Assets management system, and terminal for assets management and assets management apparatus

• US 20030182211A1
• Filed: 01/23/2003
• Published: 09/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ozawa, Masahiro, Sakurazawa, Shigeru, Kimura, Naomi
• Granted Patent: US 7,370,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

In order to perform correct assets management by permitting, upon stocktaking of asset articles, correctly and rapidly performing updating or new registration to an assets management master database when an asset article not existing in a database storing information regarding the asset articles is detected, a terminal has a specified database storing data necessary for the stocktaking, means for reading specific information from the asset article, means for retrieving information regarding the asset article from the specified database on the basis of the specific information, and inputting means for inputting information regarding an asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database, and an assets management apparatus has means for extracting the data necessary for the stocktaking from the master database and registering the data as the specified database, and means for reflecting the information inputted from the inputting means upon the stocktaking on the master database.

Claims

1. An assets management system which comprises an assets management apparatus (10) having a master database (121) storing information regarding an asset article, and a terminal (20) connected to the assets management apparatus (10) in such a manner that data communication can be performed, and performs stocktaking of the asset article using the terminal (20), wherein

the terminal (20) comprises:

a specified database (221) storing data necessary for the stocktaking,

reading means (26) for reading specific information for specifying the asset article from the asset article,

retrieving means (211) for retrieving information regarding the asset article from the specified database (221) on the basis of the specific information read out by the reading means (26), and

inputting means (23, 241) for inputting information regarding an asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) by the retrieving means (211), and wherein

the assets management apparatus (10) comprises;

extracting and registering means (111) for extracting the data necessary for the stocktaking from the master database (121) prior to the stocktaking and registering the data as the specified database (221) in the terminal (20), and

reflecting means (115) for reflecting the information regarding the asset article inputted from the inputting means (23, 241) upon the stocktaking on the master database (121).

2. The assets management system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal (20) has checking means (213) for inquiring of the assets management apparatus (10) about the asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) by the retrieving means (211) as to whether the information regarding the asset article corresponding to the specific information exists in the master database (121) or not, and

the assets management apparatus (10) has answering means (114) for answering the result of the retrieval of the information regarding the asset article from the master database (121) to the terminal (20) in response to the inquiry from the checking means (213).

3. The assets management system according to claim 2, wherein when an answer to the effect that the information regarding the asset article exists in the master database (121) is given by the answering means (114), the result of the retrieval from the master database (121) as the answer is corrected on the basis of the information regarding the asset article inputted from the inputting means (23, 241) and stored as emergency registration data in an emergency registration database (222) in the terminal (20), and

the reflecting means (115) updates the master database (121) on the basis of the emergency registration data stored in the emergency registration database (222) in the assets management apparatus (10).

4. The assets management system according to claim 2, wherein when an answer to the effect that the information regarding the asset article does not exist in the master database (121) is given by the answering means (114), the information regarding the asset article inputted from the inputting means (23, 241) is stored as emergency new registration data in an emergency new registration database (223) in the terminal (20), and

the reflecting means (115) adds the emergency new registration data stored in the emergency new registration database (223) to the master database (121) in the assets management apparatus (10).

5. The assets management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the assets management apparatus (10) has a display unit (14) for displaying various kinds of information and a display control unit (116) for controlling the display unit (14), and wherein

the display control unit (116) controls the display state of the display unit (14) in such a manner that the information regarding the asset particle reflected on the master database (121) by the reflecting means (115) is emphatically displayed in the display unit (14), before the reflecting means (115) reflects the information regarding the asset article on the master database (121).

6. The assets management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which comprises setting means (113) for setting validity/invalidity of an inputting operation by the inputting means (23, 241) prior to the stocktaking.

7. The assets management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the extracting and registering means (111) performs condition retrieval according to prescribed conditions in the assets management apparatus (10), thereby extracting the specified database (221) from the master database (121).

8. A terminal for assets management, which is connected to an assets management apparatus (10) having a master database (121) storing information regarding an asset article in such a manner that data communication can be performed, and is used in stocktaking of the asset article, the terminal comprising:

a specified database (221) storing data necessary for the stocktaking, which is extracted from the master database (121),

reading means (26) for reading specific information for specifying the asset article from the asset article,

retrieving means (211) for retrieving information regarding the asset article from the specified database (221) on the basis of the specific information read out by the reading means (26), and

inputting means (23, 241) for inputting information regarding an asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) by the retrieving means (211).

9. The terminal for assets management according to claim 8, which further comprises checking means (213) for inquiring of the assets management apparatus (10) about the asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) by the retrieving means (211) as to whether the information regarding the asset article corresponding to the specific information exists in the master database (121) or not.

10. The terminal for assets management according to claim 9, wherein when an answer to the effect that the information regarding the asset article exists in the master database (121) is given by the assets management apparatus (10), the result of the retrieval from the master database (121) as the answer is corrected on the basis of the information regarding the asset article inputted from the inputting means (23, 241) and stored as emergency registration data in an emergency registration database (222).

11. The terminal for assets management according to claim 9, wherein when an answer to the effect that the information regarding the asset article does not exist in the master database (121) is given by the assets management apparatus (10), the information regarding the asset article inputted from the inputting means (23, 241) is stored as emergency new registration data in an emergency new registration database (223).

12. A terminal for assets management, which is used in stocktaking of an asset article, the terminal comprising:

a specified database (221) storing data necessary for the stocktaking,

reading means (26) for reading specific information for specifying the asset article from the asset article,

retrieving means (211) for retrieving information regarding the asset article from the specified database (221) on the basis of the specific information read out by the reading means (26), and

inputting means (23, 241) for inputting information regarding an asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) by the retrieving means (211).

13. An assets management apparatus having a master database (121) storing information regarding an asset article and connected to a terminal (20) used in stocktaking of the asset article in such a manner that data communication can be performed, the assets management apparatus comprising:

extracting and registering means (111) for extracting the data necessary for the stocktaking from the master database (121) prior to the stocktaking and registering the data as a specified database (221) in the terminal (20), and

reflecting means (115) for reflecting information regarding an asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) and inputted in the terminal (20) upon the stocktaking on the master database (121).

14. The assets management apparatus according to claim 13, which has answering means (114) for answering the result of retrieval of the information regarding the asset article recognized as not existing in the specified database (221) from the master database (121) to the terminal (20) in response to an inquiry from the terminal (20) about whether said information exists in the master database (121) or not.

15. The assets management apparatus according to claim 13 or 14, which has a display unit (14) for displaying various kinds of information and a display control unit (116) for controlling the display unit (14), wherein

the display control unit (116) controls the display state of the display unit (14) in such a manner that the information regarding the asset particle reflected on the master database (121) by the reflecting means (115) is emphatically displayed in the display unit (14), before the reflecting means (115) reflects the information regarding the asset article on the master database (121).

16. The assets management apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 15, which has setting means (113) for setting validity/invalidity of an inputting operation of the information regarding the asset article in the terminal (20) prior to the stocktaking.

17. The assets management apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein the extracting and registering means (111) performs condition retrieval according to prescribed conditions, thereby extracting the specified database (221) from the master database (121).