JPH076836U - Product management device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Since general commercial facilities such as laundry are limited in store space, it is necessary to store the products kept by customers as efficiently as possible. However, conventionally, product management by comparing slips and ledgers and storage management of products that relies on experience are common, and there is a limit to the number of products that can be handled, and it takes time to search for finished products, which is inconvenient for product management. .. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to efficiently store the goods entrusted by the customer and to speed up the management processing operation. [Structure] A unit for reading an identification tag obtained by encoding data on a customer and a received product, and a unit for designating a shelf number for storing the product based on the reading result of the unit.
And a means for printing out the designated shelf number together with the encoded identification tag for the customer data. The reception staff can store the finished products in the designated storage location without the hassle of finding the storage location or making a memo, and the designated storage locations can be stored collectively based on the customer ID.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a product management system device in a cleaning shop or the like, and particularly to a technique for efficiently storing products for customers.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In a store that needs to store a customer's products for a certain period of time, for example, a laundry store, conventionally, the products received from the customer are managed as follows. First, at the time of reception, the customer's name, telephone number, etc. are confirmed, and the reception slips are issued by classifying the types of products in custody. At this time, the charge is often settled at the same time. Next, the received products are shipped to the factory. When a finished product arrives, the store searches for the corresponding finding slip among many slips, attaches it to the corresponding product, and stores the product on an appropriate shelf or hanger. When the pick-up customer comes to the store, the customer takes the slip from the shelf or hanger, and delivers the item according to the slip brought by the customer. After the delivery, the delivered item is searched from the ledger, the passed processing is performed on the ledger, and the one-time processing for the customer is completed.

In such stores, a computer system or the like has been conventionally introduced in order to improve management efficiency, but how these devices are used is to settle charges, simplify accounting, and create a customer list. The main focus is on management, and there are no devices that can improve the efficiency of product management.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, since general commercial facilities such as laundry are limited in store space, there is a strong demand for customers to store their checked-in products as efficiently as possible.

However, conventionally, product management by collating slips and ledgers, or storage management of products that relies on experience and intuition is common, and the number of products handled each week is limited.

[0006] Furthermore, particularly in a laundry, there are circumstances such as crowds of visitors before commuting to work and in the morning and evening when commuting to work. Therefore, reception and delivery processing is required to be speedy. If a staff member who is unfamiliar with us responds in a conventional manner, it often takes time to find a storage location for finished products, which often makes customers uncomfortable. In addition, since the person is trying to find the item in a hurry, mistakes such as making mistakes in the handed product are likely to occur.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to efficiently store the goods entrusted by the customer and to speed up the management processing operation.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object and achieve the object, the product management device according to the present invention stores a product based on a reading result of an identification tag obtained by encoding data of a customer and a reception product. And a means for printing out the designated shelf number together with an encoded identification tag for customer data.

[0009]

[Action]

 The merchandise management device according to the present invention is provided with a means for reading an identification tag that encodes and processes data regarding customers and accepted merchandise, so that the customer ID and merchandise contents that came to the store can be automatically discriminated without manual operation. Can be done.

Further, since the means for designating the shelf number for storing the product based on the reading result of the means is provided, the reception staff does not have to bother with searching the storage location or making a memo, and thus the designated storage can be performed. Finished products can be stored in place. At this time, since the designated storage location is based on the customer ID, the products for each customer can be stored together.

Further, since the means for printing out the designated shelf number together with the encoded identification tag relating to the customer data is provided, it is possible to store the finished product on the designated shelf accurately based on the shelf number printed. Yes, you can prevent mistakes during storage. In addition to the shelf number, customer data is also printed out as a coded identification tag such as a bar code, so by having the above-mentioned means read the identification tag when delivering a product, it is possible to deliver it quickly and surely without using a ledger. It is possible to perform the completed processing. By this process, the availability of shelves is updated and the shelf number can be specified in the next process.

[0012]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a product management device according to the present invention. The management device 10 is provided with an input unit 11 for manually inputting a customer ID and a deposit item, and an identification tag reading unit 12 for reading an identification tag such as a bar code, and the input data from these is stored in a microprocessor unit (MPU) 20. To process. As the peripheral device, a CRT 14, a printer device 15, etc. are provided.

The MPU 20 includes a product management memory 21 that stores various data for managing products to be processed, and a processing content determination unit 22 that determines the processing content input from the identification tag reading unit 12. A data read-out unit 23 for carrying out shelf number designation processing, a shelf number management memory 25 storing storable empty shelf number data, and designation based on empty shelf number data stored in the memory 25 A shelf number designating unit 26 for determining the shelf number is provided. Further, it is provided with a shelf number display section 27 for displaying the designated shelf number on the CRT (14) as an image, and a print content control section 28 for printing out the designated shelf number together with customer ID and other data.

Here, the functional configuration of each unit will be described more specifically as follows. First, the data input to the MPU 20 from the input unit 11 is, for example, the customer name, the customer's telephone number, the kind of deposit, the number of deposits, and the like. The date and time of deposit can be automatically entered by the built-in clock of the MPU 20, and information such as the store number in charge and the device number in charge can be automatically written in advance in the product management memory 21. When issuing identification cards such as magnetic cards to customers, at least the customer data such as the customer's name and telephone number can be read using the identification tag reading unit 12 or a separate card reader device. You can read it. In other words, here, the input method is not particularly limited as long as the customer data required when depositing the goods can be input. The minimum required manual input items are the type and score of the item.

The identification tag reading unit 12 reads the identification tag (for example, bar code) of the product tack attached to each product when the finished product is received from the factory, and sorts and stores each product. Is.

The merchandise management memory 21 stores the merchandise to be stored for each customer ID that has been input, and facilitates the designation of the shelf number in the subsequent stage. Further, the product management memory 21 collectively manages the presence / absence of charge settlement, sales in a unit period, the status of delivery processing, and the like.

The processing content discriminating unit 22 discriminates the type of the processing routine on the basis of the inputted identification tag data. In the usual case, the discriminating items are whether or not the product has already been delivered, and whether or not to store the product It can be roughly divided into two types: processing. If necessary, it can also be used to confirm the name and telephone number of the customer depositing the product. However, the most frequent discriminating process item in this device is the finished product passing process, and if the identification tag reading unit 12 is not used for other purposes such as reading the customer ID, it is already passed. It is also possible to limit the purpose to one point of processing.

The data reading unit 23 provides necessary information to the rack number designating unit 26, and extracts various items required when the rack number is designated. The minimum items are, for example, a customer ID, the number of items, and the type of item. The customer ID is required to store the same customer's items collectively, the type of item is required to instruct to hang pants or skirts on a hanger, and the number of items is required to be stored. This is to calculate the volume and specify an appropriate storage bin.

At this time, the shelf number is specified by calculating the volume according to the number of items and the type of the same customer, and referring to the empty shelf data stored in the shelf number management memory 25, the condition of the minimum required volume is determined. This is done by determining the storage bin that satisfies the condition. That is, the storage number management memory 25 stores the volume data for each storage number, and the storage number is determined in comparison with the volume of goods of the same customer.

The shelf number designating section 26 determines the storage bin number by comparing the customer's item volume and the bin number volume, unless otherwise specified. However, when the storage bin of a customer who needs an emergency is specified or when the storage location of an item that has passed a certain period of time is changed, the area of the specified storage bin is changed by manually entering the relevant item. It is also possible.

The print content control unit 28 prints characters of the designated shelf number as characters and also performs printer control for printing out various data relating to the customer as an identification tag such as a barcode. The number display on the bin is to prevent mistakes by the staff who perform storage work, and the bar code printing is to enter the necessary data when performing the passed processing.

Therefore, according to the merchandise management device, the customer ID and the kind score of the merchandise to be kept are confirmed by the input unit 11 when the merchandise is to be deposited from the customer, while the finished merchandise is received when the finished merchandise is received from the factory. By reading the identification tag attached to the identification tag by the identification tag reading unit 12, the shelf number designation unit 26 sorts the products of the same customer, and the storage volume is calculated to specify an appropriate shelf number. In principle, customers' products can be stored together in the same storage bin.

At this time, the designated shelf number to be attached to the product is character-printed by the print content control unit 28 and the printer device 15, so that the staff's storage error can be prevented. Moreover, when a customer who visits the store comes to the store, the customer's item storage location (shelf number) can be easily confirmed from the reception slip, and the item can be handed over promptly.

On the other hand, since customer data can also be printed out as a bar code on the print tack for designating the shelf number, at the time of passed processing at a later time, by reading the bar code by the identification tag reading unit 12, the ledger can be read. It is possible to perform the handed over processing easily and quickly without referring to it. In other words, in the passed processing in this case, the processing content discrimination unit 22 confirms the passed processing by reading the print tack, and updates the shelf number management memory 25 based on this, while the product management memory 21 is updated. It rewrites the various data and describes that the passed processing has been completed. As a result, when the next shelf number is specified, the number of empty shelves will increase, and that shelf number will become available and the data in the product management memory 21 will be updated. It is possible to check the delivery status at any time.

As described above, according to the product management apparatus, after the slip is input at the time of reception, the identification tag reading unit 12 is caused to read the identification tack attached to the finished product received from the factory. By receiving the designation of the shelf number, the designated tack which is printed out from the printer device 15 is attached to the item, and the items can be stored together in the same customer simply by storing the item in the designated shelf number. Since this operation is extremely easy, even in the case of congestion or unskilled staff, it can be dealt with promptly. Further, by reading the bringing slip with the identification tag reading unit 12 for the customer who receives it, the storage bins that are collectively stored are instantly displayed, so that the delivery can be quickly delivered. At that time, by reading the specified tack attached to the item with the identification tag reading unit 12, it is possible to automatically perform the passed processing and the storage bin release without the troublesome ledger management. Similarly, it is possible to easily and promptly deal with the situation even in the case of congestion or unskilled staff.

The configuration of the product management device according to the present invention is not limited to that of the above embodiment. For example, the input unit 11 may be an ordinary keyboard device or a dedicated input device in which specific items are classified into switches. The identification tag reader may be a bar code reader, a magnetic card reader, or a numeral reader. Further, the device for designating the shelf number (shelf number designating unit 26, shelf number management memory 25, print content discriminating unit 28) may have a hardware configuration separate from the product management memory 21. In many cases, database equipment related to product management has been installed in each store, so it is possible to further reduce costs by installing only equipment with designated shelf numbers. Is. In this case, the identification tag reading unit (12) for reading the identification tack may have a separate hardware configuration.

Further, in the above embodiment, the print content control unit 28 has been described as being capable of printing the bar code display regarding the customer product, but the code identification tag in this case is not particularly limited in data item. Other items can be set freely if the customer ID, simultaneous deposit items, and deposit points regarding the handled items are known. This also applies to the data reading section 23. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the delivery work of the goods in the cleaning shop was explained in particular, but the device according to the present invention is not limited to the use in the cleaning shop. It can be used in the same way in business shops.

[0028]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, the product management device according to the present invention can efficiently manage and manage the products kept by customers and speed up the delivery process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a product management device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 product management device 11 input unit 12 identification tag reading unit 14 CRT 15 printer device 20 MPU 21 product management memory 22 processing content determination unit 23 data reading unit 25 shelf number management memory 26 shelf number designation unit 27 shelf number display unit 28 printing content Control unit

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A means for reading an identification tag obtained by encoding data of a customer and a received merchandise, a means for designating a shelf number for storing the merchandise based on the reading result of the means, and a designated shelf number for the customer. A product management apparatus comprising: a means for printing and outputting together with an encoded identification tag relating to data.