JPS62247457A - Radio type inventory management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the delivery instruction slips, etc., and to improve the availability of shelves by reading automatically the bar codes attached to the loads and shelves as the means to obtain the information on the depositing in/delivery from storehouse states, the merchandise names, the code numbers, the merchandise quantity, the in-/out- storehouse position numbers, etc., via a detector set at the tip of a forklift. CONSTITUTION:A bar code 12 showing the contents including the name, type, number of units, etc., is previously attached to each load. Then the load is put into a storehouse. While an address data bar code 13 is attached to each shelf component member of the corresponding load. The contents of the code 12 are decoded by a selector 9 set at the tip of a forklift and this decoded data is temporarily stored in a terminal equipment 7. A forklift containing loads first searches for the idle shelves via the detector 9 and the detector 9 reads the code 13 (address data) attached to the rack of the shelf. Then the loads are set on the shelf. When this load storing job is ended, the equipment 7 sends the data on loads, the address data and the data on a load storing action pattern stored temporarily to the nearby repeaters 4, 4'... by radio and then to a radio equipment and a computer via a coaxial cable 15 to be processed there.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a loading/unloading command system in which a terminal mounted on a forklift and a central management machine are brought online using a wireless device. As a means for forklift drivers to automatically obtain information necessary for inventory management, such as the delivery location number, without having to operate a terminal, barcodes containing the information necessary for inventory management are written on loads and shelves. This invention relates to a wireless inventory management system configured to automatically read data using a detector installed at the tip of a fork and transmit the contents to the inventory management machine using a wireless device.

Conventionally, forklift operators have always had to memorize the names, quantities, models, etc. of inventory items (products, etc.) to be taken in and out of warehouses.

The purpose of the wireless inventory management system of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present system) is to eliminate such necessity, improve work efficiency, eliminate the need for delivery instruction slips, etc., and improve shelf utilization efficiency.

The configuration of this system as a means to achieve this purpose is as follows.

The structure of this system is a cargo handling/receiving/receiving command system that is online using a terminal mounted on a forklift, a central control machine, and a wireless device.Information such as warehousing, retrieval, product name, code number, quantity, and warehousing/receiving position number is sent online. A wireless inventory management system that automatically reads barcodes affixed to loads and shelves using a detector installed at the tip of a fork, and transmits the contents to the central management machine using a wireless device. It is something.

To explain this with reference to the drawings of the embodiment, (1) is a central management machine, (2) is an inventory management computer, and (3) is a terminal machine (7) mounted on a forklift and a central management machine (1). (4) (4')
) (4”) ---One is a repeater in the warehouse, (5
) (5') (5") --- The antenna of the repeater, (6) is the forklift, (7) is the terminal of the forklift, and (8) is the antenna of the forklift connected to the terminal. The antenna (9) is a load detector attached to the fork of a forklift that reads the barcode. (11) and load (12) are the barcodes of the load (12) containing data such as product name, model, number, etc. 13) is a shelf (1
This is the barcode of the shelf (14) whose content is the address data affixed to the shelf component of item 4). Next, the operation of this system will be explained.

First, the cargo is stored with a barcode containing the product name, model, number, etc. displayed in advance, and a barcode for address data is written on the corresponding shelf component of the cargo. The content of the barcode on this load is decoded by a detector installed at the tip of the fork of the forklift, and this data is designed to be temporarily stored in the terminal.

Therefore, a forklift truck that has loaded a load and enters the warehouse first searches for empty shelves using a detector, and before placing the load on the shelf, the load detector reads the bar code (address data) affixed to the rack and places the item on the shelf. do.

When the warehousing operation is completed, the above-mentioned temporarily stored cargo data, address data, and warehousing operation pattern data are wirelessly transmitted from the terminal to a nearby repeater and then sent to the wireless device and computer via the coaxial cable (15). Data is processed.

In the case of unloading, the location and number of the load to be unloaded is automatically transmitted from the central control machine to the forklift terminal in the opposite direction from when the load was received, and the address, address, etc. are sent to the forklift driver on the display, printer, etc. Once the quantity is recognized and the shipping work is completed, the inventory management data is automatically processed by the central management machine.

This system has the following effects.

First, there is no need for a slip for the driver, and the cargo can be stored in any empty shelf, which increases shelf utilization efficiency compared to fixed locations.

Second, since the driver does not have to be directly involved in cargo data and address data, data errors are eliminated, and the driver can concentrate on cargo handling work, resulting in improvements in safety and efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a system diagram showing the operation (in the direction of the arrow) of the wireless inventory management system, Figure 2 is a perspective view of a load with a barcode affixed to it, and Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of a shelf with a barcode affixed to it. . 1-11------Central management machine 2-------1 Inventory management computer 3----No-cotton device 4.4', 4'' ~------・--Relayer 5.5 '
, 5' ---1 Relay antenna 6 - Forklift 7 - Forklift terminal 8 - - 11 - Forklift antenna 9 - 11 - - Detector 11 -1---Cargo 12-...-Cargo barcode

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a loading/unloading command system in which a terminal installed on a forklift and a central control unit are brought online using a wireless device, cargo handling is used as a means of obtaining information such as warehousing, shipping, item name, code number, quantity, and loading/unloading position number. A wireless inventory management system that automatically reads barcodes affixed to shelves using a detector installed at the tip of a fork, and transmits the contents to the central management machine using a wireless device.