JP2016128969A - POS terminal and POS terminal program - Google Patents

Abstract

CONSTITUTION: A CPU (12) of a POS terminal of a store (104) accesses an employee management server (110) and reservation management server (116) of a headquarters (102), for executing reservation processing of training/testing. When an employee operates a leaving store button (64b), leaving store processing is executed, and when the employee has reserved training/testing, and the exhibition date of the training/testing comes within a constant number of days from a current date, a notification screen (66) for reservation confirmation is displayed and a reservation confirmation receipt (70) is printed.EFFECT: As an effect, by operating the POS terminal, reservation of training/testing can be performed, and confirmation of reservation of training/testing can be performed, therefore failing to receive lecture and examination of the employee can be prevented.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal and a POS terminal program, and more particularly to, for example, a POS terminal and a POS terminal program having a store entry / exit management function.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a POS terminal that allows employees to enter and exit by entering a personal code and semi-automatically confirm data that has been performed manually. .

  In the background art of Patent Document 1, an “entrance / exit key” is provided on the keyboard separately from the conventional menu key and function key. When the entrance / exit key is pressed, a personal code input screen is displayed, and the personal code is entered on the screen to register entry or exit. The POS terminal transmits the store entry / exit time and the personal code to the host system connected to the POS terminal, thereby enabling the attendance management of each employee in the host system.

JP 9-128659 A [G07C 1/12 G06F 17/60]

  However, the POS terminal of Patent Document 1 can manage employee attendance as well as product sales information management, but the training and examination reservation system is not linked to the POS system.

  Therefore, it is necessary to make reservations for training and examinations using means other than POS terminals (such as PCs and telephones / faxes), and it is also necessary to use means other than POS terminals for confirming and changing reservations. was there. In other words, training and examination reservations are tasks that are different from normal store management operations, and in addition to being a burden on employees and managers, they also cause forgetting to attend or take an examination.

  Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a novel POS terminal and POS terminal program.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal and a POS terminal program capable of making a reservation for training or examination.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal and a POS terminal program that can prevent employee training, taking a test, or forgetting to take an examination as much as possible.

  1st invention is a display part which displays a time processing menu screen, a detection part which detects a store entry operation or a store operation which an employee performed in the time process menu screen, and a detection part performs a store operation or a store operation. The POS terminal includes an output unit that outputs information to be guided to the employee in response to the detection.

  In the first invention, a display unit such as a touch screen displays the attendance processing menu screen. In the embodiment, the attendance processing menu screen includes a store entry button and a store exit button, and an employee performs a store operation with the store button when entering the store, and performs a store operation with the store exit button when leaving the store. The detection unit detects such a store entry operation or a store exit operation. The output unit outputs information according to the store entry operation or the store exit operation. Thereby, the employee can confirm the information output by the output unit in accordance with the store entry operation or the store exit operation that must be executed at the POS terminal.

  According to the first invention, the employee confirms the information output by the output unit in response to the store entry operation or the store exit operation, so that the employee can confirm the necessary information with certainty.

  A second invention is a POS terminal according to the first invention, further comprising a registration unit for registering employee schedule information, wherein the output unit outputs information based on the schedule information registered by the registration unit.

  In the second invention, the registration unit registers schedule information based on data acquired by accessing a server, for example. The output reads the registered schedule information in accordance with the store entry operation or the store exit operation, and outputs information necessary for the employee based on the read schedule information.

  According to the second invention, since the information is output based on the schedule information registered by the POS terminal, the employee can confirm the schedule information.

  A third invention is according to the second invention, and further comprises a determination unit that determines whether or not the current date and time is within a predetermined period with respect to the date and time indicated by the schedule information, and the output unit determines whether the current date and time is a schedule It is a POS terminal that outputs information based on schedule information when it is determined that the date and time indicated by the information is within a predetermined period.

  In the third invention, the schedule information includes the date and time when the schedule is to be executed, and the determination unit determines whether or not the current date and time approaches within a predetermined period such as 7 days from the date and time. That is, it is determined whether the schedule information includes a schedule to be executed within a predetermined period from the current date and time. Then, when the determination unit determines that the current date and time is within a predetermined period with respect to the date and time indicated by the schedule information, the output unit outputs information based on the schedule information.

  According to the third invention, the employee can surely check the information based on the schedule information when the date and time included in the schedule information is approaching, so that overloading of the schedule can be prevented as much as possible.

  The fourth invention is dependent on the second invention or the third invention, and the registration unit registers schedule information based on data in a database linked to a reservation management server constituting the POS system together with the POS terminal. It is.

  In the fourth invention, the registration unit registers schedule information based on, for example, a training / examination database linked with a reservation management server installed in the headquarters.

  According to the fourth invention, the POS terminal can access the headquarters server and register schedule information, for example, training / examination or reservation.

  A fifth invention is dependent on any one of the first to fourth inventions, a reception unit that receives an unnecessary operation that does not require the output of information by the output unit, and an output unit according to the unnecessary operation received by the reception unit Is a POS terminal further comprising an output blocking unit that prevents information from being output.

  In the fifth invention, for example, a check box is displayed on a screen for confirming information, and the reception unit receives an unnecessary operation in response to an employee putting a check mark on the check box. The output blocking unit blocks (prohibits) the output unit from outputting information if an unnecessary operation is performed by an employee.

  According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that information is always output.

  A sixth invention is a POS terminal according to any one of the first to fifth inventions, wherein the output unit outputs information in response to the store exit operation.

  According to the sixth aspect, since information is output when the employee is about to leave the store, the information is more easily transmitted to the employee than when information is transmitted during the input operation.

  A seventh invention is dependent on any one of the first to sixth inventions, and the output unit is a POS terminal that displays information and prints it on a receipt.

  According to the seventh aspect, since the employee can receive a receipt on which information is printed, the information can be confirmed more reliably.

  An eighth invention is a POS terminal program that can be executed by a CPU of a POS terminal, wherein the CPU displays the attendance processing menu screen, and the store entry operation or the store exit operation performed by the employee on the attendance processing menu screen. And a POS terminal program that functions as an output unit that outputs information to be guided to the employee in response to the detection of the store entry operation or the store exit operation.

  According to the eighth aspect, the same effect as in the first aspect can be expected.

  According to the present invention, the employee confirms the information output by the output unit in accordance with the store entry operation or the store exit operation, so that the employee can surely confirm the necessary information. Therefore, for example, if the training / examination reservation confirmation can be output from the POS terminal, for example, employees can forget attendance / examination.

  The above object, other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a POS system in which the present invention can be implemented. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an employee database linked to the employee management server of FIG. 1 embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a training / test database linked to the reservation management server of FIG. 1 embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation database linked with the reservation management server of FIG. 1 embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a POS terminal used in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a memory map of the memory shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an employee management screen. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a training / examination menu screen when the training / examination button is operated on the employee management screen. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of reservation / change / cancellation processing using the training / examination menu screen. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a calendar format reservation screen for training / examination reservation. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation registration screen for confirming registration in the training / examination reservation registration process. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the attendance processing menu screen that is advanced from the employee management menu shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the attendance process using the attendance process menu screen. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of a reservation confirmation process in the attendance process of FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an information screen displayed in the reservation confirmation process of FIG. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation confirmation receipt printed in the reservation confirmation process of FIG. FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a closing process screen for closing process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the closing process using the closing process screen shown in FIG. FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation status inquiry screen in the closing process. FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a reservation status inquiry receipt printed in the closing process. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing another example of the reservation confirmation process in the attendance process. FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an information screen displayed in the reservation confirmation process shown in FIG. FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a registration table that is changed after a check box is checked on the notification screen shown in FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing another example of the store exit process in the attendance process of FIG. FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a shift table in charge referred to in the store closing process shown in FIG. FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the next shift contact screen displayed in the store exit process shown in FIG. FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a next shift contact receipt printed in the store closing process shown in FIG.

[First embodiment]
Referring to FIG. 1, the POS system 100 of this embodiment includes a headquarter 102 and a store 104, and the headquarter 102 and the store 104 can communicate with each other via a communication line 106. However, the communication line 106 may be any wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated communication line, the Internet, or an intranet.

  In the head office 102, a product sales management server 108, an employee management server 110, and a reservation management server 114 are installed. The merchandise sales management server 108 is a server that executes point-of-sales management (Point Of Sales), which is an essential task of the POS system 100, and is linked to a merchandise database (not shown).

  The employee management server 110 is a server that performs employee attendance (entrance / exit) management, placement management (including shift management), and the like. The employee management server 110 is linked to, for example, an employee database 112 shown in FIG. In the employee database, employee codes, employee names, employee qualifications, employee titles, hire dates, etc., uniquely assigned to each employee are associated and registered. The working conditions (shift, etc.) for each employee may be registered in the employee database 112 or may be registered in another shift database (not shown).

  The reservation management server 114 is a server that performs reservation registration of training (starter training, family training, etc.) and examination (elevation examination, promotion examination, etc.) or manages those reservations. The appointment management server 114 can be linked not only to the training / examination (examination of test and / or examination) database 116 shown in FIG. 3, but also to the employee database 112 described above. Since the training / examination database 116 shown in FIG. 3 itself is descriptive, a detailed description thereof is omitted here, but this training / examination database 116 includes, as shown in FIG. 3, for each training / examination. Each item is preset. The “accommodation category” means, for example, a category such as no accommodation, a previous night, a night stay, a later night, etc., and these accommodation categories are selected at the time of reservation. “Target qualification”, “target job title”, and “target hire date” limit what kind of employees can take or take the training / examination.

  However, the registration items in the training / examination database 116 are not limited to those in this embodiment.

  Note that the training / examination database 116 can be changed or deleted only by the reservation management server 114 in principle.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, three servers 108, 110, and 116 are installed in the headquarters 102. However, all or any two of these servers may be realized by one server, and four or more servers. You may make it share.

  A plurality of POS terminals 10 are installed in the store 104. As an example, the POS terminal 10 has a configuration shown in FIG. However, it should be noted that the interface of each device is not shown in FIG.

  The POS terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12, and a communication device 16 is connected to the CPU 12 via an internal bus 14. The communication device 16 includes a modem, for example, and the CPU 12 can communicate with each server 108, 110, 114 of the headquarter 102 via the communication device 16 and the communication line 106 shown in FIG. 1, and exchange data between them. It can be carried out.

  Further, a memory 18 and an external storage device 20 are connected to the CPU 12 via the internal bus 14. The memory 18 includes ROM and RAM as necessary, and stores product data of each product, price data of those products, and the like, and is used as a temporary storage device or a working memory of the CPU 12. As the external storage device 20, any mass storage device such as a hard disk device or an optical disk device can be used.

  Programs necessary for the POS terminal 10 (OS, employee management program, training / examination program, attendance management program, store closing processing program, etc. described later) are downloaded from the communication device 16 to the memory 18 or from the external storage device 20. It is loaded into the memory 18. The POS terminal 10 operates according to a program loaded in the memory 18. The memory 18 further stores various tables and flags (described later).

  Further, a keyboard 22 including a numeric keypad, a barcode reader 24 such as a handy scanner, a printer 26 for printing receipts, and a touch screen 28 are connected to the CPU 12 via the internal bus 14. The barcode reader 24 not only reads the barcode attached to the product and registers for sale, but also when the employee reads the employee tag on the neck and inputs the employee code, for example. Used. However, it goes without saying that the keyboard 22 may be used to input the employee code.

  The touch screen 28 includes an appropriate combination of a flat display and a touch panel, displays arbitrary objects (images, icons, holders, virtual keys, character strings, etc.), and a user or operator (employee) can display the objects. Necessary input operations can be performed by touching. The touch screen 28 is mainly operated by an employee, and the display surface thereof is directed to the operator side (inside).

  In contrast to the touch screen 28, the POS terminal 10 is provided with a customer display whose display surface is directed to the customer side (outside).

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a memory map of the memory 18, in which a program storage area 30 and a data storage area 32 are formed. As described above, the program storage area 30 is an area for reading out and storing (developing) a part or all of program data preset in the external storage device 20 (FIG. 5), for example. .

  The program storage area 30 stores an employee management program 30a, a reservation / change / cancellation program 30b, an attendance processing program 30c, a store closing processing program 30d, and the like.

  The employee management program 30a is a program that displays an employee management screen 34 as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and executes the reservation / change / cancellation program 30b or the attendance processing program 30c. The reservation / change / cancellation program 30b is a program for making training / examination reservations, reservation change / cancellation, etc. for each employee. The attendance processing program 30c is a program for managing the attendance of employees, and in particular displays the attendance processing menu screen 64 shown in FIG. 12 to allow employees to enter or exit the store.

  In addition to the OS (Operating System) and the like, the program storage area 30 includes a program for executing processing necessary for normal operations of the POS terminal 10, but these are not important for the present invention. Description is omitted.

  In the data storage area 32 of the memory 18, a touch buffer 32a is provided, and screen data 32b, various table data 32c, various flags 32d, and the like are set.

  The touch buffer 32a stores coordinate data of a position touched on the touch screen 28. As is well known, whether or not a virtual button (software button) to be described later or a calendar section has been touched is determined by the touch coordinates temporarily stored in the touch buffer 32a being the virtual button ( Software button) and calendar section display range (area).

  The screen data 32 b is data for displaying a screen (GUI) to be displayed on the touch screen 28. As will be described later, the various table data 32c is data of various tables that are referred to as necessary in each process or generated as a predetermined result. The various flags 32 d are data of various flags necessary for the operation of the POS terminal 10.

  Since the data storage area 32 is also used as a working area as described above, various data necessary for normal operations of the POS terminal 10 are temporarily stored.

  When making a reservation for training / examination at the POS terminal 10, the employee management screen 34 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the touch screen 28 in accordance with the employee management program 30a shown in FIG. 6 and based on the screen data 32b shown in FIG. indicate.

  Note that each screen or menu screen described below is displayed on the touch screen 28 based on the screen data 32b. In the following description, for the sake of simplification of description, it is referred to one by one. do not do.

  On the employee management screen 34, an attendance management button 36 and a training / examination button 38 are displayed as virtual buttons or software buttons. The attendance management button 36 can be operated by all employees when the attendance process (FIG. 13) described later is executed. The training / examination button 38 is operable by all employees when executing the training / examination process (FIG. 8).

  The employee management screen 34 further includes a return button 40a, a previous page button 40b, and a next page button 40c that are generally provided in the GUI.

  When the training / examination button 38 is operated on the employee management screen 34, a training / examination menu screen 42 shown in FIG. 8 as a submenu drawing is displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The training / examination menu screen 42 includes a reservation / change / cancel button 44 and a reservation status inquiry button 46. The reservation / change / cancel button 44 is operated to register a training / examination reservation, or to change or cancel a reservation once registered. The reservation status inquiry button 46 is operated to inquire or confirm the reservation status of the training / examination. Also on the training / examination menu screen 42, a return button 40a, a previous page button 40b, and a next page button 40c are arranged.

  However, when an employee, manager, or sub-manager who has management qualification operates, all employees who belong to the store 104 can be reserved / changed / cancelled or the reservation status of all employees can be inquired. When an employee who does not have management qualification operates, only reservation / change / cancellation or inquiry of reservation status can be performed only for the employee.

  Here, when the reservation / change / cancel button 44 is operated on the training / examination menu screen 42 in FIG. 8, the reservation / change / cancel process shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

  When executing the operation of FIG. 9, the CPU 12 (FIG. 5) of the POS terminal 10 accesses the reservation management server 114 of the head office 102.

  The reservation management server 114 is linked with the training / examination database 116 shown in FIG. 3 as described above, but in the first step S1 of FIG. Data of the reservation database 118 is acquired, and a reservation screen 48 as shown in FIG. 10 is generated for a specific training / examination and displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The reservation screen 48 includes a calendar display unit 50. The calendar display unit 50 is based on the data of the training / examination database 116, and the training / examination scheduled for the current month, the example of FIG. Then, the schedule of training 1, training 2, training 3, and training 4 is displayed.

  On the reservation screen 48, a training name display part 52 a and a district name display part 52 b are displayed above the calendar display part 50. The training name displayed in the training / examination database 116 is displayed in the training name display section 52a, for example, in a pull-down menu format. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, ΔΔ training is selected, and the operator can select from a pull-down menu when he / she wants to see another training schedule.

  In the reservation screen of FIG. 10, the schedule of training 1 to training 4 is set in the training. Specifically, Training 1 is scheduled for 3 days from Monday (Monday) to 13th (Wednesday), Training 2 is for 3 days from 19th (Tue) to 21st (Thu), and Training 3 is 23rd It can be seen that 3 days from Saturday (Sat) to 25th (Mon) and 3 days from Wednesday 27th to 29th (Friday) are scheduled.

  In the district name display section 52b, the district names described in the training / examination database 116 are displayed in pull-down menu format data. Therefore, the operator can select from a pull-down menu when he / she wants to see a schedule in another district.

  On the reservation screen 48, “with vacancy”, “slightly remaining” or “no vacancy” is displayed by color coding, for example, for each training below the calendar display unit 50. Such information can be displayed based on the data in the reservation database 118. Then, a return button 40a and a search button 40d are displayed.

  The employee touches the desired date section of the calendar display unit 50 on the appointment screen 48 to select the training / examination he or his / her subordinate wants to participate in. When the CPU 12 determines in step S3 that a valid touch has been made, a registration screen 54 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the touch screen 28 in the next step S5. The operator inputs a necessary item on the registration screen 54 to perform reservation registration for training / examination.

  On the registration screen 54, based on the data in the training / examination database 116, the training name, date / time, training location, target person, capacity (remaining number of people), etc. are displayed, and necessary information is entered in the reservation display section 56. The training (in this example, △△ training) can be reserved. When the employee code is entered, the job title and qualification of the reservation display unit 56 are automatically read and registered from the employee database 112 (FIG. 2) registered in the employee management server 110 (FIG. 1), for example. . Other application categories and accommodation categories may be selected and set from the pull-down menu. In the application category, the status of reserved or unreserved is displayed, and reservation cancellation or reservation change can be input. In the accommodation category, you can enter “None”, “Prior Night”, “Night”, “Night”, and “Night”. However, in the example of FIG. 11, a new reservation is displayed in the top line of the reservation display unit 56.

  In addition to the return button 40a, a detail button 40e and a confirmation button 40f are displayed on the registration screen 54. The details button 40e is operated when it is desired to see details of the contents of the training / examination to be applied now. When the detail button 40e is operated, a training / examination database 116 as shown in FIG. 3, for example, is displayed, whereby the training contents can be known in detail. The confirmation button 40f is operated when a reservation is confirmed with an item input in the top line of the reservation display section 56.

  Then, when the operation of the confirm button 40f is confirmed in step S7 of FIG. 9, in the next step S9, the CPU 12 registers a reservation, for example, according to the registration screen 54 shown in FIG. That is, the data in the top row of the reservation display unit 56 is registered as a training / examination reservation registration in, for example, the reservation database 118 (FIG. 4) linked to the reservation management server 114 of the headquarters 102.

  Registered in the reservation database 118 are employee codes of participating employees, training / test codes indicating reserved training / examinations, and accommodation classifications selected as described above.

  In addition, in the registration screen 54 of FIG. 11, when the application category or the accommodation category is changed, “new reservation”, “reservation change” depending on whether it is new, changed, or canceled compared to the previous state. Or “Reservation Cancellation”. That is, "new reservation", "reservation change", and "reservation cancellation" are possible using the registration screen of FIG.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the reservation management server 114 can be directly accessed from the POS terminal 10 to register the training / examination reservation. Therefore, compared with the background technology that can be reserved only at a terminal different from the POS terminal, forgetting to reserve a training / examination can be reduced as much as possible, and the burden on employees and managers can be reduced.

  In this embodiment, the POS terminal 10 registers a training / examination reservation as schedule information. However, schedule information registered by the registration unit is not limited to training / examination reservations. For example, arbitrary schedule information such as a meeting schedule or a customer interview schedule can be considered.

  When the attendance management button 36 is operated from the employee management screen 34 shown in FIG. 7, a GUI showing the attendance processing menu screen 64 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the touch screen 28.

  The attendance processing menu screen 64 is provided with a store entry button 64a that the employee operates when entering the store, a store exit button 64b that the employee operates when leaving the store, and a return button 40a.

  In the attendance process shown in FIG. 13, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 first determines whether or not the store entry button 64a has been operated in step S21. That is, step S21 functions as a detection unit that detects a store entry operation by an employee or the like.

  If “YES” is determined in the step S21, the CPU 12 executes the store entry process in the subsequent step S23. In the store entry process, the CPU 12 transmits the employee code and the store entry time to the employee management server 110 of the head office 102.

  When “NO” is determined in the step S21, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the store exit button 64b is operated in a next step S25. That is, step S25 functions as a detection unit that detects a store exit operation by an employee or the like.

  If “YES” in the step S25, the CPU 12 executes a store exit process in a step S27. In the store exit process, the CPU 12 transmits the employee code and store exit time to the employee management server 110 of the head office 102.

  If “NO” is determined in the step S25, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the return button 40a is operated in a next step S31. If “YES”, the CPU 12 executes other processes, and “NO” When "", it waits for input.

  After step S27, the reservation confirmation process of step S29 is executed. In this embodiment, when the store exit button 64b is operated at the time of store exit, normal store exit processing is executed, and training confirmation / test reservation confirmation processing for the employee is executed. The reservation confirmation process is shown in detail in FIG.

  In the first step S41 of FIG. 14, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 acquires the data of the reservation database 118 shown in FIG. 4 from the reservation management server 114 (FIG. 1), and the employee operating the store exit button 64b at that time All records having the same employee code are extracted to generate a table T (not shown). This table T is stored in various table data 32c (FIG. 6) in the memory 18. However, the number of training / examination registrations in table T is n.

  In the next step S43, for example, the CPU 12 first sets “1” to a case counter (not shown) set in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18 (i = 1). Then, in the next step S45, the CPU 12 determines whether the number i of cases is smaller than the total number n of tables T (i> n). If “YES”, that is, when there is no reservation registration to be confirmed, this routine is exited and, for example, the routine is returned to the main routine.

  If “NO” in the step S45, the CPU 12 reads the i-th record of the table T in the subsequent step S47, and further reads the training / test code Eid recorded in the record Ti in a step S49.

  In step S51, the CPU 12 extracts a record M (training / examination M) whose training / examination code is Eid from the training / examination table 116 (FIG. 3).

  In the subsequent step S53, the CPU 12 determines whether the start date of the training / examination M is within the X days from the current date, that is, the number of warning start days. The warning start days are days indicating that there are X days (for example, 7 days) until the start date of the registered training / examination, and “X” is stored in the training / examination database 116 for each training / examination. It may be set in advance, or may be set by the manager of each store and registered as “warning start days X” in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18, for example.

  In step S55, it is determined whether the current day (the date on which the store has been closed) is within X days.

  When it is determined that the training / examination M is within the warning start days X, that is, when “YES” in the step S55, the CPU 12 displays a notification screen 66 shown in FIG. .

  On the notification screen 66, for example, a message 68 is displayed to the employee who is about to leave the store, such as “There is a Δ △ training on XX month YY”, and an OK button 40g is displayed. However, the content of the message 68 only needs to call the employee's attention, and can be arbitrarily changed. The OK button 40g is a button used when an employee who has seen such a message 68 understands the meaning of the message.

  In the next step S59, the CPU 12 prints the reservation confirmation receipt 70 shown in FIG. 16 on the receipt paper using the printer 26 (FIG. 5) that is always provided in the POS terminal 10.

  The reservation confirmation receipt 70 includes a training name 72a, a training code 72b, an employee name 72c, an employee code 72d, a venue name 72e, an implementation date 72f, a start time 72g, an end time 72h, an accommodation category 72i, an accommodation 72j, and belongings. 72k and other notes 72l are printed. Therefore, the employee who has received the reservation confirmation receipt 70 can know important matters such as the date of the training / examination to be attended / taken next time.

  As described above, in this embodiment, reservation confirmation can be performed at the POS terminal, so that employees can forget to attend / take an examination.

  Moreover, the reservation confirmation process is performed as part of the store exit process in which the employee must operate the store exit button 64b, so the reservation confirmation itself is not forgotten.

  Further, as described above, the details of the training / test reserved by the printer 26 connected to the POS terminal 10 can be printed as the reservation confirmation receipt 70, so that the details can be confirmed. Because you can take it home, there are advantages such as preventing you from forgetting to bring your belongings.

  If the required operation of the employee is a condition, it may be performed in the store entry process by operating the store entry button 64a. However, if a reservation is confirmed at the time of entering the store, there is a possibility that it will be forgotten due to subsequent work, so it would be more effective to confirm the reservation at the time of leaving the store.

  Note that step S57 and / or step S59 function as an output unit that outputs information to be guided to the employee.

  If the operation of the OK button 40g is confirmed in step S61 in FIG. 14, the CPU 12 increments the number i in the next step S63, and executes step S45 again. If “NO” can be confirmed again in step S45, steps S47 to S63 are repeatedly executed.

  If “YES” is confirmed in step S45, that is, if there is no remaining number in the table T extracted in step S41, the process returns to, for example, a main routine (not shown) as described above.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 14, the contents of the reserved training / examination are displayed when leaving the store as schedule information to be guided to the employees. However, the schedule information that should be guided to the employees is not limited to the confirmation of training and examination reservations.

  For example, when it is used for confirming a reservation for an employee's medical checkup, necessary preparations such as “prohibition of eating and drinking after 10:00 the previous day” can be surely notified. In addition, for example, it is also possible to inform people of the 2014 salary earner's dependent deduction, etc. (transfer) filing period.

  Furthermore, it is not limited to schedule information, and can be used for, for example, disseminating matters to be implemented by employees and managers. That is, items to be displayed can be added by setting.

  At the end of the business hours of the store 104, the store closing process is performed in accordance with the store closing process program 30d shown in FIG. 6. An example of this store closing process is shown in FIGS. However, in a 24-hour store, the closing process may be replaced with a payment process performed at a predetermined time of the day.

  FIG. 17 shows a GUI for closing a store, that is, a closing processing screen 74 generated in accordance with the closing processing program 30d. This closing processing screen 74 is provided with a settlement button 74a, a reservation inquiry button 74b, and a return button 40a. The settlement button 74a is operated when executing a normal settlement operation in the POS terminal 10.

  The reservation inquiry button 74b is uniquely provided in the POS terminal 10 of this embodiment and can be operated by an employee. The reservation inquiry button 74b is operated when an employee confirms his / her reservation status, or when an administrative authority such as a manager confirms or inquires the reservation status of training / examination of all employees in the store 104. Is done.

  However, in the specific description performed using FIGS. 18, 19, and 20, a case will be described in which the administrative authority inquires the reservation status of all employees in the store.

  In the closing process according to the closing process program 30d, the CPU 12 of the POS terminal 10 determines whether or not the settlement button 74a is operated in the first step S71 of FIG. If the settlement button 74a has been operated, the CPU 12 executes the settlement process in the next step S73. However, since the settlement process itself is a well-known ordinary business and is not important for the present invention, the description thereof is omitted here.

  When “NO” is determined in the step S71, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the reservation inquiry button 74b is operated in the next step S75. If the reservation inquiry button 74b is not operated, another process is executed.

  If “YES” is determined in the step S75, the CPU 12 in the next step S77 converts the reservation registration data of the specified type for the specified period into the employee database 112 shown in FIGS. Obtained from the test database 116 and the reservation database 118. For example, by looking at the reservation database 118, it is possible to know which employee has reserved which training / examination, and by referring to the training / examination database 116, it is possible to know the holding period of the corresponding training / examination. However, since it is not possible to specify the period and type on the closing process screen 74 in step S18, a sub-screen (not shown) may be displayed so that the period and type can be specified. In addition, reservation registration data may be collected by the method described above.

  An example of the reservation status inquiry screen 76 is shown in FIG. In the reservation status inquiry screen 76, the training / examination that each employee has reserved is displayed on the reservation display section 78, for example, in order of date (ascending order or descending order). That is, the reservation display section 78 displays the date of the reserved training / examination, the training course, the venue, the employee name, the qualification (title), and the accommodation classification. However, the items to be displayed are not limited to this example. For example, only the date and employee name may be used.

  In addition, the reservation status inquiry screen 76 displays a period display unit 80a indicating the specified period and a type display unit 80b indicating the specified type.

  Further, in addition to the return button 40a and the like, a menu button 40h, a print button 40i, and a next button 40j are displayed.

  When the print button 40i is operated, the CPU 12 uses the printer 26 to print the reservation status inquiry receipt 82 shown in FIG. Since all items displayed in the previous reservation display section 78 (FIG. 19) cannot be printed on this receipt 82, only appropriate items in the reservation display section 78 are set to be printed. Yes.

  In this way, when the store closing process is performed at the POS terminal 10, if the training / examination reservation list of the employees belonging to the store is displayed, the manager or the like confirms the reservation list. For example, reorganization of a shift or request for support from another store can be made so as not to hinder the store operation.

  Moreover, in the display example of FIG. 19, it can display by changing a period as mentioned above. In addition, a reservation type (“training only”, “exam only”, etc.) can be selected and displayed.

  Furthermore, the items can be displayed in ascending order or descending order for each item, and the content to be displayed can be selected and displayed for each item.

  If there are duplicate appointments, for example when the same employee has booked different training / examinations at the same date and time, or one employee has booked the same training / examination, Such a duplicate reservation can be warned by changing the color (for example, changing to red) and displaying it.

  Reservations that cannot be taken due to employee leave or retirement (empty reservations) can be warned by displaying them in a different color from the normal display (for example, changing to gray).

  Further, items to be extracted and displayed from the training / examination table can be selected or changed.

  Note that only the reservation status inquiry screen 76 in FIG. 19 can be confirmed, and the closing process can be continued without printing. For example, when the next button 40j is operated, the printing of the reservation status inquiry receipt 82 as shown in FIG. 20 can be omitted.

  In addition, when the reservation status is inquired, if it is necessary to change or cancel the reservation, the store closing process is suspended, and the operation for changing / cancelling the reservation can proceed. For example, a reservation / change / cancel menu as shown in FIG. 5 may be called by operating the menu button 40h.

  Further, in receipt printing as shown in FIG. 20, for example, printing can be performed as narrowed down or rearranged on the reservation status inquiry screen 76 in FIG. However, printing items can be set independently without being linked with the display.

  By printing the reservation status list, it is possible to prevent a reservation from being changed or forgotten to be cancelled, and the staffing operation can be performed smoothly.

However, since the POS terminal can be operated even after the store closing process, the receipt printing may be performed after the store closing process or may be performed after the next day.
[Second Embodiment]
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, when the reservation inquiry button 74b is operated on the closing processing screen 74 of FIG. 17, the reservation inquiry is made. In other words, whether or not to make a reservation inquiry is left to the operator (employee) to judge, and if necessary, the reservation inquiry menu is selected and executed manually.

  On the other hand, in the same way as the reservation confirmation process in the attendance process in FIG. 13 (automatically executed in response to the store leaving operation), when the store closing button is operated with a GUI (not shown), the reservation inquiry is automatically performed. It can also be executed.

  In this case, it is not necessary to provide the reservation inquiry button 74b in FIG. 17, and step S71 and step S75 are not necessary in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when proceeding to the closing process, steps S77 and S79 in FIG. 18 may be automatically executed.

  In this case, when a reservation inquiry is made on the reservation status inquiry screen 76 of FIG. 19, the “next” button 40j may be operated to shift to the checkout process, which is the original closing operation.

If the display range (for example, training / examination type, period, etc.) is to be changed, it can be determined before the next button 40j is operated.
[Third embodiment]
In the first embodiment, in the store exit process, that is, the reservation confirmation process of FIG. 14, a notification screen 66 as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed and a reservation confirmation receipt 70 is printed each time. However, reservation confirmation may not be necessary, and the third embodiment can cope with such a request.

  In this embodiment, the user (employee) can set necessity / unnecessity of reservation confirmation when leaving the store. When reservation confirmation unnecessary is set, an unnecessary flag (not shown) is set in the data storage area 32 of the memory 18 shown in FIG. 5, for example.

  The reservation confirmation process of FIG. 21 is different from the reservation confirmation process of FIG. 14 in that steps S81, S83, and S85 are added. That is, after extracting the i-th record from the table T in step S47, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the above-described unnecessary flag is set in step S81. If the unnecessary flag is set, the process returns to step S45 via step S63. That is, since the operation after step S49 is not performed for the Ti record, the display at step S57 and the printing at step S59 are not performed.

  However, since the reservation confirmation is displayed and printed at least once, the notification screen 66 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed on the touch screen 28. In the notification screen 66 in the second embodiment, in addition to the message 68, a check box 84 for setting whether or not to display such a notification screen 66 for reservation confirmation from the next time is displayed. Therefore, the employee who thinks that the display of such a notification screen 66 at the time of leaving the store is unnecessary after the next time may put a check mark (■) in the check box 84 according to, for example, a pull-down menu.

  If the check box 84 is checked, “YES” is determined in the step S83 in FIG. 21, and the CPU 12 then determines a confirmation flag (a flag indicating whether or not to display or print a reservation) in a step S85. ) Is set. That is, when a reservation confirmation display or printing after the next time is not required, the confirmation flag is set to “1”, for example.

  Steps S83 and S85, together with the check box 84, function as a reception unit for unnecessary operations by employees.

  Therefore, from the next time, as described above, the confirmation flag is determined in step S81, and if the confirmation flag is set, the notification screen 66 is displayed and the reservation confirmation receipt 70 (FIG. 16) is printed. Absent. That is, step S81 functions as an output blocking unit that responds to unnecessary operations.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 21, in the reservation database 118 shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the employee code and the training / examination code, whether or not the confirmation flag is set, that is, the display of the reservation confirmation notification screen 66 and The necessity / unnecessity of printing of the reservation confirmation receipt 70 is recorded. Therefore, when the table T is generated based on the reservation database 118 in step S41, confirmation flag data is also extracted.

According to the third embodiment, the trouble of having to confirm the reservation for training / examination at the time of leaving the store is solved.
[Fourth embodiment]
In the fourth embodiment, when an employee operates the store exit button 64b, the shift of the employee is confirmed. The fourth embodiment can be combined with the first embodiment or the second embodiment and the third embodiment.

  For example, when the store exit process of FIG. 24 is executed in step S27 of FIG. 13, in step S91 of FIG. 24, the CPU 12 acquires the current date and time from, for example, a built-in clock (not shown).

  In the next step S93, the CPU 12 accesses, for example, the employee management server 110 of the headquarters 102 and sets it in an employee database (not shown) linked to the employee management server 110 of FIG. By referring to the shift database 120 in charge, the shift information closest to the current date and time is extracted as a record in the employee code of the employee who has operated the exit button 64b.

  Next, in step S95, the CPU 12 displays a next shift contact screen 88 shown in FIG. 26 on the touch screen 28, for example. In addition to the OK button 40g, a message 88a is displayed on the contact screen 88.

  Message 88a includes shift information 88b and contact 88c. According to the shift information 88b, it can be seen that the next shift is 19: 00-22: 00 on December 20 in the example of FIG. Therefore, the employee can confirm the next shift by seeing this message 88a. Further, according to the communication item 88c, it can be seen that the next shift day is a salary payment day, and therefore a seal is required.

  In step S97, the next shift contact receipt 90 as shown in FIG. 27 is printed. The next shift contact receipt 90 is printed with employee information 90a, shift information 90b and contact items 90c. Accordingly, the employee can check the next shift by looking at the next shift contact receipt 90 or by taking it home.

  However, in the third embodiment, the “unnecessary flag” may be set as in the second embodiment. That is, it is not necessary to perform the next shift confirmation process every time the store is closed, and a check box such as a check box 84 in FIG. 22 is displayed on the next shift contact screen 88 in FIG. The store exit process can be suspended.

10: POS terminal 12 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 ... Communication apparatus 18 ... Memory 26 ... Printer 28 ... Touch screen 100 ... POS system 102 ... Head office 104 ... Store 110 ... Employee management server 116 ... Reservation management server

Claims (8)

Display section for displaying the attendance processing menu screen,
A detection unit for detecting a store entry operation or a store exit operation performed by the employee on the attendance processing menu screen, and information to be provided to the employee in response to the detection unit detecting a store entry operation or a store exit operation A POS terminal comprising an output unit for outputting   The POS terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit that registers employee schedule information, wherein the output unit outputs information based on the schedule information registered by the registration unit.   The output unit further includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the current date and time is within a predetermined period with respect to the date and time indicated by the schedule information, and the output unit includes a determination unit that determines whether the current date and time is within a predetermined period relative to the date and time indicated by the schedule information The POS terminal according to claim 2, wherein information based on the schedule information is output when it is determined that it has become.   The POS terminal according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the registration unit registers the schedule information based on data in a database linked to a reservation management server constituting a POS system together with the POS terminal.   A reception unit that receives an unnecessary operation that does not require output of information by the output unit; and an output blocking unit that prevents the output unit from outputting the information in response to the unnecessary operation received by the reception unit. The POS terminal according to claim 1.   The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the information in response to the store exit operation.   The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the output unit displays the information and prints it on a receipt. A POS terminal program executable by a CPU of a POS terminal, wherein the CPU is
Display section for displaying the attendance processing menu screen,
A detection unit for detecting a store entry operation or a store exit operation performed by the employee on the attendance processing menu screen, and information to be provided to the employee in response to the detection unit detecting a store entry operation or a store exit operation A POS terminal program that functions as an output unit for outputting

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