Parts management information system and parts management method, and storage medium

• US 6,957,190 B1
• Filed: 09/17/1998
• Issued: 10/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Inaba, Yutaka, Someya, Fujio, Takahashi, Jotaro, Otsuji, Naoki, Sakayori, Masahiko, Kanaya, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Backer, Firmin
• Application Number:
  US09/156,311
• Time in Patent Office: 2,588 Days
• Field of Search: 700/216, 700/134, 700/161, 700/163, 705/5, 705/28, 705/16, 705/26, 707/104
• US Class Current: 705/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

Since icons for identifying the contents of orders received or orders placed and the numbers of data representing the processing a status of the orders received or orders placed are displayed in combination to manage orders received and orders placed for parts, the processing status such as orders expected to be received, determination of orders, delay in scheduling, acceptance, and the like in the shop can be visually and quickly checked. Detailed information associated with the orders expected to be received, determination of orders, delay in scheduling, and the like is visually presented as a graph and table which correspond to the parts management items identified by icons. Progress in order received/placed processing can be reviewed on day-to-day basis, and comparison of a plurality of managed items can be made, thus realizing versatile parts management. The parts management by means of a display using common icons for identifying the management units of orders received and orders placed can easily determine the correspondence between the processing a status of the overall shop and detailed information in units of parts, thus allowing easy and accurate order received/placed management.

Claims

1. A system for managing, orders received from a first shop and orders placed with a second shop comprising:

communication means for communicating data indicating statuses of orders received, and orders placed; and

display control means for controlling to display simultaneously a first combination of a first group of management items which indicate statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders received corresponding to each of the statuses of the first group of management items, the first group of the management items displayed under a first icon which is for discriminating the first group of management items as the orders received, and a second combination of a second group of management items which indicate statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders placed corresponding to each of the statuses of the second group of management items, the second group of the management items displayed under a second icon which is for discriminating the second group of management items as the orders placed, in the case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control means displays simultaneously the first icon and the first combination as a pair, and displays simultaneously the second icon and the second combination as a second pair, in a case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control means prohibits the displaying of the first combination except for the first icon, in a case where the orders received is not existence, and

wherein said display control means prohibits the displaying of the second combination except for the second icon, in a case where the orders placed is not existence.

2. A method for managing, orders received from a first shop and orders placed with a second shop comprising:

a communication step of communicating data indicating statuses of orders received, and orders placed; and

a display control step of controlling to display simultaneously a first combination of a first group of management items which indicate the statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders received corresponding to each of the statuses of the first group of management items, the first group of the management items displayed under a first icon which is for discriminating the first group of management items as the orders received, and a second combination of a second group of management items which indicate statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders placed corresponding to each of the statuses of the second group of management items, the second group of the management items displayed under a second icon which is for discriminating the second group of management items as the orders placed, in a case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control step displays simultaneously the first icon and the first combination as a pair, and displays simultaneously the second icon and the second combination as a second pair, in a case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control step controls prohibits the displaying of the first combination except for the first icon, in a case where the orders received is not existence, and

wherein said display control step prohibits the displaying of the second combination except for the second icon, in a case where the orders placed is not existence.

3. A storage medium storing program modules of a method executable on a computer for managing orders received from a first shop and orders placed with a second shop, wherein the program modules include:

a module for communicating data indicating statuses of orders received, and orders placed; and

a display control module for controlling to display simultaneously a first combination of a first group of management items which indicate statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders received corresponding to each of the statuses of the first group of management items, the first group of the management items displayed under a first icon which is for discriminating the first group of management items as the orders received, and a second combination of a second group of management items which indicate statuses of order process from order determined to acceptance and each number of the orders placed corresponding to each of the statuses of the second group of management items, the second group of the management items displayed under a second icon which is for discriminating the second group of management items as the orders placed, in the case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control module displays simultaneously the first icon and the first combination as a pair, and displays simultaneously the second icon and the second combination as a second pair, in a case where the orders received and the orders placed are existence,

wherein said display control module prohibits the displaying of the first combination except for the first icon, in a case where the orders received is not existence, and

wherein said display control module prohibits the displaying of the second combination except for the second icon, in a case where the orders placed is not existence.