JP5810788B2 - Management device, management method, and management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a management device, a management method, and a management program.

  Conventionally, for example, the cost of sales of consumables (supply products) such as toner used in an image forming apparatus such as a printer is aggregated in units of supply products. However, in many cases, a delivery destination of supply products is provided with a plurality of devices. In such a case, the usage status of the supply product used for each device cannot be grasped from the above-mentioned cost of sales for each delivery destination. Therefore, in order to grasp the usage status of the supply product for each device, it is required to grasp the cost of sales of the supply product for each device.

  Conventionally, in order to realize productivity evaluation for each facility contractor in facility construction, apportionment based on a pre-set apportionment table is made for each facility contractor engaged in multiple facility contractors. There is known a technique for acquiring a gross profit list obtained (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Conventionally, there is a known method of apportioning the amount of consumption tax, subtotal discount, etc. generated in settlement of each transaction based on the ratio of the sales amount aggregated for each tenant store (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

  However, the technique as shown in Patent Document 1 described above simply obtains a gross profit list for each equipment contractor based on a distribution table in which a contribution rate based on the skill and experience of the equipment contractor is set in advance. Therefore, it cannot be used for the above-described method for grasping the usage status of the supply product for each device from the cost of sales of the entire delivery destination. In addition, with the method as described in Patent Document 2 described above, the amount of consumption tax, etc. of each transaction is simply apportioned based on the ratio of the sales amount for each tenant store, and the usage status of supply products for each device It cannot be used for the apportionment method for grasping.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a management device, a management method, and a management program for realizing a proration method for grasping the usage status of a supply product for each device. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a management apparatus for managing supply information related to a supply product aggregated in units of delivery destinations having a plurality of devices, and relates to the supply products aggregated in units of the delivery destinations supply information, and supply information acquiring means for acquiring for each said device, based on the supply information obtained by the supply information acquiring unit, possess the equipment cost calculation means for calculating the cost of each of the devices, the device cost The calculating means classifies the supply information corresponding to each supply product based on the category included in the supply information, apportioning the cost of sales for each device for each of the classified categories, The cost of sales is added for each device, and the cost for each device is calculated .

Further, the present invention is a management method executed by a management device that manages supply information related to supply products aggregated in units of delivery destinations having a plurality of devices,
The management apparatus acquires supply information related to the supply product aggregated in units of delivery destinations for each device based on a supply information acquisition procedure for each device and supply information obtained by the supply information acquisition procedure for each device. possess the equipment cost calculation procedure for calculating the cost of the equipment cost calculation procedure, the supply information corresponding to each supply products are classified on the basis of the categories contained in the supply information, for each classified said section The cost of sales for each device is apportioned, and the cost of sales that has been apportioned is added for each device to calculate the cost for each device .

  Furthermore, the present invention is a management program for causing a computer to function as each unit included in the above-described management apparatus.

  According to the present invention, an apportioning method for grasping the usage status of a supply product for each device is realized.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the management system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of the management apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions which implement | achieve the management apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of various data as input / output data in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of various data as a primary file in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the management process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an operating machine master production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a counter information master production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows the specific flow of the apportionment process. It is a figure which shows the example of cost of sales calculation from the supply information in the past. It is a figure which shows the example of cost-of-sales calculation by the apportionment processing which concerns on this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

<Outline of management system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of a management system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the management system 100 is configured to include a management device 10 and a delivery terminal 20. The management device 10 and the delivery terminal 20 are connected in a state where data can be transmitted and received via the communication network 1 represented by the Internet or the like.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the management system 100 is configured to include a delivery terminal 20A that is a delivery terminal of a supply product delivery destination A and a delivery terminal 20B that is a delivery terminal of a delivery destination B of supply product.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 1, it is assumed that the delivery destination A has devices 30A-1 to 30A-3 as devices that use the supply product, and is connected to the delivery terminal 20A. Further, it is assumed that the delivery destination B has devices 30B-1 and 30B-2 as devices that use the supply product, and is connected to the delivery terminal 20B. Note that the present invention is not limited to the configuration described above.

  The management apparatus 10 collects supply information related to supply products from a delivery destination having a plurality of devices, and manages supply information related to the supply products aggregated for each delivery destination.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the management apparatus 10 collects supply information related to the supply product from the delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the management apparatus 10 supplies the supply product related to the supply product. Information may be collected individually from the device 30 via the communication network 1 or may be collected via a predetermined system. Furthermore, the management apparatus 10 collects supply information of each device 30 by a terminal etc. owned by a service person or the like who went to each delivery destination for maintenance or the like, for example, via the communication network 1 from a terminal such as a service person. Supply information may be collected.

  Here, the supply product indicates consumables such as toner and a photoconductor used in an image forming apparatus such as a printer. The supply information is, for example, information on the delivery destination of the supply product obtained from the sales invoice, the product code (product type) of the supply product, the delivery month, the color classification, the cost of sales, etc. It includes operating machine information, counter information such as the number of counters copied by each device 30, and the like. The supply information may indicate, for example, the usage status, usage frequency, remaining amount, etc. of the supply product at the delivery destination.

  The management apparatus 10 supplies the supply information obtained from the delivery destination A and the delivery destination B for each device of the delivery destination A and the delivery destination B (for example, in the case of the delivery destination A, for each of the devices 30A-1 to 30A-3 In the case of the delivery destination B, the information is acquired as information on each of the devices 30B-1 and 30B-2, and the cost of sales (cost) is calculated for each device.

  Here, the management device 10 determines a device that can use the supply product delivered for each delivery destination A or delivery destination B, and apportions the cost of sales for each device based on the supply information corresponding to each supply product. Calculated by The management apparatus 10 may select a target device for performing the above-described apportionment processing based on a product type of supply information corresponding to each preset device.

  In addition, the management apparatus 10 changes the number of counters that consume the supply product based on the size of the print medium used by each device 30 and aggregates supply information about the supply product for each delivery destination A or delivery destination B. You may average in the past predetermined month unit.

  By obtaining the sales cost for each device described above by apportionment processing, the management apparatus 10 can grasp the usage status of the supply product for each device at the delivery destination. The specific processing contents of the management apparatus 10 will be described later.

  The delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B are, for example, a PC (personal computer), a tablet terminal, a portable terminal, or the like. The delivery terminal 20A collects supply information related to the supply products used by the devices 30A-1 to 30A-3 of the delivery destination A. The delivery terminal 20B collects supply information related to the supply products used by the devices 30B-1 and 30B-2 of the delivery destination B. In addition, the delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B may transmit the supply information aggregated at a predetermined timing to the management apparatus 10, or may transmit the supply information aggregated in response to a request from the management apparatus 10.

  The device 30 is, for example, a multifunction peripheral such as an MFP (Multi Function Printer) having a plurality of functions such as a copy function, a scan function, a FAX function, and a print function, and an LP (Line Printer). The device 30 performs printing using the delivered consumables (supply products) such as toner.

<Management Device 10: Functional Block Configuration Example>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the management apparatus according to the present embodiment. 2 includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, a recording unit 13, a supply information acquisition unit 14, an equipment cost calculation unit 15, an averaging unit 16, a transmission / reception unit 17, and a control. And means 18.

  The input unit 11 acquires instruction information such as a supply information acquisition instruction, an equipment cost calculation instruction, an averaging instruction, and a transmission / reception instruction input from a user, for example. Note that the input unit 11 includes, for example, an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, and may perform voice input using a microphone or the like.

  The output unit 12 outputs the result and progress executed based on the instruction information acquired by the input unit 11. The output unit 12 includes an output device such as a display, for example. However, the output unit 12 may output the sound using an output device such as a speaker.

  The recording unit 13 records input data and output data necessary for management processing in the present embodiment. Specifically, the recording means 13 includes various types of information such as a sales invoice, operating machine master, counter information master, supply main unit matching master, sales cost association table, @Remote (registered trademark), FAS, standard value information, and the like, which will be described later. Information can be recorded and read, written or deleted as needed.

  The counter information master is a master that maintains counter information for each device based on, for example, an operating machine master, @Remote, sales invoice, FAS, and standard value information. Here, the counter information indicates, for example, information on the number of counters copied by the device 30, the size of the copied paper, the toner color, and the like.

  The supply main body conformity master indicates a master that maintains information on supply products used in devices, for example. The sales cost linking table is a table for calculating the sales margin of the equipment while maintaining the sales and the cost of the apportioned supply product, for example.

  @Remote is a support system for remotely managing a predetermined target device via the Internet, and grasps the status of the device on the communication network 1 in real time and provides a service as necessary. That is, in the present embodiment, information on devices acquired by an existing system such as @Remote may be recorded and used.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that counter information for each device acquired from the delivery destination A and delivery destination B shown in FIG. 1 via the communication network 1 is stored in @Remote, for example.

  The supply information acquisition unit 14 acquires supply information regarding supply products aggregated for each delivery destination for each device. The supply information acquisition unit 14 acquires supply information for each device 30 from supply information obtained from, for example, the delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B shown in FIG. Further, the supply information acquisition unit 14 may change the supply information for consuming the supply product based on the size of the print medium used by the device 30. For example, the supply information acquisition unit 14 considers that consumption (use) of supply products increases when the paper size copied by the device 30 is larger than A4 size. For example, A3 size paper is 2 of A4 size paper. Change to the number of counters that consumed twice as many supply products.

  The device cost calculation unit 15 calculates a cost (cost of sales) for each device based on the supply information obtained by the supply information calculation unit 14. For example, the device cost calculation means 15 calculates the cost of sales for each device by the apportionment process based on the supply information corresponding to each supply product. Here, it is preferable to select a target device to be apportioned based on the product type of the supply information corresponding to each preset device.

  Specifically, for example, when the cost of sales of the color copy dedicated supply product by the device 30 is apportioned, the device cost calculating means 15 performs processing to apportion the cost of sales of the color copy dedicated supply product by the ratio of only the number of color copies. . The apportioning process for apportioning the cost of sales for each device by the device cost calculating means 15 will be described later.

  The averaging means 16 averages supply information (for example, counter information) for each device acquired by the supply information acquisition means for each past predetermined month. The equipment cost calculation means 15 can grasp the average usage status of the supply products of the equipment by calculating the cost for each equipment based on the supply information averaged by the averaging means 16.

  The transmission / reception means 17 is an interface for transmitting / receiving data to / from an external device. Specifically, the transmission / reception means 17 transmits, for example, a request for acquiring supply information from the delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B via the communication network 1, and receives supply information from the delivery terminal 20A and the delivery terminal 20B. To do.

  The control unit 18 controls the entire processing in the management apparatus 10. Specifically, for example, the control unit 18 acquires supply information for each device at a predetermined delivery destination, calculates a cost for each device, performs averaging, and transmits / receives data to / from an external device or the like. Control for such processing is performed.

  Note that the processing executed by each unit included in the management apparatus 10 described above can be executed by various applications based on programs that can be executed by a computer, for example.

<Management Device 10: Hardware Configuration Example>
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration that implements the management apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the management device 10 includes an input device 41, an output device 42, a drive device 43, an auxiliary storage device 44, a memory device 45, and arithmetic processing that are mutually connected by a bus B. A device (CPU: Central Processing Unit) 46, a network connection device 47, and a recording medium 48 are configured.

  The input device 41 has, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse operated by the user, a touch panel operated by the user, and the like for inputting various operation instructions such as execution of a management program from the user. Used.

  The output device 42 has a display or the like for displaying various windows and data necessary for operating the computer main body for performing processing in the present invention, and executes a management program or the like by a control program of the arithmetic processing unit 46. Progress and results are displayed.

  An execution program such as a management program is provided by a recording medium 48 such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium 48 is set in the drive device 43, and the execution program included in the recording medium 48 is installed in the auxiliary storage device 44 from the recording medium 48 via the drive device 43.

  The recording medium 48 on which the program is recorded is a recording medium for recording information optically, electrically, or magnetically, such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (MO), or a ROM (Read Only Memory). It is possible to use various types of recording media such as a semiconductor memory that electrically records information such as a flash memory.

  The auxiliary storage device 44 is a storage means such as a hard disk, and stores an execution program such as a management program, a control program provided in a computer, various files necessary for processing the program, various data, and the like. Input / output.

  The memory device 45 stores an execution program and the like read from the auxiliary storage device 44 by the arithmetic processing device 46. The memory device 45 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.

  The arithmetic processing unit 46 is based on a control program such as an OS (Operating System) and an execution program such as a management program stored in the memory device 45, and various operations and input / output of data with each hardware component, etc. Each processing is realized by controlling the processing of the entire computer. Various information necessary during the execution of the program is acquired from the auxiliary storage device 44 and stored.

  The network connection device 47 obtains an execution program such as a management program from another terminal connected to the communication network by connecting to a communication network or the like, or an execution result obtained by executing the program or An execution program itself such as a management program is provided to other terminals.

  With the hardware configuration described above, each process described below can be realized efficiently at low cost without requiring a special configuration. Moreover, each process in this embodiment can be easily realized by installing a program.

<About various data examples>
Next, various data examples used for the management process of the management apparatus 10 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating various data examples as input / output data in the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing various data examples as the primary file in the present embodiment.

  The management apparatus 10 has, for example, a sales invoice (FIG. 4A), a counter information master (FIG. 4B), a supply unit conformity master (FIG. 4C), etc. as input data, and output data As a sales cost linking table (FIG. 4D). Note that the present invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the sales invoice includes, for example, “delivery destination”, “product code”, “delivery month”, “classification”, “color classification”, “cost”, and the like. “Classification” indicates the type of sales invoice, for example, main body, option, supply, etc.

  4B, the counter information master includes items such as “machine number”, “delivery destination”, “product code”, “meter reading month”, “color ACV”, “total ACV”, and the like. And The “machine number” indicates a number for identifying the device 30, for example.

  “Total ACV” means that the monochrome and color counter information (number of sheets) used for each device 30 is averaged over a predetermined number of months in the past (for example, three months) from the target month (meter reading month) and converted to A4 It is the value. “Color ACV” is a value obtained by averaging the color counter information (number of sheets) used in the device 30 over a predetermined number of months in the past (for example, three months) from the target month. The counter information master generation process according to this embodiment will be described later.

  In the counter information master, in addition to the above-mentioned items of “color ACV” and “total ACV”, monochrome, color and total (monochrome + color) counter information (converted to A4) used for each device 30 in the meter reading month. The number of counters) may be provided as an item.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, the supply main unit conformity master includes, for example, “supply product code”, “main unit product code”, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4D, the sales cost linking table includes, for example, “machine number”, “delivery destination”, “product code”, “meter reading month”, “color ACV”, “total ACV”, The item is “prorated cost”. The sales cost association table shown in FIG. 4D stores, for example, records in which the apportionment target flag of the temporary file A shown in FIG. 5B is set.

  Further, the management apparatus 10 has the extracted sales invoice (FIG. 5A), primary file A (FIG. 5B), primary file B (FIG. 5C), etc. as temporary files.

  The extracted sales invoice shown in FIG. 5A is a record extracted from the sales invoice shown in FIG. 4A. For example, “delivery destination” is α, “product code” is a, “delivery” Information that stores “month” as n month, “classification” as supply, “color classification” as color, “cost” as 900 yen, and the like is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the temporary file A includes, for example, “machine number”, “delivery destination”, “product code”, “meter reading month”, “color ACV”, “total ACV”, “proportional distribution”. The items “object flag”, “prorated cost”, and the like are stored, and data for the device number of each device 30 is stored.

  The temporary file A shown in FIG. 5B includes “delivery destination” and “delivery month” of the extracted sales invoice, and “delivery destination” and “meter reading month” of the counter information master shown in FIG. All the information of the counter information master that matches is output. In the apportionment target flag shown in FIG. 5 (B), “*” is shown when the flag is set, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, “1” or the like is set in advance. It is good as data.

  The temporary file B shown in FIG. 5C includes, for example, “supply product code”, “main product code”, and the like, and stores “supply product code” and “main product code” in association with each other. Has been. In the temporary file B, with reference to the “supply product code” of the supply main unit matching master shown in FIG. 4C, all “main product codes” that match the “product code” of the sales invoice are output.

  4 and 5, the main data example used in the present embodiment has been described. However, the data item type, format, data content, and the like are not limited to this, and are necessary. It can be set as appropriate.

<Management process flow>
Next, the flow of management processing in the management apparatus 10 according to this embodiment described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of management processing according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the management apparatus 10 uses the supply information acquisition unit 14 to supply supply information of a target month (hereinafter referred to as N month) from a sales invoice (for example, FIG. 4A) stored in the storage unit 13. Is extracted (S10).

  Next, the supply information acquisition unit 14 refers to the operating machine master stored in the storage unit 13 and extracts the machine number of the device 30 operating at the same delivery destination as the supply information extracted in the process of S10. (S11).

  Next, the supply information acquisition unit 14 can use the supply among the machine numbers extracted in the process of S11 with reference to the supply main unit conformity master (for example, FIG. 4C) stored in the storage unit 13. It is determined whether or not there is a valid machine number (hereinafter, apportioned machine number) (S12).

  The supply information acquisition unit 14 includes the distribution product numbers “A” and “B” corresponding to the supply product code “a” shown in FIG. 5C among the device numbers extracted in the process of S11. If it is determined that the device 30 is present (YES in S12), the counter information master (N month of the apportioned device number) is referred to by referring to the counter information master (for example, FIG. 4B) stored in the storage means 13. For example, the number of counters in FIG. 4B is extracted (S13).

  Next, the device cost calculation unit 15 of the management apparatus 10 apportions the supply cost for each device number of the apportioning target device number (S14), and stores the apportioned supply cost in the storage unit 13 (S15).

  Next, the equipment cost calculation means 15 determines whether or not the distribution calculation has been performed for all the supplies in N months (S16), and if the distribution calculation has not been performed for all the supplies (NO in S16) ), The process returns to S10.

  In addition, when it is determined that the apportionment calculation has been performed for all the supplies (YES in S16), the device cost calculation unit 15 performs all the data up to N month-February (the past three months including the target month). It is determined whether the apportionment calculation has been performed on the supply (S17). When the apportionment calculation is not performed for all the supplies for N month-February (NO in S17), the device cost calculation means 15 sets N month-January as N month (S18), and the process of S10 Continue.

  If management device 10 determines that apportionment calculation has been performed for all supplies for N month-February (YES in S17), it ends the process. When the supply information acquisition unit 14 determines that there is no apportionment target machine number (NO in S12), the process proceeds to S16.

<Flow of operating unit master generation processing>
Next, a process until the operating machine master referred to in the process of S11 of FIG. 6 is generated will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operating unit master generation process.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the management apparatus 10 extracts information (operating machine information) related to the operating device 30 from the sales invoice (for example, FIG. 4A) stored in the storage unit 13 (S20). ). Next, based on the information extracted in the process of S20, the management apparatus 10 generates an operating machine master that stores the machine number and the like of the equipment 30 that is operating for each delivery destination (S21), and ends the process. Note that the management apparatus 10 may store the operating unit master generated in the process of S21 in the storage unit 13.

<Counter information master generation process>
Next, a process until the counter information master referred to in the process of S13 in FIG. 6 is generated will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the counter information master generation process.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the management apparatus 10 extracts a predetermined machine number of the device 30 from the operating machine master generated in the process of FIG. 7 (S30), and the N month counter information of the extracted machine number is @Remote. It is determined whether it is in the data acquired from the support system such as (S31). In addition, in @Remote, for example, counter information for each machine number acquired from the delivery destination A and the delivery destination B shown in FIG. 1 via the communication network 1 is stored for each month.

  When the management apparatus 10 determines that the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is in @Remote (YES in S31), the management apparatus 10 displays the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30. Extract from @Remote (S32).

  Next, the management apparatus 10 determines whether or not the counter information for N month of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is in the sales invoice (S33). In the sales invoice, for example, counter information for each machine number acquired by writing or the like when the delivery destination A and the delivery destination B shown in FIG.

  If the management apparatus 10 determines that the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is in the sales invoice (YES in S33), the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 Is extracted from the sales invoice (S34).

  Next, the management apparatus 10 determines whether or not the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is in the FAS (S35). In the FAS, for example, counter information obtained by hand-counting counter information of machine numbers at each delivery destination by a serviceman or the like is stored for each month.

  When the management apparatus 10 determines that the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is in the FAS (YES in S35), the N month counter information of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is FAS. (S36).

  Next, the management apparatus 10 stores the counter information extracted in each process of S32, S34, and S36, and generates a counter information master for each machine number (S37).

  If the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is not in @Remote (NO in S31), the management apparatus 10 continues the process of S37. Similarly, when the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is not included in the sales invoice (NO in S33), the management apparatus 10 continues the process of S37. Similarly, the management apparatus 10 continues the process of S37 when the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is not in the FAS (NO in S35).

  Next, the management apparatus 10 determines whether or not counter information for N month-February (the past three months including the target month) has been acquired for the machine number extracted in the process of S30 (S38). . If the management apparatus 10 does not determine that the counter information for N month-February has been acquired (NO in S38), N month-Jan is set as N month (S39), and the process returns to S31.

  When the management apparatus 10 determines that the counter information for N month-February has been acquired (YES in S38), the size of the counter information (counter number) other than the A4 of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 is sized. Conversion into A4 counter information (S40). In the process of S40, for example, when converting the counter information of size A3 into the counter information of A4, it is converted as “A3 copy number × 2 = A4 copy number”.

  Next, the management apparatus 10 calculates ACV from the counter information converted by the process of S40, for example by the averaging means 19 (S41). Here, ACV indicates, for example, total ACV and color ACV. The total ACV indicates a value obtained by converting monochrome and color counter information into A4 and averaging the information for the past two months from the target month and the target month for a total of three months. The color ACV indicates a value obtained by converting the color counter information into A4 and averaging the information for the past two months from the target month and the target month for a total of three months.

  Next, the management apparatus 10 determines whether there is no line of counter information for three months of the machine number extracted in the process of S30 (S42), and determines that there is no line (YES in S42). ), Counter information is extracted from preset standard value information (S43), and the process is terminated.

<Flow of device cost calculation processing (proportional processing)>
Next, the processing up to S15 in FIG. 6 described above will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a specific flow of the apportioning process.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the management apparatus 10 reads one record with the sales invoice classification “supply” stored in the recording means 13 by the supply information acquisition means 14 (S50), and extracts the extracted sales invoice. (For example, FIG. 5A) is output.

  Next, the supply information acquiring unit 14 matches “delivery destination” and “meter reading month” in the counter information master stored in the recording unit 13 with “delivery destination” and “delivery month” of the extracted sales invoice. The counter information master record to be written is written in the primary file A (for example, FIG. 5B) (S51).

  Next, the supply information acquisition unit 14 refers to the supply main unit conformity master and sets the “main unit product code” that matches the “product code” of the extracted sales invoice to the primary file B (for example, FIG. 5C). (S52).

  The device cost calculation means 15 reads one record of the primary file A, and the main product code (for example, the main product code “A”) of the primary file B corresponding to the product code (for example, the product code “a”) of the read record. It is determined whether or not there is a record in the primary file A that matches "B") (S53).

  If the device cost calculation unit 15 determines that there is a matching main product code (YES in S53), the apportionment target flag (for example, “*” shown in FIG. 5B) is assigned to the record of the matching main product code. ) Is established (S54). If it is determined that there is no matching main product code (NO in S53), the process proceeds to S55.

  The device cost calculation means 15 reads one record of the next record (S55), determines whether or not the next record exists (S56), and if it exists (YES in S56), returns to the process of S53. .

  When the device cost calculation means 15 determines that the next record does not exist (NO in S56), the “color classification” of the sales invoice (for example, FIG. 5A) read and extracted in the process of S50 is extracted. "Is a color or not (S57).

  If the “color classification” is determined to be color (YES in S57), the device cost calculation means 15 sets the cost in the sales invoice for each record for which the apportionment target flag of the temporary file A is set. Proportional distribution is made with “color ACV” and stored in prorated costs (S58).

  If the device cost calculation unit 15 determines that the “color classification” is not color (NO in S57), the cost in the invoice is set for each record for which the apportionment target flag of the temporary file A is set. Proportional distribution is performed by “total ACV” and stored in the apportioned cost (S60).

  Next, the management apparatus 10 deletes the temporary file A and the temporary file B (S62), and reads one record of the sales invoice that has the delivery month n month and the classification “supply” (same as above). Sales invoice) (S62), it is determined whether or not the next record exists (S63). If it is determined that the next record exists (YES in S63), the process returns to S50. If it is determined that the next record does not exist (NO in S63), the process ends.

  In the process of S58 described above, the device cost calculation unit 15 performs the apportioning process for the selected device based on the product type (for example, “product code”) of the supply information corresponding to each preset device. . In this way, the management device 10 determines the conformity between the supply product and the main body of the device 30 and prevents the sales cost of the supply product from being associated with the non-conforming device 30 main body from being associated with each other. It is possible to calculate.

<Specific example>
Next, a specific example of the apportionment process by the device cost calculation unit 15 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, a conventional method for calculating cost of sales from supply information and a method for calculating cost of sales from supply information according to the present embodiment will be compared.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of calculating cost of sales from supply information in the past. Moreover, FIG. 11 is a figure which shows the example of cost-of-sales calculation by the distribution process which concerns on this embodiment. 10 and 11 show examples of cost of sales calculation for the machine numbers A to C of the device 30 installed at the toner delivery destination. In the examples of FIGS. 10 and 11, the machine number A indicates a black and white machine, and the machine numbers B and C indicate color machines.

  As shown in FIG. 10, conventionally, the cost of sales of each of the machine numbers A to C is unknown. Therefore, conventionally, the cost of sales of the delivery destination is set from the cost of sales of the toner itself supplied to the delivery destination unit. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, if the cost of sales of black toner a is 60,000 yen and the cost of sales of color toner b is 100,000 yen, the sales cost of the delivery destination is The cost is simply added to 160,000 yen. As described above, conventionally, the cost of selling toner can be obtained only in units of delivery destinations.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the supply information acquisition unit 14 supplies the number of copies of paper sizes A3, A4, etc. used for each of the machine numbers A to C of the device 30. Obtain as information. At this time, the supply information acquisition means 14 refers to a table as shown in FIG. 11A, and supplies supply products (for example, black toner a and color toner b) that can be used for the machine numbers A to C, respectively. Differently, supply information for each machine number A to C of the device 30 may be acquired.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11C, the supply information acquisition unit 14 sets the “black and white copy number”, “color copy number”, and “total copy number” as the supply information, the paper size (for example, “A4 size”). ”,“ A3 size ”, etc.), and the number of copies of“ A3 size ”is converted to“ A4 size ”.

  Next, the device cost calculation means 15 performs the above-described apportionment processing on the sales cost 60,000 yen of the black toner a according to the number of copies for each device. Similarly, the apportioning process corresponding to the number of copies and the like is performed for each device for the sales cost of 100,000 yen of the color toner b. Thereby, the cost of sales can be calculated for each device.

  For example, the device cost calculation means 15 obtains the distribution processing result of the black toner a and the color toner b for each of the device numbers A to C of the device 30 by the distribution calculation as shown in FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11C, the cost of sales of machine number A is 10,000 yen, the cost of sales of machine number B is 45,000 yen, and the cost of sales of machine number C is 105,000 yen. It becomes.

  As described above, the supply product and the product main body that can use the supply product are linked, the color toner b is apportioned by the ratio of the number of color copies, and the black toner a is totaled (number of black and white copies + color). Proportionally distributed by the number of copies). Also, since A3 size paper consumes twice as many supply products as A4 size paper, the A3 size copy number is converted to A4 size to determine the total number of copies.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to grasp | ascertain the cost of sales for every apparatus 30 (namely, every machine number AC) according to a use condition. Further, the profitability (revenue rate + lease remaining information) for each device 30 may be obtained from the cost of sales calculated in this way, and used for targeting sales activities. In the example described above, toner is used as an example of a supply product. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a consumable such as a photoconductor.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the apportionment method for grasping the usage status of the supply product for each device is realized.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. Can be changed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication network 10 Management apparatus 11 Input means 12 Output means 13 Recording means 14 Supply information acquisition means 15 Equipment cost calculation means 16 Averaging means 17 Transmission / reception means 18 Control means 20 Delivery terminal 30 Equipment 41 Input apparatus 42 Output apparatus 43 Drive apparatus 44 Auxiliary storage device 45 Memory device 46 Arithmetic processing device 47 Network connection device 48 Recording medium 100 Management system

JP 2002-288266 A JP 2001-76256 A

Claims (9)

A management device that manages supply information related to a supply product that is aggregated for each delivery destination having a plurality of devices,
Supply information acquisition means for acquiring, for each device, supply information related to the supply product aggregated in units of the delivery destination;
Based on the supply information obtained by the supply information acquiring unit, possess the equipment cost calculation means for calculating the cost of each of the devices,
The device cost calculation means classifies supply information corresponding to each supply product based on a category included in the supply information, and apportions the cost of sales for each device for each of the classified categories. The management apparatus characterized in that the cost for each device is calculated by adding the cost of sales for each device. The device cost calculating means is
Based on the product type of the supply information corresponding to each preset device, the management apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that selecting a target device for performing the proportional division process. The supply information acquisition means
Based on the size of the print medium in which the device is used, the management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that to change the supply information to consume the supply product. The management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising an averaging unit that averages supply information about the supply product in units of predetermined past months. A management method executed by a management device that manages supply information related to supply products aggregated in units of delivery destinations having a plurality of devices,
The management device is
Supply information acquisition procedure for acquiring supply information about the supply product aggregated in units of the delivery destination for each device;
On the basis of the supply information obtained by the supply information acquisition procedure, possess the equipment cost calculation procedure for calculating the cost of each of the devices,
In the device cost calculation procedure, supply information corresponding to each supply product is classified based on a category included in the supply information, and the cost of sales for each device is prorated for each of the classified categories. A management method characterized in that the cost for each device is calculated by adding the cost of sales for each device . The device cost calculation procedure is as follows:
6. The management method according to claim 5 , wherein a target device for performing the apportionment process is selected based on a product type of supply information corresponding to each preset device. The supply information acquisition procedure includes:
The management method according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein supply information for consuming the supply product is changed based on a size of a print medium used by the device. The management device is
The management method according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , further comprising an averaging procedure for averaging supply information related to the supply product in units of a predetermined past month. The management program for functioning a computer as each means which the management apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 has.

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