JPH04149779A - Pos apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To remove the generation of forgotten ordering or misordering and to reduce a manhour required for ordering work by automatically monitoring the stock amount of a stock management file by a monitoring program and ordering the necessary amount of stock. CONSTITUTION:An automatic ordering device 13 always monitors the stock management state of the stock management file 12 to be updated in each commodity selling, and at the time of completing the check of all commodities, checks the existence of ordering, and when ordering exists, executes ordering work. Since the file 12 files and manages commodity names, the dates and time of orders, the number of orders, and the stock state of an ordering source or the like, the device 13 always monitors the ordering time of the stock and automatically executes ordering work at necessary time. Consequently, the generation of forgotton ordering or misordering can be prevented, operator's labor for ordering is not required and always proper stock management can be attained.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to point of sale management
5ales...hereinafter abbreviated as PO8) device, and particularly relates to a POS device used in mass retail stores such as supermarkets.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of POS device has a product sales settlement means, a sales management means, a price management means, an ordering operation means, a sales information management means, and the like.

Next, a conventional example will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional POS device.

In FIG. 3, when selling a product, the product name, price, and quantity are inputted from the input means 1, and the data is sent to the data discrimination means 2 for sales and settlement.
Instruct the sales/settlement means 5.

Bring it in, calculate the individual portions, and settle the bill.

Further, the sales and sales information are processed by the sales management means 6 and the sales information means 7, respectively, and are filed and managed in the sales file 10 and the sales information file 11.

As part of the ordering process, operators constantly manage inventory quantities.
When it is determined that the quantity deemed necessary is reached, an order is placed by the ordering means 8.

Each piece of information is then displayed on the display device 3 and output from the receipt printing device W4.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in conventional PoS devices, the ordering task of ordering a product is performed when the operator determines that it is necessary to place an order, and the operator determines the order quantity. This is done after determining the order and checking the supplier, so there is a possibility that the operator may forget to place an order or order the wrong quantity, resulting in too little or too much product being received. The disadvantage is that things can happen.

Another drawback is that it takes a large amount of man-hours to perform ordering operations.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide a PoS device that does not cause missed or erroneous orders, does not require the operator to place orders, and enables proper inventory management at all times. There is a particular thing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention covers settlement, sales management, price management, ordering operations,
In a PoS device used for product sales operations such as sales information management, the inventory management file that manages the inventory amount of the product and the inventory amount in the inventory management file are automatically monitored by a monitoring program, and the amount of inventory in the inventory management file is automatically monitored. If available, it has an automatic ordering device that orders the necessary amount from a wholesaler.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a PoS device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow of the automatic ordering device of FIG. 1.

In Fig. 1, the inventory management file 12 files and manages the inventory status such as product name, ordering time, number of orders, and supplier, and the automatic ordering device [3] records and manages the inventory status such as product name, ordering time, order quantity, and supplier.
Always monitor and automatically perform ordering operations when necessary.

Here, input means 1, data discrimination means 2, display device 3,
The receipt printing device 4, the sales/settlement means 5, the sales management means 6, the sales information means 7, the product master staff 9, the sales file 1o, and the sales information file 11 operate in the same manner as in the conventional case shown in FIG. do.

Next, the details of the functions of the automatic ordering device 13 will be explained with reference to the processing flow shown in FIG.

The automatic ordering device 13 constantly monitors the inventory management status of the inventory management file 12, which is updated every time a product is sold.

First, the processing flow starts (L), and in step 101, data of the inventory management 7A and 12 is read.

[Start] 02 is compared with the ordering time of the product, and it is determined whether an order is necessary or not.

If it is necessary to place an order in step 103, step]
The process proceeds to step 04, the data is edited in step 104, and the process proceeds to step 05. If it is determined in step 103 that there is no need to place an order, the process directly proceeds to the start block 105.

When the step 105 completes checking of item -4, the process returns to step 102, and the next item is compared at the time of ordering.

Here, when all the items have been ticked, step 107
If there is an order, check whether there is an order or not, and if there is an order, the order will be placed at Ste Near 7108, and the end will be 8.If there is no order, the i-ma will be the end.

And when it comes to the end, Star 1 again. Return to
A similar process is started and the status of the inventory in the inventory management file]2 is constantly monitored.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by providing an automatic ordering device, it is possible to eliminate forgetting to place an order or making an ordering error caused by the operator deciding the ordering timing, order quantity, etc., based on his/her own judgment. This has the effect of reducing the number of man-hours required for ordering work.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a PoS device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the automatic ordering device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional PoS device. ]...Input means, 2...Data discrimination means, 3...Display device, 4...Receipt printing device, 5...Sales/accounting means, 6...Sales management means, 7... Sales information means, fi 8...Ordering means, 9...Product Master Tough Hayabusa Sil, 10
...Sales file, 11...Sales information file,
12...Inventory management file, 13...Automatic ordering device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A management device for managing point-of-sale information used in product sales operations, comprising: an inventory management file for managing the amount of inventory of products; and a monitoring program that automatically monitors the amount of inventory in the inventory management file. and an automatic ordering device that orders the necessary quantity to a wholesaler if there is a need to place an order.