WO1999038100A1

WO1999038100A1 - Commodity purchasing system

Info

Publication number: WO1999038100A1
Application number: PCT/JP1998/000302
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yasuhiro Kunioka
Original assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
Priority date: 1998-01-26
Filing date: 1998-01-26
Publication date: 1999-07-29
Also published as: KR20010005513A

Abstract

Order data of a commodity are easily stored and held, the stored and held order data are quickly and accurately collected through a communication line, the order data are transferred to a main computer at a time. Thus a commodity is ordered and shipped quickly and accurately in accordance with the transferred data and the programmable data processing from the order to the shipping of the commodity can be realized with a simple system construction and at a low cost.

Description

Description Product Purchasing System Technical Field The present invention distributes a product catalog to a large number of customers in a certain region, groups the required number of customers, performs batch orders, and aggregates order data for all regions. The present invention relates to a product purchasing system that can easily perform a series of processes using a computer until the product is shipped. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a product purchasing method, a product catalog has been distributed to an unspecified number of customers, an order slip has been issued to each customer, and based on the order slip, the order data has been sent to a computer terminal. A system that inputs, tallies, and sends out products is used.

Today, as an alternative to various forms, an IC card with a built-in counting circuit capable of storing and holding a large amount of rewritable data suitable for computer processing has become widespread. From such a point of view, the applicant first writes, stores and holds order data relating to the purchase of a large number of goods in the above-mentioned IC force with a required data input device.

By inputting the IC card into a terminal directly connected to the central computer, workability is improved, human resources are reduced, and data can be collected quickly and accurately. When used as a database card for data storage, it is necessary to identify the stored contents and the format and data that can be rewritten in order to use the card efficiently, and to perform these data processing tasks. Focusing on the need for a simple input device to perform this, we succeeded in developing a new product purchasing system.

In other words, this product purchasing system uses IC cards to respond to a large number of orderers. The order data of many products to be stored is easily stored and stored, and the stored order data is totaled by signal processing and transferred to the main computer at once. Shipping can be done promptly and reliably, thereby significantly reducing human labor and enabling programmable data processing from product ordering to shipping. A patent was obtained as No. 52 474.

The product purchasing system proposed in this way uses the first IC reader / writer that detachably mounts an order IC card that stores a list of item numbers and unit prices. Reading out and displaying the desired order data on the order IC card, and removably mounting an aggregation IC card for totalizing the order data written on the plurality of order IC cards at once. Transferring the order data written in the plurality of order IC cards using a second IC card reader / writer to a totalizing IC card, and storing the ordering data in the second IC card reader / writer; Transferring and storing a list of product numbers and unit prices of products to be sold in the next term from the card to the order IC card; and It is characterized by comprising a step of transferring order data to a computer and a step of instructing a product transaction for each order IC card orderer based on the order data compiled by the computer.

Therefore, according to the merchandise purchasing system having the above system configuration, it is possible to smoothly and promptly transfer the order data of the merchandise using the Ic card. In particular, the orderer uses a common order IC card for each group, writes these order IC cards in a lump to the tabulation IC card, and processes it directly at the convenience store. Order data can also be expanded from small-volume data to large-volume data in order to achieve extremely efficient computer processing. Also, when reading out order data from an order IC card, the order IC card can be rewritten with the new product data of the next term, so that data transfer when this type of IC card is used is efficient. Achieved and a large-scale product purchasing system can be built at low cost. However, in the conventional merchandise purchasing system, for example, in an order calculator for merchandise purchase, an IC card storing order data is pulled out from the order calculator, and is inserted into a terminal device for totalizing data to read and count the order data. Since it is necessary to do this, the equipment configuration of the custom calculator becomes complicated, and the manufacturing cost of the equipment increases. In addition, a connection terminal for connecting to an IC card and a slot for inserting an IC card are also required on the ordering calculator side, which further complicates the device configuration and increases the manufacturing cost of the device. There are difficulties to do. Furthermore, the provision of a slot for inserting an IC card has a limit in reducing the structural dimensions of a custom calculator.

In addition, in the conventional product purchasing system, since two types of IC cards, an order IC card and a tabulation IC card, are used, a reader / writer as an order calculator and a handy reader / writer that tabulates order data are used. In addition to the complicated structure of the combination, the handling of the reader / writer and the IC card was not only complicated, but also the inconvenience such as the loss of the IC card was confirmed.

Therefore, as a technology for transmitting various types of data today, a data communication technology that achieves quick and accurate data transmission using an optical communication line or a wireless communication line has been put into practical use. Memory has also been developed,

Order data from a large number of orderers written on the calculator without the IC card is transferred to the main computer memory while totaling the data as it is, making the order calculator even more compact and configuring the product purchasing system. Not only can the system be simplified, but also the system configuration for constructing the system can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. It has been found that there are many benefits, such as possible.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to easily store and hold order data of products, quickly and accurately total the stored and held order data using a communication line, and collectively transfer the order data to a main computer. Based on this, we provide a product purchasing system that enables quick and reliable ordering and shipping of products and realizes programmatic data processing from product ordering to shipping with a simple system configuration and low cost. You > _ This page o Disclosure of the Invention The product purchasing system according to the present invention uses an order data input / output device having a memory for storing a list of product numbers and unit prices, and uses the order data input / output device to store the product numbers and unit prices from the memory. Reading out the product data consisting of the following, displaying on the display unit, inputting desired order data by keyboard operation, and writing and storing the same in the memory; and storing the order data input / output device in the plurality of memory devices stored in the memory. A communication line is mutually connected via a communication terminal to a computer terminal device which collectively collects order data, and is stored in the memory of the terminal device and the memory of the order data input / output device. A step of totalizing a plurality of order data and transferring and storing the total order data; and Connecting the communication lines to each other via a communication terminal device, and transferring a total of the plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory of the computer terminal device to the memory of the main computer; A step of giving an order for merchandise for each orderer based on the order data collected by the main computer. In this case, the order data input / output device is provided with a plurality of orders stored in its memory. Directly connected via a connection terminal to an order totaling handy terminal device that collects data collectively and stored in the memory of the order totaling handy terminal device in the memory of the order data input / output device Collecting and transferring and storing a plurality of order data; and A total of the plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory is connected to the computer terminal via a communication terminal via a communication terminal, and the order totaling handy terminal device is stored in the memory of the computer terminal. And a step of transferring and storing a total of a plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory. Further, the step of writing the order data in the memory of the order data input / output device includes a keyboard for reading and writing the order data stored in the memory, a data display unit, an arithmetic processing circuit, and a communication terminal. And or external connection end A data specifying the orderer and the number of orders corresponding to the list of the product number and the unit price as the product data stored in the memory in advance, and the orderer as the order data in the data display portion. Can be configured to display data, item number, unit price, number of orders, and purchase price.

Further, the step of transferring and storing the order data written in the memory of the order data input / output device to a computer terminal device or an order totaling handy terminal device includes the steps of: The order data of the order are collectively collected and transferred to the memory of the computer terminal or the order totaling handy terminal device via the communication terminal or the external connection terminal, and the combination terminal terminal or the order totaling handy terminal is stored. The product data of the next planned product to be sold stored in the memory of the device is transferred to the memory of the order data input / output device connected via the communication terminal or the external connection terminal, and the product data is written. It can be configured to perform replacement.

That is, in the present invention, using the order data input / output device, provision of rewritable product data and writing of order data for collectively ordering a plurality of orderers in groups by group, These data are sequentially aggregated, and in the process they are constantly rewritten with new product data, and the aggregated order data is sequentially transferred to the main combination user, so that order data can be transferred efficiently and It can be performed efficiently and work efficiency is improved, and an accurate and quick product purchasing system can be realized at low cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a system explanatory diagram showing a data flow of a product purchasing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a system configuration of an order data input / output device of the product purchasing system shown in FIG. System diagram shown,

Fig. 3 is a system explanatory diagram showing the system configuration of the handy terminal device for order aggregation of the product purchasing system shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 shows the memory format in the memory of the order data input / output device shown in Fig. 2. Explanatory diagram showing an example of a mat,

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of a memory format in a memory of the order totaling handy terminal device shown in FIG. 3,

FIG. 6 is a system explanatory diagram showing a modification of the system configuration of the order data input / output device shown in FIG.

Next, an embodiment of a product purchasing system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a basic flow of product data and order data in a product purchasing system of the present invention. In Fig. 1, the orderer forms a group with multiple members, and a group leader 10 is selected from among them. A staff member 14 dispatched from the branch 12 is designated for a plurality of teams configured in this way. The branch office 12 has a plurality of such personnel 14, and the order data compiled by each personnel 14 is transferred by a computer terminal connected online with the main computer of the head office 16. Done.

Therefore, the hardware configuration for exchanging product data and order data between the branch 12 and the group leader 10 is as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. That is, the branch office 12 is provided with a computer terminal 24 which is connected to the main computer 20 of the head office 16 online. On the other hand, each group has an order input / output as an order calculator for product purchase. Device 22 (see Fig. 2) is prepared. As a data transfer means between them, an order totaling handy terminal device 26 (third terminal) which is carried by each person in charge 14 and is connected to the computer terminal device 24 operated and operated through a communication line. The order data input / output device 22 is connected to the order totaling handy terminal device 26, and the order data written in the memory 30 of the order data input / output device 22 is stored. A handy terminal device for order totaling 26 It is configured to total and store the data in the memory 40.

However, the order data input / output device 22 shown in FIG. 2 includes a memory 30 consisting of ROM and / or RAM, a keyboard 31 consisting of function keys and numeric keys as input / output means, and a data display unit 32. And an external connection terminal 33. The key input signal from the keyboard 31 is input via the 10 interface 34, and the order data is read out to the memory 30 via the CPU 35 in accordance with a preset order data format. And write or rewrite it. At this time, the contents of the memory 30 are connected to an order totaling handy terminal device 26 to be described later via an IZO interface 36 via an external connection terminal 33, and data is written and rewritten. Further, the contents of the memory 30 in which the data is written and rewritten can be displayed on the data display section 32 composed of a liquid crystal display device via the display driving device 37, for example.

On the other hand, the order totaling handy terminal device 26 shown in FIG. 3 has a memory 40 composed of ROM and / or RAM, a keyboard 41 composed of function keys and numeric keys as input / output means, and a data display unit 4. 2, an external connection terminal 43a, and a communication terminal 43b. A key input signal from the keyboard 41 is input via an I / O interface 44, and the order data is read into a memory 40 via a CPU 45 in accordance with a predetermined order data format. Write and rewrite or rewrite. At this time, the contents of the memory 40 are connected to the order data input / output device 22 via the external connection terminal 43a from the 10 interface 46a, and data is written and rewritten.

Further, the contents of the memory 40 in which the data is written and rewritten can be displayed on a data display section 42 composed of a liquid crystal display device via a display driving device 47, for example. Further, the contents displayed overnight on the data display section 42 may be printed out by a printer 50 externally connected, for example, via a printing drive 48, and used as a receipt. I can do it. The contents of the memory 40 are connected to a computer terminal device 24 provided at the branch 12 via a communication terminal 43 b via an I / O interface 46 b and a communication line connection. Subsequently, data is transmitted and received.

Next, data handled in the commodity purchasing system of the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, there are basically product data provided from the headquarters 16 to each group head 10 and order data provided from each group head 10 to the headquarters 16. The product data is, for example, a product number and its unit price, and the product catalog displaying the product number and its unit price is used together so that the contents can be confirmed. The order data is the orderer number, product number, and number of orders for each group.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a memory format in the memory 30 of the order data input / output device 22 used in the system of the present invention. That is, the memory 30 is set with each write error including an identification code for identifying the applicable range, a group code, and a plan code for designating a period during which the product is planned to be sold, and furthermore, a product number and its unit price. Is set as a product area in which a list is stored, and an order area in which the orderer's personal number, order product number, and number of orders are written.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a memory format in the memory 40 of the order totaling handy terminal device 26. The order totaling handy terminal device 26 includes an identification code for identifying the applicable range, a first planning code specifying the current and next product sales planning period, a second planning code, and a course assigned to the person in charge 14. A first product area and a second product area in which each writing area consisting of the specified course code is set, and the current and next planned product numbers and their unit prices are stored in a list, and the orderer for each group Set up multiple order entries to write your personal number, order item number and order quantity.

Therefore, the transfer of product data and order data in the system of the present invention is performed as follows. For example, the sales planning period for a product is set to one week, and product data for two weeks is compiled online from the main computer 20 at the headquarters 16 and compiled at each branch 12 via the evening terminal device 24. To the memory 40 of the handy terminal device 26. Next, the product data written in the memory 40 of the order totaling handy terminal device 26 becomes the first sales target in the memory 30 of the order data input / output device 22 by the operation of the person in charge 14. Product data for one week is written o In this way, the order data input / output device 22 on which the product data is written is possessed by each group leader 10 and the order data is written by each orderer. The order data input / output device 22 into which the order data has been written is passed from the group leader 10 to the person in charge 14, where the terminal is detachably connected to the order totaling handy terminal device 26. The order data written in the memory of the order data input / output device 22 is totaled and transferred to the memory 40 of the order totaling handy terminal device 26.

At this time, the order data is printed out by the printer 50 (see FIG. 3) connected to the order totaling handy terminal device 26, and the group leader 10 can confirm the contents. In addition, after the transfer of order data to the memory 40 of the order totaling handy terminal device 26 has been completed, the order data input / output device 22 memory 30 is stored in the memory 30 for one week for the next sale. A data rewrite operation is performed to write the product data of The order totaling handy terminal device 26 in which a large number of order data is transferred and stored is connected to a computer terminal device 24 provided in each branch 12 by a communication line and transferred to the memory of the computer terminal device 24. At the same time, the order data is transferred and stored in the memory of the main computer 20 of the head office 16 which is connected online with the computer terminal device 24.

Also, at this time, from the main computer 20, the next sales target and product data for one week are transferred to the order totaling handy terminal device 26, and the product data for one week for which sales have already ended has been transferred. Rewriting with product data is performed. In this way, the order data compiled by the headquarters 16 is sent to the product shipping center 18 where the ordered products are shipped by each group (see Fig. 1). Embodiment 2 Instead of the order data input / output device 22 shown in FIG. 1, an order data input / output device 23 allows an individual 11 to directly communicate with the computer terminal device 2 of the branch 1 2 without going through the person in charge 14. It is configured so that order data and product data can be exchanged by connecting to a communication line with 4. Therefore, in this case, the order totaling handy terminal device 26 used in the above embodiment is omitted. Therefore, the hardware configuration of the order data input / output device 23 applied in the present embodiment is as shown in FIG. The configuration of the order data input / output device 23 shown in FIG. 6 is common to the order data input / output device 22 shown in FIG. 2 in the basic configuration. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.

That is, the order data input / output device 23 shown in FIG. 6 is provided with a communication terminal 38 instead of the external connection terminal 33 in the order data input / output device 22 shown in FIG. The device 38 and the CPU 35 are connected via an IZO interface 39. Other configurations are the same as those of the order data input / output device 22 shown in FIG.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the order data input / output device 23 is connected to the computer terminal device 24 via the communication terminal 38 via the communication line to exchange order data and product data. You. The exchange of order data and product data between the memory of the computer terminal device 24 and the main computer 20 connected online is performed in exactly the same manner as in the above embodiment. In this embodiment, since the order totaling handy terminal device 26 is omitted, a receipt for confirming the order data cannot be output by the printer, but in this case, the main computer 20 The order data can be confirmed by displaying feedback information on the order data from the data display unit 32 of the order data input / output device 23.

Finally, in the memory provided in the computer terminal device 24 connected online to the main computer 20 in each of the above-described embodiments, all of the totalized order data is read out, and this is read out from the main computer 20. In addition to the transfer to the memory, the product data relating to the next planned product is transferred from the memory of the main computer 20 to rewrite the data.

As is apparent from the above-described embodiment, according to the commodity purchasing system according to the present invention, the commodity number and the commodity number are stored in the memory using an order data input / output device having a memory for storing a list of commodity numbers and unit prices. Read product data consisting of unit price and display it on the display A step of displaying and inputting desired order data by keyboard operation and writing and storing the same in the memory; and a step of summarizing a plurality of order data stored in the memory by the order data input / output device. A communication line is connected to the terminal device via a communication terminal, and the order data stored in the memory of the input / output device is counted and transferred to the memory of the computer terminal device. Steps and a total of a plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory of the computer terminal device are connected to the main computer via a communication terminal with each other via a communication terminal, and are stored in the memory of the main computer. Transferring a total of the plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory of the computer terminal device; A highly efficient and highly efficient computer process from ordering the product to shipping it, consisting of a step to issue product orders for each orderer based on the aggregated order data. This makes it possible to construct a large-scale product purchasing system at low cost.

Claims

Using an order data input / output device having a memory for storing a list of product numbers and unit prices, reads out product data consisting of the product numbers and unit prices from the memory, displays the product data on the display unit, and displays the data on the display unit. Inputting the order data by a keyboard operation and writing and storing the data in the memory;

The order data input / output device is mutually connected via a communication terminal to a computer terminal device for summarizing a plurality of order data stored in the memory, and is connected to the memory of the computer terminal device. Totalizing and transferring and storing the plurality of order data stored in the memory of the order data input / output device; and storing the total of the plurality of order data transferred and stored in the memory of the computer terminal device in the main computer. On the other hand, mutually connecting a communication line via a communication terminal device, transferring a total of the plurality of order data stored in the memory of the computer terminal device to the memory of the main computer,

Providing a product transaction instruction for each orderer based on the order data compiled by the main computer.

The order data input / output device is connected directly to the order totaling handy terminal device that collectively aggregates multiple order data stored in its memory via a connection terminal. Aggregating, transferring and storing a plurality of order data stored in the memory of the order data input / output device in a memory of the device;

The order totaling handy terminal device is connected to a computer terminal device via a communication terminal with a total of a plurality of order data transferred and stored in a memory thereof, and a memory of the computer terminal device. Transferring and storing a total of a plurality of order data transferred and stored in a memory of the order totaling handy terminal device;

The product purchasing system according to claim 1 provided for each of the claims.

Write the order data to the memory of the order data input / output device A keyboard for reading and writing order data stored in the memory, a data display unit, an arithmetic processing circuit, a communication terminal and / or an external connection terminal, and product data stored in the memory in advance. Write the data specifying the orderer and the number of orders in correspondence with the list of the product number and unit price as, and the data specifying the orderer as the order data, the product number, the unit price, and the number of orders in the data display section. And the product purchase system according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the purchase price is displayed.

The step of transferring and storing the order data written in the memory of the order data input / output device to the computer terminal device or the order totaling handy terminal device collectively stores the plurality of order data written in the memory of the order data input / output device. The data is collected and transferred to a computer terminal device or a memory of an order totaling handy terminal device via a communication terminal or an external connection terminal, and stored in the memory.

The product data of the next planned product to be sold, which is stored in the memory of the terminal device or order totaling handy terminal device, is stored in the communication terminal or the order calculator for product purchase connected via the external connection terminal. The product purchasing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the product purchasing system is configured to transfer the data to a memory and rewrite the product data.