JP5401432B2 - Merchandise sales processing apparatus and control program - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a merchandise sales processing apparatus and a control program that process a payment for a merchandise that a customer intends to purchase at various stores.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a retail store such as a supermarket, a merchandise sales processing device such as a POS (Point Of Sales) system or an ECR (Electric Cash Register) is used for settlement processing of merchandise that a customer intends to purchase.

  This type of device accepts input of information (hereinafter referred to as product data) related to a product that a customer intends to purchase, stores the input product data in a memory, and stores the product stored in the memory within one transaction. The total price of the transaction is calculated based on the data, and the payment of the price by cash, credit card, electronic money or the like is accepted, and one transaction is settled.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-269460

  Depending on the store, the clerk who operates the merchandise sales processing device measures the time (product registration time) for the processing related to the input of product data and the time for payment processing such as payment (closing registration time). May be useful for skill evaluation. At present, when measuring the time as described above, it is manually measured using a stopwatch or a clock. In addition, the measured time is recorded by manually entering the computer. As described above, it is troublesome to perform time measurement and result recording manually, and it is not accurate.

  Under these circumstances, it is necessary to take measures for easily managing various times related to processing using the merchandise sales processing apparatus without taking time and easily managing them.

The merchandise sales processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes an input unit, a settlement processing unit, a condition storage unit, a timing unit, and a time storage unit.
The input means inputs product data of a product to be sold. The settlement processing means settles the price using the product data input by the input means within one transaction. The condition storage means stores timing conditions that define the start timing and end timing of product data input by the input means and the start timing and end timing of the settlement process by the settlement processing section. The time measuring means measures at least one of a time required for product data input by the input means and a time required for the checkout process by the checkout processing means based on the timekeeping condition stored in the condition storage means . The time storage means stores the time measured by the time measuring means.

The schematic diagram which shows roughly the structure of the accounting field etc. of the retail store in one Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the POS system in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the person in charge registration process in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the sales process (one person system) in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the sales process (two-person system) in the embodiment. The flowchart of the time measuring process in the embodiment. The figure which shows the conditions described in the timing pattern file in the embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows the data structural example of the time measurement result file in the embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the present embodiment, as an example of the merchandise sales processing apparatus, a POS system installed in an accounting area of a retail store such as a supermarket is exemplified.

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the configuration of the retail store accounting office and the like. The POS system according to this embodiment includes a POS terminal 1 and a scanner device 2.

  The scanner device 2 is a device mainly used for inputting commodity data such as a PLU (Price Look Up) code, and is placed on a long register counter 3. The checkout lane through which the customer passes is formed by the cashier counter 3, and the opposite side of the lane across the cashier counter 3 is the standing position of the clerk who operates the POS terminal 1 and the scanner device 2.

  The POS terminal 1 is an apparatus used mainly for the payment of the price based on the PLU code input by the scanner apparatus 2, and is mounted on the mounting table 4 provided on the standing position side of the store clerk. The POS terminal 1 is connected to a server 5 such as a store controller of the retail store via a LAN (Local Area Network). The server 5 is composed of devices such as a computer and a printer provided with input means and display means.

  A customer shopping at the retail store stores the products displayed on the product shelves in the store in the shopping basket 6 and moves them to the accounting office, and places the shopping basket 6 on the cashier counter 3 (right side shown in the figure). Shopping basket 6). In response to this, the store clerk inputs the PLU code of each product stored in the shopping basket 6 placed on the checkout counter with the scanner device 2. The product for which the PLU code has been entered is moved to another shopping basket 6 (the left shopping basket 6 shown in the figure). Thereafter, the store clerk accepts payment by cash or a card through the POS terminal 1. When the payment is completed, the customer moves to the bagging area with the other shopping basket 6 and changes the merchandise to a shopping bag or the like and leaves the store.

  The POS system is a one-person system in which one clerk operates the POS terminal 1 and the scanner device 2, or two clerk who share the operations of the POS terminal 1 and the scanner device 2, respectively. It is operated in either system.

[POS system configuration]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the POS system.
The POS terminal 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100 that functions as a control center. The CPU 100 includes a memory 101, a clock circuit 102, a communication unit 103, a connection I / F (Interface) 104, a keyboard controller 105, a display controller 106, a card reader controller 107, a printer controller 108, and a scanner controller 109. And a bus line 110 constituted by a data bus. Further, a keyboard 111 is connected to the keyboard controller 105, a store clerk display 112 and a customer display 113 are connected to the display controller 106, a card reader 114 is connected to the card reader controller 107, and a receipt printer 115 is connected to the printer controller 108. The handy scanner 116 is connected to the scanner controller 109.

  The memory 101 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, stores fixed data such as a control program executed by the CPU 100, and has various working memory areas depending on the processing scene. Form. In the present embodiment, a product master 121, a person in charge master 122, a timing pattern file 123, and a timing result file 124 are stored in the memory 101. The product master 121 is configured by a record in which the name and unit price of the product are associated with the PLU code of each product. The person-in-charge master 122 is configured by a record in which the name of the store clerk is associated with a specific person-in-charge code assigned to the store clerk of the retail store. The timing pattern file 123 functions as a condition storage unit in the present embodiment, and describes conditions for defining the start timing and end timing of product data input, and the start timing and end timing of settlement processing. (See FIG. 7). Details will be described later in the description of the timing process. The time measurement result file 124 functions as a time storage unit in the present embodiment, and is configured by a record in which the product registration time, the closing registration time, and the like timed in the time measurement process are accumulated and stored for each person responsible code. (See FIG. 8).

  The clock circuit 102 measures time in units of, for example, year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. The communication unit 103 controls communication with the server 5 performed via the LAN.

  The keyboard 111 includes a subtotal key 131 for inputting a subtotal instruction, a clear key 132 for inputting a clear instruction for the input data, a current total key 133 for inputting a current total instruction, a credit key 134 for inputting a total meter instruction, a hold A hold key 135 for inputting an instruction and a cancel key 136 for inputting an instruction for canceling a payment method once selected are configured. The keyboard controller 105 receives the key signal output from the keyboard 111, determines the type of the pressed key, and notifies the CPU 100 of it.

  The store clerk side display 112 is provided with a touch panel on a display surface of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and the display surface is directed to the standing position side of the store clerk. The customer side display 113 is composed of a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display), and its display surface is directed to the checkout lane side. The display controller 106 controls information display on the displays 112 and 113.

  The card reader 114 is an IC type or magnetic type card reader that reads card information recorded on a credit card, a point card, or the like. The card reader controller 107 takes in the card information read by the card reader 114 and notifies the CPU 100 of it.

  The receipt printer 115 issues a receipt, a credit slip, or the like on which accounting details are printed. The printer controller 108 drives the receipt printer 115 in response to a command from the CPU 100.

  The handy scanner 116 is a handy type scanner that optically reads a bar code attached to a product or the like and generates code information indicated by the bar code. The scanner controller 109 takes in the code information generated by the handy scanner 116 and notifies the CPU 100 of it.

  The scanner device 2 includes a CPU 200 that functions as a control center. A memory 201, a connection I / F 202, a keyboard controller 203, a display controller 204, and a scanner controller 205 are connected to the CPU 200 via a bus line 206 constituted by an address bus and a data bus. Further, a keyboard 207 is connected to the keyboard controller 203, a customer display 208 is connected to the display controller 204, and a fixed scanner 209 is connected to the scanner controller 205. Note that the POS terminal 1 and the scanner device 2 are connected for communication via connection I / Fs 104 and 202.

  The memory 201 is composed of a ROM, a RAM, and the like, stores fixed data such as a control program executed by the CPU 200, and forms various working memory areas according to processing scenes.

  The keyboard 207 includes a subtotal key 231 for inputting a subtotal instruction, a clear key 232 for inputting a clear instruction for the input data, a total key 233 for inputting a temporary tightening instruction for product registration, and an addition for inputting a product registration addition instruction. It consists of a key 234 and the like. The keyboard controller 203 receives the key signal output from the keyboard 207, determines the type of the pressed key, and notifies the CPU 200 of it. Note that a display with a touch panel may be provided instead of the keyboard 207, and the keys 231 to 234 and the like may be displayed on the display.

  The customer-side display 208 is composed of a VFD, and its display surface is directed to the checkout lane side. The display controller 204 controls information display on the customer side display 208.

  The fixed scanner 209 is a so-called vertical scanner that optically reads a barcode put on a reading window provided on a standing surface on the clerk side of the scanner device 2 and generates code information indicated by the barcode. . The scanner controller 205 captures code information generated by the fixed scanner 209 and notifies the CPU 200 of the code information.

[Responsible person registration process]
In order to sell a product using the POS system, it is necessary to first register a person responsible for operation by executing a person responsible registration process (responsible person registration means). FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a basic flow of the responsible person registration process. This process is realized by the CPU 100 of the POS terminal 1 executing a control program stored in the memory 101.

  When the responsible person registration key provided on the keyboard 111 is depressed, the process is started. First, a message prompting the selection of the one-person / two-person system is displayed on the store clerk side display 112, and the operation of the keyboard 111 or the store clerk side display is displayed. Selection by a touch operation on 112 is accepted (step S101). When either the one-person system or the two-person system is selected, the input of the responsible person code by operating the keyboard 111 or reading the barcode attached to the name tag of the store clerk by the handy scanner 116 is accepted (step S102). At this time, if the one-person system is selected in the process of step S101, the input of the responsible person code for one person is accepted. If the two-person system is selected, two persons, that is, the POS terminal 1 is accepted. The input of the responsible person's code of the person who operates (Casher) and the person who operates the scanner device 2 (Checker) is accepted. If the responsible person code is inputted, a responsible person registration area is formed in the memory 101, and the inputted responsible person code is registered in this area (step S103). At this time, if the two-person system is selected in step S101, the responsible person code inputted in step S102 can identify whether each responsible person is a checker or a cashier. It is memorized as follows. Thus, as the person-in-charge code is registered in the person-in-charge registration area, the store clerk indicated by the person-in-charge code is registered as the person in charge of operation, and the CPU 100 ends the person-in-charge registration process.

[Product sales processing]
When the person in charge of operation is registered through the person-in-charge registration process, merchandise sales processing can be performed. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the basic flow of the sales process when the single person system is selected. This process is realized by the CPU 100 of the POS terminal 1 executing the control program stored in the memory 101 and the CPU 200 of the scanner apparatus 2 executing the control program stored in the memory 201.

  At the beginning of the sales process, first, registration of a product to be purchased by a customer is accepted (step S201). At this time, when a PLU code is input by reading a barcode attached to a product using the fixed scanner 209, the PLU code is sent to the POS terminal 1, and a product name or a name corresponding to the PLU code is sent. The unit price is extracted from the product master 121. The extracted information is registered in the transaction product registration area formed in the memory 101.

  The process in step S201 is continuously executed until the subtotal keys 131 and 231 are pressed (No in step S202). When one of the subtotal keys 131, 231 is depressed (Yes in step S202), the total price is calculated based on the information registered in the product registration area so far and displayed on each display 112, 113, 208. Is done. Thereafter, as in step S201, product registration is accepted (step S203), and payment for the price is accepted (step S204). When a new product is registered here (Yes in step S205), the process returns to step S201, and the product registration is accepted again, and the subtotal keys 131 and 231 are awaited (No in step S202). That is, after the product is registered immediately before, the processing related to payment of the price cannot be performed unless the subtotal keys 131 and 231 are depressed.

  The price can be paid, for example, with cash and a credit card. In the case of payment by cash, the store clerk inputs a deposit amount from the customer by operating the keyboard 111 of the POS terminal 1 or touching the store clerk side display 112 and depresses the current key 133. In the case of payment by credit card, the store clerk causes the card reader 114 to read the credit card deposited from the customer, receives the PIN number via a pin pad (not shown) if necessary, and presses the credit key 134. Lower. Note that an electronic money reader may be connected to the POS terminal 1 to enable payment with electronic money.

  After the subtotal keys 131 and 231 are pressed, if a price is paid without newly registering a product (Yes in step S206), a receipt printed with information registered in the product registration area in the transaction Or a credit slip is issued from the receipt printer 115 (step S207). Thereafter, the CPU 100 executes a time measuring process for measuring the time required for product data input (product registration time) and the time required for the payment settlement process (closing registration time) (step S208), and the series of sales processing is completed. The timing process will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, the sales process when selecting the two-person system will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the basic flow of the sales process when the two-person system is selected. This process is realized by the CPU 100 of the POS terminal 1 executing the control program stored in the memory 101 and the CPU 200 of the scanner apparatus 2 executing the control program stored in the memory 201.

  At the beginning of the sales process, first, registration of a product to be purchased by a customer is accepted (step S301). At this time, when a store clerk operating the scanner device 2 inputs a PLU code by reading a barcode attached to a product using the fixed scanner 209, the PLU code is sent to the POS terminal 1, and this The product name and unit price corresponding to the PLU code are extracted from the product master 121. The extracted information is registered in the transaction product registration area formed in the memory 101.

  The process in step S301 is continuously executed until the total key 233 is pressed (No in step S302). When the store clerk operating the scanner device 2 depresses the total key 233 (Yes in step S302), the total price is calculated based on the information registered in the product registration area so far, and the customer-side display of the scanner device 2 is displayed. 208 is displayed (temporary tightening). The PLU code input to the scanner device 2 after the temporary fastening is handled as a PLU code of a product purchased by the next customer.

  After the temporary tightening, the POS terminal 1 waits for the subtotal key 131 to be pressed (No in step S304), and when the subtotal key 131 is pressed (Yes in step S304), Information registered in the registration area is read by the CPU 100 of the POS terminal 1 (temporary closing call), and the total price calculated based on each information is displayed on the displays 112 and 113 of the POS terminal 1 (step S305). ). Thereafter, product registration is accepted at the POS terminal 1 (step S306), and payment for the price is accepted (step S307). Here, when a clerk operating the POS terminal 1 reads the barcode attached to the product using the handy scanner 116 and inputs a PLU code, and a new product is registered (Yes in step S308), While the product registration is continuously accepted by the POS terminal 1 (step S309), the subtotal key 131 is awaited to be pressed (No in step S310). In other words, when a new product is registered in the POS terminal 1 after the temporary closing call, processing related to payment cannot be performed unless the subtotal key 131 is pressed.

  The price can be paid with cash and a credit card as in the case of the one person system. After the temporary tightening call or after a new product is registered, the subtotal key 131 is pressed (Yes in step S310), and the price is paid without newly registering the product (No in step S308). A receipt or a credit slip printed with the information registered in the product registration area in the transaction is issued from the receipt printer 115 (step S312). Thereafter, the CPU 100 executes a time measurement process (step S313), and the series of sales processes ends.

  The operations of the CPUs 100 and 200 in steps S201, S203, S301, S306, and S309, the scanners 116 and 209, and the like constitute input means for inputting a PLU code that is product data of a product to be sold.

  In addition, the operation of the CPU 100 in steps S204 and S307, the keyboard 111, the store clerk side display 112, the card reader 114, and the like constitute a settlement processing unit that settles the price using the product data input by the input unit.

[Timekeeping process]
Next, the timing process (steps S208 and S313: timing means) will be described.

  During execution of the sales process shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the CPU 100 acquires the time from the clock circuit 102 at a timing when a predetermined operation is performed, and stores the acquired time in the memory 101 together with the type of the operation. Yes. The predetermined operation is performed by, for example, operating the keys 131 to 136 provided on the keyboard 111, operating the keys 231 to 234 provided on the keyboard 207, touching the store clerk display 112, scanners 116 and 209, and the like. For example, input of a PLU code.

  In the timing process, the time required for product registration (product registration time) and the time required for settlement processing (tightening registration time) based on the type of each operation stored in the memory 101 and the time when each operation was performed. Is timed. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the timing process. This process is realized by the CPU 100 of the POS terminal 1 executing a control program stored in the memory 101.

  At the beginning of the process, first, the product registration time and the closing registration time are determined based on a predetermined operation type stored in the memory 101 and a time when the operation is performed in a series of sales processing (step S401). For this process, a timing pattern file 123 is used.

  The conditions described in the timing pattern file 123 will be described with reference to FIG. The conditions described in the timing pattern file 123 are set so that the following nine timing patterns (a) to (i) are satisfied.

(A) Basic pattern of one person system After the first operation, the time until the subtotal input (subtotal key 131, 231 pressed) is made the product registration time. After the subtotal is input, the transaction is completed (current total key 133, credit meter) The time until the key 134 is pressed is set as the registration time.

(B) Pattern when the subtotal key is pressed a plurality of times for one person As is apparent from FIG. 4, the subtotal keys 131 and 231 may be pressed a plurality of times in the sales process. In such a case, after the first operation, until the last subtotal input (subtotal key 131, 231 pressed) is made as the product registration time, after the last subtotal input, the transaction is completed (current total key 133, credit meter The time until the key 134 is pressed is set as the registration time.

(C) Pattern when the clear key is pressed When the clear key 132 is pressed during the sales process, the products registered so far are canceled and the sales process is initialized (initialized). In view of this, when the clear key 132 is pressed, the time required for the processing so far is excluded from the product registration time and the closing registration time, and the product registration time is counted from the first operation thereafter.

(D) Pattern including hold When the hold key 135 is pushed down during the sales process, the sale process is temporarily suspended (hold start), and when the hold key 135 is pushed down again, the sale process is resumed. (Pending call) In view of this, the time from the hold start to the hold call is excluded from the product registration time and the closing registration time. Note that it is possible to hold operations even after entering the customer segment (customer age, gender, etc.) by operating the keyboard 111, etc., but it is possible to input the amount of cash deposited from the customer and read the credit card (tight media registration). After that, hold operations are prohibited.

(E) Basic pattern of two-person system After the first operation, the product registration time is from the temporary tightening (total key 233 pressed), and after the temporary tightening call (subtotal key 131 pressed), the transaction is completed (current total key) (133, push down of the trust key 134) is set as the registration time.

(F) Pattern when Two-Sub System Subtotal Key is Pressed As is apparent from FIG. 5, the subtotal key 131 may be pressed multiple times after a temporary tightening call. In such a case, after the temporary tightening call (subtotal key 131 is pressed) and until the last subtotal input (subtotal key 131 is pressed) is made the product registration time, after the last subtotal input, the transaction is completed (current The time until the total key 133, the push down of the radiometer key 134) is set as the registration time.

(G) Pattern when additional key is pressed (No additional product registration)
In the two-person sales process, when the additional key 234 is depressed after calling the temporary closing, the scanner device 2 accepts additional registration of a product. Thereafter, when the additional key 234 is pressed again, the acceptance of the additional registration ends. When the additional key 234 is pressed down and the acceptance of the additional registration is completed without additional registration of the product, additional registration starts (the first additional key 234 is pressed down) after a temporary tightening call (subtotal key 131 is pressed down) ) Is the closing registration time, and the product registration time is from the start of additional registration to the end of additional registration (the second additional key 234 is pressed), and the transaction is completed from the end of additional registration (current key 133, credit key 134 is pressed) ) Until the registration time.

(H) Pattern when additional key is pressed (additional product registration is available)
In the two-person sales process, when the additional key 234 is pressed down and the product is additionally registered after the temporary tightening call, after the temporary tightening call (subtotal key 131 is pressed), the final subtotal is received after acceptance of additional registration. The period until the input (subtotal key 131 is pressed) is the product registration time, and after the last subtotal input, the transaction is completed (the current total key 133 and the credit key 134 are pressed) as the closing registration time.

(I) Pattern when the cancel key is pressed after registering the closing media When the payment is accepted (steps S204 and S307), the amount of cash deposited from the customer and the reading of the credit card (closing media registration) are performed. After that, when the cancel key 136 is depressed, the input amount or information read from the credit card is canceled (media batch cancellation), and when the subtotal key 131 is subsequently depressed, the payment is accepted again. In this case, after the initial operation, the product registration time is from the subtotal input (subtotal key 131 pressed) after canceling the batch of media until the subtotal is input and the transaction is completed (current key 133, credit key 134 pressed). To the registration time.

  In order to satisfy such conditions (a) to (i), the product registration time and the closing registration time in the transaction are determined in the process of step S401. Then, the time measurement result file 124 is updated using the determined product registration time and closing registration time (steps S402 and S403).

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the time measurement result file 124. The time measurement result file 124 is composed of records for each responsible person code as described above. As shown in the figure, each record includes a storage area for the responsible person code “responsible person code”, a storage area for “product registration time” and “product registration point” “checker measurement”, “tightening registration time” and “number of customers”. Storage area “casher measurement”. In the “product registration score”, the number of products sold in the transaction for which the product registration time is measured is accumulated and stored, and in the “customer number”, the number of transactions for which the closing registration time is measured is stored.

  In the process of step S402 when the single person system is selected, the product registration time counted in step S401 is added to the “product registration time” of the record in which the manager code of the store clerk who is registering the manager is described. The number of products sold in the transaction measuring the product registration time is added to the “registration score”. In addition, in the process of step S402 when the two-person system is selected, the product registration time counted in step S401 is added to the “product registration time” of the record in which the responsible person code of the checker being registered is described, The number of products sold in the transaction for measuring the product registration time is added to the “product registration score”.

  In addition, in the process of step S403 at the time of selection of one person system, the closing registration time measured in step S401 is added to the “closing registration time” of the record in which the responsible person code of the clerk who is registering the responsible person is described, “Number of customers” is incremented by one. In addition, in the process of step S403 when the two-person system is selected, the closing registration time measured in step S401 is added to the “closing registration time” of the record in which the responsible person code of the cashier who is in charge of registration is described, “Number of customers” is incremented by one.

  As a result of updating the time measurement result file 124 in this way, a series of time measurement processing ends. Note that the data of the time measurement result file 124 is retained as it is even after the power supply to the POS terminal 1 is stopped or the system is restarted. However, the timing result file 124 is transmitted from the POS terminal 1 to the server 5 at a predetermined timing determined after the end of the day's business, and the data of the timing result file 124 in the memory 101 is cleared. The server 5 stores and manages the time measurement result file 124 received from the POS terminal 1, for example, every business day.

  The administrator of the server 5 operates the keyboard or the like of the server 5 and can analyze the clerk's ability using the time measurement result file 124 received from the POS terminal 1 in the past. For example, the average product registration time per product can be calculated by dividing the product registration time described in a record by the number of product registration points, and the average deadline registration time per transaction can be calculated by dividing the closing registration time by the number of customers. it can. By using the average time calculated in this way, it is possible to accurately evaluate each store clerk's ability as a checker and ability as a cashier.

  As described above, in the POS system according to the present embodiment, the product registration time, which is the time required for product data input using the scanner device 2 or the like, and the checkout process for adjusting the price using the input product data are required. The closing registration time, which is the time, is counted and stored in the timing result file 124. With this configuration, there is no need to manually measure the product registration time and the closing registration time using a stopwatch or a clock, and it becomes easy to collect judgment elements used for skill evaluation of the store clerk.

  The product registration time and the closing registration time are counted for each transaction, and the time registration file 124 accumulates and stores the product registration time and the closing registration time for each transaction, as well as the number of products and the number of transactions sold in each transaction. (Number of customers) is also stored cumulatively. With this configuration, it is possible to easily grasp the product registration time, the closing registration time, the number of products sold, and the number of transactions in a plurality of transactions. In addition, if the product registration time and the number of products stored in the time measurement result file 124 are used, as described above, the average product registration time per product from the time when the data of the time measurement result file 124 was previously cleared to the present is easy. If the closing registration time and the number of transactions are used, the average closing registration time per transaction from the time when the data in the time measurement result file 124 was cleared last time to the present can be easily calculated. It becomes easy.

  The product registration time and the closing registration time are registered based on the start timing and end timing of product data input specified by the conditions described in the timing pattern file 123, and the start timing and end timing of the checkout process. Timing time and closing registration time. By comprising in this way, the time which should be handled as goods registration time and closing registration time in each transaction is unified, and exact time measurement is attained. In addition, by appropriately changing the conditions described in the timing pattern file 123, it is possible to set the product registration time and the closing registration time suitable for the store operation.

  In addition, the timely registered product registration time and closing registration time are stored in the time measurement result file 124 for each store clerk who is in charge of manager registration. By comprising in this way, skill evaluation for every shop assistant becomes easier.

The configuration disclosed in the above embodiment can be variously modified. Specific examples of modifications are as follows.
(1) In the above embodiment, a POS system including the POS terminal 1 and the scanner device 2 is illustrated as one aspect of the merchandise sales processing device. However, the configuration relating to the time measurement of the product registration time and the closing registration time disclosed in the above embodiment is a POS terminal or ECR to which a device corresponding to the scanner device 2 is not connected, or a card payment terminal specialized for card payment. You may apply to. In other words, the merchandise sales processing apparatus is a concept including not only the POS system but also a POS terminal, an ECR, a card payment terminal, and the like to which a device corresponding to the scanner device 2 is not connected.

(2) In the above embodiment, it has been described that the control program for registration processing, sales processing, and timing processing is stored in the memory 101 in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each control program may be downloaded from the network to the POS terminal 1, or the same function stored in the recording medium may be installed in the POS terminal 1. As a recording medium, any form may be used as long as it can use a CD-ROM or the like and can be read by the POS terminal 1. In addition, the function obtained by installing or downloading in advance may be realized in cooperation with an OS (Operating System) in the POS terminal 1 or the like.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the case where both the product registration time and the closing registration time are measured in the time measurement process has been described. However, only one of the product registration time and the closing registration time may be timed in the time measurement process.

(4) In the above embodiment, the case where the product registration time and the closing registration time are cumulatively stored for each clerk registered as the operation manager is illustrated. However, the product registration time and the closing registration time may be stored cumulatively without distinguishing the store clerk. Moreover, you may memorize | store merchandise registration time and closing registration time for every transaction, without memorize | storing cumulatively.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.
The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application is appended below.
[1] Input means for inputting product data of a product to be sold, settlement processing means for performing payment processing using the product data input by the input means within one transaction, and products by the product data input means It is characterized by comprising time measuring means for measuring at least one of the required time for data input and the time required for the adjustment processing by the adjustment processing means, and time storage means for storing the time measured by the time measuring means. Merchandise sales processing equipment.
[2] The time measuring means measures the time required for the product data input for each transaction, and the time storage means accumulates and stores the time required for the product data input in each transaction, and the required time for the product data input. The product sales processing device according to [1] above, wherein the number of products sold in a timed transaction is accumulated and stored.
[3] The time counting means measures the time required for the settlement processing by the settlement processing means for each transaction, and the time storage means accumulates and stores the time required for the settlement processing in each transaction. The merchandise sales processing apparatus according to [1], wherein the number of transactions for which the required time is measured is stored.
[4] The apparatus further includes a condition storage unit that stores a timing condition that defines a start timing and an end timing of the product data input and a start timing and an end timing of the checkout process, and the timing unit is included in the condition storage unit. The product sales processing device according to [1], wherein at least one of the time required for the product data input and the time required for the checkout process is measured based on the stored timing condition.
[5] It further comprises a responsible person registration means for registering the responsible person for operation of the merchandise sales processing device, and the time storage means is timed by the time keeping means for each responsible person registered by the responsible person registration means. The product sales processing device according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the time required is stored.
[6] Control of a merchandise sales processing apparatus comprising input means for inputting merchandise data of merchandise to be sold, and settlement processing means for settlement of the price using the merchandise data input by the input means within one transaction. A time measuring function for measuring at least one of a time required for commodity data input by the commodity data input means and a time required for the settlement processing by the settlement processing means, and a predetermined storage means for the time counted by the timing function. A control program for realizing a time storage function stored in the memory.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... POS terminal, 2 ... Scanner apparatus, 100, 200 ... CPU, 101, 201 ... Memory, 102 ... Clock circuit, 111, 207 ... Keyboard, 114 ... Card reader, 116 ... Handy scanner, 123 ... Timekeeping pattern file, 124 ... Timekeeping result file, 209 ... Fixed scanner

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An input means for entering the product data of the product to be sold;
A settlement processing means for performing settlement processing for the price using the product data input by the input means within one transaction;
Condition storage means for storing timing conditions that define the start timing and end timing of product data input by the input means, and the start timing and end timing of the settlement process by the settlement processing section;
A counting means for counting at least one of the time required for settlement processing by the time required and the settlement processing means of the product data input by the entering force means based on the timing condition stored in the condition storage means,
Time storage means for storing the time measured by the time measuring means;
A product sales processing apparatus characterized by comprising:   The time measuring means measures the time required for the product data input for each transaction, and the time storage means accumulates and stores the time required for the product data input in each transaction, and measures the time required for the product data input. The merchandise sales processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of merchandise sold in the transaction is cumulatively stored.   The time measuring means measures the time required for the settlement processing by the settlement processing means for each transaction, the time storage means accumulates and stores the time required for the settlement processing in each transaction, and calculates the time required for the settlement processing. The merchandise sales processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of transactions counted is stored. The apparatus further comprises a selection means for selecting one of a one-person system for operating the commodity sales processing apparatus by one person and a two-person system for operating the commodity sales processing apparatus by two persons,
The condition storage means stores the timing condition relating to each of the one-person system and the two-person system,
When the one-person system is selected by the selection means, the time measuring means is based on the time-measurement condition relating to the one-person system stored in the condition storage means and the time required for inputting product data by the input means and the settlement When at least one of the time required for the settlement processing by the processing means is measured and the two-person system is selected by the selection means, the input means is based on the time-measurement condition relating to the two-person system stored in the condition storage means 4. The merchandise sales processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a time required for merchandise data input by the user and a time required for the settlement processing by the settlement processing means is timed. It further comprises a person-in-charge registration means for registering the person in charge of operating the product sales processing device,
5. The time storage unit stores a required time measured by the time measuring unit for each operation manager registered by the person-in-charge registration unit. 6. Product sales processing equipment. A control program for a merchandise sales processing apparatus comprising input means for inputting merchandise data of merchandise to be sold, and settlement processing means for performing settlement processing for the price using the product data input by the input means within one transaction. The
Based on the timekeeping conditions stored in the condition storage means for storing the timekeeping conditions that define the start timing and end timing of the product data input by the input means and the start timing and end timing of the settlement processing by the settlement processing means a timer function for measuring at least one of the time required for settlement processing by the time required and the settlement processing means of the product data input by the entering force means,
A time storage function for storing the time measured by the time measurement function in a predetermined storage means;
Control program to realize.

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