JP4909456B2 - Vending machine product compensation system and method - Google Patents

Description

【００３０】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明は商品が納入されている自動販売機と外部に在る携帯端末機との間を光通信で結び、自動販売機からの商品の売上等の商品情報を光通信を使用し携帯端末機で受信して光通信で売上等の商品情報を作成するため、商品コード・商品数量・売上単価等の携帯端末機への入力や、補填商品を数えるといった作業が無いので、売上計上誤差は一切発生しないという効果がある。
【００３１】
またハンディターミナルへの入力作業が短縮され、その結果業務成績が向上するという効果がある。
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さらに自動販売機への必要補填商品を数えたり、メモに記入する手数が無くなるので、ルート担当者は、熟練者でなくとも務まるという効果がある。
【００３３】
そのうえ、商品コードを覚える必要がなくなり、経験値による車輌からの商品持ち出しが必要なくなり、その結果作業能率が向上するという効果がある。
【００３４】
またコラム別売り切れ情報が把握できるので、売れ筋商品の適正なコラム配置が可能となるので、売り損がなくなり売上が増大するともに、ルート担当者に対し適切な指示が可能になり、より効率的なルート回訪が実現できるという効果がある。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の実施の形態に係る自動販売機への商品の補填方法の説明図。
【図２】本発明の実施の形態に係る売上伝票の一実施例。
【符号の説明】
１ 自動販売機
２ 商品展示パネル
３ セレクトボタン
４ コイン投入口
５ 商品取り出し口
６ 赤外線通信送受信部
７ 売上伝票
１１ ハンディターミナル
１２ 操作部
１３ プリント部
１４ 赤外線通信の送受信部[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system and a method for supplementing a vending machine that sells beverages such as soft drinks, beer, etc., packed foods, articles, etc. in cans, bottles, paper containers, etc. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, vending machines have made remarkable progress due to the convenience that anyone can purchase the necessary products anywhere. However, a can or bottle with a heavy weight requires a great deal of labor to replenish the product.
[0003]
The compensation work for this product will be described. In order to supply products to vending machines, multiple types of cans and bottled beverages are taken out from the vehicle and transported to the vending machine. Excess or deficiency occurs.
[0004]
For this reason, veteran route personnel who are responsible for replenishing a large number of vending machines take out the number and types of products (numbers and types determined based on their own experience) that are deemed necessary from the vehicle and turn them into actual vending machines. Compensation while counting the necessary number and variety. After completing the replenishment work while making a note of the compensated number and product type and completing the replenishment work, the product code and quantity on the handy terminal that is the portable terminal carried by the person in charge based on this memo The sales unit price is entered. After the completion of the compensation work, the uncompensated product is returned to the vehicle.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, since the compensation work for the vending machine is a human work such as counting the quantity, there is an error in inputting the product code, quantity, unit sales price to the handy terminal, and counting the necessary supplementary products. Since it is difficult to prevent this, it is inconvenient that the route person in charge must make an error tick after returning to the office and make corrections. In addition, there is an inconvenience that a route person needs to be a skilled person, and an inexperienced person is difficult.
[0006]
The present invention has been made under the circumstances as described above, and the object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can efficiently and easily perform the product replenishment work to the vending machine even if it is inexperienced. It is to provide a product compensation system and method.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a product compensation system and compensation method for a vending machine, and the object of the present invention is to provide means for computing product information including product sales information, and to transmit the computed product information. A vending machine having an optical communication means, and an optical communication means for collecting the product information including the sales information transmitted by the optical communication means in the vending machine and the product information including the sales information of the vending machine. A mobile terminal having information collecting means for collecting the sales information, and further, the mobile terminal aggregates sales data for each column included in the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting means for each product. processing to, and by product sales accounted for the number and by product sales amount in the vending machine along with the representative for each product name of the product, representing the sales total amount in the vending machine 1 slip form information and sold-out information when the loaded product is sold out, and sold out with the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column A first sales slip creation means for creating a sales slip compiled by product including information, and the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collection means by each column, and the column in the vending machine The information of the second slip format indicating the total number of sales in the vending machine, as well as representing the number of recorded sales, the sales amount by column, and the product name of the loaded product loaded in the column for each column, and including sold out time in and the column a sold-out information and the sold-out information representing an shown together with the trade name of loading items of the column if sold out of the loading goods has occurred, the specific column A second sales slip creation means for creating an upper slip, and a sales slip that prints out either the sales slip for each product or the sales slip for each column according to the selection operation by the operator of the portable terminal And printing means.
[0008]
Also, the above object of the present invention is to
The portable terminal, performs a communication process by the optical communication means for successive vending machine, by aggregating the product information group that has been collected from the vending machine by the information collection means for each said item, said This can be achieved more effectively by further comprising means for creating a sales picking table that represents the number of sales recorded by product in successive vending machines.
[0009]
Also, the above object of the present invention is to
The sales information includes a vending machine code that identifies the vending machine, and change information that indicates that a change has occurred in the vending machine, and the portable terminal uses the information collection means to This is achieved more effectively by further comprising means for creating a change-out list indicating the occurrence of change-outs in the vending machine for each vending machine based on the sales information collected from the vending machine .
[0010]
Also, the above object of the present invention is to
A vending machine having means for calculating merchandise information including sales information of merchandise and an optical communication means for transmitting the calculated merchandise information, and a commodity including the sales information transmitted by the optical communication means in the vending machine A method of supplementing products to a vending machine in a system comprising an optical communication means for collecting information and a portable terminal having information collection means for collecting product information including the sales information of the vending machine. And
The portable terminal processes the sales data for each column included in the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting means for each product, and the number of sales recorded for each product and the product in the vending machine. A separate sales amount is represented for each product name of the product, information in the first slip format representing the total sales amount in the vending machine, and sold-out information when the loaded product is sold out A step of creating a sales slip for each product , including sales information representing the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the product loaded in the column, and the portable terminal the product information that was collected from the vending machine in the editing process for each column by the information collection means, do so column of sales recorded the number and the column of sales amount and the column in the vending machine Together represent a trade name of loading items to be every column, second slip format information representing the total sales amount in the vending machine, and, in sold out information when sold out of the loading goods has occurred And creating a sales slip for each column including sold-out information indicating the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column; and A step of printing out either the sales slip for each product or the sales slip for each column in response to a selection operation by an operator of the machine.
[0011]
The above object of the present invention is to
Said portable terminal, and performing the communication processing by the optical communication means for successive vending machine, the portable terminal, the product information group that has been collected from the vending machine by said information collecting means Product This is achieved more effectively by further comprising the step of separately calculating and generating and printing out a sales picking table that represents the number of sales recorded by product in the continuous vending machine.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a vending machine, and various products sold by the vending machine 1 are displayed above the vending machine 1. The displayed product display panel 2 is formed. Below the product display panel 2, select buttons 3 corresponding to various products displayed are provided, and by operating the select button 3, a required product can be selected. Below the select button 3, a coin slot 4 and a bill slot (not shown) are provided. Reference numeral 5 denotes a product take-out port provided below the coin insertion port 4.
[0014]
The vending machine 1 has infrared communication means, and is connected to a handy terminal 11 that is an external portable terminal described later by infrared communication. Reference numeral 6 denotes an infrared communication transmitting / receiving unit that receives information by infrared communication, which is an example of optical communication from the handy terminal 11, and transmits information from the vending machine 1 to the handy terminal 11.
[0015]
Reference numeral 11 denotes a handy terminal having an infrared communication means which is a portable terminal operated from the outside, and an operation unit 12 is provided above the handy terminal. The operation unit 12 performs an operation for sending information by infrared communication from the handy terminal 11 to the vending machine 1 and an operation for receiving and printing out information from the vending machine 1. . A printing unit 13 is provided below the operation unit 12 and receives information from the vending machine 1 to print out. An infrared transmission / reception unit 14 transmits information from the handy terminal 11 to the vending machine 1 and receives information from the vending machine 1.
[0016]
The vending machine 1 incorporates Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association (JVMA) specification software (offline, not shown), and a handy terminal carried by the vending machine 1 and a route person using the software. The handy terminal 11 calculates and collects sales data for each vending machine column.
[0017]
In this handy terminal 11, by instructing the vending machine, the “vending machine initialization setting” is performed to initialize the sales information. Vending machine code (customer code) setting (with password) to grasp the sales volume from the next visit.
[0018]
At the same time, a product code is set for each column (a product code for each column in accordance with the JVMA specification). When sales information is initialized, an information clear slip is printed. When changing the product code for each column, it is also possible to select and change only a specific column number.
[0019]
The handy terminal 11 can output a “product setting table”. Column by product code that is set to the vending machine, and outputs a list of the sales price set (to allow for confirmation in the paper pace).
[0020]
The handy terminal 11 can perform “sales data automatic collection processing”. That is, data communication processing is performed, a sales slip is printed after the communication processing is completed, and sales information (sales, change out, sold out) is initialized. You can select whether to print sales slips of “by column” or “total by product”, and the “by column” shows how many columns should be replenished at the time of product compensation. The “total by product” is easy to understand when taking out products from a vehicle.
[0021]
In addition, the handy terminal 11 can print “sold out information” when sold out at the time of printing a slip from “sold out time information” in the specification. Although it is a minute unit in the specification, it is converted to 0: 0 to make confirmation easy.
[0022]
In addition, the handy terminal 11 can print a “commodity payout summary table”. This is can be also utilized as a list of the next loading of goods quantities paid out than the same day as the amount of the vehicle as well as a possible use as auxiliary material.
[0023]
In the handy terminal 11, a “sales picking table” is possible. This can be used to perform communication processing (recording sales) on a series of vending machines and taking out products from a vehicle collectively, and can also be used as a function table for each product for sales recording slips.
[0024]
In addition handy terminal 11, "change out list" it can be printed. This is output in the change switching table which has been treated with handy terminal on the day, customer-specific, for each column number.
[0025]
In such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, when a person in charge of traveling around the vending machine FIG. 1 supplies goods to the vending machine 1, first, the operation unit 12 of the portable handy terminal 11 is operated. And enter the vending machine code. When a code is input from the vending machine 11, information is transmitted from the infrared communication transmitting / receiving unit 14 to the vending machine 11 by infrared communication. Information from the handy terminal 11 is received by the infrared communication transceiver 6 of the vending machine 1. When the information from the handy terminal 11 is received by the infrared communication transmitting / receiving unit 6, the product information such as the sales information of the product recorded by the function of the software stored in the vending machine 11 is obtained by optical communication. It is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 6 of the vending machine 11.
[0026]
Product information such as sales information of products transmitted from the vending machine 1 is received by the infrared communication transmitting / receiving unit 14 of the handy terminal 11 and collected by the handy terminal 14. The collected product information from the vending machine 1 is collected by the information collecting means, and the product information collected by the information collecting means is printed out from the portable terminal 11 by the printing unit 13 which is a sales slip printing means. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, “sales number recorded by vending machine column” or “number sales counted by product” can be printed as the sales slip 7. Based on the printed slip, the person in charge of the route takes out only necessary products from the vehicle and makes up for the vending machine 1. In addition, when “sold out time by column” or “out of change” information is generated, it is printed together with the sales slip, so that the person in charge of the route can perform an appropriate column layout.
[0027]
When implementing the method of product compensation to the vending machine of the present invention, in order to create information by infrared communication, erroneous input (product code, quantity, unit sales price) to the handy terminal 11 and the number of products to be compensated Since there is no work to count, there is no error in recording sales.
[0028]
Moreover, as shown in the table below, the input work to the handy terminal 11 was shortened by about 2 minutes per vending machine, and as a result, the business results improved.
[0029]
[Table 1]

[0030]
【Effect of the invention】
As described above, according to the present invention, the vending machine to which the product is delivered and the external mobile terminal are connected by optical communication, and the product information such as the sales of the product from the vending machine is optically communicated. Since the product information such as sales is generated by optical communication using the mobile terminal device, there is no work to input the product code, product quantity, unit sales price, etc. to the mobile terminal device or to count the supplementary products This has the effect of not causing any sales error.
[0031]
In addition, the input work to the handy terminal is shortened, and as a result, the business results are improved.
[0032]
Furthermore, since there is no need to count the necessary supplementary products for the vending machine and to fill in the memo, there is an effect that the route person in charge does not have to be an expert.
[0033]
In addition, it is not necessary to memorize the product code, and it is not necessary to take out the product from the vehicle based on experience values. As a result, the work efficiency is improved.
[0034]
In addition, because it is possible to grasp sold-out information by column, it is possible to arrange appropriate columns for the best-selling products, so there is no loss of sales and sales are increased. There is an effect that a route visit can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a method for supplementing goods to a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a sales slip according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 2 Product display panel 3 Select button 4 Coin slot 5 Product take-out port 6 Infrared communication transmission / reception part 7 Sales slip 11 Handy terminal 12 Operation part 13 Print part 14 Infrared communication transmission / reception part

Claims (5)

A vending machine having means for calculating merchandise information including sales information of merchandise and an optical communication means for transmitting the calculated merchandise information, and a commodity including the sales information transmitted by the optical communication means in the vending machine An optical communication means for collecting information and a portable terminal having information collection means for collecting product information including the sales information of the vending machine, and
The portable terminal is
The sales data for each column included in the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting means is tabulated for each product, and the number of sales recorded for each product in the vending machine and the sales amount for each product are calculated. This column shows information for each product name of the product, information in the first slip format indicating the total sales amount in the vending machine, and sold-out information when the loaded product is sold out, and the column A first sales slip creation means for creating a sales slip for each product, which includes sold-out information indicating the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column ;
The product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting unit is edited for each column, and the number of sales recorded by column in the vending machine, the sales amount by column, and the loaded product loaded in the column The product name is displayed for each column, the information in the second slip format indicating the total sales amount in the vending machine, and the sold-out information when the loaded product is sold out. Second sales voucher creation means for creating a sales voucher for each column , including sold-out information indicating the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column;
In response to a selection operation by an operator of the mobile terminal, a sales slip printing unit that prints out either the sales slip for each product or the sales slip for each column;
A system for supplying goods to a vending machine, characterized by comprising: The portable terminal, performs a communication process by the optical communication means for successive vending machine, by aggregating the product information group that has been collected from the vending machine by the information collection means for each said item, said 2. The system for supplementing goods to a vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for creating a sales picking table representing the number of sales recorded for each product in a continuous vending machine. The sales information includes a vending machine code that identifies the vending machine, and change information that indicates that a change has occurred in the vending machine, and the portable terminal uses the information collection means to 2. The automatic change means according to claim 1 , further comprising means for creating a change-out list indicating the occurrence of change-out in the vending machine for each vending machine based on the sales information collected from the vending machine. A product compensation system for vending machines. A vending machine having means for calculating merchandise information including sales information of merchandise and an optical communication means for transmitting the calculated merchandise information, and a commodity including the sales information transmitted by the optical communication means in the vending machine A method of supplementing products to a vending machine in a system comprising an optical communication means for collecting information and a portable terminal having information collection means for collecting product information including the sales information of the vending machine. And
The portable terminal processes the sales data for each column included in the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting means for each product, and the number of sales recorded for each product and the product in the vending machine. A separate sales amount is represented for each product name of the product, information in the first slip format representing the total sales amount in the vending machine, and sold-out information when the loaded product is sold out And a step of creating a sales slip for each product including sold-out information that includes the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column .
The portable terminal edits the product information collected from the vending machine by the information collecting unit for each column, and records the number of sales by column in the vending machine, the sales amount by column, and the column. The product name of the loaded product to be loaded is indicated for each column, the information in the second slip format indicating the total sales amount in the vending machine, and the sold-out information when the sold product is sold out A step of creating a sales slip for each column including sold-out information indicating the sold-out time in the column and the product name of the loaded product in the column;
The portable terminal prints out either the sales slip for each product or the sales slip for each column according to a selection operation by an operator of the mobile terminal;
A method for supplying goods to a vending machine, characterized by comprising: Said portable terminal, and performing the communication processing by the optical communication means for successive vending machine, the portable terminal, the product information group that has been collected from the vending machine by said information collecting means Product 5. The vending machine according to claim 4 , further comprising a step of separately calculating and generating and printing out a sales picking table that represents the number of sales recorded for each product in the continuous vending machine. The method of filling the machine with goods.

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