Purchasing system

Abstract

To provide a purchase system configured to easily log in to purchase sites of multiple suppliers.SOLUTION: A purchase system includes: an ID storage unit for storing user IDs and passwords of a user corresponding to each of suppliers; a log-in panel display unit which displays a log-in panel on which a user ID and a password are to be input; a log-in receiving unit which receives the user ID and password input on the displayed log-in panel; a list display unit which displays, when the received user ID and password are ones of user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit, a list of all suppliers for which one user has user IDs; a supplier receiving unit which receives an input of one supplier to be logged in, from the displayed list; and a supplier log-in unit which extracts user ID and password corresponding to the received supplier from the ID storage unit, and logs in to a purchase site that the supplier provides.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

【Technical Field】 【0001】 The present invention relates to a purchasing system, and particularly to a purchasing system for purchasing or selling goods and services via the Internet. 【Background Art】 【0002】 In a conventional Internet purchasing system, when conducting online shopping using a network such as the Internet, it is necessary to search for the goods or services to be purchased and log in to the purchasing site provided by the supplier with a regular user ID and password when actually purchasing. 【0003】 For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a purchasing system that extracts a list of products and enables the purchase of the extracted products from the Internet. In this purchasing system, there are a user WEB terminal and an administrator WEB terminal that have a WEB browser and are equipped with a function to access WEB documents. The identification of the user WEB terminal and the administrator WEB terminal is performed by checking the identifier and password at the time of login. Thereafter, the user WEB terminal searches for all target tag characters in the target tag items in the product master record using the specified target tag character as a keyword, extracts a list of target-specific product masters, and creates a target-specific product purchase screen based on the extracted list of target-specific product masters. The purchase process is carried out from this list, and a list of purchased products is displayed. 【Prior Art Documents】 【Patent Documents】 【0004】 【Patent Document 1】 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-092402 【Summary of the Invention】 【Problems to be Solved by the Invention】 【0005】 However, while platform providers operate shopping malls and allow users to purchase goods and services from multiple suppliers with a single user ID and password, the expansion of the internet has led to a vast increase in the number of purchasing sites, inevitably resulting in a large number of corresponding user ID and password combinations, making management difficult. Furthermore, when considering purchasing from online purchasing sites for business purposes, it is crucial to be able to easily issue and receive necessary quotations before purchase and necessary delivery notes / invoices after purchase, as well as to have a smooth process from quotation request to order placement. In addition, when government agencies and local authorities purchase goods from private suppliers, transparency and fairness in supplier selection are required, and purchasing systems that contribute to this are desired. 【0006】 Therefore, the present invention provides a purchasing system that allows easy login to the purchasing sites of multiple suppliers. Furthermore, the present invention provides a purchasing system that enables easy issuance and receipt of quotations, delivery notes, and invoices, smooth processing from quotation requests to orders, and contributes to transparency and fairness in supplier selection. [Means for solving the problem] 【0007】 To solve the above problem, a purchasing system is provided that has a purchasing site where a single user logs in with a user ID and password corresponding to each supplier when purchasing products from multiple suppliers, and comprises an ID storage unit that stores the user IDs and passwords corresponding to each supplier for a single user, a login panel display unit that displays a login panel for entering the user ID and password, a login reception unit that accepts the user ID and password entered on the login panel displayed by the login panel display unit, and if the user ID and password accepted by the login reception unit is one of the user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit, a list of all suppliers for which the single user has a user ID is generated. Selectable The display section shows a list, and from within the list displayed by the display section... SelectedA purchasing system is provided that includes a supplier reception unit that accepts input from a supplier to log in, and a supplier login unit that extracts the user ID and password corresponding to the supplier received by the supplier reception unit from an ID storage unit and logs in to the purchasing site provided by the supplier. According to this, a purchasing system can be provided that allows a user to log in to other purchasing sites using their other user IDs by entering any one of their multiple user IDs and passwords. 【0008】 Furthermore, the list displayed by the list display unit may be characterized by including the order amount for each supplier during a predetermined period. According to this, users can easily check the total amount of orders they have placed in the past in a list, providing a purchasing system that contributes to transparency and fairness in supplier selection. 【0009】 Furthermore, the system may be characterized by further comprising a supplier switching unit that, after the supplier login unit logs the user into a purchasing site provided by one supplier, displays a list of all suppliers for which the logged-in user has a user ID, and allows the user to log into the purchasing sites of other suppliers. According to this, it is possible to easily log in to another shopping site even after logging in to one shopping site. 【0010】 Furthermore, the system may be characterized by further comprising: a quotation request receiving unit that receives the content of a user's quotation request to a supplier; a sending unit that transmits the content of the quotation request received by the quotation request receiving unit to multiple suppliers; a receiving unit that receives responses from suppliers to the content transmitted by the sending unit; a response status display unit that displays a list showing the status of the responses received from suppliers by the receiving unit; and an ordering unit that places an order with the quoted content to one supplier selected from the list displayed by the response status display unit. This allows for a smooth process from quotation request to order placement. 【0011】 Furthermore, the system may also be characterized by further including an order details display unit that displays the order details placed by the ordering unit, as well as buttons for outputting a quotation, outputting a delivery note, and outputting an invoice. This allows for easy issuance and receipt of quotations, delivery notes, or invoices. [Effects of the Invention] 【0012】 As described above, the present invention provides a purchasing system that allows easy login to the purchasing sites of multiple suppliers. Furthermore, the present invention enables easy issuance and receipt of quotations, delivery notes, and invoices, smooth processing from quotation requests to orders, and provides a purchasing system that contributes to transparency and fairness in supplier selection. [Brief explanation of the drawing] 【0013】 [Figure 1] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the purchasing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] Figure 2 shows a screen flow diagram for product ordering in the purchasing system of the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] Figure 3 shows an example of the login panel display screen of a purchasing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] Figure 4 shows an example of a display screen that shows a list of suppliers that a user can log in to in the purchasing system of the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] Figure 5 shows an example of the display screen of the supplier's purchasing site after logging in, in the purchasing system of the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] Figure 6 shows an example of a display screen in the purchasing system of the first embodiment of the present invention, where a product is selected on the supplier's purchasing site after logging in. [Figure 7]FIG. 7 shows an example of a display screen for migrating to another purchase site on the purchase site of the logged-in supplier in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 shows an example of a display screen for displaying a list of suppliers to migrate to when migrating to another purchase site on the purchase site of the logged-in supplier in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen of the purchase site of the migrated supplier in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 shows a screen flow diagram at the time of quotation request in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 shows an example of a display screen for requesting a new quotation or searching for an existing quotation in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 shows an example of a display screen for inputting the content of a quotation request and selecting a request destination in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 shows an example of a display screen for inputting an order code, quantity, desired price, etc. in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 14] FIG. 1st shows an example of a display screen for displaying the history of quotation requests and checking the presence or absence of responses in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 15] FIG. 15 shows an example of a display screen for displaying a list of order histories in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 shows an example of a display screen for outputting a quotation, delivery note, and invoice from an order history in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 17] FIG. 17 shows an example of a table for grouping suppliers for each user in the purchase system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 18]Figure 18 shows an example of the configuration of a purchasing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Modes for carrying out the invention] 【0014】 The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. <First Embodiment> The purchasing system 200 in this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 18. First, with reference to Figure 18, the purchasing system 200 according to the present invention will be described. The purchasing system 200 according to the present invention includes a purchasing device 210, a mobile terminal 270, and an external system 260, which are connected via a communication network 265. The communication network 265 may include, for example, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a satellite network, a cable network, a Wi-Fi network, or any combination thereof. 【0015】 The purchasing device 210 is a computing device according to the present invention that has a purchasing site where a user logs in with a user ID and password corresponding to each supplier when purchasing goods from multiple suppliers. The purchasing device 210 may be, for example, a desktop computer, server computer, laptop computer, tablet computer, workstation, mobile terminal, or other type of computing device, and is not particularly limited in the present invention. 【0016】 The purchasing device 210 includes a processor 211 for executing instructions stored in memory 230, an I / O interface 212 for controlling communication between internal and external devices of the purchasing device 210, a network interface 213 for controlling communication via a communication network 265, a user I / O interface 214 for receiving input from a user, a memory 230 for storing functional units for executing each function of the purchasing method according to the embodiment of the present invention, a storage unit 250 for storing data and the like, and a bus 216 for controlling bidirectional communication between these components. 【0017】 The memory 230 of the purchasing device 210 is, for example, A login panel display unit 231 that displays a login panel prompting the user to enter their user ID and password, The login reception unit 235 accepts the user ID and password entered on the login panel displayed by the login panel display unit 231, If the user ID and password received by the login reception unit 235 are any of the user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit 251, the list display unit 232 displays a list of all suppliers for which a single user has a user ID, The supplier reception unit 236 accepts input from one supplier to log in from the list displayed by the list display unit 232, The supplier reception unit 236 extracts the user ID and password corresponding to the supplier received from the ID storage unit 251, and the supplier login unit 238 logs in to the purchasing site provided by that supplier. After the supplier login unit 238 logs in to a purchasing site provided by one supplier, the supplier switching unit 239 displays a list of all suppliers for which the logged-in user has a user ID, and logs in to the purchasing sites of other suppliers. The quotation request receiving unit 237 receives the details of the user's quotation request to the supplier, The transmission unit 23B transmits the contents of the quotation request received by the quotation request reception unit 237 to multiple suppliers, The receiving unit 23C receives the supplier's response to the content transmitted by the transmitting unit 23B, The receiving unit 23C displays a list showing the status of responses from suppliers, and the response status display unit 233 displays a list showing the status of responses from suppliers. The ordering unit 23A places an order with the quoted price to one supplier selected from the list displayed by the response status display unit 233, The system includes an order details display unit 234 that displays the order details placed by the order unit 23A, as well as buttons for outputting a quotation, outputting a delivery note, and outputting an invoice. The storage unit 250 is, for example, An ID storage unit 251 stores the user ID and password corresponding to each supplier for a single user, Product storage unit 252 that stores information about products and services provided by the supplier, The product memory unit 252 stores information on government agencies and local authorities that purchase the products and services, and the customer memory unit 253 stores information on government agencies and local authorities that purchase the products and services, It is equipped with. 【0018】 The external system 260 may be configured to run some of the components of the purchasing device 210, or it may be a logistics center or call center system as shown in Figure 1. The external system 260 may be a system consisting of, for example, a remote PC, server, storage device, database, cloud storage, or a combination thereof. In Figure 18, one external system 260 is shown for illustrative purposes, but in reality, the purchasing device 210 is connected to numerous external systems. 【0019】 The mobile terminal 270 may access the purchasing device 210 and be used as an operating terminal for the purchasing device 210. The operating terminal for the purchasing device 210 may be, for example, a customer terminal of a local government or a retailer (supplier) as shown in Figure 1. The mobile terminal 270 may be, for example, a personal computer, a smartphone or other mobile device, or a tablet computer. A local government official may use the mobile terminal 270 to access the purchasing device 210 to request quotations or enter order information. A retailer's official may use the mobile terminal 270 to provide quotations in response to quotation requests or to carry out procedures such as shipping once an order is received. 【0020】 Figure 2 shows an example of a screen flow diagram for product ordering in the purchasing device 210. The purchasing device 210 has separate purchasing sites that offer products from multiple suppliers. Government users who wish to access these purchasing sites and purchase products log in with the user ID and password corresponding to each supplier when purchasing products from each supplier. 【0021】 When a government employee accesses the purchasing device 210 using a mobile terminal 270 in S100, the login panel display unit 231 of the purchasing device 210 displays a login panel in S102 that prompts the user to enter a user ID and password. An example of the login panel to be displayed is shown within the dotted line frame in Figure 3. When the government employee enters a user ID and password into this login panel and clicks the login button, the login reception unit 235 accepts the entered user ID and password and checks whether it matches any of the user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit 251 that correspond to each of the sales outlets of the government employee. The user ID and password entered in this login panel may also correspond to any of the sales outlets among the valid accounts held by the government employee. 【0022】 Furthermore, it is preferable to display the logo of the logged-in government agency user on pages after this temporary login (S104). 【0023】 If the entered user ID and password are valid, that is, if the user ID and password are one of the user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit 251, the list display unit 232 displays the dealer selection screen in S106. An example of the dealer selection screen is shown in Figure 4. The dealers displayed on the dealer selection screen are all dealers for which the logged-in government user has an account. In the example in Figure 4, it is shown that the logged-in government user has accounts with two dealers, "〇× Office Equipment" and "〇× Co., Ltd." In the dealer selection screen in Figure 4, each dealer is displayed with a login button. 【0024】 Furthermore, as shown in Figure 17, the ID storage unit 251 includes a table (referred to as the co-selling store table) for grouping retailers for each government user. In this table, each government user is assigned a common HB code. For example, if the government user is "△△ City Hall Welfare Department Contracts Division," the login IDs are different: "1282153001" for "〇×do Co., Ltd." and "0456435001" for "〇× Office Equipment," but the HB code is the same, "10118000000." By assigning a common HB code to each government user in this way, if the logged-in user is "△△ City Hall Welfare Department Contracts Division," then, as shown in Figure 4, all retailers for which the logged-in government user has an account, such as "〇×do Co., Ltd." and "〇× Office Equipment," can be displayed on the retailer selection screen. 【0025】 When a logged-in government user clicks any login button on this vendor selection screen, the supplier reception unit 236 accepts input for the vendor to be selected from the list. Upon receiving the input for the vendor to be selected, the supplier login unit 238 extracts the user ID and password corresponding to the accepted vendor from the ID storage unit 251 and logs in to the purchasing site provided by that vendor. In this example, assuming the government user clicked the login button for "〇×do Co., Ltd.", the supplier login unit 238 displays the homepage of "〇×do Co., Ltd." as shown in Figure 5. 【0026】 In this way, by entering any one of the user IDs and passwords that a government employee has into the login panel, the purchasing device 210 can be provided that allows the government employee to easily log in to purchasing sites that they can log into with that user ID, as well as to other purchasing sites using other user IDs they have, even if they do not remember that user ID and password. 【0027】 Furthermore, the retailer selection screen displayed by the list display unit 232 shows the total order amount for a specified period, such as the "cumulative order amount for the period," for each retailer. This allows government users to easily check the order amounts they have placed in the past in a list, providing a purchasing device 210 that contributes to the transparency and fairness of retailer selection. 【0028】 After logging in, the purchasing device 210 displays the purchase conditions and other information on the purchasing site of the retailer selected by the government user in S108, and displays the status of the items to be purchased being in the shopping cart in S110. An example of the screen showing the status of the shopping cart is shown in Figure 6. 【0029】 It is preferable to provide a supplier switching button on the screen displayed after logging into the purchasing site, such as the screen showing the status of the shopping card. The supplier switching button is indicated by the arrows in Figures 6 and 7. When a government user clicks the supplier switching button, the supplier switching unit 239 may be configured in S112 to display a list of all suppliers for which the logged-in government user has an account, as shown in Figure 8, and to log in to the purchasing site of another supplier. This makes it easy to log in to another purchasing site even after logging in to one purchasing site. 【0030】 In other words, when the supplier switching unit 239 switches to another purchasing site while the user is logged into a purchasing site and has added items to their shopping cart, the contents of the shopping cart are transferred to the shopping cart of the other purchasing site. In this example, when the login button for "〇× Office Equipment" is clicked in the list shown in Figure 8, if the same items added to the shopping cart of "〇× Co., Ltd." also exist at "〇× Office Equipment," the shopping cart of "〇× Office Equipment" will be displayed as if the same items had been added to the shopping cart of "〇× Office Equipment" (S114), as shown in Figure 9. 【0031】 When the purchasing device 210 decides to purchase the goods placed in the shopping cart (S116), it creates order data for the selected retailer (S118) and processes the shipment and delivery (S120). After this, government users can check the order history (S122), create a quotation (S124), create a delivery note (S126), and create an invoice (S128). This will be explained later. 【0032】 Next, referring to Figure 10, the screen flow when requesting a quote will be explained. Steps S200 to S206 are the same as S100 to S106 described above, so the explanation will be omitted. In S208, the purchasing device 210 displays the purchasing conditions, etc., on the purchasing site of the vendor selected by the government user, and in S210, it displays the list of quote requests. An example of the quote request list screen is shown in Figure 11. On this screen, it is possible to request a new quote and search for quotes that have already been requested. 【0033】 When registering a new quotation request, as shown in Figure 12, the user can enter the subject, desired delivery date, and details of the request to the dealer, and select the recipient (dealer) for the quotation request. In addition, for each quotation request, as shown in Figure 13, the user can enter the order code, quantity, desired price, etc. The quotation request reception unit 237 accepts these quotation requests in S212 when the government user enters the necessary information on these screens and registers them. The transmission unit 23B transmits the contents of the quotation request received by the quotation request reception unit 237 to the dealer to whom the quotation was requested (S214). Each dealer prepares a quotation for the request and sends a reply (S216). 【0034】 When the receiving unit 23C receives a response from a supplier, the response status display unit 233 displays a list of the status of the supplier responses received by the receiving unit 23C on the screen shown in Figure 14, according to the instructions of the government user who requested the quotation (S218). The government user issues an order instruction to the appropriate supplier by clicking on one of the suppliers in the list that has provided a quotation. Upon receiving the order instruction, the ordering unit 23A places an order with the quoted price to the supplier selected from the list displayed by the response status display unit 233 (S220). In this way, the purchasing device 210 enables a smooth process from quotation request to order placement. 【0035】 When an order is placed, the purchasing device 210 creates order data for the selected retailer in S222 and processes shipping and delivery in S224. In S226, the government user is shown the order history. An example of the results list screen for checking the order history is shown in Figure 15. The order details display unit 234 displays the details of each order as shown in Figure 16, according to the instructions of the government user. On this screen, buttons labeled "Output Quotation" (S228), "Output Delivery Note" (S230), and "Output Invoice" (S232) are displayed side by side. This allows the government user to easily issue / receive quotations, delivery notes, or invoices. 【0036】 It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments, and can be implemented in configurations that do not depart from the content described in each claim. In other words, although the present invention is illustrated and described in particular with respect to specific embodiments, those skilled in the art can make various modifications to the embodiments described above in terms of quantity and other detailed configurations without departing from the scope of the technical idea and objectives of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols] 【0037】 200 Purchasing System 210 Purchasing equipment 231 Login Panel Display Section 232 List Display Section 233 Response Status Display Section 234 Order details display section 235 Login Reception Department 236 Supplier Reception Department 237 Quotation Request Reception Department 238 Supplier Login Section 239 Supplier switching unit 23A Ordering Department 23B Transmitter 23C Receiver 251 ID storage section 252 Product storage section 253 Customer storage section 260 External Systems 265 Communication Networks 270 mobile devices

Claims

[Claim 1] A purchasing system having a purchasing site where a single user logs in with a user ID and password corresponding to each supplier when purchasing products from multiple suppliers, An ID storage unit that stores the user ID and password corresponding to each supplier for a single user, A login panel display unit that shows a login panel where the user enters their user ID and password, The login reception unit accepts the user ID and password entered on the login panel displayed by the aforementioned login panel display unit, If the user ID and password received by the login reception unit are any of the user IDs and passwords stored in the ID storage unit, a list display unit displays a list of all suppliers for which a user has a user ID, allowing the user to select one. The supplier reception unit receives input from a supplier selected from the list displayed by the aforementioned list display unit to log in, The supplier login unit extracts the user ID and password corresponding to the supplier received by the supplier reception unit from the ID storage unit and logs in to the purchasing site provided by the supplier. A purchasing system equipped with the following features. [Claim 2] The purchasing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the list displayed by the list display unit includes the order amount for each supplier during a predetermined period. [Claim 3] The purchasing system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a supplier switching unit that, after the supplier login unit logs in to a purchasing site provided by one supplier, displays a list of all suppliers for which the logged-in user has a user ID, and logs in to the purchasing sites of other suppliers. [Claim 4] The quotation request reception department receives the details of the user's quotation request to the supplier, A transmission unit that transmits the contents of the quotation request received by the quotation request receiving unit to multiple suppliers, A receiving unit that receives a response from the supplier regarding the content transmitted by the transmitting unit, The receiving unit includes a response status display unit that displays a list showing the status of responses received from suppliers, The ordering unit places an order with a supplier selected from the list displayed by the aforementioned response status display unit, based on the quoted price. The purchasing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: [Claim 5] The purchasing system according to claim 4, further comprising an order details display unit that displays the order details placed by the ordering unit, as well as displaying buttons for outputting a quotation, outputting a delivery note, and outputting an invoice.

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