JPH11232336A - System and method for merchandise management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise management system that can appropriately judge increase and decrease of the quantity of merchandises to be sold and the necessity/ unnecessity of the merchandises. SOLUTION: This merchandise management system consists of a management device 2 that is composed of an operation panel 1 which enables a shopping customer input information on a merchandise he wants to purchase and can display a picture of the merchandise and an arranged position in a shop, a data retrieval part 3 which is connected to the operation panel and retrieves the merchandise concerned from the desired merchandise information transmitted from the operation panel 1, a layout processing part 4 for detecting the arranged position of the retrieved merchandise and transmitting it to the operation panel, a picture data processing part 5 for retrieving a picture of the retrieved merchandise and transmitting it to the operation panel, a data accumulation part 6 for accumulating information on the merchandise retrieved by the data retrieval part 3, or the like, and a central management device 9 which is connected to each management device and performs batch management of information of each shop. It is possible to recognize what kinds of merchandises the shopping customer wants to get by having the shopping customer retrieve a merchandise he wants to buy by using this merchandise management system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a product management system and a product management method, and more particularly to a product management system and a product management method in a convenience store or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a POS system has been used as a device for a seller to manage the stock status of products, the sales of products, and the like.
In the POS system, a POS terminal (register) provided in each store is connected to a communication control device directly connected to an input / output channel of a host computer of a headquarters via a communication line, so that sales management, inventory management, and product management at a point of sale are performed. And so on.

[0003]

However, the seller cannot judge the increase / decrease of the quantity of the goods to be sold and the necessity / unnecessity of the goods only based on the information of the sold goods.

[0004] According to the present invention, it is possible to display, on a monitor, an arrangement location of a product desired by a shopper and an image of the product,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a merchandise management system and a merchandise management method capable of accurately judging an increase or decrease in the quantity of merchandise to be sold and necessity / unnecessity of merchandise.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a merchandise management system according to the present invention comprises an input device for a shopper to input information on a desired product to be purchased, and a display device for displaying an image and a location of the product. An operation console connected to the operation console, a corresponding product search means for searching for a corresponding product based on desired product information sent from the operation console, and a storage location of the product placed in the store, and Based on the relevant product information sent from the search means, a location detection / transmission means for transmitting the location data of the relevant product in the store to the console, and an image of the product placed in the store is stored and sent from the relevant product search means. A product image detecting and transmitting means for transmitting image data of the relevant product to the console according to the relevant product information, and a data storage means for storing data relating to the product searched by the relevant product searching means. It is characterized by being configured to have a management system and comprising a.

[0006] The above-mentioned management apparatus further has inventory storage means for storing the number of stocks of the goods placed in the store, and the goods purchased by the shopper can be attached to the goods by the stock management means connected to the management apparatus. By sending the product information and the sales quantity information to the inventory storage means,
It is advisable to rewrite the stock quantity to manage the product stock quantity.

The above-mentioned product management system further includes a central management device connected to a plurality of management devices, and the inventory management means stores the search product information stored in the data storage means and the inventory information stored in the stock storage means. It is preferable to attach an identification number for identifying each store to the central management device and transmit the same at regular intervals.

[0008] The merchandise management method of the present invention includes an input step in which a shopper inputs information on a desired merchandise, a corresponding merchandise search step of searching for a corresponding merchandise by desired merchandise information input in the input step, and a corresponding merchandise search. Search the location data in the store of the relevant product detected by the process,
An arrangement location search transmission process to transmit, a product image search transmission process to search and transmit image data of the product detected in the product search process, and a data storage for storing data relating to the product searched in the product search process. And a display step of displaying the placement location transmitted by the placement location search and transmission step and the product image transmitted by the product image search and transmission step.

[0009] The product management method described above further includes an identification step of identifying a product purchased by the shopper based on identification information attached to the product, and an inventory management step of managing the stock quantity of the product identified by the identification step. Good to have.

[0010] In the above merchandise management method, the identification number set for each store is attached to the search merchandise information accumulated in the data accumulating step and the stock information of the merchandise managed in the stock managing step, and the central management apparatus is attached to the central management apparatus. It is preferable that the method further includes a transmission step of transmitting at regular intervals.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a product management system and a product management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a product management system and a product management method according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a product management system and a product management method according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example according to the embodiment.

First, a configuration of an embodiment of a product management system and a product management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a console 1 provided for each store, a management device 2, and a central management device 9 provided at a headquarters for managing information of each store. The management device 2 includes a data search unit 3, a layout processing unit 4, an image data processing unit 5, a data storage unit 6, an inventory management unit 7, and a store code number storage unit 8. . A sales processing unit 11 is connected to the management device 2, and a product code number detection unit 12 is connected to the sales processing unit 11.

The console 1 is composed of an input device capable of inputting a product name and a type of a product desired by a shopper, a monitor capable of displaying an image sent from the management device and a location of the product, and the like. I have. The console 1 is connected to a management device 2 that manages the console, and data input from the console 1 is immediately transferred to the management device, and data sent from the management device is transmitted to the console. Display on the monitor.

The management device 2 is a device for managing consoles provided in each store, and is a device for temporarily storing information sent from the console and sending it to a central management device. The data search unit 3 receives the desired product information sent from the console connected to the management device, and searches for the corresponding product and its type. The retrieved product information is transmitted to the layout processing unit 4 and the image data processing unit 5 described below. The layout processing unit 4 stores the location information of the products placed in the store, and when the product information is sent from the data search unit, it searches where the products are located. Then, the retrieved placement location information is transmitted to the console. The transmitted location information is displayed on the monitor. By looking at the position information displayed on the monitor, the shopper can immediately know where the desired product is located. The image data processing unit 5 stores image data of a product placed in a store. When product information is sent from the data search unit, the image data of the product is searched. Then, the searched image data is transmitted to the console. The transmitted image data is displayed on the monitor, and the shopper can confirm whether the product is the desired product by looking at the monitor. The data storage unit 6 stores the product information searched by the data search unit. By storing the product information searched by the data search unit in the data storage unit, it is possible to determine what kind of product the shopper desires. The stock management unit 7 records the number of stocks of commodities placed in each store. When a shopper purchases a product, the store can recognize how much the store has in stock by subtracting the stock number of the product recorded in the inventory management unit 7.
In addition, by managing the number of items in stock, necessity / unnecessity of items placed in the store can be determined. Store code number storage unit 8 stores a store code number, which is a number for identifying each store. When the shopper who wants to store the product information stored in the data storage unit 6 and the inventory information stored in the inventory management are transmitted to the central management device at regular intervals, the central management device uses the information sent from any store. In order to identify whether or not there is, it is attached and transmitted together with the information read from the data storage unit 6 and the inventory management unit 7.

A sales processing unit 11 is connected to the management device 2. The sales processing unit 11 is connected to the product code number detection unit 12. The product code number detector is a device for detecting a product code attached to a product. Further, the sales processing unit 11 receives the product code transmitted from the product code number detection unit, and transmits the sold product information and the number information thereof to the inventory management unit. Further, the sales processing unit reads information stored in the inventory management unit and the data storage unit at regular time intervals, attaches the store code number read from the store code number storage unit, and transmits the information to the central management device. The central management device receives the information sent from each of the management devices 2a to 2b,
The store code number attached to the transmitted information is analyzed, the information is recorded for each store, and the stock information of the product and the product information desired by the shopper are managed. Further, a management monitor 10 is connected to the central management device, and the information of each store recorded by the management monitor 10 can be confirmed.

Next, an operation example of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart when the shopper searches for a product desired by the present apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart when the shopper transmits data of the product purchased to the central management apparatus.

In step S1, the shopper inputs keywords such as a product name and a type name of a desired product from the console 1. Next, in step S2, the input data is received by the data search unit 3 of the management device, and a corresponding product is searched. The data search unit 3 stores the searched product information in the data storage unit 6. In step S3, the data search unit checks whether the searched product is a product placed in a store. If the searched product is a product placed in a store (step S3 / YES), the searched product information is transmitted to the layout processing unit 4 and the image data processing unit 5 (step S4). In step S5, the layout processing unit 4 searches for the location of the store where the product detected by the data search unit is located, and transmits the searched placement information to the console 1. The image data processing unit 5 also detects the image data of the product detected by the data search unit, and transmits the detected image data to the console 1. Further, when the searched product is a product not placed in the store (step S3 / N
O), data indicating that the desired product is not placed on the console 1 is transmitted. In step S7, when receiving data from the image data processing unit and the layout processing unit, the console 1 displays the image of the product and the location of the product on a monitor provided on the console. Further, when receiving data from the management device that the desired product is not stored in the store, the console displays this fact on the monitor.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, an operation example when transmitting data of a product purchased by a shopper to the central management device will be described. In step S10, when a shopper purchases a product, the code number assigned to the purchased product is detected by the product code number detection unit 12, and the detected product code number is transmitted to the sales processing unit 11. In step S11, sales processing unit 11 stores the received code number information in inventory management unit 7.
Send to The stock management unit 7 stores the number of stocks of the products placed in the store, and upon receiving the code information from the sales processing unit 11, subtracts the received stock number of the products by the number sold. In step S12, the sales processing unit 11 stores, in the store code number storage unit, the merchandise information desired by the shopper stored in the data storage unit and the stock quantity data recorded in the inventory management unit 7 at regular intervals. The number is attached and transmitted to the central management device 9. In step S13, upon receiving the data, the central management device 9 analyzes the store code number from the received data, and manages this information for each store. The received data can be confirmed on a management monitor connected to the central management device. In addition, the management monitor displays the number of stocks and search information for each store for each type, so that it is possible to recognize what products sell well and what products shoppers want. With this monitor, it is possible to judge whether the number of products to be sold has increased or decreased and whether or not the products are necessary or unnecessary.

According to the above-described embodiment, for example, in a convenience store, a shopper inputs the product name and type of a desired product from the console 1, and receives the input, such as the location of the product and the product managed by the management device. By transmitting the image data to the console 1 and displaying the image data, the shopper who looks at the monitor can quickly purchase the product. Also,
Starting from the management device transmitting the quantity of each product sold to the central management device, the data storage unit stores data on all products entered by the shopper from the console, and centrally manages the data at regular intervals. By sending to the device,
It is possible to recognize what kind of merchandise the shopper wants, including the number of stocks of merchandise in the store, and the seller can manage the merchandise mainly by the purchaser.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
The merchandise management system according to the described invention is connected to the console, comprising: an input unit for a shopper to input information on a desired product to be purchased, a display unit for displaying an image and a location of the product, and connected to the console. Stores the relevant product search means for searching for the relevant product based on the desired product information sent, and stores the location of the product placed in the store, and operates the location data of the relevant product in the store sent from the relevant product search means An arrangement location detection transmission means for transmitting to the desk, a product image detection transmission means for storing the image of the product placed in the store, and transmitting the image data of the relevant product sent from the relevant product search means to the console; By having a management device comprising a data storage means for storing data relating to a product searched by the product search means, a product which a shopper wants to purchase can be stored in the product management system. When you search using the Temu, it is possible to recognize whether the retrieved information products will be stored in the data storage means, shoppers have wanted what goods. Also, when the shopper does not know the location of the product he / she wants to purchase or does not know whether the product he / she wants to purchase is located in the store, the product is immediately placed by searching using the product management system. It is possible to recognize where the product is located or whether the product is placed in the store.

Further, the commodity management system according to the second aspect of the present invention further comprises a stock storage means for storing the number of stocks of the goods placed in the store, and a shopper purchases by the stock management means connected to the management apparatus. The seller is placed in the store by identifying the sold product by the identification information attached to the product, transmitting the sold product information and the sales quantity information to the inventory storage means, and managing the product inventory quantity. It is possible to perform inventory management of commodities, and determine an increase or decrease in the quantity of commodities to be sold.

The product management system according to the third aspect of the present invention further includes a central management device connected to a plurality of management devices, and the stock storage means stores the search product information and stock management stored in the data storage means. By transmitting the inventory information accumulated in the means and the identification number for identifying each store to the central management device at regular intervals, the central management device can collectively manage the information sent from each store, This makes it easier to manage the inventory at each store and to determine the necessity / unnecessity of products placed in the store.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise management method comprising: an input step in which a shopper inputs information on a desired merchandise; and a corresponding merchandise search step in which a desired merchandise is searched by the desired merchandise information input in the input step. A placement location search and transmission step of searching and transmitting the location of the corresponding product in the store detected by the relevant product search step, and a search for the image of the corresponding product detected and transmitted by the relevant product search step. A transmission step, a data storage step of storing data relating to the product searched in the corresponding product search step, and a display for displaying the placement location transmitted in the placement location search transmission step and the product image transmitted in the product image search transmission step. By using this product management method, a product that the shopper wants to purchase can be retrieved by using the product management method. Information becomes to be accumulated by the data accumulation process, it is possible to recognize whether the shopper wants to make what product. In addition, when the shopper does not know the location of the product that he / she wants to purchase or does not know whether the product he / she wants to purchase is located in the store, using the product management method, the location where the product is immediately placed, Or, it can recognize whether the product is placed in the store.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article management method for identifying an article purchased by a shopper based on identification information attached to the article, and an inventory step for managing a stock quantity of the article identified by the identifying step. With the additional management step, the seller can manage the inventory of the products placed in the store, and can judge whether the quantity of the products to be sold increases or decreases.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise management method wherein an identification number set for each store is attached to the search merchandise information accumulated in the data accumulation step and the stock information of the merchandise managed in the stock management step. The central management device can collectively manage the information sent from each store, and the inventory management of each store and the necessity of products placed in the store are required.・ It becomes easier to judge the necessity.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a product management system and a product management method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation console 2 Management device 3 Data search part 4 Layout processing part 5 Image data processing part 6 Data storage part 7 Inventory management part 8 Store code number storage part 9 Central management device 10 Management monitor 11 Sales processing part 12 Product code number detection part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An operation console comprising: input means for a shopper to input information on a product desired to be purchased; and display means for displaying an image and an arrangement location of the product; a console connected to the console; A corresponding product search means for searching for a corresponding product according to the desired product information sent, and a location of the product placed in the store is stored, and the corresponding product information is transmitted from the corresponding product search means in the store of the corresponding product. An arrangement location detection transmitting means for transmitting arrangement location data to the console; storing an image of the commodity placed in the store; and operating the image data of the commodity according to the commodity information sent from the commodity retrieval means. A management device comprising: a product image detection transmitting unit that transmits to the table; and a data storage unit that stores data relating to the product searched by the corresponding product search unit. Merchandise management system, characterized in that it is made. 2. The management device further includes inventory storage means for storing the number of stocks of the goods placed in the store, and stores the goods purchased by the shopper by the stock management means connected to the management apparatus as the goods. 2. The product according to claim 1, wherein the product is identified by the attached identification information, and the sold product information and the sales quantity information are transmitted to the stock storage means, and the stock quantity is rewritten to manage the product stock quantity. Management system. A central management device connected to a plurality of management devices, wherein the inventory management means stores search product information stored in the data storage means and inventory information stored in the inventory storage means, 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein an identification number for identifying the store is attached and transmitted to the central management device at regular intervals.
Or the product management system according to 2. 4. An input step in which a shopper inputs information on a desired product to be purchased, a relevant product search step of searching for a relevant product based on the desired product information input in the input step, and a search performed by the relevant product search step. A placement location search and transmission step of searching for and transmitting the location data of the corresponding product in the store; a product image search and transmission step of searching and transmitting image data of the corresponding product detected in the corresponding product search step; A data accumulation step of accumulating data relating to the product searched in the search step; and a display step of displaying the placement location transmitted by the placement location search / transmission step and the product image transmitted by the product image search / transmission step. A merchandise management method comprising: 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: an identification step of identifying an item purchased by the shopper based on identification information attached to the item; and an inventory management step of managing a stock quantity of the item identified by the identification step. The product management method according to claim 4, wherein: 6. The central management device attaches an identification number set for each store to the search commodity information accumulated in the data accumulation step and the stock information of the commodity managed in the inventory management step, and transmits the information to the central management apparatus at regular intervals. 6. The product management method according to claim 4, further comprising a transmission step of transmitting the information to a product.