JPH01134696A - Item setting system for pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention relates to an item setting method for a POS system, and aims to make it possible to deal with temporary changes in items and unit prices during special sales, etc. In a POS system that is equipped with a unit price master that records necessary basic information for each product, there is an item setting table that stores the basic information for each product eligible for special sale, and the start and end times of the application period of the item setting table. unit price master management that transfers the item setting table to the unit price master immediately before the start time specified in the application period specification table and returns to the unit price master after the end time; The structure includes a section.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an item setting method in a POS system (prior art) POS systems are being actively introduced into food supermarkets and consumer cooperatives, and are also becoming more widespread in retail stores.

This POS system originally enables product information management at the point of sale, and aims to reduce loss and opportunity loss and improve the efficiency of each store's operations by improving product management accuracy through single item management. It has been introduced.

In other words, the POS system records the name and price of the sold product,
Electronically recorded at the point of sale, this data is later processed and used for purposes such as rational sales management.

In a POS system, a store controller is connected to a large number of PO3 terminal devices such as electronic cash registers and barcode scanners, and the barcode scanner reads the barcode attached to the product at the point of sale. Determine the code and record the product code, product name, and unit price for each product.

Necessary information such as the unit price of the above product is obtained based on the barcode read from the unit price master (referred to as PLU (Pr1ce Look Up) master) that records basic information necessary for transactions such as suppliers. Read out, PO3
On the terminal side, this sales record is printed on the receipt and stored in a file on the store controller side as sales data.

However, the products carried in stores are not constant; many new items are added, and there are also seasonal products that are only sold during specific seasons, such as summer and winter products.

Furthermore, supermarkets and the like may hold special sales such as bargain sales and pre-closing sales (time service) as sales promotion activities. During a special sale, additional items may be added, or the selling price of normally available items may change for the duration of the sale. In addition, with time services, the price of the same item changes only during a predetermined period of time, such as 30 minutes or one hour.

In such a case, it is necessary to change the contents of the above-mentioned PLU master, but this change is temporary, and after the special sale or time service period ends, the light must be restored.

However, in reality, the contents of the PLU master are stored as temporary items,
It was difficult to respond to changes in unit prices, and when special sales were held, the PO8 terminal had to respond.

In other words, a piece of paper is pasted on the key top of the keyboard of the PO3 terminal stating that the item is on sale or subject to limited time service, and when this key is pressed during a transaction with a customer, the corrected amount can be entered separately. Or, when the above-mentioned target items are grouped into other items and the corresponding products are sold, a method is taken in which all items related to the products are manually input.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As described above, in the past, when a temporary item or unit price change was required, such as during a special sale, these changes were handled by manual input by the operator of the PO3 terminal. Therefore, input errors may occur during transactions with customers.
In addition, for items eligible for special sale or time service, POS
There is a problem in that it is not possible to accurately grasp product management information at the point of sale, which is the original purpose of the system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to enable a POS system to respond to temporary changes in items and unit prices during special sales.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a POS system equipped with a unit price master 3 in which basic information necessary for transactions with customers is recorded in accordance with products, an item setting table 5 in which the basic information is stored in correspondence with products set as special sale items, and Item setting table 5
An applicable period specification table 6 indicating the start and end times of the applicable period, and the special item table mentioned above is transferred to the unit price master immediately before the specified applicable period starts, and after the specified applicable period ends. , a unit price master management section 7 is provided for restoring the unit price master.

[For production]

Even if a temporary change in unit price or handling item is required during a special sale, etc., the unit price master management section 7 can change the basic information regarding the target item preset in the item setting table 5 to the applicable period specification table 6. Immediately before the specified start time, the unit price master 3 is transferred to the unit price master 3, the unit price of the unit price master 3 is corrected, items are added, etc., the unit price master 3 is made compatible with the special sale, and when the specified end time has passed, the unit price master 3 is transferred to the unit price master 3 again. 3 to return to its original state. Therefore, by simply performing the usual operations on the PO3 terminal side, it is possible to automatically deal with special sales and to accurately grasp the information on the point of sale of the product.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the above-described embodiment, in which 1 is a store controller, 3 is a unit price master (hereinafter referred to as PLU master), and 2 is a PLU that controls the reference operation of PLU master 3, etc.
It is a controller.

As is well known, the PLU master 3 stores basic information necessary for transactions with customers and product management, such as product codes, product names, unit prices, etc. for each product.

When conducting transactions with customers, operate the PO3 terminal device 4 installed at supermarkets, retail stores, etc., and scan the barcode scanner 8.
If you read the barcode attached to the product with or press the designated key on the keyboard 9 to enter the sales item,
The product code of the product is transferred to the PLU master 3, the unit price is read out using this as a key, and the read unit price is sent back to the PO3 terminal device 4. A receipt 10 is issued for each transaction based on the unit price and other information thus read out for each input product, and is given to the customer as a transaction detail.

On the other hand, transaction information is aggregated in the store controller 1, analyzed as necessary, and various output reports 11 are issued.

Let us now assume that a supermarket using a POS system with the above configuration is trying to provide time service.

Prior to implementing this time service, the relevant POS
The system administrator sets the basic information of the target product in the item setting table 5 in advance from the operation console (not shown) of the store controller l, and sets the date and time in the application period specification table 6. By doing this, when the date and time indicated by the calendar mechanism 13 matches the start time (in this case, the start time) specified in the applicable period specification table 6, the unit price master management section 7 will be able to control the contents of the item setting table 5. PLU
The data is transferred to the controller 2 and the contents of the PLU master 3 are changed.

For example, suppose that this time service lowers the selling price of a specific product A for 30 minutes. In this case, the unit price of product A in the PLU master 3 will be changed immediately before the start of time service.

If the unit price of product A in the PLU master 3 is changed in this way, product A will be automatically traded at the changed unit price, and the transaction at the changed unit price will also be recorded on the receipt 10.

When the date and time indicated by the calendar mechanism 13 and the end time M (in this case, the end time) designated in the application period designation table 6 fail, the unit price master management section 7 restores the PLU master 3 to its original contents again. Any means or method may be used for this restoration; for example, a save table (not shown) similar to the item setting table 5 may be provided, and the contents before the change may be saved in this save table. By transferring the contents of this evacuation table to the PLU master 3 at the end of the time service,
The original contents can be restored.

Similarly, when conducting a special sale, all you have to do is set the product for sale in the item setting table 5 and the sale period in the applicable period specification table 6.The rest is managed by the unit price master management section 7 in the PLU master 3. Content changes and restoration are automatically performed.

During the series of processes described above, the PO3 terminal only needs to continue its normal operations, and there is no need to make any particular changes.

In this embodiment, even during special sales, PLU is always displayed for each item.
The contents of Master 3 are managed, and multiple items are not grouped together into other items. Therefore, carrying out a special sale will not affect the accuracy of transaction information, and product management, statistical and analytical data, etc. will be obtained as usual.

In the above explanation, only an example of reading a barcode was shown, but depending on the product, a barcode cannot be attached to some products. Generally, such products are assigned to the keyboard 9, and pressing the key is used instead of reading the barcode.

This keyboard 9 is also connected to the PLU master 3, so in the series of operations described above, even if the product assigned to the keyboard 9 becomes the target of a special sale, the operator can Without being particularly conscious of it,
Just press the key as you normally would.

In addition, in a system configured to input transaction information from a keyboard 9 in a small-scale store, as shown in FIG.
During the special sale period, the key top 12 itself uses the keyboard 9 that can display characters.When the basic information of the special sale target product is stored in the PLU master 3, the keys 12 corresponding to the target product are The target product can be clearly indicated by displaying the key tops in a high resolution manner, and the item setting table 5 may be created to be compatible with the keyboard.

Furthermore, in such a small-scale system, it is also possible to set items for special sale from the PO3 terminal device 4 using the keyboard 9 or the like.

Furthermore, in large-scale supermarkets, the items eligible for special sales may vary from store to store, or special sales may be held only at specific stores. In such a case, an item setting table 5 may be provided corresponding to each PO3 terminal device 4 or store, and an applicable period designation table 6 may also be provided corresponding to each of the item setting tables 5. You can.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to respond accurately and quickly even when it is necessary to change the unit price or change the handled items from time to time, such as during special sales such as special sales and time service. Even in this case, the correspondence with the item and unit price master is no different from usual.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a POS system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a keyboard used in the above embodiment. In the figure, ■ is the store controller, 2 is the PLU controller, 3 is the PLU master (unit price master), and 4 is the PO
3 terminal devices, 5 an item setting table, 6 an application period specification table, 7 a unit price master management section, 8 a barcode scanner, 9 a keyboard, 12 keys, and 13 a calendar mechanism. JP Ujin Blood + North B; Fortune-telling - (r Small Tosaku≧
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A POS system comprising a unit price master (3) in which basic information necessary for transactions with customers is recorded in correspondence with products, an item setting table (5) in which the basic information is stored in correspondence with products eligible for special sale. ), a general term specification table (6) indicating the start and end times of the applicable period of the item setting table (5), and a valid period specification table (6) that indicates the start time of the applicable period specified in the applicable period specification table (6). a unit price master management unit (7) that transfers the contents of the setting table (5) to the unit price master (3) and returns the unit price master (3) to its original state after the end time;
An item setting method for a POS system characterized by providing the following.