TWI424363B - Shop to store delivery management methods and systems - Google Patents

Description

Shop-to-shop mail management method and system

The invention relates to a mail management method and system, in particular to a mail delivery management method and system for fixed-point (store-to-store) fixed-point.

At present, if the general person wants to send the goods to someone or a certain unit, they can use the postal system's parcel mail service or the general home delivery company's distribution service. The latter is widely used by consumers because of the convenient service features. .

The so-called "home delivery service" is consigned by the consumer to the local store of the convenience store or the home delivery company, and the consignment items are sent to the designated place. However, the problem with the aforementioned delivery method is that the recipient must wait at the designated delivery location. For example, if the mailing address is the recipient's home, the recipient must wait at the home for the specified time range, for the office worker. There are great problems in the receipt; in addition, with the current delivery service, only the delivery period can be specified, such as morning, afternoon and evening. The delivery company only promises to deliver within the specified time period. However, for the recipient, it is still possible to spend more time waiting, so the current home delivery service is indeed inconvenient.

In order to solve the above problems, the home delivery company also provides the service of “home delivery to the station pickup”, which means that the sender designates that the company’s business office located in the recipient’s area is the delivery location, and the article is delivered to the local sales office of the home delivery company. Inform the recipient to pick up the item, this way of picking up the station is not convenient at the designated place It is undoubtedly a great gospel for the waiting recipients. However, it is still not long-lasting: there are not many business offices in the home delivery company, and some business offices are remote based on cost considerations. However, there is still a certain amount of business time in the business office of the home delivery company. If the business hours are exceeded, the recipient still cannot get the pickup at the station.

It can be seen from the above that there are still many problems in the existing home delivery service, and it is still to be further reviewed and seek a feasible solution. As mentioned in the previous section, the home delivery company provides the pick-up service to the station, but the problem is that there are too few bases and limited business hours, which makes the pickup inconvenient. For the above-mentioned problems, if the convenience store is the pick-up location, the current The convenience of the convenience store in the metropolitan area and its 24-hour year-round business hours, the existing problems can be solved. However, it must be considered that the convenience store must support the software and hardware to provide convenient, accurate and safe services, and the cost of the hardware and software should be reduced as much as possible. To achieve the above requirements, it is subject to further research and development.

Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a store-to-store mail management method, which can effectively control various steps between the receipt and delivery of an object, in addition to facilitating the recipient to pick up the item, and achieving an ideal management purpose. .

The main technical means adopted to achieve the above objectives is that the above method mainly establishes a logistics delivery network between a plurality of stores of the same type distributed in different regions, so that any store in the logistics delivery network provides a user store to the store. Between the shipping service and perform the following steps: Any one of the aforementioned logistics delivery networks is used as a mailing store, and the multimedia machine of the resident store provides the relevant information inquiry of the receiving store; the user selects any one of the foregoing logistics delivery networks on the multimedia machine. As a receiving store, the multimedia machine prints a document containing information about the receipt store, the distribution fee, and the like; the receiving store charges the fee according to the document content, and notifies the logistics company through the information flow; When the object is delivered to the receiving store, the receiving store informs the recipient through the information flow to pick up the item.

Using the aforementioned method, the mail store can use the existing equipment to display, use, print, read and transmit the relevant information to complete the store-to-store mailing service, so that the cost can be reduced at a low cost. Next, complete a convenient mailing service.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a store-to-store mail management system, which includes: a plurality of multimedia machines, which are respectively arranged in each mail store, and have functions such as electronic map browsing, data input, service item selection, and printing; And used to generate a mail receipt containing information on the receipt store information, delivery costs, etc.; multiple cash registers, with information reading function and information connection function, which are located in each mail store for reading and transmitting The information on the documents; an information management platform that establishes information links with the aforementioned multimedia machines and cash registers, which provides users with access to the multimedia machine to query and specify the receiving store through the connection, and provides a non-repetitive The unique barcode is generated on the mailing document printed on the multimedia machine; A logistics management platform is linked to the aforementioned information management platform for exchanging shipping materials for logistics distribution; a distribution information integration platform is linked to the aforementioned information management platform, which integrates information about the distribution process and is responsible for tracking The process of sending each item.

First, referring to the first figure, a schematic diagram of a system architecture of a possible embodiment of the present invention is mainly composed of at least one multimedia machine (11) and a cash register (12), which together comprise a store device, and the store device respectively Linked to an information management platform (20), the information management platform (20) is further coupled to a distribution information integration platform (30) and a logistics management platform (40); wherein: the information management platform (20) will provide users Querying the relevant information such as the receiving store and the delivery tariff from the multimedia machine (11) of any store, and providing a unique barcode that is not repeated after the user specifies the receiving store through the multimedia machine (11), and generates On the mailing document printed by the multimedia machine (11), the cash register (12) is used to read the barcode on the mailing document, and the cash is collected and the mailing document is attached to the delivery object to complete the receipt; On the other hand, the mailing information obtained by reading the barcode from the cash register (12) is transmitted to the information management platform (20) through the connection, and the information management platform (20) transfers the mailing information to the logistics management platform (40). ) to carry out the distribution operation, and to transmit to the distribution Information Integration Platform (30) information integration.

The aforementioned logistics management platform (40) is also linked with the distribution information integration platform (30). When the logistics management platform (40)'s construction unit (logistics company) sends personnel to send The store picks up the pieces and delivers them to the designated receiving store. The information about the distribution process will still be sent to the distribution information integration platform (30) through the logistics management platform (40) for controlling the entire distribution process. When the item arrives at the receiving store and the receiving shop reads the barcode of the attached document on the item by the cash register (12), the information will be sent back to the distribution information integration platform (30), in addition to information integration, The recipient can be notified to pick up the item at the receiving store.

It can be seen from the above that the system architecture of the present invention and its application in the basic flow of object distribution, after further summarizing, it can be seen that the store-to-store mailing method of the present invention mainly establishes a logistics between a plurality of stores of the same type distributed in different regions. The delivery network enables any store in the logistics delivery network to provide a mailing service between the user's store and the store, and performs the following steps (see the second figure): using any of the aforementioned logistics delivery networks A store serves as a mailing store, and the multimedia information machine of the resident store provides the relevant information inquiry of the receiving store (201); the user selects any one of the aforementioned logistics delivery networks as a receiving piece on the multimedia machine. a store, and a multimedia machine prints a mail receipt (202) containing information about the receipt store, distribution costs, etc.; in this embodiment, the mailing information on the mail document is non-repeatable and unique The bar code is presented; the cash is received by the mail store according to the contents of the mailing document, and the contents of the mailing document are read by the cash register, and sent back to the distribution information integration platform through the information flow, thereby transferring the logistics Logistics management platform to notice for distribution (203); and the document mailing object attached to the delivery; when the item is delivered to the recipient store, the cash register will store read Write The barcode of the document attached to the item, the information delivered to the store will be sent back to the delivery information integration platform through the information stream to inform the recipient to pick up the item (204).

In order to support the foregoing process, the multimedia device (11) and the cash register (12) resident in the mailing and receiving stores will have the following functions: the multimedia device (11) has basic input and output interfaces, display terminals and network connections. Line, print and other functions to support electronic map browsing (receipt store search), data entry, service item selection and printing of shipping documents.

The cash register (12) has a data reading function and an information connection function. In the data reading function, in this embodiment, the cash register (12) is provided with an infrared scanner, and the infrared scanner is used for scanning. Read the barcode on the shipping document and send it through the data connection.

As for the information management platform (20) and the distribution information integration platform (30) and the logistics management platform (40) for connecting the multimedia machine (11) and the cash register (12), basically all have the network server, the management server and the data. Library, etc., to support these platforms to perform information transfer, exchange and other functions.

From the above description, the specific flow of the shipping method of the present invention and its system architecture can be understood, and the store-to-store shipping method implemented by the technologies has at least the following advantages and features:

1. Providing consumers with a convenient distribution service: With the current concentration of domestic convenience stores, consumers can easily find convenience stores in their homes and work places. In addition to the proximity and location, it is convenient for consumers to send nearby products. Most of the convenience stores are open 24 hours a day. And all year round, for the recipient, in addition to not wasting time waiting for the home delivery, there is no pressure on any time schedule, so it is a highly convenient distribution service.

2. Relatively low construction cost: Although the current home delivery company also provides pick-up service to the station, but the location is small and remote, it is not conducive to consumers to pick up the nearest item. If the base is greatly increased, it must pay a huge sum of money. The effect is obviously low; in contrast, the present invention uses the convenience store that has been densely built as a store-to-store mailing service base, and has already taken advantage of the location; the original equipment (such as multimedia machine, cash register) Etc.), the relative cost of the hardware and software system is relatively reduced, so that the aforementioned store-to-store delivery method can be realized at a relatively low cost.

(11)‧‧‧Multimedia machine

(12) ‧‧‧ cash register

(20) ‧‧‧Information Management Platform

(30) ‧‧‧Delivery Information Integration Platform

(40) ‧‧‧Logistics Management Platform

The first figure is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the present invention.

Second figure: is a flow chart of the shipping method of the present invention.

(11)‧‧‧Multimedia machine

(12) ‧‧‧ cash register

(20) ‧‧‧Information Management Platform

(30) ‧‧‧Delivery Information Integration Platform

(40) ‧‧‧Logistics Management Platform

Claims (10)

A store-to-store mail management method mainly establishes a logistics delivery network between a plurality of stores of the same type distributed in different regions, so that any store in the logistics delivery network provides a mail between the user store and the store. Serving, and performing the following steps: using any of the aforementioned logistics delivery networks as a mailing store, and providing the receiving store related information inquiry by the resident multimedia machine; the user selects the aforementioned logistics delivery on the multimedia machine Any store on the network serves as a receiving store, and a multimedia machine prints a document containing information about the receiving store, distribution costs, etc.; the sending store charges the fee according to the contents of the shipping document, and reads and sends the receipt The contents of the documents are notified to the logistics company through the information flow; when the objects are delivered to the receiving store, the receiving store informs the recipients through the information flow to pick up the documents. For example, in the store-to-store mail management method described in claim 1, the multimedia machine provides the consumer inquiry receipt store information in the form of an electronic map. For example, in the store-to-store mail management method described in claim 1, the mailing document has a unique barcode that is not repeated to present information about the receiving store and the distribution tariff. For example, the store-to-store mail management method described in claim 3, the mail store reads the data on the mailing document by the infrared scanning function of the cash register. The store-to-store shipment management party mentioned in item 4 of the patent application scope In the method, the receiving store reads the data on the shipping documents by the infrared scanning function of the cash register. The store-to-store mail management method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the store is a convenience store. A store-to-shop mail management system includes: a plurality of multimedia machines, which are respectively arranged in each mail store, and have functions such as electronic map browsing, data input, service item selection and printing; and are used to generate a receiving store Shipping documents for information, delivery costs, etc.; multiple cash registers with information reading function and information connection function, which are located in each mail store to read and transmit the information on the mailing documents; The management platform is respectively connected with the aforementioned multimedia machine and cash register, and provides a user to query and specify the receiving store on the multimedia machine through the connection, and provides a unique bar code which is not repeated and is generated in the multimedia machine column. Printed mailing documents; a logistics management platform, linked to the aforementioned information management platform, for exchanging shipping materials for logistics distribution; a distribution information integration platform, linked to the aforementioned information management platform, is an integrated distribution process Relevant information, and is responsible for tracking the process of sending items. For example, in the store-to-shop mail management system described in claim 7, the mailing document has a unique barcode that is not repeated to present information about the receiving store and the distribution tariff. The store-to-shop mail management system described in claim 8 of the patent application, the cash register is provided with an infrared scanner for reading the mail receipt News. For example, the shop-to-shop mail management system described in claim 7 has a web server, a management server, and a database. The information management platform, the distribution information integration platform, and the logistics management platform respectively have a web server, a management server, and a database.