KR102353902B1 - Stock management and sales system, and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an inventory management and sale system and a method for controlling the same. The method is to control an inventory management and sale system including an inventory management server and a product sale server. The method includes: a step in which the inventory management server stores new order product attributes, selects a sale priority product by comparison between the stored new order product attributes and storage product attributes pre-stored in a storage, and then transmits information on the selected sale priority product to the product sale server; and a step in which the product sale server applies a sale promotion to a product corresponding to the sale priority product information received from the inventory management server.

Description

Inventory management and sales system and its control method

The present invention relates to an inventory management and sales system and a control method therefor, and more particularly, when ordering a new product, inventory management and sales in which sales of existing loaded products are carried out in consideration of the loading space of the new ordered product It relates to a system and a method for controlling the same.

From the standpoint of a seller who continuously sells products, not only inventory management of products, but also purchase of new products becomes an important task.

For example, it is important to quickly purchase (buy) and secure recently popular products from wholesalers, etc., and also to dispose of products that have not yet been sold.

In particular, when ordering a new product, if a storage space such as a warehouse is not secured, it may not be possible to order as much as necessary.

However, in the prior art, the integration of these functions, such as providing only the management of the inventory product itself, or providing an ordering service for a new product, to the seller is not performed properly.

Registered Patent No. 10-1048280

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an inventory management and sales system and a control method thereof that improve efficiency by linking an order for a new product and a sale of an existing product.

In order to achieve the above object, in the control method of the inventory management and sales system according to the present invention, the inventory management server stores attributes of new ordered products, transmitting information on the selected sales priority product to the product sales server after comparing attributes to select a sales priority product; and applying, by the product sales server, a sales promotion to a product corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server.

Here, the inventory management server may include the step of selecting a priority product for sale in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product in the storage.

Here, the inventory management server creates a sales priority group including at least one sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product and the size and expiration date of each stored product, and the generated at least one In consideration of the storage positions of the sales priority products included therein, any one sales priority group is selected from among the sales priority groups of It may include transmitting information on the product sales server.

Here, the product sales server extracts sales promotion information for each product or priority corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server, and uses the extracted sales promotion information for each product to each sales priority product may include applying a sales promotion for the product.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the inventory management and sales system according to the present invention stores the attributes of new ordered products, compares the stored attributes of the new ordered products with the attributes of stored products stored in the storage, and prioritizes sales. an inventory management server for transmitting information on the selected priority product to be sold to a predetermined product sales server after selecting a priority product; and a product sales server that applies a sales promotion to a product corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server.

Here, the inventory management server may select the sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new order product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product in the storage.

Here, the inventory management server creates a sales priority group including at least one sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product, and the generated at least Any one sales priority group is selected in consideration of the storage positions of the sales priority products included therein from among one sales priority group, and the sales priority group included in the selected sales priority group is selected. Information on the product may be transmitted to the product sales server.

Here, the product sales server extracts sales promotion information for each product or priority corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server, and uses the extracted sales promotion information for each product to each sales priority product. Sales promotions may be applied to

As described above, according to the present invention, when ordering a new product, by applying a sales promotion by determining the export priority for products already loaded in the storage, a space for loading the newly ordered product is secured and Sales promotion for products in urgent need of sale can be carried out at the same time.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an entire system including an inventory management and sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the inventory management server of Figure 1,
Figure 3 is an overall control flow diagram of the inventory management server of Figure 1,
4 is a detailed control flow diagram of the inventory management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, each embodiment according to the present invention is merely an example for helping the understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In particular, the present invention may be composed of a combination of at least any one of individual components, individual functions, or individual steps included in each embodiment.

In particular, some claims of the claims include an alphabet such as '(a)' for convenience, but the alphabet does not define the order of each step.

In addition, each signal referred to in each embodiment according to the present invention below may mean one signal transmitted by one connection, etc., but may also mean a series of signal groups transmitted for the purpose of performing a specific function to be described later. . That is, in each embodiment, a plurality of signals transmitted at a predetermined time interval or after receiving a response signal from a counterpart device may be expressed as one signal name for convenience.

A schematic configuration of the entire system including the inventory management and sales system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in the figure, the entire system may include an inventory management and sales system 100 , a manager terminal 200 , and a purchaser terminal 300 .

Here, the manager terminal 200 is a terminal operated by a manager who inputs necessary information to the inventory management and sales system 100 according to the present invention, and also manages data stored in the inventory management and sales system 100, For example, it may be a computer connected to a wired network, or a smartphone connected to a mobile communication network.

For example, the manager may operate the manager terminal 200 to input information (attributes, etc.) about a new ordered product, or may input promotion information related to sales.

The purchaser terminal 300 is a terminal operated by a purchaser who purchases a predetermined product by accessing the inventory management and sales system 100 , in particular, the product sales server 120 , and similarly to the manager terminal 200 described above, a wired terminal. Or it may be a wireless terminal.

Meanwhile, the inventory management and sales system 100 may include an inventory management server 110 and a product sales server 120 as shown in the drawing.

Here, the inventory management server 110 stores the attributes of the new ordered product input from the inventory management server 110, and compares the stored attributes of the new ordered products with the attributes of the stored products pre-stored in the storage to select the priority products for sale. After selection, information on the selected sales priority product is transmitted to the product sales server 120 .

An example of a specific functional block of the inventory management server 110 is as shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the inventory management server 110 may be configured to include a storage unit 111 , a priority selection unit 112 , a transmission unit 113 , and an extraction unit 114 .

Here, the storage unit 111 stores information related to each product input from the manager terminal 200 as described above, and also performs a function of storing location information of each stored product in a storage (warehouse, etc.).

For example, the storage unit 111 may newly store information on new ordered products input by the manager, and also update and store location information of products in the storage whenever the stored products exit from the storage.

The priority selection unit 112 performs a function of selecting a priority product for sale by comparing the attribute of the new ordered product stored in the storage unit 111 with the attribute of the stored product previously stored in the storage unit.

For example, the priority selection unit 112 may select the sales priority product in consideration of the size and/or expiration date of the new ordered product and the size and/or expiration date of each stored product in the storage.

That is, the sales priority product selected by the priority selection unit 112 may be subjected to a predetermined sales promotion for rapid sales (ie, to secure storage) as described below, so that the size and According to the expiration date, sales priority products must be properly selected to maximize the efficiency of product storage.

Here, the size of the product may mean each size or volume of width, length, and height.

In addition, the expiration date may mean the end date of the expiration date, but preferably may mean a ratio of the remaining expiration date among the entire shelf life.

For example, if the shelf life is relatively short and the expiration date is exceeded, the meaning of the remaining shelf life in fresh food that is likely to go bad, and the expiration date is relatively long, and even if the expiration date is exceeded, a big problem actually occurs. Since there is a clear difference in the meaning of the remaining shelf life in non-unused industrial products, in this embodiment, by calculating the ratio of the remaining expiration date among the total shelf life of the product, it is sold quickly without separate classification according to the type of each product. You can select the products that should be.

However, if the sales priority is determined in consideration of only the expiration date in this way, a place for storing the newly ordered product may not be secured in time.

For example, if the size of a new order product is quite large, if a promotion is conducted to sell only small-sized fresh food with a short expiry date, a storage space is secured when the new order product arrives. it may not be possible.

Therefore, it is possible to solve this problem by selecting the priority product for sale in consideration of the size and expiration date of each product currently stored in the storage, along with the size of the new order.

In addition, the reason why the expiration date of the new ordered product should be considered is that it is desirable to change the location for storing the new ordered product according to the expiration date of the new ordered product.

For example, if a new order product has a short shelf life, it may be quite inconvenient to store it deep inside the storage and take it out (take it out) for later sale. This is because it is much more advantageous from a management point of view.

Furthermore, in selecting the sales priority product, the priority selection unit 112 may consider the current location (ie, storage location) of the products loaded in the storage.

For example, the priority selection unit 112 creates a sales priority group including at least one sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product, Among the generated at least one sales priority group, any one sales priority group may be selected in consideration of the storage positions of the sales priority products included therein.

That is, a plurality of priority groups may be created in consideration of the size and/or expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and/or expiration date of each stored product. Select a group of , and at this time, the storage location of the products included in each priority group may be considered.

This is to increase the efficiency of taking out (when taking out) the loaded goods.

For example, when products are compactly stacked in storage, it is better to take out products in a similar location, especially in a position that can make a straight passage, rather than unload (take out) products in different locations when unloading products. Because it is much more advantageous. Even if the passage is formed, it is not easy to take out other products from the passage when it is formed in a zigzag manner, so it is much more advantageous to take out the products in a position where a straight passage can be made by taking out, so the loading position should be considered it can be

The extraction unit 114 performs a function of extracting sales promotion information for each product and/or priority corresponding to each of the sales priority products selected by the priority selection unit 112 .

Of course, extracting the sales promotion information may be performed in the product sales server 120 to be described later, but when the product sales server 120 is operated by another company or a function for sales only is implemented, the sales promotion information is extracted. It may be performed by the extraction unit 114 of the inventory management server 110 .

Here, the sales promotion information corresponds to a policy for promoting sales, and may include, for example, coupon issuance or discount application.

Such sales promotion information may be matched for each product or may be matched with priority.

Alternatively, after extracting the sales promotion information for each product, the extraction unit 114 may apply a predetermined weight according to the sales priority of the corresponding product. In this case, a larger discount rate can be applied to products with high priority.

The transmission unit 113 performs a function of transmitting information on the priority product for sale selected by the priority selection unit 112 to the product sales server 120 .

In this case, the product information transmitted by the transmitter 113 may include an identifier of the corresponding product, a product name, and the like, and furthermore, the priority of the corresponding product may also be included.

That is, when the priority selection unit 112 selects products with priority for sale, there may be priorities among them, and in this case, the transmission unit 113 sends the product information to the priority selection unit 112 in transmitting the product information. It is also possible to transmit the priority determined by the product by including the priority.

In particular, when any one sales priority group is selected by the priority selection unit 112 in consideration of the loading positions of the sales priority products included therein in the office of the plurality of sales priority groups as described above , the transmission unit 113 may transmit information on the priority products for sale included in the sales priority group selected by the priority selection unit 112 to the product sales server 120 .

The product sales server 120 performs product sales, and may correspond to, for example, an online shopping mall server that performs product sales online.

For example, the product sales server 120 may provide a web page that the purchaser terminal 300 can access. Through this web page, product information according to the request of the purchaser terminal 300 is provided, and payment processing is performed. can also be performed.

In particular, the product sales server 120 may apply a sales promotion to a product corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server 110 .

For example, in a state in which the sales price for each product is set, the product sales server 120 may apply a sales promotion by applying a discount rate or issuing a coupon to the sales priority product. .

At this time, the product sales server 120 extracts sales promotion information for each product or priority corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server 110, and uses the extracted sales promotion information for each product to prioritize each sales. Sales promotions can be applied to ranked products.

That is, as described above, such sales promotion information by product or priority may be made in the extraction unit 114 of the inventory management server 110 , but when the inventory management server 110 does not perform such a function, product sales The server 120 may perform such a function.

As described above, the sales promotion information may be matched for each product or may be matched with the priority of each product.

Hereinafter, an overall control flow of the inventory management and sales system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

When the attribute of the new ordered product is input from the manager terminal 200 (step S1), the inventory management server 110 compares the attribute of the new ordered product with the attribute of the stored product previously stored in the storage (step S3) .

Next, the inventory management server 110 selects a priority product for sale from among the stored products (step S5), and transmits information on the selected sales priority product to the product sales server 120 (step S7).

At this time, the sales priority product information transmitted by the inventory management server 110 may include a product identifier as well as priority information.

The product sales server 120 extracts promotion information for each product when the information on the sales priority product is received from the inventory management server 110 (step S9).

That is, promotion information for each product may be matched in advance with the product sales server 120 . When an identifier for a priority product is received from the inventory management server 110 , the product sales server 120 matches the product identifier. It is possible to extract promotional information.

In addition, the product sales server 120 extracts promotion information for each priority when the information on the sales priority product is received from the inventory management server 110 (step S11).

That is, promotion information for each priority may be matched in advance with the product sales server 120 , and when priorities for priority products for sale are received from the inventory management server 110 , the product sales server 120 sets each priority It is possible to extract promotion information matched with the ranking.

Subsequently, the product sales server 120 may apply the extracted promotion information for each product and the promotion information for each priority to the corresponding product to perform a sales promotion (step S13).

For example, when a 10% discount rate is set as a promotion for each product for the second priority product A, and a discount rate of 8% is set for the second priority product, the product sales server 120 corresponds to the average of them. By applying the 9% discount rate to the product, sales promotion for the product can be carried out.

Since the sales promotion for the product itself corresponds to a known technology, a more detailed description will be omitted.

Hereinafter, a detailed control flow of the inventory management server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 .

First, when the number and size of new ordered products are input from the manager (step S21), the inventory management server 110 calculates the size of space required for loading the new ordered products (step S23).

Then, the inventory management server 110 determines the expiration date sensitivity rate for each stored product.

For example, the inventory management server 110 may classify the expiration date sensitivity rate for the stored products into high, medium, and low (step S25).

For example, if the expiration date is less than 3 days, 'high', if the expiration date exceeds 3 days and within 1 week, it is 'medium', and if the expiration date is more than 1 week, it can be divided into 'low'. .

In addition, the inventory management server 110 may determine the load space occupancy for each stored product, for example, may be determined as 'upper', 'middle', or 'lower' according to a preset reference value (step S27).

In other words, 'top' is the highest load space occupancy, and 'bottom' is the lowest.

Subsequently, the inventory management server 110 may create a plurality of sales priority groups in consideration of the previously determined expiration date sensitivity rate and loading space occupancy for each product (step S29).

In this case, of course, it is premised on the size of the space required for loading the new ordered products calculated in step S23. In this case, since each of the new ordered products is not divisible, a sales priority group composed of products that secure a space for each new ordered product to be loaded based on the entire loading space can be created.

That is, the inventory management server 110 creates a plurality of sales priority groups in consideration of the shelf-life sensitivity rate and loading space occupancy by product for stock products in order to secure the size of space required for the new ordered product. will be.

For example, the inventory management server 110 multiplies the expiration date sensitivity rate by a preset weight and calculates the average (priority score) of values obtained by multiplying the loading space occupancy by another weight, and then the calculated value is equal to or greater than the reference value A combination of products can create each sales priority group.

In this case, the same product may be included in each sales priority group.

For example, if the loaded products are a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h, the sales priority group is (a,b,c) for the first group and (a,b,c) for the second group, respectively. a,f), the third group may be (c,g,h), etc. Here, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h each may mean a single product or a plurality of specific products. In other words, product a may mean a laptop, but may also mean 10 milk cartons, and it is premised that each of these products is stored together in the loading space.

Next, the inventory management server 110 selects the highest priority group in consideration of the loading positions of each loaded product belonging to each generated sales priority group (step S31).

Referring to the above-described example, the average of the priority scores of each product a, b, and c belonging to the first group is higher than the average of the priority scores of each product a, c belonging to the second group, Even if it is higher than the average of the priority scores of each of the products c, g, and h belonging to the third group, the products a, b, and c are far from each other in the mutual storage, whereas the products c, g of the third group ,h If the products are stored in adjacent positions, the inventory management server 110 may select the third group as the highest priority group.

That is, the inventory management server 110 determines the size of space required for newly ordered products in selecting the sales priority product (top priority group, etc.), and prioritizes the sales in consideration of the determined size of the necessary space In selecting products, not only the shelf-life sensitivity rate for each product in stock is considered, but additionally, the load space occupancy is also considered, and further, the location where each product is located within the loading space can be additionally considered.

In particular, in considering the loading position in the storage (warehouse, etc.) of the products as described above, the inventory management server 110 prioritizes whether or not a new passage is formed in the storage (warehouse, etc.) by removing the corresponding products. have.

For example, if c,g,h goods are stacked side by side in a longitudinal direction from the existing storage (warehouse, etc.) aisle toward the storage (warehouse, etc.) wall, A new passage can be formed in (a warehouse, etc.), and through this new passage, it is easy to add new ordered products as well as take out other loaded products.

That is, if the shape of the passage formed by unloading the loaded goods is made like a straight line rather than a zigzag shape, it can perform the role of the passage properly and increase the loading and unloading speed, so even the shape of the passage formed by unloading For further consideration, it is possible to select sales priority products (or priority groups that include them).

For example, based on the number of times that bends occur in the shape of the passage to be formed, it can be determined that the loaded products forming the passage with the fewest number of bends are sales priority products (or the highest priority group including them). .

Thereafter, the inventory management server 110 may extract information on products belonging to the third group corresponding to the priority group (step S33) and transmit it to the product sales server 120 so that the sales promotion proceeds (step S33). S35).

Meanwhile, it goes without saying that the process of performing each of the above-described embodiments may be performed by a program or application stored in a predetermined recording medium (eg, computer-readable). Here, the recording medium includes an electronic recording medium such as a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk, and an optical recording medium such as a compact disk (CD).

In this case, the program stored in the recording medium may be executed on hardware such as a computer or a smart phone to perform each of the above-described embodiments. In particular, at least one of the functional blocks of the inventory management server according to the present invention described above may be implemented by such a program or application.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but can be practiced with various modifications and modifications within the scope without departing from the gist of the present invention. It will be apparent that such modifications and variations are included in the present invention provided they fall within the scope of the appended claims.

100: inventory management and sales system 200: manager terminal
300: buyer terminal 110: inventory management server
120: product sales server 111: storage
112: priority selection unit 113: transmission unit
114: extraction unit

Claims (10)

A method of controlling an inventory management and sales system including an inventory management server and a product sales server, the method comprising:
(a) the inventory management server stores the attributes of the new ordered products, compares the stored attributes of the new ordered products with the attributes of the stored products pre-stored in the storage to select the sales priority product, transmitting information on the selected sales priority product;
and (b) applying, by the product sales server, a sales promotion to a product corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server. The method of claim 1,
In the step (a), the inventory management server considers the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product in the storage, inventory management and sales, characterized in that it selects a priority product for sale How to control the system. 3. The method of claim 2,
In the step (a), the inventory management server creates a sales priority group including at least one sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product and the size and expiration date of each stored product, and the Among the generated at least one sales priority group, any one sales priority group is selected in consideration of the storage positions of the sales priority products included therein, and is included in the selected sales priority group. A method of controlling an inventory management and sales system, characterized in that the information on the sales priority product is transmitted to the product sales server. The method of claim 1,
In step (b), the product sales server extracts sales promotion information for each product or priority corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server, and sells each product using the extracted sales promotion information for each product A method of controlling an inventory management and sales system, characterized in that applying a sales promotion to a priority product. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 is recorded. An application program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with hardware to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 4. After storing the attribute of the new ordered product, comparing the stored attribute of the new ordered product with the attribute of the stored product pre-stored in the storage, and selecting the sales priority product, the selected product sales server an inventory management server for transmitting information about;
and a product sales server that applies a sales promotion to a product corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server. 8. The method of claim 7,
The inventory management server is an inventory management and sales system, characterized in that it selects the priority product for sale in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product in the storage. 9. The method of claim 8,
The inventory management server creates a sales priority group including at least one sales priority product in consideration of the size and expiration date of the new ordered product, and the size and expiration date of each stored product, and the generated at least one Among the sales priority groups, any one sales priority group is selected in consideration of the storage positions of the sales priority products included therein, and the sales priority products included in the selected sales priority group are selected. Inventory management and sales system, characterized in that the information is transmitted to the product sales server. 8. The method of claim 7,
The product sales server extracts sales promotion information for each product or priority corresponding to the sales priority product information received from the inventory management server, and sells for each sales priority product using the extracted sales promotion information for each product An inventory management and sales system characterized by applying promotions.

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