JP2002041874A - Method and device for optimizing burden of carriage and tax - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for optimizing burden of carriage/tax, with which exact article carriage or various taxes can be reported to a customer and the suitable packaging form of each of articles can be judged/selected even when the properties of respective articles ordered by the customer or locations of providers are spread variously. SOLUTION: A server 10 extracts information on style of packing corresponding to the article in order information from an article information file 13. On the basis of the extracted information on style of packing, the server 10 calculates at least one of single article carriage determined by referring to general carriage information 16a and the carriage of plural articles determined by referring to mixed carriage information 16b corresponding to each of styles capable of packaging the articles. The carriage provided as a result of this calculation is defined as article carriage by packaging. The style capable of packaging the article is individual packaging in the case of one article in one order and plural packaging as a set of packaging or plural pieces of packaging mixed while collecting the suitable number of articles when there are plural articles. The server 10 transmits the lowest carriage of the article carriage by packaging to a consumer information terminal 30 as data of carriage or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise order issued by a consumer for a merchandise sold by a domestic or foreign mail order dealer (hereinafter referred to as a mail order dealer) which provides mail order services such as catalog sales, and supervises the mail order company The present invention relates to a shipping / tax burden optimizing method and a device for collectively receiving and managing a mail order managing company which manages and optimizing a shipping cost, a tax burden, and the like of product delivery to a consumer by a logistics company.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been remarkable technological innovation in the field of information technology (IT) and its worldwide expansion. In particular, the conventional geographical and temporal barriers have become irrelevant in information distribution through the Internet, and the information gap between governments, companies, and individuals has been rapidly disappearing. On the other hand, companies in each field
Marketing techniques such as discriminatory product development, area marketing, and customer management are rapidly evolving, and competition among companies in product sales and customer acquisition over limited markets is increasing.

[0003] Under these circumstances, the Internet We
There is an increasing number of so-called catalog companies that provide an online store on page b and post a product catalog on the online store to carry out mail order sales. According to such a store opening method, the cataloger finds a possibility of attracting a wide range of customers spanning multinationals with a relatively small investment. In addition, these catalog companies are managed by a so-called catalog portal site on the same Web, and a mail-order managing company that receives orders from consumers at once has been born, and its scale is expanding at present.

[0004] On the other hand, a consumer who purchases goods at the above-mentioned electronic store or the like browses the Web page of the electronic store with a personal computer or the like. The consumer then looks at a product catalog showing product information such as product photos, lists, and price lists. In most cases, this product catalog is set so that the consumer jumps to a payment screen or the like when the consumer clicks the cursor on the display with the image of the desired product or the like. On the payment screen or the like, the consumer inputs information such as his / her name, the delivery destination of the ordered product, and the credit card number. On the settlement screen and the like, the postage and the like for the product ordered by the consumer are shown from the electronic store side.

[0005]

However, in the past, the opportunity to present the product shipping cost to consumers has been limited. For example, if you can determine the product shipping cost for one order by simply multiplying the order quantity for the single shipping cost for the single product displayed in advance on the Web,
It is easy to calculate and display the product shipping cost on b. It is also relatively easy for consumers to calculate their own shipping costs. However, when multiple types of products with different unit shipping rates are included in one order, or when products provided by different catalogers are mixed in one order, the catalogers immediately calculate the shipping cost on the Web. It is difficult to display in detail. Of course, it is not easy for a consumer to similarly calculate the shipping cost for his or her ordered product. Therefore, in the above case, the description of the postage on the Web has been mostly limited to the outline, and the consumer can know the details of the postage only when the commodity arrives or at the time of settlement at a later date.

[0006] The difficulty in calculating the shipping cost when a plurality of products are included in one order is that a single shipping fee for each product is searched and the shipping cost of the entire order is calculated across vendors. This is because it is complicated.
In addition, it is also possible to consider various packing forms of the product, such as collecting the products for each number as appropriate and packing a plurality of the products and sending them to the consumer. The reason for this is that the shipping cost is greatly affected by such a packing form and changes. There is no way for the consumer to know even such a specialized packaging form and the corresponding shipping fee, and it is increasingly difficult for the consumer to calculate the shipping fee under such conditions. It has been difficult for catalogers to immediately perform such complicated postage calculations and notify consumers in real time when ordering products.

[0007] The basis of the calculation of the postage is the weight of the ordered product or the purchase price. If the weight of the ordered product is used as the basis for calculating the shipping cost, it is almost impossible for the consumer to calculate the shipping cost at the time of ordering the product unless the weight of each product is displayed on the Web. On the other hand, in catalog shopping on the Web, even if all weights for each product are displayed and used for calculating the shipping cost of the consumer, it cannot be said that the service is smart, and the consumer must also perform complicated calculations one by one. Therefore, it is conceivable that the consumer's sentiment is not good, and it is conceivable to avoid the electronic store thereafter.

On the other hand, if the postage is determined on the basis of the purchase price, it is not so difficult for the consumer to calculate the postage if the fact and the calculation formula are indicated in advance on the Web. However, when an actual product (baggage) is actually transported by a distribution company or the like, the postage is determined not by the amount of the product but by weight or volume. That is, a difference between the shipping cost required by the consumer and the actual shipping cost is likely to occur. For example, when an order is placed on an expensive product that is light in weight, the shipping cost required by the consumer is higher than the transportation cost required by the distributor. In this case, it is sufficiently conceivable that uncertainty regarding the shipping cost borne by the consumer is a problem.

[0009] Further, in the case where the product must be imported from abroad, not only the postage of the product but also various tax problems arise. The calculation of these various taxes is more complicated than the postage, and is usually finely defined for each country / product. Moreover, among various taxes, customs duties and consumption taxes have a mutual effect on shipping costs and the like, and it has been difficult to calculate the minimum amount, that is, the optimal amount for consumers, taking both into consideration. Therefore, it has been difficult to promptly and accurately show various taxes to consumers on the Web, etc., in addition to the above-mentioned postage.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems. Even if the nature of each product ordered by the consumer and the location of the provider are various, the present invention can be applied to the consumer. The present invention is to provide a shipping and tax burden optimizing method and apparatus that can notify accurate and accurate product shipping and various taxes, and enable judgment and selection of an appropriate packaging form and the like for each product.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the first invention is a domestic or foreign mail-order business (hereinafter referred to as a mail-order business) which provides mail-order services such as catalog sales. ) The merchandise orders issued by consumers for the items sold) are collectively received and managed by the mail order management company that supervises and manages the mail order company, and the shipping cost, tax burden, etc. of the product delivery to the consumer by the logistics company are optimized. The invention is a method for optimizing the postage and tax burden, which is specified by the following items (1) to (9).

(1) The consumer has a consumer information terminal, and the mail order management company has a server, and the consumer information terminal and the server are connected by a network. (2) The product information such as the product name, price, and packing style of the product provided by each of the mail order companies is stored in a product information file provided in the server. (3) Shipping data for each distribution company from receipt of each product from a mail order company to delivery to consumers in Japan and overseas is stored in a shipping file provided in the server. The postage data includes general postage information determined based on the weight, dimensions, and the like of the single package, and mixed postage information when a plurality of the single packages are appropriately combined and loaded. (4) Personal information such as the name, address, and mail address of a consumer who uses the mail order service via the mail order management company is registered as customer information in a customer file provided in the server. (5) The server receives a merchandise order issued by a consumer to a mail order management company as order information in association with the customer information. This order information is stored and recorded in an order file provided in the server. (6) The server extracts packaging information corresponding to the product in the order information from the product information file. (7) The server determines, based on the extracted packing information, at least one of a single item shipping fee determined by referring to the general shipping fee information and a plurality of shipping fees determined by referring to the combined shipping fee information of the product. Calculate according to each form that can be packed. The postage obtained as a result of this calculation is taken as the product postage per package. (8) The form in which a product can be packed refers to individual packaging when there is only one product in one order, and when there are multiple products, they are grouped together as a set of individual packaging or a suitable number. Refers to multiple packages packed together. (9) The server transmits to the consumer information terminal as the postage data on the lowest postage among the postage per package.

[0013] The second aspect of the present invention relates to the postage and shipping fee described in the first aspect.
An invention which is a tax burden optimizing method and is specified by the following items (1) to (7). (1) Tax rate data corresponding to each product provided by the mail order company is stored in a tax rate information file provided in the server. (2) The server extracts the commodity price data from the commodity information file, and calculates the commodity price for each packing form as the commodity price for each package. Further, the server adds up the calculated cost of the goods per package and the corresponding cost of the customs duty in the shipping cost of the goods per package. This is referred to as the taxable price for each package (CIF price). (3) The server calculates a tariff in each packing form from the tax rate data based on the taxable price for each packing. This will be the tariff for each package. (4) The server extracts, from the order information and the product information file, information necessary for calculating the domestic consumption tax for the products of the domestic consumption tax other than the consumption tax in the order information, and The domestic consumption tax for each product is calculated by comparing the tax rate data. In addition, the domestic consumption tax other than the consumption tax for each product is added to each packing form to calculate the domestic consumption tax for each package. (5) The server sums the packing-specific tax price, the corresponding packing-specific tariff and the other domestic consumption tax, and calculates the packing-specific consumption tax by comparing the sum with the tax rate data. (6) The server determines an optimal packing form in which the sum of the above-described packing-based tax price, packing-specific domestic consumption tax, packing-specific tariff, and packing-specific consumption tax is the lowest. (7) The server transmits the customs duties for each package corresponding to the optimal packing form to the consumer information terminal in association with the postage data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a merchandise order issued by a consumer regarding a merchandise sold by a domestic or foreign mail order merchant (hereinafter referred to as a mail order merchant) that provides mail order services such as catalog sales is generally managed by the mail order merchant. The shipping / tax burden optimizing method for collectively receiving and managing the mail order by a mail order managing company and optimizing the shipping cost, tax burden, etc. of the product delivery to the consumer by the logistics company, according to the first or second invention, A computer system for carrying out the method, the shipping / tax burden optimizing device serving as the server connected to the Internet.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS ==== Basic System ==== FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a shipping / tax burden optimizing apparatus A of the present invention. In this embodiment, a person who creates and mail-orders a product catalog for various product fields such as clothing, cosmetics, food, furniture, electric products, medicines, sports goods, and automobiles is referred to as a catalog trader (mail order trader). . The cataloger may be located in the same country as the consumer or may be located abroad. In addition, a person who collectively receives and manages product orders issued by consumers with respect to the merchandise sold by the catalog trader, and who controls and manages the catalog trader on the Web is referred to as a mail order control trader (hereinafter referred to as a general trader). For example, it is assumed that the supervising company establishes and operates a catalog portal site on the Web, collects many catalog companies on the portal site, and collectively posts various catalogs.

[0016] It is the distribution company that acts as a bridge between commodities between the catalog company and the consumer. This logistics agent is, for example, a domestic logistics agent if the cataloger is present only in the same country as the consumer, and if it is located abroad, it is of course an international logistics agent. But it also needs to be. Generally, when catalog companies are scattered widely both in Japan and abroad, a distribution center is provided in a predetermined area, and merchandise delivered from the catalog company is concentrated in the distribution center. The distributor distributes the goods distributed from the catalog distributor to the distribution center as appropriate for each country, region, etc., and delivers the products to the consumers.

As shown in FIG. 1, the supervising company is a server 10 and the catalog company is a catalog company information terminal 20.
The consumer has a consumer information terminal 30, and the distributor has a distributor information terminal 40. And at least each of the information terminals 20,
The servers 30 and 40 are connected to the server 10 via a communication network N. In constructing the communication network N, it is desirable to lay a dedicated line from the viewpoint of high speed and security of data communication, but it is not limited to this. For example, any network method such as a dial-up connection to the Internet via a public telephone line network or a conventional personal computer communication network can be adopted as long as there is no problem in network operation (the confidentiality and high speed of the communication). In the shipping / tax burden optimizing apparatus of the present invention having the above network structure, particularly when the network is constructed by the Internet, the construction cost of the network is extremely low.

The server 10 is provided with a catalog file or a logistics company file 11 (a member mail order file and a member logistics file) which is a member of a catalog portal site service, and manages the company, and also consumes a product. Personal information such as the name, address, e-mail address, and settlement means of the person is obtained by means such as writing on the catalog portal site by the consumer, e-mail transmission, facsimile, mailing, etc., and is recorded and stored in the customer file 12. This customer file 12 contains a purchase history file 1
2a is attached. The purchase history file 12a plays a role of assisting the smooth execution of business by comparing the regulations of importable quantities of commodities permitted per individual set in each country and the purchase (import) history of each consumer. . In addition, the server 10 stores information (product name, product code, price,
Package information) is stored in the product information file 13.

The server 10 further includes an order file 15. The order file 15 is stored in the server 10
Is received from the consumer information terminal 30. The server 10 calculates, for each product recorded in the order file 15 or for each order, a product shipping fee for each package, and transmits it to the consumer information terminal 30. The server 10 calculates a shipping fee file 16 including general shipping fee information 16a and mixed shipping fee information 16b in order to calculate the shipping fee.
It has. In the present invention, it is particularly necessary to calculate various taxes, so the server 10 includes a tax rate information file 17. In addition, the server 10 also has an import control file 18 described later.

Each file 1 for storing the above various information
1, 12, 12a, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 are:
For example, it is managed by a database in an external storage device such as a hard disk. Of course, these may be provided in separate storage devices connected to the network as separate databases, or may be combined as appropriate or provided collectively in one storage device.

The cataloger information terminal 20 and the distributor information terminal 40 are shared with the server 10 or
For example, it receives the transferred information such as order information and postage, and confirms the route / schedule etc. when it collects and delivers the goods to the distributor or the consumer.

When a consumer purchases a product using a catalog portal site, the consumer is provided with a consumer information terminal 30 which is, for example, a computer connected to the Internet. The consumer information terminal 30 receives the order input form sent from the server 10 that operates the catalog portal site. The consumer information terminal 30 is responsible for returning to the server 10 the order entry form in which the name, quantity, type, personal information, and the like of the product to be ordered are entered by the consumer. In addition, it receives data such as the shipping cost of the product sent from the server 10.

The cataloger information terminal 20, the consumer information terminal 30, and the distributor information terminal 40 are not limited to general personal computers, but may be, for example, mobile phones connectable to the Internet. Such mobile phones are, for example, CHTM, a subset of the HTML language.
A browser is provided for displaying content described in the markup language L. Information indicated by the browser is displayed on a display attached to the mobile phone. On the other hand, PDA (Personal DigitalAssistan
t), a TV with a web browsing function, a game machine, or the like may be used.

There is no limitation on the format of information exchange between the server 10, the catalog information terminal 20, the consumer information terminal 30, and the distributor information terminal 40. For example, SMTP (Symple Mail Transfer Protocol)
l) Based on standard e-mail transfer protocols such as POP (Post Office Protocol) etc., sending and receiving information by sending and receiving e-mails through networks such as the Internet and LAN lines, and HTML (Hypert
ext Markup Language (HTTP) (Hypertext Tra
nsfer Protocol), allowing information to be input / output (transferred) on a Web browser, or FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) and various formats can be selected for the exchange of information files. In short, the person who operates the shipping / tax burden optimizing device A of the present invention may determine the function of each device, the line status, and the like, and determine it appropriately according to the operating conditions.

==== Operation Procedure of Shipping / Tax Burden Optimization Method ==== FIG. 2 is a step diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the shipping / tax burden optimization method of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation procedure of the shipping / tax burden optimizing method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

1. Basic Processing Flow When a consumer places an order for a product on a catalog portal site that implements the shipping / tax burden optimizing method of the present invention, the registration of the consumer is often involved. Through this registration work, the consumer is recognized by the server 10 as a customer. However, this registration work may be completed prior to the product order, or the input form received from the server 10 (which may be integrated with the product order input form or may be attached to it) may include the name and the product delivery. This may be done by inputting personal information such as a destination and an e-mail address and returning it to the server 10. The input form is not limited to a Web screen described in a language such as HTML or CHTML, but may be an e-mail of a predetermined format in which the server 10 can automatically recognize the description.
The consumer information sent from the consumer information terminal 30 to the server 10 in this manner is stored in the server 10 as customer information.
Is registered in the customer file 12.

In the catalog portal site, a product order issued by a consumer to a supervising company is transmitted to the server 10 from the consumer information terminal 30 in association with the customer information as order information (procedure s1 in FIG. 2). Consumers browse product catalogs in various fields on a catalog portal site or search for desired products using search means. Consumers who want to buy the products they find,
For example, the screen of the consumer information terminal 30 is jumped to a payment screen linked to a product photograph, a list, or a price list in the product catalog. On the settlement screen, the consumer carries out his / her own registration work as described above, specifies order products, and inputs order information such as the number and type of the products. Consumers can include one or more products in one order (hereinafter referred to as one order), and the products can be mixed with those provided by catalogers in Japan and overseas.

The server 10 receives the order information transmitted from each of the consumer information terminals 30, and stores this information in the order file 15 provided in the server 10. The server 10 receiving the order information from the consumer information terminal 30 checks the customer information in the customer file 12 against the customer information attached to the order information (step s2). At this time, the server 10 refers to the consumer ID from the customer information attached to the order information, and performs the collation work in the customer file 12 based on the consumer ID. As a result of the matching, if it is determined that the consumer has caused some problem in the past, the server 10
Rejects the order acceptance from the consumer in this step s2.

If there is no particular problem, the server 10 proceeds to the next step s3. Here the server 10
, The purchase history of the consumer who has placed the order is collated. The server 10 refers to the consumer ID from the customer information attached to the order information, for example, and extracts the purchase history corresponding to the consumer ID from the purchase history file 12a.
When importing merchandise individually in catalog shopping, etc., each consumer must consider the provisions of the permissible importable quantity per individual. A file storing the above-mentioned regulation information is referred to as an import regulation file 18. Therefore, in step s3, the server 10 refers to the purchase history of each consumer and the import control file 18 to determine whether or not the above rule is violated.

If it is determined by the above judgment that the category exceeds the category of personal import and there is a legal problem, the server 10
Transmits the purchase advice to the consumer information terminal 30 (step s4). This purchase advice indicates, for example, the quantity that can be purchased (imported) by the consumer at this time and the quantity exceeding the specified quantity for each consumer, and advises on the appropriate purchase quantity that can be purchased. The consumer who browses this advice on the consumer information terminal 30 can make an order without touching the law in advance according to the advice.
If your consumer order is legal from the start,
The server 10 transmits the postage and other data to the consumer information terminal 30 (procedure s5). The consumer receives the postage data and the like at the consumer information terminal 30, and recognizes the postage and various taxes on the product ordered by himself / herself. Consumers who are enthusiastic about the postage and tax will confirm the order information again. Various forms of data transmission such as postage data can be adopted, such as transmission of an e-mail, information display / update on a Web screen, and the like.

2. Calculation of postage data The calculation of postage data will be described in detail below. The server 10 extracts the packaging information from the product information file 13 for each product corresponding to the order information received from the consumer information terminal 30. The package information is information including, for example, the height and width dimensions and weight of each product, and notes on transportation. The server 10 comprehensively calculates the product shipping cost according to each form in which the product can be packed based on the extracted package information. Here, the form in which a product can be packed refers to an individual package when there is one product in one order, and when there are a plurality of products, a plurality of packages, which are a set of individual packages, or a suitable number of products are collected. Refers to multiple packages packed together. In this calculation, the shipping file 1
6, a single product shipping fee determined with reference to the general shipping fee information 16a and a plurality of product shipping costs determined with reference to the combined shipping fee information 16b are calculated in accordance with the various packing forms described above. The postage obtained as a result of the calculation shall be the product postage per package.

The server 10 extracts the commodity price data from the commodity information file 13 and calculates the commodity price for each packing form as the commodity price for each package. Server 10
Sums the calculated per-package merchandise price and the corresponding cost of the per-package per-commodity shipping fee required for calculating tariffs. This is referred to as the taxable price for each package (CIF price). This packaging-specific tax price is intended to inform consumers later,
Required for the purpose of calculating tariffs. The CIF price is the sum of Cost (purchase price of goods, profits of exporters, packing costs, various expenses such as customs clearance and shipping), Insurance (insurance), and Freight (fares). The server 10 calculates a tariff in each packing form from the tax rate data in the tax rate information file 17 based on the taxable price for each packing. This is used as the tariff data for each package. Normally, tariffs are determined by considering the CIF price and the tariff rate for each product. Note that the “tax rate” in the tax rate data is not limited to the meaning of “rate” in a strict sense such that a fixed rate such as a commodity price is a tax amount. For example, a tax amount corresponding to the number of items such as a cigarette is included in a table in advance.

The server 10 is required to calculate the domestic consumption tax based on the order information and the product information file 13 for the products subject to taxation other than the consumption tax in the order information other than the consumption tax (liquor tax, tobacco tax, petroleum tax, etc.). Information is extracted, and the domestic consumption tax for each product is calculated by comparing the information with the tax rate data. Further, this is added up for each packing form, and the domestic consumption tax for each packing is calculated. And server 10
Calculates the packing-specific consumption tax by summing the packing-specific tax price, the corresponding packing-specific tariff, and the other domestic consumption tax, and comparing the sum with the tax rate data. Ultimately, an optimal packing form that minimizes the sum of the above-mentioned packing-based tax price, packing-specific domestic consumption tax, packing-specific tariff, and packing-specific consumption tax is determined. The server 10 transmits to the consumer information terminal 30 the above-mentioned taxable price per packing and customs duty data per packing in the optimum packing form as the postage etc. data.

3. Specific Calculation Numerical Examples Here, it is assumed that a consumer purchases a plurality of products from catalog companies in Japan and the United States, for example, and specific various calculation numerical values at that time are listed. Table 1 below shows a list of products purchased by the consumer.

[0035]

[Table 1]

(1) Commodity postage of domestic company A Since two products, product PP and product PQ, are purchased from company A, the packing style (mixed size) when these two products are mixed is calculated. The dimensions of each of the two products are extracted from the product information file 13 and the dimensions of the height and width are added. As a result of the addition, the packing style when two products were mixed was 80 size (distribution term: total height and width is within 80 cm). Since the weight limit of the 80 size found above is 5 kg, the weight when two products are mixed is calculated. If the total value of each product weight is within 5 kg, the weight limit is satisfied, so the shipping fee is extracted from the combined shipping fee information 16b of the shipping fee file 16. If the weight exceeds 5 kg, the postage appropriately added according to the weight is extracted from the mixed postage information 16b as described above. Since the total weight of the two products was 4.5 kg, the shipping cost for Company A is calculated to be \ 1,500, which is a shipping fee of 80 sizes.

(2) Commodity shipping cost of overseas trader The commodity shipping cost of the foreign trader in international logistics (the shipping charge from the local distribution center in the United States to the Japanese consumer) is calculated. In this case, the tax exemption range price is CIF price of \ 16,000 or less (usually \ 10,000 is the tax exemption range price, but specific companies such as mail order companies are allowed up to 1.6 times that price). In the case of overseas traders, it is easier to reduce the customs duties by combining products with customs duties. From the CIF price and each item information in the item information file 13, it is determined whether simple import customs clearance is possible,
For some products, simplified import clearance is now possible. Product
SS is exempt from tax exemption due to the nature of the product (for example, leather shoes). Product TT cannot be imported for customs clearance because the product price alone exceeds the CIF price.

If the CIF price is within the tax exemption range and the product is a product exempt from tax exemption, this product can be subjected to simplified import customs clearance. Under this situation, if the tax amount (total of customs duty and consumption tax) exceeds the shipping cost of the product alone, applying simplified import customs clearance is advantageous in terms of cost. If customs clearance is applicable, it does not apply and it is more cost effective to pay taxes).
Assuming that the shipping cost of a single shipment is \ 1500, the items RR and RS correspond to the total tax amount exceeding the shipping cost of the single shipping \ 1500.

The calculation of the tax amount of each product is as follows. -Commodity RR → customs duty \ 2,100 + consumption tax \ 805 = \ 2,905> Single shipping postage \ 1,500-Product RS → customs duty \ 1,200 + consumption tax \ 460 = \ 1,660> Single shipping postage \ 1,500-Product RT → customs duty \ 750 + domestic Consumption tax (liquor tax) \ 450 + consumption tax
\ 310 = \ 1,510> Single shipping fee \ 1,500

However, since the product RT is liquor,
Liquor tax is collected regardless of tax exemption / taxation. Therefore, in this case, the total amount excluding liquor tax (\ 750+ \ 310 =) \
Because it is 1,060, it will be lower than the shipping cost of the product alone. As a result, if the goods RR and RS are shipped together with the goods whose combined value of the taxable price per packing with the goods is less than \ 16,000, the total payment amount will be the minimum, but by combining with other goods, If the taxable price per package exceeds \ 16,000,
Shipping alone without mixing with other products will minimize the total payment. In addition, for goods RT, if the combined shipment of the product and the combined taxable price of the product is less than \ 16,000, the combined payment will be minimal, but the total tax amount will be less than the single shipping cost By combining with other products, the taxable price per package will exceed \ 16,000, and the total payment will be minimal even if a tax burden occurs.

Products RR, RS, and RT that allow easy customs clearance
In order to reduce the shipping cost of goods (CIF price is within the tax exemption range and subject to tax exemption) as much as possible, instead of shipping these three products alone, pack them in an appropriate combination. Need to ship.

Packing form 1: When goods RR and RS are mixed, the cost required for customs duty calculation in the product shipping cost per package is added to the total product price \ 23,000, which exceeds the tax exemption amount. Therefore, this form is not adopted. Packing form 2: Combined product RR and RT, total product price \ 19,
The cost required for customs duties calculation is added to the shipping cost of each package, which exceeds 000. Therefore, this form is not adopted. Packing type 3: Combined product RS and RT, total product price \ 13,
Even if the sum of the product shipping cost per package, which is the maximum value of the cost required for customs duty calculation, is calculated and the taxable price per packing is calculated simply,
It is below the tax exemption amount of \ 16,000. Therefore, this packing form is adopted.

As a result of the above, it is determined that shipping will be performed in the following units. <Import customs clearance> Packing 1: Combination of merchandise SS and merchandise TT (Shipping ¥ 4,500) <Eligible for tax exemption> Packing 2: Merchandise RR Packing 3: Mixed merchandise RS and merchandise RT

The product shipping cost and tax amount are calculated.

Packing 1: Shipping \ 4,500 + Tariff \ 3,750+ \ 1,500
+ Consumption tax \ 687+ \ 1575 = \ 12,012 Packing 2: Shipping \ 1,500 Packing 3: Shipping \ 1,500 + Liquor tax \ 450 Total for overseas traders: \ 15,462

[0046] Consumers pay \ 1 for shipping and tax on the products they purchase.
You will pay 6,962.

[0047]

According to the present invention, the presentation of the product shipping cost and various taxes to the consumer is performed very quickly and clearly. Therefore, the description of the postage on the Web or the like is mostly kept in a rough outline, and there is no situation in which the consumer can know the details of the postage only when the commodity arrives or at the time of settlement at a later date. Even if multiple products are included in one order and various packing forms are considered, shipping and tax in all packing forms are comprehensively calculated and the best (lowest shipping and tax burden) for consumers Can be determined and selected.

Even if the calculation base is based on the weight or purchase price of the ordered product, which has been the conventional shipping calculation base, there is no difference between the shipping required by the consumer and the actual required shipping, and the consumption is not affected. Transparency regarding the shipping costs borne by consumers is sufficiently ensured. Therefore, the shipping fee and tax are clearly recognized by the consumer at the time of ordering, so that confidence and security from the consumer to the catalog dealers are fostered. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the consumer will continue to purchase the product at the electronic store.

In addition, the logistics companies can quickly determine the optimal packaging form to minimize the shipping and tax of each product included in the order from the consumer, and deliver the product to the consumer through any route. This makes it possible to quickly and accurately make a logistical decision as to whether to do so.

Thus, even when the nature of each product ordered by the consumer and the location of the provider are various, it is possible to notify the consumer of accurate product shipping and various taxes. In addition, it is possible to provide a shipping and tax burden optimizing method and apparatus that enable judgment and selection of an appropriate packing form and the like of each product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a shipping / tax burden optimizing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a step diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the shipping / tax burden optimizing method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Server 13 Product Information File 16a General Shipping Information 16b Mixed Shipping Information 30 Consumer Information Terminal

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification FI FI Theme Court ゛ (Reference) G06F 17/60 334 G06F 17/60 334 (72) Inventor Kazuo Okabe 2-1-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Catalog City Japan Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B049 BB11 BB33 CC05 CC21 CC36 DD01 EE01 EE31 FF03 FF04 GG04 GG07

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims 1. A mail order manager who supervises and manages a product order issued by a consumer for a merchandise sold by a domestic or foreign mail order merchant (hereinafter referred to as a mail order merchant) that provides mail order services such as catalog sales. This is a shipping / tax burden optimization method that collectively receives and manages and optimizes the shipping cost, tax burden, etc. of the product delivery to the consumer by the logistics company, and is specified by the following items (1) to (9) Invention. (1) The consumer has a consumer information terminal, and the mail order management company has a server, and the consumer information terminal and the server are connected by a network. (2) The product information such as the product name, price, and packing style of the product provided by each of the mail order companies is stored in a product information file provided in the server. (3) Shipping data for each distribution company from receipt of each product from a mail order company to delivery to consumers in Japan and overseas is stored in a shipping file provided in the server. The postage data includes general postage information determined based on the weight, dimensions, and the like of the single package, and mixed postage information when a plurality of the single packages are appropriately combined and loaded. (4) Personal information such as the name, address, and mail address of a consumer who uses the mail order service via the mail order management company is registered as customer information in a customer file provided in the server. (5) The server receives a merchandise order issued by a consumer to a mail order management company as order information in association with the customer information. This order information is stored and recorded in an order file provided in the server. (6) The server extracts packaging information corresponding to the product in the order information from the product information file. (7) The server determines, based on the extracted packing information, at least one of a single item shipping fee determined by referring to the general shipping fee information and a plurality of shipping fees determined by referring to the combined shipping fee information of the product. Calculate according to each form that can be packed. The postage obtained as a result of this calculation is taken as the product postage per package. (8) The form in which a product can be packed refers to individual packaging when there is only one product in one order, and when there are multiple products, they are grouped together as a set of individual packaging or a suitable number. Refers to multiple packages packed together. (9) The server transmits to the consumer information terminal as the postage data on the lowest postage among the postage per package. 2. The shipping / tax burden optimizing method according to claim 1, wherein the method is specified by the following items (1) to (7). (1) Tax rate data corresponding to each product provided by the mail order company is stored in a tax rate information file provided in the server. (2) The server extracts the commodity price data from the commodity information file, and calculates the commodity price for each packing form as the commodity price for each package. Further, the server adds up the calculated cost of the goods per package and the corresponding cost of the customs duty in the shipping cost of the goods per package. This is referred to as the taxable price for each package (CIF price). (3) The server calculates a tariff in each packing form from the tax rate data based on the taxable price for each packing. This will be the tariff for each package. (4) The server extracts, from the order information and the product information file, information necessary for calculating the domestic consumption tax for the products of the domestic consumption tax other than the consumption tax in the order information, and The domestic consumption tax for each product is calculated by comparing the tax rate data. In addition, the domestic consumption tax other than the consumption tax for each product is added to each packing form to calculate the domestic consumption tax for each package. (5) The server sums the packing-specific tax price, the corresponding packing-specific tariff and the other domestic consumption tax, and calculates the packing-specific consumption tax by comparing the sum with the tax rate data. (6) The server determines an optimal packing form in which the sum of the above-described packing-based tax price, packing-specific domestic consumption tax, packing-specific tariff, and packing-specific consumption tax is the lowest. (7) The server transmits the customs duties for each package corresponding to the optimal packing form to the consumer information terminal in association with the postage data. 3. A mail order management company that supervises and manages a product order issued by a consumer regarding a product sold by a domestic or foreign mail order company (hereinafter referred to as a mail order company) that provides mail order services such as catalog sales. 3. A shipping / tax burden optimizing method which collectively receives and manages and optimizes a shipping cost, a tax burden, etc. of a product delivery to a consumer by a logistics company, for implementing the method according to claim 1 or 2. A computer system, the shipping / tax burden optimizing device as the server connected to the Internet.