JPH10228565A - Shelf allocation information creating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically create the display position of merchandise in accordance with a merchandise aspect of a new merchandise, etc., and its visibility on a shelf. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a weight information setting part 3 which defines the visibility of each merchandise arrangement area by customers about shelf information, a priority setting part 5 which sets the priority of each merchandise of merchandise information on a layout and a layout creating part 4 which creates merchandise arrangement to shelves as shelf allocation information based on the priority information of merchandise and the weight information of each merchandise arrangement area. In such cases, when aspects of merchandise that are inputted to a merchandise information inputting part 2 are a new merchandise or a sale article, the part 5 is provided with a different aspect setting function 5A and highly sets the priority of the new merchandise or the sale article of merchandise. Furthermore, the part 4 is provided with a preferential arranging function 4A and arranges merchandise in order of priority that is set by the part 5 in a merchandise arrangement area which has good visibility according to weight information set by the part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shelf layout information creating apparatus, and more particularly to a shelf layout information creating apparatus that takes into account new products, advertisement articles, regional characteristics, seasonality, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of shelf layout control method is used for the purpose of easily determining the layout of products on shelves installed in a store. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-342
No. 230 discloses a file storing product information ranked in the order of sales volume, a file storing weighted shelf information, and storing the number of displayed products, the size of the product, and the factor coefficient in association with each other. And a file for storing the generated display data, and a method for generating the product display data by the display data generating means is described.

[0003]

However, in this conventional example, when the products are weighted, only the order of the sales volume is targeted, so that the products to be appealed, such as new products and sale products, are not necessarily located in a position that is easy for the customer to see. There was an inconvenience of not being placed. In particular, in the case of a new product, there is no sales performance yet, so there is a disadvantage that a layout that appeals cannot be performed in the order of sales volume.

[0004]

An object of the present invention is to solve the inconveniences of the conventional example, and in particular, to a shelf capable of automatically generating a display position of a product according to the mode of a product such as a new product and the visibility on the shelf. It is an object of the present invention to provide a split information creating device.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a shelf information input section for inputting shelf information such as the size of a shelf, and a weight defining the legibility of a customer for each product arrangement area of the shelf information. A weight information setting unit for setting information, a product information input unit for inputting information such as the size of the product, a priority setting unit for setting a layout priority for each product of the product information, and weight information A layout creation unit that generates an array of products on the shelf as shelf allocation information based on the priority information of the products set by the setting unit and the priority setting unit and the weight information for each product placement area. The priority setting unit has a mode-specific setting function of setting a higher priority of the new or sale product when the product input to the product information input unit is a new product or a sale product. . Moreover, the layout creating unit arranges the products having the higher priority order for each product set by the priority setting unit in the product arrangement area considered to be easy to see by the weight information set by the weight information setting unit in order. With the configuration. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned object.

[0006] The mode-specific setting function sets the priority of the new product or sale product to a higher priority when the product mode input to the product information input unit is a new product or a sale product.
The priority arrangement function arranges, in order, products having a higher priority set for each product set by the priority setting unit in a product arrangement area considered to be easy to see based on the weight information set by the weight information setting unit. Therefore, when the user inputs that the item is a new item or a sale item, the sale item and the new item are arranged in the item arrangement area which is considered to be easy to see accordingly.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to the present embodiment. The shelf allocation information creating device according to the present embodiment includes a shelf information input unit 1 for inputting shelf information such as the size of a shelf.
A weight information setting unit 3 for setting weight information defining the visibility of the customer for each product arrangement area of the shelf information;
Product information input unit 2 for inputting information such as product size
And a priority setting unit 5 for setting a priority on a layout for each product in the product information; priority information of the product set by the weight information setting unit 3 and the priority setting unit 5; A layout creating unit 4 for generating an array of products on a shelf as shelf allocation information based on the weight information.

Further, in this embodiment, when the mode of the product input to the product information input unit 2 is a new product or a sale product, the priority setting unit 5 sets the priority order of the new product or the sale product. Is provided with a setting function 5A for setting a high value. Then, the layout creating unit 4 sequentially arranges the products having the highest priority set for each product set by the priority setting unit 5 in the product arrangement area considered to be easy to see based on the weight information set by the weight information setting unit 3. And a priority arrangement function 4A.

[0009] Preferably, the priority setting unit 5
A score providing function of attaching a score indicating a predetermined priority for each product mode such as a new product or a sale product to the product,
It is preferable that the layout creating unit includes a score-based arrangement function of arranging the products based on the scores for each product given by the score giving function. In this case, it is easy to determine when the layout is created using hardware resources.

If the priority order setting unit 5 has a function of giving a score in consideration of regionality and seasonality in addition to a new product and a sale product as a product mode, a shelf layout based on a more detailed standard is provided. It can be performed. The regionality takes into consideration that sales are affected by the region, and for example, beach sandals sell well near the sea. The seasonality takes into consideration that the sales are affected by the season, and for example, disposable warmers sell well in winter.
By performing scoring in consideration of regional characteristics and seasonality in this way, more accurate shelf allocation can be performed throughout the year.

[0011]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. In this embodiment,
The weight information setting unit 3 has a stage-by-stage weight setting function for calculating weight information for each stage of the shelf based on the reference position information of the customer's viewpoint input to the shelf information input unit 1. Information input to each input unit is stored in the storage unit 6. Then, the shelf information created by the layout creating unit 4 is output by the output unit 7 to a PC or POS screen or a printer 8.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
With steps of 10cm, 50cm, 90c from the floor respectively
m, 130cm, 170cm. There are three types of products,
The product A is ranked second in the sales order of this store, the sale product, the product B is a new product, and the product C is ranked first in the sales. The operation is performed by a P having a keyboard, a screen (or a printer), and a storage device operation unit.
It is assumed that the processing is performed at the C terminal.

A shelf size (width, height, depth, number of steps, step thickness, and position of the shelf (distance from the floor to the bottom of the shelf)) is input from the keyboard 9. Also, the reference position for weighting (for example, the position of the customer's eyes: 140 cm from the floor, etc.)
Enter Design shelves based on the input shelf dimensions.

Next, a weight (priority order) is assigned to each stage of the shelf. Here, the shelf has five steps, each of which is 10 cm, 50 cm, 90 cm, 130 cm, 170 cm from the floor.
Assume that it is at the position of cm. Assuming that the reference position to be weighted is 140 cm from the floor, priorities are assigned in order of decreasing distance from the reference position to the bottom of the step. In this example, 130 cm steps, 170 cm steps, 90 cm steps, 1
Weights are assigned in the order of 0 cm steps.

Next, the priority order of the products is set. Product information includes product name, type, sales quantity, size, color, shape,
It has information such as weight, appearance photograph (image), whether it is a new product, whether it is a sale item, regionality, seasonality, weather, other factors that affect sales, and the like. Of these, points are given to necessary ones. For example, 10 points for a new product, 5 points for a sale item, 5 points for the first place in sales, 4 points for the second place, and so on. Then, priorities are assigned in descending order of the score. For example, product A is second in sales and 9 items for sale, product B is 10 for new products, and product C is 1 for sales.
In the case of 5 points, the priority order is Product B, Product A, Product C
It becomes in order.

Next, the products having the highest priority are pasted to the higher tier. For example, considering that only one product can be placed on one tier, the order of the tier on the shelf is 1
The order of 30cm, 170cm, 190cm ...
Product A and Product C are in this order.
The product A is on the 70 cm level and the product C is on the 90 cm level. The created shelf layout information is displayed on the screen of the terminal device and on the printer.

When weighting the shelves, it is also possible to take into account the priorities within the same stage (for example, giving the center of the stage a higher priority than both ends). This is effective when there are some positions that are easy to see even in the same stage and other positions that are not so, depending on the layout of the store.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating another embodiment. Here, the product information input unit 2 has a two-side input function for inputting size information and the like for each of the front and side surfaces of each product. A function is provided for selecting one of the two input surfaces. That is, by giving information such as the orientation (place the front of the product in front, the side of the product in the front, etc.) when placing the product in the product information, and the quantity of the product to be placed, for example, the product to be conspicuous , Put the front (the wide side of the product) in the front and arrange three of them horizontally. Conversely, if you want to save space on the products, and if you want to save space, arrange the two with the side of the products toward you. Alternatively, by arranging the front of one product in front, a more effective arrangement is possible.

In another example, the layout creation unit 4
In addition, a product information storage unit that stores in advance the appearance of each product as a color image is provided. The layout creating unit 4 has a product information combining function of combining color images for each product stored in the product information storage unit based on shelf allocation information. Further, a display unit for displaying the product information combined by the product information combining function is provided in addition to the product information combining function. The shelf layout is performed after confirming the actual layout image of the product by displaying on the display unit, so that a more accurate shelf layout can be performed.For example, products with the same color tone are not arranged side by side, or vice versa. Is also possible,
Visual effects can also be considered.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, an optimal shelf layout can be created on a terminal such as a PC or a POS by a shelf layout control method of the present invention. The optimum shelf layout can be easily determined, thereby greatly reducing the time required for determining the shelf layout, and leading to more efficient operations.

[0021] Despite potential needs, unappealable products can be appealed with fine conditioning, so that sales can be effectively arranged and thereby sales can be expected to improve. It will be.

[0022]

The present invention is constructed and functions as described above. According to this, according to the setting function for each mode, when the mode of the product input to the product information input section is a new product or a sale product, For each product set by the priority setting unit in the product placement area that is set to be easier to see based on the weight information set by the weight information setting unit, the priority order of the new product or sale product is set high. In order to arrange the products having the highest priority in this order, by inputting that the product is a new product or a sale product, the sale product and the new product can be arranged in the product arrangement area considered to be easy to see. It is possible to provide an unprecedented excellent shelf allocation information creating device that can automatically generate a display position of a product in accordance with the product mode and the visibility on the shelf.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a shelf according to the embodiment.

4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a product and an example of its layout. FIG. 4A is a schematic perspective view of Shohin A, and FIG.
FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a layout example with the front facing forward, and FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating a layout example with the side facing forward.
FIG. 4D is a diagram illustrating an example in which only one is arranged in front.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 shelf information input unit 2 product information input unit 3 weight information setting unit 4 layout creation unit 4A priority placement function 5 priority order setting unit 5A setting function for each mode

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A shelf information input unit for inputting shelf information such as a size of a shelf, and a weight information setting unit for setting weight information defining visibility of a customer for each product arrangement area of the shelf information. A product information input unit to which information such as the size of the product is input, a priority setting unit that sets a priority order on a layout for each product of the product information, the weight information setting unit and the priority setting unit, A layout creating unit that generates an array of the products on the shelf as shelf allocation information based on the priority information of the products set by the product and the weight information for each of the product placement areas. The priority setting unit includes a mode-specific setting function of setting a high priority of the product of the new product or the sale product when the mode of the product input to the product information input unit is a new product or a sale product, The layout A priority placement function for arranging, in order, a product having a higher priority for each product set by the priority setting unit in a product placement area which is considered to be easy to see by the weight information set by the weight information setting unit; A shelf allocation information creating device comprising: 2. The layout creating unit according to claim 2, wherein the priority setting unit includes a score assigning function of assigning a score indicating a priority determined in advance for each mode of the product such as the new product or the sale product to the product. 2. The shelf allocation information creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a score-based arrangement function of arranging the products based on the scores for each product given by the score providing function. 3. The product according to claim 2, wherein the priority order setting unit has a function of giving a score in consideration of locality and seasonality in addition to a new product and a sale product as the mode of the product. Shelf allocation information creation device. 4. A weight setting function for each stage, wherein the weight information setting unit calculates weight information for each stage of the shelf based on reference position information of a customer's viewpoint input to the shelf information input unit. The shelf allocation information creating device according to claim 1, further comprising: 5. A product information storage unit for preliminarily storing the appearance of each of the products as a color image in the layout creating unit, wherein the layout creating unit is provided for each product stored in the product information storage unit. A product information synthesizing function for synthesizing a color image based on the shelf information; and a display unit for displaying the merchandise information synthesized by the merchandise information synthesizing function. The shelf allocation information creating device according to claim 1. 6. The merchandise information input unit has a two-side input function for inputting the size information and the like for each of the front and side surfaces of each of the merchandise, and the point-by-point arrangement function is provided for each of the merchandise points. 4. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a function of selecting one of the two surfaces input by the two-surface input function.