JPH08297781A - Merchandise sales registration data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To exclude a trouble due to the return of return disapproval merchandise by discriminating a merchandise code by a discrimination means when it is inputted and printing a registration result on a sheet after performing special sales registration corresponding to a discriminated result. CONSTITUTION: A ROM 4 and a RAM 5 are connected to a CPU 1 via a bus line 3. The RAM 5 is provided with a merchandise masters table which comprises the storage areas of the start and completion of special sales. When the merchandise code is inputted via a keyboard 2, the presence/absence of the merchandise code in the merchandise masters table is retrieved, and when it exists, it is discriminated whether or not it is a special sales day. When it is discriminated that the day is the special sales day, the special sales registration is performed, and the code and name of the merchandise, etc., are printed by an R/J printer 9. Simultaneously, a return disapproval message is read out from a message area in the RAM 5, and it is printed on a receipt by the R/J printer 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commodity sales registration data processing device such as an ECR (electronic cash register) or POS (point of sale management) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as a sales form of products in various retail businesses, there are many cases in which products are sold at a special sale price on the assumption that no returns will be accepted due to seasonal changes, close-outs, and sold-outs. At the time of sale at such a special sale price, a notice for notifying the customer that the product cannot be returned is often posted near the settlement office or the special sale corner.

[0003]

However, customers often overlook the notices posted at checkout offices and the like. As a result, in reality, if the customer who purchased the product at the bargain price does not recognize that the product cannot be returned, and later or later requests to return the product, the customer who does not accept the product returns Trouble may occur between. In addition, when an unfamiliar Albaiter or the like responds to the shop side, a mistake such as accepting the return of a product sold at a special sale price that should not be accepted may occur.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a product sales registration data processing device capable of preventing a trouble related to the return of a product which cannot be returned.

[0005]

The present invention has input means for inputting a product code corresponding to a product, performs registration processing of the product based on the product code input by this input means, and registers the result. In a product sale registration data processing device that prints a receipt on a receipt, a special sale information storage unit that stores special sale information corresponding to the product code, and a special sale that determines whether or not the product is a special sale based on the input of the product code. If it is determined that the sale is a special sale by the determining means and the special sale determining means, the special sale registration based on the special sale information in the special sale information storage section is performed. Register the registration means to be performed and the fact that the product cannot be returned for the product that has undergone the special sale registration processing by the registration means when the registration result is printed on the receipt. And a goods failure information print control unit.

[0006]

When the product code is entered, the special sale discrimination means discriminates whether or not the product corresponding to the commodity code is an article for sale, and the registration means performs special sale registration or normal registration according to the discrimination result. Done. After that, the registration result is printed on the receipt. At this time, it is also noted on the receipt that the merchandise that has been subjected to the special sale registration process cannot be returned by the non-returnable information printing control means. When the customer wants to return the purchased product, it is necessary to present a receipt on which the price at the time of selling the product is printed. For items that are sold as a special sale item and cannot be returned, the receipt that should be presented also states that it can not be returned, so even if there is a return request for a special sale item, refer to the receipt presented to the customer You can get a convincing explanation, and even if you are unfamiliar, you can see the receipt that you can not return by looking at the receipt, so you can mistakenly accept the return of the product sold as a special sale item. There is no such a case, and troubles regarding returned goods can be prevented.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is applied to ECR, and its hardware configuration will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 1 is the center of this device for executing arithmetic processing on various data input from the keyboard 2 which is an input means.
A ROM 4 and a RAM 5 are connected to the PU 1 via a bus line 3 including an address bus, a data bus and a control line. ROM4 stores fixed data, RAM5
Stores variable data. In addition, the CP
A keyboard controller 6 for controlling the keyboard 2 via the bus line 3, a display controller 8 for controlling the display unit 7, and a receipt / journal (R / J) for U1.
A printer controller 10 for controlling the printer 9 and an I / O port 12 for signal input of a key switch (not shown) for signal output to the drawer opening device 11 and mode switching are connected.

Here, in the RAM 5, together with an area for storing the registered amount of money, an area for storing the amount of money deposited by the customer, etc., various product information corresponding to the product code as shown in FIG. 3, for example. A product master table 13 for storing is prepared. The product master table 13 includes, for example, a product code area 13a that stores a product code, a name storage area 13b that stores a name printed on a receipt, and a normal price storage area 13c that stores a normal price (or unit price). , A special sale start storage area 13d for storing the start date of the special sale, a special sale end storage area 13e for storing the end date of the special sale, and a special sale price storage area 13f for storing the special sale price (or the special sale unit price) Has been done. Of these, the special sale start storage area 13d, the special sale end storage area 13e, and the special sale price storage area 13f form the special sale information storage unit 14. In addition, a message area (not shown) storing a message indicating that the product cannot be returned, such as “↑ This product cannot be returned”, is secured in a part of the RAM 5.

Further, the functions of the special sale discrimination means, the registration means and the non-returnable information printing control means, which will be described below, are the same as those of the R
It is configured to be executed by the CPU 1 based on a program in the OM 4.

Next, as a part of registration / settlement processing at the checkout office, an example of processing control executed each time a product code is input will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the product code is entered through the keyboard 2,
It is searched whether the product code exists in the product master table 13 (step S1). If the corresponding product code does not exist, it is notified by sound or display (S
2). If the corresponding product code exists, the special sale start date set in the special sale start storage area 13d corresponding to the product code in the product master table 13 and the date of the special sale end date set in the special sale end storage area 13e By comparing the information with the current date information held by the present system, it is determined whether or not the current sale date is for the product of the product code (S3). This step S
The determination process of No. 3 is executed by the sale determination unit.

In the determination processing of step S3, when the special sale date has not been reached, the special sale date has passed, or the special sale date has not been set, the registration means for the product of the product code. Then, normal registration is performed using the normal price data set in the normal price storage area 13c (S4), and the R / J printer 9 prints the product code, name, registration amount, etc. of the product on a receipt or journal ( S5). On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination processing of step S3 that it is a special sale date, the special sale price is registered for the product with the product code by using the special sale price data set in the special sale price storage area 13f by the registration means. (S6), and the R / J printer 9 prints the product code, name and registered amount of the product on a receipt or journal (S7). At the same time, RAM
From the message area in 5, read the non-returnable message such as "↑ This product cannot be returned" and R
The / J printer 9 prints it on the receipt together with the product sales information of the special sale price (S8). The processing of step S8 is executed by the return-prohibited information print control means.

As a specific example, under the setting conditions of the product master table 13 as shown in FIG. 3, "men's coat" which is a special sale target product and "belt which is not a special sale product" on March 1, 1995. And if you buy.

In this case, conventionally, only the receipt 16 as shown in FIG. 5 is issued, and the receipt 16 is issued.
Just looking at it, I can't tell if a "men's coat" purchased at a bargain price is the same as a "belt" and can be returned. Therefore, if the customer who overlooks the notice that the "men's coat" cannot be returned at the sales floor, etc., and later requests the store to return the "men's coat" by presenting this receipt 16, the customer will be allowed to accept the returns. Frequently, there are problems with returned goods, such as not being convinced by the store's claim that there is none. Further, when such a receipt 16 is presented at the time of requesting a return, it is not known whether or not the product is a product that cannot be returned. For example, a product sold at a special sale by looking at the sales date or the tag of the product. If the person who responded is an unfamiliar Albaiter or the like, a mistake such as accepting a return of a product that should not be accepted may occur.

On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a product that is sold at a bargain price and is not accepted for return, here, for the "men's coat", "↑ This product is returned. A receipt 15 with a non-returnable message 15a such as "Cannot." Is issued. Therefore, just looking at the receipt 15 reveals products that cannot be returned. Even if there is a return request regarding the "men's coat", on the presented receipt 15
By pointing out that the non-returnable message 15a such as "↑ This product cannot be returned" is printed, the customer can be convinced that the return of this product is not accepted and the trouble is avoided. To be done. Further, even if the person who responds is an unfamiliar person such as an albita, by looking at the presented receipt 15, it can be understood that the "gentleman coat" is a non-returnable product, so that the return may be mistakenly accepted. There is no such thing.

In this embodiment, only the keyboard 2 is used as the product code input means, but a bar code scanner or the like for reading and inputting a bar coded product code may be used. In addition, the processing mode in which the registration process and the receipt printing process are performed one by one for each product code input has been described, but the present invention is not limited to such a processing mode, the registration process is performed for each product code input, and the receipt print information at that time is It is expanded and stored in a print buffer or the like in the RAM 5 (including a non-returnable message when it is accompanied by a non-returnable message), and after all registration processing,
A processing mode in which the R / J printer 9 prints on the receipt at once may be used.

Further, in this embodiment, the date information such as the special sale start date and the special sale end date is used as the information for specifying the special sale period of each product. However, not only the date information but also the time information is used, The time may be managed as a special sale period.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not each product is sold at a special price based on whether or not the current registration date and time belongs to a predetermined special sale period. However, it is not limited to such a determination method. For example, the stock number, which is the number of registered items subtracted for each registration, is stored in the bargain information storage unit as bargain information, and it is determined whether or not the bargain time comes by whether or not the stock number reaches a predetermined number. You may Further, the method of obtaining the sales price at the time of the special sale registration is not limited to the method of directly storing the special sale price as shown in the embodiment, and for example,
It may be acquired by a discounting method of subtracting a predetermined amount of money from the normal price of the product, a discounting method of multiplying the normal price by a predetermined ratio, or the like.

[0018]

According to the present invention, there is provided an input means for inputting a product code corresponding to a product, the product is registered based on the product code input by the input means, and the registration result is received. In a product sale registration data processing device to be printed on a product, a special sale information storage unit that stores special sale information corresponding to the product code, and a special sale determination means that determines whether or not the product is a special sale based on the input of the product code. If the special sale determination means determines that the sale is a special sale, the special sale registration based on the special sale information in the special sale information storage unit is performed, and if it is determined that the sale is not the special sale, the normal registration is performed at the normal price. Means and the fact that when the registration result is printed on the receipt, the fact that the product cannot be returned for the product that has undergone special sale registration processing by the registration means If you purchase a non-returnable product with a printout control means, a receipt will be issued stating that the product cannot be returned. It can be prevented by using the receipt of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a processing example for each input of a product code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of ECR.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of a product master table in a RAM.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of receipt printing.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of conventional receipt printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Input means 14 Special sale information storage

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product sales registration for inputting a product code corresponding to a product, registering the product based on the product code input by the input device, and printing a registration result on a receipt. In the data processing device, a special sale information storage unit that stores special sale information corresponding to the product code, a special sale determination unit that determines whether or not the product is a special sale based on the input of the product code, and the special sale determination unit. When it is determined that the sale is a special sale, the special sale registration based on the special sale information in the special sale information storage section is performed,
If it is judged that it is not a special sale, registration means for performing normal registration at the normal price, and that the product cannot be returned for the product that has been processed for special sale registration by the registration means when printing the registration result on the receipt And a non-returnable information printing control means for additionally recording the product sales registration data processing device.