JP4195750B2 - Product management system and method of use thereof - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merchandise management system that manages a sales history of merchandise sold at a retail store and a method of using the merchandise management system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a so-called POS system has been widely used as this kind of product management system.
Various improvements have been proposed for such a POS system (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 52-132651, 5-101213, 6-231364, etc.).
The POS systems disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 52-132651 and 5-101213 use a shopping cart equipped with a barcode reader. When a customer purchases a product for purchase in such a shopping cart, the barcode is read. This eliminates the need for bar code reading work at the cash register, so that accounting processing at the cash register can be completed quickly.
The POS system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-231364 is a system that uses a magnetizable bar code and a magnetic detector installed at a store entrance. That is, in this system, the bar code of the product is magnetized in advance, and the bar code of the product for which accounting has been completed is demagnetized at the cash register. In this way, products that have been accounted for have been demagnetized, but products that have not been accounted for remain magnetized, so products that have not been accounted for can be detected by the magnetic detector at the store entrance. it can.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the POS systems disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 52-132651 and 5-101213, the JAN code for identifying the product name of beverage products is used. Even if someone was brought in from outside, such a product could not be identified.
Further, in the POS system disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-231364 described above, if a product is brought in by someone, it is not magnetized, so that it can be determined that the product has some abnormality. . However, the equipment for magnetizing and demagnetizing the bar code and the magnetism detecting device at the entrance / exit are required, which is expensive.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise management system that can discriminate merchandise brought in by someone and does not incur equipment costs, and a method of using the merchandise management system.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.
In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 includes an inventory product recording unit (11) that records individual management information of inventory products as inventory product information, and an information reading unit (10) that reads the individual management information of products at the time of sale. 13) and the information management unit (14) for comparing the individual management information read by the information reading unit (13) with the stock product information to determine whether there is matching stock product information, and the information The product management system includes a warning unit (13a) that issues a warning when the comparison unit determines that there is no matching inventory product information.
[0006]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the commodity management system according to the first aspect, when the information comparison unit determines that there is matching inventory commodity information, the inventory commodity recording unit deletes the inventory commodity information. The product management system further includes a recording control unit (14).
[0007]
The invention of claim 3 includes a sold product recording unit (12) for recording individual management information of sold products as sold product information, an information reading unit (13) for reading individual management information of products at the time of sale, The individual management information read by the information reading unit is compared with the sold product information to determine whether there is matching sold product information, and the information comparison unit includes: The product management system includes a warning unit (13a) that issues a warning when it is determined that there is matching sold product information.
[0008]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the commodity management system according to the third aspect, when the information comparison unit determines that there is no matching sold commodity information, the sold commodity recording section includes the information reading section. The product management system further includes a recording control unit (14) for recording the read individual management information.
[0009]
The invention of claim 5 includes an inventory product recording unit (11) that records individual management information of inventory products as inventory product information, and a sold product recording unit that records individual management information of sold products as sold product information. (12), the information reading unit (13) that reads the individual management information of the product at the time of sale, and the individual management information read by the information reading unit are compared with the inventory product information and the sold product information Information comparing unit (14) for determining whether there is inventory product information to be sold or sold product information, and when the information comparison unit determines that there is no matching inventory product information, or there is matching sold product information The product management system includes a warning unit (13a) that gives a warning when it is determined.
[0010]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the commodity management system according to the fifth aspect, when the information comparison unit determines that there is matching inventory commodity information and that there is no matching sold commodity information, The product management system further comprises a recording control unit (14) for causing the stock product recording unit to delete stock product information and recording the stock product information to the sold product recording unit.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 7 is the product management system according to claim 4 or 6, wherein the recording control unit deletes the individual management information recorded in the sold product recording unit after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Is a product management system characterized by
[0012]
The invention of claim 8 is a method for using a product management system that uses the product management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein individual management information is given in advance to all products to be sold. In addition, based on the individual management information, the inventory product information of the inventory product and / or the sold product information of the sold product is recorded, the individual management information of the product is read at the time of sale, and the read individual management is performed. The information is compared with the recorded inventory product information and / or sold product information, and the sales history is checked based on whether or not they match, thereby preventing intrusion from being mixed. How to use the product management system.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a merchandise management system according to the present invention.
The product management system 10 includes an inventory product database 11, a sold product database 12, a POS register 13, and a terminal controller 14.
[0014]
The stock merchandise database 11 is a database that records information on the barcode 20 a attached to the received merchandise 20 as stock merchandise information, and is connected to the terminal controller 14. The stock product database 11 deletes stock product information of the sold product 20.
[0015]
The sold product database 12 is a database that records information on the barcode 20 a attached to the sold product 20 as sold product information, and is connected to the terminal controller 14. Further, the sold product database 12 deletes sold product information after a certain period of time has passed since the sale.
[0016]
The POS cash register 13 is a terminal that reads the barcode 20a of the product 20 at the time of payment, and is connected to the terminal controller 14. Further, the POS register 13 inputs the information of the barcode 20a attached to the received product 20. Further, the POS register 13 has a display 13a, and displays a warning when there is some abnormality in the product 20.
[0017]
The bar code 20a to be affixed to the product 20 is different from the JAN code 20b in which the code is printed on the product for each small product type used in the conventional POS system. In order to manage items, individual management information that is a code corresponding to each product, even for products of the same type, for example, a series of numbers may be used regardless of the product type. In this way, the store clerk can mechanically affix the barcode 20a regardless of the product, so the work load is small. In addition, after pasting, it is only necessary to input the start and end numbers of the pasted barcodes 20a to the POS register 13, so it is not necessary to enter all the pasted numbers. Work is easy.
In addition, if an affiliated company number or a store number is entered in several digits of the bar code 20a, it can be identified from products of other stores.
[0018]
The terminal controller 14 is a controller that connects the inventory product database 11, the sold product database 12, and the POS register 13 and controls the entire system. The terminal controller 14 inputs the barcode 20a to be attached to the received product 20 from the POS register 13 and records the information in the stock product database 11 as stock product information.
In addition, the terminal controller 14 causes the POS register 13 to read the barcode 20a of the product 20 at the time of accounting, and records the information as sold product information in the sold product database 12, and also stores the information as stock product information in the stock product database 11. Erase the recorded information.
Further, the terminal controller 14 compares the information of the barcode 20a of the sales product 20 read by the POS register 13 with the inventory product information and the sold product information, and the sales product 20 is not an intrusion product. Determine whether or not.
Furthermore, the terminal controller 14 deletes the sold product information after a certain period from the sold product database 12.
[0019]
(how to use)
The merchandise management system 10 is used as follows.
(1) The user puts the serial number barcode 20a on the product 20, inputs the start number and end number of the barcode 20a from the POS register 13, and arranges the product 20 on the display shelf.
(2) The user reads the barcode 20a of the product 20 with the POS register 13 when the product is sold.
At this time, if the product 20 is an intrusion product brought in from the outside, a warning is displayed on the display 13a of the POS register 13, so that the user can easily know that the product 20 is abnormal.
[0020]
(Operation method)
The operation of the product management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described focusing on the operation of the terminal controller 14.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an input operation of inventory product information in the product management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0021]
In step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 110, when the user operates the information input switch of the POS register 13, the terminal controller 14 starts an input operation of inventory product information.
[0022]
In S <b> 111, the terminal controller 14 causes the user to input from the POS register 13 the start number and end number of the serial barcode 20 a attached to the product 20.
[0023]
In S <b> 112, the terminal controller 14 records the input start number and end number in the inventory product database 11.
[0024]
In S113, the terminal controller 14 ends the input operation of the inventory product information.
[0025]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an intruder discrimination operation of the merchandise management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In S120, when the user reads the bar code 20a of the product 20 with the POS register 13 at the time of sale, the terminal controller 14 starts an intruder discrimination operation.
[0026]
In S <b> 121, the terminal controller 14 determines whether inventory product information that matches the read barcode 20 a information is recorded in the inventory product database 11. If it is recorded, the process proceeds to S122. If not recorded, the process proceeds to S125.
[0027]
In S122, the terminal controller 14 determines whether or not sold product information that matches the read barcode 20a information is recorded in the sold product database 12. If not recorded, the process proceeds to S123. If it is recorded, the process proceeds to S125.
[0028]
In S123, the terminal controller 14 records the read information of the barcode 20a in the sold product database 12 together with the sales date.
[0029]
In S124, the terminal controller 14 deletes the read inventory product information of the barcode 20a from the inventory product database 11.
[0030]
In S125, the terminal controller 14 displays a warning on the display 13a of the POS register 13.
[0031]
In S126, the terminal controller 14 ends the intruding product discrimination operation.
[0032]
According to the present embodiment, since the barcode information of the product to be sold is compared with the inventory product information, it is possible to easily determine the product brought in from the outside that is not recorded as the inventory product information.
Further, since the sales history of the product once sold is recorded in the database 12, it can be easily identified that the product has been brought in from the outside even if it is brought into the store again.
Furthermore, since the sold product database 12 deletes the sold product information after a certain period of time, the sold product information does not exceed the recording capacity.
[0033]
(Deformation)
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes are possible, and these are also within the equivalent scope of the present invention.
For example, in the embodiment, a barcode is given as the individual management information of the product, but a two-dimensional barcode may be used for this barcode. By doing so, since a lot of information can be input, more detailed management can be performed.
Further, a non-contact IC in which individual management information is recorded may be attached. By doing so, more information can be input, so that more detailed management can be performed.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the invention, the individual management information of the inventory product is recorded as the inventory product information, and the individual management information read by the information reading unit is compared with the inventory product information to be matched. When there is no inventory product information, a warning is given so that any abnormality of the product can be easily understood.
[0035]
According to the invention of claim 2, when there is matching stock product information, the stock product information is deleted from the stock product recording section, so that the product brought in after the sale can be found, The recording capacity of the product recording unit can be used effectively.
[0036]
According to the invention of claim 3, the individual management information of the sold product is recorded as the sold product information, and the individual management information read by the information reading unit is compared with the sold product information. When there is information, a warning is given so that any abnormality of the product can be easily understood.
[0037]
According to the invention of claim 4, when there is no matched sold product information, the sold product recording unit records the individual management information, so that the once sold product is brought back into the store again. Can be easily identified.
[0038]
According to the invention of claim 5, the individual management information of the inventory product is recorded as the inventory product information, the individual management information of the sold product is recorded as the sold product information, and the individual management information read by the information reading unit is Compared with the inventory product information and the sold product information, a warning is given based on the presence or absence of the matching inventory product information or the sold product information, so that any abnormality of the product can be detected more reliably.
[0039]
According to the invention of claim 6, when there is matching inventory product information and there is no matching sold product information, the inventory product information is erased from the inventory product recording unit, and the sold product recording unit is stored. Since it is recorded, when a product once sold is brought into the store again, it can be easily and reliably identified.
[0040]
According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the individual management information recorded in the sold product recording unit is deleted after a predetermined period of time, so that the recording capacity of the sold product recording unit can be effectively utilized.
[0041]
According to the invention of claim 8, since the sales history is confirmed based on the individual management information given in advance to all products to be sold, it is possible to surely prevent the intrusion product from being mixed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a merchandise management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an input operation of inventory product information in the product management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an intruder discrimination operation of the merchandise management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Product Management System 11 Stock Product Database 12 Sold Product Database 13 POS Register 13a Display 14 Terminal Controller 20 Product 20a Barcode 20b JAN Code

Claims (8)

Inventory product recording section that records individual product management information as inventory product information,
An information reading unit that reads individual management information of products at the time of sale,
An information comparison unit that compares the individual management information read by the information reading unit with the inventory product information to determine whether there is matching inventory product information;
A product management system comprising a warning unit that issues a warning when the information comparison unit determines that there is no matching stock product information. In the merchandise management system according to claim 1,
The product management system further comprising: a recording control unit that causes the stock product recording unit to delete the stock product information when the information comparison unit determines that there is matching stock product information. A sold product recording unit that records individual management information of sold products as sold product information,
An information reading unit that reads individual management information of products at the time of sale,
An information comparison unit that compares the individual management information read by the information reading unit with the sold product information to determine whether there is matching sold product information;
A product management system comprising a warning unit that issues a warning when the information comparison unit determines that there is matching sold product information. In the merchandise management system according to claim 3,
When the information comparison unit determines that there is no matching sold product information, the information comparison unit further includes a recording control unit that records the individual management information read by the information reading unit in the sold product recording unit. Product management system. Inventory product recording section that records individual product management information as inventory product information,
A sold product recording unit that records individual management information of sold products as sold product information,
An information reading unit that reads individual management information of products at the time of sale,
An information comparison unit that compares the individual management information read by the information reading unit with the stock product information and the sold product information to determine whether there is matching stock product information or sold product information;
A product management system comprising: a warning unit that issues a warning when the information comparison unit determines that there is no matching stock product information or that there is matching sold product information. In the merchandise management system according to claim 5,
When the information comparison unit determines that there is matching inventory product information and determines that there is no matching sold product information, the inventory product recording unit deletes the inventory product information, and the sold product A merchandise management system further comprising a recording control unit for recording in a recording unit. In the merchandise management system according to claim 4 or 6,
The product control system, wherein the recording control unit deletes the individual management information recorded in the sold product recording unit after a predetermined period. A method of using a merchandise management system that uses the merchandise management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Individual management information is given in advance to all products to be sold, and based on the individual management information, inventory product information of inventory products and / or sold product information of sold products is recorded, and at the time of sale, individual product information is recorded. By reading the management information, comparing the read individual management information with the recorded inventory product information and / or sold product information, and confirming the sales history according to whether or not they match, A method of using a merchandise management system characterized by preventing intrusion from being mixed.

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