Administration process and system for manufacturing and selling products
First Claim
1. A product manufacturing data processing method, wherein a first identification number which can uniquely identify each product is printed as a machine readable code such as a barcode on a price label of a perishable food product, and manufacturing data including a second identification number for identifying a raw material block used to manufacture said product is stored linked with said first identification number.
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Abstract
A pack ID number which can individually identify each product is printed as a machine readable code such as a barcode on the price label of a perishable food product, and a block ID number linked with the pack ID number for identifying the raw material block used in the manufacture of the product, and other data required when performing product registration at the checkout such as the product code and price, and data on the expiry date of the product are stored. Consequently, it is possible to total manufacturing data for each perishable food raw material block. A processing method and device is also provided for product manufacturing data and product sales data, which can perform accurate inventory control and gross margin administration for each purchased perishable food block, and can automatically determine whether or not a product has expired. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a product discounting method, a product registration method, a pricing device, a POS system, a product pricing and registration system, and a product discounting method and discounting system.
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- 1. A product manufacturing data processing method, wherein a first identification number which can uniquely identify each product is printed as a machine readable code such as a barcode on a price label of a perishable food product, and manufacturing data including a second identification number for identifying a raw material block used to manufacture said product is stored linked with said first identification number.
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4. A weight pricing device which weighs a product, calculates a price from a unit price and a weight of said product, and prints a calculated price on a price label, wherein
a first identification number which can individually identify each product is printed on said label as a machine readable code such as a barcode, and data required to process said product at a checkout such as a product code and a price, and a second identification number for identifying a raw material block used to manufacture said product, are stored as manufacturing data.
- 5. A product sales data processing method, wherein when pricing a product, a first identification number is printed on a price label as a machine readable code such as a barcode, and manufacturing data including a second identification number linked to said first identification number for identifying a raw material block used to manufacture said product is stored, and at a checkout, sales data is totaled linked with said first identification number.
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12. A product sales data processing device comprising;
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manufacturing data storage means which stores manufacturing data including data required for product registration such as a product code and a price linked with a first identification number which is attached to a price label of each product, and a second identification number for identifying a raw material block used to manufacture a product, identification number reading means which reads said first identification number from a price label of a product purchased by a customer, and totaling means which retrieves data required to perform product registration for a product identified by said first identification number from said manufacturing data storage means, performs a registration process for said product based on said retrieved data, and totals sales data linked with said first identification number.
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13. A product sales data processing method, wherein when pricing a product, a first identification number for individually identifying each product is printed on a price label as a machine readable code such as a barcode, and manufacturing data including an expiry date data for said product is stored linked with said first identification number,
at a checkout, said first identification number is read from a price label of a product purchased by said customer, manufacturing data including said expiry date data of said product identified by said first identification number is retrieved from said manufacturing data, a registration process is performed for said product based on said retrieved manufacturing data, and a determination is made as to whether or not said product has expired by comparing a current date and time with said read expiry date data, and if said product is determined to have expired, a warning is displayed.
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14. A product pricing method, which prints an identification number which can individually identify each product as a barcode on a price label of a perishable food product, and stores manufacturing data including price data linked with said identification number, wherein
for each product, said price data is printed as part of said barcode, together with said identification number.
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24. A pricing device which weighs a weight of a perishable food product, calculates a price of said product based on a weight and a unit price of said perishable food product, prints an identification number which can individually identify each perishable food product and said price on a price label, and stores manufacturing data linked with said identification number including said price.
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28. A product pricing and registration system comprising a pricing device which, when pricing a weighed product, prints an identification number (pack ID) for individually identifying each product on a pricing label as a barcode, and stores manufacturing data including an identification number (block ID) for identifying a raw material block for said product linked with said pack ID,
and a registration device which, when registering a product of said pack ID, outputs either one of said pack ID, and said block ID retrieved based on said pack ID, as receipt data.
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33. A product pricing and registration system, comprising a pricing device which, when pricing a weighed product, prints an identification number (pack ID) for individually identifying each product as a barcode on a price label, and stores manufacturing data including an identification number (block ID) for individually identifying a raw material block for said product corresponding with said pack ID,
manufacturing channel storage means which stores manufacturing channel information for said block corresponding with said block ID, and a registration device which, when registering a product of a pack ID, retrieves a block ID from said pack ID, retrieves manufacturing channel information from said read block ID, and prints said retrieved manufacturing channel information on a receipt.
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35. A product discounting method, which records an identification number for individually identifying each product on a price label in a machine readable manner, and stores manufacturing data including price data indicating a price of a product, linked with said identification number, in storage means, wherein
said identification number is read from a displayed product which is to be discounted using a terminal, and either one of discount data and a discounted price for said product input into said terminal is sent to an administration device from said terminal together with said read identification number and stored in said storage means, and at a checkout, said identification number is read from said price label on said product, and if either one of said discount data and said discounted price linked with said identification number are stored in said storage means, registration is performed for said product based on either one of said discount data and said discounted price.
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37. A product discounting system, comprising label issuing means which records an identification number which can individually identify each product in a machine readable manner on a price label,
storage means which stores manufacturing data linked with said identification number including price information showing a price of a product, a terminal which reads said identification number from a displayed product which is discounted, and transmits either one of discount data and a discounted price for said product which was input, together with said read identification number, an administration device which receives said identification number and either one of said discount data and said discounted price sent from said terminal, and stores either one of said discount data and said discounted price in said storage means linked with said identification number, and a product registration device which reads said identification number from a price label of a purchased product, and if either one of said discount data and said discounted price linked with said identification number is stored in said storage means, registers said product based on either one of said discount data and said discounted price.
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