KR20230085715A - How to distribute food materials and manage inventory through the Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food ingredient distribution and stock management method for distributing food ingredients through the Internet. The food ingredient distribution system comprises: branch terminals installed in branches located to be scattered across a plurality of regions; restaurant owner terminals provided at one or more registered restaurant owners in respective branches; and a server which provides a branch management web page for branch management and a food ingredient sales web page for food ingredient orders by the restaurant owners in respective branches, provides, when a restaurant owner logs in through one of the terminals of the restaurant owners, the food ingredient sales web page of a branch, receives food ingredient ordering information from the restaurant owner through the food ingredient sales web page, provides, when the branch logs in through the branch terminal, food ordering information for the branch, sets an appropriate inventory amount of food ingredients for each branch based on the branch's order history information for each season, and provides the same to the branch terminal of the branch. The present invention sets an appropriate inventory amount by each season and weather regarding a plurality of branches located to be scattered across a plurality of regions and supplying food ingredients to restaurant owners or merchants in the regions and enables efficient management of inventory at each branch.

Description

How to distribute food materials and manage inventory through the Internet}

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system, and more particularly, to a food material distribution and inventory management method for distributing food materials through the Internet.

In general, e-commerce is a type of transaction in which all or part of the transaction of goods or services is processed by electronic documents. It provides buyers with various means to acquire product information, and if the Internet is available anytime, anywhere, product made the purchase and payment possible.

The above-mentioned electronic commerce tends to expand to transactions of various customers and products.

For example, Patent Application No. 10-20000-0033812 filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office under the name of "Electronic Commerce System for Food Supply" is a customer ordering system for food transactions between customers and member stores, a product supply system, and a logistics system. By integrating the system, space or time constraints that occur during inventory management or delivery are resolved.

However, it is difficult to apply the above-described system as it is to a food material distribution company that supplies foodstuffs to a plurality of franchised restaurants or a plurality of restaurants that receive fixed delivery of food materials.

Referring to FIG. 1, the food distribution company has a head office (HO) and a plurality of branches (BO1 to BO8) scattered and located in various places. Each of the plurality of branches (BO1 to BO8) not only stores the food materials supplied from the head office (HO) in the warehouse, but also promptly delivers the food materials according to orders from restaurant owners located in their respective areas. take on a role

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, which is located scattered in a plurality of regions and enables seasonal management of inventory for a plurality of branches that supply food ingredients to restaurant owners in the region Its purpose is to provide a food material distribution system and inventory management method.

In addition, another object of the present invention is a food material distribution system and inventory management method capable of managing the inventory amount of a plurality of branches located in a plurality of regions and supplying food ingredients to restaurant owners in the region according to the season and weather. is to provide

The branches of the food material distribution company (BO1 to BO8) need to store a sufficient amount of food materials in order to quickly and smoothly supply food materials according to orders from local restaurant owners, Inventory accumulation had to be minimized considering the short ventilation period.

Accordingly, food material distributors desperately demanded the development of technology capable of efficiently managing the inventory of food materials. Moreover, since the types of food consumed change with the change of season, the food material distributors

There was a need to manage the inventory of food materials.

In addition, even in the same season, the type of food sold in restaurants changes in spring when the heat comes early, autumn when the cold comes quickly, or the rainy season, so the inventory of food materials is managed according to changes in the weather within the same season. there was a need to

As described above, the present invention sets an appropriate stock amount for each season and weather for a plurality of points that are scattered and located in a plurality of regions and supply food materials to restaurant owners or brokers (hereinafter referred to as merchants) in the region. It has the advantage of being able to efficiently manage the inventory of branches.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of enabling efficient management of the inventory of each branch by setting an appropriate stock amount for each season and weather even for middlemen hired for distribution of food materials for a large number of restaurants that the branch cannot accommodate. .

As described above, the present invention has been described by the limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art in the field to which the present invention belongs can make various modifications and transformation is possible

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should be grasped only by the claims described below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will be said to belong to the scope of the spirit of the present invention.

The food material distribution system according to the present invention for achieving the above object and solving the problems of the prior art includes: branch terminals installed at branches scattered and located in a plurality of regions; restaurant owner terminals equipped with one or more registered restaurant owners at each of the branches; A branch management web page for branch management and a food material sales web page for ordering food materials by the restaurant owner for each branch are provided, and when the restaurant owner logs in through any one of the restaurant owner terminals, the food material sales web page of the branch Provides, receives food material order information from the restaurant owner through the food material sales web page, and when the branch logs in through the branch terminal, guides food material order information to the branch, Based on the seasonal order history information, it is characterized by including a server that sets the appropriate inventory amount of food materials for each branch and guides it to the branch terminal of the branch.

The present invention sets an appropriate stock amount for each season and weather for a plurality of points that are scattered in a number of regions and supply food ingredients to a restaurant owner or broker (hereinafter referred to as a merchant) in the region, thereby determining the stock amount of each branch to be able to manage efficiently.

In addition, the present invention makes it possible to efficiently manage the inventory of each branch by setting an appropriate stock amount for each season and weather even for middlemen hired for distribution of food materials for a large number of restaurants that cannot be accommodated by the branch.

A food material distribution path according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2 . Here, the food material distribution path shows a conceptual distribution path, not an actual food material distribution system.

The headquarters (H) of the food material distribution company has a branch management web page and a food material sales and slander management web page, and the branch management web page is to provide management services for a plurality of branches (B1 to BN), The food material sales and slander management web page is intended to provide management services for a number of restaurant owners (CT+1 to CU) and slanderers (AR+1) directly registered with the head office.

In addition, the plurality of branches (B1 to BN) of the food material distribution company have a food material sales and slander management web page, and the food material sales and slander management web page is provided by a plurality of restaurant owners (C1 to CM, CP) registered at each branch. +1~CQ) and multiple serious injuries (A1~AL, AL+1~AR) to provide management services.

When a branch is logged in, the branch management web page provided in the head office (H) not only guides food material order information for each restaurant and restaurant business registered at the branch, but also notifies food material delivery according to the food material order information. In addition, the branch management web page guides the branch's current stock status, appropriate stock amount, and food material sales volume for each period. In particular, the branch management web page resets an appropriate stock quantity for each season and weather at predetermined intervals, thereby enabling efficient management of the stock quantity of food materials for the plurality of branches.

Since the food material sales and slander management web page provided in the head office (H) has the same processing operation as the food material sales and slander management web page provided in each of the plurality of branches (B1 to BN), any one of the following food material sales and slander management web pages It describes only the operation of the web page.

First, the food material sales function of the food material sales and slander management web page will be described.

When a restaurant owner or merchant logs in, the food material sales and commercial merchant management web page provides information on previous food material order details of the restaurant business owner or merchant, and inputs new food material order details that have changed the food material order details provided above. , According to the above food material order details, food materials stored in the distribution warehouse of the corresponding branch or head office are delivered to the restaurant owner or merchant. Here, payment for the ordered food materials may be made through a credit card using electronic commerce or a real-time online transfer service. Payment information related to the purchase of food materials is reported to the National Tax Service and can be used when reporting the tax amount to the restaurant owner.

In addition, the food material sales and slander management web page guides food material order information by item and period for each of a plurality of restaurant owners or slanderers. The food material order information by item and period is provided in the form of a list, and the period may be set to year, month, or day.

First, the slander management function of the food material sales and slander management web page will be described.

First, when a merchant logs in, the food material sales and merchant management web page informs the merchant of the current stock status and proper inventory amount, food material sales volume by period, and the like. In particular, the web page for managing food material sales and slander resets an appropriate inventory amount for each season and weather at predetermined intervals, so that the inventory of food materials for the plurality of slanders can be efficiently managed.

In addition, the food material sales and slander management web page receives and guides payment information such as credit card or cash sales through the VAN (Value Added Network) through the payment terminal distributed to the merchant, and guides the food material corresponding to the payment information. Sales information is received through the web, and the payment information and food material sales information are matched and stored as sales completion information in a database.

The food material sales and slander management web page sets a salary for each slander based on the sale completion information, and pays the salary to the slander.

The wage setting uses the margin information allocated to each food material item to calculate the margin amount for each food material item included in the sales completion information for a predetermined period, sums up the calculated margin amount, and pays the middleman as a salary. do.

A configuration of a food material distribution system implementing the food material distribution path as described above through a web will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

The food material distribution system includes a server 100, a database 102, a plurality of branch terminals 104, and a plurality of merchant terminals.

(106), a plurality of restaurant owner terminals (108), a commercial payment terminal (110), a card company server (112), a weather providing service server

It consists of (116).

The server 100 includes a branch management web page and a food material sales and slander management web page for the head office, and a food material sales and slander management web page for each of a plurality of branches.

The server 100 provides various services through the branch management web page and food material sales and slander management web page for the head office, and the food material sales and slander management web page for each of a plurality of branches. A plurality of branch terminals 104 distributed to each of a plurality of branches, a plurality of merchant terminals 106 distributed to each of the merchants, and a plurality of restaurant owner terminals 108 distributed to a plurality of restaurants are connected through a network do.

In particular, the server 100 resets the appropriate stock amount of a plurality of branches and multiple stores at predetermined intervals based on the internal timer and the weather forecast information provided by the weather providing service server 116, and replenishes food materials according to the appropriate stock amount. is notified to the plurality of branch terminals and the plurality of slandered terminals (104, 106).

In addition, the server 100 provides the payment information to the server 100 through the VAN when the payment terminals 110 distributed in a plurality of stores connect to the card company server through the VAN and perform payment. do.

When the order information according to the payment information is provided from the second-tier terminal, the server 100 stores the sale completion information composed of the payment information and the order information in the database 102, and according to the sale completion information Calculate and pay the average wage.

Here, for matching between the payment information and the order information, the payment information and the order information include merchant and restaurant owner identification information.

In addition, the server 100 registers branch information, slander information, restaurant owner information, and food material information in the database 102 to provide the various services described above.

The structure of the database 102 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6 .

First, the branch information registered in the database 102 includes branch identification information and branch login information, and includes order history information by a number of restaurant owners and multiple slanderers registered at the branch, and the order history information includes Identification information for a plurality of restaurant owners and a plurality of merchants, order information, delivery information, and payment information by each restaurant owner and each merchant are included.

In addition, the branch information includes information on food materials stored in the warehouse of the corresponding branch, and the food material information includes current stock amount information and appropriate stock amount information.

In addition, appropriate stock amount information for setting an appropriate stock amount is stored in the branch information.

The appropriate inventory amount information is composed of sales volume and appropriate inventory amount by season, weather, day of the week, and food material item. This is to reflect the characteristics of restaurants where food sold is different according to the season and weather, the amount of food sold in each restaurant is different for each day of the week, and fresh products are supplied daily. The appropriate stock quantity is obtained based on sales history information at the corresponding branch for a predetermined period.

The slander information includes slander identification information and slander log-in information, and includes sales history information for each slander. The sales history information is composed of sales information including identification information, order information, and payment information of the restaurant owner who sold the food ingredients due to the slander.

In addition, the slander information includes information on food materials stored in the distribution warehouse of the slander store, and the food material information includes current stock amount information and appropriate stock amount information.

In addition, appropriate stock amount information for setting an appropriate stock amount is stored in the slander information.

The appropriate inventory amount information is composed of sales volume and appropriate inventory amount by season, weather, day of the week, and food material item. This is to reflect the characteristics of restaurants where food sold is different according to the season and weather, the amount of food sold in each restaurant is different for each day of the week, and fresh products are supplied daily. The appropriate stock quantity is obtained based on the sales history information by the merchant during a predetermined period.

In addition, the slanderous information further includes sales and profit information and sales and salary information according to order history. The wage setting is calculated according to the margin information for each food material item included in the sales information.

The restaurant owner information includes restaurant owner identification information, restaurant owner login information, branch or slander identification information at which the restaurant owner has registered, order history information, and the like. The order history information includes order information and payment information.

The food material information includes identification information for each food material item, unit price information, margin information, and the like.

Now, the inventory management method in the food material distribution system will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 . The server 100 checks whether a pre-determined period for resetting an appropriate stock amount has arrived (step 200).

When the time to reset the proper inventory amount arrives, the server 100 reads the current date and time from the internal timer, detects the current season and day of the week, and obtains weather forecast information through the weather provision service server 116 (step 202). ).

Thereafter, the server 100 selects one of a plurality of points and a plurality of slander information, and extracts an appropriate weekly inventory amount corresponding to the current season, day of the week, and weather information for the selected point or slander (steps 204 and 206). ).

Thereafter, the server 100 checks whether the extracted appropriate stock amount is different from the currently set appropriate stock amount (step 208). If the extracted appropriate stock amount is different from the currently set appropriate stock amount, the server 100 determines the extracted appropriate stock amount.

Change the appropriate stock amount accordingly (step 210).

After changing the proper stock amount, the server 100 checks whether the current stock amount is smaller than the changed stock amount (step 212). If the current stock amount is less than the changed stock amount, the server 100 notifies food material replenishment to secure food material stock.

Enable (step 214).

When the resetting of the appropriate stock amount for the selected point or middle point is completed as described above, until the resetting of the appropriate stock amount for all the points or middle points is completed (step 216), the server 100 proceeds to the next point or middle point. The process returns to step 204 to reset the proper stock amount for the product.

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, setting an appropriate inventory amount for each day of the week is exemplified, but it is also obvious according to the present invention to set an appropriate inventory amount for each week.

Claims (5)

In the food distribution system,
Branch terminals installed at branches scattered and located in a plurality of regions;
restaurant owner terminals equipped with one or more registered restaurant owners at each of the branches;
A branch management web page for branch management and a food material sales web page for ordering food materials by the restaurant owner for each branch are provided. page, and receives food material order information from the restaurant owner through the food material sales web page,
When the branch logs in through the branch terminal, food material order information for the branch is provided, and based on the seasonal order history information of the branch, the appropriate stock amount of food material for each branch is set and stored in the branch terminal of the branch. my server
Food material distribution system comprising a. According to claim 1,
It supplies food ingredients to a plurality of restaurant owners, and further includes merchant terminals provided to merchants registered with one or more at each of the branches,
the server,
When the merchant logs in through any one of the merchant terminals, a food material sales web page for the corresponding branch is provided,
Receive food material order information from the merchant through the food material sales web page,
When a branch registered with Joongsang who provided the food material order information through the branch terminal logs in, a request for delivery of food materials to the corresponding Joongsang is made to the branch terminal of the branch,
A food material distribution system, characterized in that for setting an appropriate stock amount of food materials for each middle store based on the sales history information by season through the middle store and guiding it to the corresponding store terminal. According to claim 1 or 2,
The appropriate inventory amount is set for each food material based on order history information for each season for each season,
A food material distribution system characterized in that it is set for each food material based on the order history information for each day of the week for each weather for each season. In the inventory management method of the food material distribution system,
A first step of storing sales histories of multiple branches or multiple merchants that are located scattered in multiple regions and supply food ingredients to multiple restaurant owners;
Based on the sales records, a second step of setting an appropriate stock amount of food materials by season for the plurality of branches or the plurality of stores at predetermined intervals for each branch or each store.
Inventory management method of the food material distribution system characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein the second step
obtaining at least one of a current season, weather, and day of the week for each of a plurality of points or a plurality of critical events at predetermined intervals;
The current season and date obtained for each of the plurality of branches or each of the plurality of merchants from the appropriate inventory amount information for each food material preset to correspond to at least one of the season, weather, and day of the week for each of the plurality of branches or the plurality of merchants. Mr., step of reading information on the appropriate inventory amount for each food material corresponding to one or more information of the day of the week;
Setting an appropriate stock amount for each of the plurality of branches or a plurality of stores based on the read appropriate stock amount information for each food material
Inventory management method of the food material distribution system comprising a.