JP3617443B2 - Backyard work support method and system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a backyard work support method and system, and more particularly, a backyard that supports work performed in a store backyard such as a grocery store in a department store or a supermarket, for example, production, processing, and pricing work of fresh food. The present invention relates to a work support method and system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Fresh foods such as meat, fresh fish, and vegetables are processed at the processing area in the backyard of retail stores such as supermarkets. After moving to the area and carrying out the packaging pricing work in the pricing area, the assortment work is carried out to the sales floor at a predetermined time.
By the way, although the pricing work is automated by a weighing label printer, a weighing pricing device, etc., the pricing operator sets the required print data from the product data such as the type and unit price of the product to be priced. It is necessary to set in advance.
[0003]
However, it is difficult for the price operator to determine the type and unit price of the product by simply looking at the product on the bat carried to the price area. However, there is a problem that workability is lowered due to the need for confirmation from the machining operator.
Accordingly, the present applicant has proposed a prior invention (Japanese Patent Application No. 11-106898) to solve the above problems. In other words, a number is written in advance on the bat that accommodates the product, and when the processing worker performs a processing operation on the product in the processing area and places it on the bat, the bat number and the product number are input by a touch panel arranged in the vicinity. In the pricing area, if the bat number is input to the pricing device, the product data (print data) is read from the product file and set based on the product number.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned prior application invention, although the conventional problems have been solved, the processing operator uses the touch panel to perform an input operation, and the touch panel includes both functional members of the input unit and the display unit. For this reason, the system becomes expensive, and there is a problem that the processing operator has a work burden of inputting the bat number and the product number for each processing work category.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system that can reduce the work burden on a processing worker and can support a backyard operation at a low cost.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Such a backyard work support method of the present invention stores product data related to a product to be processed in advance, and stores a plurality of work instruction data including at least product type information and the number of products, and each of the above-mentioned processing work categories The instruction data is printed and a plurality of product slips are issued. In the processing area, the product is processed based on the product slip and placed on the bat, and the corresponding product slip is attached to the bat. It is moved to the pricing area, and in the pricing area, the product type information of the attached product slip is input to the pricing device, the corresponding product data is read, the product label is printed, issued and pasted on the product (Claim 1).
That is, the backyard work support method of the present invention is not limited to the installation location, and has previously issued a plurality of product slips in which work instruction data of the processing work in the processing area is printed for each section. Based on the product slip, it is possible to perform input operation of processing work in the processing area and pricing work in the pricing area, thereby arranging the display device etc. for supporting the backyard work in the processing area If you don't need it.
[0006]
Further, in the backyard work support system of the present invention, the product processed based on the product slip in the processing area is placed on the bat together with the product slip, and the product information of the product slip is converted into the product information of the product slip by the pricing device in the pricing area. In the backyard work support system that reads out the corresponding product data from the product file, prints and issues the product label, and attaches it to the product, the work instruction stores a plurality of work instruction data including at least product type information and production quantity A product form issuing means for reading out and printing the instruction data from the work instruction file and issuing a plurality of product forms for each section of the file and processing work in the processing area is provided (claim 2). .
The above-mentioned product slip issuing means may be arranged as a dedicated device, but in general, since the product data related to the product to be processed is stored and set in the pricing device arranged in the pricing area, in order to share those data It is preferable in terms of cost to be arranged in the pricing device.
[0007]
In the above product slip, work instruction data such as product number, product name, weight, unit price, production quantity, etc. is written, but at least the data is input to the pricing device in the pricing area and the product data is read. The data used for the above, such as the product number, is converted into a barcode. Accordingly, the pricing device can read the barcode data with a barcode reader and read predetermined product data from the product file.
In addition, the assortment work for displaying the products at the sales floor after the pricing operation is performed. In order to improve the workability, the shelf information for displaying the products is printed on the product slip (claim 5). .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view illustrating a part of a backyard BY of a store in which a product pricing device according to the present invention is deployed, specifically, a backyard of a meat portion. Reference numeral A denotes a processing worker P1. A processing area B for performing work such as cutting, slicing, and arranging, which is a previous process of the pricing work, and B is a pricing area where work is performed by the pricing worker P2.
[0009]
In the processing area A, a cooking table a is arranged in the vicinity of the refrigerator R arranged on one side, and a lump of meat M taken out from the refrigerator R is placed on the cooking table a and cut by the processing worker P1. And processed into a product G that is a piece of meat of a predetermined size.
The subdivided products G are respectively transported to the pricing area B of the next process in the state of being put in the tray T. However, in order to transport the large number of products G, the bat 1 that is a storage container is used as in the conventional case. A moving carriage (cart) 2 on which the bats 1 are mounted in multiple stages is used while being placed on the bats 1.
[0010]
In the pricing area B, a weighing pricing packaging machine 3 such as a stretch packaging machine incorporating a pricing device and a weighing label printer (hereinafter abbreviated as “labeler”) 4 are arranged.
The weighing price packaging machine 3 and the labeler 4 are well known in the art and will not be described in detail. However, the weighing price packaging machine 3 weighs and packages a product G that requires packaging, and then packages the packaged product G. A label with a price is attached to the label, and the labeler 4 calculates the price by weighing the product G that does not require packaging, and attaches the price-labeled product label on which the price is printed to the product G.
In addition, the weighing and packaging machine 3 and the labeler 4 print POP characters or the like on the product label based on a command for the product G requiring a predetermined POP (advertisement), or the label. Separately, it is printed on a POP label product G printed with POP characters and the like.
[0011]
In the pricing area B, the pricing operator P2 uses the weighing price packaging machine 3 or the labeler 4 to issue a label printed with predetermined data such as the product name and price of the product for each product G. Attached.
The cart 2 not only transports the goods (including trays) G stored in the bat 1 from the processing area A to the pricing area B, but also transports the priced goods G to the sales floor by the display person P3. It is also used for display and then returned to the processing area A.
[0012]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a small printer 5 and a barcode reader 6 are installed in the vicinity of the weighing and packaging machine 3, and a barcode reader 6 is also installed in the vicinity of the labeler-4. The case where the product slip 30 mentioned later is issued with the small printer 5 is illustrated.
[0013]
FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram of the backyard work support.
The weighing price packaging machine 3 and the labeler 4 are arranged in plural in the backyard BY corresponding to the product department (in FIG. 2, the case where two units are arranged is shown). However, it is not necessary to arrange the small printers 5 in all the weighing and packaging machines b, and they may be arranged in the main packaging machine 3 as shown in the figure.
The weighing and packaging machine 3 and the labeler 4 are connected to the server 7 to construct a backyard LAN, and the server 7 is connected to the in-store LAN constituting the POS system for data communication. Is possible.
In addition, a wireless handy terminal 9 is connected to the LAN in the backyard via a transmission / reception device 8 so that communication with the server 7 is possible.
[0014]
FIG. 3 shows an electrical configuration diagram of the control unit of the pricing device incorporated in the weighing price packaging machine 3, that is, the pricing control unit 10.
The pricing control unit 10 is connected to the CPU 11 via the bus 12 with a ROM 13, a RAM 14, a touch panel unit 16, and a weighing unit 17, and further, a serial communication unit 18, a LAN board 19, a label printing unit 20, and a label pasting unit 21. The small printer 5 and the barcode printer 6 are connected.
This pricing control unit 10 is connected to and communicates with the operation control unit of the packaging machine 3 via the serial communication unit 18, and with the server 7 of the LAN in the backyard via the LAN board 19. They are connected and communicate with each other. For example, Ethernet is used for the LAN.
Although the pricing control unit of the pricing device incorporated in the labeler 4 is not particularly shown, the electrical configuration does not include the serial communication unit 18 and the small printer 5 in the pricing control unit 10.
[0015]
The ROM 13 stores a basic program (OS) that is executed by the CPU 11 to operate the respective units. The RAM 14 stores an application program that operates on the basic program and is stored in the server 7. A file area for temporarily storing a product file GF (PLU file) (see FIG. 4) and a work instruction file DF (see FIG. 5).
The product file GF stores pricing data D1 such as product name (product name), unit price, tray number, and effective date preset for each product G in correspondence with the product number (product number) (FIG. 4).
Note that various data relating to each tray to be used, for example, the horizontal dimension, vertical dimension, height dimension size data, tray weight data, etc., are stored in the RAM 14 in correspondence with the tray number in the product file GF. Like that.
[0016]
The work instruction file DF stores the product number, selling price (price changed only at the time of special sale, not stored if not changed), production number (pack number), shelf number, presence of POP, assortment time, etc. Work instruction data D2 is stored corresponding to the product number (FIG. 5). Further, as shown in the figure, the work instruction data D2 includes a flag for checking whether or not a later-described product slip 30 for the corresponding product has been issued.
The pricing data D1 and work instruction data D2 are stored in advance in the storage means (each file) of the server 7 in association with the product number of the product G. That is, the server 7 has an input unit and a storage unit as a personal computer, and the pricing data D1 and work instruction data D2 can be input by the input unit.
The pricing data D1 and work instruction data D2 can be transmitted to the server 7 via the transmission / reception device 8 to input or change the data by operating the handy terminal 9.
[0017]
The touch panel unit 16 has both functions of an input unit and a display unit, and inputs a command by touching a predetermined portion displayed on the display unit. In addition, the touch panel unit 16 inputs the product number by the input operation, reads the pricing data D1 from the product file GF, and reads the work instruction data D2 from the work instruction file DF, and further reads the pricing data D1. It is also possible to input and change numerical values such as unit price and shelf number of the work instruction data D2.
[0018]
The measuring unit 17 measures the weight for calculating the price of the product G.
The label printing unit 20 issues a product label on which various data such as the product name, unit price or weight, price corresponding to the product G are printed, and the label pasting unit 21 applies the issued product label to the product G packaged by the packaging machine 3. Attached.
[0019]
The small printer 5 is arranged in connection with the pricing control unit 10 of the weighing price packaging machine 3, and the CPU 11 of the control unit 10 reads a list of work instruction data D2 from the RAM 14 to the touch panel unit 16 and selects from there. The required data of the work instruction data D <b> 2 is printed on receipt paper and issued as a product slip 30.
As illustrated in FIG. 6, the product slip 30 includes a product number 31, a product name 32, a production number (pack number) 33, a tray number 34 to be used, a selling price 35, presence / absence of POP display 36, The shelf number 37 and the assortment time 38 are printed together with the issue date and time, and the bar code 39 in which the product number 31, the selling price 35, and the presence / absence 36 of the POP display are encoded is also printed.
[0020]
The product slip 30 is printed at intervals for each division of processing work, that is, every work for processing the same product by the same cooking method, and when there are a plurality of divisions, separation between each division is easy. For example, a perforation is inserted or a half cut 40 is formed and issued as shown.
The barcode reader 6 is also connected to the pricing control unit 10 of the weighing price packaging machine 3 and arranged on the price tag area B when performing the pricing work in the pricing area B. , Whereby the pricing data D1 is read out from the product file GF and transmitted to the label printing unit 20.
The same applies to the barcode reader 6 arranged in the vicinity of the labeler 4.
[0021]
Next, the operation of the CPU 11 that issues the product slip 30 using the small printer 5 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the work instruction data D2 necessary for issuing the product slip 30 is set in the work instruction file DF using the input unit of the server 7 or the handy terminal 9 in advance. In this case, when it is determined that products in the same work category cannot be placed on one bat 1, the same work instruction data is input to a plurality of categories. The issuance of the product slip 30 may be performed by any person (hereinafter referred to as an operator) such as the processing worker P1, the pricing worker P2, or an assistant.
[0022]
(Step 1)
When the operator performs a predetermined data read operation using the touch panel unit 16 of the weighing and packaging machine 3, the work instruction file DF in the server 7 is read and a list of the work instruction data D2 is displayed on the touch panel unit 16.
(Step 2)
The operator designates the work instruction data D2 in charge from the list of the work instruction data D2 by touching each work category. Thereby, the designated work instruction data is stored.
[0023]
(Step 3)
It is determined whether or not the operator has performed a printing operation on the touch panel 16. If a printing operation is being performed, the process proceeds to step 4; if not, the process returns to step 2.
(Step 4)
One section in the work instruction data D2 designated by the worker is printed.
(Step 5)
The half cut 40 that facilitates separation is formed at the end of one section.
(Step 6)
A flag set, that is, printing is stored in the flag column of the printed work instruction data D2.
[0024]
(Step 7)
It is determined whether all designated work categories have been printed. If unprinted work divisions are stored, the process returns to step 4 to print the next and subsequent divisions by the same operation, and when all the work divisions are printed, the product illustrated in FIG. A vote 30 is issued. The product slip 30 can be cut using the final half-cut 40 and separated from the receipt paper.
[0025]
Thus, if the work in the backyard BY using the product slip 30 is described with reference to FIG. 1 again, the processing worker P1 can easily view the product slip 30 near the cooking table a in the processing area A, for example, It posts with a clip etc. on the door surface of the refrigerator R, the wall surface behind, or the side surface of the cooking table a.
The processing worker P1 starts the processing work from the highest or lowest work category of the product slip 30. The work instruction data D2 described in the product slip 30, specifically, the type of product and the number of packs Then, based on the tray number or the like, a predetermined product, for example, a lump of meat M is cut or sliced and processed into a product G of a predetermined size, and each is placed on the tray T and placed on the bat 1.
When all the products G are placed on the bat 1, the product slips 30 of the relevant work section are separated at the half-cut 40 position and attached to the bat 1. The work after the next work classification is performed in the same manner.
[0026]
The bat 1 is transported from the processing area A to the pricing area B using the cart 2.
In the pricing area B, the pricing operator P2 picks up the product slip 30 attached to the bat 1 and scans the barcode 39 written on the product slip 30 with the barcode reader 6. As a result, the product number of the product G is detected from the barcode 39, and the pricing data D1 of the corresponding product is read from the product file GF and stored in the pricing control unit 10.
When the products G are carried one by one into the weighing and packaging machine 3, the products G are automatically weighed and packaged.
[0027]
Next, the price is calculated based on the presence / absence 36 of the POP display scanned from the bar code 39 and, if there is unit price data, the label printing unit 20 prints and issues a predetermined product label. The label is attached to the packaged product G by the label applicator 21 and priced.
After the priced product G is placed on the bat 1 together with the product slip 30, the display person P3 transports the product G to the sales floor using the cart 2 in accordance with the assortment time 38 of the product slip 30, and the product G 30 Display on a predetermined shelf according to the displayed shelf number 37.
[0028]
In the above embodiment, the case where the small printer that issues the product slip 30 is connected to the price control unit 10 of the weighing price packaging machine 3 arranged in the price area B has been described. It is also possible to use a dedicated device for issuing a separate product slip, but in that case, the issue location of the product slip is placed in the pricing area B. It is not limited and may be outside the processing area A or the backyard.
In addition, when there are a plurality of processing areas in the backyard, it is also possible to issue the product slips collectively for each processing area.
Furthermore, although the case where the product slip is issued in a series of states that can be separated for each work category has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the product slip may be issued in a state of being completely separated for each work category. In that case, keep the product slips together so as not to be lost.
[0029]
Moreover, in the pricing operation, the case where the barcode of the product slip is scanned as an input means of the product pricing data has been described, but not limited thereto, the printed product code may be keyed, Alternatively, both input means may be provided.
The maximum number of products that can be placed on one bat 1 is set in advance in the tray information, and when the number of productions (packs) of the same work is large, the work classification based on the maximum number It is advisable to issue a product slip with the number of divisions from which the number is determined.
Furthermore, the barcode 39 printed on the product slip 30 may be a two-dimensional barcode. It should be noted that printing of the bar code is optional, except for claim 4.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, since the product slip including the work instruction data is issued in advance, in the processing area, the processing worker only has to separate the product slip and attach it to the bat at the end of the processing work. Furthermore, the complexity of performing a predetermined input operation using the touch panel is eliminated, and the work burden on the processing operator can be reduced.
In addition, since it is not necessary to install an expensive input device such as a touch panel for each processing area, the cost can be reduced, and the backyard work can be supported more economically as the scale of the backyard increases.
[0031]
According to the third aspect, since the product data and the operation unit of the pricing device arranged in the pricing area can be shared, the system can be further reduced in cost.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the product data of the corresponding product can be read out to the pricing device by reading the barcode on the product slip, so that not only the input operability is excellent but also an input error can be prevented. .
Furthermore, according to the fifth aspect, an operator who displays a product in the store can surely display the product at a predetermined position based on the shelf position information, and the workability can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view illustrating a part of a backyard in a store according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a backyard work support according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an electrical configuration diagram showing a pricing control unit of a pricing device incorporated in a weighing pricing packaging machine.
FIG. 4 is an example of a product file.
FIG. 5 is an example of a work instruction file.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing an example of printing a product slip.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation for issuing a product slip.
[Explanation of symbols]
A: Processing area B: Pricing area G: Product 1: Bat 3: Weighing and packaging machine 4: Labeler 5: Small printer 6: Bar code reader D1: Product data D2: Work instruction data 10: Pricing control unit ( 30: Product slip 31: Product number 32: Product name 33: Production number 39: Bar code 40: Half cut

Claims (5)

Stores product data related to products to be processed in advance, stores multiple work instruction data including at least product type information and production quantity, prints the instruction data for each processing work category, and issues multiple product slips And
In the processing area, the product is processed based on the product slip and placed on the bat, and the corresponding product slip is attached to the bat,
The bat on which the product is placed is moved to the pricing area. In the pricing area, the product type information of the attached product slip is input to the pricing device, the corresponding product data is read, and the product label is printed and issued. Backyard work support method that is attached to the product. The product processed based on the product slip in the processing area is placed on the bat together with the product slip, the corresponding product data is read from the product file based on the product information of the product slip by the pricing device in the pricing area, In the backyard work support system that prints and issues labels and attaches them to products,
Work instruction file that stores a plurality of work instruction data including at least product type information and production quantity, and the instruction data is read from the work instruction file and printed for each section of processing work in the processing area, and multiple forms are issued A backyard work support system characterized by comprising a product slip issuing means. The backyard work support system according to claim 2, wherein the product slip issuing means is provided in a pricing device that prints and issues the product label. The product form includes at least product type information as a barcode and printed, and the pricing device includes a barcode reader and reads the barcode to read product data from a product file. 2. The backyard work support system according to 2. The backyard work support system according to claim 2, wherein shelf position information for displaying products is printed on the product slip.

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