JP3200037B2 - Rental product management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a logistics center including a washing factory, and a rental plant manufactured by a manufacturing plant or a manufacturer for the purpose of lending it to customers (users) for a fixed period of time. Distribute to the user via the store and salesperson, collect the rental product from the user to the distribution center when the rental period has elapsed, and engage in the rental system prepared for the next rental business at this distribution center. More particularly, the present invention relates to a rental product management system that manages rental products that move between manufacturing factories, distribution centers, sales clerks, and users (customer homes).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a rental system for renting (renting) various rental products to an unspecified number of users (customers) for a fee, rental products from the users (customers) are sent to, for example, a store or a distribution center. Collected and joined again for the next rental business. Therefore, the administrator of the rental system that operates the rental business must always accurately grasp the location of each rental product.

As a general method of managing such rental products, for example, as employed in a rental record store or a rental video store, for each rental product, an ID (identification information) for specifying the corresponding rental product is used. ), And when the rental product is rented out to the user or returned from the user, the barcode attached to the rental product is read by the barcode reader and the master is read. A rental product management system for registering in a file has been put to practical use.

In such a rental merchandise management system, whether or not each rental merchandise is currently in stock or rented can be immediately grasped by looking at the master file.
Further, by looking at the master file, it is possible to manage the rental term of each rental item being rented.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned rental merchandise management system has the following problems to be improved. That is, in recent years, the types of rental products have also become diverse. For example, in the case of houseplants in offices, sheets in hospitals and hotels, mats and sheets in offices and homes, rental goods collected from users (customers) after the rental period elapses immediately. It is necessary to perform, for example, cleaning / processing and predetermined maintenance, instead of sending to the next rental.

[0006] With regard to such rental products that are intensely consumed, the number of rentals, the number of times of cleaning and processing, and the degree of quality at the time of collection are monitored, and defective products whose life has expired do not return to rental again. Thus, it is necessary to strictly manage the state of each rental product individually.

[0007] As described above, each rental product that has been manufactured in a manufacturing factory, has been lent and cleaned / processed many times, and has passed through a complicated route until it is finally destroyed is checked for the current location. In order to manage arbitrarily and efficiently, including whether or not it can be discarded, it is not possible to cope with the above-mentioned rental product management system in which only a bar code indicating an attribute such as the name of the product is attached to the rental product.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and stores, in a rental product, various information on the product in addition to an ID code for specifying the rental product, and allows non-contact from outside. By attaching a writable and readable ID tag, inventory management of each rental product individually,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rental merchandise management system capable of quality grade management, life expectancy management, tracking management, reduction of receipt / shipment errors (commodity check), and the like.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a rental product manufactured at a manufacturing factory is distributed to a user at least through a distribution center, and when the rental period elapses, the rental product is distributed from the user to the distribution center. And then applied to the rental system for the next rental business at this distribution center.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the rental product management system according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with an ID code and a logistics center attached to each rental product manufactured at a manufacturing factory.
For rental products distributed to users
Storing the quality grade that, a write-readable ID tag for the stored contents in a non-contact from the outside, provided in the distribution center, the ID tag for each rental product is distributed to the user
Non-contact reading of the stored quality grade
Non-contact writing to ID tag after updating quality grade
Tag writing and reading device and the tag writing and reading device
Based on the quality grade of each rental product
Quality to calculate the quality grade distribution characteristics across medical products
Grade distribution characteristic calculating means .

In the rental merchandise management system configured as described above, each rental merchandise has an ID code for specifying the corresponding rental merchandise and a distribution center.
Quality gray for applicable rental products distributed to users
ID tag that stores the soil are given. The stored contents of the ID tag can be arbitrarily written and read by a tag writing and reading device installed in the distribution center.

[0012]

[0013]

[0014]

[0015] In addition, since the quality grade of all rental products manufactured at the manufacturing factory and distributed in the distribution channel can be individually monitored, and the quality grade distribution characteristics of all the rental products can be grasped. Quality control can be reliably performed even for rental products that are heavily consumed.

Another aspect of the present invention is a rental product management system as described above , wherein each rental device manufactured at a manufacturing factory is provided.
At least the corresponding rental product
ID code to be assigned and
The number of times washing and processing of rental products taken
Memorize numbers and write / read their contents without contact from outside
Possible ID tags and rental
Each time the product is cleaned and processed, the ID tag
Non-contact reading of the stored number of cleaning / processing operations
Updated the number of times this cleaning and processing process was performed.
A tag writing / reading device for writing to the ID tag in a contactless manner later;
Cleaning and processing of each rental product read by the
Estimate the life of each rental product based on the number of times
And a life predicting means for measuring the life.

When rental products handled by the rental product management system are, for example, sheets in hospitals and hotels, mats and sheets in offices and homes, and the like, when the rental period has passed and collected from users (customers). Washing·
Processing must be performed.

According to the present invention, the life can be reliably and highly accurately predicted even for a rental product having a heavy consumption including such complicated processing steps. Another invention is
In the rental product management system described above, the manufacturing factory
Attached to each rental product manufactured in at least
ID code to identify the corresponding rental product, logistics center
Cleaning of rental products collected from users
・ Regarding the number of times of processing and the disposal of the rental product
The information to be stored and write the stored contents without contact from outside
ID tag that can be read
ID every time cleaning and processing is carried out
The number of cleaning and processing operations stored in the tag
Read Updates the number of times this cleaning and processing process has been performed.
After writing, write to the ID tag without contact and store it in the ID tag
Contactlessly read the information on the disposed waste as needed
Disposal designation for collected rental products related to disposal
Writing / reading device that writes ID information to ID tags in a non-contact manner
And information on disposal read by the tag writing and reading device
Of cleaning and processing of rental products designated as waste
Number of times, once cleaning and processing cost, once rental flow
Rental for one rental product based on service cost
A rental cost calculating means for calculating the cost.

In the rental merchandise management system configured as described above, it is possible to write the discard designation to the ID tag as needed, so that the number of times of cleaning and processing of the discarded rental merchandise can be determined. Using this, the total rental cost for one manufactured rental item is accurately calculated.

[0020]

[0021]

[0022]

[0023]

[0024]

[0025]

[0026]

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a rental product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The new product manufacturing plant 1 manufactures a mat 2 as a rental product, for example. Then, in this manufacturing plant, the ID tag 3 is attached to the manufactured rental product such as the mat 2. The mat 2 to which the ID tag 3 is attached is transported to the distribution center 4.

The mat 2 carried into the distribution center 4 is sent to the customer's home 7 as a user via the store 5 and the salesperson 6.
Distributed to The mat 2 collected from the customer's home 7 is returned to the distribution center 4 via the sales clerk 6 and the store 5. A washing / processing plant 28 is provided in the distribution center 4, and the mat 2 collected from the customer's house 7 is subjected to washing / processing at the washing / processing plant 28.
Be prepared for the next rental business.

The manufacturing factory 1, the distribution center 4, the sales shop 5, and the salesperson 6 (the car on which the salesperson rides or the portable terminal owned by the salesperson) are provided with rental goods such as the mat 2. A tag writing / reading device 8 for writing / reading various information to / from the attached ID tag 3 using, for example, wireless communication is provided.

FIG. 2A is a view showing a state in which a mat 2 as a rental product is laid on the floor of a building in a normal state with the upper surface facing upward, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a portion where an ID tag 3 made of, for example, an IC element is attached.

ID tag 3, for example, having an outer shape of about 20 mm
It is formed in a disk shape with a thickness of about 3 mm, and is composed of an IC element whose outside is covered with plastics.
Then, the top of the ID tag 3 is covered with a cover sheet 11 having a rectangular shape and made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the periphery thereof is attached to the back surface of the mat 2 with an adhesive 12. By covering the ID tag 3 with the cover sheet 11 in this manner,
The mat 2 is washed with the ID tag 3 attached.
It is possible to process.

The memory 14 of the ID tag 3 composed of an IC element
As shown in FIG. 3, (a) an ID code that is a unique number of the mat 2; (b) a product code of the mat 2; (c) a product name; (d) a production date; Category indicating the current state of the product, (f) Number of cleaning / processing, (g) Current location, (h) Quality grade, (i) Delivery destination, (j) Delivery date, (k) Scheduled storage, (I) For example Rental destination information such as customer code, (m) rental start date, (n) scheduled rental collection date, (o) actual rental collection date, (p) discarded flag and the like are stored.

In FIG. 1, each tag writing / reading device 8 provided at each location such as a manufacturing factory 1, a distribution center 4, a store 5, and a sales person 6 is connected via a communication network 9 such as a telephone office. Information can be exchanged with the transmission / reception unit 17 of the management device 10, which is provided at the head office of the rental system and includes, for example, a host computer.

In the management device 10 composed of the host computer, a master file 15 and a customer database 1 are stored.
6 are provided. In the master file 15, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the memory 1 of the ID tag 3 attached to all the mats 2 as rental products manufactured in the manufacturing factory 1
4 includes the ID code shown in FIG.
(P) are written based on the information from each tag writing / reading device 8.

In the customer database 16, as shown in FIG. 5, for every user (customer) who uses the rental system, a customer code, name, zip code, address, telephone number, family structure, house, The floor plan and the like are stored.

Various information received via the communication network 9 is collected by the data collecting unit 18 and transferred to the file updating unit 19. The file updating unit 19 writes the transferred various types of information, each specifying an ID code, in the corresponding ID code area of the master file 15.

Further, in the management device 10, a rental product total number calculating unit 20, a product grade distribution calculating unit 21, a life expectancy unit 22, a new product ordering unit 23, a rental cost calculating unit configured on an application program. 24,
A distribution cost calculator 25 and the like are provided. Further, a product current location tracking unit 26 and a product collection reminder unit 27 are provided.

In the rental product management system configured as described above, the handling operation of rental products such as the mat 2 manufactured in the manufacturing factory 1 and the writing operation of various information to the ID tag 3 attached to the rental product are performed. This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the manufacturing factory 1, when an order for manufacturing a product is inputted from outside (S1), a mat 2 which is a rental product for which an order has been received is manufactured (S2). Then, for the mat 2 which is the manufactured rental product, a new I
The D tag 3 is attached (S3). In this state, I
Only the ID code is stored in the memory 14 of the D tag 3. Then, using the tag writing / reading device 8 of the manufacturing factory 1, the product code, the product name, the manufacturing date, the category indicating the new product, and the current location indicating the manufacturing factory 1 are written in predetermined positions of the memory 14 (S4). . Thereafter, the mat 2, which is the rental product, is shipped from the manufacturing factory 1 to the distribution center 4 (S5).

The tag writing / reading device 8 of the distribution center 4 or the store 5 writes the date of entry into the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 of the rented commodity, and also changes the current location in the memory 14 to the distribution center 4. Or update to the store 5 (S
6). Next, after writing out a delivery date, a delivery destination, and a storage schedule (S7), the rental product is shipped to the store 5 or the salesperson 6 (S8).

The salesperson 6 who has received the rental product writes the rental destination information including, for example, a customer code, the rental start date, the rental collection date, and the current location in the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 of the rental product. Update (S9). Then, the rental product is attached to the customer house 7 (S10).

When the rental period has elapsed (S11), the salesperson 6 collects the rental merchandise (S1).
2) Write the rental collection date into the memory 14,
The current location is updated (S13). Then, the collected rental product is carried to the store 5 (S14). Dealer 5
Updates the current location of the ID tag 3 of the collected rental product to the store 5 and carries it to the distribution center 4.

In the distribution center 4, the date of entry is written into the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 of the collected rental product, and the current location is updated (S15). Next, the clerk at the distribution center 4 observes the degree of damage and the quality of the collected rental product, and determines whether the rental product can be used (S16).

If it is usable (S17), the corresponding rental product comprising the mat 2 is subjected to cleaning / processing at the cleaning / processing factory 28 (S18), and the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 of the relevant rental product is processed. Is updated in step (S19).

Further, the staff of the distribution center 4 determines the quality grade of the rental product in the area after the cleaning and processing in five stages of A, B, C, D and E as shown in FIG. The evaluation is performed separately, and the evaluation result is stored in the memory 14 of the ID tag 3.
(S20).

Here, A is the highest quality grade,
E is the lowest. For this reason, the grade of the rental product sequentially changes from A to E as the number of rentals increases.

Then, the process proceeds to S7, where the delivery date, delivery destination, and storage schedule are written in order to send the rental product to the store 5 for the purpose of providing the next rental business. Note that S17
If the rental product is damaged and cannot be used anymore, the rental product is discarded and a discard flag is set in the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 (S21). Then, a production order for the product is made to the manufacturing factory 1 for replenishment (S22).

The tag writing / reading device 8 provided at each location described above writes the above-described processing history executed at the corresponding location into the ID tag 3 and each rental product passing through its own location. The process history read from the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 and executed at a location before the installation location of the ID tag 3 is read, and transmitted to the management device 10 via the communication network 9.

Therefore, the various information items (b) to (p) stored in the master file 15 of the management device 10 always have the latest values. Next, the management apparatus 10 having the master file 15 in which the latest information is always stored as described above.
The detailed processing operations of the units 20 to 27 will be described with reference to a flowchart.

The rental product total number calculating unit 20, as shown in FIG. 7, to calculate the total number of registrations S ₁ of the master file 15 from the ID code number. Then, to calculate the total number of discarded S ₂ of the master file 15. Then, the total number S of the rental products currently operating in this system at the present time is calculated (S = S ₁ -S ₂ ) and displayed and output.

As described above, the administrator of this system can easily check the total number S of rental products currently in operation at the present time. As shown in FIG. 8, the quality grade distribution calculation unit 21 first calculates the total number S of rental products currently operating in the system at the present time by the above-described method. Next, each quality grade of A to E in each rental product in the master file 15 is read.

Next, the number of products SA to SE for each quality grade A to E is calculated. Further, an elapsed date X from the production date of each rental product is calculated. Then, the number of quality grades SAX to SEX on each elapsed date X is calculated. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, a quality grade distribution diagram 29 is created in which the elapsed date of manufacture X is the horizontal axis and the vertical axis is the quantity S.

Accordingly, the quality grade distribution characteristics of all the rental products such as the mat 2 manufactured in the manufacturing factory 1 can be grasped, so that even if the rental products are heavily stained and worn, the quality can be reliably ensured. Can perform management.

For example, in FIG. 9, when looking at the number of rental goods of D and E ranks of low quality grade existing in the distribution process, the ratio of the entire rental goods is large. It is possible to support the decision of the replenishment plan and its execution, and to carry out reliable quality control.

The life prediction unit 22 and the new product ordering unit 23
As shown in FIG. 10, a rental product in the master file 15 which is designated to be discarded, that is, for which a discard flag is set, is extracted. Then, the average number of cleaning / processing times Nm of the extracted rental product is calculated. That is, the average number of cleaning / processing times Nm is the average life of the rental product.

Next, the number of rental products Sm of the average number of cleaning / processing times Nm of the undiscarded rental products in the master file 15 is calculated. And the number of rental products Sm is the number of rental products whose life will soon expire,
An order for the Sm rental products is sent to the manufacturing factory 1. Then, an order completion flag is set for each of the corresponding rental products.

As described above, the life of a rental product, which is intensely consumed and includes complicated processing steps such as cleaning and processing steps, can be reliably and accurately predicted. As shown in FIG. 11, the rental expense calculation unit 24 extracts rental-designated rental products in the master file 15. Then, the average number of cleaning / processing times Nm of the extracted rental product is calculated.

Next, one cleaning / processing cost Ca, and 1
When the operator key-inputs the distribution cost Cb related to one rental, the rental cost C excluding the manufacturing cost for one rental product manufactured in the manufacturing factory 1 is calculated using the following equation.

C = Nm (Ca + Cb) + α where α is a correction coefficient. The calculated rental cost C is output for display. In this way, the total rental cost for one manufactured rental product can be accurately calculated.

Although not shown in the flow chart, the distribution cost calculation unit 25 collectively searches various information of all rental products stored in the master file 15 and determines the location (existence quantity), entry / exit date, and rental date for each rental product. Is calculated. At the same time, the location storage cost (delivery cost when moving) is calculated, and the distribution cost for each rental product is calculated by combining the result with the result.

If the calculation results are cumulatively managed on a daily basis, it can be used for searching for the cause when an increase in cost occurs. It can also be used for daily cost reduction activities (reducing delivery frequency (increase truck loading rate)).

Further, the commodity current location tracking unit 26 is provided in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the operator indicates an I for a specific rental product.
When the D code is input, the corresponding I
By searching with the D code, the rental product of the corresponding ID code is specified, the current location of the rental product is read, and displayed and output.

When the operator inputs a category distribution instruction, the number of products for each category in the master file 15 is calculated and displayed and output. In this embodiment, categories such as new, renting, collecting, washing, processing, and delivering are set as categories.

When the operator inputs an instruction for the current position, the number of products at each current position in the master file 15 is calculated and displayed. In this embodiment, as the current position, the manufacturing factory 1, the distribution center 4,
A store 5, a salesperson 6, a customer home 7, and the like are set.

Further, the portable terminal, which also serves as the tag writing / reading device 8 possessed by the salesperson 6, executes the calculation processing of the rental fee and the billing processing in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG.

That is, when the sales clerk 6 collects the rental merchandise from the customer house 7, the sales clerk 6 writes the rental collection date on the rental merchandise ID tag 3 on the spot. Next, the same ID
Read the rental start date from tag 3. The rental period is calculated by subtracting the rental start date from the rental collection date. For example, a rental fee is calculated by multiplying the rental period by a rental fee per day. Then, a bill is issued to the customer.

As described above, by using the storage information in the memory 14 of the ID tag 3 attached to the rental product, the customer house 7 can immediately calculate the rental fee according to the number of rental days and issue a bill. Thus, the work efficiency of the entire rental business can be improved.

Further, the merchandise collection urging unit 27 of the management apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 performs a merchandise collection urging process for each rental merchandise according to the flowchart of FIG. 13B. That is, the current date is read from a clock circuit (not shown), and the rental collection date of each rental item currently rented is read from the category in the master file 15, and the rental collection date corresponds to (current date-1). Extract rental products. Then, the customer goes to the store 5 in charge of the customer's home 7 at the rental destination of the extracted rental product for the customer.

As described above, when the scheduled collection date of each rental product is approached, a collection instruction for the rental product is automatically issued to the corresponding store 5. Therefore, the salesperson 6 belonging to the store 5 only needs to collect the rental product on the next day after the collection instruction is issued. There is no. Therefore, the burden on the salesperson 6 is greatly reduced.

As shown in FIG. 14, in the management apparatus 10, a memory 30 for entering and leaving rental goods for the distribution center 1 is formed. The process of setting each data in the entry / exit schedule memory 30 is obtained from an entry / exit slip prepared separately.

Then, based on the current location of each rental product collected from the tag writing / reading device 8 installed in the distribution center 4 and the entry / exit schedule stored in the entry / exit memory 30, the distribution center 4 is sent to the distribution center 4. And monitor that each rental product is correctly entered and exited.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, after the receiving / shipping worker picks the corresponding rental product from the warehouse or the like based on the receipt / shipment information (a slip or the like) in the receipt / shipment memory 30,
The packaged rental merchandise group is read into a tag writing / reading device 8.
Then, by reading the information of the ID tag 3 and inspecting it against the previous receipt / shipment information (a slip or the like), erroneous delivery and erroneous picking can be eliminated.

Further, the administrator can easily confirm whether or not each rental product has been correctly stored in and taken out of the distribution center 4. Further, although not shown, the administrator of the management device 10 can use the various types of storage information stored in the master file 15 to optimize distribution costs and to plan a new development product strategy and sales strategy.

More specifically, in optimizing distribution costs, the storage information of the ID tags 3 of all rental products is searched collectively, and the location (existence quantity) and entry / exit date of each rental product are calculated. At the same time, the location storage cost (delivery cost when moving) is also calculated, and the distribution cost for each rental product is calculated by combining the result with the above result.

If the distribution costs for each rental product are accumulated and managed on a daily basis, it can be used for searching for the cause when the cost increases. In addition, it can be used for measures such as daily cost reduction activities (reducing delivery frequency (increase truck loading rate)).

In planning a new product strategy / sales strategy, a multi-dimensional search is performed by combining information stored in the ID tags 3 of all rental products with customer information in the customer database 16 to analyze information from various angles. Can be made possible.

For example, at least share analysis within a specific area, rental product occupancy rate by customer age (selling goods analysis),
Rental product occupancy rate by customer family composition (selling goods analysis), rental contractor characteristics analysis (rental period compliance, rental amount delinquency, absence rate, etc.) can be performed, and new development themes for rental products can be created based on the analysis results. In addition, sales strategy planning (which products can be sold to customers of any age, etc.) becomes possible.

As described above, various information on the rental product (product name, production date and time, current location (including rental destination), number of times of cleaning, quality grade, etc. are set for each process (each entry and exit). By reading and writing using a tag writing / reading device, and accumulating and totaling information, individual management of each rental product is performed, inventory quantity of each rental product, quality grade management, life expectancy management, tracking management, Cost review, reduction of receipt / shipment errors (product check), rental amount correction, collection reminder, distribution cost optimization, newly developed product strategy / sales strategy planning, etc. are possible.

The above functions can also be realized as software. Further, the present invention can be embodied as a machine-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to execute the above-described procedures or means.

[0081]

As described above, in the rental merchandise management system of the present invention, for the rental merchandise, in addition to the ID code for specifying the corresponding rental merchandise, various kinds of information relating to the corresponding merchandise are stored, and non- An ID tag that can be written and read by contact is attached, and writing and reading of the various types of information are performed by tag writing and reading devices installed at various positions in the distribution process.

Therefore, by collecting such information, it is possible to easily carry out inventory management, quality grade management, life expectancy management, tracking management, and reduction of receipt / shipment errors (product check) for each rental product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a rental product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a rental product adopted in the rental product management system and an attached state of an ID tag.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing various information stored in a memory of an ID tag.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing storage contents of a master file formed in a management device in the rental product management system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing storage contents of a customer database formed in a management device of the rental product management system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an overall processing operation for a rental product in the rental product management system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of calculating the total number of rental products in the rental product management system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of calculating a quality grade distribution of a rental product in the rental product management system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a created quality grade distribution.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a life prediction process operation of a rental product in the rental product management system.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a rental expense calculation processing operation in the rental commodity management system.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a product state tracking process operation in the rental product management system.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a rental charge request processing operation and a goods collection reminder processing operation in the rental goods management system.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a rental commodity entry / exit check processing operation in the rental commodity management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Manufacturing factory 2 ... Mat (rental goods) 3 ... ID tag 4 ... Distribution center 5 ... Distributor 6 ... Sales person 7 ... Customer's house 8 ... Tag writing / reading device 9 ... Communication network 10 ... Management device 15 ... Master File 16 ... Customer database 18 ... Data collection unit 20 ... Rental product total number calculation unit 21 ... Quality grade distribution calculation unit 22 ... Life estimation unit 23 ... New product ordering unit 24 ... Rental cost calculation unit 25 ... Distribution cost calculation unit 28 ... Washing・ Processing factory

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Seiji Ochi 1-33 Toyotsu-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka Prefecture Inside Duskin Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Katsumi Hirano 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation Inside the head office (72) Inventor Toshihiko Date 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside the Toshiba head office (56) References JP-A-6-325053 (JP, A) JP-A-5-2597 (JP, A) JP-A-10-116303 (JP, A) JP-A-10-222577 (JP, A) JP-A-10-131491 (JP, A) JP-A 8-273015 (JP, A) ( 58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/60 B65G 1/137 JICST file (JOIS)

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rental product manufactured at a manufacturing factory is distributed to a user at least through a distribution center, and when the rental period has elapsed, the rental product is collected from the user to the distribution center, and the distribution product is collected. In the rental product management system in the rental system prepared for the next rental business at the center, the rental product attached to each rental product manufactured at the manufacturing factory, at least an ID code identifying the corresponding rental product and distributed to the user at the distribution center. An ID tag that stores the quality grade of the corresponding rental product and that can be written and read from the outside without contact, and the ID that is provided at the distribution center and that is provided each time the rental product is distributed to a user. Contactlessly read the quality grade stored in the tag and update this read quality grade And a tag writing / reading device for writing to the ID tag in a non-contact manner, and calculating quality grade distribution characteristics of all rental products based on the quality grade of each rental product read by the tag writing / reading device. A rental product management system comprising a quality grade distribution characteristic calculating means. 2. A rental product manufactured at a manufacturing factory is distributed to a user through at least a distribution center, and when the rental period has elapsed, the rental product is collected from the user to the distribution center, and the distribution product is collected. In a rental product management system in a rental system prepared for the next rental business at the center, the rental product attached to each rental product manufactured at the manufacturing factory, at least an ID code identifying the corresponding rental product and collected from the user at the distribution center. Memorize the number of cleaning / processing performed for rental products,
An ID tag whose contents can be written and read from the outside in a non-contact manner; and a cleaning / processing process provided in the distribution center and stored in the ID tag each time the cleaning / processing process is performed on the rental product. A tag writing / reading device that reads the number of times of performing the cleaning / processing process in a non-contact manner and updates the number of times of the read / executed cleaning / processing process in a non-contact manner; A rental product management system comprising: a life prediction unit that predicts the life of each rental product based on the number of times the rental product has been washed and processed. 3. A rental product manufactured at a manufacturing factory is distributed to a user at least through a distribution center, and when the rental period has elapsed, the rental product is collected from the user to the distribution center, and the distribution product is collected. In the rental product management system in the rental system prepared for the next rental business at the center, an ID code attached to each rental product manufactured at the manufacturing factory and identifying at least the corresponding rental product, collected from the user at the distribution center Information on the number of times the washing / processing process has been performed on the rental product and discarding of the rental product, and an ID tag capable of writing and reading the stored content from the outside in a non-contact manner; Each time the product was washed or processed, it was stored in the ID tag. Wherein I the number of times of execution of the purification and processing process after updating the reading number of times of execution of the read wash-processed by non-contact
Non-contact writing to the D tag, and non-contact reading of the disposal information stored in the ID tag, and non-contact reading of the rental product collected as necessary as the information relating to the disposal, and non-contact writing to the ID tag. Tag writing / reading device, and the number of times of cleaning / processing of rental goods whose information on disposal read by this tag writing / reading device is designated as disposal, one cleaning / processing cost, one rental A rental cost calculating means for calculating a rental cost for one rental product based on the distribution cost of the rental product management system.