KR19990053948A - How to sell merchandise discounts at cash registers - Google Patents

Abstract

The product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention sets the discount sales rate of the product differently according to the grade of the customer, which can be distinguished according to the customer's credit rating and the sales performance when the product is to be sold at a discount. Enable discount sales.

Therefore, the cash register according to the present invention can be used by using a variety of cash registers by the method of selling discounts, and the differential discount sales are possible according to the grade of the customer who purchases the goods to satisfy the needs of both customers and store operators. It can be satisfied to provide an effect that can improve the satisfaction of the product.

Description

How to sell merchandise discounts at cash registers

The present invention relates to a method of selling a product discount of a cash register. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of selling a cash register in which a product may be sold by differently applying a discount rate of each product according to a grade of a customer when purchasing a product according to a predetermined grade of a customer. The present invention relates to a product discount sale method.

In general, a cash register refers to a device that processes various data accompanying a product sale and informs the user of the result so that information management can be smoothly managed. These range from point of sales (POS) systems to comprehensively manage the distribution economy. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the term Electric Cash Register (ECR), which means an electronic cash register controlled by a microprocessor, is used as a broad concept including a low-end cash register to a POS terminal.

On the other hand, if you want to sell the goods at a store using such a cash register to set the discount rate for each product, so that each product can be sold at a discount according to the set discount rate. In the conventional merchandise discount selling method using a cash register, a specific discount rate for the original selling price of the corresponding product is set in a price look-up table (PLU) prepared to manage information about the sales quantity and the selling price of each product item. The second price that is applied is stored and then discounted or sold, or a discount key is provided at the time of sale so that a salesperson inputs a discount key to sell the product.

However, in the conventional merchandise discount sales method using a cash register, the merchandise is sold at the same discount rate to all customers. It is impossible to sell differentiated product discounts according to customer grades because there is no function to sell or classify customer grades according to member's credit rating and sales performance and set product discount rate according to customer grades. There was a problem.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, the purpose of which is to enable the differential product discount sales according to the customer grade by setting the discount rate for the same product in multiple stages according to the grade of the customer at the time of discount sale of the product It is to provide a method of selling discounts on the cash register.

In order to achieve this purpose, the product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention (a) generates a discount rate table for storing the discount sales rate of the product in the program mode, and specify the discount rate table for each customer grade in each PLU of the product Setting a discount rate reference address specifying a discount rate; (B) determining whether a sale of a product is discounted in the registration mode; (C) receiving a rating of a customer when a discount sale signal is input as a result of the determination of step (b); (D) setting a discount rate for each customer class by referring to a discount rate reference address for each customer class set in the PLU of the discount sale item based on the customer's rating and the discount sale item input in the step (b); (E) performing a product discount sale based on the discount rate for each customer class set in step (d).

1 is a system block diagram showing the configuration of a cash register to which the present invention is applicable;

2 is a key configuration diagram of the key input unit shown in FIG. 1;

3 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of a PLU table and a discount table for implementing the product discount sales method of the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

10: central processing unit, 20: key input unit,

23: function key group, 23a: discount key,

23b, 23c, 23d, 23e: grade key, 30: rom,

40: Ram, 50: Printer,

60: display, 70: power supply.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings the configuration and operation effects of the product discount sales method of a cash register according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a configuration of an ECR to which the present invention is applicable. As shown in FIG. 1, the ECR system for implementing the present invention kisses the key input unit 20 and the key input unit 20 that generate various key codes for mode designation and money registration. According to the CPU 10, which specifies an operation mode of the cash register and performs various functions in the designated mode, a PLU table storing discount rate information for each product for implementing the present invention, and a user set A RAM 40 for storing various data generated during a program or a transaction, a ROM 30 for storing a discount table for implementing the present invention, and a program for operating the system, and a customer receipt under the control of the central processing unit 10; The system includes a system for the entirety of a cash register and a display unit 60 for displaying various information related to a transaction under the control of a printer 50 for issuing various processing results in a document. The power supply unit 70 supplies power and supplies power by a backup battery during a power failure.

On the other hand, Figure 2 is a key configuration diagram of the key input unit 20 to which the product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention can be applied, in practice, the number of arrangements and the number of keys (function) Will be changed or added. As shown in Fig. 2, the key configuration of the key input unit 20 to which the present invention can be applied is a mode switch 21 used to designate a desired operation mode among various operation modes of the ECR, and the amount or correspondence of various items. Numeric key group (27) used to input the numeric code, etc., item key group (25) used to specify the desired item, and function key group used to execute the desired function among various functions provided in the ECR. It can be divided into (23).

The function key group 23 is provided with a 'discount' key 23a for inputting a selection signal for performing a single-item or item-specific discount sale, and a 'grade' key for receiving a customer's rating during the discount sale. Can be. At this time, the 'grade' key may be composed of a 'grade A' key (23b), 'grade B' key (23c), 'grade C' key (23d), 'grade D' key (23e) or a number It may also consist of the 'number 1' key and the 'number 4' key of the key group.

On the other hand, the general operation modes of the ECR include a program mode, which is a mode used to change the program contents of various files and tables used in the ECR, and a registration mode that registers and processes various transaction information generated at the point of sale. There are modes, settlement mode and stop mode.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of each PLU for implementing the product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 3, each PLU is provided with a link address (hereinafter referred to as a reference address) for linking a corresponding discount rate to be applied for each customer class for a product registered from a clerk from a discount rate table. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the discount rate preset according to the item and customer grade registered from the clerk at the time of selling the discount product is applied differentially.

Figure 4 shows a flowchart for implementing a product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention first needs to switch the operation mode of the current cash register to the registration mode in order to sell the discount according to the customer grade. It is determined whether the operation mode is set to the registration mode. If the operation mode of the current cash register is not the registration mode as a result of the determination in step S10, the function of the corresponding mode is performed in step S22, and if the operation mode of the current cash register is the registration mode, step S12. Proceed to

In step S12, it is determined whether there is an input of a discount sale key for discount sale of the product. If the discount sale key is not input as a result of the determination in step S12, it is determined that the product is a normal product sale, and the normal product sale is performed based on the selling unit price registered for each product in the program mode in step S24. On the other hand, if a discount sale key is input as a result of the determination in step S12, step S14 or less is performed.

In step S14, it is determined whether a grade key has been input to determine whether to perform a differential discount sale for each grade of the customer during the discount sale. In this case, if the rating key of the customer is not entered as a result of the determination in step S14, proceed to step S26 and step S28 to apply the same discount rate set for the discount sale to the registered item for the product sale. Done. However, if the customer rating key is entered as a result of the determination in step S14, the process proceeds to step S16 to determine the entered customer rating. For example, if the 'grade A' key 23b is input to the customer grade as a result of the determination of the step S16, the process proceeds to the next step S18 to the customer grade and the sales item from the PLU table and the discount rate table shown in FIG. You will set the discount rate. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the discount rate of item 1 is determined by referring to the discount rate reference address of the grade A set in the PLU of item 1, the discount rate according to the customer grade is 49%. The discount rate of will be applied. In addition, the discount rate of item 1 for a customer of grade C is set to 30% when the discount rate according to the customer grade is obtained from the discount rate table by referring to the discount rate reference address of the grade C set in the PLU of item 1. Therefore, in step S20, the discount of the customer grade determined in the step S18 is applied to register the sale of the corresponding product.

The product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and may be variously modified within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the product discount sales method of the cash register according to the present invention sets the discount sales rate of the product differently according to the customer's grade, which can be classified according to the customer's credit rating and sales performance when the product is to be sold for sale. To allow differential discount sales.

Therefore, the cash register according to the present invention can be used by using a variety of cash registers by the method of selling discounts, and the differential discount sales are possible according to the grade of the customer who purchases the goods to satisfy the needs of both customers and store operators. It can be satisfied to provide an effect that can improve the satisfaction of the product.

Claims (1)

(A) creating a discount rate table that stores the discount rate of sale of the product in a program mode, and setting a discount rate reference address that designates a specific discount rate of the discount rate table for each customer class in each PLU of the product; (B) determining whether a sale of a product is discounted in the registration mode; (C) receiving a rating of a customer when a discount sale signal is input as a result of the determination of step (b); (D) setting a discount rate for each customer class by referring to a discount rate reference address for each customer class set in the PLU of the discount sale item based on the customer's rating and the discount sale item input in the step (b); (E) performing a product discount sale based on a discount rate for each customer class set in step (d).