JP2005166004A - Device and method for order reallocating and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a user to simply and promptly select an order for an object to be changed in a reservation destination of an inventory article. <P>SOLUTION: When an order-receiving system 100 (order reallocating device) receives order reception/order data, it determines a shipment place to set aside an inventory and a generate order reception slip data. When the order receiving system 100 receives designation of the shipment place and an ordered article, it outputs the order reception slip data of an unshipped item corresponding to the specified condition. Receiving the specified order reception slip data releasing the order selected from the outputted order reception slip data by a user and the order reception slip data for setting aside the inventory, the setting aside of the inventory article is released from the specified order reception slip data, and the released inventory article is set aside to the order reception slip data specified as an object which performs the mortgage of an inventory. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an inventory reallocating apparatus and method for reallocating inventory to an order for which inventory items have not been allocated, and a computer program.

  Conventionally, in an order receiving system for goods, when the ordered goods cannot be allocated due to out-of-stock or shortage, the allocation of other orders that have already been allocated is requested by the user. It was opened and replaced.

  On the other hand, in Patent Literature 1, in a distribution-type inter-base inventory adjustment device that has a plurality of inventory bases for purchasing the same product and in which a priority area and a non-priority area are divided as a delivery area of each inventory base, Describes the technology that enables the setting of the inter-base inventory adjustment mode to be changed according to the life cycle and logistics strategy. Specifically, inventory receipt / payment calculation prior to the planning period is performed for each inventory base and for each delivery area, and as a result, the initial overflow inventory generated in the non-priority area is replaced with the initial inventory for the priority area. Next, inventory receipt / payment calculation during the planning period is performed, and as a result, the stock at the end of the period generated for the priority area is replaced with the inventory for the non-priority area during the planning period. At this time, the plan period is divided into at least one inventory adjustment period, and the excess inventory at the end of the adjustment period is allocated to the non-priority area unallocated demand in order from the earliest inventory adjustment period.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 describes a technique that allows an input of an order for a product even when the product is out of stock. Specifically, when an order for a product is received from a client, the input of the order for the product is permitted in a state where the product is not in stock, and information regarding the input of the order is held as out-of-stock information. In addition, when a product is not allocated for the input of the order, an inquiry as to whether or not to hold the order is returned to the client. When an instruction input for holding the order is received from the client in response to the inquiry, the order is held as remaining order information.

In addition, Patent Document 3 particularly relates to inventory management of products that are in short supply, and specifies shipments according to the contents of orders, purchases / receptions / shipment provisions promptly and accurately, and provides sales / purchase information. A technique for enabling automatic generation is described. Specifically, when the order data from the shipper is received, the inventory database is referred to based on the order information of the order data, and the presence / absence of inventory items corresponding to the order data is confirmed. Then, shipment instruction data for inventory items is generated according to the confirmation result, and inventory items are allocated and shipped. In the inventory database, when a group of items that are inventory items of multiple shippers and have mutually compatible characteristics are managed as the same inventory group, and the order data is accepted, there is no inventory of the shipper that issued the order data In this case, inventory items of other shippers are allocated as shipments from the inventory group of the shipper corresponding to the received order data.
JP 2001-26307 A JP 2001-283060 A JP 2002-251552 A

In the conventional order receiving system, all reserved orders are handled as replaceable orders, which causes a decrease in system performance. In addition, for orders that could not be allocated, the user has made a selection of which orders that have already been allocated are replaceable orders, and this was a cumbersome task. It was very burdensome for the user.
However, in the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, there is no description of simply selecting an order to which an allocated item is to be replaced when the ordered item is out of stock. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a warehouse re-allocation apparatus and method by which a user can easily and quickly select a target order to which an inventory item is allocated and a destination is changed, and An object is to provide a computer program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the invention described in claim 1 is to receive order receiving data including at least ordering article and order quantity information, and to receive an order receiving means (151) for receiving the received order. A determination means (152) for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the order data, and the determination means (152) determines that an inventory item can be allocated In addition, an inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received / ordered data, and order receipt data including information on the ordered item, the shipping location of the allocated inventory item and the allocated quantity is generated and stored therein. In the case where it is determined that the allocation of the inventory item is impossible, the order receipt data including information on the order item indicated by the ordering data and the shipping location and the order quantity when the inventory item is allocated to the order item. Generate a Order receiving means (153) stored internally, shipping processing means (170) storing internally that the stock items allocated to the order slip data are shipped, and receiving the specification of the ordered goods and the shipping location , Output unsold order slip data including information on the specified order item and shipping location, and select the order slip data and the provisions to be released selected from the output order slip data for which inventory has been reserved Specified in the output order slip data that was not available for inventory allocation and the order allocation data for inventory allocation selected from the output order slip data and the quantity to be allocated. Release the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the sales order slip data, and allocate the inventory item of the specified quantity from the released inventory article to the sales order slip data to be allocated. Re provision means (155), a stock re reserve device characterized by comprising a (100).

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the order receiving means (151) for receiving the order receiving data including at least the order article and order quantity information and receiving the order, and the order receiving article indicated by the received order receiving data. A determination means (152) for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated, and when the determination means (152) determines that an inventory item can be allocated, it is indicated by the ordering data. Inventory items are allocated to the ordered items to be generated, order receipt data including information on the ordered items, the shipping location of the allocated inventory items and the allocated quantity is generated and stored therein, and the inventory items are allocated. When it is determined that the order is not possible, the order registration means (153) for generating and storing the order slip data including the information on the ordered item and the order quantity indicated in the order data, and storing the order slip data in the order slip data Reserved A stock processing unit (170) for storing the fact that the warehouse item has been shipped, and receiving the designation of the ordered item, outputting unshipped order slip data including information on the designated ordered item, and outputting the inventory The order reservation data selected from the reserved sales order data that has already been allocated, the quantity to be released and the quantity to be released, and the inventory allocation selected from the output sales order data that could not be allocated. In response to the designation of the order receipt data, the quantity to be allocated, and the shipping location, the allocation of the inventory item of the quantity specified from the order entry data to be allocated and released is released, and the released inventory article Re-allocation means (155) for allocating a specified quantity in the order slip data subject to inventory allocation for inventory articles for which inventory articles at a specified shipping location have been allocated. Capital is a stock re-provision apparatus according to claim (100).

  The invention according to claim 3 is the inventory re-allocation apparatus (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the order registration means (153) judges that the allocation of inventory items is impossible. Information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the received order data is invalid is stored therein, and the re-allocation means (155) indicates that the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid. Is stored inside, and information indicating that the order slip data for which the inventory has been allocated is invalid is canceled.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the inventory reallocating apparatus (100) according to claim 3, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid indicates a reason why the inventory is not allocated. It is characterized by being information.

  The invention according to claim 5 is an inventory re-allocation method used in an inventory re-allocation apparatus (100) for changing an allocation destination of allocated inventory items, and includes order / order data including at least information on ordered items and ordered quantities And receiving a received order (step S1), and a determination process for determining whether inventory items can be allocated for the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data (step S1, S2), and in the determination process (steps S1 and S2), when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the order item indicated by the ordering data, Order receipt data including information on the shipping location and the reserved quantity of the allocated inventory item is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the allocation of the inventory item is impossible, the order data An order registration process (steps S3 and S5) for generating and storing order receipt data including information on the indicated order item and information on the shipment location and the order quantity in the case of allocating inventory items to the order item; A shipment process (step S4) for internally storing that the inventory item allocated in the slip data has been shipped, and receiving the designation of the ordered item and the shipping location, and including the information on the designated ordered item and the shipping location. Order shipment data that has not yet been shipped is output, and the order release data to be released and the quantity to be released are selected from the output order receipt data that has already been allocated. The number specified from the order slip data to be allocated and released in response to the specification of the order slip data to be allocated for inventory selected from the received order slip data and the quantity to be allocated. A re-allocation process (steps S8 and S9) for releasing the allocation of the inventory items of the inventory item, and allocating a specified quantity of inventory items from the opened inventory items to the order slip data to be allocated. An inventory redrawing method characterized by comprising:

  The invention according to claim 6 is an inventory re-allocation method used in an inventory re-allocation apparatus (100) for changing an allocation destination of allocated inventory items, and includes ordering data including at least information on ordered items and ordered quantities And receiving a received order (step S1), and a determination process for determining whether inventory items can be allocated for the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data (step S1, S2), and in the determination process (steps S1 and S2), when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the order item indicated by the ordering data, Order receipt data including information on the allocated shipping location of the inventory item and the allocated quantity is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the allocation of the inventory item is impossible, the order data is stored. The order registration process (steps S3 and S5) for generating and storing the order slip data including the information on the ordered item and the order quantity indicated by the item, and the stock items allocated to the order slip data are shipped. Is stored in the shipment process (step S4), and the unordered order slip data including the information on the designated order item is output upon receiving the designation of the ordered item, and the output order slip with inventory reserved is output. Order receipt data to be released from the allocation selected from the data, the quantity to release the allocation, and the order receipt data to be allocated from the inventory that was selected from the output order slip data that could not be allocated. In response to the designation of the quantity to be allocated and the shipping location, the allocation of the inventory item of the quantity specified from the order slip data to be allocated and released is released, and the inventory item of the released inventory item is released. A re-allocation process (steps S8 and S9) of allocating the specified quantity in the order slip data to be allocated as inventory items for which the inventory item at the specified shipping location has been allocated. This is a characteristic inventory redrawing method.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the inventory re-allocation method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein it is determined that the inventory item cannot be allocated in the order registration process (step S5). Information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the order data is invalid is stored internally, and in the re-allocation process (steps S8 and S9), the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid. Is stored inside, and the information indicating that the received order slip data for which the inventory is allocated is invalid is released.

  The invention described in claim 8 is the inventory re-allocation method according to claim 7, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid is information indicating a reason why the inventory is not allocated. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 9 is a computer program used in the inventory re-allocation apparatus (100) for changing the allocation destination of the allocated inventory item, and receives the ordering / ordering data including at least information on the ordering item and the order quantity Then, an order receiving step (step S1) for receiving an order, and a determination step (steps S1 and S2) for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated for the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data. In the determination step (steps S1 and S2), when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the order item indicated by the order data, and the allocated item is allocated. In the case where it is determined that it is impossible to reserve inventory items by generating and storing order receipt data including information on the shipping location of the inventory items and the reserved quantity An order registration step of generating order receipt data including information on the ordered item indicated by the ordering data and information on the shipping location and order quantity in the case of allocating the stocked item to the ordered item and storing it internally (step S3, S5), a shipping processing step (step S4) for internally storing that the stock items allocated to the order slip data are shipped, and receiving the designation of the ordered item and the shipping location, Order shipment data that has not been shipped including shipment location information is output, and the order release data to be released and the quantity to be released are output, as selected from the output order receipt data that has already been allocated. The order to be allocated and released in response to the designation of the order to be allocated for inventory and the quantity to be allocated selected from the order slip data that could not be allocated. The re-allocation step (step) of releasing the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the vote data and allocating the inventory item of the specified quantity from the released inventory article to the sales order slip data to be allocated. A computer program that causes a computer to execute the processes of S8 and S9).

  The invention according to claim 10 is a computer program used in the inventory re-allocation apparatus (100) for changing the allocation destination of the allocated inventory item, and receives the ordering / ordering data including at least information on the ordering item and the order quantity. Then, an order receiving step (step S1) for receiving an order, and a determination step (steps S1 and S2) for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated for the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data. In the determination step (steps S1 and S2), when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the order item indicated by the order data, and the allocated item is allocated. In addition, order receipt data including information on the shipping location and the reserved quantity of the inventory item is generated and stored internally, and it is determined that the inventory item cannot be allocated. The order registration step (steps S3 and S5) for generating and storing the order slip data including the information on the order item and the order quantity indicated in the order data, and the order slip data is allocated. A shipment processing step (step S4) for storing the fact that the inventory item has been shipped inside, and receiving the designation of the ordered item, and outputting and outputting unshipped order slip data including information on the designated ordered item The order selected from the order slip data that has been reserved, the order slip data to be released, the quantity to be released, and the inventory selected from the output order slip data that could not be reserved. In response to the designation of the sales order slip data to be allocated, the quantity to be allocated, and the shipping location, the allocation of inventory items of the quantity specified from the sales order slip data to be allocated and released The re-allocation step of allocating the specified quantity to the order slip data subject to inventory allocation for the inventory articles for which inventory articles at the specified shipping location have been allocated among the opened inventory articles (step S8, A computer program that causes a computer to execute the processes of S9).

  The invention according to an eleventh aspect is the computer program according to the ninth or tenth aspect, wherein in the order receiving registration step (step S5), it is determined that it is impossible to allocate a stock item. Information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the order data is invalid is stored internally, and in the re-allocation step (steps S8 and S9), the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid. The information indicating that the order slip data for which the inventory has been allocated is invalidated, and information indicating that the order receipt data is invalid is canceled.

The invention according to claim 12 is the computer program according to claim 11, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid is information indicating the reason why the inventory is not allocated. Features.
It should be noted that “(sign)” referred to in this column only exemplifies a corresponding configuration in a column (the best mode for carrying out the invention) to be described later, and does not indicate any claim in the claims. The interpretation is not limited.

  According to the above invention, the user can easily and quickly select an order to be allocated and released and to be re-allocated in a range that does not involve the transportation of inventory items between the shipping locations of inventory items such as a distribution center. it can. Further, even immediately before shipment, it is possible to change the delivery destination of goods by re-allocation. In addition, if the ordered item cannot be allocated, the order is once completed, and for the ordering party who wishes to deliver the item by the same order, the completed order is used again to reallocate the inventory. It can be carried out.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an order receiving system 100 as an inventory reallocating apparatus according to the present invention.
The order receiving system 100 is connected to a network N. The network N receives and orders pharmaceutical items and the like in a common data format between the pharmaceutical manufacturer ordering system 100 and an ordering system (not shown) that transmits orders from pharmaceutical wholesalers (hereinafter simply referred to as “wholesalers”). This is a VAN (Value Added Network) for exchanging data (hereinafter referred to as transaction data) relating to transactions such as partitioning, partitioning, and out of stock.

  The order receiving system 100 holds an item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table, an item-rejection reason correspondence table, and an inventory database that indicate conditions for not allocating inventory items regardless of the inventory quantity. Thus, when the order receiving system 100 receives the order receiving / ordering data indicating the order of the order from the wholesaler via the network N, the order receiving system 100 generates an order receiving slip based on the order receiving / ordering data. When generating an order receipt, it is possible to determine whether or not to reserve inventory by referring to the inventory database, the item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table, and the item-rejection reason correspondence table. Reserve inventory. If shipment is possible, shipping slip data and billing slip data are further generated. Then, partition data indicating that the ordered item can be shipped is notified to the ordering system. On the other hand, when the inventory cannot be allocated, out-of-stock data indicating that the ordered item cannot be shipped is notified.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the expanded structure of the order receiving system 100. Only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The order receiving system 100 can be composed of, for example, one or a plurality of servers, and includes communication means 110, input means 115, inventory management means 120, transaction data transmission / reception means 130, order processing means 150, storage means 160, and shipping processing means. 170, billing processing means 180, and output means 190.

The storage unit 160 includes an inventory database 161, an item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 162, an item-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 163, an order slip storage unit 164, a shipping slip storage unit 165, and a billing slip storage unit. 166.
The inventory database 161 stores inventory information including information such as items of inventory items, inventory quantities, allocated quantities, manufacturing numbers, lot numbers, expiration dates, and shipping dates of each inventory items for each shipping location (distribution center). .
The item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 162 stores an item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table. The item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table shows the items for which the inventory is not allocated regardless of the inventory quantity, the wholesaler (customer), the rejection reason, and the deadline of the period when the inventory is not allocated. Is composed of a list of records consisting of information on the expiration date indicating. The reason for refusal indicates the reason for not allocating, for example, shortage, out of stock, sales discontinuation, transitional measures, etc.
The item-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 163 stores an item-rejection reason correspondence table. The item-rejection reason correspondence table is composed of a list of records including items of items that are not allocated for inventory regardless of the inventory quantity, reasons for rejection, and expiration date information.

The order slip storage unit 164 stores order slip data. The order slip data includes header information and a plurality of detailed information. The header information includes information such as a slip number, slip registration date, ordering wholesaler, order date, order number, and delivery destination. The detail information includes information such as an item number, an order item, an order quantity, a confirmation quantity indicating a stock quantity that can be allocated, an allocated quantity, a shipping location, a shipping date, a rejection reason, and the like.
The shipping slip storage unit 165 stores shipping slip data. The shipping slip data includes header information and a plurality of detailed information. The header information includes information such as a slip number, a slip registration date, an ordering wholesaler, an ordering date, an ordering number, a delivery destination, a shipper, and a slip number of the order slip data of the posting source. The detail information includes information such as the detail number, the item of the ordered item to be shipped, the lot number, the expiration date, the order quantity, the shipping quantity, the shipping location, and the shipping date.
The bill slip storage means 166 stores bill slip data. The billing slip data includes header information and a plurality of detailed information. The header information includes information such as a slip number, slip registration date, ordering wholesaler, ordering date, order number, delivery destination, and slip number of the shipping slip data of the posting source. The detail information includes information such as the detail number, the item of the order item, the lot number, the expiration date, the shipping quantity, the shipping location, the shipping date, and the amount of money.

The communication unit 110 transmits / receives data to / from the network N, and the input unit 115 receives information input by the user using a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The output unit 190 outputs to a screen or a printer.
The inventory management means 120 updates the information in the inventory database 161 when the inventory of goods increases.
The transaction data transmission / reception means 130 converts the data description format, data field attributes and lengths, setting values, etc., between the transaction data transmitted and received on the network N and the transaction data in the order receiving system 100, Perform format conversion such as completion. For example, when the item code used on the network N and the item code used in the order receiving system 100 are different, they are converted to each other. Further, if there is a deficient data item in the received transaction data, it is supplemented and transferred to the inside, and if there is a deficient data item in the transmitted transaction data, it is supplemented and transmitted to the network N.
The order processing means 150 recognizes the order contents based on the received order data, and generates order slip data. Further, when the stock is not allocated, out-of-stock data is generated and transferred to the transaction data transmitting / receiving means 130. Further, inventory re-allocation processing is performed for changing the allocation destination of the allocated inventory items.
The shipping processing means 170 generates shipping slip data based on the order slip data and writes it to the shipping slip storage means 165. In addition, the billing processing unit 180 generates billing slip data based on the shipping slip data and writes the billing slip data to the billing slip storage unit 166, and generates partition data and passes it to the transaction data transmitting / receiving unit 130.

In more detail, the order receiving processing unit 150 includes an order receiving unit 151, a determination unit 152, an order registration unit 153, an extraction unit 154, and a re-allocation unit 155.
The order reception means 151 receives the order data and accepts the order.
The judging unit 152 refers to the inventory database 161, the item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 162, and the item-rejection reason correspondence table storage unit 163, and stores the inventory item in the ordered item indicated by the ordering data. It is determined whether or not the allocation is possible.
The order entry registration unit 153 generates order slip data according to the determination of whether or not the inventory item can be allocated by the determination unit 152 and stores it in the order slip storage unit 164.
The extracting unit 154 receives the input of the search condition for the order slip data to be subject to the inventory re-allocation process, and extracts the unsold order slip data that matches the search condition from the order slip storage unit 164 and displays the screen. Output to.
The re-allocation unit 155 receives the designation of the inventory re-allocation process target, that is, the inventory item allocation release target and the allocation target order slip data from the order slip data extracted by the extraction unit 154, Re-allocate the company.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the order receiving system 100. In addition, when the order processing and the inventory re-allocation processing shown below are performed, when goods are received, the inventory information in the inventory database 161 is updated at any time by the inventory management means 120 of the order receiving system 100. And

First, the order receiving process in the order receiving system 100 will be described.
When the transaction data transmission / reception unit 130 of the order receiving system 100 receives the ordering / ordering data from the ordering system via the communication unit 110, it performs format conversion on the ordering / ordering data as necessary. Then, the converted ordering data is stored inside and transferred to the order processing means 150. The ordering data includes information such as the wholesaler of the ordering party, the order number, the order date, the delivery destination, the item of the ordered item, and the ordered quantity. The order reception means 151 of the order processing means 150 receives the ordering data from the transaction data transmission / reception means 130 and accepts the order (Step S1). Note that the user may input ordering data from the input unit 115.

  When an order is accepted by the order accepting means 151, the judging means 152 refers to the inventory database 161 and confirms whether there is an inventory quantity that can be allocated for each ordered item in the ordering data. At this time, first, the determination unit 152 determines a distribution center as a shipping place of each ordered item indicated by the ordering data. This includes, for example, internally storing shipping location determination information that associates one or more combinations of information such as customer (wholesaler), ordered items, ordered quantity, order date, etc. with a distribution center, This is done by referring to this.

  Next, the judging means 152 compares the ordered quantity with the inventory quantity in the inventory database 161 corresponding to the determined distribution center for each ordered article, and can allocate the inventory quantity (hereinafter referred to as “confirmed quantity”). ) To get. For example, when the inventory quantity is greater than or equal to the order quantity, the confirmation quantity is the same quantity as the order quantity. If the inventory quantity is 0, the confirmation quantity is 0. If the inventory quantity is greater than 0 and less than the order quantity, the inventory quantity is the confirmation quantity.

  Subsequently, the determination unit 152 determines the shipping date. This includes, for example, any one or a plurality of combinations of customer (wholesalers), ordered items, distribution centers, etc., and information indicating shipping date and time (13:00 two days later, next Monday morning, etc.) The shipping date determination information associated with is stored in the inside and is referred to.

  When the shipping date is determined, the judging means 152 refers to the item / rejection reason correspondence table, has the information of the item and customer of the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data, and has an expiration date before the current date and time. Search for records. When there is no matching record, the item-rejection reason correspondence table is further referenced to search for a record having information on the item of the ordered item and having an expiration date before the current date and time. If there is no matching record in the item-rejection reason correspondence table, the determination unit 152 determines that the ordering / ordering data is not subject to rejection due to inventory allocation. On the other hand, if there is a record that matches the item-rejection reason correspondence table, or if there is a record that matches the item-rejection reason correspondence table, it is determined that the inventory is to be rejected. Then, the reason for refusal in the matching record is read and stored in association with the ordered item.

  Next, in step S1, the order registration means 153 allocates inventory for the ordering / ordering data that is not subject to inventory allocation rejection (step S2). That is, the inventory quantity in the inventory database 161 corresponding to the item of the ordered article and the shipping location determined in step S1 is updated to a quantity obtained by subtracting the confirmation quantity of the ordered article. When the confirmation quantity of one of the ordered items is 0, a reason for refusal indicating “out of stock” is given to the ordered item, and the inventory is not allocated.

  Subsequently, in step S2, the order registration means 153 performs order registration for the ordering / ordering data for which the inventory allocation has succeeded, that is, the reason for rejection is not set (step S3). The order registration means 153 generates order slip data based on the information in the ordering / ordering data, the confirmed quantity of each ordered article, the reserved quantity, the distribution center determined in step S1, the shipping date information, and the like. At this time, the order slip number and the detail number are newly generated. Then, the generated order slip data is written in the order slip storage means 164.

  At the time of shipment, the user designates the order slip data to be shipped out of the order slip data registered in the order slip storage means 164, and further relates to the shipment such as the lot number of the article to be shipped, the shipment quantity, and the person in charge of shipping. Enter information. As a result, the shipping processing unit 170 creates shipping slip data based on the information in the designated order slip data and the input information, and writes the shipping slip data in the shipping slip storage unit 165 (step S4). This shipping slip data includes information for specifying the order slip data of the transfer source. As a result, it is understood that the order slip data that is not the transfer source of the shipment slip data is the order slip data before shipment. Alternatively, information indicating whether or not the transfer to the shipping slip data has been performed may be stored therein corresponding to the order slip data.

  Further, when the user designates shipping slip data to be billed and inputs information related to billing, the billing processing means 180 creates billing slip data based on the designated billing slip data and the inputted information. To be written in the bill slip storage means 166. Then, the billing processing unit 180 generates partition data from the billing slip data and passes it to the transaction data transmitting / receiving unit 130. The transaction data transmission / reception means 130 stores the partition data received from the billing processing means 180 inside, performs format conversion as necessary, and transmits it to the ordering system. The partition data includes information such as the wholesaler of the ordering party, the order date, the order number, the delivery destination, the item of the ordered item, the lot number, the expiration date, the shipping quantity, the shipping date, and the amount of money.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1 that the allocation is determined to be rejected, or if the confirmation quantity of one of the ordered items is 0 in step S2, order slip data in which the reason for rejection is set is generated, and the order is received. Write to the slip storage means 164 (step S5). That is, the order registration means 153 receives an order based on the information in the ordering data, the confirmation quantity of each ordered item and the reason for refusal given to the ordered item, the distribution center determined in step S1, the shipping date information, etc. Generate slip data. At this time, the order slip number and the detail number are newly generated. Then, the generated order slip data is written in the order slip storage means 164. The order slip data in which the reason for refusal is set is determined to be an invalid slip.

  Then, the order registration means 153 outputs the order slip data in which the confirmed quantity of one of the ordered items is 0 or a predetermined rejection reason such as sales stop is set on a screen or paper (step S6). ). Further, out-of-stock data is created from the order slip data and transferred to the transaction data transmission / reception means 130. The transaction data transmission / reception unit 130 stores the out-of-stock data received from the order registration unit 153, converts the format as necessary, and transmits it to the ordering system (step S7). The out-of-stock data includes information such as the wholesaler of the orderer, the order date, the order number, the delivery destination, the item of the ordered item, the ordered item that cannot be shipped, and the reason why the item cannot be shipped.

Next, the inventory re-allocation process in the order receiving system 100 will be described.
First, in order to search for the details of the order slip data to be subject to inventory re-allocation processing, the user inputs an item of the order received item as a search condition. In addition, the search condition may be a reason for refusal of a specific reason such as out of stock, a distribution center, or the like. The extracting unit 154 searches the order slip data in the order slip storage unit 164 for detailed information on unshipped order slip data that matches the input search condition, and displays a list of the detail information obtained as a result. (Step S8). The unshipped slip data includes slip data that is invalidated because a reason for refusal is given.

  When the item list is displayed, the user selects the slip data and item information to be released from the list items displayed. Then, the quantity for which the allocation is released (or the quantity for which the inventory is continuously allocated) or the reason for refusal is entered when the allocation of all the inventory is cancelled. Further, the user selects the order slip data and the item information for which the inventory is to be reserved, from the listed items. Then, the quantity to be allocated is entered, and a new shipping date and a distribution center are entered as necessary. When the user inputs an allocation release instruction and an allocation instruction to the order receiving system 100, the user inputs an execution instruction for inventory re-allocation processing.

  The re-allocation means 155 of the order receiving system 100 increases the inventory quantity in the inventory database 161 corresponding to the ordered article for which the allocation release is designated by the designated release quantity. At this time, the confirmation quantity with respect to the order quantity of each order article in each order slip data for which the allocation release is specified is acquired. Then, the reserved quantity, the confirmed quantity and the reason for refusal after the reserved release are written in the detailed information of the order slip data whose released reservation is released.

  Subsequently, the re-allocation unit 155 writes the new order quantity, the distribution center and the shipping date in the detailed information of the order slip data to be allocated, and deletes the rejection reason. Then, for each ordered item in the rewritten order slip data, the order quantity is compared with the inventory quantity in the inventory database 161 corresponding to the distribution center to obtain a confirmation quantity. If the confirmation quantity is not 0, the reallocating unit 155 allocates inventory by the same process as in step S2. When inventory items are allocated, the re-allocation means 155 updates the confirmation quantity and the allocation quantity of each item information of the order slip data. Thereafter, the shipping process in step S4 is performed.

  On the other hand, if the confirmed quantity of one of the ordered items is 0 and the inventory item cannot be allocated, the reason for refusal such as out of stock is written in the detailed information of the ordered item that cannot be allocated in the order slip data. . Then, the re-allocation unit 155 outputs information on the order slip data that could not be allocated to a screen or paper (step S6), and further generates out-of-stock data and transfers it to the transaction data transmission / reception unit 130. (Step S7).

  When the reallocating unit 155 of the order receiving system 100 finishes the above-described inventory reallocating process, the processing result is output to a screen or the like. In the processing result, whether or not the designated allocation release or the inventory allocation has been normally completed, the change in the detailed information before and after the inventory allocation process, and the like are displayed.

In the above, when the allocation is released, the inventory quantity is temporarily increased, but without increasing the inventory quantity, the same distribution center as the inventory article allocated to the ordered article whose allocation has been released is used. You may reserve directly to the order receipt data of the specified inventory allocation object.
Further, when a distribution center is designated as a search condition, it is not necessary to input a new distribution center when selecting the order slip data to be re-allocated.
In addition, in the inventory re-allocation process, when multiple pieces of detailed inventory information are selected, priority for allocation may be set. As a result, inventory allocation is executed in order of priority for the details of the selected order slip data.

  FIG. 4 shows a search condition designation screen for inputting the search condition for the details of the order slip data to be subject to inventory re-allocation processing. In the figure, the user sets the unshipped item extraction button to on, sets the item code of the article for which inventory is to be re-allocated, and inputs search execution. Further, a logistic center code (plant), a reason code for refusal, and the like may be set as search conditions.

  FIG. 5 shows a screen image of a target item list display screen for displaying a list of details of inventory re-allocation processing targets. As shown in the figure, the target item list display screen has a slip number (sales slip) of unshipped sales order slip data having detailed information that matches the search condition, and a detailed number of the detailed information that matches the search condition (detail) ), A check box for designating a processing target, an item code and text of an ordered product, an order quantity, a unit of measure, a code and text of a reason for rejection, a code and text of a distribution center (plant), and the like are displayed. The new shipment date, new order quantity, and new rejection reason indicate the new shipment date, order quantity, and rejection reason that are specified during inventory re-allocation processing. The shipping date, order quantity, and reason for rejection are displayed.

  In the same figure, the slip number 1134, the details of the order slip with the detail number 10, the slip number 1116, the details of the order slip with the detail number 10, and the details of the order slip with the slip number 241 and the detail number 10 are given reasons for rejection. Indicates that no inventory has been reserved. On the other hand, the slip number 1117, the detail of the order slip with the detail number 10, the slip number 255, the detail of the order slip with the detail number 20, and the detail of the order slip with the slip number 256, the detail number 20 are given reasons for rejection. Since there is no stock, it shows that the stock is reserved for the order quantity.

  When reallocating inventory, the user checks the check box in the row where the target item is displayed, enters the new order quantity, and releases the new rejection reason. In addition, a new plant and a new shipment date are input as necessary. For example, in FIG. 5, the details of the order slip with slip number 1134 and detail number 10 are targets for inventory allocation, and the quantity for which inventory allocation is to be made (new order quantity) and the new shipping date are designated. Similarly, the details of the order slip with the slip number 1116 and the detail number 10 are targets for inventory re-allocation, and the quantity for which inventory allocation is performed (new order quantity) is designated.

  In addition, when releasing the allocated inventory, check the check box in the row where the target details are displayed, and when releasing all the inventory items, when releasing only a part of the new rejection reason Enter the quantity to reserve inventory items following the new order quantity. For example, in FIG. 5, the details of the order slip with slip number 1117 and detail number 10 are targets for releasing the reserved inventory items, and the check box in the row is checked to release all the inventory items. The new reason code is entered in

  FIG. 6 shows a result display screen image that displays the results of inventory re-allocation and inventory release processing. In the same figure, the slip number and item number of the order slip data for which inventory re-allocation processing has been performed, status indicating whether the processing has been completed normally or in error, the item code and text of the order item, before the inventory re-allocation processing execution The reason for refusal after the update, the order quantity, the confirmation quantity, the shipping date, the distribution center (plant), and the like are displayed. Also, the new order quantity, new rejection reason, and distribution center (plant) designated at the time of inventory re-allocation processing are displayed as the changed order quantity, rejection reason, and distribution center (plant).

In this figure, the details of the order slip with slip number 1116 and detail number 10 have been released from the reason for refusal, and the order quantity and confirmation quantity after change and update are the same. It shows that it was allocated.
Similarly, the details of the order slip with the slip number 1134 and the detail number 10 are canceled, and the order quantity and the confirmed quantity after the change and the update are the same. It shows that inventory has been reserved and that the shipping date has been changed as specified.
In addition, the details of the order slip with the slip number 1117 and the detail number 10 are not in stock because the order quantity after confirmation and the confirmed quantity are the same, but because the reason for refusal as specified is given, This indicates that the inventory has been released and is not actually reserved.

  In the above embodiment, if any of the ordered items received in the ordering data is the object of refusal due to inventory allocation, or if the inventory cannot be allocated, the reason for refusal is set and invalid. Although it is the order slip data, it is also possible to invalidate only the details of the ordering item for which inventory allocation is to be rejected or for which inventory allocation has not been possible.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can easily and quickly select an order slip for inventory re-allocation processing within a range that does not involve the transportation of inventory items between distribution centers. . In addition, it is possible to select only an order slip for which inventory has not been allocated for a specific reason as a target for re-allocation. Moreover, even before the shipment, the delivery destination of the article can be changed. In addition, if the ordered item cannot be allocated, it will be treated as if the order slip has been completed once, and the completed order slip will be used again for the ordering party who wishes to deliver the item in the same order. Inventory.

  The order receiving system 100 described above has a computer system therein. The operation process of the order receiving system 100 described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above-described processing is performed by the computer system reading and executing this program. The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  In addition to ROM, “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. That means. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a client or a system when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

1 is a system overview diagram of an order receiving system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the order receiving system by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement procedure of the order receiving system by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen image of the search condition designation | designated screen by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen image of the object description list display screen by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen image of the result display screen by the embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Order reception system 110 ... Communication means 115 ... Input means 120 ... Inventory management means 130 ... Transaction data transmission / reception means 150 ... Order reception processing means 151 ... Order reception means 152 ... · Judgment means 153 ··· Order registration means 154 ··· Extraction means 155 · Re-allocation means 160 ··· Storage means 161 ··· Inventory database 162 ··· Item-customer-rejection reason correspondence table storage means 163: Item-rejection reason correspondence table storage means 164: Order slip storage means 165 ... Shipping slip storage means 166 ... Billing slip storage means 170 ... Shipping processing means 180 ... Billing processing means

Claims (12)

An order receiving means for receiving ordering data by receiving ordering data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A judging means for judging whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
When the determining means determines that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, and the shipping location and allocation of the allocated inventory item and the allocated inventory item are allocated. Order receipt data including quantity information is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that it is impossible to allocate inventory items, the order items indicated in the order data and the inventory items are stored in the order items. Order registration means for generating and storing order receipt data including information on the shipping location and order quantity when allocating,
Shipping processing means for internally storing that the inventory items allocated to the order slip data are shipped;
An order that has been specified for the order and the shipping location is output, unshipped sales order data including the information on the specified order and the shipping location is output. Order quantity data to be released and the quantity to be released, and the order quantity data to be allocated and the quantity to be reserved selected from the output order form data that was not available for inventory allocation Upon receipt of the designation, the allocation of the specified quantity of the inventory item is released from the sales order slip data to be allocated and released, and the specified quantity of the inventory item is released from the released inventory item. Re-allocation means for allocating to order slip data;
An inventory reallocating device comprising: An order receiving means for receiving ordering data by receiving ordering data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A judging means for judging whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
When the determining means determines that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, and the shipping location and allocation of the allocated inventory item and the allocated inventory item are allocated. Order slip data including quantity information is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that it is impossible to allocate inventory items, information on the ordered items and the ordered quantity indicated in the order data is received. An order registration means for generating order slip data including and storing it internally;
Shipping processing means for internally storing that the inventory items allocated to the order slip data are shipped;
Receives the designation of the ordered item, outputs unsold order data including the information on the designated ordered item, and outputs the order document that is selected from the output order document data that has already been allocated. Received the designation of the quantity to release the data and the allocation, the sales order data for the inventory allocation selected from the output sales order data that could not be allocated, the quantity to be allocated, and the shipping location , Release the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the order slip data to be allocated and released, and stock the inventory item that has been allocated the inventory item of the specified shipping location among the released inventory item Re-allocation means for allocating only a specified quantity to the order slip data to be allocated;
An inventory reallocating device comprising: The order registration means stores therein information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the order data determined to be incapable of allocating inventory items is invalid,
The re-allocation means stores therein information indicating that the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid, and indicates that the order slip data for which inventory allocation has been performed is invalid Cancel information,
The inventory reallocating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   4. The inventory reallocating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid is information indicating a reason why the inventory is not allocated. An inventory re-allocation method used in an inventory re-allocation apparatus for changing an allocation destination of allocated inventory items,
An order receiving process for receiving an order by receiving order data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A determination process for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
In the determination process, when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, the ordered item and the allocated shipping location of the inventory item, Order receipt data including information on the allocated quantity is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the allocation of the inventory item is impossible, the order item indicated in the order data and the inventory item in the order item An order registration process for generating and storing order receipt data including information on the shipping location and order quantity when allocating
A shipping process for storing internally that inventory items allocated to the order slip data are shipped;
An order that has been specified for the order and the shipping location is output, unshipped sales order data including the information on the specified order and the shipping location is output. Order quantity data to be released and the quantity to be released, and the order quantity data to be allocated and the quantity to be reserved selected from the output order form data that was not available for inventory allocation Upon receipt of the designation, the allocation of the specified quantity of the inventory item is released from the sales order slip data to be allocated and released, and the specified quantity of the inventory item is released from the released inventory item. Re-allocation process to allocate to order slip data;
An inventory redrawing method characterized by comprising: An inventory re-allocation method used in an inventory re-allocation apparatus for changing an allocation destination of allocated inventory items,
An order receiving process for receiving an order by receiving order data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A determination process for determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
In the determination process, when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, the ordered item and the allocated shipping location of the inventory item, Order receipt data including information on the reserved quantity is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the inventory item cannot be allocated, information on the ordered item and the ordered quantity indicated in the order data An order registration process that generates and stores order data including
A shipping process for storing internally that inventory items allocated to the order slip data are shipped;
Receives the designation of the ordered item, outputs unsold order data including the information on the designated ordered item, and outputs the order document that is selected from the output order document data that has already been allocated. Received the designation of the quantity to release the data and the allocation, the sales order data for the inventory allocation selected from the output sales order data that could not be allocated, the quantity to be allocated, and the shipping location , Release the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the order slip data to be allocated and released, and stock the inventory item in which the inventory item of the specified shipping location was allocated among the released inventory item A re-allocation process for allocating a specified quantity in the order slip data to be allocated;
An inventory redrawing method characterized by comprising: In the order registration process, information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the order data determined to be incapable of allocating inventory items is stored internally,
In the re-allocation process, information indicating that the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid is stored internally, and the order slip data for which inventory allocation has been performed is invalid. Cancel the information shown,
7. The inventory re-allocation method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein:   8. The inventory reallocating method according to claim 7, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid is information indicating a reason why the inventory is not allocated. A computer program for use in an inventory re-allocation device for changing the allocation destination of allocated inventory items,
An order receiving step for receiving ordering data by receiving ordering data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A determination step of determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
In the determination step, when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, the ordered item and the allocated shipping location of the inventory item, Order receipt data including information on the allocated quantity is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the allocation of the inventory item is impossible, the order item indicated in the order data and the inventory item in the order item A sales order registration step for generating sales order slip data including information on the shipping location and the order quantity in the case of allocating and storing them internally;
A shipping processing step for internally storing that the inventory items allocated in the order slip data are shipped;
Receives the designation of the ordered item and the shipping location, outputs the unshipped sales order slip data including the information on the designated ordered item and the shipping location, and reserves selected from the output inventory slip data that has been allocated. Specify the order slip data to be released and the quantity to be released, and the order slip data to be allocated selected from the output order slip data that could not be reserved and the quantity to be reserved Release the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the order slip data to be allocated and released, and the received order of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the released inventory article Re-allocation step to allocate to the slip data;
A computer program that causes a computer to execute each of the processes. A computer program for use in an inventory re-allocation device for changing the allocation destination of allocated inventory items,
An order receiving step for receiving ordering data by receiving ordering data including at least information on an ordered item and an ordered quantity;
A determination step of determining whether or not an inventory item can be allocated to the ordered item indicated by the received ordering data;
In the determination step, when it is determined that the inventory item can be allocated, the inventory item is allocated to the ordered item indicated by the ordering data, the ordered item and the allocated shipping location of the inventory item, Order receipt data including information on the reserved quantity is generated and stored internally, and when it is determined that the inventory item cannot be allocated, information on the ordered item and the ordered quantity indicated in the order data An order registration step for generating and storing order data including
A shipping processing step for internally storing that the inventory items allocated in the order slip data are shipped;
Receives the designation of the ordered item, outputs unsold order data including the information on the designated ordered item, and outputs the order document that is selected from the output order document data that has already been allocated. Received the designation of the quantity to release the data and the allocation, the sales order data for the inventory allocation selected from the output sales order data that could not be allocated, the quantity to be allocated, and the shipping location , Release the allocation of the inventory item of the specified quantity from the order slip data to be allocated and released, and stock the inventory item that has been allocated the inventory item of the specified shipping location among the released inventory item A re-allocation step of allocating only a specified quantity to the order slip data to be allocated;
A computer program that causes a computer to execute each of the processes. In the order registration step, information indicating that the order slip data corresponding to the order data that is determined to be incapable of allocating inventory items is stored internally,
In the re-allocation step, information indicating that the order slip data whose inventory allocation has been released is invalid is stored internally, and the order slip data for which inventory allocation has been performed is invalid. Cancel the information shown,
The computer program according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that   12. The computer program according to claim 11, wherein the information indicating that the order slip data is invalid is information indicating a reason why the inventory is not allocated.

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