JP2002297973A - Operation management system, program and recording medium for printing process resources - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently receive orders corresponding to an idle state of a printing process resource. SOLUTION: In the operation managing system for the printing process resource, a server 22 is linked to a customer terminal 10 (one example of a temporary ordering side terminal) and a printing company terminal 12 (one example of an offering side terminal) via a communication network 18. The server 22 collates temporary ordering information acquired from the customer terminal 10 and offering information corresponding to the idle state of the printing process resource acquired from the printing company terminal 12, it displays a list of matching temporary ordering information in the printing company terminal 12, and temporary ordering information selected by a printing company side from the displayed list is determined as order received information. By this, when an idle state occurs in the printing process resource of the printing company side, the offering information corresponding to the idle state is collated with the temporary ordering information from a customer side, an order received can be selected from matching temporary ordering information, and orders can be received more efficiently in comparison to conventional examples receiving orders by telephone communication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing process in which a server is connected to a temporary ordering terminal (for example, a customer terminal) and a recruiting terminal (for example, a printing company terminal or a subcontractor terminal) via a communication network. The present invention relates to a resource operation management system, a program, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a vacant state (for example, a vacant schedule) occurs in a printing machine in a printing company, a person in charge of a sales department or a process management department communicates with a customer or a subcontractor by telephone. The company received orders and filled up the availability of printing machines.

[0003]

However, in the conventional telephone communication by a person in charge of the sales department or the process management department, if a customer or a subcontractor is selected as a contact, the vacant state of the printing machine is filled and an order is received. Since it is often based on the experience and intuition of the person in charge of whether the order can be performed efficiently, there is a problem that it is difficult for a person with little experience to make an order efficiently. Further, the communication between the printing company and the customer is in a one-to-one relationship, and the contact person may be absent at the time of contact or may not be reliably transmitted even if a message is sent, so that the time required for contact tends to be long. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to efficiently receive orders.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides an operation management system, a program, and a recording medium for a printing process resource capable of efficiently receiving an order corresponding to the availability of the printing process resource. The purpose is to do so. Here, printing process resources refer to printing machines, bookbinding machines, and the like, and bookbinding machines refer to machines provided by bookbinding companies and processing companies.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation management system for a printing process resource comprising a server connected to a provisional ordering terminal and a recruiting side terminal via a communication network. A temporary spool information storage unit for storing information and recruitment information; and a temporary order information storage unit for storing temporary order information, and the server stores the temporary order information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal in the temporary order information storage unit. Provisional order registration means, a recruitment registration means for storing recruitment information acquired from the recruiting side terminal in the receiving spool information storage unit, and collating the temporary order information in the temporary order information storage unit with the recruitment information in the receiving spool information storage unit. Tentative order matching means for storing the matched tentative order information in association with the corresponding recruitment information in the accepting spool information storage unit, and the tentative order stored in the accepting spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information. A provisional order collation list display means for displaying a list of information on the recruiting terminal, and selecting the corresponding provisional order information from the provisional order collation list displayed on the recruiting terminal based on the selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal. And provisional order selection means for receiving order information.

In such a configuration, the provisional order information obtained from the provisional ordering side terminal is compared with the recruitment information obtained from the recruiting side terminal, and the matching provisional ordering information is associated with the corresponding recruitment information and the receiving spool information storage is performed. The provisional order information stored in the receiving spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information is displayed in a list on the recruiting side terminal, and the provisional ordering information selected by the recruiting side terminal from the provisional order collation list is displayed. Order information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when there is no matching match by the final answer date desired by the temporary ordering side, the fact is notified to the temporary ordering side, and the public registration desired by the recruiting side is requested. If there is no matching match in the period, the provisional ordering information obtained from the provisional ordering side terminal includes information on the last reply date of the provisional ordering side to the recruiting side to notify the recruiting side of the recruiting side. The server includes a public registration period for the provisional ordering side of the recruiting side in the recruitment information obtained from the server, and the server compares the collation result by the provisional ordering side terminal when collation matching by the provisional ordering collation means is not obtained by the final reply date. And a collation result notifying means for notifying the recruiting side terminal of a collation result when collation matching by the provisional order collation means is not obtained by the elapse of the public registration period.

[0008] The invention of claim 3 is the ASP of the invention of claim 1 or 2, which avoids direct transactions between the temporary ordering side and the recruiting side.
In order to ensure the use of the server at the center, the temporary ordering information obtained from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information specifying the temporary ordering side, and the temporary ordering collation list display means is recruited to the receiving spool information storage unit. When the provisional ordering information stored in association with the information is displayed as a list on the recruiting side terminal, the display of the information specifying the temporary ordering side is masked.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a server connected to the provisional ordering terminal and the recruiting side terminal via a communication network includes a provisional order registration means, a recruitment registration means, a provisional order collation means, and a provisional order collation list display. Means and a program for functioning as a provisional order selection means, wherein the provisional order registration means stores the provisional order information obtained from the provisional ordering side terminal in the provisional ordering information storage section, and the recruitment registration means acquires from the recruitment side terminal The provisional order matching unit compares the provisional order information in the provisional order information storage unit with the recruitment information in the reception spool information storage unit, and corresponds to the provisional order information that matches. The provisional order collation list display means stores the temporary order information in association with the recruitment information in the reception spool information storage unit, and stores the provisional order information stored in association with the recruitment information in the reception spool information storage unit at the recruiting side terminal. The list display, the temporary order selection means,
Based on the selection information acquired from the recruiting side terminal, the corresponding provisional ordering information is selected from the provisional order collation list displayed on the recruiting side terminal and becomes the order receiving information.

In such a configuration, the provisional order information obtained from the provisional ordering terminal is compared with the recruitment information obtained from the recruiting side terminal, and the collated matching provisional ordering information is associated with the corresponding recruitment information and the receiving spool information is obtained. Memorize in the storage unit,
The provisional order information stored in the acceptance spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information is displayed in a list on the recruiting side terminal, and the provisional ordering information selected by the recruiting side terminal from the provisional order collation list is set as order receiving information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, when there is no matching match by the final answer date desired by the temporary ordering side, the fact is notified to the temporary ordering side and the public registration desired by the recruiting side is requested. If there is no matching match in the period, the provisional ordering information obtained from the provisional ordering side terminal includes information on the last reply date of the provisional ordering side to the recruiting side to notify the recruiting side of the recruiting side. The server includes a public registration period for the provisional ordering side of the recruiting side in the recruitment information obtained from the server, and the server compares the collation result by the provisional ordering side terminal when collation matching by the provisional ordering collation means is not obtained by the final reply date. And a collation result notifying means for notifying the recruiting side terminal of a collation result when collation matching by the provisional order collation means is not obtained by the elapse of the public registration period.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the ASP of the fourth or fifth aspect, wherein the direct ordering side and the recruiting side avoid direct transactions with the ASP.
In order to secure the use of the server of the center, the information for specifying the temporary ordering side is included in the temporary ordering information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal, and the temporary ordering collation list display means is recruited to the receiving spool information storage unit. When the provisional ordering information stored in association with the information is displayed as a list on the recruiting side terminal, the display of the information specifying the temporary ordering side is masked.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to the fourth, fifth, or sixth aspect.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 15 show an embodiment of an operation management system, a program and a recording medium for a printing process resource according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration. In FIG.
(N) is a customer terminal provided at the customer, and 12 (1) to 12 (12).
(K) is a printing company terminal provided at the head office or sales office of the printing company, and 16 (1) to 16 (m) are subcontractor terminals provided to the subcontractor.

The customer terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n) correspond to an example of the provisional ordering terminal of the present invention, and include the printing company terminals 12 (1) to 12 (k) and the outsourcing agent terminal 16 (1). ) ~ 1
6 (m) corresponds to an example of the recruiting terminal of the present invention. 18
Is a communication network, 20 is an ASP (application service provider) center, 22 is an application server, 24 is a communication server, 26 is a notification server, and 28 is a data server.
Server. The application server 22, the communication server 24, the notification server 26, and the data server 28 are provided in the ASP center 20.

The terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12
Browsers (browsing software) are incorporated in (1) to 12 (k) and 16 (1) to 16 (m). The terminal 10
(1) to 10 (n), 12 (1) to 12 (k), 16
Each of (1) to (m) includes a display, a keyboard, a printer, and a main body, like a general computer, and the main body is provided with a ROM, a RAM, a disk device, and the like centering on a CPU. The communication network 18 is
A network such as an ISDN network or a public network is provided, and there are cases where these networks are directly connected and cases where the Internet is indirectly connected using these networks.

The application server 22 has functions realized by the following programs (1) to (5), and has the functions of the terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n) and 12 (1).
12 (k) and 16 (1) to 16 (m), the database groups 30 to 30 in the data server 28 are received.
40 (described in FIG. 2), a function of reading out corresponding information and performing predetermined processing, processing the information into viewable information (for example, image information), and returning the processed information. (1) Temporary order registration program (contents are described in the description of the temporary order registration processing operation using FIG. 6 later) (2) Recruitment registration program (contents recruitment registration using FIGS. 7 to 11 later) (3) Temporary order collation / selection program (contents will be described later with reference to FIG. 12).
15 will be described in conjunction with FIG. (4) Charge calculation program (contents will be described later in the description of charge calculation processing operation) (5) Matching result notification program (contents are provisional order matching during the provisional order matching / selection processing of (3) above) It will be described in the explanation of the processing action.)

The communication server 24 is provided with the communication network 1
8, the terminals 10 (1) to 10 (n), 12
(1) to 12 (k), 16 (1) to 16 (m), and the application server 22, the notification server 26 and the data server 2 in the ASP center 20.
8. The terminals 10 (1) to 10
(N), 12 (1) to 12 (k), 16 (1) to 16
In the vicinity of each of (m), communication devices (not shown) such as facsimile machines and telephones are provided, and these communication devices are connected to the communication server 24 via the communication line network 18.

The communication server 24 is connected to the communication network 1
8 and the terminal 10
(1) to 10 (n), 12 (1) to 12 (k), 16
It has a function of managing transmission and reception between (1) to 16 (m) and the application server 22 and the data server 28 in the ASP center 20. The notification server 26 uses the communication network 18 to communicate with the terminal 10.
(1) to 10 (n), 12 (1) to 12 (k), 16
(1) Communication devices provided in the vicinity of each of (m) to (m) and the data server 2 in the ASP center 20
8 has a function of managing transmission and reception of data to and from the PC 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the data server 28 includes a temporary order DB 30, a process-specific DB 32, a machine-specific schedule DB 34, a machine type DB 35, a receiving spool DB
36, an order DB 38, a sales summary DB 40, and other databases (not shown).

The temporary order DB 30 contains the customer terminal 1
Temporary order information input from 0 (1) to 10 (n) is stored in association with company information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the company information of the provisional order code “001”, the section “provisional ordering side”, and the company name “A plan (company)”, the request process “print”, the request work "Print", type "catalog", product size "A4", ..., scheduled work start date "20
01/03/01 ”, last reply date“ 2001/2/2 ”
"0" is stored.

The process-specific DB 32 stores and updates work schedule information and work result information for each process for each property.

The machine-specific schedule DB 34 stores information used for machine-specific schedule management.
Specifically, work schedule information and work result information for each property and each work for each machine are stored and updated.

The machine type DB 35 stores the product type (type, product size, processing type, number of colors) of the product (printed material), the number of copies, the plate making size, and the paper size.
A machine type, a machine model number, a maker model number, and a standard number of printable sheets are stored.

The accepting spool DB 36 stores the printing company terminals 12 (1) to 12 (k),
The recruitment information input from (1) to 16 (m) is stored in association with the company information, and the provisional order DB 30 is executed by the provisional order collation processing (described later in detail) during the provisional order collation / selection processing. Is stored in association with the recruitment information that matches the collation conditions. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the recruiting code “001”, the division “recruiting side”,
In the company information of the company name "B printing company", the machine name "machine 09" and the recruitment schedule "2001/0"
3/05/13: 00-2001 / 03/05/20:
00 ", paper size" A4 ", ..., public registration period" 20
01/02/10 to 2001/02/20 "is stored. Further, as temporary order information matching and matching with the recruitment information of the recruitment code “001”, for “A project (company)”, the temporary process information of the request process “print”, the request work “print”, the type “catalog”,. However, for "B plan (company)", the provisional order information of the request process "print", the requested work "print", the type "pamphlet", ..., and for "C plan (company)", the request process "print", Temporary order information of the requested work “print”, type “catalog”,... Is stored.

The order DB 38 has the following (1) and (2).
Information as shown in (3) is stored as order information. (1) Who (customer, printing company,
Information indicating who (customer, printing company, subcontractor) requests and who (subcontractor, department in charge of the printing company) implements. (2) Information indicating from what time of what day to what time of what day the implementation is performed. (3) Information indicating the sales representative and required contact information.

The sales summary DB 40 stores and updates information used for billing management, such as billing information and delivery information for each customer, printing company, and subcontractor. Is paid and stored by the printing company and the subcontractor in accordance with the sales amount of the printing company and the subcontractor.

Next, the operation of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. A customer ID as an example of the temporary ordering side, a printing company as an example of the recruiting side, and a subcontractor are given a user ID for receiving a predetermined service from the ASP center 20 in advance. The services available are limited by the contract. The customer, printing company, and subcontractor to which this user ID has been assigned are A
A contract company (or contractor) of the SP center 20.

For convenience of explanation, the flow of processing of the entire system will be described first in A, and the main processing (B: temporary order registration processing, C: recruitment registration processing, D: temporary order collation / selection processing) will be described below in B and below. , E: accounting calculation processing).

A: Processing Flow of the Entire System As shown in FIG. 5, the processing is performed in the order of the provisional order registration processing, the recruitment registration processing, the provisional order collation / selection processing, and the charge calculation processing. For convenience of explanation, the terminals 10 (1) to 1 corresponding to the plan A, plan B, and plan C (an example of a customer) on the temporary ordering side respectively.
At 0 (n) (hereinafter simply abbreviated as 10), a temporary order is placed using the ASP center 20, and the recruiting B printing company uses the terminal 12 (k) (hereinafter simply abbreviated as 12) to execute the ASP. A description will be given of a case where the center 20 is used to solicit an order for a printed material corresponding to the availability of a printing machine (vacancy schedule). The present invention is not limited to this.

B: Temporary order registration processing (1) The person in charge of the project A receives the user ID from the terminal 10.
Is entered to enter the site of the ASP center 20 via the communication line network 18 and the communication server 24, a menu screen is displayed, and the service of the ASP center 20 is used. A temporary order property registration screen for registering order information is displayed, and the temporary order information is input using this display screen. That is, products (type, product size, processing type,
..), Request process, request work,..., Last response date, etc., the corresponding information from the terminal 10 (for example,
"Catalog" for product type, "A4" for product size, "Bookbinding" for processing type, ..., "Print" for request process, "Print" for request work,
… For the last reply date, "2001/02/20")
Enter

(2) When the person in charge of the planning A clicks on “temporary order registration” in the display screen of FIG. 6 and instructs temporary order registration, the temporary order registration processing function of the application server 22 causes the terminal 10 to perform a temporary order registration process. The input temporary order information is stored (registered) in the temporary order DB 30 in association with the temporary order code “001”, the division “temporary order side”, and the company information of the company name “A plan”.

(3) The terminal 10 to which the person in charge of the project B corresponds.
When the temporary order information is input from, the temporary order information is converted to the temporary order code “002”, the division “temporary order side”, and the company name “B plan” in the same manner as in the above (1) and (2). It is stored in the temporary order DB 30 in association with it. Even when the person in charge of the C planning inputs the provisional order information from the corresponding terminal 10, the provisional order information is stored in the same manner as in the above (1) and (2). It is stored in the temporary order DB 30 in association with the company information of the company name “C plan”.

C: Recruitment Registration Processing As shown in FIG. 7, the processing is performed in the order of the machine-specific schedule display processing, the recruitment selection processing, and the recruitment registration processing, as shown in the following (1) to (5). Works. (1) The person in charge of the B printing company enters the site of the ASP center 20 by inputting the user ID from the terminal 12 and displays the menu screen to display the ASP center 20
By using this service, a screen for machine-based monthly schedule management (reservation rate) as shown in FIG. 8 can be displayed. That is, the process-specific DB 32, the machine-specific schedule DB 34, and the machine-type DB in the data server 28
From 35, read out the work schedule information and work result information for each machine for each machine and day in the selected year "2001/03",
The schedule of the printing machines whose machine names are 01 to 12 in March 2001 is displayed as a reservation rate.

(2) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks in FIG.
When the user selects "3 days" on the corresponding terminal 12 and clicks "detailed display by day" in consideration of the portion having a low reservation rate from the list display screen of FIG. A screen for schedule management by machine can be displayed. In other words, the use status of the printing machines whose machine names are “01” to “12” on March 3, 2001 (the use time zone is hatched in the figure) is displayed in units of 5 minutes, and the available time is displayed. The number of printable sheets (for example, 80,000 sheets) is displayed in the schedule portion (for example, the time period from 9:55 to 10:50 for the machine “05”). This printable number is calculated based on the standard printable number in the machine type DB 35.

(3) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks in FIG.
Considering the vacant schedule part in the display screen of
When the recruitment part is selected in 2, a screen for selecting a free schedule recruitment by machine as shown in FIG. 10 can be displayed. That is, for the vacant schedule portion of the display screen of FIG. 9, the recruiting portion is selected in consideration of the time required for the start of the work of the printing machine and the like, and the vacant schedule recruitment for each machine as shown in FIG. The cross-hatching is added during the time zone.)). For example, a time period from 10:00 to 10:40 is selected and displayed as the recruiting time zone of the machine “05”.

(4) Next, the person in charge of the B printing company checks the
When an arbitrary recruitment portion of the available schedule recruitment portion on the display screen of No. 0 is selected, and "detailed registration" is clicked to instruct detailed registration, a public portion detailed registration screen as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. Enter and register detailed recruiting information.
That is, an arbitrary recruitment part (for example, a machine “09” indicated by an arrow) in the empty schedule part of the display screen of FIG.
Of the recruitment time zone from 10:05 to 11:00, and click on “Detailed registration” to instruct detailed registration, so that products (type, For each input item such as product size, processing type,..., Number of copies, desired delivery date,..., Public registration period (end), the corresponding information from terminal 12 (for example, "catalog" for product type, product size Is "A
4, "Bookbinding" for the processing type, "10,000" for the number of prints, and "20" for the desired delivery date.
01/03/07 ", ...," 2001/02/20 "for the public registration period (end).

(5) Next, when the person in charge of the B printing company clicks on “public registration” in FIG. 11 using the terminal 12 and instructs public registration, the recruitment registration processing function of the application server 22 executes the above (4). The recruitment information input from the terminal 12 is stored (registered) in the acceptance spool DB 36 in association with the recruitment code “001”, the classification “recruitment side”, and the company information of the company name “B printing”. That is, as shown in the upper left of FIG.
Machine name "machine 09", recruitment schedule "2001/0
3/05/13: 00-2001 / 03/05/20:
00 ", paper size" A4 ", ..., public registration period" 20
The recruiting information of “01/02/10 to 2001/02/20” is stored in association with the recruiting code “001”, the division “recruiting side”, and the company information of the company name “B printing company”.

D: Provisional order collation / selection processing As shown in FIG. 12, the provisional order collation / selection processing is performed in the order of provisional order collation processing, provisional order collation list display processing, and provisional order selection processing (order receiving processing). Is performed. The temporary order collation processing is periodically performed by the batch processing of the server 22 of the ASP center 20, and the following (1-1) to (1-
It works as shown in 3). In addition, temporary order matching list display processing after temporary order matching processing, temporary order selection processing (order processing)
Is the user I from the terminal 12 by the person in charge of the B printing company.
By entering the site of the ASP center 20 by D input, displaying the menu screen and using the corresponding processing service of the ASP center 20, as shown in (2) and (3) following (1-3) Works.

(1-1) By the provisional order collation processing function of the server 22, the recruitment information accumulated and stored in the acceptance spool DB 36 and the provisional order information accumulated and stored in the provisional order DB 30 are collated and set in advance. If the collation items match, the provisional order information is accumulated and stored in the acceptance spool DB 36 in association with the corresponding recruitment information.

(1-2) Specifically, when the collation of the recruitment information and the provisional order information matches, as shown in FIG. 4, the company information of the company name "A plan" of the provisional order side and the type "catalog" ) (As described in B above, temporary order D
As shown in FIG. 3, the temporary order code “001” is stored in B30.
Is the information stored as. ) Are stored in the reception spool DB 36 in association with the recruiting information of the company name “B printing” (recruiting information of the machine name “machine 09”,...) With the recruiting code “001”. Similarly, the company information of the company name "B plan" on the temporary order side and the temporary order information of the type "Pamphlet" (the information stored in the temporary order DB 30 as the temporary order code "002"). , Recruiting code "0
01 ”is stored in the acceptance spool DB 36 in association with the recruiting information of the company name“ B printing ”. Similarly, the company information of the company name “C plan” on the temporary order side and the temporary order information of the type “catalog” (the information stored as the temporary order code “003” in the temporary order DB 30). ,
The recruitment code is stored as "001" in the acceptance spool DB 36 in association with the recruitment information of the company name "B printing".

(1-3) The provisional order collation processing of the above (1-1) is performed in the public registration period “2001/02/10
~ 2001/02/20 ". If there is no match in the public registration period, the matching result notification processing function of the server 22 causes the terminal 12 of the B printing company to
Is notified that there is no collation match, and the corresponding recruitment information in the acceptance spool DB 36 is deleted. In addition, the final response date “2001
If there is no matching match by "/ 02/20", the notification processing function of the server 22 notifies the customer terminal 10 that there is no matching match.

(2) After the provisional order collation processing, the provisional order collation list display processing function of the server 22 first displays the recruitment information of the B printing company in the reception spool DB 36 on the list screen as shown in FIG. Is created and displayed on the terminal 12. In FIG. 13, the recruiting code is "00
The recruitment information of "1" indicates a state in which the matching with the provisional order information from the customer has been obtained (indicated by a double circle symbol in the figure), and the recruitment codes are "002" and " 003 "
The recruitment information shown in FIG. 7 shows a state in which the information is not collated with the provisional order information from the customer. Next, the recruitment information (recruitment information of the recruitment code “001”) of the matching match is selected in FIG.
When "detailed selection" is clicked and a detailed selection is instructed, the corresponding temporary order information is read from the receiving spool DB 36, and a temporary order collation detailed list as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. The tentative order information of “1”, “2”, and “3” in FIG. 14 corresponds to the tentative order information of the company names “A plan”, “B plan”, and “C plan” in FIG. . 13 and 14, information for specifying the temporary ordering side, that is, the customer (for example, the A plan, the B plan, and the C plan in FIG. 4) is not displayed. This is to ensure that the recruiting side (eg, printing company) and the tentative ordering side (eg, customer) who have obtained a matching match using the ASP center 20 do not make a direct transaction, and secure the specifications of the ASP center 20. .
The information for specifying the customer is disclosed to the B printing company when the delivery is confirmed.

(3) Next, the provisional order selection processing (order reception processing) function of the server 22 based on the selection information from the terminal 12 by the person in charge of the B printing company makes the temporary order information listed in FIG. And the corresponding provisional order information is selected and stored in the order DB 38 as order information. More specifically, when the user selects the temporary order information “1” in FIG. 14 and clicks “select order” to instruct order selection, a temporary order selection list screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed (selection). The provisional order information is displayed with a black square symbol.) Next, when "Order Registration" in FIG. 15 is clicked to instruct order registration, temporary order information "1" is stored in the order DB 38 as order information. At the same time, the customer terminal 10 is notified that a formal order has been received.

E: Billing Calculation Process When the provisional order information of the planning company A is stored as formal order information in the order DB 38 by the processes A to D,
This corresponds to a time when a contract for receiving printed materials is established between the planning company A and the printing company B, and the ASP center 20 can receive, as income, an amount corresponding to the sales amount or the like from the printing company B. The determination of the sales amount is determined when the delivery to the customer is completed. When the delivery inspection is performed at the customer, the billing information (the information of the sales amount) is updated in the sales summary DB 40. At that time (at the completion of delivery), A
The payment information of the printing company to the SP center 20 is updated in the sales totaling DB 40 according to the sales amount. The method of calculating the revenue of the ASP center 20 is calculated from items (factors) such as the sales amount (order amount), the number of colors of the product, the number of printed products, and the like.

In the above embodiment, the tentative ordering side is the customer,
The case where the recruiting side is a printing company (for example, a B printing company) has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. If the temporary ordering side is a customer and the recruiting side is a subcontractor, the temporary ordering side is a subcontractor and the recruiting side is a printing company. It can also be used in cases such as

In the above embodiment, when there is no matching match by the final answer date desired by the temporary ordering side, the fact is notified to the temporary ordering side. In order to notify the recruiting side, the provisional ordering information obtained from the provisional ordering side terminal includes the information on the final response date of the provisional ordering side to the recruiting side, and the recruitment information obtained from the recruiting side terminal The server includes a public registration period for the temporary ordering side of the recruiting side, and the server notifies the temporary ordering side terminal of the matching result when the matching by the temporary ordering matching means is not obtained by the final reply date, When the matching by the provisional order matching means is not obtained by the elapse of time, the structure is provided with a matching result notifying means for notifying the matching result to the recruiting terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. result It can also be used for those you omit the intellectual means.

In the above embodiment, in order to avoid the direct transaction between the temporary ordering side and the recruiting side and to secure the use of the server of the ASP center, the temporary ordering side is included in the temporary ordering information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal. Information for specifying the temporary ordering side when the temporary ordering collation list display means lists the temporary ordering information stored in association with the recruiting information in the accepting spool information storage unit at the recruiting side terminal. Is masked, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to a case where the structure for masking the display of the information for specifying the temporary ordering side is omitted.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the operation management system for the printing process resources has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the computer (server) in the system has a predetermined function. The present invention can also be used in a case where the present invention is used in a program for realizing a predetermined function, or in a case where the present invention is used in a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing a predetermined function in a computer (server) in this system. .

In the above embodiment, the case where the provisional ordering terminal (for example, 10) and the recruiting terminal (for example, 12, 16) are terminals incorporating a browser has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the present invention can be used for a device having display software other than a browser (for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone).

[0051]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation management system for printing process resources in which a server is connected to a tentative ordering terminal and a recruiting terminal via a communication network, wherein the server is a tentative order registration unit, a recruiting unit. It has a registration means, a provisional order collation means, a provisional order collation list display means, and a provisional order selection means, and collates the provisional order information acquired from the provisional order side terminal with the recruitment information acquired from the recruitment side terminal. The order information is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit in association with the corresponding recruitment information, and the provisional order information stored in the receiving spool information storage unit is displayed in a list on the recruiting terminal, and the recruitment is performed from the provisional order collation list. The provisional order information selected by the side terminal is configured as order information. For this reason, when a vacancy occurs in the printing process resources of the recruiting side (printing company or subcontractor), the recruitment information corresponding to the vacancy is collated with the tentative order information from the tentative ordering side, and The recruiting side can select an order from the order information. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently make an order corresponding to the availability of the printing process resources, reduce the cost required for the order, improve the operation rate of the printing process resources, and increase the profit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the provisional order information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information on the last reply date of the temporary ordering side to the recruiting side, and The obtained recruitment information includes the public registration period of the recruiting party to the tentative ordering party, and the server sends the matching result to the tentative ordering side terminal when matching by the tentative ordering matching means cannot be obtained by the final response date. The provision of the verification result notification means for notifying the recruiting terminal to the recruiting terminal when notifying the provisional order by the provisional order collation means by the end of the public registration period. If there is no matching match by the final answer date, the provisional ordering side is notified of the fact, and if there is no matching match during the public registration period desired by the recruiting side, the fact can be notified to the recruiting side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the temporary ordering information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information for specifying the temporary ordering side, and the temporary ordering collation list display means is provided. When the provisional order information stored in association with the recruitment information in the acceptance spool information storage unit is displayed as a list on the recruiting side terminal, the display of the information for identifying the provisional ordering side is masked. Avoid direct trading on the recruiting side A
Use of the SP center server can be ensured.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a server connected to the temporary ordering side terminal and the recruiting side terminal via a communication network includes a temporary order registering unit, a recruitment registering unit, a temporary order matching unit, and a temporary order matching list display. Means and a program for functioning as provisional order selection means, collating the provisional order information obtained from the provisional ordering terminal with the recruitment information obtained from the recruitment side terminal,
The matching provisional order information is stored in the accepting spool information storage unit in association with the corresponding recruitment information, and the provisional order information stored in association with the recruitment information in the accepting spool information storage unit is displayed in a list on the recruiting side terminal, Since the provisional order information selected by the recruiting side from the provisional order collation list is used as the order information, the same effect as the first aspect of the invention can be achieved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, the provisional ordering information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information on the last reply date of the temporary ordering side to the recruiting side, and The obtained recruitment information includes the public registration period of the recruiting party to the tentative ordering party, and the server sends the matching result to the tentative ordering side terminal when matching by the tentative ordering matching means cannot be obtained by the final response date. The provision of the verification result notification means for notifying the recruiting terminal to the recruiting terminal when notifying the provisional order by the provisional order collation means by the end of the public registration period. If there is no matching match by the final answer date, the provisional ordering side is notified of the fact, and if there is no matching match during the public registration period desired by the recruiting side, the fact can be notified to the recruiting side.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth or fifth aspect, the temporary ordering information obtained from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information for specifying the temporary ordering side, and the temporary ordering collation list display means is provided. When the provisional order information stored in association with the recruitment information in the acceptance spool information storage unit is displayed as a list on the recruiting side terminal, the display of the information for identifying the provisional ordering side is masked. Avoid direct trading on the recruiting side A
Use of the SP center server can be ensured.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to the fourth, fifth, or sixth aspect of the present invention is recorded has the same effect as the fourth, fifth, or sixth aspect of the invention. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an operation management system, a program, and a recording medium for a printing process resource according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the contents of a data server 28 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing data contents of a temporary order DB 30 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing data contents of a reception spool DB 36 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the entire system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a provisional order registration process in FIG.
It is the figure which displayed the temporary order article registration screen at the time of registering temporary order information from 0.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a recruitment registration process in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a view showing a monthly schedule management screen for each machine on the printing company terminal 12 in FIG. 1;

9 is a diagram showing a display screen when a selection date is set to “3 days” in FIG. 8 and “Daily detailed display” is clicked to instruct a daily detailed display.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen when an available schedule recruitment for each machine is selected in FIG. 9;

11 is a diagram showing a public part detail registration screen when an arbitrary recruitment part is selected in FIG. 10 and "detailed registration" is clicked to instruct detailed registration.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a provisional order collation / selection process in FIG. 5;

13 is a diagram showing a public property registration list screen on the printing company terminal 12 in the provisional order collation processing in FIG.

FIG. 14 shows a case where matching recruitment information is selected in FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a temporary order collation detail list screen displayed on the printing company terminal when a “detailed selection” is clicked and a detailed selection is instructed.

FIG. 15 shows a case where the temporary order information “1” is selected in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a temporary order selection list screen displayed on the printing company terminal when a “order selection” is clicked and an order selection is instructed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 (1) to 10 (n): customer terminal (an example of a temporary ordering side terminal); 12 (1) to 12 (k): a printing company terminal (an example of a recruiting side terminal); 16 (1) to 16 ( m) ... outsourcing contractor terminal (an example of a recruiting terminal), 18 ... communication network, 2
0: ASP center, 22: Application server, 24: Communication server, 26: Notification server, 28
... data server, 30 ... temporary order DB (database), 32 ... process-specific DB, 34 ... machine-specific schedule DB, 35 ... machine type DB, 36 ... ... acceptance spool DB, 38 ... order DB, 40 ... sales totaling DB.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor ▲ Yoshi ▼ Mineka Kazutaka 1-6-6 Moto-Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Second Anzen Building Inside Fujitsu General Limited (72) Inventor Hiroshi Ota Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu, Ltd. 4-1-1, Kamidadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Katsumi Namiki 1-9-6 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Shintomi 1-chome Building Machida Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A printing process resource operation management system comprising a server connected to a temporary ordering terminal and a recruiting side terminal via a communication network, and a receiving spool information storage for storing temporary ordering information and recruiting information. A temporary order information storage unit that stores temporary order information, the server stores the temporary order information acquired from the temporary order-side terminal in the temporary order information storage unit, and a temporary order registration unit that stores the temporary order information. The recruitment registration means for storing the recruitment information acquired from the recruiting side terminal in the accepting spool information storage unit, and collating the provisional order information in the temporary order information storage unit with the recruitment information in the accepting spool information storage unit. Temporary order collation means for storing the temporary order information in association with the corresponding recruitment information and storing the temporary order information in the acceptance spool information storage unit; Provisional order collation list display means for displaying a list of order information on the recruiting terminal; and provisional order information corresponding to the provisional order collation list displayed on the recruiting terminal based on the selection information obtained from the recruiting terminal. And a tentative order selection means for selecting the order and receiving the order information. 2. The provisional ordering information obtained from the provisional ordering terminal includes information on the last reply date of the provisional ordering side to the recruiting side, and the recruiting side provisional ordering information is included in the recruiting information acquired from the recruiting side terminal. And the server notifies the provisional ordering side terminal of the collation result when the collation match by the provisional order collation means is not obtained by the final answer date, 2. The printing process resource operation management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a collation result notifying unit that notifies a collation result to the recruiting terminal when collation matching by the temporary order collation unit is not obtained before. 3. The temporary ordering information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal includes information for specifying the temporary ordering side, and the temporary ordering collation list display means is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information. 3. The printing process resource operation management system according to claim 1, wherein when the provisional ordering information is displayed in a list on the recruiting side terminal, display of the information for specifying the temporary ordering side is masked. 4. A server connected to the provisional ordering terminal and the recruiting side terminal via a communication network, the provisional order registration means, the recruitment registration means, the provisional order collation means, the provisional order collation list display means, and the provisional order selection means. A program for functioning as a means, wherein the temporary order registration means stores the temporary order information acquired from the temporary order-side terminal in a temporary order information storage unit, and the recruitment registration means, from the recruitment-side terminal, The acquired recruitment information is stored in a receiving spool information storage unit, and the provisional order matching unit compares the provisional order information in the temporary order information storage unit with the recruitment information in the reception spool information storage unit, and matches the provisional order matched. The information is stored in the acceptance spool information storage unit in association with the corresponding recruitment information, and the provisional order collation list display means is stored in the acceptance spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information. The provisional ordering information is displayed in a list on the recruiting side terminal, and the provisional ordering selection means selects a corresponding provisional order from the provisional ordering collation list displayed on the recruiting side terminal based on the selection information obtained from the recruiting side terminal. A program characterized in that information is selected and becomes order information. 5. The provisional order information obtained from the provisional ordering terminal includes information on the final response date of the provisional ordering side to the recruiting side, and the recruiting side information of the recruiting side obtained from the recruiting information acquired from the recruiting side terminal. And the server notifies the provisional ordering side terminal of the collation result when the collation match by the provisional order collation means is not obtained by the final answer date and time, 5. The program according to claim 4, further comprising: a collation result notifying unit that notifies a collation result to the recruiting terminal when collation matching by the provisional order collation unit is not obtained before. 6. The provisional order information acquired from the provisional order side terminal includes information for specifying the provisional ordering side, and the provisional order collation list display means is stored in the receiving spool information storage unit in association with the recruitment information. 6. The program according to claim 4, wherein when the provisional order information is displayed as a list on the recruiting side terminal, display of information for specifying the temporary order side is masked. 7. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4, 5 or 6 is recorded.