Inspection and assurance system

Abstract

A sorting apparatus 10 which uses a sorting/conveying line 11 with branch destination, including a branch line 22 for sorting the commodities more than a quantity necessary for the branch destination and a surplus article returning line 23 for returning surplus commodities after removing a required quantity to the sorting/conveying line 11.

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       13 . An inspection and assurance system, wherein a delivery inspection center is provided between a plurality of suppliers and a plurality of retailers to sort delivered commodities from the suppliers according to order information of the retailers on sorting/conveying lines of the delivery inspection center, to collect actual commodity information passing the sorting/conveying lines in the delivery inspection center, and to calculate sorting results for every retailer and delivery results for every supplier, reporting the sorting results of the retailer to the retailers concerned, wherein the sorting results for retailers relating to the delivered commodities of each supplier are reported to the supplier concerned.  
   
   
       14 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 13 , wherein passing time of the commodity is recorded on the sorting results in every said retailer and delivery result for each supplier.  
   
   
       15 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 a storing means for receiving and storing order information of the retailer;    a storing means for rearranging and storing the order information depending on delivery division information; and    a storing means for allocating to a store accommodation compartment of the commodity sorted in every retailer,    wherein the inspection and assurance system delimits at the condition where delivery division information and the number of accommodation compartment reach fixed borders, forms batch plan information due to quantity addition in every article item of the commodity, and outputs the batch information of the article item concerned for stock location.    
   
   
       16 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 an execution control means for performing the first sorting and the second sorting depending on both delivery division information and accommodation compartment allocation information in every retailer while receiving commodity fetched from stock location to the sorting/conveying lines; and    a control administration function for outputting completion information of every retailer depending on both received article identification means and error finding identification means.    
   
   
       17 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 a control administration function for outputting-completion information in every retailer while performing automatic completion or forced completion of the shipment batch depending on provision completion information from each supplier or respective stock location and sorting completion information of articles on the sorting line.    
   
   
       18 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 an administration system for calculating short information for every destination retailer in every supplier depending on completion information output in every retailer at the time of automatic completion or forced completion of the shipment batch, for adding delivery quantity correction data, and for performing billing, forms issuance, and reporting.    
   
   
       19 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 13 , performing issuance of a surplus article list, and an actual commodity label for every supplier, about excess articles of commodity delivered from the supplier.  
   
   
       20 . An inspection and assurance system which establishes a shipment zone for every return destination trader at a second sorting/conveying process branched from the sorting/conveying line, and compiles and outputs return sorting results for every retailer and return results for every supplier by actual commodity input identification means of sorted commodity for the return destination trader.  
   
   
       21 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 14 , further comprising: 
 a storing means for receiving and storing order information of the retailer;    a storing means for rearranging and storing the order information depending on delivery division information; and    a storing means for allocating to a store accommodation compartment of the commodity sorted in every retailer,    wherein the inspection and assurance system delimits at the condition where delivery division information and the number of accommodation compartment reach fixed borders, forms batch plan information due to quantity addition in every article item of the commodity, and outputs the batch information of the article item concerned for stock location.    
   
   
       22 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 14  further comprising: 
 an execution control means for performing the first sorting and the second sorting depending on both delivery division information and accommodation compartment allocation information in every retailer while receiving commodity fetched from stock location to the sorting/conveying lines; and    a control administration function for outputting completion information of every retailer depending on both received article identification means and error finding identification means.    
   
   
       23 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 14 , further comprising: 
 an administration system for calculating short information for every destination retailer in every supplier depending on completion information output in every retailer at the time of automatic completion or forced completion of the shipment batch, for adding delivery quantity correction data, and for performing billing, forms issuance, and reporting.    
   
   
       24 . The inspection and assurance system according to  claim 14 , performing issuance of a surplus article list, and an actual commodity label for every supplier, about excess articles of commodity delivered from the supplier.