JP5815582B2 - Product ordering device and program - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a product ordering apparatus and a program.

  At stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets, ordering operations are performed in order to collect products for sale at stores. In order to place an order for a product in a store, an ordering operation is performed using a product ordering device that stores the product in the store. The store clerk considers the products to be ordered while looking at how to sell the products in the store, and performs the ordering work.

  However, which products are ordered depends on many years of experience of store clerk, and as a result, ordering may be forgotten.

Product ordering apparatus of the embodiment, a storage for storing the order information storage unit that stores an order required information indicating that in correspondence with the order essentials is the ordering essentials, the ordering information for ordering goods in the storage unit And means for determining whether or not the ordering information stored in the storage unit includes the ordering information on the ordering-required product based on the ordering essential information stored in the ordering information storage unit when the case where it is determined to contain a said ordering information for ordering essentials, before term memory when displaying on the display unit order information stored by the means, determines that the information includes said ordered essentials Display control means for displaying the display mode of the order information different from the display mode of the order information other than the order-required items.

Implementation in the form of a program, the computer including ordering information storage unit that stores an order required information indicating that said ordered essentials in correspondence to the order essentials, stores order information for ordering goods in the storage unit And determining whether or not the ordering information stored in the storage unit includes the ordering information of the ordering-required product based on the ordering essential information stored in the ordering information storage unit. judgment means, wherein when it is determined that contains the ordering information for ordering essentials, before SL when displaying on the display unit order information stored by the storage means, contained the ordered essential it is determined that display control means for displaying the display mode of the ordering information of the goods to be different from the display manner of ordering information other than the order required product is to function.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the entire system of this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of the GOT. FIG. 3 is a memory map showing an order information table provided in the GOT. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the GOT. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of GOT processing. FIG. 6 is an example of a GOT ordering screen. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the GOT order entry process.

  Hereinafter, a product ordering apparatus and a program according to embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire system including a GOT (Graphic Operation Terminal) which is an example of a product ordering apparatus. This system includes a center server 1 provided in the headquarters, a store server 3 provided in each store, a POS terminal (Point Of Sales) 6 and a GOT 5. The center server 1 and the store server 3 are connected by a network 2. The store server 3 is connected to a plurality of GOTs 5 via a wireless local area network (LAN) 4. The store server 3 is connected to a plurality of POS terminals 6 via the LAN 7.

  The center server 1 collects and manages sales at each store from the store server 3. The center server 1 creates product information such as the price of the product sold at the store and transmits it to the store server 3. The center server 1 creates ordering information to be described later and transmits it to the store server 3. When creating the ordering information, the center server 1 adds flag information indicating that it is an indispensable item to the ordering information for the indispensable item to be ordered.

  The store server 3 collects and manages sales information sold at the POS terminal 6 and transmits it to the center server 1. The store server 3 receives product information and order information from the center server 1. The store server 3 transmits the received product information to the POS terminal 6. The store server 3 stores the received order information. The store server 3 creates and stores GOT ordering information that can be recognized by the GOT 5 based on the ordering information received from the center server 1 at a predetermined time (for example, every day at midnight). The store server 3 receives the order information transmitted from the GOT 5 and transmits it to the center server 1.

  The POS terminal 6 executes a transaction related to product sales with a customer. The POS terminal 6 creates sales information from the product information and payment information sold at the store, and transmits the sales information to the store server 3.

  The GOT 5 communicates with the store server 3 via the wireless LAN 4. The GOT 5 performs product inventory management, sales volume management, and product order management in the store's product sales floor and backyard. The product inventory quantity information and ordering information are transmitted to the store server 3.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of the GOT 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the GOT 5 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11 serving as a control body, a read only memory (ROM) 12 that stores various programs, a random access memory (RAM) 13 that develops various data, and various programs. For example, a memory unit 14 such as an HDD or the like. The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and memory unit 14 are connected to each other via a data bus 15. The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and memory unit 14 constitute the control unit 100. That is, the control unit 100 executes a control process to be described later when the CPU 11 operates according to a program stored in the ROM 12 or the memory unit 14 and expanded in the RAM 13. The RAM 13 also stores various information.

  An operation unit 16 and a display unit 17 are connected to the data bus 15 via a controller 18. In addition, a wireless LAN I / F (Interface) 19 is connected to the data bus 15. The wireless LAN I / F 19 transmits information to the store server 3 via the wireless LAN 4 and receives information and commands from the store server 3.

  FIG. 3 is a memory map of the order information table 30 (order information storage unit) stored in the memory unit 14 and developed in the RAM 13. The order information table 30 includes a product code part 31, a product name part 32, an image information part 33, a sales part 34, an inventory part 35, a discard part 36, an order part 37, an indispensable part 38, and a standard part. 39, a selected product part 40, another upper part 41, a new product part 42, a recommended number part 43, and a past data part 44.

  The product code part 31 stores a product code for specifying a product to be ordered. The product name part 32 stores the product name of the product corresponding to the product code. The image information unit 33 stores product image information corresponding to the product code. The sales number section 34 stores the number of sales of the product corresponding to the product code. The stock quantity unit 35 stores the daily stock quantity of the product corresponding to the product code. The discard number section 36 stores the number of discards of the product per day corresponding to the product code. The order quantity section 37 stores the number of orders per day for the product corresponding to the product code. The product code, product name, etc. correspond to the ordering information.

  The essential product section 38 stores a flag (ordering essential information) indicating whether or not the product is an ordering required product, corresponding to the product code. When the flag is “1”, the product means an order-required product that should be ordered every time. When the flag is “0”, it means that the product is not necessarily a product to be ordered every time.

  The standard product section 39 stores a flag indicating whether or not the product is a standard product corresponding to the product code. When the flag is “1”, it means that the product is a standard product. When the flag is “0”, it means that the product is not a standard product.

  Corresponding to the product code, the selected product section 40 stores a flag indicating whether or not the product is a selected product such as a special sale product or a sales-focused product. When the flag is “1”, it means that the product is a selected product. When the flag is “0”, it means that the product is not the selected product.

  The other higher-order unit 41 stores a flag indicating whether or not the product is a sales-higher product in another store, corresponding to the product code. When the flag is “1”, it means that the product is a top-selling product in another store. When the flag is “0”, it means that the product is not a top-selling product in another store.

  The new product section 42 stores a flag indicating whether or not the product is a newly sold new product corresponding to the product code. When the flag is “1”, it means that the product is a new product. When the flag is “0”, it means that the product is not a new product.

  The recommended number unit 43 stores the number of orders recommended by the headquarters when ordering the product corresponding to the product code. When a specific numerical value is stored, the numerical value is displayed, and when “0” is stored, the numerical value is not displayed.

  The past data section 44 stores the weather, temperature, etc. that affect the number of sales of the product in correspondence with the product code. The past data section 44 also stores the number of delivered products and the number of missing items.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the GOT 5. The GOT 5 realizes a display control unit 101, a determination unit 102, and an ordering unit 103 by the control unit 100 operating according to various programs stored in the ROM 12 and the memory unit 14.

  When displaying the order information such as the product information stored in the order information table on the display unit 17, the display control unit 101 displays the order information corresponding to the order required product based on the order required information stored in the essential information storage unit. The display mode is different from the display mode of the order information other than the order-required products.

  The determination unit 102 has a function of determining whether or not an order-required product is included based on the order-required information.

  The ordering unit 103 has a function of executing a product ordering process based on the ordering information displayed by the display control unit 101.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of control processing of the control unit 100 in the GOT 5. In FIG. 5, the control unit 100 of the GOT 5 determines whether it is time to collect GOT ordering information (step SP11). When it is determined that it is time to collect the GOT order information (Yes in step SP11), the control unit 100 transmits a command for acquiring the GOT order information to the store server 3 (step SP12). The store server 3 that has received this command transmits the created GOT order information to the GOT 5 that has transmitted the command. The control unit 100 determines whether GOT order information has been received from the store server 3 (step SP13). The controller 100 waits for reception (No in step SP13), and when determining that it has been received (Yes in step SP13), the control unit 100 stores the received GOT order information in the RAM 13 (step SP14).

  When the control unit 100 determines that it is not the time to collect the GOT order information (No in step SP11), the control unit 100 determines whether or not to perform a product ordering operation (step SP21). The ordering operation is performed by the store clerk operating the GOT 5 at a predetermined time. When the control unit 100 determines to perform the ordering work (Yes in step SP21), the control unit 100 determines whether or not the GOT 5 stores the GOT ordering information in the RAM 13 in step SP14 (step S21). SP22). If it is determined that it is stored (Yes in step SP22), the control unit 100 reads the GOT order information stored in the RAM 13 (step SP23).

  Next, the control unit 100 (determination means 102) determines whether or not the read GOT ordering information includes ordering information on the ordering essential product (step SP24). Specifically, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the GOT ordering information includes product information whose flag stored in the essential product part 38 of the ordering information table 30 is “1”. The control unit 100 determines that a product for which the flag of the essential product section 38 is “1” is an order-required product. When the control unit 100 determines that the ordering information for the indispensable item is included (Yes in step SP24), the control unit 100 displays the read ordering information on the display unit 17 (step SP25). Then, the control unit 100 (display control unit 101) determines that the product described later in the description of FIG. 6 is an order-required product for the order-required product ordering information including the ordering information of the order-required product. The required mark 57 to be displayed is displayed in a form added to the ordering information of the required ordering product (step SP26). Then, the control unit 100 adds information related to the ordering information to the ordering information and displays it on the display unit 17 (step SP27). The information related to the order information refers to a selection mark 58, a standard mark 59, a new product mark 60, and other upper marks 61, which will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is an example of a product ordering screen displayed on the display unit 17. In FIG. 6, the ordering screen displayed on the display unit 17 includes an ordering information list unit 51 and an ordering information input unit 71. The order information list section 51 displays a classification display section 52, a product information display section 53, a page feed key 54, a paragraph feed key 55, an order total number display section 56, a recommended value reflection key 62, and the like. The page feed key 54 and the paragraph feed key 55 are operated when the ordering information displayed on the display unit 17 is scrolled up and down.

  The category display unit 52 displays a category common to the product information displayed on the product information display unit 53. In the product information display unit 53, product information such as product names and capacities of a plurality of products belonging to the classification displayed in the classification display unit 52 is displayed. The product information display section 53 has an order quantity section 63, and the order quantity section 63 displays the order quantity of the product. The product information display unit 53 has a recommended order quantity unit 64. In the recommended order quantity section 64, when there is a recommended quantity as the order quantity of the product, “recommended” characters indicating that the product is a recommended product and the recommended order quantity are displayed.

  In the product information display section 53, various marks such as an essential mark 57, a selection mark 58, a standard mark 59, a new product mark 60, and other upper marks 61 are displayed.

  The essential mark 57 is displayed for the product information whose flag is “1” stored in the essential product section 38 of the order information table 30. That is, the essential mark 57 is displayed on the product information display unit 53 when the product is an order-required product. In FIG. 6, the product A is an order-required product.

  The selection mark 58 is displayed for the product information whose flag is “1” stored in the selected product section 40 of the order information table 30. That is, the selection mark 58 is displayed on the product information display unit 53 when the product is a selected product such as a special sale product or a sales-focused product. In FIG. 6, the product A is the selected product.

  The standard mark 59 is displayed for the product information whose flag is “1” stored in the standard product section 39 of the order information table 30. That is, the standard mark 59 is displayed on the product information display unit 53 when the product is a standard product such as a standard product. In FIG. 6, product B, product C, product D, and product F are standard products.

  The new product mark 60 is displayed for the product information whose flag is “1” stored in the new product part 42 of the order information table 30. That is, the new product mark 60 is displayed on the product information display unit 53 for a certain period (for example, three months) when the product is a new product that has recently been newly sold. In FIG. 6, the product E is a new product.

  The other upper mark 61 is displayed for the product information whose flag is “1” stored in the other upper portion 41 of the order information table 30. That is, the other upper mark 61 is displayed on the product information display unit 53 when the product is a higher-ranked product at another store. In FIG. 6, the product G is another higher-level product. Note that each of the above marks is an example, and information related to ordering information for other products may be displayed.

  When the numerical value displayed in the recommended order quantity section 64 is to be used as the order quantity as it is, the recommended value reflection key 62 is operated. Then, the numerical value displayed in the recommended order quantity section 64 is displayed in the order quantity section 63.

  Further, the order information input unit 71 displays information on one product related to product ordering and displays a screen for inputting order information on the product. The order information input unit 71 displays the detailed information of the product surrounded by the square thick frame 65 among the product information displayed on the product information display unit 53. In FIG. 6, the detailed information of the product A is displayed.

  The order information input unit 71 includes a product information display unit 72, a product code display unit 73, an order price display unit 74, an order quantity display unit 75, a minimum order quantity display unit 76, an order quantity display input unit 77, and an image display unit 78. The past data portion 79 and the like are displayed.

  The merchandise information display unit 72 displays the merchandise name, capacity, manufacturer name, and the like of the merchandise enclosed by the thick square frame 65. The product code display unit 73 displays a product code for specifying the product. The order price display unit 74 displays the order price per product. The order number display unit 75 displays the number of products stored in one box when placing an order in a unit such as a box in which the product is stored. The lowest numerical value displayed by the input quantity display unit 75 is 1. The minimum order quantity display section 76 displays the minimum number of units that can be ordered.

  The order quantity display input unit 77 displays the order quantity of the product. When an integer other than “1” is displayed in the input number display section 75, a unit number such as the number of boxes is input. When “1” is displayed, the number of orders is directly input. In the case of product A, the person in charge places an order in units of boxes. Therefore, the person in charge inputs the number of boxes to be ordered into the order quantity display input unit 77. For example, in FIG. 6, “2” is input to place an order for two boxes. This numerical value “2” must be greater than or equal to the numerical value displayed on the minimum order quantity display section 76. A numerical value obtained by multiplying the numerical value displayed in the order quantity display unit 75 by the numerical value input and displayed in the order quantity display input unit 77 is the order quantity of the product, and this numerical value is the order quantity part as the order quantity. 63.

  The image display unit 78 displays a product image of a product surrounded by a square thick frame 65. The control unit 100 reads out the image information stored in the image information unit 33 and displays it on the image display unit 78 as a product image.

  The past data section 79 displays various past data related to the product surrounded by the square thick frame 65 in units of days. In this embodiment, weather information data such as weather and temperature, the number of orders per day, the number of sales per day, the number of discards per day, the number of missing items per day, and the like. The daily order quantity is displayed based on the daily order quantity information stored in the order quantity section 37. The daily sales number is displayed based on the daily sales number information stored in the sales number section 34. The number of discards per day is displayed based on the number of discards per day stored in the discard number part 36. Other numerical values are displayed based on various types of information stored in the past data section 44 for one day. The inventory quantity unit 82 displays the inventory quantity of the product in the store.

  In FIG. 6, an end key 81 is displayed on the display unit 17. The person in charge operates the end key 81 when ending the product ordering operation.

  The person in charge performs a product ordering operation while viewing the product ordering screen displayed on the display unit 17. At that time, among the product information displayed on the product information display unit 53 of the order information list unit 51, a mandatory mark 57 indicating that the product is an order-required product is added to the product information. Is displayed. Therefore, the person in charge who performs the ordering operation specifies the ordering product to be ordered from the ordering information displayed on the display unit 17. At this time, the person in charge performs an ordering operation for the required product with reference to the displayed required mark 57 for the required product. Therefore, the person in charge never forgets to order the product.

  Further, the recommended value reflection key 62 can input the number of orders of the product only by operating the recommended value reflection key 62 when the number of orders of the product is the recommended value. The number of operations can be reduced.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If the control unit 100 determines that no order-required items are included (No in step SP24), the control unit 100 executes the same processing as step SP25 and proceeds to step SP27. If the control unit 100 determines that the ordering information is not stored (No in step SP22), the control unit 100 displays an error (step SP29) and ends the process.

  Further, when the control unit 100 determines that the product ordering work is not performed (No in step SP21), the control unit 100 determines whether one product is selected (step SP31). This determination is made based on whether or not the person in charge selects one product and the product information of the product is displayed surrounded by a square thick frame 65. When it is determined that one product has been selected (Yes in step SP31), the control unit 100 displays the detailed information of the selected product information on the order information input unit 71 (step SP32). Then, the order input process shown in FIG. 7 is executed (step SP33).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the order entry process of GOT5. In FIG. 7, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the order quantity is input to the order quantity display input unit 77 (step SP41). When it is determined that the order quantity has been input (Yes in step SP41), the control unit 100 calculates the order quantity based on the input order quantity and displays it on the order quantity section 63 (step SP42). Then, the control unit 100 returns to step SP41. When determining that the order quantity has not been input (No in step SP41), the control unit 100 determines whether or not the recommended value reflecting key 62 has been operated (step SP51). If it is determined that it has been operated (Yes in step SP51), the control unit 100 displays the recommended value displayed in the recommended order quantity unit 64 in the order quantity unit 63 (step SP52). Then, the control unit 100 returns to step SP41. If it is determined that the recommended value reflection key 62 has not been operated (No in step SP51), the control unit 100 determines whether or not the end key 81 has been operated (step SP61). The control unit 100 waits until the operation is performed, executes the determination in step SP41 or step SP51 (No in step SP61), and determines that the end key 81 is operated (Yes in step SP61), the control unit 100 performs step SP34. Move on to processing.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The control unit 100 determines whether or not an ordering key (not shown) has been operated after the input of ordering information in step SP33 is completed (step SP34). Wait until it is operated (No in step SP34), and if it is determined that it has been operated (Yes in step SP34), the control unit 100 (ordering means 103) executes the ordering process based on the information related to the current ordering. (Step SP35). The information subjected to the order processing is transmitted from the GOT 5 to the store server 3. The store server 3 transmits the order information received from the GOT 5 to the center server 1. Thereby, a product is ordered from GOT5.

  And the control part 100 updates each information of the order information table 30 based on the order information which performed the order process, and complete | finishes an order process (step SP36).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the product information display unit 53 of the order information list unit 51 displays the mandatory mark 57 indicating that the product is an order-required product attached to the product information. The person in charge does not forget to order the product.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the number of orders for the product can be input simply by operating the recommended value reflecting key 62, so that the number of operations of the person in charge for ordering can be reduced.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, since various marks such as the selection mark 58, the standard mark 59, the new product mark 60, and the other upper mark 61 are displayed on the product information display unit 53 together with the essential mark 57, the product It will be helpful when ordering.

  This embodiment is presented as an example, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  For example, in the present embodiment, by displaying the essential mark 57 on the product information display unit 53, the ordering information corresponding to the ordering-required product is made different from other ordering information, but may be made different by other methods. Is possible. For example, the display of ordering information related to ordering required products (display color of product name etc. and form of display characters) is different from other ordering information, or the color of the display area of ordering information related to ordering required products It may be different from the information display area.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the above-described various marks are examples of display, and other marks related to product ordering information may be displayed.

  The program executed by the merchandise ordering apparatus according to the present embodiment is an installable or executable file, such as a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. And recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

  Further, the program executed by the product ordering apparatus of the present embodiment may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. Further, the program executed by the merchandise ordering apparatus according to the present embodiment may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  Further, the program executed by the product ordering apparatus according to the present embodiment may be configured to be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Control part 101 Display control means 102 Ordering means

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-298335

Claims (6)

An order information storage unit for storing order required information indicating that the order required product corresponds to the order required product ;
A storage means for storing the ordering information of ordering goods in the storage unit,
Determining means for determining whether or not the order information of the order-required product is included in the order information stored by the storage means based on the order-required information stored in the order information storage unit;
If it is determined that contains the order information of the order essentials, the order of pre-SL when displaying on the display unit order information stored by the storage means, determines that the information includes said ordered essentials Display control means for displaying the display mode of information differently from the display mode of order information other than the order-required items;
Product ordering equipment with The display control means displays an ordering information other than the order-required product by displaying a mark indicating the order-required product in addition to the ordering information of the order-required product on the ordering screen for ordering the product. Display differently from the display mode of
The merchandise ordering apparatus according to claim 1. The product ordering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the recommended order quantity of the product corresponding to the ordering information by adding it to the ordering information. The display control means displays an order information list part for displaying a plurality of the order information and detailed order information for one of the order information displayed in the order information list part so as to be inputable. The product ordering device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an order information input unit is displayed on the display unit. Ordering means for executing a product ordering process based on the ordering information displayed by the display control means;
The product ordering apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: Computers with order information storage unit that stores an order required information indicating that said ordered essentials in correspondence to the order essentials,
Storage means for storing the ordering information of the ordered product in the storage unit;
Determining means for determining whether or not the order information of the order-required product is included in the order information stored by the storage means based on the order-required information stored in the order information storage unit;
If it is determined that contains the order information of the order essentials, the order of pre-SL when displaying on the display unit order information stored by the storage means, determines that the information includes said ordered essentials Display control means for displaying the display mode of information differently from the display mode of order information other than the order-required items;
Program to function as.

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