sales unit quantity, a payment request to the user device of the purchase request user; and an order management unit which causes an output unit to output an order slip for a supplier of the commodity, the order slip indicating a delivery of the sales unit quantity of commodities for which the payment has been completed to one delivery address designated by the purchase request user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a sales management device, a user device, and a program.

Conventionally, a system has been known in which the more products are purchased, the more the products can be purchased at a cheaper unit price. Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism in which a transaction is concluded when a user specifies a unit price at which he or she wishes to purchase a product and applies for the total number of purchases required to purchase the product at the specified unit price. ing. In this system, the total number of purchases required to purchase at that unit price varies depending on the unit price specified by the user. Specifically, the lower the unit price, the greater the total number of purchases.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-7758

However, in the conventional technology, even if the total number of purchased products is large, there is a problem in that the products need to be delivered to each of a plurality of purchasers, and the user has to bear the shipping costs.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and aims to reduce the cost of purchasing products for product purchasers, while increasing the efficiency of work for product sales on the product sales side. purpose.

The present invention is a sales management device, and includes an acquisition unit that acquires from a user device used by a person who wishes to purchase a purchase request for a smaller number of orders than the number of units sold of a product; a payment management unit that sends a payment request to the user device of the purchase applicant when the total number of orders reached the number of sales units; The product includes an order management section that causes an output section to output an order form to a place to which the product is ordered, indicating that the product will be delivered to one delivery destination specified by a purchaser.

Another aspect of the present invention is a user device that receives identification information of the product and a purchase group whose members include a plurality of purchase candidates from a sales management system that manages sales of products in units of sales. , a communication processing unit that receives the delivery destination of the product defined for the purchase desired group, and a display unit that associates the product, the purchase desired group, and the delivery destination. and a display processing unit that displays the information.

Another aspect of the present invention is a program that includes a computer, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a purchase request for an order number smaller than the number of sales units of a product from a user device used by a purchase candidate; a payment management unit that sends a payment request to the user device of the purchaser when the total number of orders that the person desires to purchase reaches the number of sales units; This is a program for functioning as an order management unit that causes an output unit to output an order form to a supplier of the product, which indicates that the product will be delivered to one delivery destination specified by the person who wishes to purchase the product.

Another aspect of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to identify a product and a purchasing group whose members include a plurality of purchasers from a sales management system that manages sales of products in units of sales. a communication processing unit that receives information and a delivery destination of the product determined for the group desiring to purchase; and displaying the product, the group desiring to purchase, and the delivery destination in association with each other; This is a program for functioning as a display processing section for displaying images on a computer.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost of purchasing a product for a purchaser of the product, and to improve the efficiency of work for selling the product on the product sales side.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a sales management system. It is a diagram for explaining the flow of product sales. It is a figure showing an example of data composition of product DB. It is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a supplier DB. It is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a user DB. It is a figure showing an example of data composition of group DB. 3 is a flowchart showing purchase management processing. 3 is a flowchart showing purchase management processing. It is a figure showing an example of a product introduction screen. It is a figure showing an example of a group introduction screen. 3 is a flowchart showing delivery management processing. It is a figure showing an example of an order form.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a sales management system 1 according to this embodiment. The sales management system 1 includes a sales management device 10, a user device 20, a wholesaler device 30, and a manufacturer device 40. The sales management device 10, the user device 20, and the wholesaler device 30 are connected via a network 50.

The sales management device 10 is a server device that manages sales of products provided by multiple manufacturers. The sales management device 10 manages product sales in a sharing purchasing system in which a plurality of users purchase a unit of products, such as a package, and each user shares a desired number of products. The user device 20 is an information processing device used by a person who wishes to purchase a product. The user device 20 may be a portable information processing device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal in addition to a PC. The sales management system 1 includes a plurality of user devices 20 each used by a plurality of users. The wholesaler device 30 is an information processing device used by instructors and the like at the wholesaler. The sales management system 1 includes a plurality of wholesaler devices 30 installed at each of a plurality of wholesalers. The manufacturer device 40 is an information processing device used by employees of the manufacturer. The sales management system 1 includes a plurality of manufacturer devices 40 installed at each of a plurality of manufacturers. Note that the sales management system 1 only needs to have at least one wholesaler device 30 and one manufacturer device 40.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an overview of the flow of product sales using the sales management system 1. Here, we will explain the case where the product "Fresh Soup" is sold as an example. The product ``Fresh Soup'' contains 100 pieces per package, and the manufacturer accepts orders on the condition that there are 5 or more packages.

The sales management device 10 allows the sharing purchase of a total of 100 products by a purchasing group G1 whose members are a plurality of prospective purchasers (for example, prospective purchasers P1, P2, and P3) through the user device 20. When the application is made and these payments are completed, it is determined that the transaction is completed. Furthermore, for example, "fresh soup" can be ordered in 5 or more packages as described above. Therefore, the sales management device 10 sends an order form for 5 packages to the wholesaler when applications for 100 units (1 package) of "Fresh Soup" are also made from other purchasing groups and the total number of applications reaches 5. do. Then, the wholesaler places an order for 5 or more packages from the manufacturer. The manufacturer sends five packages of "fresh soup" to a wholesaler. The wholesaler sends the five packages of "fresh soup" in units of one package to one delivery destination designated for each purchasing group. That is, five packages of products are sent to five delivery destinations. Each member of the group desiring to purchase receives the number of products he/she ordered from among the products in one package at the delivery destination. In this way, in the sharing purchase mechanism of this embodiment, the members of each group who wish to purchase can, for example, go to the home of the member who is set as the leader of the group, or to a delivery center of a delivery company located nearby. , pick up the goods at the designated location.

As described above, in this embodiment, the products are delivered in packages from the wholesaler to one delivery destination. Therefore, compared to the case where the product is delivered to a plurality of destinations designated by each member of the purchasing group (purchasing applicant), the shipping fee can be lower. Furthermore, since there is no need for a wholesaler or the like to separately deliver the items purchased by each member, there is no need to reflect the cost of this work in the price, and therefore the cost of purchasing the product can be reduced.

The explanation returns to FIG. 1. The sales management device 10 includes a control section 11, a recording medium 12, and a communication section 13. The control unit 11 includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and the CPU executes a program recorded on the recording medium 12 or the ROM. The recording medium 12 stores various information and programs. The communication unit 13 is a device for communicating with an external device by wire or wirelessly. The control unit 11 can communicate with the user device 20, the wholesaler device 30, and the manufacturer device 40 via the communication unit 13.

The recording medium 12 stores a product DB 121, an order destination DB 122, a user DB 123, and a group DB 124. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the product DB 121. The product DB 121 stores information on products sold by the sales management device 10. The record of the product DB 121 includes a product ID, a product name, a supplier ID, a sales unit, and the number of sales units. The product ID is product identification information. The product name is the name of the product. The ordering party ID is identification information of the manufacturer of the ordering party (product provider) of the product. A sales unit is a quantity where one unit is the number of products purchased by one purchasing group. Products are delivered in units of sales. A package, case, or bowl can be specified as the unit of product to be delivered. For example, in the example of "fresh soup" described with reference to FIG. 2, one package is registered as a sales unit, and 100 pieces, which is the number of products in one package, which is a sales unit, is registered as the number of sales units.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the supplier DB 122. The supplier DB 122 stores information on each manufacturer to which products are ordered. The record of the supplier DB 122 includes the supplier ID, the supplier name, and the ordering unit. Each product in the product DB 121 is linked to a supplier using the supplier ID. The supplier name is the name of the supplier. The order unit is a unit that can be ordered to the supplier. For example, "5 or more packages" means that orders can be placed for 5 or more packages, but orders cannot be placed for 4 packages (the order will not be accepted by the supplier). Furthermore, the order unit is not limited to the unit of the product to be delivered, such as a package, but may also be specified by the purchase price of the product.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the user DB 123. The user DB 123 stores information regarding users registered in the sales management system 1. The records of the user DB 123 include a user ID, user information, a desired sharing purchase area, a usage history, a priority user, and an excluded user.

The user ID is user identification information. The user information includes the user's name and address. Note that the user information may include other information such as gender, for example. The sharing purchase desired region is the region where the user wishes to receive the product in the sharing purchase. Note that the method of specifying the region is not particularly limited. For example, it may be possible to specify only the city, town, or village, or, depending on the user's specification, it may be possible to specify the city, town, or a narrower unit (for example, a street address, etc.), or a wider unit (for example, multiple cities, etc.). ) may be specified. The usage history records the past purchases made by the user through sharing purchases in the sales management system 1. The results include purchase date, purchased products, number of purchases, group members, etc.

The priority users and excluded users are information that a user refers to when deciding whether to join a purchasing group and make a shared purchase. The user ID of the user registered as a favorite by the user is registered as the priority user. The user ID of the user registered by the user as to be excluded is registered in the excluded user. The user may or may not want to make a sharing purchase with the same member again, based on the communication regarding the purchase with members of the same purchasing group in the past sharing purchase, as appropriate. Priority users and excluded users can be set.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the group DB 124. The group DB 124 stores information regarding groups that wish to purchase. When the desired purchase group is generated, a record of the newly generated desired purchase group is generated in the group DB 124.

The records in the group DB 124 include a group ID, a product ID, a leader, a member, the number of member orders, the remaining number, a delivery destination, and a group status. The group ID is group identification information. The product ID is the product ID of the product desired to be purchased in the desired purchase group. The user ID of the user who is set as the leader of the purchasing group is registered in the leader field. In this embodiment, it is assumed that a user who newly creates a purchasing group is set as a leader.

The user ID of the member of the purchasing group is registered in the member field. Note that leaders are also registered as members. The number of member orders is the number of products ordered by members. In addition, when a plurality of members belong to a purchase-desiring group, the member and the number of member orders for each member are included in one record. The remaining number is the remaining number of products that can be purchased in the group that wishes to purchase. The remaining quantity is obtained by subtracting the total number of member orders from the number of units sold for the product.

The group status is information indicating the transaction-related status of the purchasing group. There are six group states: recruiting prospective purchasers, purchasing, payment processing, waiting for order, waiting for shipping, and completed, and the group states change in this order. When we are looking for purchasers, the total number of orders has not reached the number of units sold, and we are looking for more purchasers. During the purchase process, the total number of orders has reached the number of units sold and the system is waiting for a purchase instruction from the leader. While the payment process is in progress, all the purchasers (leaders and members) participating in the purchasing group are waiting for payment. Waiting for orders is a state of waiting for an order to be placed with the manufacturer. Waiting for shipment is a state of waiting for the product to be shipped by the manufacturer. End is a state in which delivery of the product is completed.

The explanation returns to FIG. 1. The control unit 11 includes a communication processing unit 111, an acquisition unit 112, a DB management unit 113, a payment management unit 114, an order management unit 115, and a search management unit 116 as functional configurations. The communication processing unit 111, the acquisition unit 112, the DB management unit 113, the payment management unit 114, the order management unit 115, and the search management unit 116 are functional units realized by the CPU executing programs. That is, in the following, the processes described as being executed by the communication processing unit 111, the acquisition unit 112, the DB management unit 113, the payment management unit 114, the order management unit 115, and the search management unit 116 are executed by the control unit 11 (CPU). This is the process to be executed.

The communication processing unit 111 sends and receives information to and from the user device 20 via the communication unit 13 . The acquisition unit 112 acquires a product purchase request from the user device 20 via the communication processing unit 111 . The DB management unit 113 registers, updates, and deletes records in the user DB 123. The DB management unit 113 also registers, updates, and deletes records in the group DB 124. The payment management unit 114 performs processing related to payment for purchasing products. The order management unit 115 performs processing for ordering products from a wholesaler. The search management unit 116 performs processing for the user device 20 to search for a group that the user wishes to purchase. Note that the details of the processing of each part will be described later.

The user device 20 includes a control section 21, a recording medium 22, a communication section 23, an input section 24, and a display section 25. The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc., and the CPU executes a program recorded on the recording medium 22 or the ROM. The recording medium 22 stores various information and various programs. The communication unit 23 is a device for communicating with an external device by wire or wirelessly. The control unit 21 can communicate with the sales management device 10 via the communication unit 23. The display unit 25 is a display device that displays various information. The input unit 24 is a user interface for receiving instructions from the user. The input unit 24 is, for example, a mouse, a keyboard, or the like. Further, the display section 25 and the input section 24 may be integrally provided as a touch panel.

The control unit 21 includes a communication processing unit 211, a reception unit 212, and a display processing unit 213 as functional configurations. The communication processing unit 211, reception unit 212, and display processing unit 213 are functional units that are realized by the CPU of the control unit 21 executing programs. That is, the processes described below as being executed by the communication processing unit 211, reception unit 212, and display processing unit 213 are processes executed by the control unit 21 (CPU). The communication processing unit 211 sends and receives information to and from the sales management device 10 via the communication unit 23 . The reception unit 212 receives input of various information via the input unit 24. The display processing unit 213 causes the display unit 25 to display various information.

Next, sales management processing by the sales management device 10 will be explained. The sales management process includes the purchase management process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 and the delivery management process shown in FIG. 11.

7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the purchase management process. In step S100, the acquisition unit 112 of the sales management device 10 waits until it acquires a product purchase request from the user device 20 via the communication processing unit 111 (N in step S100). When the acquisition unit 112 acquires the purchase request (Y in step S100), the acquisition unit 112 advances the process to step S102. Here, the purchase request includes the product ID of the product desired to purchase, the number of orders, and the user ID. Furthermore, the purchase request in the case of wishing to purchase a product after creating a new purchase request group includes a new group generation request. The purchase request in the case of wishing to purchase in an already generated purchase request group includes the group ID of the purchase request group in which the user wishes to participate.

In the user device 20, a product search screen is displayed on the display unit 25, and when a desired product is selected on the product search screen and the order quantity is input, the purchase request is transferred from the user device 20 to the sales management device 10. sent to. Here, user operations on the user device 20 when the user wishes to purchase a product will be described. First, the search management unit 116 of the sales management device 10 displays a product search screen on the display unit 25 of the user device 20 in response to an instruction from the user device 20. When a desired product is selected on the user device 20, a product introduction screen for the selected product is displayed.

As another example, the search management unit 116 first displays a region selection screen for selecting a region, and when a region is specified by the user (searcher), the search management unit 116 selects the selected region as the delivery destination. A list screen of groups for which purchase is desired may be displayed. Note that the method of specifying the area is not particularly limited. For example, it may be possible to specify only the city, town, or village, or, depending on the user's specification, it may be possible to specify the city, town, or a narrower unit (for example, a street address, etc.), or a wider unit (for example, multiple cities, etc.). ) may be specified. Then, when a desired purchase group is selected on the list screen of the selected region, a product introduction screen of products targeted for purchase by the desired purchase group is displayed.

As another example, the search management unit 116 may display, in the user DB 123, groups that wish to purchase products whose delivery destination is the desired sharing purchase area set for each user.

Furthermore, the above searches may be combined. For example, in the initial state, the search management unit 116 may display the desired purchasing group in the desired sharing purchase area, and further display the area selection screen when receiving an instruction to display the area selection screen. Further, the search management unit 116 may narrow down the products after narrowing down the region, or conversely, may narrow down the region after narrowing down the products.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a product introduction screen. The product introduction screen 300 displays product information and the number of sales units (number of group purchases). Note that the number of sales units is the number registered in the product DB 121. The number of products to be purchased by a group (number of sales units) is determined according to the number of products (number of packages, etc.) delivered by the manufacturer. Therefore, the number of sales units varies depending on the product and product provider, such as 10 products for some products and 50 products for other products. However, it is troublesome for users to consider such units when making sharing purchases. On the other hand, in this embodiment, as described above, the number of sales units for each product is registered in the product DB 121, and this number is displayed on the product introduction screen 300 as the number of group purchases (number of units to be purchased by the group). ) is displayed. Therefore, users can easily grasp the number of items they should purchase as a group.

The product introduction screen 300 further displays one or more group buttons if a purchasing group for this product has been created. In the example of FIG. 9, group buttons 321a and 321b corresponding to two purchase desired groups (G1 and G2) are displayed. When either group button 321a or 321b is selected, a group introduction screen for the corresponding purchase desired group is displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a group introduction screen. In the group introduction screen 400, information about the desired purchase group is displayed in the group information column 410. Information on the group you wish to purchase includes the group ID, target product, leader's name, leader's comment, number of group purchases, current total number of orders, and number of available orders (remaining number), and all of this information is displayed on one screen. are displayed in association with each other. It is assumed that the leader's comment is stored in the group DB 124 in association with the group ID. Group information may include not only the leader's name but also other members' names and comments. Note that the group ID may be a group name. Additionally, the leader can freely write comments such as, ``We are looking for people who can share in T City'' or ``We are looking for people who can buy immediately!''.

The search management unit 116 of the sales management device 10 displays the information on the display unit 25 of the user device 20 by transmitting the information of the group desired to purchase to the user device 20 in response to the user's operation of the user device 20. let On the other hand, in the user device 20, when the communication processing section 211 receives these pieces of information, the display processing section 213 associates these pieces of information and displays them on the product introduction screen.

Furthermore, in the user DB 123, priority users and excluded users of searchers (users) who search for products and groups are registered, and any user is to be displayed in the group information column 410 as a leader or a member. Suppose there is. In this case, the search management unit 116 displays the priority users and excluded users so that they can be identified. Specifically, the search management unit 116 displays the names of priority members in red and the names of excluded users in blue, for example. Further, as another example, the search management unit 116 may display text information such as "Priority users are included in the purchase request group." Thereby, the searcher can determine whether or not to participate in the purchasing group by referring to the members of the purchasing group. This allows each user to select a partner for sharing purchase with greater peace of mind. Further, as another example, the name of each member and the number of orders may be displayed in the group information column 410 in addition to or instead of the total number of orders.

If the user wants to participate in any of the desired purchase groups and purchase the product, the user enters the desired order quantity in the order quantity column 412 and selects the participation button 414 labeled "Application to join group". do. As a result, the reception unit 212 of the user device 20 receives input of a purchase request. Then, the communication processing unit 211 sends the purchase request to the sales management device 10, including a request to participate in the specified purchase request group, the group ID of the purchase request group, the product ID, the number of orders, and the user ID. Send to.

Additionally, before joining a group, you can also exchange messages with the leader and members of the group you wish to purchase from. In this case, the message exchange button 416 may be selected. This will display a message screen that includes a message entry field and a send button. The information entered in the message entry column is transmitted to the sales management device 10, and from the sales management device 10 to the user devices 20 of the members of the group who wish to purchase. The information input by the members of the purchasing group is then displayed on the message screen of the user device 20. This makes it possible to send and receive messages.

In addition, if the user wants to create a new purchase group and purchase a product using the generated purchase request group (new group), the user selects ``Create a new group and purchase'' on the product introduction screen 300 shown in FIG. ” Select the group creation button 323 written as “. In this case, the user further inputs the delivery destination and the number of orders. Thereby, the receiving unit 212 receives an input of a purchase request. In this case, the communication processing unit 211 transmits a purchase request including a new group generation request, product ID, order quantity, user ID, and delivery destination to the sales management device 10.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step S102, the acquisition unit 112 checks whether the purchase request includes a request to create a new group. When the acquisition unit 112 includes a new group generation request (Y in step S102), the acquisition unit 112 advances the process to step S104. If the acquisition unit 112 does not include a new group generation request (N in step S102), the acquisition unit 112 advances the process to step S200 shown in FIG. 8.

In step S104, the DB management unit 113 generates a new group in response to the new group generation request included in the purchase request. Specifically, the DB management unit 113 creates a new record of the desired purchase group in the group DB 124. Then, the DB management unit 113 issues a new group ID, registers it, and registers the user ID and the number of orders included in the purchase request as a member and the number of member orders, respectively, in association with the group ID. Here, the user ID is the user ID of the purchase applicant who is the sender of the purchase request. Further, the DB management unit 113 registers the user ID as a leader. In this way, the user who has newly created a purchasing group is set as the leader of the purchasing group. Then, the DB management unit 113 registers the value obtained by subtracting the number of member orders from the number of sales units of the registered product registered in the product DB 121 as the remaining number. Further, the DB management unit 113 registers the delivery destination included in the purchase request, and sets the group state to the initial state of "looking for purchasers". In this way, the DB management unit 113 functions as a registration unit that registers the product ID, order quantity, delivery destination, and leader (purchase applicant) user ID in the group DB 124 in association with the group ID. Here, the recording medium 12 in which the group DB 124 is stored is an example of a storage unit.

On the other hand, in step S200, the DB management unit 113 updates information on an existing purchase desire group (existing group) based on the purchase desire including a request to join the purchase desire group. Specifically, in the group DB 124, the DB management unit 113 registers the user ID and the number of orders shown in the purchase request as a member and the number of member orders, respectively, in association with the group ID shown in the purchase request. Then, the remaining number is updated according to the number of member orders.

Next, in step S202, the communication processing unit 111 transmits a participation request notification to the user device 20 of the leader of the existing purchasing group to the effect that there is a desire to join the purchasing group. Here, the participation request notification includes the user ID of the user who sent the purchase request. When the leader user device 20 receives the participation request notification, it displays this on the display unit 25. Thereby, the leader can confirm that there is a desire to participate and the user (person who wishes to purchase). Here, for example, if the leader does not wish to make a shared purchase with the user, he or she can decline participation. Thereby, as will be described later, the leader can deny participation in the purchasing group to users who have previously participated in the same purchasing group and have not made a payment. The leader inputs approval or rejection of participation in response to the participation request notification via the input unit 24. When approval or rejection of participation is input, information indicating the approval or rejection is transmitted from the communication processing unit 211 to the sales management device 10 as a response to the participation request notification.

Correspondingly, if the communication processing unit 111 of the sales management device 10 receives a response of approval to the participation request notification in step S204 (Y in step S204), the process proceeds to step S206. In step S206, the communication processing unit 111 transmits an approval notification to the user device 20 that transmitted the purchase request, and then advances the process to step S106. On the other hand, if the communication processing unit 111 receives a rejection response to the participation request notification in step S204 (N in step S204), the communication processing unit 111 sends a rejection notification to the user device 20 that transmitted the purchase request. The information is transmitted (step S208), and the process ends.

Note that when a rejection response is received, the DB management unit 113 further determines, in step S200, the members of the user who wishes to purchase and the number of member orders added to the record of the purchasing group that the user wishes to join in the group DB 124. Delete and update the remaining number.

Note that, as another example, the DB management unit 113 may perform the process of step S200 when receiving the approval notification in step S204 (Y in step S204). That is, the DB management unit 113 does not register the members and the number of member orders in the group DB 124 when it receives the participation request notification, and does not update the remaining number of members, but performs these processes when it receives the approval notification. It may also be a thing. In addition, in this case, the total number of orders in the notification of participation request received before receiving the approval notification and the number of orders of the leader may exceed the number of sales units, but we will make sure that it does not exceed the number of sales units. The leader only needs to approve the notification of participation.

After the process in step S104, in step S106, the payment management unit 114 checks the remaining number of purchase request groups to be processed. Here, the desired purchase group to be processed is the newly generated desired purchase group in step S104 or the desired purchase group updated in step S200. Hereinafter, the target purchase group will be referred to as the target purchase group. If the remaining quantity is zero, that is, if the total number of orders in the target purchasing group reaches the number of sales units of the product to be purchased in the target purchasing group (Y in step S106), the payment management unit 114 , the process advances to step S108. If the remaining quantity is not zero, that is, if the total number of orders in the target purchasing group does not reach the number of sales units of the product to be purchased in the target purchasing group (N in step S106), the payment management unit 114 ), the process advances to S100.

In step S108, the DB management unit 113 sets (updates) the group status of the target purchase-desiring group to "purchase processing in progress" in the group DB 124. In this way, when the total number of orders reaches the number of units sold, the order is confirmed and the group status changes to "purchasing in progress". Next, in step S110, the payment management unit 114 transmits a payment request to the user device 20 of the leader of the purchasing group.

When the control unit 21 of the leader user device 20 receives the payment request, the display unit 25 displays a purchase processing guidance screen. On this guidance screen, when a purchase instruction is input by the reader, such as by selecting a button to proceed to purchase processing, the communication processing unit 211 transmits a response corresponding to the payment request to the sales management device 10.

On the other hand, in the sales management device 10, the communication processing unit 111 waits until it receives a response from the leader user device 20 (N in step S112), and when the response is received (Y in step S112), The process advances to step S114. Note that if the communication processing unit 111 does not receive a response within a certain period of time, the communication processing unit 111 may cancel the order and end the process. Furthermore, in this case, the reminder may be sent to the leader's user device 20 once or multiple times before a certain period of time has elapsed.

In step S114, the DB management unit 113 sets (updates) the group status of the target purchasing group to "payment processing in progress." In this way, when a response is obtained from the leader, payment processing is started, and the group status changes to "payment processing in progress." Please note that while the group status is "Purchase Processing", prospective purchasers who are participating in the purchasing group can cancel their participation or change the number of orders, but the status will change to "Payment Processing". After doing so, you cannot do these things.

Next, in step S116, the payment management unit 114 transmits a payment request via the communication processing unit 111 to the user devices 20 of all prospective purchasers (members) participating in the target purchasing group. Specifically, the payment management unit 114 transmits the URL of the screen for making the payment. In this manner, the payment management unit 114 transmits a payment request when the total number of orders reaches the number of units sold. Note that the screen for making payments is provided by a payment company that provides payment services, and each member pays his/her own burden (billed amount) at the payment company. When the payment by each member is completed, a payment completion notification including the member's user ID is transmitted from the information processing device of the payment company to the sales management device 10.

In addition, the amount to be borne by each person is, for example, the sum of the price provided by the manufacturer of the product (price per item) and the shipping fee divided by the number of units sold (quantity) of the product, plus the amount that each person pays. The amount will be multiplied by the number of orders. In this way, since the delivery destination is set to one location, the amount of delivery charges borne by each user can be kept low. Furthermore, since the number of units to be sold is shared and purchased by members of the purchasing group, it is possible to keep the unit price of the product to the same level as the price that a wholesaler purchases from the manufacturer. The method for determining each person's burden is not limited to this, and can be determined arbitrarily.

Next, in step S118, the payment management unit 114 determines whether the payments for all members of the target purchasing group have been completed. The payment management unit 114 determines that the payments for all members have been completed when the communication processing unit 111 receives payment completion notifications for all members. If the payments for all members have been completed (Y in step S118), the payment management unit 114 advances the process to step S128. If the payment for all members has not been completed within the preset payment period, that is, if at least some members (first purchase applicants) have not completed the payment, the payment management unit 114 performs a process (step S118). (N), the process advances to step S120. In step S120, the payment management unit 114 transmits an unpaid notification to the user device 20 of the leader of the target purchasing group.

This allows the leader to know that there are unpaid members. Then, the leader can complete the transaction by excluding the paying member from the purchasing group and paying the unpaid amount on behalf of the unpaid member. In this case, the leader (second purchase applicant) transmits a proxy payment request to the sales management device 10 through a user operation on the user device 20 . The leader completes the procedure with the payment company by receiving a payment request for payment of the unpaid member amount from the sales management device 10 on the user device 20.

On the other hand, in the sales management device 10, the payment management unit 114 receives the proxy payment request in step S122, and then, in step S124, the payment management unit 114 receives the request for the target purchase through the DB management unit 113. Exclude unpaid members from desired group members. Specifically, the payment management unit 114 instructs the DB management unit 113 to delete the member ID of the unpaid member and the number of member orders in the record of the target purchasing group in the group DB 124, and delete the number of orders of the deleted unpaid member. is added to the leader's order number. In this way, if there are unpaid members, the leader can maintain the transaction by making payments on their behalf. This allows for stable transactions. Next, in step S126, if the payments for everyone have not been completed (N in step S126), the payment management unit 114 advances the process to S122. On the other hand, when the payment management unit 114 completes the payment for everyone (Y in step S126), the payment management unit 114 advances the process to step S128. As described above, when the leader completes the payment of the bills for the unpaid members, the payment management unit 114 determines that the payments for all members have been completed.

In step S128, the DB management unit 113 sets (updates) the group status of the target purchasing group to "waiting for order". In this way, when all members of the target purchasing group complete their payments, the group status changes to "waiting for order".

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the delivery management process. In step S300, the order management unit 115 of the sales management device 10 waits until a predetermined timing (N in step S300), and when the predetermined timing comes (Y in step S300), the process proceeds to step S302. Here, the predetermined timing is, for example, 9 o'clock every morning. However, the predetermined timing is arbitrary, and may be every half day. Further, the predetermined timing does not have to be at regular intervals, and may be, for example, every Tuesday and Thursday.

In step S302, the order management unit 115 refers to the group DB 124 and the supplier DB 122, and determines whether there is a supplier for which the desired product has reached the order unit determined for the supplier. Check whether Specifically, the order management unit 115 extracts the purchase desired group whose group status is "waiting for order". Then, the order management unit 115 counts the number of sets, with the sales unit being one set for each order destination of the product of the desired purchase group. If there is no supplier whose number of sets has reached the number of ordered units shown in the supplier DB 122 (N in step S302), the process advances to step S300. If there is an ordering party for which the number of sets has reached the number of ordered units (Y in step S302), the order management unit 115 advances the process to step S304. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, AB foods are ordered in units of 5 or more packages. Therefore, if the total number of AB food products corresponding to the group status "waiting for order" is 5 or more, it is determined that the number of sets has reached the order unit. In this case, the 5 packages may be 5 packages containing only the same product, or may be 5 packages containing different types of products provided by AB Foods.

In step S<b>304 , the order management unit 115 transmits an order form to the supplier whose number of sets has reached the number of ordered units to the wholesaler device 30 via the network 50 . For example, the order management unit 115 attaches the order form to an email and sends it. In this process, the communication unit 13 that transmits the order form is an example of an output unit.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an order form. The order form 500 shows the details of the order for the product, with a delivery number assigned for each desired purchase group. The order details include delivery number, order destination, product name, unit price, number of orders, and number of cases (number of sets). In addition to the number of cases, the shipping destination for each product is also indicated. In step S302, if there are a plurality of suppliers for which the number of ordered units has been reached, the details of the product orders for each of the plurality of suppliers are shown.

In FIG. 11, after the process in step S304, in step S306, the DB management unit 113 sets (updates) the group status of the purchase group corresponding to the ordered product to "waiting for shipping." In this way, when the order form for the product desired by the group desired to purchase is output, the group status changes to "waiting for shipment."

Next, in step S308, the communication processing unit 111 waits until receiving a shipping notification from the wholesaler device 30 (N in step S308), and upon receiving the shipping notification (Y in step S308), advances the process to step S310. . Note that when the wholesaler receives the order form, it orders the ordered product from the manufacturer that provides the product. The ordered products are then delivered from the manufacturer to the wholesaler. When the wholesaler completes the process of shipping the product to the destination, the wholesaler device 30 transmits a shipping notification to the sales management device 10 in response to a user operation. In step S310, the DB management unit 113 sets the group status of the purchase desired group corresponding to the product related to the shipping notification to "finished". With this, the delivery management process is completed.

Note that after that, the product is delivered to the destination specified by the reader. At the delivery destination, for example, the leader acts as a coordinator and distributes the number of products ordered by each member to each member. At this time, the sales management device 10 transmits to the user device 20 the number of orders of each member participating in the purchasing group, which is registered in the group DB 124, and displays it on the display unit 25. This allows members to check the number of their orders.

As described above, in the sales management system 1 of this embodiment, products are delivered to one delivery destination in delivery units determined by the manufacturer. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of purchasing the product for the purchaser of the product, and to improve the efficiency of the work for selling the product on the product sales side.

The above embodiment is an example for implementing the present invention, and various other embodiments can be adopted. For example, various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention as described in the claims, such as applying one modification to another modification. For example, at least a portion of each part constituting the sales management device 10 may exist separately in a plurality of devices or systems. Furthermore, some of the configurations of the embodiments described above may be omitted, and the order of processing may be varied or omitted.

Such a first modification will be explained. In this embodiment, the payment management unit 114 of the sales management device 10 sends a payment request only to the leader of the purchase group when the remaining number in the purchase request group reaches zero. However, instead of this, the payment management unit 114 may send a payment request to all purchase applicants participating in the purchase request group, and proceed to step S114 when responses are received from all purchase applicants. good. This can prevent non-payment by some purchasers.

A second modification will be explained. In the present embodiment, the order management unit 115 transmits the order form to the information processing device of the wholesaler, but instead of this, the order management unit 115 sends the order form from the printer serving as the output unit to the paper sheet. It may also be printed (output) on a medium. Then, a user such as an administrator of the sales management device 10 may mail the order form printed on a paper medium to the wholesaler. Thereby, the order form can be sent in a method according to the wishes of the wholesaler.

As a third modification, each user may be assigned a degree of security that evaluates whether the user can conduct transactions with confidence. Then, when displaying the leaders and members of the group for which purchase is desired, the degree of security may be displayed in association with the leaders and members.

For example, the degree of security can be calculated based on the contract rate (proceeded to transaction completion) and the number of transactions completed in the purchasing group that you have joined in the past, the number of cancellations after joining the purchasing group, and the number of cancellations from the time the payment was processed until the payment date. Determined according to the length of the period. The degree of security is also determined depending on the frequency of complaints and problems that occur to the user. Furthermore, the degree of security may be determined depending on the number of times the user has served as the leader of the group that the user wishes to purchase, the length of time it takes as the leader to approve or reject notices of participation from other members, etc. good.

As a fourth modification, the search management unit 116 may cause the user device 20 to display the search results of the purchase desired group using parameters other than those described in the embodiment. For example, the search management unit 116 may display search results using parameters such as the leader's past closing rate, whether provisional acceptance of the product is possible, the degree of security, and the like. In this case, it is assumed that the group DB 124 has a contract rate registered for each group, and the user DB 123 has a security level of each user and whether a package can be provisionally accepted or not registered for each user.

As a fifth modification, when displaying a list of a plurality of groups, the search management unit 116 displays a purchasing group that includes a priority user preferentially than a purchasing group that does not include a priority user. It's okay. Specifically, the search management unit 116 displays the purchase preference groups that include priority users above the purchase preference groups that do not include priority users. In addition, as another example, the search management unit 116 may display the purchase preference group including the priority user in red, and display the other purchase preference groups in black.

As a sixth modification, the facility that performs the delivery work of dividing the ordered product into sales units and delivering them to each delivery destination is not limited to a wholesaler. As another example, an ordered product may be delivered from a manufacturer via a wholesaler to a facility equipped with the sales management device 10, and the product delivery work may be performed at the facility. Further, as another example, the ordered product may be delivered from the manufacturer to a warehouse operated by a business other than the wholesaler, and the product delivery work may be performed at the warehouse. Note that in these cases, an order form is sent from the sales management device 10 to the facility or warehouse. This allows the delivery destination to be confirmed at the facility or warehouse. As another example, if a wholesaler owns a product, the wholesaler may deliver the product without placing an order with the manufacturer.

As a seventh modification, the destination of the order form may be a manufacturer's device instead of the wholesaler's device. That is, products may be ordered without going through a wholesaler. In this case, the work of transmitting the product to the delivery destination may be performed at a warehouse of a predetermined vendor. A product is delivered to a destination of a purchasing group at a warehouse or the like, and a delivery notification is sent to the sales management device 10 from an information processing device of a vendor managing the warehouse or the like.

Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied as a program or method. Furthermore, the systems, programs, and methods described above may be realized as a single device or may be realized using shared parts, and include various aspects. For example, it is possible to provide methods and programs that are realized by the above system. Further, it can be changed as appropriate, such as partially being software and partially being hardware. Furthermore, the invention can also be used as a recording medium for a program that controls an apparatus. Of course, the recording medium for the software may be a magnetic recording medium or a semiconductor memory, and any recording medium that will be developed in the future can be considered in exactly the same way.

1 Sales management system 10 Sales management device 11 Control section 12 Recording medium 13 Communication section 20 User device 21 Control section 22 Recording medium 23 Communication section 30 Wholesaler device 40 Manufacturer device 50 Network 111 Communication processing section 112 Acquisition section 113 DB management section 114 Payment Management Department 115 Order Management Department 116 Search Management Department 121 Product DB
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an acquisition unit that acquires from a user device used by a person who wishes to purchase a purchase request for an order quantity smaller than the number of units sold for the product;
a payment management unit that transmits a payment request to the user device of the purchase applicant when the total number of orders that the purchase applicant desires to purchase reaches the sales unit number;
an order management unit that causes an output unit to output an order form to a supplier of the product to the effect that the sales unit quantity of the product for which payment has been completed is to be delivered to one delivery destination specified by the purchase applicant; and,
A sales management device equipped with. A user who wants to purchase a request to create a purchase group whose members are a plurality of people who want to purchase the product in the number of sales units, the product they want to purchase, the number of orders, and the delivery destination. When received from the device, the desired purchase group is generated, and in association with the identification information of the desired purchase group, the product, the order quantity, the delivery destination, and the purchaser who is the source of the generation request. a registration unit that registers identification information of and in a storage unit;
The desired purchase group registered in the storage unit, the product desired to purchase in the desired purchase group, and the delivery destination are associated with each other and displayed on a user device of a searcher searching for the desired purchase group. The sales management device according to claim 1, further comprising a search management section. The search management unit further displays at least one of the total number of orders made by prospective purchasers participating in the purchase prospective group and the remaining quantity up to the number of sales units in association with the product. , a sales management device according to claim 2. When the registration unit receives from the user device a request to participate in the group that wants to purchase and the number of orders in the group that wants to buy that is registered in the storage unit, the registration unit identifies the group that wants to buy. 3. The sales management device according to claim 2, wherein the number of orders and identification information of the purchase applicant who is the sender of the participation request are registered in association with the information. The order management department is
Counting the number of sets of products with the same number of sales units for which payment for the products with the number of sales units has been completed and which have the same order destination;
2. The sales management system according to claim 1, wherein when the number of sets reaches a predetermined number of ordered units for each supplier, the order form for the products of the ordered number of units is outputted from an output unit. Device. The payment management unit transmits the payment request for the amount to be borne by each prospective purchaser who is participating in the prospective purchase group out of the fee for the product in the number of sales units, to the user device of each prospective purchaser,
The order management unit may be arranged such that if the payment from the first prospective purchaser who is participating in the purchasing prospective group is not completed, and the second prospective purchaser who is the source of the generation request of the purchasing prospective group does not complete the first purchase, 3. The sales management device according to claim 2, wherein when the payment of the invoice to the applicant is completed, it is determined that the payment by the purchasing group is completed. 3. The sales management device according to claim 2, wherein the search management unit causes the searcher's user device to display the purchase desired group whose delivery destination is an area specified by the searcher. The search management unit determines that when the purchase request group includes at least one of a priority user who is registered as being to be selected preferentially and an excluded user who is registered as being to be excluded, at least one of said at least one is included. 3. The sales management device according to claim 2, wherein said purchase desired group is displayed so as to be identifiable. According to claim 2, the search management unit displays the purchase preference group that includes a priority user who is registered as being preferentially selected, more preferentially than the purchase preference group that does not include the priority user. The sales management device described. From a sales management system that manages sales of products in units of sales, identification information of the product, a purchase group whose members are multiple purchasers, and the product specified for the purchase group. and a communication processing unit that receives the delivery address.
A user device comprising: a display processing unit that associates the product, the desired purchase group, and the delivery destination and displays them on a display unit. The display processing unit further displays at least one of the total number of orders for the product that the purchasing group desires to purchase, and the remaining number of the product up to the number of sales units, in association with the product. The user equipment according to claim 10. computer,
an acquisition unit that acquires from a user device used by a person who wishes to purchase a purchase request for an order quantity smaller than the number of units sold for the product;
a payment management unit that transmits a payment request to the user device of the purchase applicant when the total number of orders that the purchase applicant desires to purchase reaches the sales unit number; and the sales unit for which payment has been completed. A program for functioning as an order management unit that causes an output unit to output an order form to a supplier of the product, which indicates that the number of units of the product will be delivered to one delivery destination specified by the person who wishes to purchase the product. . computer,
From a sales management system that manages sales of products in units of sales, identification information of the product, a purchase group whose members are multiple purchasers, and the product specified for the purchase group. a communication processing unit that receives a delivery destination of the item, and a program that functions as a display processing unit that associates the product, the desired purchase group, and the delivery destination and displays them on a display unit.

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