RU2684490C2 - Method and system of retail sale of goods - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a retail sale system. System for retail sale of goods comprises a module of a single accounting system, a cash register, a seller's workstation, wherein the cash register unit is equipped with an electronic cassette, a scanner for reading barcodes, electronic scales, a printer for printing bar codes applied on a commodity, wherein the seller's workstation is connected by means of cable or wireless communication channels to the single accounting system module, which generates analytical help to the seller.EFFECT: technical result is a wider range of equipment.1 cl

Description

Retail Product System

The invention relates to a retail system, and systems intended for commercial and financial purposes, and more particularly to a method and system for the retail sale of goods.

Currently, the format of retail sale of goods through self-service by customers at retail outlets is gaining more and more development. The advantage of this method of organizing the sale of goods lies in the fact that the buyer has the opportunity to independently choose the product he is interested in, put it in a shopping cart, which provides the convenience of moving the buyer with the selected goods across the store floor and transporting the selected product to the cashier to pay for it. This format for the sale of goods is used in retail stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets.

The disadvantages of this method are the need for the buyer, when paying for the goods, to lay out all the selected goods on the tape of the cash register terminal, wait for the time during which the cashier scans the cash register with the scanner for each unit of goods, pack the scanned goods or put them back into the shopping cart . This process takes some time, the value of which depends on the quantity of goods selected by the buyer for purchase, as well as the cashier’s speed of scanning bar codes on the product. Significant time costs for servicing one buyer create a queue of buyers waiting to scan their goods and pay for them. In addition, the assortment of stores, as a rule, is represented by the products of large suppliers and manufacturers of goods with long sales periods, in particular allowing long-term food products, to be stored, since the delivery of goods to such stores is carried out centrally with intermediate storage and transshipment at distribution centers. This feature of forming the assortment of such stores deprives the buyer of access to perishable food products, farm products that have a natural composition and, accordingly, short shelf life and sales.

Organization of sales in markets, fairs and similar trading floors is a trading format in which sellers rent a retail space in the market premises and sell goods to customers. Fast delivery to the point of sale and small volumes of products for sale, as well as a limited range of products sold by one seller, allows you to offer perishable natural farm food products for sale. Moreover, this format for the sale of goods causes a number of inconveniences to both sellers and buyers. Sellers provide customer service related to the demonstration and delivery of goods (selection, weighing, packaging), make cash transactions to accept payment from buyers for goods sold. Carrying out the sale of goods on the markets, sellers are forced to assume the risks of theft of goods, inaccuracy of cash settlements, storage of cash and their subsequent collection. For buyers, this method has the following disadvantages: the need to transport purchased goods in bags, packages and other devices for carrying goods, the need to make monetary settlements with each seller of goods separately, the inability to use plastic cards and mobile devices for paying for goods that require a special terminal payment.

The claimed invention is aimed at eliminating the shortcomings of the retail trade in markets, fairs and similar trading floors, as well as improving the convenience of selling goods to sellers and increasing the convenience of purchasing goods for buyers.

The problem is solved by creating a method and system for the retail sale of goods.

The following methods and systems for the retail sale of goods are known.

1. From the patent for invention No. RU 2571540, a method and system for making purchases is known.

The technical result of the invention is to automate the payment of goods or services with insufficient funds in the main account of the buyer. This method and system for shopping is aimed at using when making purchases over the Internet.

The disadvantages of this method is the inability to use it when making a purchase without using the Internet, using standard methods, for example, in shops, markets or fairs. This method and system does not solve the tasks of the claimed method and system for the retail sale of goods.

2. From the patent for invention No. US 6386448, a method and apparatus for operating a self-service retail sale system in a department store is known.

A method of operating a retail department store system for making a purchase transaction, in which the retail department store trading system has a first self-service terminal located in the first department department and the control terminal includes a generation step, a first control signal element is input if the customer enters the first element for purchase from first department in the first self-service terminal. The method also includes the step of determining whether the customer has an additional item for purchase from the first department to enter the first self-service checkout terminal in response to the generation of the first control entered and the generation of the first additional - indicates a control signal if the customer has no additional items from the first department to enter the first self-service terminal.

The disadvantages of this method and device are the use of this invention only in the organization of retail sales in a store, department store, supermarket, in which the recipient of funds for the goods sold is one seller, the buyer need to enter data on the self-service terminal to purchase and pay it, or to perform actions on terminal for transferring payment for goods to the terminal in the next section. Also, this method and device do not solve the tasks of the claimed method and system for the retail sale of goods.

The technical result is the opportunity to reduce the time that the buyer spends on making purchases.

The technical result is achieved through a system of retail sales of goods, which includes a single accounting system module, a cash register, a seller’s workstation, while the cash register is equipped with an electronic cash register, a scanner for reading bar codes, a printer for printing receipts, the seller’s workstation consists of from a scanner for reading bar codes, electronic scales, a printer for printing bar codes applied to goods, information from the seller’s workstation enters the module of a single accounting system via cable or wireless one communication channel, through the same communication channels, data is transferred from a single module of the accounting system to the cash register and vice versa, information about the identification numbers of shopping carts, shopping baskets and customer cards, information about the seller, including its name, number is entered into the module of the single accounting system trading place, product assortment, price of each type of product, seller’s special bank account number, bank details, module of a single accounting system performs the functions of accounting for warehouse Asa goods of each seller, while the module of a single accounting system provides the seller with an analytical report on the amount of goods sold per day and the balance of the goods in stock.

The essence of the proposed system for the retail sale of goods is as follows.

A trade zone is a single space in which there are places for trade: shop windows, counters or similar devices for the retail sale of goods (places for trade).

The sale of goods is carried out by sellers who are the owners of the goods offered for sale to buyers and who have received the right to sell their goods and use trading equipment in the territory of the single trading zone on the basis of an agreement concluded between the Administrator of the single trading zone and the person selling their goods to customers. Moreover, the number of persons selling goods is limited by the size of the single trading zone and the number of installed equipment for selling goods.

The movement of buyers in a single trading zone is directed from the entrance through the trading zone to the exit, where cash nodes are located to pay for purchases.

At the entrance to the shopping area, the buyer receives a shopping cart or shopping basket designed for storing and transporting goods in the trading area, having an individual identification code made in the form of a bar code, QR code or that designation that allows you to identify the number of the cart or basket . Also, instead of a trolley or a basket, the buyer can take the customer’s card on which an individual identification code is applied, in the form of a bar code, a QR code or a designation that allows you to identify this card.

The buyer carries out free movement in a single trading zone in order to select and purchase the goods he needs. The goods selected by the buyer are demonstrated, selected, weighed and transferred to him by the seller of the goods. For each unit or package of goods the seller glues a barcode containing information about the name of the goods, its weight, price, seller, as well as other information necessary to identify the goods and its seller. At the same time, the buyer does not pay for the goods on the spot to the seller. The seller uses a barcode scanner to record information about the goods transferred to the buyer on an individual identification code contained on the trolley or shopping basket, or on the card of the buyer.

Upon completion of the selection of goods, the buyer moves to the cash centers located at the exit from the single trading zone. At the cash register, the buyer presents the teller with a trolley or a shopping basket, or a buyer's card. The cashier scans the individual identification code of the trolley or shopping basket, or the customer’s card, while the purchased goods remain in the shopping trolley. The electronic cash register displays information about the purchased goods, their value and the total value of all goods. When the buyer makes a decision to refuse to purchase a certain product, the buyer transfers the goods to the cashier. The cashier scans the barcode printed on the product and removes it from the shopping list, while adjusting the total amount payable.

The buyer pays for the goods purchased by paying in cash or a bank card, or electronic devices replacing a bank card.

Upon completion of the payment process, the cashier prints the cashier's check to the buyer, the buyer leaves the single trading area and leaves the cart or shopping basket at the exit, or hands over the buyer’s card.

The system of retail sales of goods includes the following elements: module of a single accounting system, cash node, seller’s workstation. In this case, the cash register unit is equipped with: an electronic cash register, a scanner for reading bar codes, and a printer for printing receipts. The seller’s workstation consists of a scanner for reading bar codes, electronic scales, a printer for printing bar codes applied to the goods. Information from the seller’s workstation enters the module of a single accounting system through cable or wireless communication channels, for example, Wi-Fi, through the same communication channels, data is transferred from a single module of the accounting system to the cash register and vice versa.

The following information is entered into the unified accounting system module:

1. about the identification numbers of these shopping carts and customer cards;

2. seller’s data, including its name, trading place number, product assortment, price of each type of product, seller’s special bank account number, bank details.

When making a purchase, data on the goods transferred by the seller to the buyer are entered by the seller through a barcode scanner onto the identification number of the cart or shopping basket, or the buyer's card, and this information is transmitted to a single accounting system module. When making purchases from other sellers, conducting a similar operation, all data is transferred to a single module of the accounting system and is contained in the system under the identification number of the trolley, basket or customer’s card.

When scanning the identification number of the cart, basket or customer’s card at the cash register using a scanner for reading bar codes, information on this number is requested in a single module of the accounting system and transmitted to it at the cash register. After receiving a response from a single accounting module, the cashier at the cashier’s node gets access to the items contained under the identification number of the trolley or customer’s card. When the cashier adjusts the list of items, the data is transferred to a single accounting module. When conducting a transaction to pay for goods, data on the amount of the transaction is recorded and transferred to a single accounting module.

The funds received from the buyer for the goods are transferred to the Administrator’s special bank account and then transferred to the special bank accounts of the sellers who transferred the goods to the buyer. Money transfer by the Administrator to sellers is carried out daily after the completion of the cash node.

When making payments between the Administrator and sellers, the Administrator withholds a commission in the amount of the% of the amount of funds transferred by the Administrator to the seller at the rate established by the agreement.

This amount is a fee for the services of the Administrator for providing a trading place to a seller in a single trading zone and for conducting cash settlements with buyers who bought goods from sellers.

The unified accounting system module performs the functions of accounting for the stock of goods of each seller, which allows the seller to take into account their own inventories, receive analytical information on the quantity of goods sold per day and on the balance of the goods in stock.

Claims (1)

The system of retail sales of goods, which includes a single accounting system module, a cash register, a seller’s workstation, while the cash register is equipped with an electronic cash register, a barcode reader, a receipt printer, and a seller’s workstation consists of a barcode scanner, electronic scales , a printer for printing barcodes applied to goods, information from the seller’s workstation enters the module of a single accounting system via cable or wireless communication channels, through the same communication channels, data is transferred from a single module of the accounting system to the cash register and vice versa, information about the identification numbers of shopping carts, shopping baskets and buyer's cards, the seller’s data, including its name, number of the trading place, product range, price are entered into the single accounting system module each type of product, the seller’s special bank account number, bank details, the module of the unified accounting system performs the functions of accounting for the stock of goods of each seller, while the mod The ul of the unified accounting system provides the seller with analytical information on the quantity of goods sold per day and on the balance of the goods in stock.