JP3961137B2 - Product sales registration device and product sales information management system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration apparatus such as a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal and a merchandise sales information management system such as a POS system that centrally manages a plurality of merchandise sales registration apparatuses using a terminal management apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In department stores and large-scale supermarkets that handle many products, the unit price of the same product may vary depending on the sales floor. For example, dry batteries are sold not only at daily necessities, but also at home appliances and toy counters. For many cases, batteries are sold with products that use batteries as the driving source. Selling dry batteries at a reduced price for a certain period of time as a product is rarely done in sales strategies. A product that is sold at a plurality of sales floors and whose unit price is different depending on the sales floor as described above is referred to as a sales floor input-required commodity because it is essential to input a sales floor code.
[0003]
Incidentally, in general, department stores and supermarkets have introduced a merchandise sales information management system called a POS system in order to centrally manage information related to merchandise sales of the entire store. This POS system is installed at each sales floor as a POS terminal as a plurality of product sales registration apparatuses for registering sales information of products sold at the sales floor, and as a terminal management apparatus for centrally managing each POS terminal. A POS server is connected to each other through a communication line such as a LAN (Local Area Network) so as to be able to communicate with each other. Each POS terminal is provided with a product file classified by sales floor in which product information such as a product code and a unit price of each product sold at the sales floor where the terminal is installed is preset, and a POS server is provided at each sales floor. A master product file in which product information such as product codes and unit prices of all products sold is preset together with the sales floor code of the sales floor where the products are sold.
[0004]
In such a configuration, each POS terminal, when the product code of the sales product is input by a product code input means such as a barcode scanner, searches the product file for each sales floor held by itself and stores the product information including the input product code. The sales information of the sales product is registered and processed at the unit price in the product information.
[0005]
In addition, if the sales floor code of the sales floor where the product is sold before the product code of the sales product is input, create a product information inquiry message including the sales floor code and the product code, This inquiry message is transmitted to the POS server through the communication line to inquire about the product information of the sold product. Then, the master product file is searched in the POS server. When the merchandise information in which the sales floor code that has been inquired matches the merchandise code is read out, the merchandise information is returned to the inquiring POS terminal, so that the POS terminal includes the merchandise information received from the POS server. The sales information of the merchandise sold is registered at a unit price.
[0006]
Therefore, in conventional department stores and supermarkets that have built this kind of POS system, the sales clerk of each sales floor determines whether the customer purchase product is a sales floor required product or not. Check the sales floor where is sold. Then, after a sales floor code specifying the sales floor is input to the POS terminal, a product code is input to register the sales of the customer-purchased product.
By doing so, the customer-purchased products are registered for sale at the unit price at the sales floor purchased by the customer. However, if the store clerk does not enter the sales floor code, sales are registered at the unit price set in the product file for each sales floor inside the POS terminal, so the unit price at the sales floor purchased by the customer and the unit price registered for sales There was a risk of different.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this way, when a conventional POS system is introduced at a store that handles sales floor required products, the sales staff at each sales floor must always be aware of whether or not the customer-purchased products are sales floor required products. There was. In addition, since the inquiry to the POS server is not performed unless the product code is input after the sales floor code is input first, the sales floor purchased by the customer because the product code is input without first inputting the sales floor code. Could also be registered for sale at a different unit price.
[0008]
The present invention has been made based on such circumstances. The purpose of the present invention is a product in which customer-purchased products are sold at a plurality of sales floors, and the unit price may differ depending on the sales floor, so-called sales floor input essential products. Even if the store clerk is not always aware of whether or not it is, a product sales registration device that can prevent registration mistakes for products that are required to enter the sales floor, reduce the burden on the store clerk, and improve reliability, and product sales using this device An information management system is to be provided.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is installed at each sales floor, and product information such as product codes and unit prices of all products sold at each sales floor is preset together with the sales floor code of the sales floor where the products are sold. In a product sales registration device that is connected to a terminal management device having a master product file and that can communicate with each other and registers sales information of products sold at the sales floor, each of the products sold at the sales floor where the device is installed A product file classified by sales floor in which product information such as product code and unit price of the product is preset, product code input means for inputting the product code of the sales product, and the sales product to which the product code is input by this input means is installed in the apparatus. and sales determination means for determining whether products sold in products or other sales sold only in department, the apparatus by the sales determination means When it is determined that the product is sold only at the sales floor, the product information including the product code entered by the input means is retrieved by searching the sales file, and the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price in the product information. The sales floor registration processing means, and the sales floor code input forcing means for forcibly inputting the sales floor code of the sales floor that sells the product when the sales floor determination means determines that the product is sold at another sales floor , and this input When the sales floor code is input by the forcing means, the terminal management apparatus is inquired of the product information using the sales floor code and the input product code by the input means, and the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price in the returned product information. And a sales floor input forced registration processing means .
[0010]
The invention according to claim 2 of the present application includes a plurality of product sales registration devices that are installed at each sales floor and that process the sales information of products sold at the sales floor, and a terminal management device that centrally manages each product sales registration device To each product sales registration device, each product sales registration device has a product code for each store presetting product information such as the product code and unit price of each product sold on the sales floor where the device is installed. Product sales in which the terminal management device is provided with a master product file in which product information such as the product code and unit price of all products sold at each sales floor is preset together with the sales floor code of the sales floor where the product is sold. In the information management system, each product sales registration device has a product code input means for inputting the product code of the sales product, and the product code is input by this input means. Sales floor judgment means for judging whether the sold products are sold only at the sales floor where the equipment is installed or products sold at other sales floors, and sold only at the sales floor where the equipment is installed. If it is determined that the product is a product that has been sold, the product file for each sales floor of the device is searched, the product information including the input product code by the input means is read, and the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price in the product information If the store registration processing means and the sales floor determination means determine that the product is being sold at another sales floor, the sales floor code input forcing means for forcibly inputting the sales floor code of the sales floor that sells the product, and this input forcing means When the sales floor code is input by the terminal management device, the product information inquiry is made to the terminal management device using the sales floor code and the input product code by the input means. Providing a point of sale input forced registration process means that the registration process the sales information of the goods sold in the price. In addition, when receiving an inquiry about the product information by the sales floor code and the product code from each product sales registration device, the terminal management device retrieves the master product file and reads the product information in which both the sales floor code and the product code match, Product information response means for transmitting the product information to the inquiry product sales registration device is provided.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the POS system shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
[0012]
The POS system shown in FIG. 1 is installed at each sales floor, and POS terminals 1A, 1B,..., 1N as a plurality of product sales registration devices for registering sales information of products sold at the sales floor, and each POS. It is constructed by connecting a POS server 2 as a terminal management apparatus for centrally managing the terminals 1A to 1N through a first communication line 3 such as a LAN so that they can communicate with each other. The POS server 2 is connected to a host device via a second communication line 6 such as a WAN (Wide Area Network).
[0013]
Then, as shown in FIG. 2A, the product sells product information such as product codes, product names, first unit price, second unit price, and status of all products sold at each sales floor to the POS server 2. The preset master product file 4 is provided together with the sales floor code of the sales floor, and each POS terminal 1A to 1N is sold at the sales floor where the terminal is installed, as shown in FIG. 2 (b). Product files 5A to 5N by sales floor are provided in which product information such as product code, product name, first unit price, and status of each product is preset.
[0014]
Note that the first unit price in the product information is a unit price at normal sales, and the second unit price is a unit price at special sales such as time sales. In addition, the status indicates whether the product identified by the corresponding product code is sold at a plurality of sales floors, and the unit price may be different depending on the sales floor, so-called sales floor required product, and when a predetermined time is reached. It is information for identifying whether the product is sold at a unit price, that is, a so-called time sales product. By the way, in this embodiment, the status is set to 0 for non-sale floor required products and non-time sales products, and the status is set to 1 for non-time sales products and non-time sales products. In the case of a time-sale product, the status is set to 2, and in the case of a time-sales-required product and a time-sale product, the status is set to 3.
[0015]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the POS server 2. The POS server 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31 as a control unit body. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 32 is mounted as a read-only storage unit, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 33 is mounted as a readable / writable storage unit. In addition, a clock unit 34 that measures the current date and time, a host interface 35 that connects the second communication line 6 and communicates with a host device, and connects the first communication line 3 and connects each POS terminal 1A to 1P. A communication interface 36 that performs non-communication with 1N, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) device 37, and an HDD controller 38 that controls reading and writing of data with respect to the HDD device 37 are mounted. The CPU 31, ROM 32, RAM 33, clock unit 34, host interface 35, communication interface 36, and HDD controller 38 are connected by a bus line 39 such as an address bus or a data bus.
[0016]
In the POS server 2 having such a configuration, in addition to the master product file 4, a terminal management table 41 and a time sales management table 42 having an area configuration shown in FIG. 4 are formed in the RAM 33.
The terminal management table 41 is set with the sales floor codes of the sales floors where the terminals are installed, corresponding to the terminal numbers assigned to the respective POS terminals 1A to 1N.
The time sales management table 42 is set in advance with a time zone in which the product is time-sold in correspondence with the product code of the time sales target product. The master product file 4 and the management tables 41 and 42 are created in advance by DLL processing from the host device.
[0017]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N, and each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N has the same configuration. That is, each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N includes a CPU 51 as a control unit body, a ROM 52 as a read-only storage unit, a RAM 53 as a readable / writable storage unit, a clock unit 54 that measures the current date and time, and the first And a communication interface 55 for performing mutual communication with the POS server 2 is mounted.
Also, an I / O port 58 for inputting a signal to a mode switch 56 for selecting a work mode such as “registration”, “inspection”, “settlement”, and outputting a signal to a drawer opening device 57 for automatically opening a drawer (not shown), Print data is sent to a keyboard controller 60 that captures key signals from the keyboard 59, a display controller 63 that sends display data to an operator front display 61 and a customer display 62, and a receipt / journal printing printer 64. A printer controller 65, a scanner controller 67 for taking a reading code signal from a scanner 66 for optically reading a bar code and the like are mounted. The CPU 51, ROM 52, RAM 53, clock unit 54, communication interface 55, I / O port 58, and controllers 60, 63, 65, 67 of each input / output device are connected to a bus line 68 such as an address bus and a data bus. Connected with.
[0018]
In each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N having such a configuration, the RAM 53 has a sales floor area 69 in which the sales floor code of the sales floor where the terminal is installed is set in addition to the sales floor product files 5A to 5N. .
[0019]
As a system startup process, the POS server 2 refers to the master product file 4 to create sales-specific product files 5A to 5N, and sends them to the POS terminals 1A to 1N via the first communication line 3. to download. At this time, the sales floor code set for each POS terminal is also downloaded to the terminal management table 41. As a result, the product files 5A to 5N for each sales floor are set in the RAM 53 of each POS terminal 1A to 1N, and the sales floor code is set in the sales floor area 69, and the system is started up.
[0020]
Thus, when the system is started up, each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N can execute the single item registration process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 by selecting the “registration” mode with the mode switch 56.
That is, when the “registration” mode is selected by the mode switch 56, the CPU 31 inputs the product code of the sold product through the keyboard 59 or the scanner 66 as the product code input means as ST (step) 1, and ST2 As a search key, the product code 5A to 5N for each sales floor set in its own RAM 53 is searched. As a result, if a product code matching the search key is detected from the product files 5A to 5N according to the sales floor as ST3, the sales product is a sales floor required product based on the status in the product information of the record including this product code as ST4. It is determined whether or not there (sales floor determination means).
[0021]
Here, if the status is 0 or 2, that is, it is not a sales input mandatory product, it is determined in ST5 whether or not the sales product is a time sales product. If the status is 0, that is, neither the sales input mandatory product nor the time sales product, the product information in the record including the input product code is read as ST6, and the sales of the sales product at the first unit price in the product information are read. Information is registered (sales counter registration processing means).
[0022]
On the other hand, if the status is 2 in ST5, that is, it is not a sales-required product but a time-sale product, and in ST3 the product files 5A to 5N by sales floor are searched with the input product code, the product code matches If the record to be detected cannot be detected, a product information inquiry message including the sales floor code set in the sales floor area 69 of the RAM 53 and the input product code is created as ST7. 1 is sent to the POS server 2 via the communication line 3 to inquire product information. As a result, if the response message of the product information is received from the POS server 2 as ST8, the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price of the product information in the response message as ST9.
Note that products that do not exist in the product files by sales floor 5A to 5N but have records corresponding to the master product file 4 are introduced to the sales floor after the system is started up and added only to the master product file 4 by the host device. New products may be considered.
[0023]
In ST4, if the status is 1 or 3, that is, a product for which sales are required, a screen forcing the front display 61 to input a sales floor code, such as “Please enter the sales floor code”, is displayed in ST10. Display a screen displaying a list of sales floor codes. And it waits for a sales floor code to be input as ST11 (a sales floor code input forcing means).
[0024]
In this state, one of the sales floor codes is selected and input from the list of sales floor codes displayed on the front display 61 by the key operation of the keyboard 59, or the sales floor code bar-coded by the scanner 66 is read and input. Then, as ST12, a product information inquiry message including the input sales floor code and input product code is created, and this message is transmitted from the communication interface 55 to the POS server 2 via the first communication line 3. And inquiries about product information. As a result, if the response message of the product information is received from the POS server 2 as ST13, the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price of the product information in the response message as ST14 (sales floor input forced registration processing means) ).
[0025]
On the other hand, the CPU 31 of the POS server 2 that has received the merchandise information inquiry message including the sales floor code and the merchandise code from each of the POS terminals 1A to 1N executes the processing shown in FIG. That is, first, as ST21, the master product file 4 is searched using the sales floor code and product code in the received inquiry message as search keys. If the record including the sales floor code and the product code matching the search key cannot be detected from the master product file 4 in ST22, a response message without product information is created in ST23, and the first communication interface 36 receives the first response message. Are transmitted to the POS terminals 1A to 5A as inquiry sources.
[0026]
On the other hand, as a result of searching the master product file 4, if a record including a sales floor code and a product code matching the search key is detected, whether or not the product is a time-sale product from the status of the record as ST24. Determine whether. When the status is 2 or 3, since it is a time sales product, it is determined whether or not the product is in the time sales period with reference to the time sales management table 42 in ST35.
[0027]
Here, when the current time measured by the clock unit 34 enters the time zone set corresponding to the product code of the product, since it is in the time sales period, the product information in the record is recorded as ST26. Among them, a response message of product information excluding the first unit price, that is, product information including the second unit price, is created and sent from the communication interface 36 to the inquiry source POS terminals 1A to 5A via the first communication line 3. Transmit (product information response means).
[0028]
On the other hand, if the status is 0 or 1 in ST24, that is, it is not a time sales product, and the current time measured by the clock unit 34 is entered in the time zone set corresponding to the product code of the product in ST25. If not, that is, not in the time sales period, a response message of product information excluding the second unit price of the product information in the record, that is, product information including the first unit price, is created in ST27, and the communication interface 36 to the POS terminals 1A to 5A as inquiry sources via the first communication line 3 (product information response means).
[0029]
As described above, in the POS system according to the present embodiment, the product information such as the product code and unit price of each product sold in the sales floor is stored in the plurality of POS terminals 1A to 1N installed in each sales floor. Preset product files 5A to 5N for each sales floor are provided, and product information such as product codes and unit prices of all products sold at each sales floor is stored in the POS server 2 that centrally manages each POS terminal 1A to 1N. The master product file 4 preset with the sales floor code of the sales floor where is sold. Further, the product information preset in the master product file 4 and the product files 5A to 5N for each sales floor is provided with a status for identifying whether or not the product is a sales floor required product.
[0030]
Each POS terminal 1A-1N receives the product code of the customer-purchased product by the product code input means of the keyboard 59 or the scanner 66, and uses the product code as a search key for each product file 5A-5N by itself. And check the status in the product information including the product code. Then, when it is determined from this status that the product is a sales floor input mandatory product, a screen for forcing the input of the sales floor code is displayed on the front display 61.
[0031]
Therefore, after the operator inputs the product code of the customer-purchased product and the screen forcing the input of the sales floor code is displayed on the front display 61, the operator confirms the sales floor of the customer-purchased product and inputs the corresponding sales floor code. do it.
[0032]
By inputting the sales floor code, the POS terminals 1 </ b> A to 1 </ b> N create a product information inquiry message with the input sales floor code and the product code of the customer-purchased product, and transmit it to the POS server 2. Thus, in the POS server 2, when the master product file 4 is searched and product information in which the sales floor code matches the product code is detected, the product information is transmitted as a response to the POS terminals 1A to 1N as the inquiry sources. Is done. Thereby, in the POS terminals 1A to 1N, the sales information of the customer-purchased products is processed at the unit price in the product information responded from the POS server 2.
[0033]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when handling a product that is sold at a plurality of sales floors and whose unit price is different depending on the sales floor, that is, a so-called sales floor required product, the clerk who operates the POS terminals 1A to 1N. Since it is only necessary to input the sales floor code of the product when the screen forcing the input of the sales floor code is displayed on the front display 61, there is no need to be aware of whether or not the customer-purchased product is a sales floor required product. , Can reduce the burden on the store clerk. In addition, in the case of a product that requires sales floor entry, the sales floor code of the sales floor where the product was sold must be entered, so sales registration at a unit price different from the price of the product indicated at the sales floor purchased by the customer There is no fear. Therefore, the reliability of the store can be improved.
[0034]
In the embodiment, as in the prior art, when a sales floor code is input before the product code is input, a product information inquiry message including the product code and the sales floor code is created and a POS server is created. 2 may be added to inquire about the product information of the customer-purchased product. By doing so, the display of the sales floor code input forced screen can be omitted by inputting the sales floor code in advance when the customer-purchased product is known in advance as a sales floor input required product.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application, even if the store clerk is not always aware of whether or not the customer-purchased product is a sales floor required product, the sales floor code input of the sales floor required product is leaked. Can be eliminated, and a product sales registration device that can reduce the burden on the store clerk can be provided.
Further, according to the invention of claim 2 of the present application, even if the store clerk is not always aware of whether or not the customer-purchased product is a sales floor required product, the sales floor input required product is registered at an incorrect unit price. Can be prevented, and a merchandise sales registration processing system that can improve reliability can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing each record format of a master product file and a product file by sales floor in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS server in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a main table memory formed in the RAM of the POS server.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main part of single item registration processing executed by the POS terminal CPU.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main part of a merchandise information inquiry message reception process executed by the CPU of the POS server.
[Explanation of symbols]
1A ~ 1N ... POS terminal (product sales registration device)
2 ... POS server (terminal management device)
3 ... First communication line 4 ... Master product files 5A to 5N ... Product files by sales floor

Claims (2)

A terminal management device that is installed at each sales floor and has a master product file in which product information such as the product code and unit price of all products sold at each sales floor is preset together with the sales floor code of the sales floor where the product is sold. In a product sales registration device that is connected to each other and can register sales information of products sold at the sales floor ,
Product file for each sales floor preset with product information such as product code and unit price of each product sold at the sales floor where the apparatus is installed, product code input means for inputting the product code of the sales product, and this input means The sales floor judgment means for judging whether the sales product for which the product code has been input is sold only at the sales floor where the device is installed or the product sold at other sales floors, and the installation of the equipment by the sales floor judgment means If it is determined that the product is sold only at the sales floor, the product information including the input product code input by the input means is retrieved by searching the sales floor product file, and the sales information of the sales product is obtained at the unit price in the product information. a shop in the registration processing means for registering processing, sales sells to the the product determined that the products sold in other sales by the sales determination means A shop code input force means for forced input sales floor code of the response is performed the product information inquiry to the terminal management apparatus in the shop code is entered by the input force means and the input product code by the input unit and its sales code And a sales floor input forced registration processing means for registering the sales information of the sales product at a unit price in the received product information . A plurality of product sales registration devices that are installed at each sales floor and that process the sales information of products sold at that sales floor are connected to a terminal management device that centrally manages each product sales registration device so that they can communicate with each other. In addition, each product sales registration device is provided with a product file by sales floor that presets product information such as the product code and unit price of each product sold at the sales floor where the device is installed, and the terminal management device, In the product sales information management system that provides a master product file in which product information such as product codes and unit prices of all products sold at each sales floor is preset together with the sales floor code of the sales floor where the product is sold.
Each of the product sales registration devices includes a product code input means for inputting a product code of a sales product, and a sales product in which the product code is input by the input means is a product that is sold only at the sales floor of the device. Sales floor determination means for determining whether the product is also sold at the sales floor, and if it is determined by this sales floor determination means that the product is sold only at the sales floor of the apparatus, the product file for each sales floor of the apparatus is searched for The product information including the input product code by the input means is read, and the sales floor registration processing means for registering the sales information of the sales product at the unit price in the product information and the sales floor judgment means are also sold at other sales floors. If it is determined that the product is a product, the sales floor code input forcing means for forcibly entering the sales floor code of the sales floor selling the product, and the sales floor code by this input forcing means. Is entered, the sales floor code and the input product code input by the input means are used to inquire about the product information in the terminal management device, and the sales information of the sales product is registered at the unit price in the returned product information. Registration processing means,
When the terminal management device receives an inquiry about the product information by the sales floor code and the product code from each of the product sales registration devices, the terminal management device searches the master product file and reads the product information in which both the sales floor code and the product code match. A merchandise sales information management system comprising merchandise information response means for transmitting the merchandise information to a merchandise sales registration apparatus as an inquiry source.

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