JPH07315521A - Product storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently operate a warehouse by arranging products according to delivering conditions. CONSTITUTION:A product storing device is provided with a carrying in and out part 6 writing result data in a carrying in and out result history file 10 when the carrying in and out results are inputted, a delivered amount analysis part 7 making the statistics of the delivery results of the stored products and keeping the analytical results in an analytical result file 12, a stored stock position reviewing part 8 reviewing the storage position of the stored products according to the request from the terminal, and a storage place allotting part 9 allotting the storage positions by products based on the analytical results of the stock data and all the data of a new carrying in plan and making carrying in instruction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product management device for managing product inventory such as a physical distribution warehouse.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the physical distribution industry and the like, a product management device has been used to manage the inventory number and storage position of products stored in and out of a warehouse.

When managing the product inventory with this product management apparatus, the receiving priority order considering the shipping efficiency and the maximum allocation capacity of each product allocation area are set for each product storage location in the warehouse. In consideration of the above, the storage location in the warehouse is determined, and the product distribution work is performed manually based on this determination.

By the way, depending on the type of product, the shipment amount may vary from season to season.

However, in the case of the conventional product management apparatus, the product shipping efficiency is taken into consideration, but the work efficiency of the person is not taken into consideration. Therefore, a product with a small shipment amount is stored in an area with a high shipping efficiency in a certain season. Also, a product with a large shipment may be stored in an area with poor shipping efficiency.
This reduces the work efficiency of the person who ships the product.

[0006] Further, although the shipping amount of products during the season has been predicted to some extent, in the end, the experience of human beings has to be relied upon, so efficient operation of the warehouse in consideration of shipping efficiency. It was extremely difficult.

[0007]

As described above, in the above-described conventional product management apparatus, the product placement is not appropriate because the product placement is performed by the person's judgment at that time, and the efficiency considering the work efficiency is considered. It was extremely difficult to operate a traditional warehouse.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a product management apparatus capable of efficiently operating a warehouse.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the product management apparatus of the invention according to claim 1 is a product management apparatus which manages the entry and exit of products, and various requests concerning entry and exit of the products. Input means, input / output processing means for storing the entry / exit record of the product as an entry / exit record history, and statistics of the shipping record of the stock product saved as the entry / exit record history, and the statistics And a storage inventory position reviewing unit for reviewing the storage position of the stock product based on the analysis result of the shipment record in response to the storage position review request from the input unit. In response to a new warehousing request from the input means, the stocked product and the new product are distributed based on the analysis result of the shipping results and the product code of the newly requested warehousing. It is equipped with and pay place sorting means.

The product management apparatus according to claim 2 is the product management apparatus according to claim 1.
In the product management apparatus described above, the shipment quantity analysis means adds a shipment priority to the product code of each in-stock product as an analysis result of the shipment record, and the stored inventory position review means adds the product code of the in-stock product. The feature is that the storage location is reviewed based on the added priority.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the shipment quantity analysis means collects the statistics of the shipment results of the stock products. In response to a review request, the stored inventory position reviewing unit reviews the inventory product storage position based on the statistical analysis result.

As a result, the storage position of the stock product already stored in the warehouse can be reviewed,
Products can be arranged according to the shipping status of the products.

Further, when a new product is stored, the product is distributed to the storage position according to the shipping condition at that time, and the product can be efficiently arranged at the time of storing the product with good workability. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the shipping quantity analysis unit adds the shipping priority to the product code of each in-stock product. When the position of the stored inventory is reviewed, the storage position is reviewed based on the shipping priority added to the product code of the inventory product whose position is to be reviewed.

Therefore, the products can be distributed to the storage positions according to the shipping situation at that time, and the product can be efficiently arranged in anticipation of the shipping work.

As a result, the warehouse can be operated efficiently.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the structure of a product management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body of a product management device, which manages product inventory such as a physical distribution warehouse. The product management apparatus main body 1 includes a loading / unloading input terminal 2, an analysis request terminal 3,
The storage inventory position review request terminal 4, the storage location allocation request terminal 5, and the like are connected. The warehousing / receipt input terminal 2 is a terminal device that receives an input for product receipt / shipment. The analysis requesting terminal 3 is a terminal that obtains statistics on the shipping status based on the shipping history data. The storage inventory position review request terminal 4 is a terminal device that requests a review of the storage position of the storage inventory. The warehousing storage place distribution request terminal 5 is a terminal device for allocating a storage installation place when a product is stored.

In the product management apparatus main body 1, an entry / exit processing section 6, a shipment quantity analysis section 7, a stored inventory review section 8, a storage location allocation section 9, an entry / exit record history file 10, an inventory data file 11 are stored. An analysis result file 12, a warehousing plan file 13, a stock movement instruction file 14, a warehousing instruction file 15, and the like are provided.

The warehousing / dispatching processing unit 6 writes the performance data into the warehousing / dispatching history file 10 when the results are input. The shipment quantity analysis unit 7 collects statistics of shipment results and stores the analysis result in an analysis result file 12. The stored inventory position review unit 8 reviews the inventory position in response to a request from the terminal. The storage location allocating unit 9 allocates storage locations of products based on data such as inventory data, analysis results, and warehousing plans, and issues warehousing instructions. The storage instruction file 15 contains
The distribution result of product storage positions is registered.

The operation of the product management apparatus will be described below with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

In this product management device, the shipment amount of the product is analyzed at the beginning of the year or the like. In this case,
As shown in (1), first, an analysis request is issued from the analysis request terminal 3 (step 201). Then, the shipment quantity analysis unit 7
Sets "1" to the internal counter n (step 20
2) Let the value of the counter n be the search month. Then, the shipment quantity analysis unit 7 searches the warehousing / delivery record history file 10 (step 203), adds the shipment quantity of each product in the month, and sums the sum (step 204). The total result is registered in the analysis result file 12 (step 205). Then, when the total for the month is finished, the shipment quantity analysis unit 7 subsequently adds “1” to the counter n and sets the value of the counter n to “2”.
Then (step 206), the shipping amount of each product is added and summed as above. By repeating this operation, January to December are registered in the analysis result file 12 (step 207).

Next, the location of the stored inventory is reviewed.

In this case, it is assumed that the inventory data file 11 stores in advance data (inventory data) indicating the number of products in stock by the warehousing / dispatching processing unit 6.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, when there is a rearrangement request for a stock product from the storage inventory position review request terminal 4 (step 301), the storage inventory review unit 8 specifies the analysis range. Reply reply.

After returning the response, the storage inventory position review request terminal 4
When the analysis range is designated by (step 302), the total shipment amount of each product within the designated range is calculated (step 303).

Subsequently, the stored inventory review unit 8 reads inventory data from the inventory data file 11 (step 304).
), The analysis result file 12 is searched from the read inventory data in the ascending order of the product code using the product code as a keyword (step 305). This search result,
If there is data that matches the retrieved product code (step 306), the shipping priority is linked to that data in order from, for example, "1" (step 307).

By repeating this, when the priority order has been assigned to all the read inventory data (step 308),
The stored inventory reviewing section 8 rearranges the inventory data in the order of the linked priorities (step 309). Then, the area numbers of the warehouse are reassigned in the rearranged order (step 310).

When the number of inventory data with an area number exceeds the allowable number of the area number, the next area number is assigned. And when you finish assigning the area number,
The movement instruction data for the product is registered in the inventory movement instruction file 14 (step 310).

Further, in the case of allocating the storage locations of the newly stored products, as shown in FIG. 4, the warehousing storage location allocation request terminal 5 makes a distribution request for the new products (step 401).

Then, the storage location allocating unit 9 prompts the warehousing storage location allocating request terminal 5 to input the warehousing category, and the warehousing storage location allocating request terminal 5 inputs the warehousing category for a new product. Then, the receipt classification is confirmed (step 402).

For example, if the warehousing category is other than "1" (step 403), the storage location allocating unit 9 prompts the warehousing storage location allocation requesting terminal 5 to specify the storage area (step 404). In addition, "1" of the receipt category is a category code indicating a new receipt.

If the warehousing category is "1" (step 403), the storage location allocating unit 9 searches the analysis result file 12 based on the product code input at the time of request, the input quantity, etc. Step 405).

If there is no corresponding product code in the analysis result file 12 as a result of the search (step 406), the shipping priority is set to "99" (step 407).

If there is a corresponding product code in the analysis result file 12, the data indicating the shipping priority is taken out (step 408).

Then, the storage location allocating unit 9 stores the inventory data, which is the area having the same priority already assigned to each storage area and the empty area, based on the taken-out shipping priority data. Take out (step 409).

Further, the storage location allocating unit 9 is used to store the data when planning the warehousing.
The inventory data taken out is written in the same area of the warehousing instruction file 15 as when the area number is allocated to the warehousing plan file 13, and the allocation of the inventory area is completed (step 410).

As described above, according to the product management apparatus of the present embodiment, the shipping amount is predicted based on the past shipping record according to the shipping status of the product which changes every month or season. In doing so, the priority order is assigned to each product having a large shipment amount, and the storage installation locations are preferentially assigned to the products having a high priority, so that the work efficiency of the shipping operation can be improved.

Since the shipping amount is predicted based on the loading / unloading history data of the loading / unloading history file 10, the shipping amount of the product can be predicted more accurately than before, and the shipping amount can be changed more quickly. It is possible to review the arrangement of stock products in accordance with.

[0040]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage position of the stock product is reviewed based on the analysis result of the statistics of the shipment results of the stock product. Appropriate product placement can be performed. Further, when a new product is stored, the product can be distributed to the storage position according to the shipping status at that time, and the product can be efficiently arranged at the time of storing the product with good workability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the storage position of the stock product is reviewed, the storage position is reviewed based on the shipping priority added to the target product code. Therefore, the products can be distributed to the storage positions according to the shipping status, and the product can be efficiently arranged in anticipation of the shipping work.

As a result, the warehouse can be operated efficiently. The warehouse can be operated efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a product management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a shipping analysis operation of this product management apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a rearrangement operation of stock products of the product management apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a storage location distribution operation of a new product of the product management apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Product management device main body, 2 ... Warehousing / receipt input terminal, 3 ... Analysis request terminal, 4 ... Storage stock position review request terminal, 5 ... Warehousing storage location allocation request terminal, 6 ... Entry / exit processing section, 7 ... Shipment Quantity analysis section, 8 ... Stored inventory review section, 9 ... Storage location allocation section, 1
0 ... Entry / Exit record history file, 11 ... Inventory data file, 12 ... Analysis result file, 13 ... Entry plan file, 14 ... Inventory transfer instruction file, 15 ... Entry instruction file.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A product management device for managing the entry / exit of a product, wherein an input means for inputting various requests relating to entry / exit of the product, and an entry / exit for saving the entry / exit record of the product as entry / exit record history. A processing means, a shipment quantity analysis means for taking statistics of the shipment results of the stock products stored as the entry / exit achievement history, and saving the analysis result of the statistics, and a storage location review request from the input means. , A storage inventory position review means for revising the storage location of the stock product based on the analysis result of the shipment results, and a shipment result analysis result and a new receipt request in response to a new receipt request from the input means. A product management apparatus comprising: a storage location distribution means for distributing the stock product and a new product based on the product code of the stored product. 2. The product management device according to claim 1, wherein the shipment quantity analysis means adds a shipment priority to the product code of each in-stock product as an analysis result of the shipment record, and the stored inventory position review means is A product management device, wherein the storage location is reviewed based on the priority added to the product code of the in-stock product.