JPH06166408A - Magnetic card type control slip and control system using same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a data quantity to be written on a magetic card type control slip stuck or added to a commodity having mobility and reuse it by providing a record column in which information concerning the commodity such as a producing district, a producer, price, or manhour are magnetically recorded on the slip. CONSTITUTION:A commodity 2 is received in a warehouse (b) after writing the data such as product number or formal commodity inspection data on the magnetic card C in the factory (a). When the commodity 2 is received into the warehouse (b), the data is read out from the magnetic card C so as to be used for stock control, and data such as received date is added to the magnetic card C. When it is forwarded from the warehouse (b), data such as forwarding date is added to the card, and it is sent to a retail store (d) through a wholesale store (c). In the retail store (d), a decided data such as purchasing price is written in the magnetic card C so as to be used for sales. When the commodity 2 is sold the magnetic card C is inserted into a reader/writer so as to read the data and be used for sales control.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a magnetic card type control sheet which is attached to or attached to a product or product in a distribution process or a manufacturing process to manage the product or product, and The present invention relates to a management system that uses a management slip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in order to manage a product in the distribution process, a slip in which predetermined items are entered is attached to the product, or in recent years, a tag indicating a predetermined item by a bar code is attached to the product. Things are coming to be done.

However, in the case of the above-described conventional product management using slips, there is a drawback that the product is damaged when the product is transported or the like, and the description items are missing, or it becomes dirty and difficult to read.

In particular, when the product is a marine product, the voucher is apt to get wet and dirty, and special waterproofing is required.

Further, the voucher is rarely composed of one sheet, and is usually composed of a large number of sheets so that the product can be withdrawn at each distribution base or vice versa. There was a problem that the management of oneself was also complicated.

In the case of a bar code tag, the POS
Although the system enables effective product management, there is a limit to what can be displayed as a barcode, and the advent of tags that can record more information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as data) has been awaited.

In addition, in the tag of the bar code, the data once displayed is invariable, and the data cannot be rewritten or added in the middle of distribution, which sometimes causes inconvenience. Moreover, since the barcode tag is discarded when the distribution of the product is finished, there is a drawback that the resource is wasted.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to be resistant to damage and stains, to write a large amount of data, and to easily rewrite or add data. Moreover, it is to provide a reusable magnetic card type management form and a management system using the management form.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a magnetic card type management sheet (hereinafter referred to as a magnetic card) according to the present invention is used to move a product in a distribution process or a product in a manufacturing process. It is characterized in that it has a recording field that is attached or attached to a product having a property, and magnetically records information about the product such as the place of production, producer, price, or man-hour of the product. The management system using this magnetic card is a writing means for writing the new information on the magnetic card and the magnetic card, which is provided at a place where new information should be added to the article. And a reading means for reading information stored in the magnetic card, which is provided in a place where information contained in the article is extracted, and the information read by the reading means is displayed on a display screen or recorded. It is characterized by having an output means for outputting a printout on a sheet.

[0010]

In the above structure, the magnetic card is attached to or attached to an article and moves together with the article, and acts like a conventional slip, so to speak, a magnetic slip.

Data relating to the article is written in the magnetic card at a predetermined location, or data of the article is read from the magnetic card as required. Then, output such as printout is performed as necessary.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a magnetic card C as enlargedly shown in FIG. 2 is attached to a tuna 1 as a product.

The magnetic card C comprises a well-known plastic magnetic card having the same shape as a business card or a commuter pass, and although not shown, a plurality of tracks for recording magnetic data are inserted in the magnetic card C insertion direction (see FIG. 2). (Refer to the arrow).

Predetermined items are written on the magnetic card C by a reader / writer described later. For example, the type of tuna A,
All the data that the tuna A, such as fishing grounds and fishing season (date of catch), is effectively used at the distribution stage are written, and it serves as a resume of the tuna A.

Further, at a retail store, the magnetic card C removed when the tuna A was sold can be inserted into a reader / writer, the data can be read from the magnetic card C, and used for sales management. Of course, such management of sales and the like is possible at each stage of distribution.

As described above, unlike the conventional paper slip, the magnetic card C according to this embodiment is resistant to water leakage, and
It can withstand a harsh environment such as a freezer, is easy to use, and has a larger data volume than conventional slips.

Further, in writing and reading of data, the data set in advance by the reader / writer can be easily written, and the data can also be read easily by the reader / writer.

In addition, since the recorded contents of the used magnetic card C are magnetically recorded, all the data can be easily erased and reused, which contributes to resource saving. it can.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the product (product) 2 is manufactured in a factory. That is, the product 2 is the product No. of the product 2 in the factory (a). , Format, product inspection data, and other various data are written on the magnetic card C and received in the warehouse (b).

When the goods 2 are received in the warehouse (b), the data is read from the magnetic card C and used for inventory control, and predetermined data such as the date of receipt is added to the magnetic card C. Further, when shipping from the warehouse (b), predetermined data such as shipping date is added and sent to the next wholesaler (c).

The product 2 is sent to the retail store (d) through the wholesaler (c). In this case, the retail store (d) writes predetermined data such as the purchase price on the magnetic card C and sells it. To serve. When the product 2 is sold, the magnetic card C is inserted into the reader / writer, the data is read, and the product is used for sales management.

After erasing the data, the used magnetic card C is in the route opposite to the distribution of the product 2, or in the factory (a).
It is returned directly to and reused. If a premium is added in accordance with the number of the magnetic cards C to be returned in order to promote the reuse, the magnetic cards C are promoted to be collected and reused, which can be useful for increasing sales of products. .

The reader / writer described above can be of a portable type as shown in FIG. This leader
The writer 10 has a display screen 12 on an upper part of a front panel 11 and an input unit 13 composed of a numeric keypad and the like on a lower part thereof. Further, an insertion slot 14 for the magnetic card C is provided on the front side of the reader / writer 10.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the reader / writer 10, which is a central processing unit for performing arithmetic processing based on a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21. (CP
U) 22. Then, the CPU 22
Input driver 2 of the input unit 13 via the / O unit 23
4, a display driver 25 for the display screen 12, and a read / write driver 26 for a magnetic head (not shown in FIG. 4) H. In addition, the I / O unit 23
Is configured to be connectable to an external processor such as a personal computer or a printer (not shown) via the communication control unit 27.
In the figure, 28 is a power source, which is a driving power source for the reader / writer 10.

Although the I / O unit 23 is connected with a driver such as a sensor amplifier or a lamp for detecting the insertion state of the magnetic card C, it is omitted here for simplification of the drawing.

The magnetic card C using the reader / writer 10
In order to write the predetermined data into, the reader / writer 10 is set to the writing mode by pressing a predetermined key of the input unit 13, and the data for writing in the magnetic card C is input into the predetermined key of the input unit 13. Is created by operating while viewing the display screen 12 and stored in the RAM 21.

Next, when the magnetic card C is inserted through the insertion slot 14, data is written on the magnetic card C via the magnetic head H. Whether or not the writing has been normally performed is confirmed by reading the writing data and displaying it on the display screen 12 when the magnetic card C is ejected from the insertion slot 14. Of course, if there is a write error,
The magnetic card C is reinserted into the insertion slot 14 and the writing process is performed again.

The reader / writer 10 for the magnetic card C
For taking in, the take-in roller is provided in the lead writer 10, and the magnetic card C inserted into the entrance of the insertion slot 14 is automatically inserted and ejected.

In order to display the data written on the magnetic card C by the reader / writer 10, the reader / writer 10 is set to the display mode by operating a predetermined key of the input section 13, and the magnetic card C is set. It is performed by inserting it into the insertion port 14.

When the read data is to be processed by an external device (personal computer) such as a totaling process, the reader / writer 10 is connected to an external processor and the reader / writer 10 R
The AM 21 is caused to act as a storage device of the external processor. Therefore, the data content of the magnetic card C can be displayed on the display screen or printed out with the content set by the external processor, if necessary.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the input and output of data at the distribution stage of the product is described, but it goes without saying that it may be used for input and output of data at each stage of the manufacturing process of the factory. Is.

[0031]

The magnetic card according to the present invention is attached to or attached to a movable article such as a product in a distribution process or a product in a manufacturing process, and the place of origin or producer of the product. Since it has a recording field for magnetically recording information about the article such as price, man-hour, etc., it can be operated in the same manner as a slip attached to a conventional article. This magnetic card can be used in places with severe environmental conditions such as water leaks and low temperatures. In addition to the large amount of data, the data contents can be rewritten and written freely, and it can be reused, saving resources. Can contribute to.

Further, the management system includes the magnetic card, writing means for writing new information to the magnetic card, the writing means being provided at a place where new information should be added to the article. A reading means for reading the information stored in the magnetic card, which is provided at a place where the information of the article is extracted, and the information read by the reading means is displayed on a display screen or printed on a recording sheet. Since it has an output means for outputting, for example, OUT, it is possible to write data regarding an article or read out data for an article at each stage of distribution or each process of manufacturing as required.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a magnetic card attached to a product (tuna).

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a magnetic card.

FIG. 3 is a flow sheet when a product is a factory product.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a reader / writer.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a reader / writer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tuna (product) (article) 2 Product (product) (article) 10 Reader / writer (writing means, reading means) C Magnetic card type management form (magnetic card)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Information attached to or attached to a mobile article such as a product in a distribution process or a product in a manufacturing process, and information about the article such as a place of origin, a producer, a price, or a man-hour of the article. A magnetic card type management form having a recording field for magnetically recording. 2. Information attached to or attached to a movable article such as a product in a distribution process or a product in a manufacturing process, and information about the article such as a place of production, a producer, a price, or a man-hour of the article. A magnetic card type management sheet having a recording field for magnetically recording, and for writing the new information on the magnetic card type management sheet provided at a place where new information should be added to the article. Writing means, reading means for reading the information stored in the magnetic card type management form, which is provided in a place for extracting the information of the article, and the information read by the reading means on a display screen Display,
Alternatively, a management system using a magnetic card type management slip, comprising: an output unit for outputting a printout on a recording sheet.