JP2010134771A - Receiving and ordering data conversion method allowing inquiring about situation, computer program for executing the method, storage medium having the program stored therein, and receiving and ordering system - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide an order data management method capable of easily converting order information, order information, shipping information, and delivery information between a plurality of ordering parties and a plurality of ordering parties and at the same time easily confirming the progress of transactions.
A process for preparing a center format in which a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of orderers, a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of contractors, and a group of parameters including a transaction number can be set Converting the order information received from the orderer from the order format to the center format, associating the transaction number with the order information received from the orderer, and the order information received from the orderer from the center format. An order data management method comprising a step of converting the order number of a contractor receiving an order into the order format and associating the transaction number with order information transmitted to the contractor.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a method capable of managing orders and orders in common between a plurality of orderers and a plurality of contractors, a system and computer software capable of executing the method, and a storage medium storing the computer software. Especially, even when multiple orderers use different formats for ordering, and multiple orderers use different formats for orders, transaction information for ordering, ordering, shipping and delivery is efficiently And a method that can be obtained without omission.

  In today's widespread use of computer ordering, the orderer (enterprise or individual) uses a specific ordering format when ordering goods or services, and electronically sends purchase orders etc. to the contractor (enterprise or individual). Sending is done. It is convenient to use the specific ordering format in the related processing (order management, delivery management, process management, accounting processing, tax processing, etc.) on the side of the orderer. At this time, the ordering format is generally different for each orderer.

  On the other hand, the contractor (enterprise or individual) also performs related processing (order management, shipment management, delivery date management, inventory management, accounting processing, tax processing, etc.) by computer using a specific order format when receiving an order. . On the side of the contractor, generally, the order format differs for each contractor (company, individual).

  While there is no movement to improve efficiency by unifying different ordering formats and ordering formats among companies in the same industry, in general, the ordering company as viewed from the ordering side (that is, it is possible to order goods or services for one ordering company) This is the same for the ordering company (partner company that a single ordering company may receive an order) from the order-receiving side. It is a difficult situation to unify all.

  On the other hand, there may be a service in which order information described in an order format is converted between the orderer and the contractor into the order format and sent to the contractor. However, if a plurality of companies or individuals on the orderer side use a total of M types of formats and a plurality of companies or individuals on the side of the orderer use a total of N types of formats, then M × N Street conversion is required, and it is necessary to support a great number of format conversions. If these conversions are to be performed by a computer, the time required for the conversion by the computer may be very short. However, the workload of checking whether there is a bug in each conversion program, etc. Very big. Furthermore, if the data conversion between the orderer side and the contractor side is performed by a specialist for data conversion, it is difficult to use the format on the orderer side and the orderer side. The added work is even greater.

  Furthermore, if the orderer wants to know the progress status of the order that has been ordered, the orderer cannot directly see the order information or transaction information managed by the orderer. In order to be able to confirm transaction information, it is necessary to prepare M × N new format conversions.

  In addition, the ordering side needs a specific parameter to manage the transaction (for example, the in-house code of the person in charge of ordering), but if the contractor is not prepared to manage the parameter, the ordering information is ordered. When the format is converted to the order format, the parameter is lost, and the subsequent shipment information and delivery information do not include the parameter. Since the orderer plans to include the parameter in the delivery information, this will cause trouble in delivery management.

  The present invention aims to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and more specifically, order information, order information, and shipping information between a plurality of orderers and a plurality of contractors. The order information management method, the system, the order management computer software and the same, which make it possible to easily convert the delivery information and at the same time easily obtain the transaction information by uniquely corresponding the transaction number to the order. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage medium storing computer software.

  The present invention further distributes the order information when the plurality of contractors correspond to the order information of the orderer, converts the order information into the respective order formats of the corresponding contractors, and transmits the order to each contractor. The present invention relates to an order data management method for associating the transaction number with information. Other problems to be solved by the present invention and the effects of the present invention will be clarified throughout the specification.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
Preparing a center format capable of setting parameters used in an order format of a plurality of orderers, parameters used in an order format of a plurality of contractors, and a group of parameters including transaction numbers;
Converting the order information received from the orderer from the order format into the center format and associating the transaction number with the order information received from the orderer;
An order data management method comprising a step of converting order information received from an orderer into the order format of a contractor who receives an order from the center format and associating the transaction number with the order information transmitted to the contractor. .

  In this specification, “format” is used as a term indicating a data description format, and is used to indicate a language format such as CSV or XML, a data structure under a specific language format, or the like. The ordering format is a concept corresponding to the format of the ordering slip used by the orderer. The parameters are items such as an order number, a product code, an order date, an order quantity, and a product code “AB0324”, for example. “Ordering information” is specific contents of an order placed by an orderer specified by the values of parameters used in the ordering format.

  The ordering format of the contractor is a concept corresponding to the format of the order slip used by the contractor, and the parameters are items such as an order number, customer code, product code, order date, order quantity, and the like. The order information is specific contents of the order received by the contractor identified by the parameter value used in the order format of the contractor. The center format is a data description format for mediating the conversion from the order format to the order format or vice versa. The order format, center format, and order format may each be different, but the center format does not exclude the possibility of being the same as one or more of the order format or the order format.

  The transaction number is a number assigned to a series of flows from ordering by the orderer to ordering by the ordering party, shipment by the ordering party, and delivery. If the orderer gives the order a unique order number to the orderer and the contractor gives the order a unique order number to the orderer, the transaction number is passed through the orderer and the orderer. In principle, the number used is different from the order number or the order number, but the transaction number may be the same as either the order number or the order number.

  The process of converting the orderer's ordering information from the ordering format to the center format includes, for example, the following processing. That is, the order format is a) the order date (Heisei indication), b) the order number, and c) the product code information in this order. The center format is 1) the transaction number, 2) the order number, 3) Order date (year display) 4) If the product code is described in this order, the conversion process is as follows: 1) A new transaction number is set (for example, the value “2008033451” is set as the transaction number). Set) and b) are recorded as order numbers, a) is converted from Heisei to Western era and recorded as the order date, and c) is recorded as a product code. Here, the transaction number is preferably given a unique value so that the same transaction number is not associated with different orders. For example, when the year is updated, the transaction number is used. Do not exclude the possibility of reuse of a transaction number that has already been used.

  The order information received from the orderer is associated with the transaction number by describing the transaction information in the center format including the order information created by converting the order format or by separately comparing the order number and the transaction number. This can be done by creating and linking the two. When the order information is converted from the center format into the order format of the contractor who receives an order and is transmitted to the contractor, the transaction number may be included in the header of the transmission information or in the format. For example, a transaction number comparison table and information that can identify transactions as seen from the center format side, such as a pair of a contractor's code number and the order number used by the contractor, are created and stored for reference. You can do it.

  Regarding the other points, the process of converting from the center format to the order format of the contractor who receives the order and the association between the order information and the transaction number at that time are basically the conversion from the order format to the center format. It is the same procedure.

In the case of the present invention configured as described above, when converting ordering data between a plurality of ordering parties and a plurality of ordering parties, such as creation of a program for conversion and confirmation of contents (debugging), etc. Labor is greatly reduced. This is because multiple orderers use M types of order formats (since multiple orderers may use a common order format, the number of orderers does not necessarily match the number of order formats) When a plurality of contractors use N types of order formats, according to the prior art, it was necessary to support M × N format conversion, but the present invention was used. This is because it is sufficient to support M + N format conversions (conversion from M types of order formats to center formats and conversion from center formats to N types of order formats). If M is 100 companies and N is 100 companies, according to the prior art, 10,000 conversions are required, whereas in the present invention, there are 200 conversions. 50.
As will be described below, when the center format includes the shipping format of the contractor and the delivery format of the orderer, the types of format conversions to be handled are also greatly reduced.

  Furthermore, in the case of the present invention, since the order information and the order information are linked by a transaction number having a unique value (the same number is not given to other orders), 1 It is possible to easily grasp the correspondence between one order and an order generated due to this. According to the prior art, it is necessary to read the correspondence relationship of ordering from the M × N format corresponding to the M × N format conversion. It is sufficient to handle M + N format conversions.

In the order data management method according to the present invention, the center format further includes parameters used in the orderer's shipping format and the orderer's delivery format,
A process of converting the shipping information of the contractor from the shipping format to the center format;
The method may include a step of converting shipping information of the contractor from the center format to the delivery format of the orderer.

  The contractor's shipping format is a format that describes information used by the contractor to identify the shipment, such as an order number, a shipping number, a shipping date, a customer name, a product code, and a quantity. The delivery format of the orderer is a format that describes information used by the orderer to specify delivery for the order, such as an order number, delivery date, orderer name, product code, and quantity.

  The process of converting the shipping information of the contractor from the shipping format to the center format includes, for example, the following processing. That is, the shipping format is a) Order code, b) Order number, c) Ship number, d) Ship date (Heisei), e) Destination (customer name), f) Product code information in this order. The center format is 1) Transaction number, 2) Contractor, 3) Order number, 4) Shipment number, 5) Shipment date (year) (6) Customer name, 7) Product If the codes are described in this order, the conversion process described above is as follows: 1) Transaction number is read out by referring to the comparison table from the combination of a) Contractor code and b) Order number, 1) Transaction number, a) The value of 2 is the order receiver, b) the order number is 3) the order number, and so on.

  When necessary information in the delivery format is included in the ordering information but is not included in the orderer's shipping information, when converting from the center format to the orderer's delivery format, The orderer may be able to process without trouble by adding the necessary information contained in the order information and performing conversion.

  For example, the ordering format on the ordering side has a column for the name of the person in charge of the ordering, and the name of the person in charge of the ordering is not included in the ordering format even though the name information of the ordering person is included. (For example, the contractor may think that the orderer's company name and business name are sufficient.) According to the conventional method, the orderer's The name will be missing and will not be included in the shipping information which is the subsequent procedure. Therefore, even if the shipping information is converted into delivery information for the orderer, the name of the orderer remains missing. On the orderer side, if the ordering information and delivery information are handled including the name of the person in charge of ordering, this is inconvenient.

  According to the above aspect of the present invention, this inconvenience can be solved. That is, when converting from the order format to the order format, even if the order format is not required, if it is necessary for the delivery information, it is temporarily stored and the shipping format is converted to the delivery format. Include that information in the delivery format. For this purpose, all information included in the ordering format may be stored, or only information that is included in the ordering format but not included in the shipping format of the contractor may be stored.

  As described above, by converting the shipment information to the delivery information based on the present invention, the type of conversion can be greatly reduced as in the above-described conversion from the order information to the order information (see above). According to an example, the conventional method requires M × N types of conversions, whereas it is sufficient to handle M + N types of conversions). Therefore, as described above, not only the labor required for conversion but also the labor required for confirmation of conversion is greatly reduced. As already mentioned, the number of types of format conversion required is greatly reduced when a series of transactions from the orderer's order to the orderer's order, shipment, and orderer's delivery are performed via the center format. is there.

  The center format is preferably a tagged CSV file. CSV is a file format in which data called “Comma Separated Values” are separated by commas. Compared to XML (Extensible Markup Language), which is one data per file, CSV has the advantage that the file size can be reduced because the head of the data can be determined by the tag even if the files are combined. As a rule of thumb, the CSV file size is about 1/10 of XML.

In the present invention, a conversion procedure from each of a plurality of different order formats to a center format, a conversion procedure from each of the center format to a plurality of different order formats, and a conversion procedure from each of a plurality of different shipment formats to the center format And the conversion procedure from the center format to different delivery formats,
It is preferable to perform the conversion from the order format to the center format, the conversion from the center format to the order format, the conversion from the shipping format to the center format, and the conversion from the center format to the delivery format based on the procedure.

  If there are M types of ordering formats (M types of delivery formats) and N types of order formats (N types of shipping formats), as described above, M + N types of format conversion procedures exist in theory. All M + N types of format conversion procedures can be determined and stored in advance, or necessary conversion procedures can be determined and stored sequentially when an actual order is placed.

  The ordering data management method according to the present invention distributes the ordering information when the ordering information received from the ordering party corresponds to a plurality of ordering parties, converts the ordering information into the ordering formats of the corresponding ordering parties, and You may have the process of associating the said transaction number with the order information transmitted to each contractor.

  The case where a plurality of contractors correspond to the order information received from the orderer is, for example, delivery of the hardware by a business operator (order receiver A) that sells hardware in response to an order for one piece of hardware. This is a case where the above-mentioned work by a business operator (ordering party B) who performs hardware installation and connection, software initial setting, and the like is necessary. In this case, the sorting of the order information corresponds to the work of creating the order information of the contractor A and the contractor B from the one order. In this case, the order information of the contractor A and the contractor B is associated with the transaction number assigned to the hardware order. In the above case, the orderer may place the order separately for the hardware order and the work order for the installation of the hardware. A different transaction number will be given.

  The order data management method according to the present invention provides at least one of order information, order information, shipping information, delivery information, and distribution information associated with the transaction number in response to a situation inquiry. You may have the process of displaying transaction information containing.

  Status inquiry means, for example, that the orderer needs to confirm whether or not the ordering information has been delivered to the contractor correctly for a transaction that has already been ordered but not yet delivered. This is a response to the request. It is preferable that the situation inquiry is not limited to the orderer but can be made by the contractor or the business operator who mediates the ordering information. In the case of the present invention, since the order information originating from the order information, shipping information, delivery information, and distribution information, if applicable, are all related by transaction number, Information extraction is extremely easy and quick.

The present invention also provides an ordering system that can suitably execute the ordering data management method.
An ordering system according to the present invention includes an orderer computer capable of transmitting order information described in accordance with an ordering format from an orderer to a center computer;
Receives ordering information described in accordance with the ordering format from the orderer, associates a transaction number with the ordering information, and is used in the ordering format of the plurality of orderers and the ordering format of the plurality of contractors. And a group of parameters including transaction numbers can be converted to a configurable center format, and the order information associated with the transaction number can be converted to the ordering format of the contractor and sent to the contractor computer. A center computer,
An orderer computer capable of receiving, from the center computer, order information created in accordance with an order format based on order information from the orderer;
This is an ordering system for converting / transmitting / receiving ordering data associated with a transaction number between a plurality of different ordering formats and a plurality of different ordering formats.

  The orderer computer, the center computer, and the contractor computer are applicable to any computer, server, mainframe, etc., as long as they have the above functions. It goes without saying that data transmission / reception may be performed by any of wired, wireless, digital, and analog.

In the ordering system according to the present invention, the center format further includes parameters used in the orderer's shipping format and the orderer's delivery format,
A system in which the center computer converts shipping information of a contractor associated with transaction information from the shipping format to the center format, and converts the shipping information of the contractor from the center format to the delivery format of the orderer Is included.

  In the above ordering system, when a plurality of contractors correspond to the ordering information received from the orderer, the center computer sorts the ordering information and converts the ordering information into the corresponding ordering formats of the plurality of contractors. The transaction number may be associated with information and transmitted to each contractor.

  The ordering system further includes a transaction including at least one of ordering information, order information, shipping information, delivery information, and distribution information associated with the transaction number in response to the situation inquiry. It may be a system capable of acquiring information.

The present invention also provides
Receives ordering information written according to the ordering format from the orderer computer,
By associating a transaction number with the order information, a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of orderers, a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of contractors, and a group of parameters including a transaction number can be set. Convert to center format,
Converting the order information associated with the transaction number into the order format of the contractor;
Send it to the contractor's computer
Computer software is provided for causing a center computer to convert and transmit / receive order data associated with a transaction number between a plurality of different orderer computers and a plurality of different orderer computers.

In the computer software according to the present invention, the center format further includes parameters used in the orderer's shipping format and the orderer's delivery format,
Causing the center computer to convert the shipping information of the contractor associated with the transaction information from the shipping format to the center format, and to convert the shipping information of the contractor from the center format to the delivery format of the orderer It may be.

  When a plurality of contractors correspond to the order information received from the orderer, the computer software according to the present invention causes the center computer to sort the order information and convert it to the order formats of the corresponding plurality of contractors. In addition, the order number may be associated with the transaction number and transmitted to each contractor.

  In response to the situation inquiry, the computer software further includes at least one of order information, order information, shipment information, delivery information, and distribution information associated with the center computer by the transaction number. Transaction information including one may be acquired and displayed and / or transmitted.

  The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium (regardless of format) storing the computer software.

  Below, the form for implementing this invention based on an Example is described. It is needless to say that the examples described below are described in order to help understanding of the present invention and do not mean that the present invention is limited to the examples described below.

  FIG. 1 shows, for comparison, a center computer based on the prior art, that is, on the premise that the data format is converted from the format for each orderer to the format for each contractor without using the center format. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a flow from when the order information is received from the orderer until the order information is transmitted to the contractor.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the center computer receives 100 ordering information from the orderer, it issues a unique management number (reception number) for each received file with reference to the received file management number issuing table 10. The file reception status 20 is recorded. At this time, although it is not known as a prior art, it is not impossible to issue a transaction number and save it in a received file for future use. Next, in order to manage the subsequent transaction status, transaction status creation 300 is performed. Specifically, transaction status 30 data including a reception number, transaction number, etc. is created. Although not described in the prior art, at this time, the transaction number can be included in the transaction status data.

  In order to cope with a case where orders from a plurality of contractors are generated from one order, the distribution 350 may be performed. When the distribution is performed, the transaction status is changed, so the transaction status 35 data is updated.

  Next, in order to transmit the order information to the contractor, each company performs formatting 400, obtains the management number of the transmission by referring to the transmission file management number issuing table 40, and receives an order from the center computer. The order information is transmitted 500 to the person computer. At this time, the file transmission status 50 is saved and the transaction status 60 data is updated.

  Based on the above prior art, one of the problems is that the format of the received file received by the center computer from the orderer is specific to the orderer (assuming that there are m types of formats here). If this is converted into a format unique to the contractor (assuming that there are n types of formats), m × n types of conversion programs are required. Furthermore, the second problem is that even if one transaction number is given from ordering to ordering to make it consistent, M types of formats are used for the file reception status 20, and the file transmission status 50 Since N types of formats are used, in order to search for one transaction from these, it is necessary to search for a transaction number based on a combination of M × N formats.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the concept of the processing flow by the center computer according to the embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the flow chart 1 based on the above-mentioned prior art is that the center computer receives 100 ordering information from the orderer and then performs the unified formatting 200 to the center format. Therefore, the transaction status creation 300 is performed on the assumption that the order information is described according to a unified center format, and the transaction status 30 data is described in a unified format regardless of the ordering party and the ordering party. The Next, each company's individual formatting 400 is performed from the unified center format to the format used by each contractor, and the format-converted order information is transmitted 500 from the center computer. At this time, the transaction status is updated 60, but the updated transaction status is also described in a unified format.

  Therefore, first, as necessary types of format conversion, there are M types of conversion from M types of orderer formats to center formats, N types of conversion from center formats to N types of contractor formats, and a total of M + N types. Compared to the need to handle M × N types of conversions under the prior art, the types of conversions can be greatly reduced especially when M and N are large values. Furthermore, since the transaction status communicated from time to time is created in one format based on the center format, it is extremely easy to search for the transaction status corresponding to one transaction number (one format is sufficient). ).

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a work flow when the ordering / managing method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a distribution 350 process. The difference from FIG. 2 is that the distribution 350 is performed after the transaction status creation 300. According to the allocation, a plurality of orders are derived from one order. Therefore, it is desirable to update the data of the transaction status 35 after allocating. The subsequent processing differs only in that each company's individual formatting 400 performs unique formatting for a plurality of derived contractors and performs transmission 500 from the center computer.

  FIG. 4 illustrates the association of the transaction number in the file reception status 20 storing the order information transmitted by the orderer to the center computer, the transaction statuses 30 and 60, and the file transmission status 50 storing the order information to the contractor. FIG. As shown in the frame on the right side of the figure, since the transaction number, the received file number, and the transmission file number are recorded in the data of the transaction status 30, 60, the data of the transaction status 30, 60 are The file reception status 20 in which the reception file number is recorded and the file transmission status 50 can be associated with each other. This is an example in the case where a transaction number is issued at the stage of the unified formatting 200, but a transaction number is issued when referring to the received file management number issue number table 10, and a file reception status 20 and a file transmission status 50 are issued. Can also include a transaction number. In any case, in order to refer to the latest transaction status, it is only necessary to search the transaction status 30, 60 described in the center format with the transaction number as a clue.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the operation and billing of the center computer. The center computer or the operator operating the center computer provides services such as format conversion from ordering data to ordering data as described above, shipping data, delivery data format conversion, transaction information inquiry, etc. It is assumed that a certain charge is made as consideration for providing

  In the illustrated example, it is assumed that the functions including the format conversion from the order format to the center format and the format conversion from the center format to the order format are performed as batch processing. For this reason, the management server 1, the batch server 2, and the host 3 are described for each function in the figure, but these may all be executed by the center computer. The conversion may be continuous processing starting from reception instead of batch processing.

  According to FIG. 5, when the order information is received 100, the cooperation scheduler controls the schedule of batch processing, format conversion (format conversion from order format to center format), division, distribution, aggregation, format conversion (center). Format conversion from format to order format) and order data transmission 500 to the order order computer are processed as batch jobs. At the time of format conversion, information necessary for subsequent billing is written and stored in predetermined storage means as billing accumulation 70 data, billing basic 72 data, and billing detail 74 data. The billing information may be updated each time the billing accumulation information is updated. In the figure, the billing information 84 is aggregated 80 on a daily or monthly basis, and then the billing information 84 is generated and the billing process 84 is performed. showed that.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of information written in the storage means as information necessary for charging. 20T in the figure exemplifies data created for each receiver when order information is received. When one order data is received, the received file number, supplier code, processing date, and reception / transmission are different. In addition to the above, the number of bytes of data, the number of orders, the number of slips, and the number of details as the basis of billing are recorded. Similarly, 50T in the figure is information bytes to be written when sending order information to the contractor, including the transmission file number, supplier code, processing date, and transmission / reception data bytes. The number, the number of orders, the number of slips, and the number of details are recorded.

表２は、課金処理の管理情報の別の例を示したものである。処理の度の段階で課金の基礎情報を取得するかおよび現時点での累積データの量を表示している。

Table 1 shows an example of management information necessary for the billing process performed every month. For each business partner, the billing type and the billing date for processing and billing are different. The billing type is a type of calculation method, such as associating the basis of billing with the number of bytes of data transmitted / received, associating with the number of orders, or with the number of slips.

Table 2 shows another example of management information for the billing process. The basic information of charging is acquired at each processing stage, and the amount of accumulated data at the present time is displayed.

The conceptual diagram explaining the flow until the center computer receives the order information from the orderer and transmits the order information to the contractor when based on the prior art The flowchart which showed the concept of the flow of processing by the center computer based on the Example of this invention The flowchart which shows the flow of an operation | work in case the order placement / order management method based on the Example of this invention contains a distribution process further The figure explaining the relation of the transaction number in the file reception situation which saved the order information which the orderer sent to the center computer, the transaction situation, and the file transmission situation which saved the order information to the contractor Flow chart for explaining the operation and billing flow of the center computer Example of information written in storage means as information necessary for billing

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management server 2 Batch server 3 Host 10 Received file management number numbering table 20 File reception status 30, 35, 60 Transaction status 40 Transmission file management number numbering table 50 File transmission status 70 Billing accumulation 72 Billing basics 74 Billing details 100 Center Reception 200 Unified formatting 300 Transaction status creation 400 Individual company formatting 500 Center transmission

Claims (10)

Preparing a center format capable of setting parameters used in an order format of a plurality of orderers, parameters used in an order format of a plurality of contractors, and a group of parameters including transaction numbers;
Converting the order information received from the orderer from the order format into the center format and associating the transaction number with the order information received from the orderer;
An order data management method comprising a step of converting order information received from an orderer into the order format of a contractor who receives an order from the center format and associating the transaction number with the order information transmitted to the contractor. The center format further includes parameters used in the orderer's shipping format and the orderer's delivery format;
A process of converting the shipping information of the contractor from the shipping format to the center format;
The order data management method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of converting shipping information of the contractor from the center format to the delivery format of the orderer.   When a plurality of contractors correspond to the order information received from the orderer, the order information is sorted and converted into an order format for each of the corresponding contractors, and the order information transmitted to each contractor is included in the order information. 3. The order data management method according to claim 1, further comprising a process of associating a transaction number.   And displaying transaction information including at least one of order information associated with the transaction number, order information, shipping information, delivery information, and distribution information in response to the situation inquiry. The order data management method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. An orderer computer capable of sending order information described in accordance with the order format from the orderer to the center computer;
Receives ordering information described in accordance with the ordering format from the orderer, associates a transaction number with the ordering information, and is used in the ordering format of a plurality of orderers and the ordering format of a plurality of contractors. And a group of parameters including transaction numbers can be converted to a configurable center format, and the order information associated with the transaction number can be converted to the ordering format of the contractor and sent to the contractor computer. A center computer,
An orderer computer capable of receiving, from the center computer, order information created in accordance with an order format based on order information from the orderer;
An ordering system that converts and sends and receives ordering data associated with transaction numbers between different ordering formats and different ordering formats. The center format further includes parameters used in the orderer's shipping format and the orderer's delivery format;
The center computer converts the shipping information of the contractor associated with the transaction information from the shipping format to the center format, and converts the shipping information of the contractor from the center format to the delivery format of the orderer. Item 6. The ordering system according to item 5.   When a plurality of contractors correspond to the order information received from the orderer, the center computer distributes the order information and converts the order information into the corresponding order formats of the plurality of contractors, and the order number includes the transaction number. The order receiving / ordering system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the information is transmitted to each contractor in association with each other.   Further, in response to the situation inquiry, transaction information including at least one of order information, order information, shipment information, delivery information, and distribution information associated with the transaction number may be acquired. The ordering system according to any one of claims 5 to 7, which is possible. Receives ordering information written according to the ordering format from the orderer computer,
By associating a transaction number with the order information, a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of orderers, a parameter used in an order format of a plurality of contractors, and a group of parameters including a transaction number can be set. Convert to center format,
Converting the order information associated with the transaction number into the order format of the contractor;
Send it to the contractor's computer
Computer software that causes a center computer to convert and transmit / receive order data associated with a transaction number between a plurality of different orderer computers and a plurality of different orderer computers.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the computer software according to claim 9.

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