JPH11250133A - Data back-up and reutilization method for automobile maintenance/repair business - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the accumulated volume of past business data, to smoothly execute business processing and to prevent the business data from disappearing due to the omission of backup. SOLUTION: The terminal equipments 1-1 to 1-n of plural automobile maintenance repair companies are connected to a host computer 3 through respective communication lines 2-1 to 2-n and business data such as slips, customers, vehicles, credit sales, demands, and sales dealt with in respective terminal equipments 1-1 to 1-n are automatically backed up by the host computer 3 as customer data for every company. At the time of receiving instructions from respective terminal equipments 1-1 to 1-n, the host computer 3 retrieves the pertinent business data from the stored customer data and loads down the retrieved data to respective equipments 1-1 to 1-n, which execute the business processing by utilizing the down-loaded business data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle maintenance / sheet metal industry in which business data stored in a host computer is used to perform business processing by a terminal device through a communication line in the automobile maintenance / sheet metal industry. Backup and reuse methods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the automobile maintenance and sheet metal work,
Each company has installed software for car maintenance and sheet metal work on a personal computer and independently performs business processes such as vouchers, customers, vehicles, accounts receivable, billing, and sales. And
Business data such as handled slips, customers, vehicles, accounts receivable, billing, and sales were backed up independently by each company.

[0003]

For this reason, in performing the business processing by reusing the business data handled in the past, each business operator should smoothly perform the business processing because the accumulated amount of the past business data is small. Was difficult. Further, there has been a case where business data cannot be stored due to forgetting to back up.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a data processing system in the automobile maintenance and sheet metal industry which can increase the accumulated amount of business data in the past, perform business processing smoothly, and prevent business data from being lost due to forgetting backup. The purpose is to provide a backup and reuse method.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a method for backing up and reusing data in an automobile maintenance and sheet metal industry is provided by connecting terminal devices of a plurality of automobile maintenance and sheet metal dealers to a host computer via a communication line. The slip computer, customer, vehicle, accounts receivable, billing, business data such as sales handled by the terminal device are automatically backed up by the host computer as customer data for each automobile maintenance / sheet metal dealer, and the host computer Upon receiving an instruction from the terminal device, the corresponding business data is retrieved from the accumulated customer data and downloaded to each terminal device, and each terminal device performs business processing using the downloaded business data. I do.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the business data corresponding to the instruction from the terminal device is retrieved from each customer data stored in the host computer and downloaded to each terminal device. Business processing can be performed smoothly using business data. Further, the business data handled by each terminal device is automatically backed up to the host computer, so that the loss of the business data due to forgetting to back up can be prevented.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram for implementing a data backup and reuse method in an automobile maintenance and sheet metal industry according to one embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a terminal device 1 for each trader
, 1-n are communication lines 2-1, 2-2,
.., 2-n are connected to the host computer 3 of the server.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show a series of flowcharts showing the processing contents of the system of FIG. Hereinafter, the contents of this processing will be described.

First, customer information is designated by the terminal device, eg, 1-1, by region, age, gender, etc. (step 10).
Along with 1), the vehicle information is designated by the vehicle type, year, distance, etc. (step 102).

Next, a storage category is designated (step 10).
3). Here, the entry categories include sheet metal painting (bumpers, fenders, doors, etc.) and general maintenance (engine oil, brake pads (brake lining), batteries, mufflers, missions, AT oil, timing belts (fan belts, etc.)). Vehicle inspection / inspection (Regular inspection consisting of 36 months inspection, 24 months inspection, 12 months inspection, 1 month inspection, 2 months inspection, 3 months inspection, 6 months inspection, 12 months inspection ) Other three types.

[0012] When sheet metal painting is designated as a storage category,
An input point indicating from which direction an external force is applied when the vehicle is damaged by the accident is designated (step 10).
4) Specify the accident scale (step 105). Further, when image data such as a photograph of the accident vehicle exists, the image data is transmitted to the host computer 3 (steps 106 and 107). On the host computer 3 side, based on the input points from the terminal device 1-1, the accident scale, and the image data, the relevant business data is searched from the business data relating to the past sheet metal painting, and the search result is obtained.
-1 (step 108), and the terminal device 1-1 selects the content to be viewed based on the image data from the host computer 3 (step 109). When the content to be browsed is selected on the terminal device 1-1 side, the host computer 3 sends detailed estimation data of this content to the terminal device 1.
-1 (step 110).

When general maintenance is designated as a storage category,
When the maintenance details are set on the terminal device 1-1 side, the maintenance contents are determined on the host computer 3 side (step 111,
112) On the other hand, when a part of the details of the maintenance, for example, "blur" of the brake pad is input on the terminal device 1-1 side, the host computer 3 searches for the maintenance contents from the "blur", and the maintenance is performed. Determine the contents (Step 11
3, 112). Then, the terminal device 1-1 selects the content to be viewed from the data transmitted from the host computer 3 (step 114). Terminal device 1-1
When the content that the user wants to browse is selected, the host computer 3 downloads detailed data of the content to the terminal device 1-1 (step 110).

When vehicle inspection / inspection or the like is designated as the storage category, the host computer 3 immediately searches for a machine which can specify the detailed maintenance contents (step 115). Then, the terminal device 1-1 selects the content to be viewed from the data transmitted from the host computer 3 (step 116). When the content to be browsed is selected on the terminal device 1-1 side, the host computer 3 downloads detailed data of the content to the terminal device 1-1 (step 110).

As described above, the detailed data is stored in the terminal device 1-.
After the download, the terminal device 1-1 selects whether the part is new or used (steps 117 and 118) when the part information is needed.

When a new article is selected, whether the new article is a genuine part or an excellent part is selected (step 119). And
The host computer 3 performs a price search for each of the genuine parts and the excellent parts (steps 120, 1).
21). If the user wants to order this part, the terminal device 1-1 places an order online (step 1).
22, 123).

When a used part is selected, whether the used part is a single part (for example, a bumper) or a set (for example, a front circumference) is selected (step 124). Then, the host computer 3 performs a price search for each of the single item and the set (steps 126 and 127). If the user wants to order these parts, the terminal device 1-1 places an order online (steps 128 and 129).

When other parts information is required, the same price search, order placement, etc. as described above are repeated (step 1).
30, 117-129).

When the above-described price search, order placement, etc. are completed for all parts, the terminal device 1-1 creates and issues a quote if a quote is required (step 13).
1, 132), and when necessary, a slip such as a delivery note or an invoice is created and issued (steps 133, 134).
Then, business data such as slips, customers, vehicles, accounts receivable, billing, sales, and the like are transmitted to the terminal device 1-1 by the host computer 3.
Is backed up as customer data of the customer A who is the owner (step 135). The customer data backed up in this way is organized and made into a database in the host computer 3.

Thereafter, the terminal device 1-1 makes a backup and ends the processing (step 136).

As described above, the method for backing up and reusing data in the automobile maintenance and sheet metal business according to the present embodiment is described in the terminal apparatus 1 of a plurality of automobile maintenance and sheet metal companies.
, 1-n and the host computer 3 are connected via communication lines 2-1, 2-2, ..., 2-n, and the terminal devices 1-1, 1-2, ... , 1-n, business data such as customer, vehicle, accounts receivable, billing, and sales are automatically backed up by the host computer 3 as customer data for each automobile maintenance and sheet metal contractor, and the host computer 3 When the computer 3 receives an instruction from each of the terminal devices 1-1, 1-2,... , 1-n,
Each terminal device 1-1, 1-2,..., 1-n performs a business process using the downloaded business data.

For this reason, according to the present embodiment, the business data corresponding to the instruction from the terminal device 1-1, 1-2,..., 1-n is searched from each customer data stored in the host computer 3. Each terminal device 1-1, 1-2, ..., 1-
n, the business process can be smoothly performed using the increased past business data. In addition, each terminal device 1-1, 1-2,
Since the business data handled in 1-n is automatically backed up to the host computer 3, it is possible to prevent the business data from being lost due to forgetting to back up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for implementing a data backup and reuse method in an automobile maintenance and sheet metal industry according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partial configuration diagram of a series of flowcharts showing processing contents of the system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another partial configuration diagram of the flowchart.

FIG. 4 is a remaining partial configuration diagram of the flowchart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 .., 1-n terminal device 2-1, 2-2,..., 2-n communication line 3 host computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Terminals of a plurality of automobile maintenance and sheet metal contractors are connected to a host computer via a communication line, and operations such as slips, customers, vehicles, accounts receivable, billing, and sales handled by each terminal are performed. The data is automatically backed up by the host computer as customer data for each automobile maintenance / sheet metal dealer, and the host computer searches for the corresponding business data from the accumulated customer data upon receiving an instruction from each terminal device. A data backup and reuse method in an automobile maintenance and sheet metal business, wherein the data is downloaded to each terminal device, and each terminal device performs a business process using the downloaded business data.