Sales Data Graph Display for Store Performance Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Stores face challenges in efficiently managing sales and disposal results, leading to expired products being unsold and lost sales opportunities due to inadequate visibility into sales performance.
Innovation Solution
A sales information processing apparatus that acquires and displays sales and disposal data graphically, allowing store clerks to easily recognize sales and disposal results by comparing them to average values, and generates evaluation information based on quadrant positioning in a graph with sales and disposal axes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sales data is displayed in traditional tabular format, then data completeness is maintained, but ease of recognition and understanding of sales performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms one-dimensional tabular sales data into a two-dimensional graph with sales result and disposal result axes. This dimensional transformation enables visual comparison of multiple stores simultaneously while preserving all essential data points, resolving the contradiction between ease of recognition and data completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color coding in the graph display to represent different performance levels and quadrants. Color changes provide intuitive visual cues about sales performance quality without obscuring underlying data, maintaining information completeness while dramatically improving ease of recognition.
2Measurement precision
If detailed sales data is provided to store clerks, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the most critical sales metrics (sales result and disposal result) from the complete sales data set and displays them in a focused graph. This extraction maintains measurement precision for key indicators while reducing system complexity by eliminating unnecessary data elements from the display interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments sales performance into distinct quadrants based on sales result and disposal result thresholds. This segmentation provides precise measurement of performance levels while simplifying the overall system structure through clear, organized categories rather than complex continuous data representation.
3Productivity
If sales data is aggregated by store, then productivity of information delivery is improved, but loss of detailed information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a two-axis graph system where each store appears as a positioned point rather than a separate table. This dimensional approach delivers information about multiple stores simultaneously with high productivity while preserving detailed sales and disposal result data through the positional coordinates, avoiding information loss.
Data Source
AI summary
A sales information processing apparatus (10) includes a sales data acquisition unit (130) and a graph display unit (140). The sales data acquisition unit (130) acquires sales data of a first store and sales data of a second store. The graph display unit (140) causes a display (150) to display a graph having two axes representing a sales result and a disposal result. Further, the graph display unit (140) displays, in the graph displayed on the display (150), a first position corresponding to the first store and a second position corresponding to the second store. The graph display unit (140) determines the first position and the second position by using the sales data acquired by the sales data acquisition unit (130).