JP5548115B2 - Rental piping management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rental pipe management system.

  When water supply switching work is performed, a temporary bypass is built by temporary piping. This allows the construction to proceed without stopping the water supply. On the other hand, Patent Document 1 describes a reusable polyethylene temporary water pipe used for such a temporary pipe.

JP 2002-195462 A

  Temporary water pipes have different diameters and lengths of pipe members used depending on the water pipes to be constructed and their lengths. Therefore, a piping rental company rents necessary piping members to a construction company. There has been a demand from such a pipe rental company for efficient rental management while guaranteeing the safety including the hygiene aspect of the pipe members to be rented.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and provides a rental pipe management system capable of efficiently performing rental management while ensuring the hygiene safety of the pipe members to be rented. .

  The present invention is a rental pipe management system having a reader / writer terminal that reads and writes information in an information recording medium provided in a rental pipe member, and a management device that manages the rental of the pipe member. The information recording medium stores a type of piping member and cleaning information indicating whether the piping member has been cleaned or not cleaned, and the management device identifies an order identification for identifying a rental order. Management information storage unit for storing slip data including information and types and quantities of piping members to be rented, and a management device input unit for receiving shipment target specifying information for specifying slip order data of rental orders to be shipped A shipping object specifying unit that specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit by the shipping object specifying information received by the management device input unit; A shipment instruction output unit that outputs the order identification information in the slip data identified by the shipment target identification unit and the type and quantity of the piping member to the reader / writer terminal, and the reader / writer terminal includes the order identification information , A storage unit that stores the type and quantity of the piping member to be rented in association with each other, and shipping information that receives the order identification information and the type and quantity of the piping member from the management device and writes them in the storage unit A writing unit, a terminal input unit that receives input of order identification information of a rental order to be shipped, and a recording medium that reads the type of the piping member and the cleaning information from the information recording medium provided in the piping member to be shipped The reading unit, the quantity for each type of the piping member stored in the storage unit corresponding to the order identification information received by the terminal input unit, and the recording medium reading unit A shipment confirmation unit that outputs a result of determining whether or not the quantity for each type of the piping member taken out matches and the cleaning information read by the recording medium reading unit indicates that all the cleaning has been performed And the cleaning information stored in the information recording medium provided in the piping member delivered to the rental destination after shipment is rewritten to the fact that it has not been cleaned, and has been cleaned after being returned from the rental destination A rental piping management system comprising: a cleaning information rewriting unit that rewrites the cleaning information stored in the information recording medium provided in a piping member into a cleaned state.

  The present invention is the rental pipe management system described above, wherein the management information storage unit stores an inventory quantity for each type of the piping member, and the management device input unit is configured to store the ordered rental target. In response to the input of the type and quantity of piping members, the management device corresponds to the types of piping members stored in the management information storage unit for all the types of piping members received by the management device input unit. The inventory check unit further outputs that the order is acceptable when the inventory quantity is equal to or greater than the quantity corresponding to the type of the piping member received by the management device input unit. And

The present invention is the rental pipe management system described above, wherein the information recording medium further stores pipe member identification information for specifying the pipe member, and the management information storage unit includes the pipe member identification information and the pipe member identification information. The number of rentals is stored in association with each other, and the reader / writer terminal is read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided in the pipe member shipped or the pipe member returned from the rental destination. The information processing apparatus further includes a notification unit that transmits piping member identification information to the management device, wherein the management device receives the piping member identification information of the piping member to be shipped received from the reader / writer terminal or the piping member identification of the returned piping member. A management information update unit that rewrites the number of rentals stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the information to a number obtained by adding 1, and discarding Further comprising the pipe member identification information corresponding to the rental count is determined and discarding object selecting section which outputs read from the management information storage unit, characterized in that.
The number of rentals determined to be discarded may be equal to or greater than the number of rentals stored in the management information storage unit in correspondence with the piping member identification information of the piping member whose inspection result is defective.

The present invention is the rental pipe management system described above, wherein the information recording medium further stores pipe member identification information for specifying the pipe member, and the management information storage unit includes the pipe member identification information and the pipe member identification information. The rental start date and the total rental period are stored in association with each other, and the reader / writer terminal reads the piping member identification information read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided in the shipped piping member. To the management device, and the piping member identification information read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided in the piping member returned from the rental destination to the management device. A return notification unit for transmitting, wherein the management device receives and receives the piping member identification information of the piping member shipped from the reader / writer terminal. The shipment completion registration unit that writes the rental start date in the management information storage unit corresponding to the piping member identification information, and the piping member identification information of the piping member returned from the reader / writer terminal are received and received. The rental period from the rental start date stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the piping member identification information is calculated, and the total rental stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the piping member identification information A return registration unit that rewrites the period to the period obtained by adding the calculated rental period, and a discard target selection unit that reads out and outputs the piping member identification information corresponding to the total rental period determined to be discarded from the management information storage unit And further comprising.
The total rental period determined to be discarded may be equal to or longer than the total rental period stored in the management information storage unit in correspondence with the piping member identification information of the piping member whose inspection result is defective. Good.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to perform rental management efficiently, ensuring the safety | security including the hygiene aspect of the piping member to rent.

It is a figure showing the whole rental piping management system composition by one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the process of the piping rental using the rental piping management system by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process of the piping rental using the rental piping management system by the embodiment. It is an external view of the piping member for rental which attached the IC tag by the same embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the management apparatus by the embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the reader / writer terminal by the same embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of data memorized by an IC tag by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the management table memorize | stored in the management information storage part of the management apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the inventory table memorize | stored in the management information storage part of the management apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the slip data memorize | stored in the management information storage part of the management apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the shipping order data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the reader / writer terminal by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the taking order data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the reader / writer terminal by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the order receiving process by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the shipping process by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the shipping process by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the return process by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the washing | cleaning process by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of the rental piping management system in the inspection process by the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a rental pipe management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the rental pipe management system includes a management device 1 and a reader / writer terminal 2. The management device 1 and the reader / writer terminal 2 communicate via the network 5. The management device 1 and the reader / writer terminal 2 may be connected to the network 5 wirelessly or may be connected by wire. Further, the reader / writer terminal 2 is not directly connected to the network 5 but is connected to a computer terminal connected to the network 5 via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) or the like, and transmits / receives data to / from the management apparatus 1 via this computer terminal. You may do it. The reader / writer terminal 2 reads and writes information stored in an IC tag 4 that is an information recording medium attached to a piping member 3 that is a rental material. Although only one reader / writer terminal 2 is shown in the figure, a plurality of reader / writer terminals 2 can be connected to the network 5.

  2 and 3 are diagrams showing a pipe rental process using the rental pipe management system of FIG. Piping rental includes ordering, shipping, return, cleaning, and inspection processes. The member management factory of the pipe rental company owns the management device 1. In addition, each of the pipe rental company and the shipping company has a reader / writer terminal 2. Hereinafter, the reader / writer terminal 2 owned by the pipe rental company is referred to as a reader / writer terminal 2a, and is referred to as the reader / writer terminal 2b owned by the transportation company. Here, the shipping company uses the reader / writer terminal 2b in the shipping process and the return process, and the pipe rental company uses the reader / writer terminal 2a in the cleaning process and the inspection process.

  In the order receiving process shown in FIG. 2, a customer such as a construction contractor contacts a staff member of a sales office of a pipe rental company and orders a pipe rental (step S11). When an employee of the sales office receives an order for a pipe rental from a construction company (step S13), the staff of the sales office inputs an order slip to the management device 1 owned by the member management factory of the pipe rental company (step S15). The staff of the member management factory confirms whether or not the rental piping member 3 indicated in the order slip is in stock by the management device 1 (step S17). If the stock confirmation is OK, the member management factory staff inputs confirmation of the order to the management device 1 (step S19). In accordance with this input, the management apparatus 1 stores information on a rental order received (hereinafter simply referred to as “order”). The staff of the member management factory informs the staff of the sales office of the delivery date of the pipe member 3 to be rented (step S21), and further, the staff of the business office informs the customer of this delivery date (step S23).

  In the shipping process, a member of the member management factory of the pipe rental company inputs a shipping instruction for the received order to the management device 1 (step S25). The management apparatus 1 prints a shipping instruction for an order for which shipping has been instructed. The member management factory staff sends the printed shipping instructions to the shipping company. Further, the management apparatus 1 outputs the shipping instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b owned by the shipping company. The person in charge of the transportation company goes to the parts management factory of the pipe rental company. The person in charge at the shipping company picks the piping member 3 from the inventory while looking at the shipping instructions. The person in charge at the shipping company reads information such as the type of the piping member 3 and whether it has been washed from the IC tag 4 of the picked piping member 3 by the reader / writer terminal 2b and confirms the shipment (step S27). If the confirmation is OK, the person in charge at the shipping company packs the picked piping member 3 (step S29) and ships it (step S31). The person in charge of the transportation company transports the packed piping material 3 to the address indicated by the customer indicated in the shipping instruction and delivers it (step S33). At the time of delivery, the person in charge at the shipping company reads and confirms the IC tag 4 of the pipe member 3 that has been transported by the reader / writer terminal 2b, and writes the unwashed information into the IC tag 4 of the pipe member 3 after the confirmation.

  In the return process shown in FIG. 3, the staff at the member management factory of the pipe rental company informs the staff at the sales office of the return date of the pipe member 3 being rented (step S51), and the staff at the sales office indicates this return date. The customer is contacted (steps S53 and S55). The staff of the member management factory inputs a take-in instruction for the rented piping member 3 to the management device 1 (step S57). In response to the input of the take-in instruction, the management apparatus 1 prints a take-in instruction indicating the contents of the take-in instruction. The staff of the material management factory sends the printed delivery instructions to the shipping company. In addition, the management apparatus 1 outputs the take-in instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b owned by the shipping company. The person in charge at the shipping company goes to the customer's address indicated by the pick-up instruction. When the customer returns the piping member 3, the person in charge at the shipping company reads the IC tag 4 of the returned piping member 3 with the reader / writer terminal 2 b, and does the returned piping member 3 match the rented piping member 3? Is confirmed (step S61). If the confirmation is OK, the person in charge at the transportation company transports the returned piping member 3 to the member management factory of the piping rental company (step S63). The staff of the member management factory confirms the returned piping member 3 (step S65).

  In the cleaning process, the cleaning factory of the pipe rental company cleans and sterilizes the piping member 3 returned from the customer to the member management factory (hereinafter, cleaning and sterilization are simply referred to as “cleaning”) (step S67). A member of the member management factory of the pipe rental company writes “washed” in the IC tag 4 of the pipe member 3 cleaned in the cleaning factory by the reader / writer terminal 2a, and returns it to the stock (step S69).

  When there is an order for pipe rental, the ordering, shipping, returning, and cleaning processes are performed in order as described above. On the other hand, the inspection process is performed at any time. In the inspection process, the person in charge of inspection at the member management factory of the pipe rental company extracts the pipe member 3 from the current stock and inspects it (step S71). The inspection person in charge at the member management factory reads the IC tag of the piping member 3 that has not passed the inspection by the reader / writer terminal 2a, and inputs the information of the piping member 3 read by the reader / writer terminal 2a to the management apparatus 1. With this input, the management device 1 displays information on the piping member 3 having a longer total rental period or a larger number of rentals on the screen as a discard candidate than the piping member 3 that has not passed the inspection (step S73). .

  In the above example, the pipe rental company has been described as having a sales office, a parts management factory, and a washing factory. However, all of these may be different companies, and only some of them are different. It is good also as a contractor. Moreover, a pipe rental company may also serve as a transportation company.

  FIG. 4 is an external view of the rental piping member 3 to which the IC tag 4 is attached. The piping member 3 is a polyethylene pipe or joint, and the outside is covered with a protective layer for preventing damage. The IC tag 4 is attached on the protective layer of the piping member 3 and is fixed by being wound with an anticorrosion tape. The IC tag 4 includes a data recording memory, a data processing circuit, and an antenna for carrying data at a radio frequency. In the present embodiment, the IC tag 4 is reduced in size by being a passive tag.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the management apparatus 1, and only functional blocks related to the present embodiment are extracted and shown. The management apparatus 1 can be realized by a computer device such as a server, for example, and includes a control unit 101, an input unit 102, a display unit 103, a communication unit 104, a management information storage unit 105, and an information processing unit 106. Composed.

  The control unit 101 includes a central processing unit (CPU) and various memories, and controls each unit, temporarily stores data, transfers data, and the like. The input unit 102 is a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, buttons, keys, and the like, and receives information input by the user. The display unit 103 is a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The communication unit 104 transmits and receives data to and from other devices via the network 5.

  The management information storage unit 105 stores various information such as a management table, an inventory table, and slip data. The management table is data for managing each piping member 3. The piping member identification information for uniquely identifying each piping member 3, the type of pipe member 3 specified by the piping member identification information, the management state, the total Information that associates the rental period, the number of rentals, the number of cleanings, and the like. The inventory table indicates the inventory quantity for each type of the piping member 3. The slip data stores various information related to the piping rental order, the order number for uniquely identifying the order (slip data), the ordering customer, the type and quantity of the piping member 3 for which the rental was ordered, and the piping that has been rented. The piping member identification information of the member 3 is shown.

The information processing unit 106 includes an order management unit 110, a shipment management unit 120, a return management unit 130, a cleaning information registration unit 140, and a discard target selection unit 150.
The order management unit 110 executes processing related to the order receiving process, and includes a member conversion unit 111, an inventory confirmation unit 112, and a slip registration unit 113. The member conversion unit 111 obtains the type and quantity of the piping member 3 from the piping diagram data included in the input order slip data. The inventory confirmation unit 112 refers to the inventory table stored in the management information storage unit 105 and determines whether there is an inventory quantity for all types of piping members 3 obtained in the member conversion unit 111. The slip registration unit 113 generates slip data based on the received order slip data when the stock checking unit 112 determines that there is stock, and writes the slip data in the management information storage unit 105.

  The shipping management unit 120 executes processing related to the shipping process, and includes a shipping target specifying unit 121, a shipping instruction output unit 122, and a shipping completion registration unit 123. The shipping object specifying unit 121 specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the input shipping object specifying information. The shipping instruction output unit 122 generates shipping instruction data based on the slip data specified by the shipping target specifying unit 121 and transmits it to the reader / writer terminal 2. The shipping order data includes information such as the order number, the rental destination customer, and the type and quantity of the piping member 3 to be rented. Further, the shipping instruction output unit 122 instructs to print the shipping instruction based on the shipping instruction data. The shipping completion registration unit 123 receives the piping member identification information of the shipped piping member 3 from the reader / writer terminal 2, and stores the piping member of the received piping member identification information in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105. The information indicating that 3 is shipped is written, and the received piping member identification information is written in the slip data.

  The return management unit 130 executes processing related to the return process, and includes a take-up target specifying unit 131, a take-up instruction output unit 132, and a return registration unit 133. The take-up object specifying unit 131 specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the input take-up object specifying information. The take-in instruction output unit 132 generates take-in order data based on the slip data specified by the take-out target specifying unit 131 and transmits it to the reader / writer terminal 2. The take-in order data includes the order number, the rental customer, the type and quantity of the rented piping member 3, the piping member identification information, and the like. Further, the take-in instruction output unit 132 instructs to print out the take-in instructions based on the generated take-in instruction data. The return registration unit 133 receives the piping member identification information of the returned piping member 3, and the piping member 3 of the received piping member identification information is returned to the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105. Is written, and the total rental period and the number of rentals are updated.

  The cleaning information registration unit 140 executes processing related to the cleaning process. The cleaning information registration unit 140 receives the piping member identification information of the cleaned piping member 3 from the reader / writer terminal 2, and stores the piping member of the received piping member identification information in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105. 3 is written to the effect that it has been returned to stock and the number of cleanings is updated. The discard target selection unit 150 executes processing related to the discard process. The discard target selection unit 150 receives the piping member identification information of the piping member 3 that has been defective as a result of the test from the reader / writer terminal 2a. The discard target selection unit 150 refers to the inventory table stored in the management information storage unit 105, and selects the pipe members 3 that are equal to or longer than the total rental period of the piping members 3 of the received piping member identification information or the number of rentals. The information of the specified piping member 3 is read out and output.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the reader / writer terminal 2, and only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The reader / writer terminal 2 can be realized by, for example, an IC tag reader / writer, and includes a control unit 201, an input unit 202, a display unit 203, a communication unit 204, a storage unit 205, a recording medium reading unit 206, and a recording medium writing unit 207. And an information processing unit 208.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU and various memories, and controls each unit, temporarily stores data, transfers data, and the like. The input unit 202 is a touch panel, a button, a key, or the like, and receives information input by the user. The display unit 203 is a display such as an LCD. The communication unit 204 transmits / receives data to / from the management apparatus 1 via the network 5. The storage unit 205 stores various kinds of information such as shipping order data and pick-up order data. The recording medium reading unit 206 reads information stored in the IC tag 4. The recording medium writing unit 207 writes information to the IC tag 4.

The information processing unit 208 includes a shipping processing unit 210, a take-up processing unit 220, a cleaning information rewriting unit 230, a cleaning completion notification unit 240, and an inspection failure notification unit 250.
The shipping processing unit 210 executes processing related to the shipping process, and includes a shipping information writing unit 211, a shipping confirmation unit 212, and a shipping completion notification unit 213. The shipping information writing unit 211 writes the shipping order data received from the management device 1 in the storage unit 205. The shipping confirmation unit 212 collates the type and quantity of the piping member 3 indicated by the shipping instruction data with the type and quantity read from the IC tag 4 of the piping member 3 picked for shipment. Further, it is determined whether all the cleaning information read from the IC tag 4 of the picked piping member 3 has been cleaned, and the result is output. The shipping completion notifying unit 213 notifies the management apparatus 1 of the order number of the shipped order and the piping member identification information of the actually shipped piping member 3.

  The take-up processing unit 220 executes a process related to the return process, and includes a take-up information writing unit 221, a return confirmation unit 222, and a return notification unit 223. The take-in information writing unit 221 writes the take-in order data received from the management apparatus 1 in the storage unit 205. The return confirmation unit 222 collates the piping member identification information of the piping member 3 indicated by the take-in instruction data with the piping identification information read from the IC tag 4 of the returned piping member 3. The return notification unit 223 notifies the management apparatus 1 of the order number of the returned order and the piping member identification information and type of the returned piping member 3.

  The cleaning information rewriting unit 230 rewrites the cleaning information stored in the IC tag 4 of the piping member 3 by the recording medium writing unit 207. The cleaning completion notification unit 240 notifies the management device 1 of the piping member identification information read from the IC tag 4 of the cleaned piping member 3. The inspection failure notification unit 250 notifies the management device 1 of the piping member identification information read from the IC tag 4 of the piping member 3 that has not passed the inspection.

  Next, configuration examples of various data are shown.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the IC tag 4. As shown in the figure, the IC tag 4 stores a tag ID, the type of the piping member 3 to which the IC tag 4 is attached, cleaning information, and the like. The tag ID is an individual number for each IC tag 4 and is written in advance in a non-rewritable area of the memory in the IC tag 4 or before the piping member 3 is first received as stock. In this embodiment, this tag ID is used as piping member identification information. The cleaning information is a flag indicating whether the piping member 3 has been cleaned or not cleaned.

  FIG. 8 shows a data configuration example of a management table stored in the management information storage unit 105 of the management apparatus 1. As shown in the figure, the management table is composed of records in which the asset number, asset name, type, management state, tag ID, number of rentals, total rental period, number of cleanings, etc. of each piping member 3 are set.

  FIG. 9 shows a data configuration example of an inventory table stored in the management information storage unit 105 of the management apparatus 1. As shown in the figure, the inventory table indicates the inventory quantity for each type of the piping member 3. The inventory quantity is a quantity that can be rented.

  FIG. 10 shows a data configuration example of slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 of the management device 1. As shown in the figure, the slip data includes information such as an order number, customer ID, rental period, delivery date, return date, rental member information, and piping diagram data. The customer ID uniquely identifies the customer who ordered the pipe rental. The delivery date indicates the date on which the piping member 3 to be rented is delivered to the customer. The return date indicates the date when the rented piping member 3 is returned from the customer. The rental member information indicates the type and quantity of the piping member 3 for which rental has been ordered, and the tag ID read from the IC tag 4 of the actually rented piping member 3. Piping diagram data shows the piping diagram of how the piping member 3 is connected.

  FIG. 11 shows a data configuration example of the shipping order data stored in the storage unit 205 of the reader / writer terminal 2. As shown in the figure, the shipping instruction data indicates an order number, a customer ID, a customer name, a customer address, a shipping member, and the like. The shipping member indicates the type and quantity of the piping member 3 to be rented.

  FIG. 12 shows a data configuration example of the taking instruction data stored in the storage unit 205 of the reader / writer terminal 2. As shown in the figure, the pick-up instruction data indicates an order number, a customer ID, a customer name, a customer address, rental member information, and the like. The rental member information is the same as the rental member information in the slip data.

Next, the processing procedure of the rental pipe management system will be described.
First, a member of a member management factory of a pipe rental company attaches the IC tag 4 to the pipe member 3 for rental. The tag ID is stored in advance in the IC tag 4 so that the tag ID cannot be rewritten. The staff of the member management factory can use the reader / writer terminal 2a or the IC tag reader / writer to connect the piping member before or after attaching the IC tag 4 to the piping member 3. Information such as type 3 and cleaning information is written in the IC tag 4. In addition, a management table is registered in the management information storage unit 105 of the management apparatus 1.

FIG. 13 shows the processing procedure of the rental pipe management system in the order receiving process.
A member of the member management factory of the pipe rental company inputs order slip data through the input unit 102 of the management device 1 (step S105). Or the communication part 104 of the management apparatus 1 may receive order slip data from the terminal of a sales office. The order slip data includes information such as an order number, customer ID, rental period, and piping diagram data. The piping diagram data may be created by the customer, or may be created by a staff of a pipe rental business office or a member management factory.

  When the order entry management unit 110 receives the input order slip data, the member conversion unit 111 obtains the type and quantity of the piping member 3 from the piping diagram data included in the order entry slip data (step S110). For example, the piping diagram data includes image data representing the shape of the piping member constituting the piping, information on the combination of the arrangement position of the image data, and the size of the piping member 3. For each image data included in the piping diagram data, the member conversion unit 111 determines the type of the piping member 3 from the shape indicated by the image data and the size information associated with the image data. After determining the types of all the image data included in the piping diagram data, the quantity for each type of the piping member 3 is obtained. Any existing technique can be used as a method of obtaining the quantity of each type of the piping member 3 from the piping diagram data. The type obtained here is described as order type and order quantity.

  The inventory confirmation unit 112 refers to the inventory table stored in the management information storage unit 105, and determines whether there is an inventory exceeding the order quantity for all the order types obtained in step S110 (step S115). That is, the inventory checking unit 112 determines whether or not the inventory quantity set in the inventory table corresponding to the order type is greater than or equal to the order quantity of the order type for each of the order types obtained in step S110. .

  When it is determined that there is stock for all order types (step S115: YES), the stock confirmation unit 112 displays a message indicating that there is stock on the display unit 103 (step S120). When the staff of the pipe rental company confirms the message indicating that the stock is in stock, the order confirmation is input through the input unit 102 (step S125). When the voucher registration unit 113 receives the order confirmation from the input unit 102, for each of all the order types obtained in step S110, the voucher registration unit 113 sets the stock quantity set in the stock table corresponding to the order type to the order type. The order quantity is updated to the subtracted quantity (step S130).

The slip registration unit 113 generates slip data in which the rental member information including the information in the order slip data input in step S105 and the order type and order quantity obtained in step S110 is set, and the management information storage unit 105 (Step S135). The order number may be assigned by the slip registration unit 113.
In step S111, when the stock confirmation unit 112 determines that there is stock for any order type (step S115: NO), the stock confirmation unit 112 displays a message indicating that there is no stock on the display unit 103 (step S140). In this case, after changing the type and quantity of the member, the processing from step S115 may be performed again.

14 and 15 show the processing procedure of the rental pipe management system in the shipping process.
In FIG. 14, a staff member of a member management factory of a pipe rental company inputs shipping object specifying information for specifying slip data of an order to be shipped using the input unit 102 of the management device 1 (step S205). For example, the order number is used as the shipping object specifying information, but the customer ID, the start date of the rental period, and the like can be used. The shipping target specifying unit 121 of the shipping management unit 120 specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 using the shipping instruction specifying information as a key (step S210).

  The shipping instruction output unit 122 outputs shipping order data including the order number, customer ID and rental member information read from the slip data specified in step S210, and the customer name and customer address information specified by the customer ID. Generate. The customer name and customer address are read from customer data stored in advance in the management information storage unit 105 in association with the customer ID. The shipping instruction output unit 122 instructs the printer connected to the management apparatus 1 to print the generated shipping instruction data (step S215). Further, the shipping instruction output unit 122 instructs the communication unit 104 to transmit the shipping instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b of the shipping company. The communication unit 104 transmits the shipping instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b via the network 5 (step S220). The shipping information writing unit 211 of the reader / writer terminal 2b receives the shipping order data via the communication unit 204 and writes it in the storage unit 205 (step S225).

  The staff of the pipe management company of the pipe rental company sends the shipping instruction printed in step S215 to the shipping company. The person in charge of the shipping company picks the piping member 3 in accordance with the shipping instructions at the member management factory of the piping rental company. The person in charge at the shipping company inputs the order number described in the shipping instruction by the input unit 202 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S230). The shipping confirmation unit 212 identifies the shipping order data stored in the storage unit 205 based on the order number (step S235). Subsequently, the person in charge of the shipping company reads the tag ID, type, and cleaning information from the IC tags 4 of all the piping members 3 picked according to the shipping instructions by the recording medium reading unit 206 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S240). ). The read tag ID, type, and cleaning information are displayed on the display unit 203 of the reader / writer terminal 2b.

The shipment confirmation unit 212 of the reader / writer terminal 2b counts the number of tag IDs corresponding to each type read by the recording medium reading unit 206, and obtains the quantity of the piping members 3 picked for the type (step S245). The shipping confirmation unit 212 determines whether or not the quantity of the various picked piping members 3 matches the various types of quantities indicated by the specified shipping order data (step S250). If shipping confirmation unit 212 determines that the two match (step S250: YES), it further determines whether all the cleaning information read in step S240 indicates that it has been cleaned (step S255). If the shipping confirmation unit 212 determines that all the cleaning information indicates that cleaning has been completed (step S255: YES), the shipping confirmation unit 212 displays a confirmation OK on the display unit 203 (step S260). The shipping confirmation unit 212 writes the tag ID and type pair read in step S240 in the storage unit 205 in association with the shipping order data specified in step S235 (step S265). The picked piping member 3 is packed and loaded into a car, and then delivered to a rental customer by a person in charge of the transportation company.
If it is determined in step S250 that the two do not match (step S250: NO), or if any of the read cleaning information indicates unwashed in step S255 (step S255: NO). The shipping confirmation unit 212 displays confirmation NG on the display unit 203 (step S270).

  In FIG. 15, the person in charge of the shipping company that delivered the piping member 3 to the rental destination inputs the order number described in the shipping instruction by the input unit 202 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S305). The shipping confirmation unit 212 identifies the shipping order data stored in the storage unit 205 based on the order number (step S310). Subsequently, the person in charge of the shipping company reads the tag ID, type, and cleaning information from the IC tags 4 of all the delivered piping members 3 by the recording medium reading unit 206 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S315).

  The shipping confirmation unit 212 of the reader / writer terminal 2b checks whether the tag ID stored in the storage unit 205 corresponding to the shipping order data specified in step S310 matches the tag ID read in step S315. Judgment is made (step S320). When shipping confirmation unit 212 determines that the two match (step S320: YES), it further displays all the cleaning information read in step S315 on display unit 203 (step S325).

  After confirming that all cleaning information displayed by the customer indicates that cleaning has been performed, OK (confirmation) is input by the input unit 202 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S330: YES). The shipping completion notification unit 213 writes the shipping date corresponding to the shipping order data specified in step S310. The person in charge of the shipping company rewrites the cleaning information stored in the IC tags 4 of all the delivered piping members 3 into uncleaned by the recording medium writing unit 207 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S335).

  The shipment completion notifying unit 213 of the reader / writer terminal 2b reads the order number and the shipping date in the shipping order data in which the delivery date is set from the storage unit 205, and a tag associated with the shipping order data. Read a set of ID and type. The shipping completion notification unit 213 instructs the communication unit 104 to transmit the read information to the management apparatus 1 as shipping completion information. The communication unit 104 transmits shipping completion information to the management apparatus 1 via the network 5 (step S340).

  The shipping completion registration unit 123 of the management device 1 receives shipping completion information from the reader / writer terminal 2b via the communication unit 204 (step S345). The shipping completion registration unit 123 specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the order number in the shipping completion information (step S350). The shipping completion registration unit 123 writes the shipping date in the shipping completion information in the specified slip data. Further, the shipping completion registration unit 123 writes the tag ID set in correspondence with the type in the shipping completion information in association with the type in the rental member information of the specified slip data (step S355). The shipment completion registration unit 123 identifies a record in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the tag ID in the shipment completion information, and writes “rental” in the management state of the identified record. Further, the shipment completion registration unit 123 updates the number of rentals of the record of the specified management table to the number obtained by adding 1 (step S360).

  In step S320, the shipping confirmation unit 212 of the reader / writer terminal 2b determines that the tag ID stored in correspondence with the specified shipping order data does not match the tag ID read in step S315. If so (step S320: NO), an error is displayed on the display unit 203 and the process is terminated (step S365). If OK is not input in step S330, the reader / writer terminal 2b ends the process.

FIG. 16 shows a processing procedure of the rental pipe management system in the return process.
In FIG. 16, the staff of the member management factory of the pipe rental company inputs take-up object specifying information for specifying the slip data of the order to be picked up using the input unit 102 of the management apparatus 1 (step S405). For example, an order number can be used as the collection target specifying information, but a customer ID, a start date of a rental period, a shipping date, or the like may be used. The take-up object specifying unit 131 of the return management unit 130 specifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 using the take-in instruction specifying information as a key (step S410).

  The take-out instruction output unit 132 receives shipping order data including the order number, customer ID and rental member information read from the slip data specified in step S410, and the customer name and customer address information specified by the customer ID. Generate. The take-in instruction output unit 132 instructs the printer connected to the management apparatus 1 to print the generated take-in instruction data (step S415). Further, the take-in instruction output unit 132 instructs the communication unit 104 to send the take-in instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b of the shipping company. The communication unit 104 transmits the take-in instruction data to the reader / writer terminal 2b via the network 5 (step S420). The take-off information writing unit 221 of the reader / writer terminal 2b writes the take-in instruction data received from the management apparatus 1 via the communication unit 204 into the storage unit 205 (step S425).

  The member management factory staff sends the pick-up instruction printed in step S415 to the shipping company. The person in charge of the shipping company asks the customer of the rental destination according to the pick-up instruction. The person in charge inputs the order number described in the take-in instructions using the input unit 202 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S430). The return confirmation unit 222 specifies the take-in order data stored in the storage unit 205 based on the order number (step S435). Subsequently, the person in charge reads the tag ID from the IC tag 4 of the piping member 3 returned from the customer by the recording medium reading unit 206 of the reader / writer terminal 2b (step S440).

  The return confirmation unit 222 of the reader / writer terminal 2b determines whether the tag ID set in the rental member information in the take-in instruction data specified in step S435 matches the tag ID read in step S440. (Step S445). If the return confirmation unit 222 determines that the two match (step S445: YES), the return confirmation unit 222 displays the return OK on the display unit 203 (step S450). The return confirmation unit 222 writes a return date corresponding to the take-in order data specified in step S435 (step S455).

  The return notifying unit 223 of the reader / writer terminal 2b receives the order number, rental member information, and return date associated with the take-in order data in the take-out order data for which the return date is set from the storage unit 205. The communication unit 204 is instructed to transmit the read information and the read information to the management apparatus 1 as return information. The communication unit 204 transmits return information to the management apparatus 1 via the network 5 (step S460).

The return registration unit 133 of the management device 1 receives the return information from the reader / writer terminal 2b via the communication unit 104 (step S465). The return registration unit 133 identifies the slip data stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the order number in the return information (step S470). The return registration unit 133 writes the return date in the return information in the specified slip data (step S475). The return registration unit 133 calculates the number of days from the shipment date to the return date set in the specified slip data as the rental period. The return registration unit 133 identifies a record in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the tag ID in the return information, and writes “return” in the management state of the identified record. Further, the return registration unit 133 updates the total rental period of the specified management table record to a period obtained by adding the calculated rental period (step S480). The return registration unit 133 causes the display unit 103 to display part or all of the contents of the slip data updated in step S475 and the contents of the record in the management table updated in step S480.
The person in charge of the transportation company transports the piping member 3 returned from the customer to the member management factory of the piping rental company.

  In step S445, the return confirmation unit 222 of the reader / writer terminal 2b determines that the tag ID set in the rental member information in the specified receipt instruction data does not match the read tag ID. In the case (step S445), an error is displayed on the display unit 203, and the process ends (step S485).

FIG. 17 shows a processing procedure of the rental pipe management system in the cleaning process.
The staff of the member management factory of the pipe rental company carries the returned pipe member 3 to the cleaning factory, and the staff of the cleaning factory returns the returned pipe member 3 to the member management factory after cleaning it in the cleaning factory. The staff of the member management factory reads the tag ID and type recorded on the IC tag 4 of the cleaned piping member 3 returned from the cleaning factory by the recording medium reading unit 206 of the reader / writer terminal 2a (step S505). . Subsequently, the staff of the member management factory rewrites the cleaning information stored in the IC tag 4 of the cleaned piping member 3 to cleaned by the recording medium writing unit 207 of the reader / writer terminal 2a (step S510). The cleaning completion notification unit 240 of the reader / writer terminal 2a instructs the communication unit 204 to transmit the cleaning completion notification in which the tag ID and type read in step S505 are set to the management apparatus 1. The communication unit 204 transmits a cleaned notification to the management apparatus 1 via the network 5 (step S515).

The cleaning information registration unit 140 of the management apparatus 1 receives a cleaning notification from the reader / writer terminal 2a via the communication unit 104 (step S520). The cleaning information registration unit 140 identifies a record in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the tag ID set in the cleaned notification, and writes “inventory” in the management state of the identified record ( Step S525). Further, the cleaning information registration unit 140 obtains the number of cleaned piping members 3 for each type by counting the number of tag IDs corresponding to each type set in the cleaned notification. Then, the cleaning information registration unit 140 rewrites the inventory quantity set in the inventory table in association with the type into a quantity obtained by adding the quantity of the cleaned piping member 3 of the type (step S530).
The IC tag 4 in which the cleaning information of the IC tag 4 is rewritten is stored as a stock.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure of the rental pipe management system in the inspection process. The staff of the member management factory extracts and inspects a part of the piping member 3 currently stored as stock. The staff of the member management factory reads the tag ID and type from the IC tag 4 of the piping member 3 that has not passed the inspection by the recording medium reading unit 206 of the reader / writer terminal 2a. The inspection failure notification unit 250 of the reader / writer terminal 2a instructs the communication unit 204 to transmit the inspection failure notification in which the tag ID and type read in step S605 are set to the management apparatus 1. The communication unit 204 transmits an inspection failure notification to the management apparatus 1 via the network 5.

  The discard target selection unit 150 of the management apparatus 1 receives the inspection failure notification from the reader / writer terminal 2a via the communication unit 104 (step S605). The discard target selection unit 150 identifies a record in the management table stored in the management information storage unit 105 based on the tag ID set in the received inspection failure notification, and reads the rental count and the rental period from the identified record ( Step S610). Then, a record in which the same type as the type set in the inspection defect notification is set from the management table is specified. Further, a record in which a rental number equal to or greater than the read rental number or a rental period equal to or greater than the read rental period is set is extracted from the specified management table record (step S615).

  The discard target selection unit 150 selects all of the setting contents of the management table record identified in step S610 and the management table record extracted in step S620, or some data items (for example, asset number) in the record. , Asset name, type, management status, tag ID, number of rentals, rental period, asset acquisition date) are read and displayed on the display unit 103 (step S620).

  A member of the member management factory of the pipe rental company selects the pipe member 3 to be discarded based on the displayed information, and inputs information for specifying the selected pipe member 3 through the input unit 102 (step S625). . The discard target selecting unit 150 identifies a record in the management table in which the asset number or tag ID of the piping member 3 identified by the information input from the input unit 102 is set, and writes a management state indicating discard (step) S630). Further, the discard target selection unit 150 updates the stock quantity in the inventory table set corresponding to the type set in the inspection defect notification to a quantity obtained by subtracting the quantity of the piping member 3 designated as the discard target. (Step S635).

  When a plurality of tag ID and type pairs are set in the inspection failure notification, the processes of step S610 and step S615 are performed for each tag ID and type set.

  The management apparatus 1 stores the number of rentals and the rental period read out in step S610 for each type, and the rental number and the rental period threshold that are thresholds for determining that the pipe member 3 of the type is to be discarded from the statistics. May be determined. When the number of rentals or the total rental period of the piping member 3 set in the management table is updated, the discard target selection unit 150 reaches the threshold rental number and the total rental period corresponding to the type of the piping member 3. Judgment is made. When the updated number of rentals or the total rental period exceeds the threshold, the discard target selection unit 150 selects all of the setting contents read from the management table record for the piping member 3 or a part of the record in the record. Setting values of data items (for example, asset number, asset name, type, management state, tag ID, number of rentals, rental period, asset acquisition date) are displayed on the display unit 103.

  Note that the reader / writer terminal 2b owned by the shipping company may not include the cleaning completion notification unit 240 and the inspection failure notification unit 250. Further, the reader / writer terminal 2 a owned by the pipe rental company may not include the shipping processing unit 210 and the take-up processing unit 220.

  The order slip data may include the quantity for each type of the piping member 3 instead of the piping diagram data. In this case, the process of step S110 in FIG. 13 is not executed.

In addition, in the said embodiment, tag ID is used as piping member identification information, However, Tag ID and piping member identification information may be made different. In this case, piping member identification information is stored in the non-rewritable area of the memory of the IC tag 4 in addition to the tag ID.
In the above embodiment, the number of rentals in the management table is updated in step S360 of FIG. 15, but may be updated in step S480 of FIG.

According to the rental pipe management system of the present embodiment described above, it is possible to efficiently perform rental management while guaranteeing safety including the hygiene aspect of the pipe member to be rented.
That is, it is difficult to determine whether or not the piping member has been cleaned only by visual observation. In this embodiment, the customer who made the rental order guarantees that the piping member has been cleaned and rents it. Can do.
In addition, because pipe members that have a longer rental count or total rental period than pipe members that have been poorly inspected can be presented for disposal, exclude pipe members that may be of reduced quality from stock It becomes possible. Therefore, the safety of the piping member to be rented can be guaranteed.

  In addition, by installing IC tags on piping members, it is efficient because multiple pieces of information on multiple piping members can be read together, and safety is ensured, such as whether or not each piping member has been cleaned. It is also possible to record information to be recorded. It is also possible to read and write information while piping members are loaded on a pipe mount or a joint basket. In addition, the IC tag is less damaged even after repeated cleaning, repeated embedding, and digging.

In addition, when one of the ordered piping members is out of stock when an order is received, an error is output and the order is not confirmed with the lack of members, so the piping member is insufficient. Will not be shipped to rental destinations.
In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of man-hours for confirmation when the piping member is shipped or taken. In other words, it is possible to easily confirm whether the order contents and the type and quantity of the piping member that is actually shipped match at the time of shipment of the piping member, and it becomes possible to reduce mistakes during delivery. In addition, when picking up piping members, it is possible to easily check whether the rented piping members have been returned without excess or deficiency, and reduce mistakes such as return leakage or picking up unrented piping members. Is also possible.

  The management device 1 and the reader / writer terminal 2 described above have a computer system inside. The processes of the information processing unit 106 of the management apparatus 1 and the information processing unit 208 of the reader / writer terminal 2 are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program. The above processing is performed by reading and executing. The computer system here includes a CPU, various memories, an OS, and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Management apparatus 101 ... Control part 102 ... Input part (management apparatus input part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 ... Display part 104 ... Communication part 105 ... Management information storage part 106 ... Information processing part 110 ... Order management part 111 ... Member conversion part 112 ... Inventory confirmation part 113 ... Slip registration part 120 ... Shipment management part 121 ... Shipment object specific part 122 ... Shipping instruction output unit 123 ... Shipping completion registration unit (management information update unit)
130 ... Return management unit 131 ... Collecting target specifying unit 132 ... Collecting instruction output unit 133 ... Return registration unit (management information update unit)
140: Cleaning information registration unit 150 ... Discard target selection unit 2 ... Reader / writer terminal 201 ... Control unit 202 ... Input unit (terminal input unit)
203 ... Display unit 204 ... Communication unit 205 ... Storage unit 206 ... Recording medium reading unit 207 ... Recording medium writing unit 208 ... Information processing unit 210 ... Shipping processing unit 211 ... Shipping information writing unit 212 ... Shipping confirmation unit 213 ... Shipping Completion notification section (notification section)
220... Pick-up processing unit 221... Pick-up information writing unit 222 .. return confirmation unit 223 .. return notification unit (notification unit)
230 ... Cleaning information rewriting unit 240 ... Cleaning completion notification unit 250 ... Inspection failure notification unit 3 ... Piping member 4 ... IC tag (information recording medium)

Claims (4)

A rental pipe management system having a reader / writer terminal that reads and writes information in an information recording medium provided in a rental pipe member, and a management device that manages the rental of the pipe member,
The information recording medium stores a type of piping member and cleaning information indicating whether the piping member has been cleaned or not cleaned.
The management device
A management information storage unit that stores order identification information for identifying a rental order, and slip data including the type and quantity of a piping member to be rented;
A management device input unit that receives input of shipping object specifying information that specifies slip data of a rental order that is a shipping instruction target;
A shipping target specifying unit for specifying the slip data stored in the management information storage unit according to the shipping target specifying information received by the management device input unit;
A shipping instruction output unit for outputting order identification information in the slip data specified by the shipping target specifying unit and the type and quantity of the piping member to the reader / writer terminal;
With
The reader / writer terminal is
A storage unit that stores the order identification information and the type and quantity of the piping member to be rented in association with each other,
A shipping information writing unit that receives the order identification information and the type and quantity of the piping member from the management device, and writes to the storage unit;
A terminal input unit that receives input of order identification information for rental orders to be shipped;
A recording medium reading unit that reads out the type of the piping member and the cleaning information from the information recording medium provided in the piping member to be shipped;
The quantity for each type of the piping member stored in the storage unit corresponding to the order identification information received by the terminal input unit, and the quantity for each type of the piping member read by the recording medium reading unit, And a shipment confirmation unit that outputs a result of determining whether or not all of the cleaning information read by the recording medium reading unit indicates that it has been cleaned,
The cleaning information stored in the information recording medium provided in the piping member delivered to the rental destination after shipment is rewritten to indicate that it has not been cleaned, and the piping member that has been cleaned after being returned from the rental destination A cleaning information rewriting unit that rewrites the cleaning information stored in the information recording medium provided to be cleaned;
Comprising
Rental piping management system characterized by that. The management information storage unit stores an inventory quantity for each type of the piping member,
The management device input unit receives an input of the type and quantity of the pipe member to be rented as ordered,
The management device
For all the types of piping members received by the management device input unit, the stock quantity corresponding to the types of piping members stored in the management information storage unit is the piping received by the management device input unit. An inventory confirmation unit that outputs that the order is acceptable when the quantity is greater than or equal to the quantity corresponding to the type of member;
The rental pipe management system according to claim 1. The information recording medium further stores piping member identification information for specifying the piping member,
The management information storage unit stores the piping member identification information and the number of rentals in association with each other,
The reader / writer terminal is
A notification unit configured to transmit the piping member identification information read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided in the piping member shipped or returned from the rental destination to the management device; ,
The management device
1 is added to the number of rentals stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the piping member identification information of the piping member to be shipped received from the reader / writer terminal or the piping member identification information of the returned piping member. A management information update unit that rewrites the
A disposal target selection unit that reads out and outputs the piping member identification information corresponding to the number of rentals determined to be discarded from the management information storage unit;
The rental pipe management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rental pipe management system is provided. The information recording medium further stores piping member identification information for specifying the piping member,
The management information storage unit stores the piping member identification information, the rental start date and the total rental period in association with each other,
The reader / writer terminal is
A shipment completion notifying unit for transmitting piping member identification information read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided in the shipped piping member to the management device;
A return notifying unit for transmitting piping member identification information read by the recording medium reading unit from the information recording medium provided to the piping member returned from a rental destination to the management device;
Further comprising
The management device
A shipment completion registration unit that receives piping member identification information of the piping member shipped from the reader / writer terminal, and writes a rental start date in the management information storage unit corresponding to the received piping member identification information;
The piping member identification information of the piping member returned from the reader / writer terminal is received, and the rental period from the rental start date stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the received piping member identification information is calculated. A return registration unit that rewrites the total rental period stored in the management information storage unit corresponding to the piping member identification information into a period obtained by adding the calculated rental period;
A discard target selection unit that reads out and outputs the piping member identification information corresponding to the total rental period determined to be discarded from the management information storage unit;
Further comprising
The rental pipe management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rental pipe management system is provided.

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