JP6626252B2 - POS terminal and POS terminal program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal and a POS terminal program, and more particularly to, for example, a POS terminal and a POS terminal program having a management function of entering and leaving a store.

  Patent Literature 1 discloses a POS terminal in which an employee enters or leaves a store by inputting a personal code, and semi-automatic determination of data, which has been conventionally performed manually, is disclosed. .

  In the background art of Patent Document 1, an “entry / exit key” is provided on a keyboard in addition to a conventional menu key and function key. When the store entry / exit key is pressed, an entry screen for a personal code is displayed, and entry or exit of the store is registered by inputting the personal code on the screen. The POS terminal enables the attendance management of each employee in the host system by transmitting a store entry or exit time and a personal code to the host system connected to the POS terminal.

JP-A-9-128659 [G07C 1/12 G06F 17/60]

  However, although the POS terminal of Patent Document 1 can manage employee attendance in addition to product sales information management, the training and examination reservation system is not linked to the POS system.

  For this reason, it is necessary to use a different means (PC, telephone / fax, etc.) for making reservations for training and examinations, and to use a different means for confirming and changing reservations. was there. In other words, the reservation of training and exams is a separate task from the usual store operation, and is not only a burden for employees and managers, but also causes the students to forget to attend or take the exams.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a novel POS terminal and POS terminal program.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal and a POS terminal program that can make a reservation for a training or an examination.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal and a POS terminal program capable of preventing employees from taking training or taking an examination or forgetting to take the examination as much as possible.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a display unit that displays a time attendance menu screen, a detection unit that detects an entry operation or a leave operation performed by an employee on the time attendance menu screen, and the detection unit performs an entry operation or a leave operation. An output unit for outputting information to be guided to the employee and preparation information necessary for the information in accordance with the detection , the output unit displaying the information, and receiving information including the displayed content. Is a POS terminal that prints on the POS terminal.

In the first invention, for example, a display unit such as a touch screen displays the attendance processing menu screen. In the embodiment, the attendance process menu screen includes a store entry button and a store exit button, and the employee performs a store entry operation by the store entry button when entering the store, and performs a store exit operation by the store exit button when leaving the store. The detection unit detects such a store entry operation or a store exit operation. Then, the output unit outputs information in response to a store entry operation or a store exit operation. Specifically, the information includes information to be guided to the employee and preparation information necessary for the information, and the output unit displays the information and prints the information including the displayed content on a receipt. Thus, the employee can check the information output by the output unit in response to the store entry operation or the store exit operation, which must be executed at the POS terminal.

According to the first aspect, the employee confirms the information output from the output unit in response to the entering operation or the leaving operation, so that the employee can surely confirm necessary information. At that time, the employee can receive the receipt on which the information is printed, so that the information can be confirmed more reliably.

  A second invention is according to the first invention, further comprising a registration unit for registering the schedule information of the employee, and the output unit is a POS terminal that outputs information based on the schedule information registered by the registration unit.

  In the second invention, the registration unit registers the schedule information based on, for example, data obtained by accessing the server. The output reads out the registered schedule information in response to a store entry operation or a store exit operation, and outputs necessary information to the employee based on the read schedule information.

  According to the second aspect, since the POS terminal outputs information based on the registered schedule information, the employee can check the schedule information.

  A third invention is according to the second invention, further comprising a determining unit for determining whether a current date and time is within a predetermined period with respect to the date and time indicated by the schedule information. The POS terminal outputs information based on the schedule information when it is determined that the date and time indicated by the information are within a predetermined period.

  In the third invention, the schedule information includes the date and time at which the schedule is to be executed, and the determining unit determines whether or not the current date and time has approached within a predetermined period such as seven days from the date and time. That is, it is determined whether the schedule information includes a schedule to be executed within a predetermined period from the current date and time. Then, when the determining unit determines that the current date and time are within a predetermined period from the date and time indicated by the schedule information, the output unit outputs information based on the schedule information.

  According to the third invention, when the date and time included in the schedule information is approaching, the employee can surely confirm the information based on the schedule information, and thus the schedule can be prevented from being overrun.

  A fourth invention is according to the second invention or the third invention, wherein the registration unit registers the schedule information based on the data of the database linked with the reservation management server constituting the POS system together with the POS terminal. It is.

  In the fourth invention, the registration unit registers the schedule information based on, for example, a training / test database linked to a reservation management server installed in the headquarters, for example.

  According to the fourth invention, the POS terminal can access the server at the headquarters and register schedule information, for example, training / test or reservation.

  A fifth invention is according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, wherein a receiving unit that receives an unnecessary operation that does not require the output unit to output information, and an output unit that responds to the unnecessary operation received by the receiving unit. Is a POS terminal further provided with an output blocking unit for preventing information from being output.

  In the fifth invention, for example, a check box is displayed on a screen for confirming information, and the reception unit receives an unnecessary operation in response to the employee putting a check mark on the check box. The output blocking unit prevents (prohibits) the output unit from outputting information if an unnecessary operation is performed by an employee.

  According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to avoid the complexity of always outputting information.

  A sixth invention is according to any one of the first to fifth inventions, wherein the output unit is a POS terminal that outputs information in response to a leaving operation.

  According to the sixth aspect, the information is output when the employee tries to leave the store, so that the information is more easily transmitted to the employee than when the information is transmitted at the time of the input operation.

A seventh invention is a POS terminal program executable by a CPU of a POS terminal, comprising: a display unit for displaying an attendance processing menu screen; detecting unit for detecting a and detector in response to detecting the entering operation or Closed operation to function as an output unit for outputting the prepared information necessary to be the guidance information and information to employees, the output The unit is a POS terminal program that displays the information and prints information including the displayed content on a receipt.

According to the seventh aspect , the same effect as that of the first aspect can be expected.

  According to the present invention, the employee confirms the information output by the output unit in response to the entering operation or the leaving operation, so that the employee can surely confirm necessary information. Therefore, for example, if the reservation confirmation of the training / examination can be output from the POS terminal, it is possible to prevent the employee from forgetting to take the examination / examination.

  The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a POS system in which the present invention can be implemented. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an employee database linked to the employee management server of the embodiment in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a training / test database linked to the reservation management server of the embodiment in FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation database linked to the reservation management server of the embodiment in FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the POS terminal used in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a memory map of the memory shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the employee management screen. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a training / test menu screen when the training / test button is operated on the employee management screen. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a reservation / change / cancellation process using the training / test menu screen. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a calendar-type reservation screen for reservation of a training / examination. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation registration screen for confirming registration in the training / test reservation registration process. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the attendance processing menu screen advanced from the employee management menu shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the attendance process using the attendance process menu screen. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the reservation confirmation processing in the attendance processing of FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed in the reservation confirmation processing of FIG. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation confirmation receipt printed in the reservation confirmation processing of FIG. FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a store closing process screen for the store closing process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the store closing process using the store closing process screen shown in FIG. FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation status inquiry screen in the store closing process. FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation status inquiry receipt printed in the store closing process. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing another example of the reservation confirmation processing in the attendance processing. FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed in the reservation confirmation processing shown in FIG. FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a registration table changed after checking a check box on the notification screen shown in FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing another example of the closing process in the attendance process of FIG. FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the assigned shift table referred to in the store closing process shown in FIG. FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the next shift contact screen displayed in the store closing process shown in FIG. FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the next shift communication receipt printed in the store exit processing shown in FIG.

[First embodiment]
Referring to FIG. 1, a POS system 100 of this embodiment includes a head office 102 and a store 104, and the head office 102 and the store 104 can communicate with each other via a communication line 106. However, the communication line 106 may be any wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated communication line, the Internet, or an intranet.

  The headquarters 102 is provided with a product sales management server 108, an employee management server 110, and a reservation management server 114. The merchandise sales management server 108 is a server that executes point-of-sale management (Point Of Sales), which is an essential task of the POS system 100, and is linked to a merchandise database (not shown).

  The employee management server 110 is a server that manages employee attendance (entry and exit), placement management (including shift management), and the like. The employee management server 110 is linked with, for example, an employee database 112 shown in FIG. In the employee database, an employee code, an employee name, an employee qualification, an employee title, a joining date, etc., which are uniquely assigned to each employee, are registered in association with each other. The working conditions (such as shift) for each employee may be registered in the employee database 112 or may be registered in another shift database (not shown).

  The reservation management server 114 is a server that registers reservations for training (training for newcomers, family training, etc.) and examinations (promotion tests, promotion tests, etc.) or manages these reservations. The reservation management server 114 can be linked not only with a training / test (test and / or test meaning) database 116 as shown in FIG. 3, for example, but also with the employee database 112 described above. Since the training / test database 116 shown in FIG. 3 is explanatory in itself, detailed description is omitted here. However, this training / test database 116 includes, for each training / test, as shown in FIG. Are set in advance. The “stay category” means, for example, a category such as “no accommodation”, “previous night”, “night stay”, “night stay”, and the like. These accommodation categories are selected at the time of reservation. The “qualifications”, “target positions”, and “target hiring dates” limit which employees can take / take the training / exam.

  However, the registration items of the training / test database 116 are not limited to those of this embodiment.

  It should be noted that the training / test database 116 can be changed or deleted in principle only by the reservation management server 114.

  Also, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, three servers 108, 110 and 116 are installed in the headquarters 102. However, all or any two of these servers may be realized by one server, and four or more servers may be used. You may make it share.

  In the store 104, a plurality of POS terminals 10 are installed. The POS terminal 10 has, for example, a configuration shown in FIG. However, it should be noted that illustration of the interface of each device is omitted in FIG.

  The POS terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12, and a communication device 16 is connected to the CPU 12 via an internal bus 14. The communication device 16 includes, for example, a modem, and the CPU 12 can communicate with the servers 108, 110, and 114 of the head office 102 via the communication device 16 and the communication line 106 shown in FIG. It can be carried out.

  The CPU 18 is further connected to a memory 18 and an external storage device 20 via an internal bus 14. The memory 18 includes a ROM and a RAM as needed, stores product data of each product, price data of the products, and the like, and is used as a temporary storage device or a working memory of the CPU 12. As the external storage device 20, any large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk device and an optical disk device can be used.

  Programs necessary for the POS terminal 10 (such as an OS, an employee management program, a training / examination program, an attendance management program, a store closing processing program, etc.) are downloaded from the communication device 16 to the memory 18 or are stored in the external storage device 20. It is loaded into the memory 18. The POS terminal 10 operates according to a program loaded into the memory 18. The memory 18 further stores various tables and flags (to be described later).

  Further, a keyboard 22 including a numeric keypad, a barcode reader 24 such as a handy scanner, a printer 26 for printing a receipt or the like, and a touch screen 28 are connected to the CPU 12 via the internal bus 14. The bar code reader 24 not only reads the bar code attached to the product and registers the sales, but also reads the employee tag on the neck and inputs the employee code, for example. Used. However, it goes without saying that the keyboard 22 may be used to input the employee code.

  The touch screen 28 includes an appropriate combination of a flat display and a touch panel, displays arbitrary objects (images, icons, holders, virtual keys, character strings, and the like), and allows a user or an operator (employee) to display these objects. A necessary input operation can be performed by touching. The touch screen 28 is mainly operated by an employee, and the display surface thereof is directed to the operator side (inside).

  In contrast to the touch screen 28, the POS terminal 10 is provided with a customer display whose display surface faces the customer side (outside).

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a memory map of the memory 18, in which a program storage area 30 and a data storage area 32 are formed. As described above, the program storage area 30 is an area for reading and storing (developing) a part or all of the program data preset in the external storage device 20 (FIG. 5), for example. .

  The program storage area 30 stores an employee management program 30a, a reservation / change / cancellation program 30b, an attendance processing program 30c, a store closing processing program 30d, and the like.

  The employee management program 30a is, for example, a program that displays an employee management screen 34 as shown in FIG. 7 and executes the reservation / change / cancellation program 30b or the attendance processing program 30c. The reservation / change / cancel program 30b is a program for making a reservation for training / examination of each employee, changing / cancelling a reservation, and the like. The attendance processing program 30c is a program for managing the attendance of employees, and in particular, displays an attendance processing menu screen 64 shown in FIG. 12 and causes the employees to enter or leave the store.

  The program storage area 30 includes a program for executing a process necessary for the normal operation of the POS terminal 10 in addition to the OS (Operating System), but is not important to the present invention. Description is omitted.

  In the data storage area 32 of the memory 18, a touch buffer 32a is provided, and screen data 32b, various table data 32c, various flags 32d, and the like are set.

  The touch buffer 32a stores coordinate data of a position touched on the touch screen 28. As is well known, whether or not a virtual button (software button) or a section of the calendar described later has been touched is determined by the touch coordinates at that time temporarily stored in the touch buffer 32a. It can be determined based on whether or not it is within the display range (area) of the software section or the section of the calendar.

  The screen data 32b is data for displaying a screen (GUI) to be displayed on the touch screen 28. As will be described later, the various table data 32c is data of various tables that are referred to as necessary in each process or generated as a predetermined result. The various flags 32d are data of various flags necessary for the operation of the POS terminal 10.

  Since the data storage area 32 is also used as a working area as described above, various data necessary for normal operations of the POS terminal 10 are temporarily stored.

  When making a reservation for a training / examination at the POS terminal 10, the employee management screen 34 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the touch screen 28 in accordance with the employee management program 30a shown in FIG. 6 and based on the screen data 32b shown in FIG. indicate.

  It should be noted that all of the screens or menu screens described below are displayed on the touch screen 28 based on the screen data 32b. do not do.

  On the employee management screen 34, an attendance management button 36 and a training / test button 38 are displayed as virtual buttons or software buttons. The attendance management button 36 can be operated by all employees when the attendance processing (FIG. 13) described below is executed. The training / test button 38 is operable by all employees when performing the training / test process (FIG. 8).

  The employee management screen 34 further includes a return button 40a, a previous page button 40b, and a next page button 40c generally provided on the GUI.

  When the training / test button 38 is operated on the employee management screen 34, a training / test menu screen 42 shown in FIG. 8, which is a submenu drawing, is displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The training / test menu screen 42 includes a reservation / change / cancel button 44 and a reservation status inquiry button 46. The reservation / change / cancel button 44 is operated when registering a reservation for training / examination, or when changing or canceling a registered reservation. The reservation status inquiry button 46 is operated when inquiring or confirming the reservation status of the training / test. The training / test menu screen 42 also includes a return button 40a, a previous page button 40b, and a next page button 40c.

  However, when operated by an employee, manager or sub-manager who has management qualifications, reservation / change / cancellation of all employees belonging to the store 104 or inquiry of reservation status of all employees can be performed. When an employee who does not have the management qualification operates, only reservation / change / cancellation or inquiry of the reservation status can be made for the employee alone.

  Here, when the reservation / change / cancel button 44 is operated on the training / test menu screen 42 in FIG. 8, the reservation / change / cancel processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

  When executing the operation of FIG. 9, the CPU 12 (FIG. 5) of the POS terminal 10 accesses the reservation management server 114 of the headquarters 102.

  Although the reservation management server 114 is linked with the training / test database 116 shown in FIG. 3 as described above, in the first step S1 of FIG. The data of the reservation database 118 is acquired, and a reservation screen 48 as shown in FIG. 10 is generated for a specific training / test, and is displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The reservation screen 48 includes a calendar display unit 50. The calendar display unit 50 displays the calendar of the current month and the training / test scheduled during the month based on the data of the training / test database 116, and an example of FIG. Then, the dates of Training 1, Training 2, Training 3, and Training 4 are displayed.

  On the reservation screen 48, a training name display section 52a and a district name display section 52b are displayed above the calendar display section 50. The training name displayed in the training / test database 116 is displayed in the training name display section 52a, for example, in a pull-down menu format. In the embodiment of FIG. 10, the training is selected, and when the operator wants to see another training schedule, he can select it from a pull-down menu.

  In the reservation screen of FIG. 10, the dates of training 1 to training 4 are set in the training. Specifically, Training 1 is scheduled for 3 days from Monday 11th to Wednesday 13th, Training 2 for 3 days from Tuesday 19th to 21st (Thursday), and Training 3 for 23rd. It can be seen that the training 4 is scheduled for 3 days from (Saturday) to 25th (Monday) and the training 4 is scheduled for 3 days from 27th (Wed) to 29th (Fri).

  In the district name display section 52b, the district names described in the training / test database 116 are also displayed in pull-down menu format data. Therefore, when the operator wants to see the schedule of another district, he can make a selection from the pull-down menu.

  On the reservation screen 48, “free”, “slightly remaining”, or “no free” is displayed below the calendar display section 50 by, for example, color coding. These pieces of information can be displayed based on the data in the reservation database 118. Then, a return button 40a and a search button 40d are displayed.

  The employee selects a training / test that he or his subordinate wants to participate in by touching a desired date section of the calendar display unit 50 on the reservation screen 48. Then, when the CPU 12 determines in step S3 that a valid touch has been performed, a registration screen 54 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the touch screen 28 in the next step S5. The operator performs reservation registration of the training / test by inputting necessary items on the registration screen 54.

  On the registration screen 54, based on the data of the training / exam database 116, the training name, date and time, training place, target person, capacity (remaining number of persons), etc. are displayed, and necessary information is entered in the reservation display section 56. By this, the training (in the example, ① training) can be reserved. The job title and qualification of the reservation display section 56 are automatically read and registered, for example, from the employee database 112 (FIG. 2) registered in the employee management server 110 (FIG. 1) when the employee code is input. . Other application categories and accommodation categories may be selected and set from the pull-down menu. In the application section, a status of reserved or non-reserved is displayed, and reservation cancellation or reservation change can be input. In the accommodation category, none / previous night / night of the day / nightly stay can be input. However, in the example of FIG. 11, a new reservation is displayed on the top line of the reservation display section 56.

  The registration screen 54 further displays a detail button 40e and a confirmation button 40f together with the return button 40a. The detail button 40e is operated when the user wants to see the details of the contents of the training / test to be applied for now. When the detail button 40e is operated, for example, a training / test database 116 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, so that the training contents can be known in detail. The confirm button 40f is operated when the reservation is confirmed by the item input in the top row of the reservation display section 56.

  Then, when the operation of the confirm button 40f is confirmed in step S7 of FIG. 9, in the next step S9, the CPU 12 registers the reservation according to, for example, the registration screen 54 shown in FIG. That is, the data in the top row of the reservation display unit 56 is registered as a training / examination reservation registration in, for example, a reservation database 118 (FIG. 4) linked to the reservation management server 114 of the main unit 102.

  In the reservation database 118, the employee code of the participating employee, the training / test code indicating the reserved training / test, and the accommodation category selected as described above are registered.

  In the registration screen 54 of FIG. 11, when the application category or the accommodation category is changed, “new reservation” or “reservation change” is performed depending on whether it is new, changed, or canceled compared to the previous state. , "Cancel reservation". That is, “new reservation”, “reservation change”, and “reservation cancellation” can be performed using the registration screen of FIG.

  As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to access the reservation management server 114 directly from the POS terminal 10 and register the training / test reservation. Therefore, compared to the background art in which reservations can only be made at a terminal different from the POS terminal, forgetting to make a reservation for training / examination can be reduced as much as possible, so that the burden on employees and managers can be reduced.

  In this embodiment, the POS terminal 10 has registered the reservation of the training / test as the schedule information. However, the schedule information registered by the registration unit is not limited to the reservation of the training / test. For example, any schedule information such as a meeting schedule and a customer interview schedule is conceivable.

  When the time management button 36 is operated from the employee management screen 34 shown in FIG. 7, a GUI showing the time processing menu screen 64 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The attendance process menu screen 64 is provided with a store entry button 64a operated by an employee when entering a store, a store exit button 64b operated by an employee when exiting a store, and a return button 40a.

  In the attendance process shown in FIG. 13, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 first determines in step S21 whether the store entry button 64a has been operated. That is, step S21 functions as a detection unit that detects an entry operation by an employee or the like.

  If "YES" is determined in the step S21, the CPU 12 executes a subsequent store entry process in a step S23. In the entry process, the CPU 12 transmits the employee code and the entry time to the employee management server 110 of the headquarters 102.

  When "NO" is determined in the step S21, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the store exit button 64b is operated in a next step S25. That is, step S25 functions as a detection unit that detects a leaving operation by an employee or the like.

  If "YES" in the step S25, the CPU 12 executes a closing process in a step S27. In the closing process, the CPU 12 transmits the employee code and the closing time to the employee management server 110 of the headquarters 102.

  When "NO" is determined in the step S25, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the return button 40a is operated in the next step S31, and in the case of "YES", the CPU 12 executes other processing, and executes "NO". "", The input is awaited.

  After step S27, the reservation confirmation processing of step S29 is executed. In this embodiment, when the store exit button 64b is operated at the time of store exit, a normal store exit process is executed and a reservation confirmation process for the training / test of the employee is executed. The reservation confirmation processing is shown in detail in FIG.

  In the first step S41 of FIG. 14, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 acquires the data of the reservation database 118 shown in FIG. 4 from the reservation management server 114 (FIG. 1), and A table T (not shown) is generated by extracting all records having the same employee code. This table T is stored in various table data 32c (FIG. 6) of the memory 18. However, in the table T, the number of registered training / test reservations is n.

  In the next step S43, the CPU 12 first sets "1" to a number counter (not shown) set in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18, for example (i = 1). Then, in the next step S45, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the number i is smaller than the total number n of the table T (i> n). If "YES", that is, when there are no more reservations to be confirmed, the process exits this routine and returns to, for example, the main routine.

  If "NO" in the step S45, the CPU 12 reads the ith record of the table T in a succeeding step S47, and further reads the training / test code Eid recorded in the record Ti in a step S49.

  In step S51, the CPU 12 extracts a record M (training / test M) whose training / test code is Eid from the training / test table 116 (FIG. 3).

  In the following step S53, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the start date of the training / test M is within X days, that is, the number of warning start days from the current date. The number of warning start days is a number of days indicating that there are X days (for example, 7 days) until the start date of the registered training / examination, and “X” is stored in the training / examination database 116 for each training / examination. It may be set in advance, or may be set individually by the manager of each store and registered as, for example, “warning start days X” in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18.

  Then, in a step S55, it is determined whether or not the day (the day when the store exit processing) is performed is within X days.

  When it is determined that the training / test M is within the warning start days X, that is, when “YES” in step S55, in step S57, the CPU 12 displays, for example, a notification screen 66 shown in FIG. .

  On the notification screen 66, a message 68 is displayed to the employee who is going to leave the shop at that time, such as "There is a training on XX month YY", and an OK button 40g is displayed. However, the content of the message 68 may be any information that alerts the employee and can be arbitrarily changed. The OK button 40g is a button that is operated when an employee who sees such a message 68 understands the meaning of the message.

  Then, in the next step S59, the CPU 12 prints the reservation confirmation receipt 70 shown in FIG. 16 on receipt paper by using the printer 26 (FIG. 5) necessarily provided in the POS terminal 10.

  In the reservation confirmation receipt 70, the training name 72a, the training code 72b, the employee name 72c, the employee code 72d, the venue name 72e, the execution date 72f, the start time 72g, the end time 72h, the accommodation category 72i, the accommodation 72j, and the belongings 72k and other notes 72l are printed. Therefore, the employee who has received the reservation confirmation receipt 70 can know important items such as the date of the next training / test to be taken / taken by the employee.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the reservation can be confirmed at the POS terminal, so that it is possible to prevent the employee from forgetting to attend or take the examination.

  In addition, the reservation confirmation process is performed as part of the store exit process in which the employee has operated the exit button 64b which must be always operated, so that the reservation confirmation itself is not forgotten.

  Further, as described above, by printing the details of the training / examination reserved by the printer 26 connected to the POS terminal 10 as the reservation confirmation receipt 70, the details can be confirmed. Since it can be brought back, there are advantages such as preventing forgetting to bring belongings.

  If the mandatory operation of the employee is set as a condition, the operation may be performed in an entrance process by operating the entrance button 64a. However, if you confirm your reservation at the time of entering the store, there is a possibility that it will be lost in the subsequent work and you will forget it, so it seems more effective to confirm your reservation when you leave the store.

  Step S57 and / or step S59 function as an output unit that outputs information to be guided to the employee.

  When the operation of the OK button 40g is confirmed in step S61 of FIG. 14, the CPU 12 increments the number i in the next step S63, and executes step S45 again. If "NO" is confirmed again in the step S45, the steps S47 to S63 are repeatedly executed.

  If "YES" is confirmed in the step S45, that is, if there is no remaining number in the table T extracted in the step S41, the process returns to, for example, a main routine (not shown) as described above.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the contents of the reserved training / exam are displayed as the schedule information to be guided to the employee when leaving the store. However, the schedule information to be guided to the employee is not limited to the confirmation of the reservation of the training or the examination.

  For example, when the reservation is used for confirming an employee's medical examination reservation, necessary preparations such as "no eating and drinking after 10 o'clock the previous day" can be reliably notified. In addition, for example, it is also possible to make public the information such as the period for filing a dependent deduction (transfer) report for a salary earner for 2014.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the schedule information, and can be used to disseminate matters to be implemented by employees and managers, for example. That is, the items to be displayed can be added by setting.

  At the end of the business hours of the store 104, a store closing process is performed according to the store closing process program 30d shown in FIG. 6, and an example of this store closing process is shown in FIGS. However, in a 24-hour store, the closing process may be replaced by a settlement process performed at a predetermined time of the day.

  FIG. 17 shows a GUI for store closing processing, that is, a store closing processing screen 74 generated according to the store closing processing program 30d. The store closing processing screen 74 is provided with a settlement button 74a, a reservation inquiry button 74b, and a return button 40a. The payment button 74a is operated when executing normal payment work in the POS terminal 10.

  The reservation inquiry button 74b is uniquely provided in the POS terminal 10 of this embodiment, and can be operated by an employee. The reservation inquiry button 74b is operated by an employee to confirm his / her reservation status or when an administrative authority such as a manager confirms or inquires about the reservation status of the training / exams of all employees in the store 104. Is done.

  However, in the specific description given with reference to FIGS. 18, 19, and 20, a case where the management authority inquires the reservation status of all the employees of the store will be described.

  In the store closing processing according to the store closing processing program 30d, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 determines whether or not the settlement button 74a has been operated in the first step S71 of FIG. If the settlement button 74a has been operated, the CPU 12 executes a settlement process in the next step S73. However, the settlement process itself is a well-known ordinary task and is not important for the present invention, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.

  When "NO" is determined in the step S71, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the reservation inquiry button 74b is operated in the next step S75. If the reservation inquiry button 74b is not operated, another process is executed.

  If “YES” is determined in the step S75, in a next step S77, the CPU 12 stores the reservation registration data of the designated type for the designated period in the employee database 112 shown in FIGS. It is acquired from the test database 116 and the reservation database 118. For example, by looking at the reservation database 118, it is possible to know which employee has reserved which training / test, and by referring to the training / test database 116, it is possible to know the duration of the training / test. However, since the period and type cannot be specified on the store closing processing screen 74 in step S18, a sub-screen (not shown) may be displayed so that the period and type can be specified. Then, the reservation registration data may be collected by the above-described method.

  An example of the reservation status inquiry screen 76 is shown in FIG. On the reservation status inquiry screen 76, the reservation display section 78 displays the training / tests reserved by each employee, for example, in date order (ascending or descending order). That is, the reservation display section 78 displays the date of the reserved training / examination, the training course, the venue, the name of the employee, the qualification (post), the accommodation category, and the like. However, the items to be displayed are not limited to this example. For example, only the date and employee name may be used.

  In addition, the reservation status inquiry screen 76 displays a period display section 80a indicating a specified period and a type display section 80b indicating a specified type.

  Further, in addition to the return button 40a and the like, a menu button 40h, a print button 40i, and a next button 40j are displayed.

  Then, when the print button 40i is operated, the CPU 12 makes the printer 26 print a reservation status inquiry receipt 82 shown in FIG. Since all items displayed on the reservation display section 78 (FIG. 19) cannot be printed on the receipt 82, it is set so that only appropriate items of the reservation display section 78 are printed. I have.

  As described above, when the store closing process is performed by the POS terminal 10, if the training / test reservation list of the employees belonging to the store is displayed, the manager such as the manager checks the reservation list. For example, a shift can be re-established, or support from another store can be requested, so that the store operation can be prevented from being hindered.

  Further, in the display example of FIG. 19, as described above, the display can be performed with the period changed. In addition, the type of reservation (“training only”, “exam only”, etc.) can be selected and displayed.

  Furthermore, the items can be displayed in ascending or descending order for each item, and the content to be displayed can be selected and displayed for each item.

  If there are duplicate bookings, for example, the same employee has booked a different training / exam at the same date and time, or if one employee has duplicated and booked the same training / examination, Displaying in a different color (for example, changing to red) can warn of such a duplicate reservation.

  A reservation (vacant reservation) that cannot be taken due to an employee's leave or retirement can be warned by displaying it in a different color from the normal display (for example, by changing it to gray).

  Further, items to be extracted and displayed from the training / test table can be selected or changed.

  Note that only the reservation status inquiry screen 76 in FIG. 19 is confirmed, and the store closing process can be continued without printing. For example, when the next button 40j is operated, printing of the reservation status inquiry receipt 82 as shown in FIG. 20 can be omitted.

  Further, when the reservation status is inquired, if it is necessary to change or cancel the reservation, the store closing process can be suspended and the operation can be proceeded to change / cancel the reservation. For example, the menu of reservation / change / cancellation as shown in FIG. 5 may be called by operating the menu button 40h.

  Further, in receipt printing as shown in FIG. 20, for example, printing can be performed as narrowed down or rearranged on the reservation status inquiry screen 76 in FIG. However, at the time of printing, the printing items can be set independently without interlocking with the display.

  By printing the reservation status list, it is possible to prevent the reservation from being changed or forget to cancel the reservation, and the staffing work can be smoothly performed.

However, since the POS terminal can be operated even after the store closing process, the receipt printing may be performed after the store closing process, or may be performed after the next day.
[Second embodiment]
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, when the reservation inquiry button 74b is operated on the store closing processing screen 74 in FIG. 17, the reservation inquiry is made. In other words, whether or not to make a reservation inquiry is left to the discretion of the operator (employee), and if necessary, the reservation inquiry menu is selected and executed manually.

  On the other hand, similarly to the reservation confirmation process in the attendance process (automatically executed in response to the leaving operation) in FIG. 13, when the store close button is operated by a GUI (not shown), the reservation inquiry is automatically performed. It can also be executed.

  In this case, it is not necessary to provide the reservation inquiry button 74b in FIG. 17, and steps S71 and S75 are not necessary in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the process proceeds to the store closing process, steps S77 and S79 in FIG. 18 may be automatically executed.

  In this case, when the reservation inquiry is completed on the reservation status inquiry screen 76 in FIG. 19, the “next” button 40j may be operated to shift to the settlement processing, which is the original closing operation.

If the range of the display (for example, the type of training / test, the period, etc.) is changed, it can be determined before the next button 40j is operated.
[Third embodiment]
In the first embodiment, in the store exit process, that is, the reservation confirmation process of FIG. 14, a notification screen 66 as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed and a reservation confirmation receipt 70 is printed every time. However, the reservation confirmation may not be required in some cases, and the third embodiment can cope with such a request.

  In this embodiment, the user (employee) can set the necessity / unnecessity of the reservation confirmation at the time of leaving the store. Then, when the reservation confirmation unnecessary is set, for example, an unnecessary flag (not shown) is set in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18 shown in FIG.

  The reservation confirmation processing in FIG. 21 differs from the reservation confirmation processing in FIG. 14 in that steps S81, S83, and S85 are added. That is, after extracting the i-th record from the table T in step S47, the CPU 12 determines in step S81 whether the above-mentioned unnecessary flag is set. If the unnecessary flag is set, the process returns to step S45 via step S63. That is, since the operation after step S49 is not performed on the Ti record, the display in step S57 and the printing in step S59 are not performed.

  However, since the reservation confirmation is displayed and printed at least once, a notification screen 66 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed on the touch screen 28. On the notification screen 66 in the second embodiment, in addition to the message 68, a check box 84 for setting whether or not to display such a notification screen 66 for confirming the reservation is displayed next time. Therefore, an employee who does not need to display the notification screen 66 when leaving the store from the next time on may enter a check mark (■) in the check box 84 according to, for example, a pull-down menu.

  Then, when the check box 84 is checked, it is determined as “YES” in the step S83 in FIG. 21. At that time, the CPU 12 sets the confirmation flag (the flag indicating whether or not to display or print the reservation) in the step S85. ) Is set. In other words, the confirmation flag is set to, for example, "1" when the reservation confirmation display and printing after the next time are unnecessary.

  Steps S83 and S85, together with the check box 84, function as a reception unit for unnecessary operations by employees.

  Therefore, from the next time on, the confirmation flag is determined in step S81 as described above, and if the confirmation flag is set, the display of the notification screen 66 and the printing of the reservation confirmation receipt 70 (FIG. 16) are performed. Absent. That is, step S81 functions as an output blocking unit that responds to an unnecessary operation.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 21, whether or not the confirmation flag is set in addition to the employee code and the training / test code in the reservation database 118 shown in FIG. The necessity / unnecessity of printing the reservation confirmation receipt 70 is recorded. Therefore, when generating the table T based on the reservation database 118 in step S41, the data of the confirmation flag is also extracted.

According to the third embodiment, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of having to confirm the reservation of the training / examination when performing the leaving operation.
[Fourth embodiment]
In the fourth embodiment, when the employee operates the exit button 64b, the shift of the employee is confirmed, and can be combined with the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment.

  For example, when the store closing process in FIG. 24 is executed in step S27 in FIG. 13, in step S91 in FIG. 24, the CPU 12 acquires the current date and time from, for example, a built-in clock (not shown).

  Then, in the next step S93, the CPU 12 accesses, for example, the employee management server 110 of the headquarters 102, and sets in the employee database (not shown) of FIG. With reference to the shift database 120 in charge, the shift information closest to the employee code of the employee who operated the store exit button 64b after the current date and time is extracted as a record.

  Next, in step S95, the CPU 12 displays, for example, a next shift communication screen 88 shown in FIG. On the contact screen 88, a message 88a is displayed in addition to the OK button 40g.

  The message 88a includes shift information 88b and a message 88c. According to the shift information 88b, in the example of FIG. 26, the next shift is from 19:00 to 22:00 on December 20. Therefore, the employee can see the message 88a and confirm the next shift. According to the message 88c, it is understood that the day of the next shift is the day of paying the salary, and therefore a seal is required.

  Further, in step S97, the next shift communication receipt 90 as shown in FIG. 27 is printed. Employee information 90a, shift information 90b, and message 90c are printed on the next shift notification receipt 90. Therefore, the employee can see the next shift communication receipt 90 or take it home to confirm the next shift.

  However, in the third embodiment, the "unnecessary flag" may be set similarly to the second embodiment. In other words, it is not necessary to perform the next shift confirmation process every time the store is closed, and a check box such as the check box 84 in FIG. 22 is displayed on the next shift contact screen 88 in FIG. The leaving process can be stopped.

10 POS terminal 12 ... CPU
16 communication device 18 memory 26 printer 28 touch screen 100 POS system 102 headquarters 104 store 110 employee management server 116 reservation management server

Claims (7)

A display unit that displays the attendance processing menu screen,
A detecting unit for detecting an entering operation or leaving operation performed by the employee on the attendance processing menu screen, and information to be guided to the employee in response to the detecting unit detecting the entering operation or leaving operation. And an output unit that outputs preparation information required for the information ,
The POS terminal , wherein the output unit displays the information and prints information including the displayed content on a receipt . It further includes a registration unit that registers employee schedule information,
The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs information based on schedule information registered by the registration unit. A determining unit that determines whether the current date and time is within a predetermined period with respect to the date and time indicated by the schedule information,
The POS terminal according to claim 2, wherein the output unit outputs information based on the schedule information when the determination unit determines that a current date and time is within a predetermined period from a date and time indicated by the schedule information.   4. The POS terminal according to claim 2, wherein the registration unit registers the schedule information based on data in a database associated with a reservation management server that forms a POS system together with the POS terminal. 5.   A receiving unit that receives an unnecessary operation that does not require output of information by the output unit, and an output blocking unit that prevents the output unit from outputting the information in response to the unnecessary operation received by the receiving unit. The POS terminal according to claim 1.   The POS terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the output unit outputs the information in response to the store closing operation. A POS terminal program executable by the CPU of the POS terminal,
The CPU
A display unit that displays the attendance processing menu screen,
A detecting unit for detecting an entering operation or leaving operation performed by the employee on the attendance processing menu screen, and information to be guided to the employee in response to the detecting unit detecting the entering operation or leaving operation. And function as an output unit for outputting preparation information required for the information ,
A POS terminal program, wherein the output unit displays the information and prints information including the displayed content on a receipt.

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