JPH0754556B2 - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as ECR), and particularly to an ECR that contributes to sales promotion of customers.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, there have been, for example, the following cases in which sales promotion is performed through ECR.

That is, in a conventional supermarket or the like, for example, a receipt in which the color of the ink on the printing plate of the printer is changed is issued to a customer who has come to shop for a certain period for sales promotion
Next time, I gave a certain discount to the person who brought the receipt, and paid a prize to the person who collected a certain number of the receipt.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the sales promotion method as described above, since it is necessary to replace the stamp plate many times, it takes time and effort for the store.
On the other hand, there is a problem that the customer may lose the receipt that should be stored.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional ones described above, and can be effectively sold without the trouble of the store side and without requiring the customer to store the receipt. The purpose is to provide ECR that can be promoted.

[Means for Solving Problems] The ECR according to the present invention has a customer file in which a sales target amount for each customer is registered in advance for each customer number, and a cumulative sales amount of each customer is stored. , The transaction input data, the data input means for inputting the customer number, the printer for printing the receipt, and the cumulative sales amount in the customer file corresponding to the customer number input from the data input means The amount of money is added to update the contents, and a control means for causing the printer to print the updated cumulative sales amount and the corresponding sales target amount is provided.

[Operation] In the present invention, the control means updates the cumulative sales amount in the customer file corresponding to the customer number inputted from the data input means, and the updated cumulative sales amount and the corresponding sales target amount are displayed. By printing on a printer, it is possible to inform each customer of the achievement status of the sales target amount.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an ECR according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a CPU 2, a printer 2, a keyboard 3, a cash drawer 4, a display 5, and a card reader 6 are connected. The printer 2 is for printing receipts and various sales reports. The keyboard 3 is an example of data input means, and is for inputting various data such as transaction data and customer numbers to the CPU 1. The cash drawer 4 is for storing money and is CP
Its opening and closing is controlled by U1. The display unit 5 is for displaying data input from the keyboard 3 and for displaying the result calculated by the CPU 1 to an operator or a customer. The card reader 6 is for reading data from a customer card issued to a customer in advance. Further, ROM 7 and RAM 8 are connected to the CPU 1. ROM7 is
It is for storing the operation program of the CPU 1 (for example, the operation program as shown in FIG. 1). The CPU 1 is an example of a control means, and controls the operations of the printer 2, the keyboard 3, the cash drawer 4, the display 5, and the card reader 6 in accordance with the operation program stored in the ROM 7. RAM8 is CPU1
For storing various data necessary for data processing of, for example, sales data file 8a, customer file 8b,
Achievement rate discount table 8c, working area 8d, etc. are included. The sales data file 8a stores various sales data regarding transactions. The customer file 8b is, as shown in FIG. 4, a customer rank for each customer number (already assigned to a specific customer), sales amount for the current month, cumulative sales amount, target amount for the month, cumulative sales. Memorize the target amount. The current month sales amount and the current month target amount are the cumulative sales amount and the sales target amount of this month for the customer, respectively. The cumulative sales amount and the cumulative sales target amount are the long-term (for example, one year) for the customer.
Is the cumulative sales amount and the sales target amount. The current month target price and the cumulative sales target price are preset and stored according to the customer rank. Further, the sales amount of the current month is cleared when the month ends, and the accumulated sales amount is cleared when a certain period (for example, one year) ends. The achievement rate-based discount table 8c stores a plurality of discount rates such that the discount rate increases as the achievement rate to the target amount increases. The working area 8d is used for the arithmetic processing of the CPU 1.

FIG. 3 is a key layout diagram of the keyboard 3 shown in FIG. In the figure, on the keyboard 3, a mode key 3a for switching the operation mode of the ECR, a numerical key 3b for inputting numerical data, a department key 3c for inputting a department code, and the immediately preceding key are input. A customer number key 3d for instructing that the numerical information is a customer number, a subtotal key 3e for instructing a subtotal calculation, and a deposit / current total key 3f for instructing a tightening operation are provided.

5 and 6 are diagrams showing an example of a receipt issued by the printer 2 shown in FIG. 2, and in particular, FIG. 5 shows an example when the cumulative sales amount of the customer does not reach the target amount. , FIG. 6 shows an example when the cumulative amount of sales to the customer reaches the target amount. FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. The operation of the above embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 5, and 6.

First, in step S1, a key operation for registering a product purchased by a customer is performed. As a result, the transaction data is given to the CPU 1 from the keyboard 3.
Next, in step S2, the customer number is input. That is, the operator hears the customer number from the customer and inputs the customer number by using the numerical key 3b. Then, step S3
Then, the operator presses the customer number key 3d. As a result, the CPU 1 determines that the numerical information input immediately before is the customer number. In response, CPU 1 determines in step S4 whether or not the customer number corresponding to the input customer number is registered in customer file 8b. If there is no corresponding customer number, the process proceeds to step S5, and the sales data file 8a is updated based on the transaction data at that time. Then, in step S6, the printer 2 issues a receipt.

On the other hand, in step S4, if the corresponding customer number is registered in the customer file 8b, the process proceeds to step S8 and the sales amount for this time is the sales amount area of the current month corresponding to the corresponding customer number in the customer file 8b. And add to the cumulative sales amount area. As a result, the customer file 8b is updated. Next, in step S9, the target amount of money and the amount of sales of the current month of the corresponding customer are read from the customer file 8b and printed on the receipt by the printer 2. At this time, the target achievement rate of the customer (how much of the sales amount of the current month reaches the target amount of the month) is also printed. Next, in step S10, whether to operate the automatic discount,
That is, it is judged whether or not the target achievement rate exceeds 100%. If the automatic discount is not applied, that is, if the target achievement rate does not exceed 100%, the sales data file 8a is updated in step S5, and then a receipt is issued in step S6. An example of the receipt at this time is shown in FIG. The receipt shown in Fig. 5 shows that the person with the customer number "12345" is shopping for 4210 yen at 16:30 on February 15, 1986, and the cumulative purchase amount for this month has reached 40,000 yen. It shows that it is approaching 80% of the circle.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S10 that the target achievement rate exceeds 100%, the process proceeds to step S11, and the corresponding discount rate is read from the achievement rate-based discount table 8c. Then step
Proceed to S12 to calculate the discount amount by multiplying the total sales amount (subtotal) this time by the discount rate, and print it on the receipt. And
After updating the sales data file 8a in step S5, a receipt is issued in step S6. An example of the receipt at this time is shown in FIG. With this receipt, the target achievement rate is 102%, and a 5% discount (2
50 yen) is being carried out. After that, the target achievement rate rises every time when shopping is performed at that store, and more discounts can be obtained, so that the customer will increasingly shop at that store.

In the above embodiment, the discount process is performed for sales promotion, but a prize or a prize may be given instead of such a discount process. An example of the receipt in this case is shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, when the monthly cumulative sales amount exceeds the target amount for the month, the customer is serviced. However, the cumulative sales amount stored in the customer file 8b (for example, one year). When the cumulative sales amount per unit) exceeds the cumulative sales target amount, some service may be provided to the customer. Alternatively, the target amount may be set on a weekly basis, and the service may be performed when the target is achieved.

Further, in the above embodiment, the customer number is input from the keyboard 3, but the customer number may be recorded on the customer card and the card reader 6 may read the customer number. In this case, the keyboard 3 and the card reader 6 form a data input means.

The present invention can also be applied to ECR as a so-called POS terminal.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide service and sales promotion to customers through ECR as a medium with almost no trouble on the shop side. Further, even if the customer loses the receipt, the customer can be surely serviced, so that the sales promotion effect of the service is not reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the ECR of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a key layout diagram of the keyboard 3 shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an illustrative view showing a storage area of the customer file 8b shown in FIG. 5 to 7 are views showing an example of a receipt printed by the printer 2 of FIG. In the figure, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a printer, 3 is a keyboard, 4 is a cash drawer, 5 is a display, 6 is a card reader, 7 is ROM, 8 is RAM, 3b is a numeric key, 3d is a customer number key, and 8a. Is a sales data file, 8b is a customer file, 8c
Indicates a discount table by achievement rate, and 8d indicates a working area.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A customer file in which a target sales amount for each customer is registered in advance for each customer number, and a cumulative sales amount for each customer is stored. At the time of a transaction, data regarding the transaction and the customer number are input. Data input means, a printer for printing a receipt, and the cumulative amount of sales in the customer file corresponding to the customer number input from the data input means, and the sales amount of this time is added to update the contents. At the same time, an electronic cash register, comprising control means for causing the printer to print the updated cumulative sales amount and the corresponding sales target amount. 2. The electronic cash system according to claim 1, wherein said control means further includes means for printing a predetermined message on said printer when said cumulative sales amount exceeds said sales target amount. register. 3. The electronic cash register according to claim 1, wherein said control means further includes means for performing a discount process when said cumulative sales amount exceeds said target amount. 4. The control means further includes means for causing the printer to print a target achievement rate of the updated cumulative sales amount with respect to the sales target amount.
An electronic cash register according to any one of items 1 to 3.