KR102295018B1 - Automatic ordering device for packaging container - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic order ordering device for packaging containers, and among the embodiments, when a user order is generated through a point of sales (POS), a packaging product identification code is determined through a user order and based on the packaging product identification code The packaging container determination unit that determines the type and quantity of a specific packaging container with and a packaging container order recommendation unit for recommending an order for an out-of-stock packaging container to the manager terminal based on the type of the low-stock packaging container and a low-stock packaging container monitoring unit for determining the type of the low-stock packaging container that is less than or equal to the stock quantity.

Description

Automatic order ordering device for packaging containers {AUTOMATIC ORDERING DEVICE FOR PACKAGING CONTAINER}

The present invention relates to a packaging container automatic order placing technology, and more particularly, to a packaging container automatic order placing device for monitoring an inventory shortage and recommending an order.

With the development of the Internet, e-commerce through the Internet has become more active than offline transactions. BACKGROUND ART Platforms of e-commerce through the Internet are emerging in many different forms. Conventionally, small business owners had the inconvenience of having to directly purchase items necessary for business offline.

In addition, since the goods purchased by small businesses are not computerized, they have a problem in that they do not recognize how much stock is in stock, what is the daily consumption of goods, and how much they need to purchase if they purchase goods.

In the inventory management method of small business owners, a person directly grasps the quantity and purchases goods by recognizing them when they are needed, or purchasing goods when the number of goods falls below a certain number according to simple know-how. method. The inventory management method of small businesses as described above is time-consuming and mistakes are made because there are many parts directly involved.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0106244 (2006.10.12) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-171423 (2017.03.02)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a packaging container automatic order placing device that can periodically monitor a packaging container inventory database and automatically recommend an order for a packaging container out of stock.

An embodiment of the present invention generates a packaging container order bidding document based on the type of packaging container out of stock, and a user who can include specific packaging container ordering information in a recommendation based on a price bid by at least one packaging container ordering party We want to provide a customized automatic ordering system and method.

Among the embodiments, when a user order is generated through POS (Point Of Sales), the packaging product identification code is determined through the user order, and the type and quantity of a specific packaging container is determined based on the packaging product identification code. A packaging container determination unit, a packaging container inventory database update unit that updates the packaging container inventory database based on the type and quantity of the specific packaging container, and the type of packaging containers that are out of stock below the standard stock quantity by periodically monitoring the packaging container inventory database and a packaging container order recommendation unit for recommending an order for the out-of-stock packaging container to the manager terminal based on the type of the out-of-stock packaging container and a stock-out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit to determine the.

The packaging container determination unit may receive the packaging product identification code obtained through the POS in the process of the user order and determine the type of the specific packaging product based on the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) associated with the packaging container identification code. .

The out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit may determine the type of the expected out-of-stock packaging container based on a packaging container inventory model built through the packaging container consumption information for each store type whenever the packaging container inventory database is updated.

The inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit may determine the inventory shortage expected packaging container for each company by providing a set of packaging container types to the packaging container inventory model by the same packaging container ordering party in the process of determining the type of the packaging container expected to be out of stock.

The packaging container order recommendation unit may detect in advance packaging container ordering information according to the type of the out-of-stock packaging container before the recommendation.

When the type of the packaging container out of stock is determined, the packaging container order recommendation unit may recommend together with the low stock packaging container based on the stock quantity of other packaging containers manufactured by the same packaging container ordering party.

A packaging container automatic ordering unit for generating a packaging container order bidding document based on the type of the out-of-stock packaging container and including specific packaging container ordering party information in the recommendation based on a price bid by at least one packaging container ordering party. have.

When the recommendation according to the specific packaging container ordering party information is successfully performed, the automatic packaging container ordering unit gives a priority recommendation right for an order newly generated in a specific area determined based on the address of the delivery destination for a certain period of time to the specific packaging container ordering part can provide

The disclosed technology may have the following effects. However, this does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects, so the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as being limited thereby.

The packaging container automatic order ordering device according to an embodiment of the present invention can efficiently manage packaging container inventory by periodically monitoring the packaging container inventory database to automatically recommend an order for a packaging container out of stock.

Packaging container automatic order ordering device according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a packaging container order bid document based on the type of packaging container out of stock, and specific packaging container ordering information based on price bidding by at least one packaging container ordering party can be included in the recommendation to automatically place an order for packaging.

1 is a view for explaining an automatic order placing device for packaging containers according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the physical configuration of the automatic packaging container ordering device in FIG. 1 .
Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the functional configuration of the packaging container automatic order placing device in Figure 1;
4 is a flowchart illustrating an ordering process performed in the packaging container automatic order ordering device of FIG. 1 .
5 is a view for explaining a process of determining the type and quantity of a specific packaging container according to an identification code of a packaged product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiment described in the text. That is, since the embodiment may have various changes and may have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the present invention is limited thereby.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are for distinguishing one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected to” another component, it should be understood that the component may be directly connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between elements, that is, “between” and “immediately between” or “neighboring to” and “directly adjacent to”, etc., should be interpreted similarly.

The singular expression is to be understood to include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprises" or "have" refer to the embodied feature, number, step, action, component, part or these It is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Identifiers (eg, a, b, c, etc.) in each step are used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of each step, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless otherwise specified, it may occur in a different order from the specified order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored. . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in a network-connected computer system, and the computer-readable code may be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms defined in general used in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a view for explaining a packaging container automatic order ordering system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the packaging container automatic order ordering system 100 is a POS (Point Of Sales) 110, the manager terminal 120, the ordering terminal 130, the packaging container automatic order ordering device 140 and It may include a database 150 .

The force 110 may correspond to a computing device capable of recognizing a user order and may be connected to the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 through a network. For example, the force 110 may transmit packaged product information to the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 when the user orders a pizza.

The manager terminal 120 may be connected to the automatic packaging container ordering device 140 and the network through a network and may correspond to a computing device for managing the packaging container inventory 530 , for example, but not necessarily limited thereto, but a smart It may be implemented in a phone, a laptop computer, a tablet PC, or a computer. The manager terminal 120 may receive the packaging container inventory status from the packaging container automatic ordering device 140 or order the packaging container from the ordering terminal 130 based on the recommendation of the packaging container.

The ordering terminal 130 may be connected to the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 through a network, and information of the packaging container ordered by the manager terminal 120 may be transmitted from the packaging container automatic order placing device 140. . For example, the packaging container automatic ordering device 140 may recognize that the quantity of chicken boxes (ie, packaging containers) is insufficient in a specific store managed by the manager terminal 120 , and You can send box information.

The packaging container automatic order placing device 140 may be implemented as a computing server, and in conjunction with the force 110 and the manager terminal 120, a computing that can automatically place an order for the packaging container to the ordering terminal 130 corresponds to the device. In one embodiment, the packaging container automatic ordering device 140 may store the type and quantity of packaging containers for each store in the database 150, and whenever an order is placed in the store, the type and quantity of packaging containers are stored in the database 150 ) can be updated.

The packaging container automatic order placing device 140 may include a processor 210 , a memory 230 , a user input/output unit 250 , and a network input/output unit 270 , which will be described in more detail in FIG. 2 .

The database 150 is a collection of one or more logically related data, and may be operated independently to constitute a single or a plurality of databases, and may be integrated or managed for the purpose of shared use by several people. In one embodiment, the database 150 may store a newly created ordering address and a packaging container to be newly ordered as data.

The database 150 may transmit data to the automatic packaging container ordering device 140 according to a request, periodic or major update of the packaging container automatic ordering device 140 . In one embodiment, when an error message for ordering information appears even when the administrator makes an ordering request through the manager's force 110, the ordering information can be updated in the database 150 according to the administrator's request. . In another embodiment, when there is a major update without a request from the manager, external data may be transmitted from the database 150 to the automatic packaging container ordering device 140 .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the physical configuration of the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 2 , the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 includes a processor 210 , a memory 230 , a user input/output unit 250 , and a network input/output unit 270 .

The processor 210 may execute each procedure for processing operations in the process of providing the ordering party according to the user's request, manage the memory 230 read or written throughout the process, and the memory 230 ) can schedule the synchronization time between volatile and non-volatile memory in The processor 210 may control the overall operation of the ordering terminal 130 , and may be electrically connected to the memory 230 , the user input/output unit 250 , and the network input/output unit 270 to control the flow of data therebetween. have. The processor 210 may be implemented as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 .

The memory 230 is implemented as a non-volatile memory such as a solid state disk (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), and may include an auxiliary storage device used to store overall data required for the ordering terminal 130 , and RAM It may include a main memory implemented as a volatile memory such as (Random Access Memory).

The user input/output unit 250 may include an environment for receiving a user input and an environment for outputting specific information to the user. For example, the user input/output unit 250 may include an input device including an adapter such as a touch pad, a touch screen, an on-screen keyboard, or a pointing device, and an output device including an adapter such as a monitor or a touch screen. In an embodiment, the user input/output unit 250 may correspond to a computing device connected through remote access, and in such a case, the ordering party terminal 130 may be performed as a server.

The network input/output unit 270 includes an environment for connecting with an external device or system through a network, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a VAN (Wide Area Network) (VAN). It may include an adapter for communication such as Value Added Network).

3 is a block diagram illustrating the functional configuration of the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , the automatic packaging container ordering device 140 includes a packaging container determination unit 310 , a packaging container inventory database update unit 320 , a stock shortage packaging container monitoring unit 330 , and a packaging container order recommendation unit ( 340), and a packaging container automatic ordering unit 350 and a control unit 360.

The packaging container determining unit 310 determines the packaging product identification code through the user order when a user order is generated through the force (110). Here, the force 110 may be placed in a store, and may be handled by an employee in a user ordering process. For example, if the user orders one chicken, the force 110 may receive the order for one chicken and determine the packaging product identification code as a packaging container required to package one chicken. For example, the user order may include the contents of a product that the user orders at a store.

The packaging container determination unit 310 may determine the type and quantity of a specific packaging container based on the packaging product identification code. Here, the packaged product identification code may correspond to a stock keeping unit (SKU) value and may be composed of random letters, numbers, or a combination thereof uniquely generated by a store manager.

In one embodiment, the packaging container determining unit 310 may modify the correspondence between the type and quantity of the packaging product and the specific packaging container according to a change in the menu of the packaging product. For example, when corn salad is included in the fried chicken menu according to the development of the fried chicken menu, the packaging container determining unit 310 may match the corn salad container to the fried chicken menu.

In one embodiment, the packaging container determination unit 310 receives the packaging product identification code obtained through the force 110 in the process of the user order, and specific packaging based on the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) associated with the packaging container identification code You can decide the type of product. For example, when the SKU value is described as {KIMSO (KIMCHI SOUP) - PCK (PACKING) - A1 (packing container A1 set) - 1 (number)}, the packaging container determining unit 310 may determine based on the SKU value. In the case of packaging one kimchi stew with this method, it is possible to recognize the information that one packaging container of the A1 set is required.

The packaging container inventory database update unit 320 may update the packaging container inventory database based on the type and quantity of a specific packaging container.

In one embodiment, the packaging container inventory database update unit 320 is a specific packaging according to the packaging product from the packaging container determination unit 310 when a specific packaging container is used for packaging according to the user's order of the packaging product and the stock is exhausted. You can update the inventory of packaging containers in the store by inputting data on the type and quantity of containers.

In another embodiment, the packaging container inventory database update unit 320 is based on the type and quantity data of the packaging container ordered from the ordering party when the packaging container is received in the store by the packaging container automatic order placing device 140 in the store. You can update the inventory of a specific packaging.

The out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 may periodically monitor the packaging container inventory database to determine the type of out-of-stock packaging that is less than or equal to the reference stock quantity. For example, the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit 330 may determine the chicken box container as the shortage packaging container when the number of chicken box containers is 30 or less.

In one embodiment, the out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 may determine the type of packaging container expected to be out of stock based on the packaging container inventory model built through the packaging container consumption information for each store type whenever the packaging container inventory database is updated. have.

For example, the lack of stock packaging is determined by the following [Equation 1]. The out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 determines that when the f(x) value for a specific packaging container in [Equation 1] is 0, it does not correspond to the stock-out expected packaging container, and in [Equation 1], If the f(x) value for the packaging is 1, it is determined that the packaging corresponds to the expected out-of-stock packaging. [Equation 1] is as follows.

[Equation 1]

For example, according to the above [Equation 1], if there are 100 packaging containers x in stock and the average daily consumption of the target packaging container is 30, the result of [Equation 1] is f( x) = 1, and the out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 determines the packaging container x as a low-stock packaging container.

In one embodiment, the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit 330 provides the packaging container inventory model with a set of packaging containers for each same packaging container ordering party in the process of determining the type of the packaging container expected to be out of stock, so that the inventory shortage predicted packaging container for each company is provided. can decide For example, when there is data for reviewing the inventory exhaustion amount of the manager company for each ordering party, the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit 330 may receive the ordering party data and determine the inventory shortage packaging container.

The packaging container order recommendation unit 340 may notify the manager of the shortage of stock and recommend an order for the packaging container determined to be less than the reference stock quantity by the low-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 .

In one embodiment, the packaging container order recommendation unit 340 may recommend together with the out-of-stock packaging container based on the stock quantity of other packaging containers manufactured by the same packaging container ordering party when the type of the low-stock packaging container is determined. . For example, the packaging container order recommendation unit 340 recommends the ordering party of the low-stock packaging container calculated by the out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330, and at the same time, for economical efficiency and convenience of ordering, the same ordering party provides A packaging container can also be recommended.

The packaging container automatic ordering unit 350 generates a packaging container order bid document based on the type of packaging container out of stock, and based on the price bidding by at least one packaging container ordering party, specific packaging container ordering information can be included in the recommendation. have. For example, when there is an event in which a specific ordering party conducts a discount event for a specific packaging container, the packaging container automatic ordering unit 350 may include information on the packaging container ordering party in the recommendation.

In one embodiment, the automatic packaging container ordering unit 350 provides a priority recommendation right for an order newly generated in a specific area determined based on the address of the delivery destination for a predetermined time when the recommendation according to the specific packaging container ordering source information is successfully performed. In the meantime, it can be provided to the ordering party of a specific packaging container. For example, if a packaging container packaging container has been placed on a successful order, the same ordering party can be recommended for the next order, or the ordering party can be recommended based on the manager's delivery address. In another embodiment, when the packaging container is successfully ordered, the manager may provide feedback on the ordering party, and the automatic ordering unit 350 may recommend the ordering party based on the feedback of the past manager at the time of the next order.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an ordering process performed in the packaging container automatic order ordering device 140 in FIG. 1 .

In FIG. 4 , the ordering process 400 performed in the automatic packaging container ordering device includes steps S410 to S470.

The packaging container automatic order placing device 140 may determine a packaging product identification code through a user order by the packaging container determination unit 310 and determine the type and quantity of a specific packaging container based on the packaging product identification code (S410) ). In one embodiment, the packaging container determination unit 310 receives the packaging product identification code obtained through the force 110 in the process of the user order, and specific packaging based on the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) associated with the packaging container identification code You can decide the type of product.

The packaging container automatic ordering device 140 may update the packaging container inventory database based on the type and quantity of a specific packaging container by the packaging container determination unit 310 (S430). In one embodiment, according to the increase or decrease of a specific packaging container, it is possible to update the inventory of the in-store packaging container.

The packaging container automatic ordering device 140 may periodically monitor the database by the packaging container determining unit 310 to determine the type of the low-stock packaging container that is less than or equal to the reference stock quantity (S450).

The packaging container automatic ordering device 140 may recommend an order for the low-stock packaging container to the manager terminal 120 based on the type of the low-stock packaging container by the packaging container determination unit 310 ( S470 ). In one embodiment, the packaging container order recommendation unit 340 may recommend an order by notifying the manager terminal 120 of the shortage of stock for the packaging container determined by the low-stock packaging container monitoring unit 330 to be less than or equal to the reference stock quantity. .

5 is a view for explaining a process of determining the type and quantity 500 of a specific packaging container according to an identification code of a packaged product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 includes a force 110, a specific container aggregation table 510 corresponding to a packaged product, a specific container aggregation table 520, and a packaging container stock 530.

The force 110 receives the user's order for packaged goods and serves to correspond to a specific container according to the order for packaged goods. The correspondence between the packaged product and the specific container is determined according to the specific container set table 510 and the specific container set table 520 .

The specific container set table 510 corresponding to the packaged product indicates a correspondence relation between the specific container set according to the order of the packaged product. For example, the specific container set table 510 corresponding to the packaged product may represent the correspondence between the A1 specific container set and the order A through Table 1. In an embodiment, the packaging container determining unit 310 may modify the specific container set table 510 corresponding to the packaging product according to a change of the packaging product or development of a new menu. For example, the packaging container determination unit 310 has a specific container set table 510 corresponding to the packaged product for an order of A (kimchi stew), the existing A1 packaging container set (kimchi stew, rice bowl and side dish container). 3), but if 5 side dishes are provided according to the change of the menu, the specific container set table 510 corresponding to the packaged product is set for A (kimchi stew) with A2 packing container set (kimchi stew, kimchi stew) By providing rice bowls and 5 side dish bowls), the correspondence relationship can be changed.

The specific container set table 520 indicates the type and quantity of specific containers according to each specific container set. For example, the specific container set table 520 shows the A1 specific container set and the specific containers required for it (3 70 pie, 2 105 pie, 2 No. 70, 1 No. 84, 4 chopsticks and 1 plastic). Correspondence can be expressed.

In an embodiment, the packaging container determining unit 310 may change the configuration of the packaging container set A1 according to the change of the existing menu, and may generate a new packaging container set C1 according to the new menu creation.

In the packaging container inventory 530 , the packaging container inventory database may be updated by the packaging container inventory database update unit 320 according to the exhaustion of a specific container. In one embodiment, the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit 330 may receive the data of the packaging container inventory 530 to determine the type of the packaging container shortage. For example, when the stock container monitoring unit 330 has a standard stock of the specific container No. 69 of 30 and the current stock of the specific container No. 69 is 25, the specific container No. 69 may be determined to be a shortage container. have.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

100: Automatic order ordering system for packaging containers
110: POS (Point Of Sales)
120: manager terminal 130: client terminal
140: automatic order ordering device for packaging containers
150: database
210: processor 230: memory
250: user input/output unit 270: network input/output unit
310: packaging container determining unit
320: packaging container inventory database update unit
330: Out of stock packaging container monitoring unit
340: packaging container order recommendation part
350: automatic packaging container ordering unit 360: control unit
400: Ordering process performed in the packaging container automatic order placing device
500: Type and quantity of specific packaging containers according to the identification code of the packaged product
510: specific container set table corresponding to the packaged product
520: specific container assembly table 530: packaging container inventory

Claims (8)

a packaging container determining unit for determining a packaging product identification code through the user order when a user order is generated through POS (Point Of Sales) and determining the type and quantity of a specific packaging container based on the packaging product identification code;
a packaging container inventory database update unit for updating the packaging container inventory database based on the type and quantity of the specific packaging container;
Out-of-stock packaging container monitoring unit for periodically monitoring the packaging container inventory database to determine the type of out-of-stock packaging container that is less than or equal to a reference stock quantity; and
When the type of the low-stock packaging container is determined, the packaging container order recommendation unit for recommending the packaging container provided by the ordering party of the low-stock packaging container and the same ordering party together to the manager terminal,
The inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit
By the following equation, when the f(x) value for a specific packaging container is 0, it is determined that it does not correspond to a low-stock packaging container, and when the f(x) value is 1, it is determined that it corresponds to an expected low-stock packaging container Packaging container automatic order ordering device, characterized in that.
[Equation]

x: stock of packaging
d: Average daily consumption of the target packaging container
α: weight for safety stock (initial value = 0.1)
n: date (initial value=3)
According to claim 1, wherein the packaging container determining part
Packaging container, characterized in that receiving the packaging product identification code obtained through the POS in the process of the user order, and determining the type of the specific packaging container based on the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) associated with the packaging product identification code Automatic order placing device.
According to claim 1, wherein the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit
Each time the packaging container inventory database is updated, the packaging container automatic ordering device, characterized in that the type of the packaging container expected to be out of stock is determined based on the packaging container stock model built through the packaging container consumption information for each store type.
According to claim 3, wherein the inventory shortage packaging container monitoring unit
An automatic ordering device for packaging containers, characterized in that in the process of determining the type of the packaging container expected to be out of stock, a set of packaging containers for each same packaging container ordering party is provided to the packaging container stock model to determine the expected packaging container for each company.
delete delete According to claim 1,
A packaging container automatic ordering unit that generates a packaging container order bidding document based on the type of the out-of-stock packaging container and includes specific packaging container ordering party information in the recommendation based on a price bid by at least one packaging container ordering party Automatic order ordering device for packaging containers.
The method of claim 7, wherein the packaging container automatic ordering unit
When the recommendation according to the specific packaging container ordering party information is successfully performed, a preferential recommendation right for an order newly generated in a specific area determined based on the delivery address is provided to the specific packaging container ordering company for a certain period of time, characterized in that Automatic order ordering device for packaging containers.

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