METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION USING COMMUNICATION LINE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCORPORATED IN SAME ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the rate of turnover of articles in stock that whole industry holds and to contribute to the improvement of the management efficiency of respective companies of the industry by allowing a distributor to distribute articles to distribution destinations as customers of an order receiving company not through the shipment department of the order receiving company after going to the stock place of a stock company and receiving the articles according to the contents of distribution information. ;SOLUTION: A host computer is installed at a stock management center 1, communication terminal devices α1, β1... connected to the host computer through a communication line N are installed at business companies α and β, and a communication terminal 2a is installed at a distributor 2. Then the distributor 2 receives distribution information which includes part of stock information and part of order reception information and also includes at least a stock place and a distribution destination, goes to the stock place of the stock company and receives the articles according to the contents of the distribution information, and then distributes the articles to the distribution destinations as customers of the order receiving company not through the shipment department of the order receiving company.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO