JP7634916B2 - Production and sales information notification system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a production and sales information notification device, production and sales information notification system, and program that notify product production and sales information in cooperation with POS and other devices used in mass retailers and supermarkets.

In the prepared food section of retail stores such as supermarkets, in order to always provide fresh products to customers, prepared foods and fresh fish are prepared in the back room, prepared, priced, and put on display shelves several times a day (for example, at opening time (10:00), 15:00, and 17:00).

Conventionally, there is a known product sales data management system that performs rational production and clearance processing, such as displaying the production and sales information of products for the day in cooperation with a POS system. (Patent Document 1)

JP 2001-109960 A

However, the product sales data management system displayed a large number of products, making it difficult to efficiently check sales rates and stock status.

The present invention was developed in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a system that allows store clerks and others to efficiently grasp the sales status of products by displaying production and sales information for desired products and reporting sales rates, etc.

One embodiment of the present invention is a production and sales information notification system comprising: a notification means for notifying, for each of a plurality of products, production information relating to the production status of the product, sales information relating to the sales status of the product, and sales achievement information of the product determined based on the production information and the sales information; and a setting means for setting the products to be notified by the notification means at each specified time , wherein the notification means notifies the production information, sales information, and sales achievement information of a product that has been preset by the setting means at each specified time, and the production and sales information notification system notifies the production information, sales information, and sales achievement information of a product that has been preset at the switched time by switching the specified time .

According to the above embodiment, store clerks and others can efficiently grasp the sales status of products, and can produce and stock each product according to the sales status, preventing opportunity loss and waste.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system including a production and sales information notification device according to an embodiment; 13 is a diagram showing an example of a pricing operation screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notification device of one embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a production and sales list screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing items of a production and sales data screen displayed on the display means of the price setting device of the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a manufacturing work instruction screen displayed on the display means of a price setting device according to an embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a manufacturing work instruction screen displayed on the display means of a price setting device according to an embodiment. 11 is a diagram showing a production and sales performance monitor screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a transition table screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a production/sales table screen displayed on a display unit of the production/sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a sales ranking table screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of one embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a list setting screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention; 13 is a diagram showing a sold-out report screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notification device of the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a product registration screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an alert setting screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notification device of the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an alert setting screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notification device of the embodiment. FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a replenishment alert of the production and sales information notification device according to an embodiment. 11 is a flowchart of a designated time alert of the production and sales information notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an alert display screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of the embodiment. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an alert display screen displayed on the display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of the embodiment; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an alert display screen displayed on the display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of the embodiment; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an alert display screen displayed on the display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of the embodiment; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an alert display screen displayed on the display unit of the production and sales information notifying device of the embodiment; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a 17:00 display quantity alert screen displayed on the display unit of the production and sales information notification device of one embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an alert setting screen displayed on a display unit of the production and sales information notification device of the embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2A is a functional block diagram of a production and sales information notifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the production and sales information notification system of this embodiment includes a POS system 1 consisting of a POS terminal 11 and a memory means 12 which perform the registration and settlement processing of products purchased by customers, a production and sales information notification device 2 which notifies store clerks and the like of production and sales information, and a portable terminal 3 which is carried by the store clerks and the like to input the status of products in the store.

In the production and sales information notification system of this embodiment, an example will be described in which the production and sales information notification device 2 is one or more pricing devices 2 that are placed in the back room of a store or the like and perform packing and pricing of fresh food products (fresh fish, meat, etc.).
The production and sales information notification device 2 is not limited to a price marking device, but may be, for example, a portable tablet terminal or other device, and its form is not limited.

The POS system 1, pricing device (production and sales information notification device) 2 and mobile terminal 3 are connected via a wireless or wired network, and the pricing device 2 obtains information regarding the sales and display quantities of products from the POS system 1, mobile terminal 3, etc., and manages the production and stocking of products in the store's back-office.
The POS system 1, the pricing device 2, the mobile terminal 3, etc. may be connected to a server such as a higher-level computer (not shown).

The POS terminal 11 executes a registration process for registering products that a customer purchases, and executes a settlement process based on the registered product information.
For example, when a store clerk or customer uses an input device such as a scanner or a registration portable terminal to read a barcode attached to a product, or operates a preset button displayed on the product registration screen of the display unit of the POS terminal 11, the POS terminal 11 generates settlement information based on the input product information and executes the settlement process based on the generated settlement information.
The method of the registration process and the settlement process executed in the POS terminal 11 is not limited to the above-mentioned method.

The POS terminal 11 stores the generated settlement information in the storage means 12, and, if necessary, outputs information about the sold items (sales quantity) to the pricing device 2 as sales information.
Examples of settlement information include settlement information identification information for identifying the settlement information, the date and time of sale, the JAN code of the registered product, the product name of the product, product identification information of the product, the quantity of the product (sales quantity), the selling price at the register, and the total amount (total price) of the products to be purchased.

The pricing device 2 may be a weighing label printer equipped with a weighing device for weighing the weight of the product and issuing product labels to be affixed to the weighed product, an automatic weighing pricing device that automatically affixes the issued labels to the product, or a weighing and packaging pricing device that weighs and packages the product and manually or automatically affixes the issued labels to the product.

The pricing device 2 stores information used in the pricing process for products (hereinafter referred to as "pricing information") in a storage means, and, if necessary, stores information about the priced products (production quantity) as production information.
Examples of pricing information include pricing information identification information for identification, product identification information of the priced product, the product name of the product, the pricing date and time of the product, the selling price of the product, and the priced quantity of the product (production quantity).

The price setting device 2 inputs sales information from the POS terminal 11 as necessary.
Furthermore, the pricer 2 inputs product display information from the mobile terminal 3 as necessary.
Examples of the product display information include product identification information, the actual display quantity, and the like.

It is possible for one price marking device 2 to be located in one store, but it is also possible for one price marking device 2 to be located in each department, such as the fresh fish department and the meat department, and it is also possible for multiple price marking devices 2 to be located in one department.

The mobile terminal 3 is carried by a store clerk or the like and patrols the store while inputting the status of displayed products, and thereby generates and stores product display information about the displayed products.
For example, a store clerk or the like counts the items displayed on the shelves and inputs the count into the mobile terminal 3, and the mobile terminal 3 generates and stores item display information consisting of the item identification information and actual display quantity of the input items.
The mobile terminal 3 transmits product display information to the pricing device 2 etc. as necessary.

-Price Marker (Production and Sales Information Notification Device)-
The pricing device 2 of this embodiment will now be described in more detail.
The pricing device 2 of this embodiment displays on the display unit 222 production and sales information based on product information in the product master, information input by store clerks or the like into the pricing device 2 (production information, etc.), and information input from the POS terminal 11 or mobile terminal 3 (sales information, product display information, etc.), and provides or notifies store clerks or the like of the production and sales information of products.

Here, an example of the production and sales information notified (displayed) by the pricing device 2 will be described.
The production and sales information includes information such as "product identification information,""productname,""production quantity (A)," and "sales quantity (B)."

"Product identification information" is identification information unique to a product, and "product name" is the name of the product, and is stored in, for example, a product master.
"Production quantity (A)" is the number of products produced on the business day. For example, the price maker 2 stores the number of products (production information) priced by the price maker 2 on the business day as "production quantity (A)."

"Sales quantity (B)" is the number of items sold on that business day. For example, the POS terminal 11 stores the number of items sold on that business day (sales information) and outputs it to the price setter 2, and the price setter 2 stores the sales information input from the POS terminal 11 as "sales quantity (B)."

The production and sales information may include information such as "display quantity (C)", "planned production quantity (D)", and "projected sales quantity (H)".
"Display quantity (C)" is the number of products displayed in a store. For example, a store clerk inputs the number of products displayed on a display shelf as product display information into the mobile terminal 3. The mobile terminal 3 outputs the input product display information to the pricer 2, and the pricer 2 stores the actual display quantity of the products included in the product display information input from the mobile terminal 3 as the "display quantity (C)."

The planned production quantity (D) is the number of items planned to be produced on any given business day for any given product. For example, a store clerk calculates the production quantity required for that business day based on past sales information, etc., and inputs this as the planned production quantity (D) into the pricing device 2 via the input unit 221.

"Predicted sales volume (H)" is a numerical value that predicts the number of sales on a business day from the sales volume (B) at a specified time on that business day. The price setter 2 calculates and stores the predicted sales volume (H) for that business day from the time and the sales volume (B) at that time.

The production and sales information may include information such as the "planned number of displays (E)," "excess or shortage of displays (F)," "additional production quantity (hours) (G)," and "additional production quantity (I)" at a given time.

The "planned number of displays (E)" is the number of products that should be displayed at a given time. For example, a store clerk or the like calculates the appropriate number of displays at a given time based on past sales information, etc., and inputs this as the planned number of displays (E) into the price setter 2 via the input unit 221. The specified time can be set appropriately by the store clerk or the like. The price setter 2 stores the "planned number of displays (E)" input by the store clerk or the like.

In the pricing device 2 of this embodiment, the specified times are set to 10:00, 15:00, and 17:00, and the planned number of displays at each time is designated as "Planned number of displays (E1)," "Planned number of displays (E2)," and "Planned number of displays (E3)."

The "excess or shortage of displays (F)" is the numerical value obtained by subtracting the planned number of displays (E) at a given time from the actual number of displays (C) at that given time. The pricing device 2 calculates and stores the excess or shortage of displays (F) from the information on the number of displays (C) and the planned number of displays (E).

For example, store clerks can tell that if the surplus/deficiency of the number of displays (F) is 0, appropriate production is occurring, if the surplus/deficiency of the number of displays (F) is a positive value, excessive production is occurring, and if the surplus/deficiency of the number of displays (F) is a negative value, insufficient production is occurring.

In the pricing device 2 of this embodiment, the specified times are set to 10:00, 15:00, and 17:00, and the surplus or shortage of the number of displays at each time is referred to as "surplus or shortage of the number of displays (F1)," "surplus or shortage of the number of displays (F2)," and "surplus or shortage of the number of displays (F3)."

The "additional production quantity (hours) (G)" is the number of additional products to be produced, predicted from the sales situation at a certain time on a business day. The pricing device 2 predicts the predicted sales quantity (H) for a business day from the sales quantity (B) of the product at a specific time on that business day, and calculates and stores the "additional production quantity (hours) (G)" by subtracting the production quantity (A) at the specific time from the predicted sales quantity (H).

"Additional production quantity (I)" is the number of additional products to be produced on the business day in question.
The pricing device 2 subtracts the production quantity (A) from the predicted production quantity (D) to calculate and store the "additional production quantity (I)."

- Notification of production and sales information -
When a clerk or the like performs pricing, the price setting device 2 displays a pricing operation screen 400 shown in FIG. 2 on the display unit.
The pricing operation screen 400 includes display fields such as a priced product display field 401 and a label display field 402, and also includes a "production/sales list" key 400a.
The example shown in FIG. 2 is a pricing operation screen 400 during a pricing operation for the product "thinly sliced Japanese black beef loin." The pricer 2 displays an image of a label to be affixed to the product in a label display field 402.

When a store clerk or other person prices each item and gives instructions to print a label, the pricing device 2 causes the printing unit 223 to print the label displayed in the label display field 402.

The barcode printed on the label records information such as the product code, price, and sales deadline. Furthermore, the barcode may record additional information to be handed over to other systems, such as place of origin, weight, ingredients, allergens, etc., as a unique code for each product, such as the manufacturing machine number and a serial number. Store clerks and others can also manage individual products using the information recorded on the barcode.

When a store clerk or the like operates the “production and sales list” key 400 a on the pricing operation screen 400 displayed on the display unit 222 of the price setting device 2 during pricing work, the price setting device 2 displays the production and sales list screen 500 .
The method for displaying the production and sales list screen 500 is not limited to operating the "production and sales list" key 400a.
An example of a production and sales list screen 500 displayed on the display unit 222 of the pricing device 2 is shown in FIG.

The production and sales list screen 500 shown in FIG. 3 has a "sort method" column 501, a "display item" column 502, a "display target" column 503, a "manufacturing work instructions" key 504a, a "production and sales list display" column 510, etc., and the pricing device 2 displays production and sales information in the "production and sales list display" column 510.

When a store clerk or the like selects an arbitrary sorting method from the "sorting method" key 501a in the "sorting method" column 501 on the production and sales list screen 500, the pricing device 2 rearranges the production and sales information in the "production and sales list display" column 510 according to the selected sorting method and displays it as a list.
The sorting methods include "by product number,""by production volume," and "by sales volume."

When a store clerk or the like selects any display item from the “Display Item” key 502a in the “Display Item” column 502 on the production and sales list screen 500, the pricing device 2 selects the production and sales information items to be displayed in the “Production and Sales List Display” column 510 and displays them in a list.
The types of display items include "number of most recent displays" and "number of displays (all time specifications)."

For example, when a store clerk selects “Latest Display Quantity” from the “Display Item” key 502 a on the production and sales list screen 500 , the pricing device 2 displays a list of the most recent production and sales information in the “Production and Sales List Display” column 510 .
In addition, when a store clerk or the like selects “Number of items on display (all time periods specified)” from the “Display Item” key 502a on the production and sales list screen 500, the pricing device 2 displays information on the number of items on display for all time periods in the “Production and sales list display” column 510.

In the production and sales list screen 500 shown in FIG. 3, "Latest display quantity" is selected as the display item, so for each product, the "Production and sales list display" column 510 displays a list including the most recent item for 3 p.m., "Display quantity at 3 p.m.: excess/shortage/planned quantity."

When a store clerk or the like selects an arbitrary display object from the “Display object” key 503a in the “Display object” column 503, the pricing device 2 displays a list of only the products selected by the store clerk or the like in the “Production and sales list display” column 510.
The types of items to be displayed include "all,""number on display,""planned production number," and "predicted production number."

For example, when a store clerk selects "All" from the "Display target" key 503a as the display target, the price maker 2 displays a list of production and sales information for all products that have been produced and processed by the price maker 2 in the "Production and sales list display" column 510.

For example, when a store clerk selects "Display quantity" from the "Display object" key 503a as the display object, the price setting device 2 displays a list of production and sales information for products for which the planned display quantity (E) at the most recent specified time (15:00) has been set in the "Production and sales list display" column 510.

For example, when a store clerk selects "Planned production volume" as the display item from the "Display item" key 503a, the pricer 2 displays a list of production and sales information for products for which the planned production volume (D) for that business day is set in the "Production and sales list display" column 510.

The display target set in the "display target" key 503a in the "display target" column 503 is not limited to the above example, and it is preferable that the display target be set by a store clerk or the like.
In addition, multiple display objects can be set, and when multiple display objects are set, the pricing device 2 may display production and sales information for all products related to the set display objects in the "Production and Sales List Display" column 510.

In other words, as shown in FIG. 3, when a store clerk or the like selects "by product number" from the "sort method" key 501a, selects "number of most recent displays" from the "display items" key 502a, and selects "all" from the "display target" key 503a, the price maker 2 displays in the "production and sales list display" column 510 the production and sales information as of 3 p.m., the most recent information update time, for all products in the product master of the price maker 2, sorted by product number.

Specifically, the pricing device 2 displays production and sales information in the "Production and sales list display" column 510, such as the "Product number,""Productname,""Production quantity (A),""Sales quantity (B),""Number on display at 15: excess/shortage (F2),""Number on display at 15: planned number (E2),""Additional production quantity (forecast for 15:00) (G),""Additional production quantity (I),""Number on display (C),""Planned production quantity (D)," and "Forecasted sales quantity (H)," as shown in FIG. 4(a).
In addition, if there are items among the displayed production and sales information that cannot be displayed in a list in the “Production and sales list display” column 510 (such as “Display quantity (C)”, “Planned production quantity (D)”, and “Predicted sales quantity (H)”), they can be displayed by scrolling.

The products displayed in the "Production/Sales List Display" column 510 may be only those products that exist in the product master of the price maker 2, or may be all products that exist in the product master of other price makers 2 or price makers 2 of other departments.

The price setting device 2 displays the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 2 (3pm) (E2), which has been set in advance by a store clerk or the like, in the "15:00 display number: planned number" field, and displays the surplus or shortage number (F2) (= display number (C2) - planned number of items to be displayed (E2)), which is calculated by subtracting the number of items on display at 15:00 (C2) (= production number (A2) - sales number (B2)) from the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 2 (15:00) (E2)).

If the surplus/deficiency number (F2) in the "Display quantity at 15:00: surplus/deficiency" item is positive (+), it means that the actual display quantity (C2) at 15:00 is more than the planned display quantity (E2) at the specified time (15:00), and if it is negative (-), it means that the display quantity (C2) is less than the planned display quantity (E2) at 15:00.

For example, in the example shown in Figures 3 and 4(a), for a product named "Usugiri Kuroge Wagyu Beef Loin," the item "Number of items on display at 15:00: Planned number" displays "30," and the item "Number of items on display at 15:00: Excess or shortage" displays "-15."
This shows that although the user set the appropriate number of products to be displayed at 3 p.m. (planned number of products to be displayed at specified time 2: E2) to be "30," there are only "15" (=60-45) products displayed on the shelves, meaning that there is a shortage of "15" products.

In addition, the pricing device 2 predicts the production quantity to be produced on a business day based on the sales status of the product as of 3 p.m. on that business day in the item "additional production quantity (predicted at 3 p.m.)" and displays the required additional production quantity (predicted at 3 p.m.) (G).
For example, in the example shown in Figure 4 (a), for the product name "Usugiri Japanese Black Beef Loin," the predicted sales quantity for the day (H) (=68) is predicted from the sales quantity (B) as of 3 p.m. of "45," and the production quantity (A) as of 3 p.m. is subtracted to calculate the additional production quantity (predicted at 3 p.m.) (G) of "+8."

The method for predicting the number of products to be produced on a single business day is not particularly limited, and can be calculated appropriately based on sales information from the past few days, weather information, etc.

In addition, the pricing device 2 displays the additional production quantity (I) (= planned production quantity (D) - production quantity (A)) in the "additional production quantity" field, which is calculated by subtracting the value of the production quantity (A) from the planned production quantity (D).

As described above, by selecting “Current Display Quantity” from the “Display Item” key 502a on the production and sales list screen 500, the store clerk or the like can grasp the overall production and sales information of the products, confirm whether there is a surplus or shortage of products at the most recently specified time (15:00), and review plans such as production and stocking of products after 15:00.
In addition, store clerks and the like can check the number of items planned to be produced and put out on the business day based on the sales plan by checking the "additional production quantity" item displayed on the production and sales list screen 500.

On the other hand, when a store clerk or the like selects "Display quantity (all time specifications)" from the "Display item" key 502a on the production and sales list screen 500, the pricing device 2 displays production and sales information such as "Product number", "Product name", "Number of items displayed at 10:00: excess or shortage (F1)", "Number of items displayed at 10:00: planned quantity (E1)", "Number of items displayed at 15:00: excess or shortage (F2)", "Number of items displayed at 15:00: planned quantity (E2)", "Number of items displayed at 17:00: excess or shortage (F3)", "Number of items displayed at 17:00: planned quantity (E3)", "Production quantity (A)", and "Sales quantity (B)" as shown in FIG. 4(b) in the "Production and sales list display" column 510.

The production and sales information displayed in the "Production and sales list display" column 510 shown in FIG. 4(b) is an example of production and sales information as of 15:00, and since "Display quantity at 17:00: surplus/shortage (F3)" has not been determined as of 15:00, surplus/shortage (F3) is not displayed.

The pricing device 2 displays the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 1 (10:00) (E1) set in advance by the user in the "10:00 display quantity: planned number" column, and displays the surplus or shortage (F1) (= display quantity (C1) - planned number of items to be displayed (E1)) calculated by dividing the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 1 (10:00) (E1) by the display quantity at 10:00 (C1)) in the "10:00 display quantity: surplus or shortage" column.

The pricing device 2 displays the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 2 (15:00) (E2) set in advance by the user in the "15:00 display number: planned number" column, and displays the surplus or shortage (F2) (= display number (C2) - planned number of items to be displayed (E2)) calculated by dividing the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 2 (15:00) (E2) by the display number at 15:00 (C2)) in the "15:00 display number: surplus or shortage" column.

In addition, the pricing device 2 indicates the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 3 (5pm) (E3) that has been set in advance by the user in the "Number of items to be displayed at 5pm: planned number" field, and displays the surplus or shortage (F3) (= number of items to be displayed (C3) - number of items to be displayed (E3)) calculated by dividing the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 3 (5pm) (E3) by the number of items on display at 5pm in the "Number of items to be displayed at 5pm: surplus or shortage" field.

As described above, by selecting "Display quantity (all time specification)" from the "Display item" key 502a to display the production and sales list screen 500, store clerks can grasp the production and sales information for products for all time periods on the business day, and can review plans for future product production and stocking.

(Production work instruction function)
Depending on the business day, there may be cases where the planned production quantity is clearly insufficient or conversely, clearly excessive, depending on the weather, events, etc. Even in such cases, the price setting device 2 of this embodiment can revise the number of additional production orders for the goods at the discretion of the store clerk, etc.
The production work instruction function that can correct the additional production quantity of the product will be described below.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "Manufacturing Work Instructions" key 504a displayed on the production and sales list screen 500, the pricing device 2 changes the "Production and sales list display" column 510 as shown in FIG. 5 to a "Production and sales list display" column 510 in which the numerical value column 510a of "Additional production quantity (I)" can be edited.
The price setter 2 changes the "production and sales list display" field 510 to an editable field, thereby changing the "manufacturing work instruction" key 504a to an "end registration" key 504b.

The store clerk or the like can input any number into the "Additional Production Quantity" column 510a for any product in the "Production and Sales List Display" column 510 displayed above, and the pricing device 2 will change the setting of the additional production quantity to be produced for that product on that business day.

For example, for the products "Sliced Japanese Black Beef Loin" and "Japanese Black Beef Thigh for Shabu-shabu" for which the "15:00 Display Quantity: Excess/Shortage" is showing "-15," when a store clerk or the like changes the value in the "Additional Production Quantity" column 510a and operates the "End Registration" key 504b, the pricing device 2 will pop up a production work instruction confirmation screen 520 to allow the user to confirm the instruction to change the additional production quantity, as shown in FIG. 6.

The manufacturing work instruction confirmation screen 520 displays 520a indicating that an instruction to change the additional production quantity is to be saved, and also includes a "Save" key 520b for executing the saving, a "Do not save" key 520c for discarding the saving, and a "Cancel" key 520d for canceling the saving of the change instruction.
When the store clerk or the like operates the "Save" key 520b on the manufacturing work instruction confirmation screen 520, the pricing device 2 additionally registers the changed additional production quantity in the manufacturing work instruction reservation file.

The manufacturing work instruction reservation file is a file that records the additional production quantity for making manufacturing instructions, and records the additional production quantity (I) based on data such as the planned production quantity (D) and production quantity (A) of the product.
When the store clerk or the like checks the production and sales list screen 500 and identifies a product whose actual sales for the day are significantly different from the sales forecast or a product for which a planned production quantity (D) is not set, the store clerk or the like can change the additional production quantity of the product and give instructions for an appropriate additional production quantity.

As described above, in the pricing device 2 of this embodiment, various production and sales information about products is displayed on the display unit 222 using the information acquired by the pricing device 2 (production quantity) and the sales performance data (sales quantity) acquired from the POS terminal 11, thereby improving the efficiency of product production in the backroom and the work of stocking products on display shelves.

Another example of a screen (production and sales performance monitor screen 550) for displaying production and sales information of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
The method for displaying the production and sales performance monitor screen 550 is not particularly limited.

The production and sales performance monitor screen 550 has a target time display field 551, a production and sales performance display field 552, and the like.
The pricing device 2 displays a current time 551 a and a plurality of target time zone keys in a target time display field 551 of a production and sales performance monitor screen 550 .
There are a wide variety of products displayed in a store. For example, there are products for which the sales status of the products needs to be checked early in the morning, and products for which the sales status of the products needs to be checked in the evening.
The target time period key is a key for displaying in the production and sales performance display field 552 the product for which the sales status is to be confirmed at a specific time.

The production and sales performance monitor screen 550 shown in FIG. 7 has target time zone keys such as "9:00" key 551b, "12:00" key 551c, "14:00" key 551d, "18:00" key 551e, and "20:00" key 551f. For example, when a store clerk operates the "20:00" key 551f, the price setter 2 displays the production and sales information of the product for which sales status is to be confirmed at 20:00 on that business day in the production and sales performance display field 552.

The pricer 2 then changes the display form (color, etc.) of the "20:00" key 551f operated by the store clerk or the like to a display form different from that of the other target time period keys. By checking the display form, the store clerk or the like can see that the product currently displayed in the production and sales performance display field 552 is the product for which they would like to check the sales status at 20:00.

The sales status of a product for which you want to check the sales status at a specific time, such as 20:00, can be set by a store clerk or other user.

The pricer 2 displays a "product name" column 552a, a "production status display" column 552b, a "production quantity" column 552c, and a "sales quantity" column 552d in the production and sales performance display column 552.

The price setter 2 displays the target product name in the "Product name" column 552a, displays the time when the product was last produced and the number of times the product was produced on that business day in the "Production status display" column 552b, displays the total number of products produced on that business day in the "Production quantity" column 552c, and displays the total number of products sold on that business day in the "Sales quantity" column 552d.

The pricing device 2 then calculates the consumption rate of each product displayed in the production and sales performance display column 552 based on the production information (production volume, etc.) and sales information (sales volume, etc.) of each product, and changes the display format of the "product name" column 552a depending on the consumption rate.

For example, when the consumption rate (= (Sales volume/Production volume) x 100) displayed in the "Sales volume" column 552d is 100%, the background color of the "Product name" column 552a is displayed in blue, when the consumption rate is between 61% and 99% or less, the background color of the "Product name" column 552a is displayed in light blue, when the consumption rate is between 40% and 60% or less, the background color of the "Product name" column 552a is displayed in yellow, when the consumption rate is between 1% and 39% or less, the background color of the "Product name" column 552a is displayed in pink, and when the consumption rate is 0%, the background color of the "Product name" column 552a is displayed in red.

In the display example shown in FIG. 7, the pricing device 2 displays the background color of the "Product name" column 552a in blue for 10 products with a consumption rate of 100% (the total sales number displayed in the "Sales number" column 552d is the same as the total production number displayed in the "Production number" column 552c), and displays the background color of the "Product name" column 552a in red for one product (pickled mustard greens) with a consumption rate of 0% (the "Sales number" column 552d is 0 even though the "Production number" column 552c is 1 or more).

When a store clerk or the like operates (touches, etc.) the column for a specific product among the products displayed in the production and sales performance display column 552, the pricing device 2 may display a manufacturing work instruction confirmation screen 520 or the like for inputting the production quantity of the specified product and indicating the production quantity.

In this way, the pricer 2 displays information about the product that the store clerk or other person wants to check at each time from among a large number of products based on the operation of the store clerk or other person, so the store clerk or other person can efficiently check the settlement sales information of the products.

The price tag 2 also notifies the sales status of products by changing the display format of production and sales results depending on the sales situation, so that store clerks can focus on products that are not selling well and can issue production instructions for those products without forgetting.

Furthermore, by simply touching the column for the product, the store clerk can easily move to a screen for issuing production instructions for that product, allowing the store clerk to issue production instructions directly for that product, thereby improving the efficiency of production support.

Other examples of screens (transition table screen 560, production/sales table screen 570) that display production/sales information (sales performance trends) of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment are described below with reference to Figure 8 (transition table screen) and Figure 9 (production/sales table screen).
The method for displaying the transition table screen 560 and the production/sales table screen 570 is not particularly limited.

As shown in FIG. 8, the transition table screen 560 has a "ranking table" key 560a, a "production/sales table" key 560b, and the like, as well as a target product display field 561 and a transition display field 562, and the like.
The price setter 2 displays the product number of the target product, a product name column 561a, and a target date column 561b in the target product display column 561 of the transition table screen 560.
For example, the trend chart screen 560 shown in Figure 8 selects the target product as "Mentaiko Cutlet Bento" with product number "000041", and displays the trend in sales performance from July 20, 2019 to August 19, 2019.

The pricing device 2 displays in the progress display column 562 a "Date" column 562 a, a "Total" column 562 b, an "Until 8:00" column 562 c, a "9:00" column 562 d, a "10:00" column 562 e, an "11:00" column 562 f, a "12:00" column 562 g, a "13:00" column 562 h, a "14:00" column 562 i, a "15:00" column 562 j, ..., a "20:00" column 562 o, and a "21:00" column 562 p.
In FIG. 8, the "16:00" column 562k to the "21:00" column 562p are not displayed, but can be displayed by using the scroll bar 560c located at the bottom of the screen.

On the other hand, the production/sales table screen 570 has a "ranking table" key 570a, a "transition table" key 570b, etc., as shown in FIG. 9, and has a target product display field 571, a production/sales display field 572, etc.
The pricing device 2 displays the product number of the target product, a product name column 571a, and a target date column 571b in the target product display column 571 of the production/sales table 570.

In addition, when a store clerk or the like operates the "production/sales table" key 560b on the transition table screen 560, the price setter 2 displays the production/sales table screen 570 on the display unit, and when a store clerk or the like operates the "transition table" key 570b on the production/sales table screen 570, the price setter 2 displays the transition table screen 560 on the display unit.
When the store clerk or the like operates the "ranking table" keys 560a, 570a on the transition table screen 560 or the production-sales table screen 570, the pricing device 2 displays a sales ranking display screen 580, which will be described later, on the display unit.

The pricing device 2 displays in the production/sales display column 572 a "Date" column 572 a, a "Total" column 572 b, an "Until 8:00" column 572 c, a "9:00" column 572 d, a "10:00" column 572 e, an "11:00" column 572 f, a "12:00" column 572 g, a "13:00" column 572 h, a "14:00" column 572 i, a "15:00" column 572 j, ..., a "20:00" column 572 o, and a "21:00" column 572 p.
In addition, the "16:00" column 572k through the "21:00" column 572q are not displayed on the production/sales table screen 570 shown in FIG. 9, but can be displayed by operating the scroll bar 570c located at the bottom of the screen.

On the production/sales table screen 570 shown in FIG. 9, for example, for the mentaiko cutlet bento on August 19, 2019, the pricer 2 displays, as production information, that 12 units were produced at 9:00 and 15:00, and, as sales information, that 2 units were sold at 9:00, 4 units at 10:00, 2 units at 11:00, 2 units at 12:00, 2 units at 13:00, 0 units at 14:00, and 1 unit at 15:00.

In addition, based on the production information and sales information, the price setting device 2 displays in the transition display column 562 of the transition table screen 560 shown in FIG. 8, for example, that for the mentaiko cutlet bento on August 19, 2019, the sales rate (sales volume/production volume) at 9 o'clock is 16% (production volume at 9 o'clock in FIG. 9: 2/sales volume at 9 o'clock in FIG. 9: 12), and that the sales rate at 10 o'clock is 50% (same: 6 (2+4)/same: 12), It shows that the 11am consumption rate is 66% (8 (2+4+2)/12), the 12pm consumption rate is 83% (10 (2+4+2+2)/12), the 1pm and 2pm consumption rates are 100% (12 (2+4+2+2+2)/12), and the 3pm consumption rate is 54% (13 (2+4+2+2+2+1)/24 (12+12)).

The price setter 2 then changes the display format of the transition display field 562 based on the consumption rate displayed in the transition display field 562 of the transition table screen 560.

For example, for each of the "Until 8:00" column 562c to "9:00 p.m." column 562p in the progress display column 562, the pricing device 2 displays the "Time" column 562 with a consumption rate of 100% on a blue background, the "Time" column 562 with a consumption rate of 61% to 99% on a light blue background, the "Time" column 562 with a consumption rate of 40% to 60% on a yellow background, the "Time" column 562 with a consumption rate of 1% to 39% on a pink background, and the "Time" column 562 with a consumption rate of 0% on a red background.

In the example shown in FIG. 8, on the trend chart screen 560 for the mentaiko cutlet bento on August 19th, the pricing device 2 displays the "9:00" column 562d with a pink background, the "10:00" column 562e with a yellow background, the "11:00" column 562f with a light blue background, the "1:00" column 562h with a blue background, the "1:00" column 562i with a blue background, and the "1:00" column 562j with a yellow background.

In this way, the price setting device 2 informs store clerks and the like of the sales status of each product by changing the display format on the transition table screen 560 according to the consumption rate based on the production information and sales information. For example, store clerks and the like can recognize from the transition table screen 560 that there may be a shortage of products during times when consumption rates were good in past sales, and can adjust production times, etc. so that shortages do not occur.

Another example of a screen (sales ranking display screen 580) for displaying the production and sales status of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.
The method for displaying the sales ranking display screen 580 is not particularly limited.

The sales ranking display screen 580 has a "menu" key 580a, a "transition chart" key 580b, a "monitor" key 580c, etc., as well as a date column 581, a sales ranking display column 582, etc.
When a store clerk or the like operates the "Transition Table" key 580b on the sales ranking display screen 580, the pricing device 2 displays the transition table screen 560 on the display unit, and when the clerk or the like operates the "Menu" key 580a, the pricing device 2 displays a menu screen (not shown).

The pricer 2 displays a "Sales Rank" column 582a, a "Product Number" column 582b, a "Product Name" column 582c, a "Production Quantity" column 582d, a "Sales Quantity" column 582e, a "Sales Amount" column 582f, a "Consumption Rate" column 582g, a "Waste Rate" column 582h, a "Total Loss" column 582i, etc. in the sales ranking display column 582 on the sales ranking display screen 580.

The pricing device 2 may further display the sales amount, target sales amount (budget), and achievement rate (= (sales amount/target sales amount) x 100) for each item on the sales ranking display screen 580, and may also display the total sales amount, total target sales amount, and total achievement rate for the entire store.
This enables store clerks (sales floor managers) etc. to understand how much more sales are needed for that business day from the achievement rate for each product and the total achievement rate, and makes it possible to make estimates of how much of each product should be sold, etc.

In other words, as long as the store's total sales reach the target amount, the store clerk can use any product to achieve this amount, and can take measures to increase production of products that are selling well on that business day in place of poorly selling products and fill in the gaps of products that have not reached the target amount. This allows the store clerk to grasp the situation in a way that cannot be grasped by simply displaying the sales points of each product, etc., and realizes efficient estimation.

In addition, the pricing device 20 may display point information and amount information simultaneously on the same screen on the sales ranking display screen 580, or may display the point information as the main screen and switch between a point screen with the point information as the main screen and an amount screen with the amount information as the main screen.
In addition, the pricing device 2 may display a “discount rate” column or the like in the sales ranking display column 582 .

The pricing device 2 displays each product in the sales ranking display column 582 of the sales ranking display screen 580 in order of highest sales amount on the date set in the date column 581 (July 20, 2019 to August 19, 2019).
In the sales ranking column, there are products whose sales points exceed the production points. This is the case when products produced at another store or externally are sold at the store in question, and therefore the sales amount recorded is greater than the amount produced at the store in question.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "monitor" key 580c displayed on the sales ranking display screen 580, the price setting device 2 displays a list setting screen 585 shown in FIG.
Then, when a store clerk or the like operates the list setting screen 585 , the price setting device 2 sets a plurality of products to be displayed on the production and sales performance monitor screen 550 .

The list setting screen 585 displays a sales ranking display field 585a on the left side and a selected product display field 585b on the right side, as well as a target time period key 585c and an "add to list" key 585d.

When a store clerk or other such person selects one of the target time period keys 585b (in FIG. 11, the "09:00" key is selected), the clerk selects the desired product in the sales ranking display column 585a, and operates the "Add to list" key 585d, which causes the price setter 2 to set the desired product as the product for which sales status is to be checked at 9:00.

The pricing device 2 may also display each product displayed in the sales ranking display field 585a in order of sales during the time period selected in the target time period key 585c.

The pricing device 2 may also display an added time zone area 585e in the sales ranking display column 585a, which indicates the amount of additional production of each product and in which time zone. This allows store clerks and others to grasp not only the sales ranking information of each product, but also information such as the time zone in which additional production was carried out, and allows them to efficiently set the products that should be checked in each time zone.

In addition, the price setter 2 may set products with high sales rankings in advance in the selected product display field 585b, or may set products with high sales rankings in the time period selected in the target time period key 585c.

In this way, the store clerk or the like can select the products to be displayed on the production and sales performance monitor screen 550 while checking the sales ranking display column 585a, so that all noteworthy products, such as products with relatively high sales, can be set as products to be displayed on the production and sales performance monitor screen 550.

Another example of a screen (sold-out report screen 590) for displaying the production and sales status (sold-out status) of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
The method for displaying the sold-out report screen 590 is not particularly limited.

The sold-out report screen 590 has a "menu" key 590a, a "transition table" key 590b, a date column 591, a consumption rate setting column 592, a sold-out report column 593, etc.

The pricing device 2 displays in the sold out report column 593 a "product number" column 593a, a "product name" column 593b, a "quantity produced" column 593c, a "quantity sold" column 593d, a "quantity discarded" column 593e, a "9 o'clock" column 593f, a "10 o'clock" column 593g, a "11 o'clock" column 593h, a "12 o'clock" column 593i, ..., a "20 o'clock" column 591p, and a "21 o'clock" column 591q.
In addition, the "13:00" column 593j through "21:00" column 593q are not displayed on the sold-out report screen 590 shown in FIG. 12, but can be displayed by operating the scroll bar 590c at the bottom of the screen.

The price setter 2 displays in the sold-out report column 593 of the sold-out report screen 590 the number of times that the consumption rate set in the consumption rate setting column 592 was achieved for each product during the dates set in the date column 591 (July 20, 2019 to August 19, 2019).

For example, the sold-out report screen 590 shown in FIG. 12 displays that for the product name “Spring Rolls,” the sales rate reached 100% two times at 10:00, eight times at 11:00, and ten times at 12:00 between July 20, 2019 and August 19, 2019.
Needless to say, the store clerk or the like can change the settings in the date column 591 and the sales rate setting column 592 on the sold-out report screen 590 .
For example, when a store clerk or the like sets the consumption rate setting field 592 to "50% to 100%," the pricing device 20 displays the number of times the consumption rate was 50% or more.

-Alert function-
The pricing device 2 of this embodiment has an alert function that prompts production, stocking, etc. of each product depending on the production and sales status of the product, thereby making it possible to further improve the efficiency of backroom operations.
The price setting device 2 of this embodiment has three types of alert functions: a product replenishment alert function, a specified time alert function, and a production forecast function.
The alert function of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment will be described below.

The price setting device 2 displays a product registration screen 600 shown in FIG. 13 when a store clerk or the like sets and registers each product.
The product registration screen 600 includes display fields such as a registered product display field 601, and includes a "production/sales alert" key 600a.
The example shown in FIG. 13 is a product registration screen 600 during the setting and registration work for the product "thinly sliced Japanese black beef loin."

When a store clerk or the like operates the “production/sales alert” key 600 a on the product registration screen 600 displayed on the display unit 222 of the price maker 2 during the setting/registration work, the price maker 2 displays a production/sales alert setting screen 700 .
The method for displaying the production/sales alert setting screen 700 is not limited to operating the "production/sales alert" key 600a.
An example of the production/sales alert setting screen 700 is shown in FIGS.

When a store clerk or the like sets an alert for a product on the production/sales alert setting screen 700 displayed on the display unit 222 of the pricing device 2, the pricing device 2 sets the alert function set by the store clerk or the like for that product.
In addition, a store clerk or the like can set multiple alert functions for one product.

The production/sales alert setting screen 700 of the pricing device 2 of this embodiment includes a “product replenishment alert setting” field 710 , a “specified time alert setting” field 720 , and a “production forecast setting” field 730 .
In the production/sales alert setting screen 700 shown in FIG. 14, no settings are made in the setting fields for any of the three types of alert functions, and all of the alert functions are in an inactive state.
On the other hand, in the production/sales alert setting screen 700 shown in FIG. 15, alerts are set in the setting fields for all three types of alert functions, and all of the alert functions are in an enabled state.

(Product replenishment alert)
Explain the product replenishment alert function.
The product replenishment alert function is a function that notifies the user that the product needs to be replenished each time the sales volume of a certain product exceeds a predetermined threshold.

When a store clerk or the like enters an arbitrary numerical value into the “Product replenishment alert number” column 710a of the “Product replenishment alert setting” column 710 as shown in FIG. 15, the pricing device 2 sets the product replenishment alert number (J) that serves as the basis for product replenishment alerts and enables the product replenishment alert function.
In addition, when a store clerk or the like inputs a numerical value into the "Planned production quantity" column 710b of the "Product replenishment alert setting" column 710, the pricing device 2 sets the planned production quantity (D) for that product in one day.

Then, for example, each time the pricing device 2 obtains sales information regarding the sales quantity of a product from the POS terminal 11, it decides whether or not to issue a product replenishment alert for a product for which the product replenishment alert function is enabled, based on the production quantity (A), information regarding the obtained sales quantity (B), and the set product replenishment alert number (J).
The product replenishment alert function will be further described below with reference to an example of a flowchart shown in FIG.

The pricing device 2 determines at predetermined time intervals whether or not data on the sales amount (B) has been acquired from the POS terminal 11 (S101).
If the pricing device 2 determines that the data on the sales volume (B) has not been acquired, it ends the process and waits for the next predetermined time.

On the other hand, when the pricing device 2 determines in step S101 that it has acquired data on the sales quantity (Bn), it subtracts the sales quantity (Bm) acquired when the previous product replenishment alert was issued from the sales quantity (Bn) at the time of acquisition to calculate the sales quantity since the previous product replenishment alert (Bk = Bn - Bm) (S102).
Additionally, the pricing device 2 acquires the current production quantity (An).

Next, the price setter 2 compares the sales quantity (Bk) since the previous product replenishment alert with the product replenishment alert number (J) set by a store clerk or the like to determine whether the sales quantity (Bk) since the previous product replenishment alert is equal to or greater than the product replenishment alert number (J) (S103).

The pricing device 2 ends the process without issuing a product replenishment alert for products whose sales quantity (Bk) since the previous product replenishment alert is less than the product replenishment alert number (J).
On the other hand, for products whose sales quantity (Bk) since the previous product replenishment alert is equal to or greater than the product replenishment alert number (J), the pricing device 2 transitions to a mode in which it issues a product replenishment alert.

In the mode for notifying a product replenishment alert, the pricer 2 determines whether or not a planned production quantity (D) for the product in question per day has been set in the "Planned production quantity" column 610b of the "Product replenishment alert setting" column 610 by a store clerk or the like (S104).

If the price setter 2 determines in S104 that the planned production quantity (D) has been set, it issues a replenishment alert 1 (S105) and ends the process.

Here, an example of the replenishment alert 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
In this example, the replenishment alert 1 is issued by displaying a pop-up display 801 that prompts a store clerk or the like to produce additional products.
The pop-up display 810 has a comment section 810a which instructs additional production including the number of additional production units, such as "The following product is running low. Please produce 20 more packs.", a "production instruction" key 810b, a sales status display section 810c which displays the sales performance of the product, such as the cumulative sales quantity and the last sale time, a "list" key 810d, a "confirm" key 810e, a "call product number" key 810f, etc.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "Production Instructions" key 810b, the pricing device 2 issues a label printed with a barcode or the like recording details such as the product number and additional production quantity of the product for which the replenishment alert 1 was issued.
A store clerk or the like can read the barcode printed on the issued label using an input means such as a scanner of another pricing device, and output information such as the products that need to be replenished and the additional number to be produced to another device.

The output of product sales information to other devices is not limited to issuing a label on which a barcode is printed, but may be performed by outputting to a medium to which other devices can input information.
That is, the price assigner 2 of this embodiment only needs to be provided with some kind of output means for outputting production and sales information so that the production and sales information can be passed on to other price assigners or the like.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "List" key 810d, the pricer 2 displays the production and sales list screen 500 shown in Fig. 3 on the display unit 222. It is preferable that information on the product for which an alert was issued by the replenishment alert 1 is displayed on the production and sales list screen 500.
This allows store clerks and the like to check detailed production information for the product for which replenishment alert 1 has been issued.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "Confirm" key 810e, the pricing device 2 closes the pop-up display 810 and returns to the state it was in immediately before the replenishment alert 1 was issued. In the case of this embodiment shown in FIG. 18, the pricing operation screen 400 is displayed for the product number 000201 and product name "Domestic Pork Offal" displayed behind the pop-up display 810.

When a store clerk or the like operates the "item number call" key 810f, the pricer 2 closes the pop-up display 810 and transitions to the pricing operation screen 400 for the product for which the replenishment alert 1 was notified. In the case of this embodiment shown in Figure 18, the pricing operation screen 400 for product number 000101 and product name "thinly sliced Japanese black beef loin" is displayed.
This allows store clerks and the like to easily check detailed information about the product for which replenishment alert 1 has been issued.
An example of the replenishment alert 1 shown in FIG. 18 has been described above.

Returning to the flowchart, for products for which it has been confirmed in S104 that the planned production quantity (D) has not been set by the store clerk or the like, the pricing device 2 determines whether the current number of products on display (Cn = An - Bn) is less than the product replenishment alert number (J) (S106).

If the pricing device 2 determines that the number of displayed items (Cn) is less than the number of product replenishment alerts (J), the product is not sufficiently displayed, so a replenishment alert 2 is sent to the store staff, etc., to encourage additional production of the product (S107), and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the pricing device 2 determines that the number of products on display (Cn) is equal to or greater than the product replenishment alert number (J), then although the product has been sold, there is still enough product on display, so it issues a replenishment alert 3 to notify that a certain number of products have been sold (S108), and ends the process.

Examples of the replenishment alert 2 and the replenishment alert 3 are shown in FIG. 19 and FIG. 20.
The replenishment alert 2 shown in FIG. 19 is performed by displaying a pop-up display 820 that prompts a store clerk or the like to replenish products.
The pop-up display 820 has a comment section 820a instructing additional production, such as "The following items are running low. Please produce more," a "production instructions" key 820b, a sales status display section 820c, a "list" key 820d, a "confirm" key 820e, and a "call product number" key 820f.

Replenishment alert 3 shown in FIG. 20 is performed by displaying a pop-up display 830 indicating the sales quantity of the product to a store clerk or the like.
The pop-up display 830 has a comment section 830a that displays messages such as "The following products have been sold," a sales status display section 830c, a "List" key 830d, a "Confirm" key 830e, and a "Product number call" key 830f.
The functions of the keys and the like in the pop-up displays shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 are similar to those of the pop-up display 810 shown in FIG. 18, and therefore a description thereof will be omitted.

The above-mentioned replenishment alerts 1 to 3 are not limited to the pop-up displays. For example, as shown in Fig. 21, a "Previous" key 820g and a "Next" key 820h may be provided in the pop-up display 820 so that the pop-up display 820 can be moved for each product.
When a store clerk or the like operates the "previous" key 820g and the "next" key 820h of the pop-up display 820, the price setting device 2 switches the products displayed in the replenishment alert.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 22, the pricing device 2 may place a slide bar 820i in the sales status display section 820c of the pop-up display 820, allowing store clerks or the like to continuously scroll through information about the products that are the subject of a replenishment alert.
Furthermore, the pricing device 2 may change the background color of the pop-up display for instructing additional production as shown in Figures 18 and 19, and may also issue a warning to store clerks, etc.

The price maker 2 may not display the pop-up display 810 or 830 when a store clerk or the like is performing a pricing operation, but may display it when no operation is performed on the screen for a predetermined time (e.g., 10 seconds). This allows the operation of the store clerk or the like during work to take priority. It is preferable for the price maker 2 to display it when the work is completed.

In addition, if the conditions for the next product replenishment alert are met without the pop-up display being confirmed by a store clerk or the like, the price setter 2 may reset the previous product replenishment alert, erase the pop-up display, and notify the next product replenishment alert. At this time, the price setter 2 may notify the next product replenishment alert by including the contents of the previous product replenishment alert in the pop-up display of the next product replenishment alert.

(Specified time alert)
The specified time alert function will now be explained.
The designated time alert function is a function that notifies the user at a designated time specified by a store clerk or the like whether there is an excess or shortage of the planned display number set in advance for each product.

When a store clerk or the like inputs any numerical value into the "Number of items to be displayed at designated time 1" column 720a through "Number of items to be displayed at designated time 3" column 720c of the "Designated time alert setting" column 720 shown in FIG. 15, the pricing device 2 sets the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 1 (E1) through planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 3 (E3).
It is possible to input values in some of the "number of displays at designated time 1" column 720a through the "number of displays at designated time 3" column 720c, and it is not necessary to set the planned numbers of displays at all designated times.

Then, when the time exceeds any one of designated times 1 to 3, the pricing device 2 automatically displays a production and sales list screen (display quantity alert screen) 540 which includes, for products for which a designated time display quantity (E) is set, the designated time n display quantity (En) for the exceeded designated time n and the surplus or shortage number of products at the designated time n (Fn) (=display quantity (Cn) - planned display quantity (En)).
The specified time alert function will be described below with reference to an example of a flowchart shown in FIG.

The pricing device 2 determines whether the current time (T) has exceeded designated time 3 (t3) (S201). If it determines that the time (T) has not exceeded designated time 3 (t3), the pricing device 2 determines whether the time (T) has exceeded designated time 2 (t2) (S202). If it determines that the time (T) has not exceeded designated time 2 (t2), the pricing device 2 determines whether the time (T) has exceeded designated time 1 (t1) (S203).

If pricing device 2 determines in step S203 that time (T) has not exceeded designated time 1 (t1), it ends the process.
On the other hand, if the pricing device 2 determines in step S203 that the time (T) has passed the designated time 1 (t1), it determines whether or not the planned display quantity at designated time 1 (E1) has been set (S204).

If the pricing device 2 determines in step S204 that the planned display quantity at the specified time 1 (E1) has not been set, it terminates the process, and if it determines that the planned display quantity at the specified time 1 (E1) has been set, it determines whether or not "1" has been assigned to the time 1 flag (f1) (S205).
The time n flag (fn) is a flag that indicates whether or not a specified time alert has already been made at the specified time n. When the time n flag (fn) is set to "1", this means that a specified time alert has already been made at the specified time n.

If the pricing device 2 determines that the time 1 flag (f1) is set to "1", then the specified time alert at specified time 1 has already been notified, and the processing ends.
On the other hand, if the pricing device 2 determines that the time 1 flag (f1) has not been assigned a "1", it obtains data on the production quantity (A1) at the specified time 1 (t1) and also obtains data on the sales quantity (B1) from the POS terminal 11 and stores them in the memory means (S206).

Next, the pricing device 2 calculates the number of items displayed (C1=A1-B1) and the number of items in excess or shortage (F1=C1-E1) at the specified time 1 (t1) and stores them in the storage means (S207).
Then, the pricing device 2 reads out the surplus/deficiency quantity (F1), the planned quantity (E1), the planned quantity (E2), and the planned quantity (E3) from the storage means, creates and displays a production/sales list screen (display quantity alert screen) 540 (S208), assigns "1" to the time 1 flag (f1) (S209), and ends the process.

Returning to the point, if the price setter 2 determines in step S202 that the time (T) has passed the designated time 2 (t2), it determines whether the planned number of items to be displayed at the designated time 2 (E2) has been set (S214).

If the pricer 2 determines in step S214 that the planned display quantity at the specified time 2 (E2) has not been set, it ends the process. If the pricer 2 determines that the planned display quantity at the specified time 2 (E2) has been set, it determines whether the time 2 flag (f2) has been assigned a value of "1" (S215).

If the pricing device 2 determines that the time 2 flag (f2) is set to "1", then the specified time alert at the specified time 2 has already been notified, and the processing ends.
On the other hand, if the pricing device 2 determines that the time 1 flag (f2) has not been assigned a "1", it obtains data on the production quantity (A2) at the specified time 2 (t2) and also obtains data on the sales quantity (B2) from the POS terminal 11 and stores them in the memory means (S216).

Next, the pricing device 2 calculates the number of items displayed (C2=A2-B2) and the number of items in excess or shortage (F2=C2-E2) at the specified time 2 (t2), and stores these in the storage means (S217).
Then, the pricing device 2 reads out the surplus/deficiency quantity (F1), the planned quantity (E1), the surplus/deficiency quantity (F2), the planned quantity (E2) and the planned quantity (E3) from the storage means, creates and displays a production/sales list screen (display quantity alert screen) 540 (S218), assigns "1" to the time 2 flag (f2) (S219), and ends the process.

Going back to step S201, if the pricing device 2 determines that the time (T) has passed the designated time 3 (t3), it determines whether the planned number of items to be displayed at the designated time 3 (E3) has been set (S224).

If the pricer 2 determines in step S224 that the planned display quantity at designated time 3 (E3) has not been set, it ends the process, and if it determines that the planned display quantity at designated time 3 (E3) has been set, it determines whether or not "1" has been assigned to the time 3 flag (f3) (S225).

If the pricing device 2 determines that the time 3 flag (f3) is set to "1", the specified time alert at specified time 3 has already been notified, and so the processing ends.
On the other hand, if the pricing device 2 determines that the time 1 flag (f3) has not been assigned a "1", it obtains data on the production quantity (A3) at the specified time 3 (t3) and also obtains data on the sales quantity (B3) from the POS terminal 11 and stores them in the memory means (S226).

Next, the pricing device 2 calculates the number of displayed items (C3=A3-B3) and the number of excess or shortage items (F3=C3-E3) at designated time 3 (t3) and stores them in the storage means (s227).
Then, the pricing device 2 reads out the surplus/deficiency quantity (F1), the planned quantity (E1), the surplus/deficiency quantity (F2), the planned quantity (E2), the surplus/deficiency quantity (F3) and the planned quantity (E3) from the storage means, creates and displays a production/sales list screen (display quantity alert screen) 540 (s228), assigns "1" to the time 3 flag (f3) (S229), and ends the process.

As described above, the pricing device 2 of this embodiment automatically displays a production and sales list screen (display quantity alert screen) 540 that includes the planned display quantity at the designated time (E) and the number of items in excess or shortage at the designated time (F) (= actual display quantity (C) - planned display quantity (E)) when designated time 1 or 3 has passed for items for which the designated time alert function is set.

Figure 23 shows an example of the display quantity alert screen 540 for the specified time (17:00). This display example shows the specified time alert notification state as of specified time 3 (17:00), and at specified time 3 (17:00), it is displayed that the planned display quantity (E3) for thinly sliced Japanese black beef loin (product number: 000101) at specified time 3 is "20", and the surplus or shortage is "-5".

In addition, this display example shows that for "Sliced Japanese Black Beef Shoulder Loin (product number: 000102)," the planned number of items to be displayed at designated time 3 (E3) is "10," and the surplus or shortage is "+8."
A store clerk or the like who sees this display example can tell that, for "thinly sliced Japanese black beef loin," there are five fewer units displayed on the store's shelves than the planned number of units displayed, and, for "thinly sliced Japanese black beef shoulder loin," there are eight more units displayed than the planned number of units displayed.
Using these displays, store clerks can review the production and stocking of products after the specified time (17:00).

It is preferable that the automatic display of the display quantity alert screen 540 using the specified time alert function is not displayed when a store clerk or the like is busy pricing products, but is displayed when no operation is performed on the screen for a specified period of time (e.g., 10 seconds), thereby giving priority to operations performed by the store clerk or the like while they are working, and displaying the alert when the work is completed.
The designated time for displaying the alert for the designated time alert can be set appropriately using an alert setting screen, which will be described later.

When a product replenishment alert or a designated time alert is issued, for example if there are many products on display that are close to their expiration date or best before date at the time of the alert, a pop-up may be displayed encouraging customers to attach discount stickers to the products, or a message such as "Please check the expiration dates on the sales floor."

(Production forecast)
The production quantity prediction function is a function that predicts the number of sales for the current day based on, for example, past sales performance and the sales performance for that day, and based on that value, notifies the additional quantity that should be produced from that time onwards.

The method for predicting the production volume is not particularly limited. For example, the production volume may be predicted based on a short-term prediction, such as predicting the production volume based on the sales record for each business hour on each day of the week over the past few weeks.
Also, the production volume may be predicted based on the results of analyzing seasonal changes in product sales over the past few years, as well as changes in sales due to weather and temperature on business days.
It is also possible to analyze the increase or decrease in sales volume for each product due to events such as Christmas and Setsubun, and to predict the production volume of special products based on the results of the analysis.

When a store clerk or other person sets "Yes" in the "Production forecast setting" column 730 shown in FIG. 15, the pricing device 2 predicts the number of units to be sold on that day and calculates the additional number of units to be produced on that day, and displays this in the "Additional production quantity (forecast at 15:00)" column on the production and sales list screen 500, as shown in FIG. 3.

The price setting device 2 of this embodiment uses a production quantity forecast alert function to forecast and display additional production quantities based on the sales situation on the business day, allowing store clerks and others to produce and stock products according to the sales situation on that day.

As described above, the pricing device 2 of this embodiment has multiple alert functions, such as a product replenishment alert (first alert function) that notifies when product production and sales information meets a certain condition, a designated time alert (second alert function) that notifies product production and sales information at designated times, and a production quantity forecast (third alert function) that predicts and notifies the required production quantity based on the sales situation on the day of the business day. This allows store clerks to set an appropriate alert function for each product, thereby improving the efficiency of work in the back yard.

FIG. 24 shows an example of an alert setting screen 900 for setting basic information of the above-mentioned alert function.
The alert setting screen 900 includes a "production quantity forecast" column 901, a "product replenishment alert display" column 902, a "designated time 1" column 903, a "production quantity forecast at designated time 1" column 904, a "designated time 2" column 905, a "production quantity forecast at designated time 2" column 906, a "designated time 3" column 907, a "production quantity forecast at designated time 3" column 908, and a "Confirm" button 900a.

When a store clerk or other person inputs values or the like into each field of the alert setting screen 900, the pricing device 2 sets the alert function for each product or product attribute (department).

When a store clerk or other person enters "Yes" in the "Production quantity forecast" column 901, the pricing device 2 calculates the additional production quantity (forecast for 15:00) (G) and displays it on the production and sales list screen 500.

When a store clerk or the like selects "Yes (only products with low remaining stock)" in the "Product replenishment alert display" field 902, the pricing device 2 uses the product replenishment alert function to notify the user by displaying a pop-up only for products with low stock.
In addition, when a store clerk or the like selects “Yes (all products)” in the “Product replenishment alert display” column 902, the pricing device 2 will use the product replenishment alert function to notify the user by displaying a pop-up message about all products, including products that have a sufficient number of products on display.

When a store clerk or the like inputs information into the "Designated time 1" column 903, "Designated time 2" column 905, "Designated time 3" column 907, and "Production volume forecast for designated time 1" column 904, "Production volume forecast for designated time 3" column 906, and "Production volume forecast for designated time 3" column 908, the pricing device 2 sets whether or not to issue an alert using the designated time alert function.

Specifically, the "Specified time 1" column 903, "Specified time 2" column 905, and "Specified time 3" column 907 are used to set the time of the alert in the specified time alert, and the "Production volume forecast for specified time 1" column 904, "Production volume forecast for specified time 3" column 906, and "Production volume forecast for specified time 3" column 908 are used to set whether or not an alert will be displayed at each specified time.

In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is set so that no designated time alert display will be performed at designated time 1 (10:00), but designated time alerts will be displayed at designated time 2 (15:00) and designated time 3 (17:00).

FIG. 25(a) shows an example of a functional block diagram of the production and sales information notification device 2 of this embodiment.
The production and sales information notification device 2 includes a control means 201, a production number obtaining means 202, a sales number obtaining means 203, an actual number of displayed items obtaining means 204, a storage means 211, and the like.
Furthermore, the production and sales information notification device 2 has an input unit 221, a display unit 222, a printing unit 223, etc.

The control means 201 is a means for controlling the entire production and sales information notification device 2, and stores information input by a store clerk or the like through the input unit 221, displays information on the display unit 222 based on the stored information, and prints information through the printing unit 223.

For example, the control means 201 creates various information such as sales achievement information based on production information, sales information, display information, etc., and notifies the information (notification means).
Furthermore, the control means 201 selects or identifies several products or one product from a plurality of products based on information input by a store clerk or the like (selection means, identification means).

The control means 201 also receives information on product production instructions based on information input by a store clerk or the like (reception means), and outputs the received production instruction information (output means).

The production number acquiring means 202 accumulates the number of each product produced (priced) based on instructions input by a store clerk or the like, and acquires the total as information on the production quantity of each product.
The production number acquiring means 202 may acquire not only the information on the production number of the production and sales information notification device 2 but also the total number of each commodity produced by other pricing devices as the production number, or may acquire the production number directly input by a store clerk as information on the production number of the commodity.

The sales volume acquisition means 203 acquires sales volume information for each product from the POS terminal 11, etc., at a specified time or at a specified time interval, for example, specified by a store clerk, etc.

The actual number of products on display acquisition means 204 acquires information such as the actual number of products on display from the mobile terminal 3, for example, when a store clerk or the like carries the mobile terminal 3 and patrols the store, counts the products on display shelves, and inputs the actual number of products on display and other information.

The control means 201 then calculates information such as additional production numbers based on information related to the production volume acquired by the production volume acquisition means 202 and the sales volume acquired by the sales volume acquisition means 203, and information stored in each storage means.

The storage means 211 stores the production quantity (A) of each product acquired by the production quantity acquisition means 202, the sales quantity (B) of each product acquired by the sales quantity acquisition means 203, various information created by the control means 201, etc.

FIG. 25(b) shows a block diagram of the production and sales information notification device 2 of this embodiment.
The production and sales information notification device 2 includes a CPU 21 , a ROM 22 , a RAM 23 , a memory 24 , a network I/F 25 , an input unit I/F 26 , a display unit I/F 27 , and a printing unit I/F 28 .

The CPU 21 executes the instructions of the software program. The ROM 22 prestores programs and the like for running on the CPU 21. The programs and the like may be stored on a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM and configured to be read by an external device such as a CD-ROM drive.

The RAM 23 is used as a work storage area necessary for storing programs and for the software to operate.
The memory 24 is composed of a hard disk device or the like and stores information relating to products.
The network I/F 25 is a circuit for exchanging data with means connected to a network.
The input unit I/F 26 is a circuit for performing input/output with an input unit 221 such as a barcode scanner.
The display unit I/F 27 is a circuit for performing input/output with a display unit 222 such as a touch panel.
The print unit I/F 28 is a circuit for performing input/output with a print unit 223 such as a printer.

As described above, the production and sales information notification device of this embodiment can display production and sales information for a desired product from among a large number of products, allowing store clerks and others to efficiently grasp product information.
Furthermore, the production and sales information notification device of this embodiment is provided with a plurality of alert functions, and an appropriate alert function can be set for each product, so that appropriate notifications can be set according to the characteristics of the product.

The above describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment.

2: Production and sales information notification device (pricing device)
3: Mobile terminal 11: POS terminal 500: Production and sales list screen 540: Display quantity alert screen 550: Production and sales performance monitor screen 560: Transition table screen 570: Production and sales table screen 580: Sales ranking display screen 590: Sold-out report screen

Claims (6)

a reporting means for reporting, for each of a plurality of products, production information relating to the production status of the product, sales information relating to the sales status of the product, and sales achievement information of the product calculated based on the production information and the sales information;
A production and sales information notification system including: a setting means for setting a product to be notified by the notification means at each predetermined time,
the notification means notifies the production information, the sales information, and the sales achievement information of the product preset by the setting means at each designated time ,
By switching the designated time, the production information, the sales information, and the sales achievement information of the product that is preset at the switched time are notified.
A production and sales information notification system. The production and sales information notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a production instruction means for issuing a production instruction to promote the production of a specified product when the sales achievement information of the specified product reaches a predetermined threshold value set in advance. 3. The production and sales information notification system according to claim 2 , wherein the production instruction by said production instruction means is restricted when said production and sales information notification system is in a predetermined state. The production and sales information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the notification means displays, at each of the specified times, the product name, the production information, and the sales information for each of the products set by the setting means in a divided manner, and displays the product information displayed in the divided manner in a grid pattern. The notification means includes:
5. A production and sales information notifying system according to claim 4, wherein said production information and said sales information are displayed as values in partitioned areas, and said sales achievement information is notified by the display mode of said product information . A program for notifying production and sales information,
Computer,
a reporting means for reporting, for each of a plurality of commodities, production information relating to the production status of the commodities, sales information relating to the sales status of the commodities, and sales achievement information of the commodities calculated based on the production information and the sales information;
a setting unit that sets a product to be notified by the notification unit at each predetermined time ;
the notification means notifies the production information, the sales information, and the sales achievement information of the product preset by the setting means at each designated time ,
By switching the designated time, the production information, the sales information, and the sales achievement information of the product that is preset at the switched time are notified.
A program characterized by:

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