JPS5811657B2 - Goods management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in an article management device for managing, for example, articles stored on display shelves.

For example, in the distribution industry, emphasis is placed on promoting product sales management.

For this reason, some business establishments use POS terminals to monitor sales, but this has not become common practice due to the high cost of the equipment and the lack of thorough source marking on products.

Therefore, an increasing number of establishments are implementing sales management that accurately monitors the movement of products on display shelves and pack rooms in each store, and centralizes the management at the headquarters.

To explain a specific example, a price card is attached to a product display stand corresponding to the product, and the product name and price are printed on the card, as well as the product code number is written on the card.

The store clerk, who is the data collector, carries an information recorder consisting of a keyboard part and a recorder body connected to it.
Key in the product code number and stock quantity or order quantity of the desired product on the keyboard.

All of this data is stored in the recording element of the recorder body,
After the key-in operation is completed, the data is sent to the headquarters via the communication line.

However, because large supermarkets handle a large variety of products, key-in operations are extremely troublesome, and the staff are required to enter code numbers accurately and without errors, which places a heavy physical and mental burden on store staff. There is this inconvenience.

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to provide an article management device that can easily and accurately read and manage information regarding articles.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a display stand which is a storage body, and this is divided into upper and lower parts by a mounting plate 2... and has a plurality of storage chambers 3.
... is formed.

In each storage chamber 3..., a plurality of types of products 4a... to 4z... are stored in prescribed quantities at predetermined intervals.

(However, only a part of the product is shown) Also, the mounting plate 2...
On the front wall of is a shelf label 5, which is an article card to be described later.
are attached to each product 4a...4Z, and a quantity card 6 is attached to the lower stepped wall 1a of the display stand 1.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the shelf label 5... is printed with product information for the purchaser, that is, the product name 7 and the price 8, and also has the product [code number 9 and this product code number 9] printed thereon. A code mark 10 corresponding to the code mark 10 is optically pre-marked or magnetically encoded.

Further, the quantity card 6 has predetermined numbers 11... printed on it as shown in FIG.
1...; Corresponding code mark 12...
is written.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, 13 is a portable mark reader, which is connected to a reader body 15 to which a shoulder strap 14 is attached, and to this reader body 15 via a connecting cord 16. It consists of a reader 17.

The reader main body 15 houses a control section and a storage section (not shown), and a keyboard section 18 on one side.
is provided.

Further, 19 is a mounting hole 1 for inserting the reader 17.
8a is the holder 18 provided with the holder 8a.

The reader 17 has a built-in light emitting section, a light receiving section, and a photoelectric conversion section (not shown), and information can be input into the reader main body 15 by bringing the tip into contact with a code mark.

However, when the sales time ends, the store clerk who is the data collector places the reader body 13 on his shoulder and first reads the display stand 1.
Count the quantity while sorting out the products 4a... at the end of the box.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the reader 17 slides the code mark 10 of the shelf label 5 corresponding to the product 4a into contact with the code mark 10, selects the inventory quantity number from the quantity card 6, and selects the corresponding code. Mark 12 is brought into sliding contact.

Therefore, the code mark information is stored in the storage section.

In this way, the remaining products 4b... or 4Z...
are arranged in order, and the code mark information is stored in the storage section.

The keyboard unit 10 is used when there is no shelf label 5, when the desired number is not on the quantity card 6, or when the reader 17 is out of order.

When the predetermined products 4a, . . . to 4Z, .

In the above embodiment, the quantity card 6 is placed on the display stand 1.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the reader body 15 may be carried by the person carrying the reader body 15.

In addition, data on inventory quantity is input, but it is not limited to this, since the quantity to be displayed, that is, the specified quantity, is usually a good quantity (1 dozen, 2 dozen, etc.). Since the value obtained by subtracting the inventory quantity from this, that is, the order quantity can be easily calculated by mental calculation, this data may be input.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the sales management work of a large supermarket etc. has been explained, but the form of the shelf label 5 can be changed as appropriate, such as warehouse management of standard parts or parts management on a production line. It goes without saying that various implementations can be made without changing the gist of the invention.

As explained above, according to the present invention, article cards corresponding to the above-mentioned articles are attached to a storage body in which various kinds of articles are stored, article information and code marks are written on these article cards, Equipped with a portable mark reader that reads and records the code mark information by sliding the code mark in contact with the code mark, data collectors can easily collect the necessary data about the item without feeling any mental or physical burden. It can be easily and accurately obtained, and has the advantage that it does not require a skilled professional operator.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of an article card, Fig. 2 is a front view of a quantity card, and Fig. 3 is a front view of a quantity card.
The figure is a perspective view showing a state in which products are stored in a part of the display stand, which is a storage body, Figure 4 is a perspective view of a portable mark reader, and Figure 5 is a state in which code marks are read. FIG. 4a... Article (product), 1... Storage body (display stand), 5... Article card (shelf label), 7,
8...Product information (product name, price), 9...
...Code mark, 13...Portable mark reader.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container in which various types of articles are stored, article cards attached to this container corresponding to the above-mentioned articles, article information and code marks written on these article cards, and this code mark. 1. An article management device comprising: a portable mark reader that reads and records code mark information by sliding contact with the portable mark reader.