Business support device, business support method, and business support program

Abstract

To totally reduce a load of slip creation work applied to an order receiving department and a work department at the time of in-house transaction, and to enable efficient slip creation work.SOLUTION: The cost of a work department is grasped by an order receiving department at the time of in-house transaction, the order receiving department performs input work of request and cost. Then, as a replacement for request work by the work department, workflow acceptance using a sales confirmation sip (cost) is performed. Thereby, request and cost can be collectively inputted and processed at the order receiving department, at the time of input, rough estimate revenue information can be confirmed. Also, as the order receiving department performs the request input of the cost of the work department by proxy, the total load of input work at the order receiving department and the work department can be reduced, and efficient slip creation business becomes possible.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a business support device, a business support method, and a business support program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 (JP 2021-131782 A) discloses an accounting processing device that makes it possible to grasp the internal profits generated from the sale and purchase of goods within a company for each inventory and for each department. In this accounting processing device, an inventory processing means stores inventory data including the inventory quantities of goods in each department, including the purchasing department and the sales department, in a memory unit. A transaction history processing means stores transaction history data, which is a transaction history including the internal transactions of goods in each department, in the memory unit. An internal profit calculation means then calculates the internal profit amount for each inventory unit and / or department, based on the inventory data and the transaction history data. This makes it possible to grasp the internal profits generated from the sale and purchase of goods within a company for each inventory and for each department. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2021-131782 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When an internal transaction is made between the Order Receiving Department, which is the main sales department, and the Operations Department, which performs the work, the Order Receiving Department registers the invoices from the Operations Department to record the sales, and the Operations Department registers the invoices to record the expenses. This meant that both the Order Receiving Department and the Operations Department were creating the same data, which was inefficient. There was also the problem of imposing a burden on both departments with data entry work.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a business support device, a business support method, and a business support program that enable efficient invoice creation work by reducing the overall burden of invoice creation work on the order receiving department and the operation department during internal sales and purchases. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the business support device of the present invention is a business support device for an order receiving department that supports order entry work that occurs through internal buying and selling between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a work department that performs the ordered work, both of which are departments within the same company, and has: a billing data generation unit that generates billing data including the invoice amount from the work department that occurred in the internal buying and selling with the work department, first approval destination information that specifies the order receiving department as the approval recipient of the invoice amount, first approval status information that indicates the approval status of the invoice amount in the order receiving department, the cost amount of the work department that corresponds to the work sold in the internal buying and selling, second approval destination information that specifies the work department as the approval recipient of the cost amount, and second approval status information that indicates the approval status of the cost amount; and an order data generation unit that generates order data for the invoice amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the order receiving department approves the invoice amount from the work department from the internal buying and selling, based on the invoice data, and generates order data for the cost amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the work department approves the cost amount of the work that was internally bought and sold, based on the invoice data.

[0007] Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the business support method of the present invention is a business support method for a business support device of an order receiving department that supports order entry work that occurs through internal buying and selling between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a work department that performs the ordered work, both of which are departments within the same company, and includes: a billing data generation step in which a billing data generation unit generates billing data including the billing amount from the work department that occurred in the internal buying and selling with the work department, first approval destination information in which the order receiving department is the approval recipient of the billing amount, first approval status information indicative of the approval status of the billing amount in the order receiving department, the cost amount of the work department that corresponds to the work sold in the internal buying and selling, second approval destination information in which the work department is the approval recipient of the cost amount, and second approval status information indicative of the approval status of the cost amount; and an order data generation step in which the order data generation unit generates order data for the billing amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the order receiving department approves the amount from the work department resulting from the internal buying and selling, based on the billing data, and generates order data for the cost amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the work department approves the cost amount of the work that was internally bought and sold, based on the billing data.

[0008] In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the business support program of the present invention is a business support program that causes a computer of an order receiving department's business support device to function and supports order entry work that occurs when internal transactions are conducted between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a work department that performs the ordered work, each of which is a department within the same company, and causes the computer to function as: a billing data generation unit that generates billing data including the invoice amount from the work department that occurred in the internal transaction with the work department, first approval destination information that specifies the order receiving department as the approval recipient of the invoice amount, first approval status information that indicates the approval status of the invoice amount in the order receiving department, the cost amount of the work department that corresponds to the work sold in the internal transaction, second approval destination information that specifies the work department as the approval recipient of the cost amount, and second approval status information that indicates the approval status of the cost amount; and an order data generation unit that generates order data for the invoice amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the order receiving department approves the invoice amount from the work department from the internal transaction based on the invoice data, and generates order data for the cost amount corresponding to the order entry operation that is performed when the work department approves the cost amount of the work that was internally traded based on the invoice data. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] The present invention can reduce the overall burden of invoice preparation work on the order receiving department and the operation department during intra-company sales and purchases, thereby enabling efficient invoice preparation work. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a business support device according to an embodiment, which is a terminal device in an order receiving department. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the document issuing process at the time of intra-company trading in the reference example. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of a form submission process in the business support device according to the embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 shows an example of the billing input screen for billing information and cost information. [Figure 5]FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of billing data generated by the billing data generating unit. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of billing detail data generated by the billing data generating unit. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of cost data generated by the cost data generating unit. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of WF case data generated by the WF case data generating unit. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the order entry screen in which approximate balance information has been entered. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the order entry screen before the balance information is finalized. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the unapproved list screen displayed by the display control unit. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 shows billing data in which the status of the approval status (billing) item has been updated to "approved" as a result of the billing amount being approved in the order receiving department. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the order entry screen (income and expenditure information (confirmed)) on which the approved billing amount has been entered. [Figure 14] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an unapproved list screen displayed in the work department based on the billing data. [Figure 15] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing billing data in which the status of the approval status (cost) item has been updated to "approved" as a result of the cost amount being approved in the work department. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the order entry screen (income and expenditure information (confirmed)) on which the approved cost amount has been entered. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] The following describes in detail an embodiment in which the business support device according to the present invention is applied to a terminal device in the order receiving department of an order receiving department and an operation department of the same company that conduct intra-company trading, with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

[0012] (overview) When a company operates with a separate sales department (main sales division) and a production division (operation division), internal transactions are conducted to evaluate internal performance and recognize the sales and expenses of each division. When internal transactions are conducted, the order department typically registers the invoices for sales purposes and the production division registers the invoices for expenses purposes separately. This means that both the order department and production division create similar data, which is inefficient. It also places a burden on both divisions with data entry work.

[0013] In addition, after the order receiving department registered the invoice, it was necessary to negotiate and communicate the internal sales amount to the production department, and then the production department would register the invoice.Since the production department's invoice registration is recorded as an expense, it is often done after the monthly closing, which created a time lag until each department completed the registration, making it difficult to grasp income and expenditures at an early stage.

[0014] Therefore, in the business support device of the embodiment, the costs of the operating department at the time of internal sales and purchases are also known to the order receiving department, so the billing and cost input work is consolidated in the order receiving department. Then, as a substitute for the billing work by the operating department, workflow approval is performed using the sales confirmation slip (cost) (the operating department gives permission for the gross profit transfer from the order receiving department).

[0015] Since the order receiving department inputs the invoice and cost price together, it is possible to check the approximate income and expenditure information at the time of input. Also, since the order receiving department inputs the invoice cost price for the work department, the overall input work load for the order receiving department and the work department can be reduced.

[0016] In addition, since each department approves billing and costs, after approval, the order receiving department can smoothly move on to invoicing and recording sales journal entries, and the operations department can smoothly move on to recording expenses journal entries. This helps to streamline operations within the company.

[0017] (Hardware configuration) As shown in FIG. 1, the business support device 1 of the embodiment, which is a terminal device in the order receiving department, includes a memory unit 2, a control unit 3, a communication interface unit 4, and an input / output interface unit 5. An input device 6 and an output device 7 are connected to the input / output interface unit 5. The output device 7 corresponds to a display unit such as a monitor device (including a home television), a printing device, or a speaker device. The input device 6 can be a keyboard device, a mouse device, a microphone device, or a monitor device that cooperates with a mouse device to realize a pointing device function.

[0018] The communication interface unit 4 is connected to a network 51, which may be a private network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a wide area network such as the Internet. This network 51 is connected to an operation department terminal device 52 of the operation department. Therefore, the business support device 1 of the order receiving department and the operation department terminal device 52 of the operation department are connected to each other via the network 51 so as to be able to communicate with each other.

[0019] For example, a storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or SSD (Solid State Drive) can be used as the storage unit 2. The storage unit 2 stores a business support program that enables efficient invoice creation work by reducing the overall burden of invoice creation work on the order receiving department and the operation department during intracompany sales and purchases.

[0020] The storage unit 2 also includes a billing data storage unit 11, a billing detail data storage unit 12, a cost data storage unit 13, a WF job data storage unit 14, and an order data storage unit 15, each of which is a storage area. Each storage unit will be described later.

[0021] (Functional configuration of business support device) Next, the control unit 3 executes the business support program stored in the storage unit 2, thereby functioning as a display control unit 21, a data generation unit 22, and a communication control unit 23, as shown in Fig. 1. The data generation unit 22 includes a billing data generation unit 24, a cost data generation unit 25, a WF case data generation unit 26, and an order data generation unit 27.

[0022] As will be described later, when generating billing data for the order receiving department and cost data for the work department corresponding to intra-company buying and selling, the display control unit 21 displays billing input screens via the output device 7. In addition, the display control unit 21 displays, via the output device 7, an order input screen for inputting orders, an unapproved list screen for displaying a list of unapproved workflow applications, and the like.

[0023] The billing data generation unit 24 generates billing data including the billing amount from the work department arising from an internal transaction between an order-receiving department that receives an order for work and a work department that performs the ordered work, first approval recipient information (first workflow application) in which the order-receiving department is to approve the billing amount, first approval status information (first approval status) indicating the approval status of the billing amount in the order-receiving department, the cost amount of the work department corresponding to the internal transaction, second approval recipient information (second workflow application) in which the work department is to approve the cost amount, and second approval status information (second status information) indicating the approval status of the cost amount.

[0024] The order data generation unit 27 generates order data of the invoice amount corresponding to the order entry operation performed when the order entry department approves the invoice amount from the work department for internal sales based on the invoice data. Also, the order data generation unit 27 generates order data of the cost amount corresponding to the order entry operation performed when the work department approves the cost amount of the work for internal sales based on the invoice data.

[0025] In addition, before approval, the billing data generation unit 24 inputs the approval status of "application in progress" for each of the first approval status information and the second approval status information, and after approval, updates the approval status of the first approval status information and the second approval status information from "application in progress" to "approved", respectively.

[0026] (Reference example of document creation process for internal transactions) Next, before explaining the invoice issuing process for an internal transaction in the business support device 1 of the embodiment, the invoice issuing process for an internal transaction in a reference example will be explained using Fig. 2. In the reference example shown in Fig. 2, when an internal transaction is made, an invoice entry of the sales amount is made. After the invoice entry of the sales amount is approved by the order receiving department, it is recorded as sales.

[0027] Next, after the receiving department has entered the invoice, the operations department enters the invoice for the sales amount negotiated and communicated with the receiving department. After the invoice is entered, the sales amount is recorded as cost after being approved by the operations department.

[0028] In this way, when internal transactions are made between the order receiving department and the production department, the same data is created in both departments, which is inefficient and places a burden on both departments with data entry work.

[0029] In addition, after the order entry department registered the invoice, it was necessary to negotiate and communicate the internal sales amount to the production department, and then the production department would register the invoice.Since the production department's invoice entry is recorded as an expense, it is often done after the monthly closing, which creates a time lag until each department completes the entry, making it difficult to grasp income and expenditures at an early stage.

[0030] (Invoice issuing process for intra-company sales and purchases of the business support device according to the embodiment) In contrast to this reference example, Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of invoice processing in the business support device 1 of the embodiment. As shown in Fig. 3, when an internal transaction is made between the order receiving department and the operation department, the business support device 1 of the embodiment generates invoice data including both an invoice input corresponding to the sales of the order receiving department and an invoice input corresponding to the cost invoice of the operation department in the order receiving department's business support device 1.

[0031] This billing data includes first approval request information for requesting approval for the billing amount from the order receiving department and second approval request information for requesting approval for the cost amount from the work department, and is presented to both the order receiving department and the work department.

[0032] The receiving department approves the billing amount included in this billing data. The production department also approves the original amount included in this billing data and notifies the receiving department of the approval result. In this way, by creating one billing data, it is possible to obtain approval from the receiving department, which handles external sales, and approval from the production department, which confirms the amount of internal sales, as shown in Figure 3.

[0033] After approval from the order receiving department and the operation department, the order receiving department issues an invoice and records the sales journal entry, and the operation department records the expenses journal entry.

[0034] To explain in more detail below, the business support device 1 functions as a display control unit 21 to an order data generation unit 27 by the control unit 3 executing the business support program stored in the memory unit 2, and performs the invoice processing during internal sales and purchases.

[0035] In this example, the display control unit 21 to the order data generation unit 27 are described as being realized by software using a business support program, but some or all of the display control unit 21 to the order data generation unit 27 may be realized by hardware. In either case, the same effects as those described below can be obtained.

[0036] First, the person in charge of the order receiving department specifies the display of the billing input screen for billing information via the input device 6. When this specification is made, the display control unit 21 displays the billing input screen for billing information shown in Fig. 4(a) via the output device 7. On this billing input screen for billing information, the person in charge of the order receiving department specifies the billing destination as their own company, for example, "ABC Logistics" of "SEI001", the accounting store as the order receiving department, and inputs the billing amount.

[0037] The person in charge of the order receiving department also specifies via the input device 6 that the billing input screen for cost information be displayed. When this specification is made, the display control unit 21 displays via the output device 7 the billing input screen for cost information shown in FIG. 4(b). The person in charge of the order receiving department enters the billing destination into this billing input screen for cost information to their own company, for example, "ABC Logistics" with "SEI001," and the cost item of "internal sales" with item code "SHA001." The person in charge of the order receiving department also enters the cost amount into this billing input screen for cost information, specifying the "operation department" with payee code "SB002" as the payee and the "operation department" with accounting store code "BU002" as the accounting store.

[0038] Based on the input contents of each billing input screen for billing information and cost information, the billing data generation unit 24 generates billing data including the slip number, accounting date, billing destination, billing amount, order number, approval status (billing) of the order receiving department, approval status (cost) of the work department, internal sales accounting destination, and internal sales amount, as shown in Figure 5, and stores it in the billing data storage unit 11.

[0039] The billing destination for this billing data is "SEI001: ABC Logistics (our company)" as mentioned above. The billing amount is "30,000 yen," which is the sales amount for the internal transaction.

[0040] At this stage, approval has not yet been given by the receiving department and the working department based on the billing data, so the approval status (billing) of the receiving department and the approval status (cost) of the working department are both entered as "10: Application in progress."

[0041] The "internal sales destination" is "SB002: operation department", and the internal sales amount is the cost amount, for example, "12,000 yen".

[0042] The approver in the order receiving department approves the billing amount based on this billing data. The communication control unit 23 also transmits this billing data to the work department terminal device 52. The approver in the work department approves the in-house sales amount (cost amount) based on the billing data transmitted from the business support device 1 in the order receiving department.

[0043] 6 based on the input contents of the billing input screen for billing information, and stores it in the billing detail data storage unit 12. This billing detail data has the same slip number, same accounting date, and same billing destination as the slip number attached to the above-mentioned billing data, and for example, one billing item, department, and billing amount of "10,000 yen" are entered in the record with line number "1," and the other billing item, department, and billing amount of "20,000 yen" are entered in the record with line number "2."

[0044] Furthermore, the cost data generation unit 25 generates the cost data shown in Fig. 7 based on the input contents on the billing input screen for cost information, and stores it in the cost data storage unit 13. This cost data has the same voucher number and the same accounting date as the voucher number attached to the above-mentioned billing data, and the payee is set to "SB002: Work department." Furthermore, the cost item is set to "SHA001: Intra-company sales and purchases," the department is set to "BU002: Work department," and a cost amount of, for example, "12,000 yen" is input.

[0045] Next, the workflow case data generation unit (WF case data generation unit) 26 generates WF case data with the approval route set to "order receiving department" as shown in Fig. 8 based on the billing detail data shown in Fig. 6, and also generates WF case data with the approval route set to "working department" as shown in Fig. 8 based on the cost data shown in Fig. 7. This makes it possible for the ordering department and the working department to approve the billing amount and cost amount included in one billing data.

[0046] Next, the person in charge displays the order entry screen for income and expenditure information (estimate) shown in Figure 9 and enters the required information, such as the invoice item (SEK001: ocean freight, SEK002: customs clearance charges), invoice destination (SEI001: ABC Logistics), invoice amount (10,000 yen, 20,000 yen), recording store (order receiving department), cost item (internal sales), payee (SB002: work department), cost amount (12,000 yen), recording store (order receiving department), etc.

[0047] At this stage, the balance information has not yet been finalized, so no information is entered on the order entry screen (balance information (confirmed)).

[0048] (Ordering department approval process) Next, the approver in the order receiving department operates the input device of the business support device 1 to specify the display of the unapproved list screen. As a result, the display control unit 21 displays the invoice amount (invoice amount) to be approved by the order receiving department, as shown in Fig. 11, based on the invoice data described using Fig. 5. When the approver performs an operation to approve this invoice amount, the invoice data generation unit 24 updates the status of the approval status (invoice) item of the invoice data from "10: Applying" to "50: Approved", as shown in Fig. 12.

[0049] When the status of the approval status (billing) item of the billing data is updated to "50: Approved", the billing amount approved by the approver is displayed on the order input screen for balance information (confirmed) shown in Fig. 10, as shown in Fig. 13. The order data generation unit 27 generates order data indicating the approved billing amount displayed on the order input screen for balance information (confirmed), and stores it in the order data storage unit 15.

[0050] (Approval action of the work department) Next, the approver in the work department operates the work department terminal device 52 to specify the display of the unapproved list screen. As a result, the invoice amount (cost amount) to be approved by the work department is displayed as shown in Fig. 14, based on the billing data explained using Fig. 5 transmitted from the business support device 1. When the approver in the work department performs an operation to approve the invoice amount (cost amount), approval data indicating that the invoice amount (cost amount) is approved is transmitted from the work department terminal device 52 to the business support device 1 in the order receiving department.

[0051] When the billing data generation unit 24 of the business support device 1 of the order receiving department receives the approval data from the work department, it updates the status of the approval status (cost) item of the billing data from "10: Pending" to "50: Approved" as shown in Figure 15.

[0052] When the status of the approval status (cost) item of the billing data is updated to "50: Approved", the invoice amount (cost amount) approved by the approver is displayed on the order entry screen for income and expenditure information (confirmed) as shown in Figure 16. The order data generation unit 27 generates order data indicating the approved cost amount displayed on the order entry screen for income and expenditure information (confirmed), and stores it in the order data storage unit 15.

[0053] (Effects of the embodiment) As is clear from the above explanation, in the business support device of the embodiment, the order receiving department also knows the cost of the operation department at the time of internal sales and purchases, so the order receiving department performs the invoicing and cost input work. Then, as a substitute for the invoicing work by the operation department, workflow approval is performed using the sales confirmation slip (cost) (the operation department gives permission for the gross profit transfer from the order receiving department).

[0054] This allows the order receiving department to input invoices and costs all at once, making it possible to check approximate income and expenditure information at the time of input. Also, because the order receiving department inputs invoice costs for the work department, the overall input work load on the order receiving department and work department can be reduced, making it possible to create invoices efficiently.

[0055] In addition, since each department approves billing and costs, after approval, the order receiving department can smoothly move on to invoicing and recording sales journal entries, and the operations department can smoothly move on to recording expenses journal entries. This helps to streamline operations within the company.

[0056] [Contribution to the United Nations-led Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)] This invention can contribute to improving business efficiency and promoting appropriate management decisions by companies, thereby contributing to the achievement of goals "8" and "9" of the SDGs.

[0057] Furthermore, this invention can contribute to reducing waste and promoting paperless and electronic systems, thereby contributing to the achievement of SDGs goals 12, 13, and 15.

[0058] Furthermore, the present invention can contribute to strengthening control and governance, thereby contributing to the achievement of goal 16 of the SDGs.

[0059] [Other embodiments] The present invention can be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiments within the scope of the technical concept described in the claims.

[0060] For example, among the processes described in the embodiments, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically may be performed manually, or all or part of the processes described as being performed manually may be performed automatically using a known method or the like.

[0061] Furthermore, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, registered data for each process, information including parameters such as search conditions, screen examples, and database configurations shown in the specification or drawings may be changed as desired unless otherwise specified.

[0062] Furthermore, the components of the business support device 1 shown in the figure are conceptual functional components and do not necessarily have to have the physical configuration shown in the figure. For example, all or any part of the processing functions of the business support device 1, particularly the processing functions performed by the control unit 3, may be realized by a program interpreted and executed by the control unit 3 (CPU: Central Processing Unit), or may be realized by hardware using wired logic.

[0063] The program is recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing programmed instructions for causing the information processing device to execute the processes described in the embodiments, and is mechanically read by the business support device 1 as needed. That is, a computer program is recorded in the storage unit 2, such as a ROM or HDD, for working with an OS (Operating System) to give instructions to a control unit 3 (CPU) and perform various processes. The computer program is loaded into RAM, expanded, and executed by the control unit 3 as appropriate.

[0064] In addition, the business support program of this business support device 1 may be stored in another server device connected to the business support device 1 via any network, and all or part of it may be downloaded and executed as needed.

[0065] Furthermore, the business support program for executing the processes described in the embodiments may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured as a program product.

[0066] Here, the "recording medium" can be any "portable physical medium" such as a memory card, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, an SD (Secure Digital) card, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), an EEPROM (registered trademark) (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto-Optical Disk), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc.

[0067] Furthermore, a "program" is a data processing method written in any language or description method, regardless of the format, such as source code or binary code.

[0068] It should be noted that a "program" is not necessarily limited to a single structure, but includes a structure that is distributed as multiple modules or libraries, and a structure that achieves its function by working together with other programs, such as an OS.

[0069] Furthermore, the specific configuration for reading the recording medium in the task support device 1 of the embodiment, the reading procedure, and the installation procedure after reading can be any known configuration or procedure.

[0070] The memory unit 2 is a storage means such as a memory device such as RAM or ROM, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, or an optical disk, and stores various programs, tables, databases, web page files, etc. used for various processes or providing websites.

[0071] The business support device 1 may be configured as an information processing device such as a known personal computer or a workstation, or may be configured as an information processing device connected to any peripheral device. The information processing device may be implemented with software (including programs or data) that realizes the processes described in the embodiments.

[0072] Furthermore, the specific forms of distribution and integration of the devices are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and all or part of them can be functionally or physically distributed or integrated in any unit depending on various additions or functional loads. In other words, the above-mentioned embodiments can be selectively implemented by combining them in any way. [Industrial Applicability]

[0073] The present invention is suitable for application to in-house transaction processing for various companies. [Explanation of symbols]

[0074] 1 Business support equipment 2 Storage section 3. Control Unit 4. Communication interface section 5 Input / Output Interface Section 6 Input Devices 7 Output Devices 11. Billing data storage unit 12. Billing statement data storage unit 13 Cost data storage section 14 WF case data storage unit 15 Order data storage unit 21 Display control unit 22 Data Generation Unit 23 Communication control section 24 Billing Data Generation Unit 25 Cost Data Generation Department 26 WF Project Data Generation Unit 27 Order Data Generation Unit 51 Network 52 Work department terminal equipment

Claims

1. The business support device for the order receiving department supports order entry work that occurs when an internal transaction is made between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a work department that performs the work, both of which are departments within the same company, and a billing data generation unit that generates billing data including an invoice amount from the work department incurred in the internal transaction with the work department, first approval recipient information indicating that the invoice amount is approved by the order receiving department, first approval status information indicating the approval status of the invoice amount in the order receiving department, a cost amount of the work department corresponding to the work sold in the internal transaction, second approval recipient information indicating that the cost amount is approved by the work department, and second approval status information indicating the approval status of the cost amount; an order data generation unit that generates order data of the invoice amount corresponding to an order entry operation performed when the invoice amount from the work department resulting from the internal transaction is approved by the order entry department based on the invoice data, and generates order data of the cost amount corresponding to an order entry operation performed when the cost amount of the internally purchased and sold work is approved by the work department based on the invoice data; A business support device comprising:

2. the billing data generation unit inputs an approval status of "applying" into the first approval status information and the second approval status information before approval, and updates the first approval status information and the second approval status information of "applying" to an approval status of "approved" after approval; 2. The business support device according to claim 1, wherein:

3. A business support method for a business support device of an order receiving department that supports order entry work that occurs when an internal transaction is made between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a work department that performs the work, both of which are departments within the same company, comprising: a billing data generation step in which a billing data generation unit generates billing data including a billing amount from the work department incurred in the internal transaction with the work department, first approval recipient information indicating that the order receiving department is the approval recipient of the billing amount, first approval status information indicating the approval status of the billing amount in the order receiving department, a cost amount of the work department corresponding to the work sold in the internal transaction, second approval recipient information indicating that the work department is the approval recipient of the cost amount, and second approval status information indicating the approval status of the cost amount; an order data generation step in which an order data generation unit generates order data of the invoice amount corresponding to an order entry operation carried out when the invoice amount from the work department resulting from the internal transaction is approved by the order receiving department based on the invoice data, and generates order data of the cost amount corresponding to an order entry operation carried out when the cost amount of the internally purchased work is approved by the work department based on the invoice data; A business support method comprising:

4. A business support program that causes a computer in a business support device of an order receiving department to function, the order receiving department supporting order entry work that occurs when an internal transaction is made between an order receiving department that receives orders for work and a working department that performs the work that has been ordered, both of which are departments within the same company, The computer a billing data generation unit that generates billing data including an invoice amount from the work department incurred in the internal transaction with the work department, first approval recipient information indicating that the invoice amount is approved by the order receiving department, first approval status information indicating the approval status of the invoice amount in the order receiving department, a cost amount of the work department corresponding to the work sold in the internal transaction, second approval recipient information indicating that the cost amount is approved by the work department, and second approval status information indicating the approval status of the cost amount; generating order data of the invoice amount corresponding to an order entry operation carried out when the invoice amount from the work department resulting from the internal transaction is approved by the order receiving department based on the invoice data, and functioning as an order data generating unit that generates order data of the cost amount corresponding to an order entry operation carried out when the cost amount of the work internally purchased and sold is approved by the work department based on the invoice data; A business support program that features:

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