JPH04107799A - System for laying-out advertising leaflet of merchandise by time zones - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the layout of an advertising leaflet match to sales tendency by linking merchandise information and POS information and automatically designing the sales information of merchandise by time zones, information for the respective kinds of merchandise to be advertised on the leaflet and the layout of the advertising leaflet by time zones. CONSTITUTION:An input means 1 registers or changes the merchandise information. An editing means 2 edits the merchandise sales information by time zones by the POS information, and an advertising leaflet merchandise information editing means 3 edits the leaflet merchandise information by time zones from the merchandise information and the merchandise sales information by time zones. An advertising leaflet slip output means 4 outputs the layout slip of the advertising leaflet from the leaflet merchandise information by time zones. Thus, the layout of the advertising leaflet is linked with the sales tendency and man-hour and cost can be saved for correcting the layout of the advertising leaflet and information for the respective kinds of merchandise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a layout design of time-zone product flyer advertisements in a POS system for retail industry.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the layout design of flyer advertisements includes the layout of products by time of day and the product information (product name, catalog product number) used to compose the flyer advertisement.

(Suggested retail sales price, sales price, photographic film number, etc.) were edited by hand, and were highly dependent on individual factors.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the layout design of the conventional flyer advertisement mentioned above, sales information of products by time period and information of each product to be placed on the flyer advertisement (product name, catalog product number, suggested retail sales price, sales price, photographic film number) are The information was collected manually and the layout of the flyer advertisements by time of day was done manually.

Therefore, (a) The layout of flyer advertisements is difficult to link with sales trends.

(b) The number of man-hours and expenses required for proofreading the layout of flyer advertisements and information on each product are large.

There is a drawback.

[Means to solve the problem]

The time zone product flyer advertisement layout method of the present invention includes an input means for registering or changing product information, a means for editing time zone product sales information from POS information, and the product information and time zone product sales information. The present invention is realized by including means for editing leaflet product information by time zone from the flyer product information by time zone, and means for outputting a layout list of leaflet advertisements from the leaflet product information by time zone.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the time zone product flyer advertisement layout system consists of input means 1 for registering or changing product information, means 2 for editing time zone product sales information from POS information, and time zone flyer product information editing means 3. and a flyer advertisement layout booklet output means 4.

Referring to FIG. 2, the input means 1 for registering or changing product information includes an input screen output processing unit 11 for registering and changing product information, a validity check processing unit 12 for product information, and a mask file output unit for product information. It consists of a processing f1 section 13, a workstation 14, and a mask file 15.

Referring to FIG. 3(a), the means 2 for editing time zone product sales information from POS information includes a time zone product sales information classification processing unit 21 and a time zone product sales information mask file 22. It consists of

Referring to FIG. 4(a), the time zone-specific flyer product information editing means 3 has a mask file 15, a time zone-specific product sales information mask file 222, a time zone-specific flyer product information editing processing unit 31, and a time zone-specific flyer product information editing unit 3. It is composed of a leaflet product information mask file 32 for each band.

Referring to FIG. 5(a), the flyer advertisement layout book output means 4 outputs the time zone-specific flyer product information mask file 32 and the flyer advertisement layout book output process s41.
and a flyer advertisement layout book table 42.

Next, the processing operation of the above-mentioned time zone-specific product flyer advertisement layout method will be explained in detail.

Referring to FIG. 2, the input means 1 for registering or changing product information operates an input screen output processing unit 11 for registering or changing product information, and displays an input screen on the workstation 14 into which product information can be entered. . Product information (product name, catalog product number, desired retail sales price, selling price, photographic film number, source marking code, product code) is input based on this input screen.

As a result of this input, the product information validity check processing section 12 operates and performs the above-mentioned validity check of the product information. If the check is valid, the product information mask file output processing section 13 operates. Workstation 14 if disabled
An error message is displayed, and the process returns to the input screen output processing section 11.

The product information mask file output processing unit 13 outputs valid product information to the mask file 15. Then, it is checked whether all the product information of the target product has been input, and if it has not been input, the process returns to the input screen output processing section 11. If all are input, the process ends.

Referring to FIG. 3(a),(b)t(c), PO
Means 2 for editing time zone product sales information from S information is as follows:
The sales information classification processing unit 21 for products by time period operates and selects and edits POS information by time period in the order of the highest sales volume or sales amount using the source marking code or product code and time period as classification keys. Figure 3 (b), (
See C). Here, a high rank sequence can be designated by the parameter X, and X up to the best X rank can be designated arbitrarily. FIG. 3(C) shows an example of data output to the sales information mask file 22 for products by time zone.

Referring to FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b), in the time zone-specific flyer product information editing means 3, the time zone-specific flyer product information editing processing section 31 operates, and the time zone-specific flyer product information editing processing section 31 operates, and the time zone-specific flyer product information editing processing section 31 operates. The information and the information in the mask file 15 are merged using the source marking code or product code as a key, and outputted to the flyer product information mask file 32 for each time zone.

FIG. 4(b) shows an example of the flyer product information mask file 32. The selection condition within the time period can be specified by the parameter Y, and it is possible to specify up to the seventh pest (X≧Y).

Referring to FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b), in the flyer advertisement layout book table output means 4, the flyer advertisement layout book table output processing unit 41 operates, and the flyer product information mask file 32 for each time period is input. Editing is performed for the flyer advertisement, and a layout book table 42 of the flyer advertisement is output. Figure 5 (b
) shows an example of the layout book table 42. The time slot that needs to be output can be specified by a parameter, and the process ends when all the required time slots have been output.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention links product information and POS information, and automatically designs product sales information by time period, information about each product to be placed on a flyer advertisement, and layout by time zone of the flyer advertisement. (1) The layout of flyer advertisements matches sales trends.

(2) It is possible to reduce the man-hours and expenses required for the layout of flyer advertisements and the configuration of information about each product.

(3) It is easy to design product flyer advertisements by time of day, and moreover, it is possible to even out the number of shoppers throughout the day without concentrating on shoppers first thing in the morning on sale days.

There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing input means for registering or changing product information, and Fig. 3 (a) t (b) + (c) is POS information. 4(a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams showing a means for editing product sales information by time zone, and FIGS. 5(a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams showing a means for editing flyer product information by time zone. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a leaflet advertisement layout book table output means. 1...Product information input means, 2...Sales information editing means, 3...Flyer information editing means, 4...Layout book table output stage. Flute! , revised

Claims (1)

[Claims] an input means for registering or changing product information; a means for editing product sales information by time zone from POS information; a means for editing leaflet product information by time zone from the product information and the product sales information by time zone; and means for outputting a layout table of leaflet advertisements from the time zone-specific leaflet product information.