摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unitarily manage article sales at a service station with a convenience store attached by including function for controlling article sales from respective meters, function for controlling article sales from a keyboard or a bar code reader and function for transmitting article sales data. SOLUTION: A meter 2 is provided at each service station 1. The meter 2 is connected to a sales management apparatus 4 provided at a management center 3, wherein article sales data at the service station 1 is sent from the sales management apparatus 4 to a computer 8 at a center with a signal received sent from the computer 8 of the service station 1 via a communication line 7. In addition, articles at a convenience store 6 attached to the management center 3 are checked by the sales management apparatus 4 to cause the apparatus 4 to manage sales data from a keyboard 43 or a bar code reader 45. The computer 8 classifies article sales data from the service station 1 and from the convenience store 6 and sends each of classified data to a corresponding portion among centers 10 to 12 via a communication line 9. |