JP2975234B2 - Store control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a supermarket,
The present invention relates to a store control device of a point-of-sale (POS) system used in a mass store such as a chain store.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a POS system used in a mass retailer such as a supermarket or a chain store has a plurality of POS terminals for registering and processing sales data of products purchased by customers in the store, and these POS terminals are centralized. It is configured by connecting a store control device to be managed via communication means.

The store control device is provided with a product master file for setting and storing product-specific information such as a product name and a unit price corresponding to a single product code assigned to each product sold in the store. The merchandise registration processing in each POS terminal is controlled based on each information in the merchandise master file.

[0004] On the other hand, the store has a special sale period,
During this period, it is common practice to reduce the price of a pre-designated product from a normal unit price to enhance serviceability to customers and promote sales.

In view of this, the store control unit is provided with a sale price change setting file for setting and storing unit price change information such as a single item code of a product whose unit price is changed, a unit price change period, and a unit price after change.
For example, in the business before opening the store, the selling price change setting file is searched to automatically determine whether there is any product whose current date and time is within the unit price change period, and for the products within the unit price change period, the unit price of the corresponding product in the product master file is changed. Change to later unit price so that it can be managed.

[0006] In a supermarket or the like, a shelf on which a product is displayed is provided with a product name 71, a unit price 72, and a bar code 73 indicating a single product code, as shown in FIG.
The contents of the goods displayed on the shelf are displayed to the customer by affixing a shelf label 70 on which the label is printed. For this reason, when there is a unit price change due to a bargain sale or the like, it is necessary to create and change the shelf label 70 of the corresponding product each time.

In addition, during the special sale period, in order to strongly indicate to the customer that the product is a special sale product, in addition to the product name 61 and the unit price 62 of the special sale product as shown in FIG. In some cases, a pop sheet 60 on which the message 63 is printed is created and attached to a key point in the store.

Accordingly, the shelf label 70 and the pop sheet 60
Supermarkets and the like that use storefront display media, such as, are equipped with a shelf label printer and a pop sheet printer. Based on the contents of the sale price change setting file output from the store controller, a timely shelf label 70 or Information necessary for the pop sheet 60 has been manually set and output to each printer.

[0009]

As described above, in a store that uses a storefront display medium on which information such as a changed unit price is printed each time a unit price of a product is changed in a bargain sale or the like, the corresponding sales price change setting file is used. Apart from the work of setting the unit price change information, it is necessary to output the contents of the selling price change setting file as a report and to set the necessary information in the output device of the storefront display medium based on the report contents.

In this case, the information to be set in the output device for printing the storefront display medium is a single item code, an item name, a unit price before change, a unit price after change, a special sale period, etc. It was inefficient because it overlapped with the setting information. In addition, the user must manually set the necessary information on the output device while checking the report contents.
In some cases, necessary store display media cannot be obtained due to forgetting to set.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the store display medium having the changed unit price can be automatically printed before the unit price change based on the setting contents of the selling price change setting file, and the efficiency of the store display medium creation operation can be improved. It is another object of the present invention to provide a store control device capable of improving reliability.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided a product master file for setting and storing product-specific information such as a product name and a unit price corresponding to a single product code attached to each product. The selling price for controlling the product registration process at each terminal connected via the communication means based on the information and setting and storing unit price change information such as a single item code of a product having a unit price change, a unit price change period, and a unit price after the change. A change setting file is provided, and the selling price change setting file is searched to determine whether there is any product whose current date and time is within the unit price change period,
For products within the unit price change period, in a store control device that manages the unit price of the corresponding product in the product master file after changing the unit price to the changed unit price, an output device that prints the storefront display medium is connected, and the product with the unit price change is connected. In the selling price change setting file that stores unit price change information, a flag is set for each product to identify whether or not the product whose unit price has changed is a product requiring printing on the storefront display medium, and a unit price is set for the product requiring printing. When the printing time before the start of the change period is set for each product, when the sale price change setting file is searched and the unit price of each product is managed, the flag indicates that the product requires printing and the printing time is When a product corresponding to the current date and time is detected, the print information of the store display medium is edited based on the unit price change information of the product, and the output device prints the store display medium. It is provided with a means that.

[0013]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, in the selling price change setting file storing the unit price change information of the product having the unit price change, whether or not the product having the unit price change is a product requiring printing on the store front display medium is determined. Is set for each product. For products that require printing, the printing time before the start of the unit price change period is set for each product. Thus, when the selling price change setting file is searched and the unit price of each product is managed, the store display medium of the product whose unit price is changed is printed by the output device before the unit price is changed.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a store control device (S) according to the present invention.
C) is an overall view of a POS system in which 1 is an upper controller. As shown, the POS system includes a plurality of POS terminals (TM) 2 for registering merchandise sales data.
And a file control device (FC) 3 for collecting sales data of commodities registered for sale at the POS terminals via a communication line 4, and further communicates the file control device 3 with the store control device 1. It is configured by connecting with a line 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the store control device 1 sets and stores product-specific information such as a product name and a unit price (normal unit price) at the time of normal sales, corresponding to a single item code assigned to each product. A product master file 6 is provided, and based on each piece of information in the product master file 6, controls the product registration process at each POS terminal 2 connected via the communication line 5, the file control device 3, and the communication line 4. It is supposed to.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the store control device 1 sets and stores unit price change information such as a unit code of a product whose unit price is changed, a unit price change period (special sale period), and a unit price after change (special sale unit price). The selling price change setting file 7 is provided. The selling price change setting file 7 is searched in a timely manner to determine whether or not there is any product whose current date and time is within the unit price change period. In step 6, the unit price of the corresponding product is changed to the unit price after the change and managed.

Here, the commodity master file 6 has a special sale unit price area 6a in which the changed unit price information is stored during the unit price change period, and a special sale flag set to "1" when the changed unit price information is validated. Area 6b is provided for each product.

On the other hand, the store control device 1 is connected to a pop printer 8 and a shelf label printer 9 for printing and outputting a pop sheet 60 and a shelf label 70 as store display media, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, the selling price change setting file 7 has a pop flag ("1" indicating that output to the pop sheet 60 is necessary and "0" indicating that output to the pop sheet 60 is necessary). Area 7a), an area 7b of the message 63 printed on the pop sheet 60, an area 7c of the printing date of the pop sheet 60, and a pop sheet 6.
Area 7d for the number of printed sheets of 0, label flag area 7e for determining whether or not output to shelf label 70 is necessary (output required when "1", output unnecessary when "0"), area 7e for shelf label 70 An area 7f for the print date and an area 7g for the number of prints of the shelf label 70 are provided for each product requiring a unit price change.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the store control device 1. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 constitutes a control unit main body, and a ROM (Read
Each part is controlled based on a control program stored in the only memory (11). The ROM 11 previously stores fixed data in addition to the control program. A RAM (random access memory) 12 temporarily stores variable data, and the commodity master file 6 and the selling price change setting file 7 are formed on the RAM 12.

The clock section 13 measures the current date and time. The communication interface 14 controls data communication performed through the communication line 5. The HDD control circuit 15 controls writing and reading of data to and from a hard disk device (HDD) 16 used for backing up data on the RAM 12 and the like. An FDD control circuit 17 controls a floppy disk driver (FDD) 18 that writes and reads data to and from a floppy disk.

The keyboard control circuit 19 receives key input data from a keyboard 20 provided with numeric keys, character keys, execution keys, function keys, and the like. The display control circuit 21 drives and controls a display 22 such as a CRT display to give display data.

The first printer control circuit 23 drives and controls a report printer 24 for printing a report, and gives report print data. Second printer control circuit 2
A drive 5 controls the shelf label printer 9 to provide shelf label print data. The third printer control circuit 26 controls the driving of the pop printer 8 to give pop sheet print data.

The scanner control circuit 27 takes in bar code data from a bar code scanner 28 for optically reading a bar code. Here, the CPU 10 and the ROM
11, RAM 12, clock unit 13, communication interface 1
4 and each control circuit 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 2
5, 26 and 27 are mutually connected by a bus line 29.

In such a configuration, the product master file 6 of the store control device 1 stores in advance product-specific information such as a product name and a normal unit price corresponding to a single product code of each product.
For example, it is set by downloading from a floppy disk.

The sale price change setting file 7 is also set with data on a product whose unit price is temporarily changed due to a special sale or the like. The data setting operation for the selling price change setting file 7 is performed as follows using the keyboard 20 and the barcode scanner 28.

That is, after declaring the execution of the data setting operation by a key operation, the bar code scanner 28 first reads the single item code of the item whose unit price is to be changed. Next, the changed unit price and the special sale period of the product are entered using the numeric keypad of the keyboard 20.

Next, the pop sheet 60 for the corresponding product
It is determined whether or not to print, and a pop flag “1” is set when printing is performed, and a pop flag “0” is set when printing is not performed.
Key. When the pop sheet 60 is printed, data of a message, a print date, and the number of prints are input using the numeric keypad and character keys.

Next, it is determined whether or not the shelf label 70 is to be printed for the corresponding product. If printing is to be performed, a label flag "1" is input by keying. If not, a label flag "0" is input. When the shelf label 70 is to be printed, the data of the printing date and the number of copies are input using the numeric keypad.

After completing the data input, when the enter key is operated, each input data is set in the empty area of the selling price change setting file 7.

The CPU 10 is programmed to execute, for example, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.

That is, when this process is started, first, the current date measured by the clock section 13 is read out as ST (step) 1. In step ST2, the read pointer p of the selling price change setting file 7 is initialized to "1".

Next, as ST3, the data (single item code, bargain unit price, bargain period, pop flag, pop message, pop print date, number of pop prints, label plug, label) indicated by the pointer p read from the sale price change setting file 7 is read. Read the print date and the number of labels printed. Here, if the data to be read has not been set in ST4, this process ends.

If there is data to be read from the selling price change setting file 7 in ST4, it is determined in ST5 whether or not the current date is within the bargain period in the read data.
Then, in the special sale period, a special sale unit price setting process is performed on the product master file 6.

In this process, if the product master file 6 is searched for the single item code in the data and it is confirmed that the corresponding single item code is set, the data is stored in the special sale unit price area 6a corresponding to the single item code. This is a process for setting a unit price (sale unit price) after the change and setting a sale flag in the flag area 6b. If the special sale flag has already been set, the special sale unit price set in the special sale unit price area 6a is compared with the unit price after the change in the data, and the smaller price is newly set as the special sale unit price.

Next, a pop flag in the data is checked in step ST7. If the current date is outside the special sale period, S
The process proceeds to ST7 without performing the process of T6.

If the pop flag is set to "1" in ST7, it means that the data of the unit price changed product which requires printing of the pop sheet 60 is read out, so that the current date matches the pop print date in the data in ST8. It is determined whether or not.
If they match, the printing process of the pop sheet 60 is executed as ST9.

In this processing, if the product master file 6 is searched for the single product code in the data and it is confirmed that the corresponding single product code is set, the product name and the normal unit price corresponding to the single product code are read out. This process edits the pop sheet print data in a preset format based on the information, the bargain sale price in the data, and the pop message, and outputs the data to the pop printer 8.
The pop printer 8 operates to print and output the pop sheets 60 as shown in FIG. 6 for the number of pop prints in the data.

Next, a label flag in the data is checked in step ST10. If the pop flag is reset in ST7, and if the current date does not match the pop print date in ST8, the process of ST9 is skipped without performing the process of ST9.
Go to 0.

If the label plug is set to "1" in ST10, the data of the unit price changed product requiring printing of the shelf label 70 is read out, so that the current date matches the label printing date in the data in ST11. It is determined whether or not.
If they match, the shelf label 7 is determined as ST12.
0 print processing is executed.

In this process, if the product master file 6 is searched for the single product code in the data and it is confirmed that the corresponding single product code is set, the product name corresponding to the single product code is read, and the product name information is read. This is a process of editing shelf label print data in a format set in advance by using a single item code, a special unit price, and a special sale period in the data, and outputting the data to the shelf label printer 9. In operation, the shelf labels 70 as shown in FIG. 7 are printed out by the number of labels printed in the data.

Next, in ST13, the read pointer p is updated by "+1". If the label flag is reset in ST10, and if the current date does not match the label printing date in ST11, the process proceeds to ST13 without performing the process of ST12.

In ST13, the read pointer p is set to "+".
If "1" has been updated, the process returns to ST3 to read the data indicated by the pointer p from the selling price change setting file 7,
Steps ST4 to ST13 are repeated.

Thus, if the data to be read has not been set in ST4, this processing ends.

In this embodiment having the above-described structure, the unit code of the product whose unit price is changed, the unit price change period,
By setting the unit price change information such as the unit price after the change in the selling price change setting file 7 in advance, during the special sale period, the corresponding product is automatically registered for sale at the changed unit price instead of the normal unit price in the product master file 6. .

If a pop sheet 60 is required for a product having such a unit price change, a pop flag =
1, data for a pop message, a pop print date, and the number of pop prints are set. By doing so, when the pop printing date comes, the pop sheet print data is automatically edited based on the setting information of the selling price change setting file 7 and output to the pop printer 8, and the pop printer 8 shown in FIG. Such pop sheets 60 are printed out for the number of pop prints. Incidentally, in FIG. 6, reference numeral 61 denotes the name of the selling price-changed product, 62 denotes the normal unit price and the unit price after the change, 6
3 is a pop message.

Therefore, for example, when the pop sheet 60 is created on the day before the start of the special sale period and attached to the main part of the store, the day before the special sale period is set in advance as the pop print date, and the special sale period is set. The desired pop sheet 60 can be automatically and reliably acquired after the store closes the day before the start of the period.

Similarly, when a shelf label 70 is required for a product whose unit price has been changed, the selling price change setting file 7
In addition, each data of the label flag = 1, the label printing date, and the number of printed labels are set together with the unit price change information. Thus, when the label printing date comes, the shelf label print data is automatically edited based on the setting information of the selling price change setting file 7 and output to the shelf label printer 9,
From the shelf label printer 9 to the shelf label 7 as shown in FIG.
0 is printed out for the number of labels printed. Incidentally, in FIG. 7, reference numeral 71 denotes a product name of a selling price changed product, 72 denotes a unit price after the change,
73 is a bar code of a single item code, and 74 is a special sale period.

Therefore, for example, when the shelf label 70 is created on the day before the start of the special sale period and is affixed to the product display shelf, the day before the special sale period is set in advance as the label printing date. The desired shelf label 70 can be acquired automatically and reliably after the store closes the day before the start of the operation.

For example, if the data specifically shown in FIG. 3 is set in the selling price change setting file 7, the normal unit price is 100 yen and the special unit price is 80 from April 1 to April 30.
For a product with a single item code "0001" discounted to a yen, two pop sheets 60 are automatically printed out from the pop printer 8 after the store closes on March 31.

This product is available from April 15 to April 22.
During the day, the price is further reduced by 10 yen and sold at a unit price of 70 yen. After the store closes on April 14 of the previous day, two new pop sheets 60 are automatically transmitted from the pop printer 8. It will be printed out.

On the other hand, from April 15 to April 22, a single item code "0002" whose normal unit price is reduced from 200 yen to a special sale unit price of 170 yen is stored on the shelf after closing on April 14. The label printer 9 automatically prints out one shelf label 70.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the necessary pop sheet 60 and shelf label 70 can be automatically printed out at a desired time based on the information set in advance in the selling price change setting file 7. It is not necessary to output the contents of the selling price change setting file 7 as a report in order to create it. In addition, it is necessary to set and input information that overlaps with the change unit price information set in the selling price change setting file 7 while checking this report content. Is also gone. As a result, the efficiency of the setting operation can be improved, and the mistake of forgetting to set can be reliably prevented.

Although the system for selectively outputting the pop sheet 60 and the shelf label 70 has been described in the above embodiment, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to a system for outputting to either one of the storefront display media. There is no such thing. In addition, the present invention can be applied to a system that displays and outputs information related to a bargain product on an electronic display panel or the like instead of printing and outputting on the pop sheet 60 or the shelf label 70.

Further, in the above embodiment, the time of unit price change and the output time of the storefront display medium are simply managed by date, but may be managed by taking into account even the time. In this manner, the present invention can be applied to a store having a selling method in which discounts are made according to time zones.

In the above embodiment, the date to be output to the storefront display medium is set. However, the output to these storefront display media usually needs to be performed before the day before the bargain sale period. The data of the day before may be selected and output to the storefront display medium. This eliminates the need to set the pop print date and label print date.

In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0059]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in the selling price change setting file storing the unit price change information of the product whose unit price is changed, the product whose unit price is changed needs to be printed on the store display medium. For each product, a flag is set to identify whether or not the product is to be printed, and for products that require printing, the printing time before the start of the unit price change period is set for each product. When managing bids,
When the flag indicates that the product needs to be printed and a product whose printing time falls under the current date and time is detected, the print information of the store display medium is edited based on the unit price change information of the product, and the output device displays the store information. Since the medium is printed, the store display medium with the changed unit price can be automatically printed before the unit price change based on the setting contents of the selling price change setting file, thereby improving the efficiency of the store front display medium creation work. It is possible to provide a store control device which can be designed and can increase reliability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a product master file in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a selling price change setting file in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary block diagram of a main part of the store control device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing according to the present invention executed by the CPU of the store control device in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a printing example of a pop sheet.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a print example of a shelf label.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Stoff control device 2 ... POS terminal 6 ... Product master file 7 ... Sell price change setting file 8 ... Pop printer 9 ... Shelf label printer 60 ... Pop sheet 70 ... Shelf label

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A product master file for setting and storing product-specific information such as a product name and a unit price corresponding to a single product code attached to each product is provided. A sale price change setting file is provided for controlling the product registration process at each connected terminal and setting and storing unit price change information such as a single item code of a product having a unit price change, a unit price change period, and a unit price after the change. A store that searches the change setting file to determine whether there is any product whose current date and time is within the unit price change period, and manages the products within the unit price change period by changing the unit price of the corresponding product in the product master file to the changed unit price. In the control device, an output device for printing a storefront display medium is connected, and a sale price change setting file for storing unit price change information of the product whose unit price is changed. In each of the products, a flag is set for each product to determine whether or not the product whose unit price is to be changed is a product that requires printing on the storefront display medium, and for products that require printing, printing is performed before the start of the unit price change period. When the time is set for each product and the unit price of each product is managed by searching the selling price change setting file, the flag indicates that the product needs to be printed, and the printing time corresponds to the current date and time. A store control device that edits print information of the storefront display medium based on the unit price change information of the product and prints the storefront display medium with the output device. .