JP2006172188A - Commodity management system, method for issuing commodity management label, commodity management label, commodity management program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity management system capable of contributing to providing consumers with commodities at proper prices by facilitating quality control that takes the expiration dates of commodities and the like into account; a method for issuing commodity management labels; a commodity management program; and a storage medium. <P>SOLUTION: A management computer 1 includes a storage part 7 with a quality control information storage part 7b for storing quality control information including the date of purchase of commodities or the time to start display, i.e., the time to start displaying the commodities at a store, and an expiration date storage part 7a for storing the expiration dates of the commodities; and a color determining part 8 with an expiration date-based table 8a and a quality control information-based table 8b. Using the expiration date-based table 8a and the quality control information-based table 8b, the color determining part 8 classifies the commodities with the same expiration date according to the quality control information and sets respective colors to the commodities. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a product management system, a product management label issuing method, a product management label, a product management program, and a storage medium for managing a product having a expiration date.

Consumers are strongly interested in food safety, and more thorough management is desired for managers who provide and manage food.
Conventionally, since products having an expiration date such as food lose their value as products after the expiration date, the manager must collect these products.

  When collecting products that have passed the expiration date, the administrator distinguishes between items that are collected or not from the expiration date indication that is written or attached to each product, but to check the expiration date for each product. Was time consuming and labor intensive for administrators.

In order to reduce such a burden on the administrator, for example, in Patent Document 1, a product expiration date is managed for each time zone, and a label attached to the product has a different color corresponding to the time zone. A technique for coloring the color is disclosed. According to such a method, it is possible to determine the expiry date of the product by the color, so the burden on the administrator is reduced.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-56885

  By the way, when selecting a product, the consumer repeatedly takes the displayed product and returns it. Such acts cause food damage and reduce the quality of the product. Therefore, even if the expiration date is the same, the quality of the food is not always equal depending on the displayed time.

However, since the above-described method manages the timing of discarding products according to the expiration date, it cannot contribute to the management of quality that changes depending on the displayed time.
Further, since the consumer purchases the product at a price commensurate with the quality of the product, the product having a difference between the product value and the price is unsold and discarded.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional circumstances, and its purpose is to facilitate quality control in consideration of the expiration date of the product and contribute to providing the product at an appropriate price to the consumer. A product management system, a product management label issuing method, a product management label, a product management program, and a storage medium are provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is a merchandise management system for managing merchandise to be displayed for a period of time corresponding to a expiration date, wherein the merchandise is attached to the merchandise and purchased from the merchandise. Quality management information including display start time, which is a day or time when the product starts to be displayed at the storefront, product management means for determining a color according to the expiration date, and product management colored with the color And a printing means for printing the label.

  According to this product management system, the display start time and the delivery date of each product can be confirmed by confirming the color output from the product management means. Therefore, it is possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality caused by display and changes in management status due to differences in purchase dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices be able to.

  The summary of the product management system described above further includes price display means for displaying the color and the price of the product set by the quality management information and the expiration date.

  According to such a configuration, the price of the product set by the display start time and the expiration date can be disclosed to the consumer by the price display means. Therefore, for example, it is possible to inform the consumer of changes in the price of the product without attaching a discount sticker or the like to each product, and it is possible to contribute to providing the product to the consumer at an appropriate price.

  In the product management system described above, the product management unit includes a remaining amount calculation unit that calculates a remaining amount of the product, and the price display unit calculates the price in consideration of a calculation result of the remaining amount calculation unit. It can be summarized as displaying.

  According to such a configuration of the product management means, it is possible to provide the consumer with a price that also takes into account the remaining amount of the product. Therefore, it becomes possible to promote consumers' willingness to purchase, and it can contribute to reducing the surplus of goods.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise management label issuing method for issuing a merchandise management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to a expiration date, wherein the purchase date of the merchandise or the merchandise is at a store Determining a color for coloring the merchandise management label according to the quality control information including a display start time that is a time when the merchandise starts to be displayed, and the expiration date, and a merchandise management label with the determined color. And a step of printing.

  According to this merchandise management label issuing method, the display start time and the delivery date of each merchandise can be confirmed by checking the color. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality that occurs due to display and changes in management status due to differences in purchase dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices Can do.

  In the third aspect of the present invention, the display is a product management label attached to the displayed product for a period corresponding to the expiration date, which is the date of purchase of the product or the time when the product starts to be displayed at the storefront. The gist is to have a colored portion colored in a color set according to the quality control information including the start time and the expiration date.

  According to this merchandise management label, the display start time and delivery date of each merchandise can be confirmed by confirming the color colored in the colored portion. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality that occurs due to display and changes in management status due to differences in purchase dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices Can do.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product management program for causing a management computer to execute a process for issuing a product management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to a expiration date. The management computer having a storage unit for storing the quality management information including a display start time that is a purchase date of the product or a time when the product starts to be displayed at the store, and the expiration date, and the quality management information and the The gist is that a determination process for determining a color for coloring the merchandise management label according to an expiration date and a printing process for printing the merchandise management label with the determined color are executed.

  According to this product management program, the display start time and the delivery date of each product can be confirmed by confirming the color determined by the determination process by the management computer. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality that occurs due to display and changes in management status due to differences in purchase dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices Can do.

  In a fifth aspect of the present invention, a storage for storing a product management program for causing a management computer to execute a process for issuing a product management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to a expiration date. A storage unit for storing quality management information including a display start time that is a date of purchase of the product or a time at which the product starts to be displayed at a store, and the expiration date; A determination process for determining a color for coloring the commodity management label according to the quality management information and the expiration date, and a printing process for printing the commodity management label with the determined color; The gist is to execute.

  According to this storage medium, it is possible to confirm the display start time and the delivery date of each product by confirming the color determined by the determination process by the management computer. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality that occurs due to display and changes in management status due to differences in purchase dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices Can do.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, managers are those who are in charge of managing stores and supplying products to consumers who purchase products.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a product management system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the product management system includes a management computer 1, an input device 2, a terminal device 3, a management display 4, and a label manufacturing device 5 connected to the management computer 1, and the label A product management label 6 is output from the manufacturing apparatus 5.

  Although the present embodiment shows the case of managing products in a single store, the management computer 1 is connected to a terminal device 3 or a management display 4 installed in a plurality of stores via a network, and a plurality of products are connected. It is also possible to manage the products displayed in the stores.

  The management computer 1 has a function as merchandise management means, and includes a storage unit 7 and a color determination unit 8 configured from a CPU, RAM, ROM, hard disk, and the like. In addition to a communication means with the terminal device 3 and the label manufacturing device 5, a display device for outputting various data and a reading device for reading data on a storage medium such as a CD-ROM are provided. The management computer 1 manages information related to products input from the input device 2 and the terminal device 3 and creates print data to be output to the label manufacturing device 5.

  The storage unit 7 stores various data related to the product, a expiration date storage unit 7a that stores the expiration date of the product, and a delivery including a display start time and a purchase date that is a time when the product starts to be displayed at the storefront. And a quality management information storage unit 7b for storing quality management information such as date and time.

  The color determination unit 8 includes a table by expiration date 8a and a table 8b by quality management information. The color determination unit 8 determines the color in consideration of the expiration date and quality management information stored in the storage unit 7 and manages the correspondence. A color determination method by the color determination unit 8 will be described later.

  The input device 2 is an input means for inputting information related to a product such as quality management information such as a product expiration date, a display start time, and a purchase date and time. The input device 2 includes, for example, a keyboard, and the administrator inputs quality control information and a expiration date for each product via the input device 2.

  The terminal device 3 has a function as a remaining amount calculation unit that calculates the remaining amount of the product in the store. For example, the terminal device 3 can identify the product by a barcode and simultaneously calculate the remaining amount from the number of sales. Etc. The remaining amount calculated by the terminal device 3 is transmitted to the management computer 1. Note that the function as the remaining amount calculation unit is not limited to the one configured by the terminal device 3 alone. For example, the management computer 1 receives the sales of the product accumulated in the terminal device 3 and calculates the remaining amount of the product. A configuration can also be adopted.

  The management display 4 has a function as a price display means, and displays various information such as the price and production area of the product received from the management computer 1. Various types of information displayed on the management display 4 are updated as needed based on information transmitted from the management computer 1.

  The label manufacturing apparatus 5 is, for example, a color printer, and prints the merchandise management label 6 by printing the print data received from the management computer 1 on a medium such as a sticker.

  The merchandise management label 6 is colored in a color determined by the color determination unit 8 based on the display unit 6a in which the price, delivery date, expiry date, etc. are written in numbers or letters, and the quality control information and expiry date. And a colored portion 6b.

Next, a method for determining a color for coloring the coloring unit 6b in consideration of the expiration date and quality control information by the color determination unit 8 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the color determination unit 8 classifies products having the same expiration date according to the production date (display start date or purchase date) according to the expiration date table 8a and the quality management information table 8b. Furthermore, the color determination unit 8 sets a different color for each combination of the expiration date and quality management information classified in this way, and manages the correspondence between the color and each combination of the expiration date and quality management information. . The management computer 1 creates print data based on the color set by the color determination unit 8, and the label production device 5 prints the product management label 6 colored in the coloring unit 6b (see FIG. 1). .

  In FIG. 2, “red”, “blue”, and “green” are indicated by characters, but it is assumed that these colors are actually colored. In addition, the color defined by the color determination unit 8 only needs to be described in a part of the product management label 6. For example, the product name and price can be printed with the color defined by the color determination unit 8. (See FIG. 1).

  Next, the case where a product having several days from the purchase date to the expiration date is managed will be described with reference to FIGS. Even if these products arrive on the same day, the management status differs between the items displayed at the store and those stored in the warehouse. A difference is considered to occur.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between the expiration date defined by the color determination unit 8 and the display start date, which is one of quality control information, and the color to be colored in the coloring unit 6b (see FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, two product groups with different expiration dates (first product group 10 and second product group 11) are shifted by one day and divided into three days and displayed at the storefront.

  As shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to FIG. 3, in the first product group 10, three colors “i”, “b”, and “c” are defined for each display start date by the color determination unit 8 (see FIG. 1). Similarly, “d”, “e”, and “f” are defined for the second product group 11 respectively. In addition, although shown by the symbols “A” to “F” here, it is assumed that colors such as yellow and purple are actually defined. In the following description, the product for which the color of the coloring unit 6b is defined as “I” by the color determination unit 8 is referred to as “I” product 10a, and the products defined as “B” to “F” are also used. Similarly, “Ro” product 10b to “F” product 11c are represented.

FIG. 4 is an image displayed on the management display 4 and the correspondence diagram 9 a of the first product group 10.
The image displayed on the management display 4 is displayed by associating the color colored in the coloring portion 6b with the price of the product defined for the color. The price of the product is a value that also takes into account the remaining amount of the product input from the terminal device 3 to the management computer 1, and is changed as needed according to information from the terminal device 3.

  The “I” product 10a is displayed at the store for five days before the expiration date, and the “c” product 10b is displayed for three days before the expiration date. There is a difference in quality with the “c” product 10c.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, for the first commodity group 10, the price is set for each day when the display is started, and the correspondence between the price and the color of the coloring portion 6 b is displayed on the management display 4, thereby It is possible to provide the product at a price according to the quality even though the product has the same deadline. Further, the consumer can grasp the price based on the price displayed on the management display 4.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the “d” product 11a has a later expiry date than the “b” product 10b, but when the first product group 10 reaches the expiry date, both of them are in the store for the same period. It is displayed. Furthermore, the “d” product 11a has a longer display period than the “d” product 11a, although its expiration date is later than the “d” product 10c, so the quality is higher than the “d” product 10c. May be inferior.

  However, even when the quality cannot be grasped due to the expiration date, the color for coloring the colored portion 6b of the product management label 6 is defined as shown in FIG. 3, so the administrator can manage these products by the colored portion 6b. You can grasp the condition and pay attention to products with a long display period.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) By confirming the color colored on the colored portion 6b of the product management label 6, the display start time and the delivery date of each product can be confirmed. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage products taking into account the deterioration of quality caused by display and changes in management status due to differences in delivery dates, etc., and provide products to consumers at more accurate prices Can do.

  (2) The price of the commodity set by the display start time and the expiration date can be disclosed to the consumer by the management display 4. Therefore, for example, it is possible to easily disclose changes in the price of a product to consumers without attaching a discount sticker or the like to each product, and it is possible to contribute to providing products to consumers at an appropriate price. . Moreover, since the information transmitted from the management computer 1 is updated at any time, information can be provided to a plurality of terminal devices 3 simultaneously.

  (3) Since information related to the remaining amount of the product is input from the terminal device 3, it is possible to provide the consumer with a price that also takes into account the remaining amount of the product. Therefore, it can contribute to reducing the surplus of goods.

In the above-described embodiment, a modified example changed to the following mode may be adopted.
(Modification 1) In the above embodiment, the management computer 1 and the terminal device 3 may be realized by one computer. Further, the product management system can be realized by installing a product management program on one or a plurality of computers. In the above embodiment or this modification, the product management program is stored in a portable medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, or in a main storage device or an auxiliary storage device of another computer connected to the network. Provided. The provided merchandise management program is loaded directly from the portable medium into the main storage device of the computer, or once copied or installed from the portable medium to the auxiliary storage device and then loaded into the main storage device and executed. In addition, when provided by being stored in another device connected to the network, it is copied or installed in the auxiliary storage device after being received from the other device via the network, loaded into the main storage device, and executed. is there.

  (Modification 2) In the above embodiment, the correspondence between the color colored on the colored portion 6b of the commodity management label 6 by the management display 4 and the price is disclosed. For example, the color colored on the colored portion 6b The correspondence between the price and the price may be disclosed by printing on a card or paper.

  (Modification 3) In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the quality control information and the expiration date that are the basis for the color determination unit 8 to determine the color are stored in the storage unit 7. Regardless of such a configuration, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the quality control information and the expiration date are input from the input device 2 as needed, and the color determination unit 8 determines the color based on the input information. .

  (Modification 4) In the above embodiment, the color determination unit determines the color based on the expiration date table 8a and the quality management information table 8b. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and a configuration may be adopted in which colors are randomly set for each classification in consideration of the expiration date and quality management information, and the correspondence is stored and managed.

The block diagram which shows the merchandise management system in this Embodiment. The conceptual diagram which shows the outline of the process in this Embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence defined by this Embodiment. Schematic which shows one Example of this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Management computer, 2 ... Input device, 3 ... Terminal device, 4 ... Management display, 5 ... Label manufacturing apparatus, 6 ... Merchandise management label, 6a ... Display part, 7 ... Storage part, 7a ... Expiration date storage part, 7b ... Quality management information storage unit, 8 ... Color determination unit, 8a ... Table according to expiration date, 8b ... Quality management information table, 10a-10c, 11a-11c ... Products color-coded by the color determination unit.

Claims (7)

A merchandise management system for managing merchandise displayed for a period corresponding to an expiration date,
Product management means for determining a color according to quality control information including display start time which is a date of purchase of the product or a time when the product starts to be displayed at the store, and the expiration date. When,
A product management system for printing the product management label colored with the color. The product management system according to claim 1 is:
The product management system further comprising price display means for displaying the color and the price of the product set by the quality management information and the expiration date. In the merchandise management system according to claim 2,
The product management means includes a remaining amount calculation unit that calculates the remaining amount of the product,
The price display means displays the price in consideration of a calculation result of the remaining amount calculation unit. A product management label issuing method for issuing a product management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to an expiration date,
Determining a color for coloring the merchandise management label according to quality control information including a display start time which is a date of purchase of the merchandise or a time when the merchandise starts to be displayed at a store, and the expiration date;
Printing a merchandise management label in the determined color;
A method for issuing a product management label, comprising: A product management label attached to the displayed product for a period corresponding to the expiration date,
A quality control information including a display start time which is a date of purchase of the product or a time when the product starts to be displayed at a store, and a colored portion colored in a color set according to the expiration date. Feature product management label. A product management program for causing a management computer to execute a process for issuing a product management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to a expiration date,
The quality management information provided in the management computer having a storage unit for storing quality management information including a display start time which is a purchase date of the product or a time at which the product starts to be displayed at a store, and the expiration date. And a determination process for determining a color for coloring the merchandise management label according to the expiration date,
A printing process for printing a merchandise management label in the determined color;
Product management program characterized by causing A storage medium storing a product management program for executing a process for issuing a product management label attached to a displayed product for a period corresponding to the expiration date for the management computer,
The management computer includes a storage unit that stores quality management information including a display start time that is a date of purchase of the product or a time when the product starts to be displayed at a store, and the expiration date. Determination processing for determining a color for coloring the product management label according to the quality control information and the expiration date;
A printing process for printing a merchandise management label in the determined color;
A storage medium characterized in that

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