TWI776402B - Inventory management system and method thereof with date and time codes of products - Google Patents

Abstract

An inventory management method includes: a reader reading a product code from a product, with saving a product code data in an inventory management system having an inventory management calculation module; the reader further reading a date-time code from a product, with saving a date code data and a time code data in an inventory management system; a product-selling management device transmitting the product code data, the date code data and the time code data with a selling amount data to the inventory management system; and calculating the date code data and the time code data with the selling amount data in the inventory management calculation module.

Description

Inventory management system and method for invoicing with product date and time bar code

The present invention relates to an inventory management system and method using product date and time code; Inventory management system and method using barcode or two-dimensional barcode].

Regarding the conventional manufacturing date marking machine, for example: Patent Publication No. TW-120711 of the Republic of China "Indirect Cylinder Hot Ironing Tape Manufacturing Date Marking Machine", which discloses an indirect cylinder thermal ironing tape manufacturing date marking machine. The indirect cylinder hot ironing tape manufacturing date marking machine comprises a bottom plate, a cylinder, a power rocker arm, a bearing bracket at one end, a die base, a ribbon, a power pulley for a ribbon, a pulley and a two-corner block, and the die base Including a relay, a heating head and a ribbon gap push plate, so that a marked date can be printed on the package.

Another conventional manufacturing date marking machine, such as the new patent of "Automatic Date Imprinting and Manufacturing Device for Packaging Materials" in Patent Publication No. TW-125003 of the Republic of China, discloses an automatic imprinting and manufacturing date device for packaging materials. The packaging material automatic stamping and manufacturing date device includes an stamping machine and an automatic ribbon winding mechanism, and the stamping machine includes several stamping devices, an stamping count device, a time controller and a lever, And the automatic rewinding mechanism of the ribbon includes a motor, a reeling wheel, a ratchet device, a pulley rod and a reeling wheel.

However, the aforementioned ROC Patent Publication No. TW-120711 The manufacturing date marking machine of the indirect cylinder hot ironing tape and the packaging material automatic stamping manufacturing date device No. TW-125003 only stamp the manufacturing date directly on the packaging, so they must additionally read the manufacturing date of the product. In addition, the manufacture date of various formats often makes it difficult to read, so there must be a need for further improvement, so as to provide a technical means to immediately and accurately read the date and time of manufacture of the commodity.

Another conventional product expiration date management system, such as the invention patent of "Invoicing Inventory Management System and Its Method Based on the Shelf Life of Sold Items" of the Republic of China Li Announcement No. TW-I704511, which discloses an invoicing inventory with a shelf life management system. The shelf-life inventory management system includes an article inventory management system, a barcode reading device and a date reading device.

Continuing from the above, the item inventory management system of the aforementioned No. TW-I704511 has a dynamic inventory calculation module, and an item has an item barcode and a storage date. Use the barcode reading device to read the barcode data of the item barcode on the item, and use the date reading device to scan and read the storage date on the item, so that the item inventory management system can store the barcode. data and date of retention. In the article sales operation, an article sale [management] device is used to transmit the storage date and at least one sales quantity data to the article invoicing and inventory management system, and the storage date and the sale quantity data are used in the dynamic inventory calculation module. Inventory calculation to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data.

Another conventional product expiration date management system, such as the invention patent of "Expiration Date Control System and Method" in Patent Publication No. TW-I343202 of the Republic of China, which discloses an expiration date control system. The validity period control system includes a user device and a value-added service server, and the user device includes a device identification code. The value-added service server accepts the device identification code of the user device, configures an expiration date according to the device identification code, encrypts the device identification code and the expiration date, and then sends it back to the user. user device. The value-added service server can be set in a securities value-added service industry, so that the securities value-added service industry can independently control the validity period.

Another conventional commodity expiration date management system, such as the invention patent application for "Commodity expiration monitoring method" in Patent Publication No. TW-201405468 of the Republic of China, discloses a commodity expiration monitoring method. The method for monitoring the expiration date of commodities is used for monitoring between a portable electronic device and a commodity vending terminal after completing a transaction using the portable electronic device.

Continuing from the above, the method for monitoring the expiration date of the commodity in the aforementioned No. TW-201405468 includes: establishing a commodity warning list for recording a commodity and commodity information; during the commodity transaction process, the corresponding commodity information from the commodity is carried out. ; transmit the commodity information to the commodity alert list so as to record the commodity information on the commodity alert list; and monitor the commodity information in the commodity alert list for the portable electronic device to issue based on the commodity information Alert message for this item. After the transaction is completed, the commodity can be monitored using the portable electronic device.

Another conventional commodity expiration date management system, such as the invention patent application of "Expiration Warning Device, Barcode Reading Device, and Controlling the Validity Period of Goods" in Patent Publication No. TW-201324396 of the Republic of China, which discloses an expiration date warning device and a A method to control the expiration date of the goods on the shelf. The expiration date warning device is installed on a goods display rack, and the expiration date warning device is used to record an expiration date of a put on the shelf, and issue a warning when the expiration date expires. The method for controlling the validity period of the goods on the shelf utilizes the period warning device and the barcode reading device to operate.

Continuing from the above, the expiration date warning device of the aforementioned No. TW-201324396 includes a wireless module, a memory, a microprocessor unit and an alarm device. The wireless module receives all the information and expiration date of the listed goods. The memory records all the information and validity period of the listed goods. The micro-processing unit judges whether the validity period of all the listed goods has expired. When the validity period of any one of the listed goods expires, the micro-processing unit controls The alerter sounds an alarm.

Continuing from the above, the method for controlling the validity period of the goods on the shelf in the aforementioned No. TW-201324396 includes: using a barcode reading device to read one of the barcodes of the goods on the shelf, and interpreting the information of the goods on the shelf; The input module is used to input an expiration date of the listed goods; the information and the expiration date of the listed goods are wirelessly transmitted to the expiration date warning device; the expiration date warning device records the information and the expiration date of the listed goods; When the validity period of the listed goods expires, the period warning device sends out a warning signal.

Another conventional commodity expiration date management system, such as the invention patent application of "Warning Label of Commodity Expiry Date and Method of Warning Commodity Expiration Date" of Patent Publication No. TW-201235951 of the Republic of China, which discloses a warning label of commodity expiration date and A method of warning the expiration date of a commodity. The warning label of the expiration date of the commodity is arranged on a commodity, and the warning label includes a storage unit, a timing unit, a control unit and a warning unit.

Continuing from the above, the storage unit of the aforementioned No. TW-201235951 is used to store a commodity information of the commodity, and the commodity information includes a storage period. The timing unit is used for generating a current time, the control unit is coupled to the storage unit and the timing unit, and the control unit sends a warning signal according to the current time and the storage period. The warning unit is coupled to the control unit, and the warning unit issues a warning according to the warning signal.

Continuing from the above, the method for warning the expiration date of the commodity in the aforementioned No. TW-201235951 includes steps: step A, reading a storage period and a current time; step B, judging whether the current time is equal to or exceeding the storage period, if so, Then make the warning label issue a warning in a first mode; if not, execute step C; step C, determine whether the current time is equal to a near-expiration time that is close to but not exceeding the retention period, if so, execute step D; Step D, causing the warning label to issue a warning in a second mode. Before step A, in step E, the warning label is timed to generate the current time, and the warning label is timed to a set time, and then the step A is entered. After step D, step F, reset the set time, and make the warning label execute step E.

Another conventional point-of-sale (POS) system, such as: Chinese Patent Publication No. CN-1633660, an invention patent application for “Sales Method and System Using Product Prices Changed According to Product Validity Period”, which discloses a sales system. The sales system includes a bar code, a bar code scanner, and a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.

Continuing from the above, the barcode scanner of the aforementioned CN-1633660 is used to scan the barcode, and the barcode includes an origin code, a manufacturer code and a product code, and the barcode also includes a product production date/time, A predetermined data related to the expiration date of the product (not the product expiration date) and a predetermined identifier.

Continuing from the above, the point-of-sale (POS) terminal of the aforementioned No. CN-1633660 contains a reading content for the barcode obtained by scanning the barcode scanner, and the reading content of the barcode includes the production date of the product/ time, predetermined data related to product expiration date (not product expiration date) and predetermined identifier, and use the point-of-sale (POS) terminal to calculate an elapsed time from the production date/time to a sale time, the product A program of expiration dates and prices for predetermined identifier changes and a real-time clock (RTC).

In fact, the sales system of the aforementioned Chinese Patent Publication No. CN-1633660 needs to calculate the predetermined data related to the production date/time of the product and the expiration date of the product (not the product expiration date), so it has the disadvantage of complicated calculation in the sales system , and it further causes the disadvantage of delaying the checkout operation time, or may generate other potential risks.

However, the above-mentioned ROC Patent Publication No. TW-I704511 for the inventory management system according to the shelf life of the sold items and its methods Law, the expiration date control system and method of No. TW-I343202, the method of monitoring the expiration date of goods published in No. TW-201405468, the method of warning the expiration date of goods published in No. TW-201235951, and Chinese Patent Publication No. CN-1633660 There is bound to be a need for further improvement in all the sales systems of the company, so as to provide the function of accurately reading the product expiration date of immediate products (various fresh products or other items) or general products.

Obviously, the aforementioned ROC Patent Publications No. TW-120711, No. TW-125003, No. TW-I704511, No. TW-I343202, Publication No. TW-201405468, Publication No. TW-201324396, Publication No. TW-201235951 No. and Chinese Patent Publication No. CN-1633660 are only references to the technical background of the present invention and describe the current state of technological development, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In view of this, in order to meet the above-mentioned needs, the present invention provides an inventory management system and method using product date and time barcodes. Use a barcode reading device to read the product barcode and date-time barcode to obtain a manufacturing date and time and a storage date and time, so as to store them in a product inventory management system, and use a product sales [ Management] device transmits the storage date and time and at least one sales quantity data to the product inventory management system, and uses the storage date and sales quantity data to perform inventory calculation in an inventory calculation module to generate at least one 1. Spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data to improve the technical shortcomings that the manufacturing date and shelf life of conventional products cannot be accurately read.

The main purpose of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is to provide an inventory management system and method using product date and time barcodes, which allocate a commodity barcode and a date and time barcode on a product, and use a product on the product. The barcode reading device reads the product barcode and date and time bar code to obtain a manufacturing date and time and a storage date and time so as to be stored in a product inventory management system, and use a product sales [management] device in the product sales operation to obtain the storage date and time and at least one sales quantity data It is transmitted to the product invoicing and inventory management system, and the invoicing inventory is calculated in an invoicing inventory calculation module by using the storage date and sales quantity data to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data, Therefore, it has the purpose of simplifying the management of invoicing and inventory with the shelf life.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an inventory management system for product date and time barcodes including:

A product invoicing inventory management system, which has an invoicing inventory calculation module;

at least one product, which includes a commodity barcode and a date-time barcode, and the commodity barcode includes at least one commodity barcode data, and the date-time barcode includes at least one date barcode data and at least one time barcode data;

A first barcode reading device, which is connected to the product inventory management system, and uses the first barcode reading device to read the first commodity barcode data of the commodity barcode and the date and time barcode on the product. a first date barcode data and a first time barcode data so that the product inventory management system can store the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data; and

A second barcode reading device, which is connected to the product inventory management system, and uses the second barcode reading device to read the second product barcode data of the product barcode and the date and time barcode on the product. a second date barcode data and a second time barcode data, so that the product inventory management system can store and further process the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data;

The invoicing and inventory calculation module is used in the product invoicing and inventory management operation to obtain the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the third The first time barcode data, the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data are used for inventory calculation in the invoicing inventory calculation module to generate at least one invoicing inventory data.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an inventory management system for product date and time barcodes including:

A product invoicing inventory management system, which has an invoicing inventory calculation module;

A product sales [management] device connected to the product inventory management system;

at least one product that includes a commodity barcode and a date-time barcode, and the commodity barcode includes at least one commodity barcode data, and the date-time barcode includes at least one date barcode data and at least one time barcode data; and

A barcode reading device, which is connected to the product inventory management system, and uses the barcode reading device to read the product barcode data of the product barcode and the date barcode data and time barcode data of the date-time barcode on the product , so that the product inventory management system can store the product barcode data, date barcode data and time barcode data;

In the product sales operation, the product sales [management] device is used to transmit the product barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and at least one sales quantity data to the product invoicing and inventory management system, and use the product barcode data, The date barcode data, the time barcode data and the sales quantity data are used for inventory calculation in the invoicing inventory calculation module to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data.

The product invoicing and inventory management system of a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a product expiration date calculation module and a product expiration warning module or a product immediate warning module.

The product invoicing and inventory management system of a preferred embodiment of the present invention has an on-demand product promotion module, and the on-demand product promotion module is based on the Spot inventory quantity data generates an advance promotion adjustment date.

The date-time barcode in the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a verification code.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the verification code is selected from a random number.

The date and time bar code selection in the preferred embodiment of the present invention is made of a color-changing ink.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the color-changing ink is selected from a time-temperature indicator ink.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the commodity time barcode is selected from a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode or any combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the date and time barcode is selected from a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode or any combination thereof.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method for invoicing and inventory management with product date and time barcodes, including:

Using a first barcode reading device on a product to read a product barcode and a date-time barcode, and obtain at least one first product barcode data from the product barcode, and obtain at least one first date barcode from the date-time barcode data and at least one first time bar code data, and the first commodity bar code data, the first date bar code data and the first time bar code data are stored in a product inventory management system, and the product inventory management system has a Invoicing inventory calculation module;

Using a second barcode reading device on the product to read the product barcode and the date-time barcode, and obtain at least one second product barcode data from the product barcode, and obtain at least one second date barcode data from the date-time barcode and at least one second time barcode data, and store the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data in the product inventory management system; and

Use this invoicing inventory calculation in product invoicing management operations The module performs inventory calculation on the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data and the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data in the invoicing inventory calculation module , to generate at least one invoicing inventory data.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method for invoicing and inventory management with product date and time barcodes, including:

A barcode reading device is used to read at least one commodity barcode on a product, and the commodity barcode includes at least one commodity barcode data, and the commodity barcode data is stored in a product inventory management system, and the product is in inventory. The management system has an invoicing inventory calculation module;

Use the barcode reading device to read at least one date and time barcode on the commodity, and the date and time barcode includes at least one date barcode data and at least one time barcode data, and store the date barcode data and time barcode data in the product Invoicing inventory management system;

In the product sales operation, a product sales [management] device is used to transmit the product barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and at least one sales quantity data to the product inventory management system; and

Using the commodity barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and sales quantity data to perform inventory calculation in the invoicing inventory calculation module to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data.

The product invoicing and inventory management system of a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a product expiration date calculation module and a product expiration warning module or a product immediate warning module.

The product invoicing and inventory management system of a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a spot product promotion module, and the spot product promotion module generates an advance promotion adjustment date according to the spot inventory quantity data.

The date-time barcode in the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a verification code.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the verification code is selected from a random number.

The date and time bar code selection in the preferred embodiment of the present invention is made of a color-changing ink.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the color-changing ink is selected from a time-temperature indicator ink.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the commodity time barcode is selected from a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode or any combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the date and time barcode is selected from a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode or any combination thereof.

1: Product Invoicing Inventory Management System

10: Invoicing inventory calculation module

100: Products

101: Commodity barcode

102: Date Time Barcode

11: Product Sales [Management] Device

2: The first barcode reading device

20: Barcode reading device

3: Second barcode reading device

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for managing invoicing and inventory using product date and time bar codes according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2: A schematic diagram of the commodity barcode and the date and time barcode of the product used in the inventory management system using the product date and time barcode according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of the method for managing the purchase, sale and inventory by the product date and time bar code according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the system for managing the purchase, sale and inventory based on the product date and time bar code according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a method for managing invoicing and inventory using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, preferred embodiments will be exemplified below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are not intended to limit the present invention.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention is the inventory management system and method for invoicing with product date and time barcodes, which are applicable to various convenience store systems, physical transaction systems, online transaction systems or online store systems, such as: However, it is not intended to limit the application scope of the present invention. The system and method for invoicing and inventory management based on product date and time barcodes according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are suitable for application in various e-commerce systems, such as: O2O [online-to-offline], B2B or B2C e-commerce systems, but its It is not intended to limit the application scope of the present invention.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention is the implementation of the system and method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes, which are computer-executable process steps, which can be executed in various point-of-sale terminals. point of sale (POS) system, various devices with computing functions (such as smart phones, smart phones) or various computer equipment (computer equipment), such as desktop computers, notebook computers, Workstation computer, etc.

The system and method for invoicing and inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention are applicable to various intranet systems or various information network systems, such as: Including the Internet, various local area networks (LAN) or various wireless local networks (wireless LAN), but it is not intended to limit the scope of application of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a block schematic diagram of a system for invoicing and inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, for example, the inventory management system using product date and time barcodes according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an inventory management system 1, at least a first A barcode reader device 2 and at least one second barcode reader 3 .

Please refer to Figure 1 again, for example, the product is sold The inventory system 1 is suitable for managing the purchase, inventory, inventory and sales [sale] of several products 100 [or the products include vegetables, fruits, fresh, dairy products, food or daily necessities], and the product inventory system 1 has an inventory Inventory calculation module 10.

Please refer to FIG. 1 again. For example, the product inventory management system 1 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention has a product expiration calculation module (not shown) and a product expiration warning module [ not shown] or a product immediate warning module [not shown]. Or, the product invoicing and inventory management system 1 of another preferred embodiment of the present invention has a spot product promotion module (not shown), and the spot product promotion module generates a Advance promotion adjustment date.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the commodity bar code and the date and time bar code of the product used in the inventory management system using the product date and time bar code according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, for example, the product 100 includes a product barcode (barcode) 101 or a product barcode with a fixed format, an unlimited format (printing, hot stamping or other) product manufacturing date [manufacturing date] and an unrestricted format [printing, thermal embossing or other] commodity preservation date [expiration date], and the commodity barcode 101 includes at least one commodity barcode data, such as: origin, manufacturer, batch or other information .

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2 again. For example, the product 100 also includes a date and time bar code 102, and the date and time bar code 102 includes at least one date and time bar code data (eg, manufacturing date or storage date) and at least one Time barcode data (for example: manufacturing time or storage time), and the manufacturing date [data] and storage date [data] include one-day value, one-month value and one-year value. For example, the daily value, month value and year value of the date of manufacture and date of preservation have various arrangement formats, such as various printing arrangement formats yy/mm/dd, mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy, and the The hours, minutes, and seconds of the manufacturing time and storage time have various values. Arrangement format, for example: various printing arrangements hr./min./sec. or sec./min./hr.

Referring to Figure 2, for example, the inventory management system using the product date and time bar code according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention chooses to use a commodity bar code [EAN-8 bar code or EAN-13 bar code] or other various 2D barcode or 2D barcode [for example: stacked 2D barcode or 1D barcode stack]. In addition, the product 100 can optionally have several different shelf life [times] or shelf life [times], for example, different parts or main foods and sauces [same manufacturing date and time] have different shelf life [ time] or shelf life, or have different shelf life [time] or shelf life due to different dates and times of manufacture.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, for example, the date and time bar code of another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a verification code, and the verification code is selected from a random number or other functional numbers. Or, the date and time bar code selection in another preferred embodiment of the present invention is made of a color-changing ink, and the color-changing ink is selected from a time-temperature indicator ink or other similar materials.

Generally speaking, a one-dimensional barcode is a striped barcode consisting of several vertical black bars and white bars, and the black bars and white bars are arranged from left to right, and the bar codes of the black bars and the white bars are arranged alternately, and the black bars and the white bars are arranged alternately. The horizontal width (thickness) of the barcode can be selected to be different. In addition, English letters, Arabic numerals, or a combination thereof are arranged under the bar code. In order to facilitate the reading of the first barcode reading device 2 and the second barcode reading device 3, the one-dimensional barcode has a predetermined height (vertical height), so that the first barcode reading device 2 and the second barcode reading device can read The device 3 can easily align the product barcode 101 and the date and time barcode 102 .

One-dimensional barcodes usually include Data Code and Check Code. International barcodes can only be used after application, and cannot be used for self-encoding and printing. EAN-8 has eight numeric codes, and it contains only data codes and check codes. The first three codes are the country code, and then The fourth code is the product code, and the last code is the inspection code. In addition, EAN-13 has thirteen digital codes, the first three codes are the country code, the fourth code is the manufacturer code, the fifth code is the commodity code, and the last code is the check code or inspection code.

In addition, the characteristic (or advantage) of the one-dimensional barcode is that the reading or recording speed of the barcode data is relatively fast, and the reading error rate of the barcode data is relatively low. However, the disadvantage of one-dimensional barcodes is that the data capacity of the barcode data is very small, and the one-dimensional barcodes are often unable to be read after being damaged, damaged or the ink has deteriorated. Therefore, the one-dimensional barcodes are not suitable for setting the manufacturing date or preservation date. .

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, for example, the first barcode reading device 2 and the second barcode reading device 3 are selected from a handheld barcode reading device, a desktop barcode reading device The reading device or the original device with similar barcode reading function is adopted, and the first barcode reading device 2 and the second barcode reading device 3 are connected to the product inventory management system 1 by appropriate technical means, Therefore, the product invoicing and inventory management system 1 does not need to change the original device with barcode reading function, the handheld barcode reading device or the desktop barcode reading device, so as to maintain the existing commodity management program.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, for example, with respect to the barcode reading technology of the first barcode reading device 2 and the second barcode reading device 3, the product barcode 101 can be selected from a one-dimensional barcode , a two-dimensional barcode, other types of barcodes or any combination thereof, and the date and time barcode 102 can also be selected from a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, other types of barcodes or any combination thereof.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of a method for managing invoicing and inventory using product date and time barcodes according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the first preferred embodiment of the present invention's inventory management method using product date and time barcodes includes a first step S1: First, for example, in the product inventory When the management system 1 executes the stocking, the Using the first barcode reading device 2 to read a product barcode 101 and a date and time barcode 102 on the product 100 automatically, semi-automatically or manually, and from the product barcode 101 Obtain at least one first product barcode data, and obtain at least one first date barcode data and at least one first time barcode data from the date-time barcode 102, and obtain the first product barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data. The time bar code data is stored in the product inventory management system 1 , and the product inventory management system 1 has the inventory calculation module 10 .

Please refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3. For example, the product barcode 101 and the date and time barcode 102 are configured independently and separately, so that the same product can be used among different manufacturers (third-party, supplier and retailer). The date and time barcode 102 of the specification, so any manufacturer can choose and configure the date and time barcode 102 suitable for its own, and can choose to design the date and time barcode 102 at will (for example: anti-counterfeiting function, anti-tamper function or other functions), so that Simplify or speed up the acquisition of date bar code data and time bar code data in invoicing inventory management between different manufacturers.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 again, the method for managing invoicing with product date and time barcodes according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a second step S2: then, for example, in invoicing and inventory management Using the second barcode reading device 3 on the product 100 to read the product barcode 101 and the date and time barcode 102 in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner, and obtain at least one second product barcode data from the product barcode 101, and obtain at least one second date barcode data and at least one second time barcode data from the date time barcode 102, and store the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data in the product invoicing Inventory Management System 1.

Please refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3 again, the first preferred embodiment of the present invention is a package of a method package for managing invoicing and inventory using product date and time barcodes Including the third step S3: Next, for example, in the product inventory management operation, the inventory calculation module 10 is used in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner to calculate the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the The first time barcode data, the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data are used in the inventory calculation module 10 for inventory calculation (for example: inventory or other related operations) to generate at least An invoicing inventory data, and the invoicing inventory data can be optionally stored in the product invoicing inventory management system 1 .

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2 again, for example, the product inventory management system 1 can optionally have a dynamic inventory calculation module (not shown), and the product inventory management system The system 1 or the dynamic inventory calculation module can optionally be installed in a server, a cloud server, or a device with similar functions.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the inventory management system using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to the inventory management system using product date and time barcodes shown in FIG. 1 . Referring to FIG. 4 , compared to the first embodiment, the system for inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a product inventory management system 1, at least one product sales [ Management] device [product-selling management device] 11 [or article sales management system] and at least one barcode reading device 20.

Referring again to FIG. 4, for example, the product sales (management) device 11 includes a point of sale (POS) system or has a POS terminal, and the product sales (management) The device 11 is used to check out one or more of the products 100, and the product sales (management) device 11 can optionally have a bar code reading unit or a point-of-sale terminal unit with a similar bar code reading function.

Please refer to Figure 4 again, for example, the product is sold The inventory management system 1 can optionally have a dynamic inventory calculation module (not shown), in the calculation, the dynamic inventory calculation module deducts a sales quantity data from the inventory quantity corresponding to the storage date to obtain the remaining inventory corresponding to the storage date Quantity, and the sales quantity data can be optionally input by the item sales [management] device 11. In addition, the corresponding storage date inventory quantity is a spot inventory quantity or a non-spot inventory quantity.

Please refer to Figure 4 again. For example, the dynamic inventory calculation module uses the storage date and sales quantity data to perform inventory calculation in an automatic or semi-automatic manner (for example, calculate the quantity according to various storage dates), to The spot inventory quantity data and the total inventory quantity data are generated, and the total inventory quantity data further includes at least one non-spot inventory quantity data.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic flow chart of the method for invoicing inventory using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to the method for invoicing inventory using product date and time barcodes shown in FIG. 3 . Referring to Figures 2, 4 and 5, the method for managing inventory using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the first step S1A: first, for example, in the product inventory When the management system 1 executes the purchase, at least one commodity barcode 101 is read on the product 100 by the barcode reading device 20 in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner, and the commodity barcode 101 contains at least one commodity barcode data, and the commodity The barcode data is stored in the product inventory management system 1 , and the article inventory management system 1 has an inventory calculation module 10 .

Referring again to Figures 2, 4 and 5, the method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a second step S2A: then, for example, in the product inventory When the inventory management system 1 performs stocking, at least one date-time barcode 102 is read on the product 100 by the barcode reading device 20 in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner, and the date-time barcode 102 includes at least one date barcode data and at least one date and time barcode. A time bar code data, and the date bar code data and time bar code data Stored in the product inventory management system 1.

Referring to Figures 2, 4 and 5 again, the method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the third step S3A: Next, for example, in the product sales operation Use the product sales [management] device 11 to transmit the product barcode data of the product barcode 101, the date barcode data of the date-time barcode 102, the time barcode data and at least one sales quantity data to the product in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner. The inventory management system 1, and the product sales (management) device 11 can read the product barcode 101 and the date and time barcode 102 on the product 100 by using the barcode reading device 20.

Referring again to Figures 2, 4 and 5, the method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a fourth step S4A: then, for example, in-process inventory In the management operation, the product inventory management system 1 uses the commodity barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and sales quantity data to perform inventory calculation in the inventory calculation module 10 in an automatic, semi-automatic or manual manner (for example: purchase and sell inventory or other related operations] to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data.

The aforementioned preferred embodiment is only an example of the present invention and its technical features, and the technology of this embodiment can still be implemented in various substantially equivalent modifications and/or alternative ways; therefore, the scope of the right of the present invention is subject to the appended patent application The scope defined by the scope shall prevail. The copyright in this case is restricted to be used for the purposes of the ROC patent application.

1: Commodity Invoicing Inventory Management System

10: Commodity Invoicing Inventory Calculation Module

100: Commodities

2: The first barcode reading device

3: Second barcode reading device

Claims (10)

An inventory management system using product date and time barcodes, comprising: a product inventory management system, which has an inventory calculation module; at least one product, which includes a commodity barcode and a date and time barcode, and The commodity bar code includes at least one commodity bar code data, and the date and time bar code includes at least one date bar code data and at least one time bar code data, and the commodity bar code and the date and time bar code are configured independently and separately; a first bar code reading device, which Connect to the product invoicing and inventory management system, and use the first barcode reading device to read the first commodity barcode data of the commodity barcode and the first date barcode data and a first date barcode data of the date and time barcode on the product. a time barcode data, so that the product inventory management system can store the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data; and a second barcode reading device, which is connected to the product invoicing an inventory management system, and use the second barcode reading device to read a second product barcode data of the product barcode and a second date barcode data and a second time barcode data of the date and time barcode on the product, so as to The second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data are stored and further processed in the product inventory management system; wherein the inventory calculation module is used in the product inventory management operation. The first product barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data and the second product barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data are used for inventory calculation in the invoicing inventory calculation module to generate at least 1. Invoicing inventory information. An inventory management system using product date and time bar codes, comprising: a product inventory management system, which has an inventory calculation module; A product sales [management] device, which is connected to the product inventory management system; at least one product includes a product barcode and a date and time barcode, and the product barcode includes at least one product barcode data, and the date and time barcode It includes at least one date barcode data and at least one time barcode data, and the product barcode and the date and time barcode are independently configured separately; and a barcode reading device, which is connected to the product invoicing and inventory management system, and is used on the product The barcode reading device reads the product barcode data of the product barcode and the date barcode data and time barcode data of the date and time barcode, so that the product inventory management system can store the product barcode data, date barcode data and time barcode data. ; In the product sales operation, the product sales [management] device is used to transmit the product barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and at least one sales quantity data to the product invoicing and inventory management system, and use the product barcode data. , date barcode data, time barcode data and sales quantity data are used for inventory calculation in the invoicing inventory calculation module to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data. According to the item 1 or 2 of the scope of application for an inventory management system based on product date and time barcodes, the product inventory management system has a product expiration date calculation module, a product expiration warning module, and a product instantiation module. An immediate warning module, an immediate product promotion module, or any combination thereof. According to item 1 or 2 of the scope of the patent application, the inventory management system using product date and time bar code is used, wherein the date and time bar code includes a verification code. According to item 1 or 2 of the scope of application for an invoicing and inventory management system using a product date and time bar code, wherein the date and time bar code is selected to be made of a color-changing ink. A method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes, comprising: using a first barcode reading device to read a commodity barcode on a product and a date-time barcode, and configure the product barcode and date-time barcode independently and separately, obtain at least one first product barcode data from the product barcode, and obtain at least one first date barcode data and at least one The first time barcode data, and the first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data are stored in a product inventory management system, and the product inventory management system has an inventory calculation module; using a second barcode reading device on the product to read the product barcode and the date and time barcode, and obtain at least one second product barcode data from the product barcode, and obtain at least one second product barcode from the date and time barcode Date barcode data and at least one second time barcode data, and store the second commodity barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data in the product inventory management system; and in-process inventory management operations The first commodity barcode data, the first date barcode data and the first time barcode data and the second product barcode data, the second date barcode data and the second time barcode data are used in the invoicing and inventory calculation module. The inventory calculation module performs inventory calculation to generate at least one invoicing inventory data. A method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes, comprising: using a barcode reading device on a product to read at least one commodity barcode, and the commodity barcode includes at least one commodity barcode data, and the commodity barcode data Stored in a product invoicing and inventory management system, and the product invoicing and inventory management system has an invoicing inventory calculation module; at least one date and time bar code is read on the commodity by the bar code reading device, and the commodity bar code is and date and time barcodes are independently configured, and the date and time barcodes include at least one date barcode data and at least one time barcode data, and the date barcode data and time barcode data are stored in the product inventory management system; in product sales operations using a product sales [management] device to The product barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and at least one sales quantity data are transmitted to the product inventory management system; and the product barcode data, date barcode data, time barcode data and sales quantity data are used in the invoicing inventory The calculation module performs inventory calculation to generate at least one spot inventory quantity data and at least one total inventory quantity data. According to item 6 or 7 of the scope of the patent application, the method for inventory management using product date and time barcodes, wherein the product inventory management system has a product expiration calculation module, a product expiration warning module, and a product instantiation module. An immediate warning module, an immediate product promotion module, or any combination thereof. According to item 6 or 7 of the scope of the patent application, the method for managing invoicing and inventory using a product date and time bar code, wherein the date and time bar code includes a verification code. According to item 6 or 7 of the scope of the patent application, the method for managing invoicing and inventory using product date and time barcodes is selected, wherein the date and time barcodes are selected from a color-changing ink.

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