WO2005109262A1 - Terminal and server for item exchange management at an item delivery point - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a terminal and a server intended for managing a product exchange in a product delivery point.
- the term “product” designates a manufactured product, a package, a type of product and, in general, any element that can be delivered.
- the terminals and servers currently intended for the management of a delivery point include reception means for receiving, from a server, information relating to a product to be delivered, and means for reading a code linked to the product to be delivered.
- the known servers include means for storing information relating to a product to be delivered and for transmitting it to a terminal located in a delivery point.
- the person managing the delivery point has, thanks to his terminal, information relating to a product to be delivered, in particular the identity of the person to whom the product must be delivered and a code linked to a product to be delivered.
- This information is communicated to the terminal by the server.
- the terminal requests that the code, for example a bar code, linked to the product to be delivered be read by the reading means. Once the code has been read, a signature is requested from the person to whom the product is delivered.
- the major advantage of such terminals is the automation of generally manual tasks for which an error is always possible. Automation also makes it possible to follow the products during their circulation in a distribution circuit. Current warranty systems allow a consumer, when a breakdown occurs, to receive a new product in exchange. Then, the consumer must then return the defective product to a specialized service of a seller. However, once the new product is received, the consumer may neglect the process of returning the defective product.
- the present invention aims to automate exchange operations, to guarantee that the exchange is actually carried out, to facilitate the monitoring of returned products and the labeling of returned products.
- a terminal suitable for receiving information relating to a product to be delivered including an information indicating that the product to be delivered is to be exchanged with a returned product and a code representing the product to be delivered, and which comprises means for entering in memory of this terminal a code, preferably chosen at random, relating to the returned product, means for authorizing delivery only if the code relating to the returned product has been entered in memory and means for associating the code relating to the returned product with the code linked to the product delivered.
- the terminal makes it possible to control the return of a product to be returned and avoids the problem of the customer who, satisfied with having received a new product, does not return the product which he must return in exchange.
- the terminal therefore makes it possible to provide a guarantee of the factuality of the exchange and contributes to the automation of the exchange.
- the code relating to the returned product can be a randomly chosen code. For example, a label with a number independent of the product itself is affixed to the product returned at the same time of return to the delivery point.
- the association of the code relating to the returned product with the code of the product to be delivered allows a simplification of the labeling of the returned product.
- the code of the product delivered is linked to information relating to the exchange, in particular the type of product to be delivered, the customer's references, the type of breakdown, the type of problem to be resolved or the type of exchange to be made.
- this is a customer service order code, such as an exchange number.
- This code is created when the customer calls a seller, or more specifically their after-sales service, and indicates the problem encountered with their product. Then, the seller creates an order code with a file in which are indicated the type of product, the customer's references, the type of breakdown or problem to be resolved or exchange to be made.
- the terminal comprises means for recognizing a code, for example entered manually, indicating whether a returned product is to be exchanged with a product to be delivered.
- Such a code communicated to the terminal makes it possible, for example, to determine what is the nature of the operation to be carried out. Indeed, generally, the terminal can carry out a multiplicity of operations including an exchange, a return, a simple product delivery.
- this code for example communicated to the customer with information on the availability of its product and then entered, for example manually in the terminal, allows the terminal to know the nature of the operation to be carried out and to activate the means necessary for the operation to perform.
- the terminal comprises means for exchanging with a server information relating to the returned product and to the product delivered during determined periods, for example during night hours.
- the invention also relates to a server comprising, in addition to known means for managing delivery points, means for assigning to each product to be delivered information indicative of the fact that this product should only be delivered if, at the same time, a product is returned to the delivery point, and means for transmitting this information in connection with a code linked to the product to be delivered to a delivery point terminal.
- the server comprises means for receiving from the terminal a code representing the returned product associated with the code of the delivered product. The server's knowledge of the code corresponding to the returned product allows the server to follow the movement of the returned product in the return circuit from the delivery point to the center specializing in seller returns.
- the server comprises means for transmitting to a client information on the availability of the product at a delivery point.
- the server comprises means for transmitting to a client a code indicating either a simple return of the product, or a simple delivery, or a exchange, this code being recognizable by a terminal at a delivery point.
- FIG. 1 represents a terminal according to the invention ;
- FIG. 2 represents a server according to the invention;
- FIG. 3 illustrates an exchange scenario using a terminal and a server according to the invention;
- FIG. 4 illustrates an exchange operation using a terminal according to the invention.
- Figure 1 is a diagram of a terminal 1 according to the invention.
- Such a terminal is intended to facilitate the management of a product delivery point.
- Such a delivery point is generally an installation intended to receive customers having received an authorization to deliver products, these products not necessarily having to do with the usual activity of the installation.
- the delivery point is a store with wide opening ranges.
- the general problem of deliveries is the need for the customer to whom the product must be delivered to be at home at the time of delivery.
- This constraint is often incompatible with professional activities.
- Stores such as grocery stores, real estate agencies, travel agencies, newsagents, gas stations, gift shops generally have longer hours than regular delivery services and are also open on weekends and , sometimes even on Sundays.
- a network of delivery points is thus advantageously set up in these types of stores.
- a dense network is easily formed and allows the customer to choose a delivery point close to his place of residence or work. This is all the more practical and user-friendly for the customer when he has to report a defective product to carry out an exchange, which is the scope of the invention.
- a terminal 1 according to the invention comprises reception means
- the terminal 1 is suitable for receiving information 102 relating to a product to be delivered 105 including information indicating that the product is .
- deliver 105 is to be exchanged with a returned product 106. It also includes means 107 for entering into memory 108 of this terminal a code 109 relating to the returned product 106, and means 110 for authorizing delivery once the code 109 relating to the returned product 106 has been introduced into memory 108.
- the terminal 1 operates in relation to a delivery manager 115 which centralizes, within the terminal, the data produced by the various elements of the terminal.
- This delivery manager 115 is linked to an interface, for example a graphical interface, as presented in FIG. 4.
- the terminal 1 comprises means 111 for associating the code 109 relating to the returned product 106 to the code 104 linked to the product delivered 105.
- Such means constitute for example a table 112 in which the correspondences between the various codes 109 relating to returned products 106 and codes 104 relating to delivered products 105.
- These means 111 are particularly useful when the returned product does not have referencing in itself. Indeed, the use of means 111 makes it possible to attach an arbitrarily chosen code to a returned product.
- the manager of the delivery point has labels to stick on the returned products.
- This label includes a randomly determined barcode.
- a label is associated, in particular by gluing, with the returned product, it can be scanned by reading means 113, which can moreover be confused with the reading means 103.
- the label can advantageously be presented in two parts on which the barcode is present, a part being associated with the returned product and a part being given to the customer as proof of the operation carried out. The invention thus makes it possible to return defective products having no specific code attached prior to the exchange operation.
- the terminal according to the invention may also include means 114 for recognizing a code entered manually indicating whether a returned product is to be exchanged with a product to be delivered.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a server 2 according to the invention.
- a server -2 is intended to control the delivery to a delivery point of a product to be delivered to which a code is linked.
- the server 2 comprises means 201 for storing information 202 relating to a product to be delivered and means 203 for transmitting it to a terminal located in a delivery point.
- the server 2 further comprises, means 204 for assigning 'to each deliverable information 205 indicative that this product should be delivered only if, at the same time a product is returned to the delivery point, and means 206 for transmitting this information in connection with a code linked to the product to be delivered to a delivery point terminal.
- Information indicative of the fact that the product to be delivered should only be delivered if a product is returned, is attached to the code of the product to be delivered in a table produced by the server. This table is communicated to the terminal.
- the terminal knows the table and can thus activate means for requesting that a returned product be scanned.
- a customer 3 calls (301) a seller 4 to indicate to the seller's call center that a product 6 in its possession, for example his printer, his digital camera ... is broken.
- the seller's call center 4 performs a certain number of remote checks on the product by a dialogue between an operator and the customer. The call center thus verifies that a problem must be resolved and that the product 6 must really be exchanged.
- the seller's call center 4 creates a file including an order code. If the customer wishes to exchange at a delivery point equipped with a terminal
- the seller's call center 4 selects the delivery point and creates, with the order code, a label for the product to be delivered .
- the order code includes information indicating that the product to be delivered is to be exchanged with a returned product.
- the label can also indicate information relating to the exchange, in particular the type of product, the type of breakdown, problem or exchange to be carried out, the delivery point, a reference of the product and / or the customer, the customer name ... So the code of the product to be delivered is linked to this information.
- the seller 4 then informs (302) the server 2 that a product will be sent to a sorting center 5 associated with the server 2.
- the sorting center is then informed (303) that a product will arrive from the seller 4.
- the product to be delivered is then routed (304) to the sorting center 5.
- this the latter informs (2) the server 2 that it has received the product.
- the server 2 then informs (306) the delivery point 1 that a product will arrive from the sorting center 5.
- the product is then routed (307) from the sorting center 5 to the delivery point 1.
- delivery point 1 has received the product, it informs (308) the server 2.
- Server 2 informs (309) then client 3 that its product is available at delivery point 1. This communication can be carried out by telephone call automatic, SMS, e-mail, etc.
- the customer 3 is also reminded that he must return the defective product to the delivery point 1 to obtain the new product. It is also useful the seller is informed (310) that the product to be delivered has arrived at the delivery point 1.
- the customer 3 then moves (311) to the delivery point by bringing his defective product.
- the terminal according to the invention equipping the delivery point then makes it possible to carry out a guaranteed exchange operation for the seller. This operation will be detailed in FIG. 4.
- the customer then leaves (312) with his new product.
- the delivery of the new product is signaled (313) to the server 2.
- the server informs (314) the sorting center 5 and informs the seller (315).
- the returned product is then routed (316) from the delivery point 1 at the sorting center 5 and finally towards the seller's services 4.
- Information exchanges between the sorting center, the server and the seller are advantageously carried out according to the same principle as before in order to follow the path of the defective product in the other direction of the chain. These exchanges of information are not shown in FIG. 1 for reasons of clarity.
- information present on the product is scanned each time the product (to be delivered or returned) arrives at a new location. In the logistics example shown in Figure 3, these locations are the sorting center, the delivery point, the seller's services. This scanned information is returned to the server 4 which centralizes it and which can, in turn, send it if necessary to the sorting center, the delivery point or the seller.
- the server 4 is aware of all the operations carried out.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an exchange of product carried out on a terminal according to the invention.
- a terminal advantageously includes a graphical interface, for example a screen.
- FIG. 4a shows the terminal's welcome screen. This screen offers various possibilities for entering information to perform various operations: product delivery, product return, product entry from the sorting center, return to the product sorting center with a deadline maximum guard has been exceeded. Other options can be proposed, in particular a choice of languages or a command in order to achieve manual synchronization with the server.
- FIG. 4b represents the screen when the “delivery” operation has been selected on the first welcome screen. The manager (or operator) of the delivery point then has two choices: find the product in a list or enter the identity of the customer in order to determine the product to be delivered.
- the customer then gives his name X and, optionally, the name Y of the seller with whom he was in contact to exchange his product.
- the manager finds the product to be delivered using the name of the client and then scans the label of the product to be delivered.
- a window appears as shown in Figure 4c. This window signals to the manager that the product returned by the customer must be scanned if he wants to continue delivery.
- the manager then scanned the returned product and a screen like the one shown in Figure 4d appears. On this screen, a code relating to the returned product is entered and stored in the terminal's memory.
- the terminal does not proceed following the operations and the exchange operation is canceled.
- the product cannot be delivered.
- the manager is liable if he disregards.
- the welcome screen in Figure 4a appears and the terminal is ready for another operation.
- Another case to consider is when the customer returns a product he wishes to return.
- the means for entering a code relating to a returned product into memory are activated first by selecting the “return” option on the home screen. A label is then, for example, stuck on the returned product (or its packaging) before it is scanned. The name of the seller is then asked to the customer.
- the seller has chosen to be able to carry out only one type of transaction, for example an exchange, in which case, the screen indicates that the transaction is an exchange.
- the screen indicates that the transaction is an exchange.
- a window will appear where will be written: "This is a package to be exchanged. Please scan the package to be delivered ”. The name of the customer is then used by the manager of the delivery point to find the package to be delivered. The manager then scanned the package to be delivered.
- the means used to within the terminal are the same. Only the order of implementation is different.
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