JPH05101272A - Pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an accurate commodity master and to prevent the omission of a source marking code of the commodity master. CONSTITUTION:A POT commodity information file where a commodity code read in by the hand scanner of a portable terminal and the source marking code are paired is generated by a POT commodity information file generating means 11. The POT commodity information file is stored in a floppy disk and is carried to a POS center device 3. An error list file and a commodity master update file are generated from the POT commodity information file and the commodity master file by a commodity master update file generating means 21. The error list is typed out by an error list output means 22, and the source marking code is added to the commodity to update it by a commodity master update means 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS system, and more particularly to a POS system for a mass retail store, in which a POS terminal used as a register provided in a store and a POS center having a product master are connected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of POS system, a product master having a product code, a cost, a selling price, and a source marking code as a pair is created in advance and is registered in a product master file of a POS center. In the register inside, the source marking code is read from the bar code attached to the product by a hand scanner or the like, and when the source marking code is transferred to the POS center, the selling price etc. is read from the product master and the subsequent processing is advanced. Is becoming
On the other hand, there may be multiple source marking codes for the same product depending on the season or manufacturing line.
Even if the source marking code has changed, the purchasing department does not add it to the product master file and often displays it as it is on the sales floor. Therefore, if the source marking code read from a hand scanner or the like is not registered in the product master and a scan error is displayed in the register, the source marking code read at the POS terminal and the manually entered selling price are POS
Receipt processing can be performed by temporarily registering at the terminal.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned conventional POS
The system requires the purchasing department to carefully check for changes in the source marking code for the product code and update the product master.Also, even if a relief process by provisional registration is provided, the operator can use the register to reach the product shelf. It takes time to go to the store to check the selling price, and because the source marking code and the product code cannot be associated, sales data cannot be aggregated at the POS center, and the store can be operated accurately and quickly. There is a drawback that it hinders processing.

[0004]

The POS system of the present invention is a PO used as a register provided in a store.
In a POS system for a mass retailer in which an S terminal and a POS center having a product master are connected, a product code and a product source marking code are read at any time using a portable terminal, and the product code and the source marking code are paired. A product information file forming means for creating a product information file, a file converting means for outputting the file created by the product information file forming means to a floppy disk, and a product information file output by the file converting means. Compare the product master file and output the product code that does not exist in the product master file to the error list file, and add / update the source marking code of the product master that does not have the source marking code of the product information file in the product master file. P
It is configured by including a product master updating unit provided in the OS center.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the POT product information file forming means 11 and the POT provided in the in-store device 1 of the POS system.
Product information file conversion means 12 and POS center device 2
Product master update file creation means 21, error list output means 22, and product master update means 2 provided in
3 and 3.

The in-store device 1 has a plurality of POS terminals used as registers and a POS terminal control device for connecting the plurality of POS terminals and a POS center to perform normal register processing. A portable terminal (hereinafter referred to as POT) is connected to the control device, and the product code displayed on the product shelf or the like and the source marking code displayed on the product can be read. A floppy disk device is connected to the POS terminal control device. The POS center device 2 has the product master file as in the conventional case, and normally receives the source marking code from the POS terminal of the in-store device 1 and transfers the selling price on the product master to the POS terminal. It is designed to perform system processing.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the processing of the POT product information file forming means 11 of FIG. 1, and referring to FIG.
The operation of the T product information file forming means 11 will be described. First, the product code and the source marking code are read by the POT hand scanner (step 101).
The POS terminal control device stores the POT product information in which the product code and the source marking code are paired in the POT product information file in the storage device (step 10).
2). The operation of steps 101 and 102 is P
Repeat until the OT end key is pressed (step 1
03). FIG. 6A is an example of a format diagram of POT product information.

The POT product information file converting means 12 is P
The POT product information file stored by the OT product information file forming means 11 is read out and stored again on the floppy disk to convert the storage medium. This floppy disk is carried to the POS center.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the processing of the product master update file creating means 21 of FIG. 1, and the operation of the master update file creating means 21 will be described with reference to FIG. The master update file creating means 21 first reads one of the POT product information from the floppy disk, reads the product master file using the product code of the read POT product information as a key, and searches for the corresponding product code. (Steps 201 and 202). If there is no product code in the product master file, this POT product information is output to the error information file (step 203).
Next, it is checked whether or not there is POT product information on the floppy disk (step 204). If not, the process ends. If the product code exists in step 202, it is checked whether the corresponding source marking code exists in the product master (step 20).
5,206). If the source marking code exists,
Immediately move to step 204. If the source marking code does not exist, the POT product information is stored in the product master update file on the storage device (step 2).
07). Then, the process proceeds to step 204.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the processing of the error list output means 22 of FIG. 1, and the operation of the error list output means 22 will be described with reference to FIG. The error list output means 22 reads the error list stored in the error list information file by the product master update file creation means 21 (step 301), and types out the error list by the printer (step 302). Steps 301 and 302 are repeated until there is no error list in the error list information file (step 30
3).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the processing of the product master updating means 23 of FIG. 1, and the operation of the product master updating means 23 will be described with reference to FIG. The product master update unit 23 reads the POT product information stored in the product master update file by the product master update file creation unit 21, and reads the corresponding product master from the product master file using the product code as a key (step 401). ).
The source marking code of POT product information is added to the read product master and stored again in the product master file. FIG. 6B is an example of a format diagram of the product master information, and shows that one product code is provided with a plurality of source marking codes. Steps 401 and 402 are repeated until there is no POT product information in the product master update file (step 403).

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the product information file in which the product code and the source marking code are paired is created by the portable terminal, the product master of the product master file is checked, and unregistered. By adding and updating the source marking code to the product master, it is possible to synchronize the products actually displayed in the sales floor with the information in the product master. The effect is that accurate sales data can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process of a POT product information file conversion unit of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a process of a product master update file creating unit in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process of an error list output unit of FIG.

5 is a flow chart of processing of a product master updating unit of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a format diagram of POT product information and product master information used in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 in-store device 2 POS center device 11 POT product information file conversion means 12 POT product information file conversion means 21 product master update file creation means 22 error list output means 23 product master update means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a POS system for a mass retailer, in which a POS terminal used as a register provided in a store and a POS center having a product master are connected, a product code and a product source are used at any time by using a portable terminal. A product information file conversion unit that reads the marking code and creates a product information file that pairs the product code and the source marking code, and a file conversion that outputs the file created by this product information file conversion unit to a floppy disk The product and the product information file output by this file conversion means are collated with the product master file to output the product code that is not in the product master file to the error list file. Product master without source marking code And a product master updating unit provided in a POS center for adding / updating the source marking code of 1.