EBS 122 Cum RCD LOG

ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE
RELEASE CONTENT DOCUMENT
Logistics
Releases 12.1 and 12.2 (inclusive of 12.0.2 – 12.2.9)
Prepared by Oracle E-Business Suite Product Development
Last Updated: August 16, 2019
Copyright © 2011, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
1. Disclaimer 1
2. Introduction 2
2.1. Purpose of Document 2
3. New and Changed Features in Logistics 3
3.1. Oracle Inventory Management 3
3.1.1. Overview 3
3.1.2. Release 12.1.1 3
3.1.2.1. On Hand Material Status 3
3.1.2.2. Extensibility Enhancements 3
3.1.2.3. Lot Genealogy Enhancements 3
3.1.2.4. Purchasing by Revision Enhancements 4
3.1.3. Release 12.1.2 4
3.1.3.1. Supply Chain Web Services for Items and Inventory 4
3.1.4. Release 12.2 4
3.1.4.1. Optional Lot Allocation 4
3.1.4.2. Serial Number Assignment Enhancements 5
3.1.4.3. Return to Vendor Enhancements 5
3.1.4.4. Global Lot Attributes 5
3.1.4.5. Cycle Counting Enhancements 5
3.1.4.6. Distributed Warehouse Management Integration 6
3.1.4.7. Deferred Electronic Record and Electronic Signature Capture 6
3.1.4.8. Public APIs for Unit of Measure 6
3.1.4.9. Receiving Open Interface Enhancement 6
3.1.4.10. Pay on Receipt for Landed Cost Management Organizations 6
3.1.5. Release 12.2.3 6
3.1.5.1. Physical Inventory Integration Enhancements 6
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4 7
3.1.6.1. Automated Return to Consignment for Work in Process Component Returns 7
3.1.7. Release 12.2.5 7
3.1.7.1. Serial Tagging at Sales Order Pick 7
3.1.7.2. Consignment Returns After Consumption 7
3.1.7.3. Receiving HTML User Interface 8
3.1.8. Release 12.2.6 8
3.1.8.1. Receiving HTML User Interface Enhancements for Lot and Serial Items 8
3.1.8.2. Shipping HTML User Interface 8
3.1.8.3. Reservations HTML User Interface 8
3.1.8.4. Material Classification Tagging 8
3.1.9. Release 12.2.7 9
3.1.9.1. Material Workbench HTML User Interface 9
3.1.9.2. Receiving HTML UI – Enhanced LPN Receipt for a Multi-Distribution Project tied PO 9
3.1.9.3. Receiving HTML User Interface Enhancement for Returns 10
3.1.9.4. Return from Organization Different than the Original Receipt Organization with or without Oracle
Shipping Integration 10
3.1.9.5. Transportation Planning for Waves 10
3.1.10. Release 12.2.8 11
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3.1.10.1. Create Move Orders from Material Workbench HTML User Interface 11
3.1.10.2. Allow Corrections of received quantity from Receiving Operations UI 11
3.1.10.3. Shipment Line based Receiving in MSCA 11
3.1.10.4. Item Receipt (HTML UI) 11
3.1.10.5. Inventory Aging Report 11
3.1.10.6. Support for Multi-Leg Shipments from Oracle Transportation Management 11
3.1.1. Release 12.2.9 12
3.1.1.1. Automated Move of Backordered Material 12
3.1.1.2. Ability to backorder Move Order lines using public API 12
3.1.1.3. Ability to Backorder Delivery Details without creating a Delivery 12
3.1.1.4. Workflow Driven Cycle Count Approval 12
3.1.1.5. Cancel Unshipped Lines for Sales Orders 12
3.1.1.6. Inspection Support in Receiving HTML User Interface 12
3.2. Oracle Inventory Management Command Center 13
3.2.1. Overview 13
3.2.2. Release 12.2.8 13
3.2.2.1. Shipping Dashboard 13
3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+ 13
3.2.3.1. Aging Inventory Dashboard 13
3.2.3.2. Cycle Counting Dashboard 13
3.3. Oracle Inventory Management Information Discovery 15
3.3.1. Overview 15
3.3.2. V4 15
3.3.3. V5 15
3.3.3.1. Plan Fulfillment 15
3.3.3.2. Track Fulfillment 15
3.3.3.3. Space Utilization 16
3.3.3.4. Enhancements to Item Information Discovery 16
3.3.3.5. General Features 16
3.3.4. V7 16
3.3.4.1. Locator Capacity 16
3.4. Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite 17
3.4.1. Overview 17
3.4.2. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0 17
3.4.2.1. Accessibility Improvements 17
3.4.2.2. Mobile Foundation Release 2.1 Updates 17
3.4.3.1. Android Support 17
3.4.4.1. Mobile Translation Release 4.0 Updates 18
3.4.5.1. Schedule Cycle Count 18
3.5. Oracle Landed Cost Management 20
3.5.1. Overview 20
3.5.2. Release 12.1.1 20
3.5.2.1. Charge Management 20
3.5.2.2. Advanced Pricing for Charge Templates 21
3.5.2.3. Landed Cost Calculation 21
3.5.2.4. Product Cost Dashboard 21
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3.5.2.5. Tax Recovery 21
3.5.2.6. Integration with E-Business Suite Supply Chain and Back Office 22
3.5.2.7. Procurement Integration 22
3.5.2.8. Receiving Integration 22
3.5.2.9. Cost Management Integration 22
3.5.2.10. Accounts Payable Integration 23
3.5.3. Release 12.1.2 23
3.5.3.1. Oracle Landed Cost Management Support for Process Cost Management 23
3.5.3.2. Visibility into Matched Invoice Amounts 23
3.5.3.3. Landed Cost Calculation History 23
3.5.3.4. Landed Cost Visualization by Purchase Order 24
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3 24
3.5.4.1. Landed Cost Simulation for Purchase Orders 24
3.5.5. Release 12.1.3.4 24
3.5.5.1. Landed Cost Management Information Discovery 24
3.5.6. Release 12.2 25
3.5.6.1. Update Estimated Landed Cost of Completed Shipments 25
3.5.6.2. Landed Cost Calculation for Selected Items 25
3.5.6.3. Manage Charges for Oracle Landed Cost Management as a Service Flow 25
3.5.7. Release 12.2.4 26
3.5.7.1. Update Estimated Landed Cost (ELC) API 26
3.5.7.2. Update Simulations for Approved Purchase Orders 26
3.5.7.3. Invoice Matching to Receipts in Oracle Landed Cost Management Organizations 26
3.5.8. Release 12.2.5 27
3.5.8.1. Calculate Landed Costs for Returns and Corrections 27
3.5.8.2. Close Landed Cost Shipments 27
3.5.8.3. Flexibility on Actual Landed Cost Calculation for Charges 27
3.5.9. Release 12.2.6 27
3.5.9.1. Landed Cost Reports 27
3.5.9.2. Track Landed Costs for Projects 28
3.5.9.3. Calculate Landed Costs for Any Document, Any Transaction 28
3.6. Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications 29
3.6.1. Overview 29
3.6.2. Release 12.1.1 29
3.6.2.1. Mobile User Interface Personalization 29
3.6.3. Release 12.2 29
3.6.3.1. Mobile User Interface Personalization Enhancements 29
3.6.3.2. Cycle Counting Enhancements for Lot-Controlled Items 30
3.6.4. Release 12.2.3 30
3.6.5. Release 12.2.4 30
3.6.5.2. Mobile User Interface Enhancements 31
3.6.5.3. New Mobile Pages for Oracle Yard Management 31
3.6.6. Release 12.2.5 31
3.6.6.1. Single Sign-On 31
3.6.7. Release 12.2.7 31
3.6.7.1. MWA personalization Support for New Forms 31
3.6.7.2. Label reprint by Any User 31
3.6.7.3. Default Organization During Login 31
3.6.8. Release 12.2.9 32
3.6.8.1. Support for GS1 Barcode Specifications 32
3.7. Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications for iOS and Android 33
3.7.1. Overview 33
3.7.1. Client Version 1.0.2 33
3.7.1.1. Initial Release 33
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3.7.1.1. Numeric Keyboard support for number fields (For Android and iOS) 33
3.7.1.2. Hot Key support (For Android) 34
3.8. Oracle Warehouse Management 34
3.8.1. Overview 34
3.8.2. Release 12.1.1 34
3.8.2.1. Forward Pick Area Replenishment 34
3.8.2.2. Mobile User Interface Personalization 35
3.8.2.4. Dock Scheduling and Load Sequencing 36
3.8.2.5. LPN Status 36
3.8.2.6. UCC-128 and Case Picking Enhancements 36
3.8.2.7. Over-Allocation Using Oracle Warehouse Management Rules 36
3.8.2.8. LPN Over-Allocation During Pick Release 37
3.8.2.9. Directed Putaway of Reserved LPNs 37
3.8.2.10. Reusing LPNs 37
3.8.2.11. Cluster Pick by Label 37
3.8.2.12. Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Deployment 37
3.8.2.13. Advanced Wave Planning 38
3.8.3. Release 12.1.2 38
3.8.3.1. Advanced Wave Planning Enhancements 38
3.8.3.2. Task Cancellation 39
3.8.3.3. High Volume Case Picking Support 39
3.8.4. Release 12.1.3 40
3.8.4.1. Opportunistic Cycle Count 40
3.8.4.2. Lot Substitution 40
3.8.4.3. Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite 40
3.8.4.4. LSP Management and Activity-Based Billing 41
3.8.5. Release 12.2 41
3.8.5.1. Advanced Catch Weight 41
3.8.5.2. Additional Mobile User Interface Personalization Pages 42
3.8.5.3. Return to Vendor Enhancements 42
3.8.5.4. Contingent Worker Support 43
3.8.5.5. Mobile Logout Warning 43
3.8.5.6. Distributed Warehouse Management Integration to E-Business Suite R12 43
3.8.5.7. Task Management Usability Enhancements 43
3.8.5.8. LPN Visibility in Receiving 43
3.8.5.9. LPN Split Transaction Enhancements 44
3.8.5.11. Warehouse Control Board and Material Workbench Enhancements 44
3.8.5.12. Packing Workbench Enhancements 44
3.8.6. Release 12.2.4 44
3.8.6.1. Multiple Cycle Count Task Types 44
3.8.6.2. Cycle Count Skip Task 44
3.8.6.3. Drop by Location 45
3.8.6.4. Configurable Picking Exception 45
3.8.6.5. Cycle Count Workflow for Change Locator/LPN Exception 45
3.8.7. Release 12.2.5 45
3.8.7.1. Mobile Task Dashboard 45
3.8.7.2. Nested LPN Pick 45
3.8.7.3. Picking by Zone 46
3.8.7.4. Enable MMTT Descriptive Flexfield in Mobile Pick Load Page 46
3.8.8. Release 12.2.6 46
3.8.8.1. Inbound Task Dispatching and Interleaving 46
3.8.8.2. Drop by Location for Nested LPNs 46
3.8.8.3. Zone Based Label Printing 46
3.8.8.4. Zone Based Cycle Counting 46
3.8.9. Release 12.2.7 47
3.8.9.1. Transportation Planning for Waves 47
3.8.9.2. Warehouse Management on Oracle Compute Cloud 47
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3.8.10. Release 12.2.8 47
3.8.10.1. Support for Multi-Leg Shipments from Oracle Transportation Management 47
3.8.10.2. Warehouse Task Management 47
3.8.11. Release 12.2.9 47
3.8.11.1. Verify Pick 47
3.8.11.2. Ship Set with Pull Replenishment 48
3.9. Oracle Warehouse Management Information Discovery 48
3.9.1. Overview 48
3.9.2. V4 48
3.9.2.1. Plan Fulfillment 48
3.9.2.2. Track Fulfillment 48
3.9.2.3. Space Utilization 48
3.9.2.4. Labor Utilization 49
3.9.3. V5 49
3.9.3.1. Plan Fulfillment Enhancements 49
3.9.3.2. Space Utilization Enhancements 49
3.9.3.3. General Features 49
3.9.4. V6 49
3.9.4.1. Capacity Analysis 49
3.10. Oracle Yard Management 50
3.10.1. Overview 50
3.10.2. Release 12.2.4 50
3.10.2.1. Yard Definition 50
3.10.2.2. Equipment Definition 50
3.10.2.3. Dock Scheduling Workbench 50
3.10.2.4. Yard Transactions 50
3.10.2.5. Material Workbench 51
3.10.2.6. Yard Workbench 51
3.10.2.7. Integrations 51
3.10.3. Release 12.2.6 52
3.10.3.1. Remote Organization Servicing 52
3.10.3.2. User-Configurable Rules 52
3.10.3.3. Graphical Yard Workbench 52
3.10.4. Release 12.2.7 53
3.10.4.1. Yard Management on Oracle Compute Cloud 53
3.11. Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite 53
3.11.1. Overview 53
3.11.2.1. Android and iOS support 53
3.11.3.1. Distributed Yard Management (DYMS) Support for Smartphone App 53
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1. Disclaimer
This Release Content Document (RCD) describes product features that are proposed for
the specified releases of the Oracle E-Business Suite. This document describes new or
changed functionality only. Existing functionality from prior releases is not described. It
is intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading to the specified
release of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
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This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in
planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon
in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described in this document remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all
features described in this document without risking significant destabilization of the code.
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document 1
2. Introduction
2.1. Purpose of Document

This Release Content Document (RCD) communicates information about new or changed
functionality introduced in Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2, and in
subsequent Release Update Packs (RUPs) and off-cycle patches. For your convenience, it
also includes new or changed functionality introduced in the RUPs for Release 12,
including 12.0.2 through 12.0.7.
The features and enhancements described in this document are grouped by product, and
then by the release in which they first became available, for example, “Release 12.1.1”.
Features released in an off-cycle patch have a special designation – for example, a feature
released after 12.1.1, but before 12.1.2, is designated as “Release 12.1.1+”.
3. New and Changed Features in Logistics
3.1. Oracle Inventory Management

3.1.1. Overview
With Oracle Inventory Management, you can improve inventory visibility, reduce
inventory levels and control inventory operations. All of your material in each line of
business and stage of the inventory lifecycle can be tracked in a single system. Increased
transparency will reduce the need for local buffer stocks, and inventory will be located
where it previously was not known to exist.
Oracle Inventory Management is part of the Oracle Logistics solution and integrates
seamlessly with other Supply Chain Management applications, including Oracle
Warehouse Management, Oracle Order Management, Oracle Procurement, Oracle
Discrete Manufacturing, Oracle Process Manufacturing, and Oracle Financials.
3.1.2. Release 12.1.1
3.1.2.1. On Hand Material Status

Even in the most efficient manufacturing and distribution networks, quality issues may
arise. Packages may arrive damaged from transportation, defects may be detected in
manufacturing long after the product has left the production center, or quality issues
may affect only a portion of a manufacturing batch. With the On-Hand Material Status
feature, the material status model leveraged in Oracle Warehouse Management has been
extended to provide material status at the on-hand-balance–level.
On Hand Material Status will enable warehouse users to:
• Separate the physical movement of material and changes to the material status
into different responsibilities, which will prevent the accidental change of
material status when material is moved.
• Put part of a lot that exists in a certain location on hold without having to place
the entire lot on hold.
• Place a hold on non-lot or serial controlled items without moving that material
to a quarantine location.
3.1.2.2. Extensibility Enhancements

Users often need to alter the details of an allocation record programmatically in Oracle
Inventory Management. This may include manipulating the transaction based on logic
derived from a third-party materials management application or from a custom user
interface used to drive picking. To better support these requirements, Oracle Inventory
Management now offers a public API to manipulate records allocations prior to
committing a pick confirm transaction.
3.1.2.3. Lot Genealogy Enhancements

Enhancements in the Lot Genealogy window allow the user to:
• Highlight a particular item lot on the genealogy tree and toggle between the
Where Used tab and the Source tab using the highlighted item lot as the top-
level node in the tree structure. This enables the user to refresh the tree with a
different top-level node without being forced to go back to the query window.
• View more levels of detail in the left-side navigator window, where lot branches
are expanded, before having to scroll horizontally.
3.1.2.4. Purchasing by Revision Enhancements

The profile option INV: Purchasing by Revision controls whether an item revision will
be specified on purchase requisitions generated by Min-Max Planning. Purchasing by
Revision can now be used for non-revision controlled items as well as revision-
controlled items. Item revisions can be defined and used when purchasing material,
although the item may not be revision-controlled in inventory. The latest revision will be
defaulted onto the purchase requisition.
3.1.3. Release 12.1.2
3.1.3.1. Supply Chain Web Services for Items and Inventory

As part of this enhancement, web services are provided by exposing business logic
contained within Oracle Forms through Java APIs. These web services are cataloged in
the Oracle Integration Repository and can be browsed in the Oracle Integration
Repository Browser Interface under the respective product family node. By clicking on
the business entity in Integration Repository, you can view the full description, the list
of web services for that business entity, and the description of the web service. The
description of parameters can be seen from the XSD definition of the service available
via the generated WSDL.
The following web service is provided for Item:

Item: Create Item, Query Item Details, Update Item Details
The following web services are provided for Inventory:

• Lot Number: Create Lot Number, Query Lot Number, Update Lot Number
• Reservation: Create Reservation, Delete Reservation, Query Reservation,
Update Reservation
• Serial Number: Create Serial Number, Query Serial Number, Update Serial
Number
3.1.4. Release 12.2
3.1.4.1. Optional Lot Allocation

In warehouses where lot-controlled material is stacked in picking locations, the actual
lot number picked may depend on how accessible it is in the picking area. If the system
were to automatically allocate a specific lot, the lot might not be one that the picker can
retrieve. In such cases, it is optimal for the system to allocate quantities based on
availability rather than to allocate specific lots. Then the user will confirm the lot at pick
confirmation or while picking the task, in case of an Oracle Warehouse Management
organization.
Users can turn this feature on and off at the inventory organization level. An API is
provided to enable and disable this feature at the item, subinventory, and locator levels.
Optional lot allocation is also available for Oracle Warehouse Management
organizations. Optional lot allocation is not supported for Oracle Process Manufacturing
inventory organizations.
3.1.4.2. Serial Number Assignment Enhancements
In addition to the ability to defer serial number instantiation until ship confirmation
(sales order issue), Release 12.2 of Oracle Inventory Management now enables you to
receive and transfer inventory without assigning a serial number and to defer the serial
number assignment to later in the materials management process at the following issue
transactions:
• WIP Component Issue and WIP Component Receipt
• Field Service Issue and Field Service Recovery
• Return to Vendor
These serial numbers are tracked in the serial genealogy. This functionality works in
conjunction with the Serial Number Control Settings at Sales Order Issue and No (serial)
Control. However, if the user chooses Serial Number Control “At Receipt” for an item,
then serial numbers must be tracked for all material receipts for that item.
3.1.4.3. Return to Vendor Enhancements

In this release, the Return to Vendor process has been enhanced to manage the
fulfillment process of any outbound shipments associated with the return and to offer
greater flexibility in the determination of which facility can ship the returned goods. In
the latest release of Oracle Receiving, users can now track the entire shipment cycle of
returns.
The major features include:
• Create a return request in Oracle Receiving and track the corresponding
shipment in Oracle Shipping Execution.
• Print documents and perform export compliance check for the material being
returned to vendor.
• Return material using a return request without requiring a purchase order.
• Return material from any warehouse, independent of the inventory organization
in which it was initially received.
3.1.4.4. Global Lot Attributes

In the course of regular manufacturing and distribution processes, a single lot sourced
from one production batch might be divided among multiple facilities. A new profile
allows the lot to retain its attributes as it traverses organizations through the supply
chain. This feature also provides a new concurrent program request that synchronizes
global lot attributes across organizations.
3.1.4.5. Cycle Counting Enhancements

Warehouses conduct cycle counts to reconcile the system on-hand quantity with the
actual on-hand quantity. Items are prioritized using ABC Classification to count more
important (A) items more frequently than less important (C) items. The following
enhancements have been made to the cycle counting process:
• Item Unit Cost in ABC Compile criteria – In addition to existing criteria, ABC
Compile can now be created using the new compile criterion of Item Unit Cost.
Using this criterion ranks the items based on the item unit cost.
• Public API for ABC Assignment – A new public API supports creating and
updating ABC assignments. This will be useful during initial implementation
when converting from another system. It will also be useful for automating the
process when new items are defined and need to be added to the ABC
Assignment to be included in future cycle counts.
3.1.4.6. Distributed Warehouse Management Integration
As the number of customers on Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has grown, so too
has the demand to provide integrations between E-Business Suite Release 12 and Oracle
Warehouse Management for those customers who choose to implement their Oracle
Warehouse Management on a separate instance. To better support this deployment
methodology, the distributed Oracle Warehouse Management integration with Oracle E-
Business Suite provides a starter kit for integration between a distributed Oracle
Warehouse Management instance and an E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10, Release
12.1, or Release 12.2 instance.
3.1.4.7. Deferred Electronic Record and Electronic Signature Capture

In order to better support businesses with tight procedural controls around product
quality, Oracle Inventory Management now enables you to defer a material status
change until the electronic record and signature, which approves the status change, has
been recorded. Based on a profile option, the system can now allow the new status to go
into effect immediately or to be deferred until all signatures and approvals have been
captured in the Oracle Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures (ERES) system. If
the deferral option is chosen, the restrictions (the disallowed transactions) of both the
current and the pending status will be honored.
3.1.4.8. Public APIs for Unit of Measure

Public APIs are now available to create and update data related to Unit of Measure
(UOM). This includes the following:
• Create/update UOM Class
• Create/update UOM
• Create/update UOM Conversions such as Inter Class, Intra Class, Lot Specific
Conversions
This will be useful for importing data from legacy systems during implementations and
for mass updates of UOM Conversions.
3.1.4.9. Receiving Open Interface Enhancement

The Transaction Status Summary window now enables the user to query, resubmit, and
delete Receiving Open Interface (ROI) transactions without using a script to update the
underlying tables. A form function has been introduced to control access to for deletion
of Pending or Running ROI transactions.
3.1.4.10. Pay on Receipt for Landed Cost Management Organizations

Self-billing suppliers upon receipt is not supported in Oracle Landed Cost Management
inventory organizations. The Pay on Receipt program has been enhanced to populate the
Accounts Payable interface tables and to generate the invoices or debit memos (for
return transactions) for the interfaced data.
3.1.5. Release 12.2.3
3.1.5.1. Physical Inventory Integration Enhancements

Some businesses with a high volume of physical inventory transactions need to update
physical inventory records from an external system. For this requirement, Oracle
Inventory Management provides a public Physical Inventory API for updating existing
physical tag records and their corresponding adjustment records.
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4
3.1.6.1. Automated Return to Consignment for Work in Process Component

Returns
Many companies inspect only a portion of the material that their suppliers ship them.
For this reason, defective components that have been consigned from suppliers may not
be identified until that material has been issued into production. With this enhancement,
using Work in Process component return to move material back into inventory will
automatically return it to a consigned status and automatically perform the required
financial accounting. An API is also available to allow users to add custom logic to
control the auto-consigned return process.
3.1.7. Release 12.2.5
3.1.7.1. Serial Tagging at Sales Order Pick
The ability to defer serial number assignments has been enhanced. The system can now
be configured to capture item serial numbers during picking, even for items which are
not serial controlled. This enables you to reduce the overhead of tracking serial numbers
immediately after the item is received into the warehouse. With this new feature, users
are no longer required to capture serial numbers while moving material within the
warehouse, and are only required to enter serial numbers when the item is picked to
move to the staging lane for shipping.
In prior releases, items could be set as serial controlled at Sales Order Issue, in which
case the serials could be captured only after the items had moved to the staging lane. It
may not be feasible or convenient to capture serial numbers for staged material if it is
packed into LPNs or wrapped while dropping into the staging lanes.
With this feature, users can enable serial tagging for sales order pick, internal order pick,
or both. This expedites the downstream shipment process by reducing the burden on the
shipping operator.
Serial tagging can be enabled for an item in an organization during

• WIP Completion and Return
• Field Service Issue and Return
• Return to Vendor
• Internal Sales Order Picks
• External Sales Order Picks
This feature is now supported in Oracle Warehouse Management and Oracle Process
Manufacturing-enabled organizations.
3.1.7.2. Consignment Returns After Consumption
Sometimes there is a need to return the material back to consigned inventory even after
it has been consumed and a consumption advice or an invoice has been generated for it.
The Consignment Returns After Consumption enhancement gives the user the flexibility
to return the consumed material to consigned inventory at any point, and automatically
performs the required financial accounting. A new form function parameter,
CONS_INV_RTN_DAYS, determines how far in the past the consumed material may
be returned. A corresponding debit memo can be generated automatically if the Auto
Create Debit Memo for RTS parameter is enabled in the Supplier Site setup.
3.1.7.3. Receiving HTML User Interface
With a new HTML user interface for Receiving, inventory users can manage inbound
receipts against purchase orders, requisitions, advanced shipment notices (ASNs) etc.
Using this feature, warehouses can immediately realize the following benefits:
• Simplified user experience

• Pre-defined information tiles that quickly identify receipts to take quick action
• Ability to quickly verify and make changes during receipt and delivery
• Ability to view and monitor existing receipts
3.1.8. Release 12.2.6
3.1.8.1. Receiving HTML User Interface Enhancements for Lot and Serial Items
Now users can choose directed receipt action to receive lot and serial controlled items
against any supported document (purchase order, requisition, advanced shipment notice,
RMA, and so on). The new user interface is designed for tablets, but can be used
effectively on desktops and laptops as well.
3.1.8.2. Shipping HTML User Interface
The new simplified user interface for Shipping Operations provides a comprehensive
suite of tools to manage shipments for a warehouse or distribution center. This user
interface is designed for a tablets, but can be used on desktops and laptops as well. It has
informational tiles on the landing page, which provide simple summary and drilldown
capabilities for daily operations. Security and access are controlled by the Roles and
Grants setup for the user, under the Shipping responsibility.
3.1.8.3. Reservations HTML User Interface
The new simplified user interface for reservations provides a simplified user experience
to transfer, update, or delete existing reservations. The new user interface includes the
following features:
• Query reservations associated with customer sales orders and internal sales
orders.
• Update the supply and demand components of reservations.
• Transfer either the supply or the demand components of reservations from one
source to another.
3.1.8.4. Material Classification Tagging
Many businesses must capture product specific information such as country of origin or
packaging code, and print it on the packing slip prior to shipping. To address such
requirements, Oracle Inventory Management now enables you to set up material
classification codes and tag the material during picking or shipping.
Material classification tagging is set up in the item master at the organization level and
can be enabled for the following inventory transactions types:
• Sales order pick
• Internal order pick
• Sales order issue
• Internal order issue
Once tagging is enabled for an item in an organization, the system will prompt for the
Material Classification code when transacting the move orders or picking using a mobile
device. The user will be able to capture (or update) the classification code from the
Shipping Transactions window or from the new Shipping Operations user interface.
Material Classification tagging can be enabled only if the item is not serial controlled.
Once enabled, the Material Classification value is available for use in the Packing Slip
report.
3.1.9. Release 12.2.7
3.1.9.1. Material Workbench HTML User Interface

Before this release, Material Workbench was available only in Forms UI. An HTML
version of the Material Workbench is provided in this release which has some additional
capabilities to its form based counterpart.
The Material Workbench helps organizations track inventory on hand in a warehouse, in
receiving docks and inbound material. Material quantities across organizations can also
be viewed. In addition, users can create and save frequently used search queries and
perform the following actions: Move and issue material, request cycle counts, change
material statuses, transfer material cost groups, and perform grade updates.
This HTML User Interface provides the following capabilities in addition to the features
mentioned above:
• The solution is mobile friendly and can be accessed from a tablet. This enables
warehouse users to perform actions on the go as they move through the
warehouse.
• The solution can be personalized to cater to different lines of business -
Warehouse Management, Project Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Field
Service.
• A modern faceted search and browsing approach is followed that makes it easier
for users to locate material with reduced key clicks.
3.1.9.2. Receiving HTML UI – Enhanced LPN Receipt for a Multi-Distribution

Project tied PO
Previously, users could perform standard LPN receipt via MSCA. However, it was not
possible to receive against specific projects and distributions (for multi-distribution
POs).
With this new feature, users are able to receive packed material for specific distributions
in separate LPNs. This enables the user to accurately track project, distribution, and
LPN through the receiving transaction flow.
This enhanced functionality is applicable to both the Standard Receipt routing as well as
the Inspection Required Routing, but is only available in the Receiving HTML UI.
Users are able to putaway these LPN receipts using the MSCA UI.
3.1.9.3. Receiving HTML User Interface Enhancement for Returns
This new feature adds returns processing to the Receiving HTML user interface. The
added functionality is the same as the returns processing available in the traditional
forms interface.
Infotiles have seeded queries to fetch the eligible documents automatically without the
user explicitly querying. For example, the ‘Rejected’ infotile will fetch all the
documents that have failed inspection; ‘Returned to Receiving’ will fetch all the
documents that have been returned to receiving from inventory; and ‘Today’s Receipts’
will fetch all receipts performed today.
3.1.9.4. Return from Organization Different than the Original Receipt

Organization with or without Oracle Shipping Integration
Previously, users could perform returns from an organization that was different from the
receiving org only when the profile RCV: Track Shipments for Return to Vendors is set
to 'Yes'.
This enhancement preserves the ability to process returns from different organization
even without enabling the profile option. This new feature which works without the
above profile setup, is available only through the simplified receiving HTML UI.
Lot and serially tracked items that are moved to an organization that does not support lot
and serials, cannot be returned using this enhanced process.
3.1.9.5. Transportation Planning for Waves

The current integration between Shipping Execution (WSH) and Oracle Transportation
Management (OTM) is utilizing very limited capabilities of OTM features. For
instance, the current integration requires EBS users to create deliveries in Shipping
Execution before sending them to OTM for planning which restricts Oracle
Transportation Management (OTM) from making optimal planning decisions.
With Release 12.2.7, EBS users are no longer burdened with the need to build deliveries
(It is optional) prior to transportation planning. Transportation Planning now builds
shipments with greater flexibility and Ship units can be split, if necessary.
- A new concurrent program groups the selected delivery lines and sends them to
OTM for planning. Grouped delivery lines are transferred to OTM as a
Transportation Sub batch, which corresponds to an order release. When
transportation planning in OTM is complete, shipments are sent to Shipping
Execution in the Planned Shipment Interface. Shipping Execution uses the shipment
information to create deliveries (if not already created) and trips.
- OTM allocates freight costs at Order Release level. In the new enhancement, there
can be multiple deliveries in EBS for a single order release. In this case, the freight
costs for the Order Release are prorated over the deliveries in that order release.
- Finally, this enhancement allows Ship Units to be split and grouped into multiple
shipments. Sometimes a single Ship Unit exceeds the capacity of even the largest
transportation equipment. Splitting the Ship Unit is the only practical way to get it
delivered.
3.1.10. Release 12.2.8
3.1.10.1. Create Move Orders from Material Workbench HTML User Interface
The HTML Material Workbench was first released in12.2.7 and included the ability to
perform Mass Issues. The 12.2.8 release provides the ability to perform Mass Moves.
In both of these scenarios, a Move Order is created behind the scenes. These two
features will now be able to open up the Move Order in the new HTML Move Order
user interface.
3.1.10.2. Allow Corrections of received quantity from Receiving Operations UI

Previously the ability to correct receipt errors was limited to the to the forms version of
the user interface. The 12.2.8 release provides the functionality to provide receipt
corrections in the HTML version of Receiving Operations.
3.1.10.3. Shipment Line based Receiving in MSCA

Previously users had no control over how new items were received against open
shipments associated with the purchase order. The new functionality allows users to
choose which shipment is used when receiving the item.
3.1.10.4. Item Receipt (HTML UI)

Receiving Operations previously supported only two actions: Quick and Directed. The
12.2.8 release adds a third alternative: Item. This allows the user to receive by items
using the Receiving Workbench. The Item LOV is available for querying specific items
and item descriptions, so the user is not required to scroll through multiple lines looking
for a particular item.
3.1.10.5. Inventory Aging Report

A new report has been added to help users track the age of on-hand inventory in FIFO-
tracked inventory organizations. With customer-defined time buckets, users can identify
how long inventory has been in stock. For example, buckets could be set up for various
periods, such as less than 30 days, between 31 to 180 days, 181 to 365 days, and over
one year.
3.1.10.6. Support for Multi-Leg Shipments from Oracle Transportation

Management
Prior to 12.2.8, the integration between EBS and Oracle Transportation Management
(OTM) did not support multi-leg shipments. When a user planned an order release of
multi-leg shipments, only information for the first leg of the shipment was accepted and
maintained in EBS. The subsequent legs of the shipments were not available in EBS and
the user had no visibility or access to them. This limitation prevented users from
tracking, ship confirming, and otherwise updating all shipments/trips associated to a
delivery.
The new functionality enables support for multi-leg scenarios in current EBS-OTM
Integration (both Delivery and Batch based integrations). EBS Shipping Execution now
has the ability to receive multi-leg shipments from OTM and create all corresponding
trips. Users now have visibility in EBS to all legs in a trip and can easily track
locations, dates, and freight costs associated with each leg. Once these trips are ship
confirmed in EBS, the ‘Actual Shipment’ information is sent to OTM.
3.1.1. Release 12.2.9
3.1.1.1. Automated Move of Backordered Material

This new feature provides the ability to automatically generate a Move Order for
backordered items during the Ship Confirmation process. It gives the option to move
backordered material from a staging subinventory to a source subinventory while
capturing the exact reason for the backorder. Users can optionally auto transact the
Move Order created for the automated move of backordered material during Ship
confirmation and query Move Order / Move Order Lines. The user can optionally
override the destination sub-inventory for Move Order Lines using a custom API and
capture backorder reason codes during Ship Confirmation.
3.1.1.2. Ability to backorder Move Order lines using public API

This public API provides the ability to backorder open Move Order lines. The API
accepts move order line as input and after validating, it deletes the allocations and
associated reservations, if any. Depending on the source of the Move Order, it would
update the shipping or WIP tables to reflect the correct status and quantities and close
the Move Order line.
3.1.1.3. Ability to Backorder Delivery Details without creating a Delivery

The enhancement allows the user to backorder staged delivery details and/or
Containers/LPNs without creating a delivery. Currently, when user wants to backorder
some of the staged delivery details and/or container/LPNs in a delivery, the user has to
first unassign the required delivery details and/or container/LPNs from the existing
delivery, create a new delivery and then do a backorder all from ship confirm window.
3.1.1.4. Workflow Driven Cycle Count Approval

This new feature provides an ability to add AME Approval workflow for Cycle Count
Approvals. The AME workflow can be configured based on different attributes used by
the cycle counting process. Users can select the relevant attributes and define the AME
rules that will work best for their business flow.
This enhancement uses AME approval workflow for cycle count entries approval by
providing dynamic approval hierarchies based on context/criteria of each cycle count
entry.
3.1.1.5. Cancel Unshipped Lines for Sales Orders

This enhancement provides the ability to deliver only the available quantity and cancel
the remaining quantity of a sales order instead of creating a backorder. It will
automatically cancel the order lines and any remaining quantity. User can enable this
feature at the customer account level.
3.1.1.6. Inspection Support in Receiving HTML User Interface

This enhancement adds inspection support to the HTML Receiving page. A new Inspect
filmstrip has been introduced to allow the user to enter inspection details including
quality and reason codes, supplier lot information and additional comments related to a
Purchasing inspection.
3.2. Oracle Inventory Management Command Center
3.2.1. Overview
Oracle Inventory Management Command Center provides actionable insights that help
the inventory team streamline daily activities and quickly address exceptions. It provides
guided navigation using metrics, charts, graphs, and other data that deliver unprecedented
visibility into ongoing operations. Designed to be “touch-friendly,” the Inventory
Management Command Center supports complex data analysis with the touch of a finger
or click of a mouse.
The Oracle Inventory Management Command Center is available at no additional cost to
licensed users of Oracle Inventory Management. It can be applied to Release 12.2.4 and
above.
3.2.2. Release 12.2.8
3.2.2.1. Shipping Dashboard

The Shipping Dashboard simplifies and expedites fulfillment planning and execution. It
provides metrics that identify high priority needs, like late orders, as well as lower
priorities, like orders without a carrier. In all cases, selecting any metric allows the user
to drill down and focus attention on the chosen priority. Orders are tracked by a variety
of attributes, including ship date, status, and carrier. Carefully crafted graphs highlight
these attributes and help users visualize the size and state of the work load they must
manage. Selecting any component of a graph allows the user to drill down and better
refine the data set. To compliment the touch-friendly drill down process, there is also a
multi-faceted search capability that supports ad hoc queries. Regardless of how the
results are derived, users can immediately act on the data using Shipping Operations.
3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+
3.2.3.1. Aging Inventory Dashboard

The Aging Inventory dashboard streamlines inventory management functions and
facilitates corrective actions. Aging can affect inventory turns and may be an indication
that allocation schemes are not working as expected. For some material, aging means an
item is getting closer to its expiration date, retest date, or maturity date. The
consequences of letting material expire unnecessarily can be costly. Carrying obsolete
and expired inventory fills a facility, making it less efficient. The aging inventory
dashboard provides visibility to inventory as it ages and allows users to be proactive,
avoiding problems rather than paying for them.
3.2.3.2. Cycle Counting Dashboard

Cycle Counting Dashboard simplifies the management of cycling counting
programs. At a high level this dashboard helps manage 2 work queues. First, and
probably most importantly, it focuses on the counts themselves. Simple metrics provide
the context for daily operations, including the number and status of available counts, as
well as measures of progress, including counts completed and hits / misses. This
dashboard also focuses on pending approvals, showing them by location, date, count
schedule, and value change. Users can act on what they see and approve, reject, or
request a recount for any of the pending approvals. Finally, this dashboard provides
visibility to recently completed counts for comparison.
3.3. Oracle Inventory Management Information Discovery
3.3.1. Overview
Imagine always being able to focus on the right priorities at the right time. Oracle
Inventory Management Information Discovery brings order to the chaotic flow of data we
deal with on a daily basis. Information Discovery turns raw data into accessible, usable
information that is the basis for action. Oracle Inventory Management Information
Discovery enables users to navigate directly to actionable user interfaces, providing a
fast, easy means for taking action. Whether sitting at a desk or on the go, native
application support for mobile tablets means that access to Oracle Inventory Management
is only a touch away.
3.3.2. V4
Oracle Inventory Management Information Discovery empowers manufacturing and

logistics managers, supply chain analysts, and business users to find parts suppliers and
alternates for effective sourcing decisions, to compare product specifications, and to
instantly detect duplicate parts and product catalog discrepancies
Key features include:
• Search Assistance: As a user types in the search box, the list of matching values
in key attributes like Item Number, Catalog Group, Item Description, and Long
Description are displayed.
• Complete View of an Item and Related Business Entities: Get a 360o view of
an item and related business entities without the need to navigate to multiple
screens and manually correlate related information. Oracle Cost Management
Information Discovery enables users to discover transactions and related
accounting information in real time, thereby providing the opportunity to
effectively manage the period close process, to reconcile accounting, and to
ensure the accuracy of accounting across sub ledgers.
• Product Comparisons: A user can quickly add item records across different
organizations for side-by-side attribute comparison, eliminating the need to
export data to a spreadsheet to perform such analysis.
• Integration: Oracle Inventory Management Information Discovery is fully
integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite.
3.3.3. V5
3.3.3.1. Plan Fulfillment

With Plan Fulfillment, an inventory manager can plan daily outbound work. Visibility
into daily work and overdue work provides a full picture of demand. Demand can be
compared to current inventory information all in one place. Scarce inventory and stock
outs are highlighted. Additional attention can be given to high value orders with stock
issues.
3.3.3.2. Track Fulfillment

The Track Fulfillment work area enables an inventory manager to quickly identify
customer orders that are being fulfilled. Full visibility into fulfillment status (picked,
picked with exception, staged) helps track the fulfillment of customer orders in the
warehouse. Users can manage delivery exceptions, holds, and interface activity that
could delay the fulfillment and revenue recognition process.
3.3.3.3. Space Utilization

The Space Utilization work area visually identifies problem areas in the warehouse in
terms of material storage. Poorly slotted material, fragmented items, and fragmented
locators are highlighted. A new feature to highlight fragmentation based on velocity is
part of this release. The user can initiate a movement request to consolidate fragmented
material, improve the slotting of material, or update item or locator status to manage
quarantines and recalls, all from this work area.
3.3.3.4. Enhancements to Item Information Discovery

• Range filters have been enabled for all numeric attributes in guided navigation.
• A carousel viewing option is available for the Items result list region.
• For discrete inventory organizations, Item Cost is now available for incremental
refresh.
• Users can navigate from Information Discovery Discrete Work Order Search to
the Item Information Discovery page through deep linking.
• Users can access the Item Master through the Update Item link.
3.3.3.5. General Features

All tabs can be configured to upload data for specific organizations and subinventories
by setting the following lookups:
• Organization Control for INV Information Discovery
• Subinventory Control for INV Information Discovery
The default value for the lookups is ALL. With this setting, all inventory organizations
and subinventories are uploaded by default. Users can choose to restrict an upload to
specific organizations and subinventories in order to limit the amount of data in each
periodic refresh.
Users can invoke the Shipping Transaction page directly from the delivery link with
delivery information defaulted and can reference flexfields to filter data based on
specific attributes.
3.3.4. V7
3.3.4.1. Locator Capacity
For organizations with locators defined, a new feature enables you to view the inventory
capacity in terms of units, weight, or volume. The Locator Capacity feature provides
visibility into occupied capacity versus available capacity by locator, and supports
drilldown into locator contents.
3.4. Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite
3.4.1. Overview
With Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite, inventory managers can
quickly look up on-hand and in-transit inventory across facilities.
• View in-stock material across facilities.

• Identify existing material reservations.
• View loose vs. packed material.
• Identify pending material movements.
• View in-transit and received material.
• Query LPNs to view contents.
• Quickly schedule a cycle count while viewing on-hand material.
• Manually schedule a cycle count by subinventory, locator, item, revision, or lot.
Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-
Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above. To use this app, you must be a licensed user
of Oracle Inventory Management, with mobile services configured on the server side by
your administrator. Users of Oracle Warehouse Management get additional capability for
LPN Inquiry.
Note: Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite is available in the following
languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.
3.4.2. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0
3.4.2.1. Accessibility Improvements

There are accessibility improvements in the Oracle Mobile Inventory smartphone
application.
• Improvements in contextual tab bar, springboard, and error and warning
messages
• Voice-over improvements
3.4.2.2. Mobile Foundation Release 2.1 Updates

• Improvements in login and configuration flow
• Ability to change server URL without reinstalling the app
• Diagnostics improvements
3.4.3.1. Android Support

In previous versions, Oracle Mobile Inventory for Oracle E-Business Suite was
available only for iOS devices. Starting with version 1.2.0, the app is available for
Android devices as well.

• Changes to support both iOS and Android with the same client code
• Ability to update the server URL from the Connection Details page
3.4.4.1. Mobile Translation Release 4.0 Updates

This app is available in the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French,
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Simplified
Chinese, and Spanish.

• Support for enterprise distribution
• Customization support for corporate branding
• Support for Web SSO authentication to delegate authentication to Oracle Access
Manager (OAM)
3.4.5.1. Schedule Cycle Count

Potential inventory problems demand immediate action to ensure that fulfillment
activities remain accurate and efficient. Oracle Mobile Inventory supports multiple
methods of cycle count scheduling to resolve potential inventory issues. You can:
• Quickly schedule a cycle count while viewing on-hand material.
• Manually schedule a cycle count by subinventory, locator, item, revision, or lot.

• User installation and usage metrics for administrators
• Updated look and feel for selected app interactions
• Uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.2.2

• Ability to open links to external websites within the app
• Updated look and feel, including native look and feel for action sheets on iOS
devices
• Ability to easily clear user credential fields in the Sign In page
• Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF)
2.3.1

• Ability to import custom CA or self-signed server certificates to standard apps
for TLS connections to Oracle E-Business Suite
• Ability to download the mobile app configuration automatically from the server
2.4.0

• For apps installed through an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution's
app catalog, support for having the EBS Server URL preconfigured by an
administrator rather than requiring users to enter it after launching the app
• Enhancement to prevent attachments viewed within the app from being shared
elsewhere on iOS devices
2.5.0
3.5. Oracle Landed Cost Management
In an effort to meet revenue targets and profitability expectations, companies often look
to international trade to maximize their customer reach, gain competitive advantage, and
reduce costs. However, international trade introduces new coordination and management
complexities as well as costs. Understanding and attributing how much money an
enterprise is currently earning by product becomes very difficult. This is due in large part
to the fact that financial processes do not often mirror complicated physical supply flows.
Companies are looking for ways to bridge these two realities and accurately map product
movement and costs to financial accounting. They need the confidence to know that cost
and inventory valuations are correct. This is important not just for regulatory compliance
but also for strategic decision making. Knowledge and visibility into these trade costs
would help organizations better evaluate new product plans, price their products, and
negotiate contracts with both suppliers and customers.
Additionally, some industries and regions require that product-specific landed costs be
tracked and included on documentation even for domestic trade. These requirements are
often driven by a federal mandate, as in countries like Brazil and India. However, they
can also be driven by the needs of industries like process manufacturing, where it is
difficult to track individual acquisition components against the resulting products that are
stored and sold further downstream.
A landed cost management solution itemizes all the merchandise-related and non-
merchandise-related costs associated with an organization’s supply chain. It apportions
these costs back to the individual merchandise item, providing traceability throughout the
item’s lifecycle. The result is overall visibility that drives strategic decisions around
sourcing, product pricing, contract negotiation, and product planning initiatives. It also
provides the evidence and data to support accurate fiscal reporting and compliant trade
documentation.
3.5.1. Overview
Oracle Landed Cost Management was introduced in Oracle E-Business Suite Release
12.1.1. It captures extended supply chain costs (freight, insurance, duties, taxes, and so
on) and attributes them back to the products that incurred those costs. As a result, costs
tracked in Oracle Cost Management are no longer based on purchase order item costs but
are instead based on total landed cost. This means that decisions made from system cost
valuations and the related financial reports and statements are more effective and based
on “real” product costs. This can equate to increased product profitability through better
pricing models, sourcing decisions, and contract negotiations.
3.5.2. Release 12.1.1
3.5.2.1. Charge Management

Many of the charges that apply to landed costs can be complicated in their application,
maintenance, and ongoing tracking. These charges are received in a variety of formats at
different points during a fulfillment process. These points include product creation,
sourcing, order creation, shipping, receiving, and invoicing. Organizing and tracking
these charges as soon as they are incurred is key to fully understanding a company’s
outstanding liabilities.
Oracle Landed Cost Management collects an unlimited number of estimated charges and
enables users to configure how charges should be applied to a shipment line, a group of
lines within a shipment, or an entire shipment. It applies these charges based on weight,
volume, quantity, or the value of the items being traded. These charges can be
categorized by different cost factors; this categorization will ultimately govern how the
charges are included in a total landed cost calculation. Once actual amounts are
received, Charge Management records the new value for comparison with the earlier
estimates and sends adjustments to back-office applications.
3.5.2.2. Advanced Pricing for Charge Templates

When organizations try to obtain estimates for a particular charge, they typically identify
standard business rules for when these charges should apply. Oracle Landed Cost
Management enables users to enter lists of estimated charges and the conditions under
which these charges should apply by using Advanced Pricing. This process enables a
template of charges to be automatically applied to a receipt. It removes the need for a
charge reference spreadsheet or document often found in organizations dealing with
complex supply chains, and minimizes the error-prone process of manually entering
charges during a transaction. Once these estimated costs are applied by Advanced
Pricing, users can verify and update them through Oracle Landed Cost Management’s
Charge Management functionality. Ultimately, Oracle Landed Cost Management uses
these components to calculate the estimated landed cost.
3.5.2.3. Landed Cost Calculation

Most organizations struggle to find the “real” costs required to take a product to market,
to source a product overseas, or to do business with a particular vendor or customer.
Knowing the total actual landed cost of goods provides powerful insight in today’s
competitive global markets. When companies use this landed cost information
strategically, they can control overall product margin and optimize profitability. Some
companies can only estimate this landed cost at best, while others can calculate
estimated or actual costs. Often, this is done in a semi-automated fashion in different
places, making it difficult to compare estimates with actuals.
The Oracle Landed Cost Management engine enables you to calculate the estimated
landed cost based on charges that are manually assigned and automatically allocated
according to the configuration in the charge management repository. The engine
recalculates applicable taxes and can be configured to exclude recoverable tax amounts.
It also calculates the actual landed costs by prorating the actual invoices and
proportional taxes to obtain the variances between what was estimated and what was
charged. Cost components summed in the calculation remain stored at the most granular
level for detailed tracking of charge amounts, while variances are updated to the
appropriate accounts.
3.5.2.4. Product Cost Dashboard

Financial flows do not mirror physical supply chain transactional flows. Landed cost
management links these two flows together and provides visibility and traceability from
one to the other. With Landed Cost Management dashboards, you can see real-
time accrual updates for a particular receipt or shipment. You can validate the accuracy
of a supplier’s estimate by comparing estimated and actual costs, and you can see the
percentage of a particular cost component for a particular item. Additionally, you can
use all of the flexible Oracle and E-Business Suite tools to meet your own customized
reporting requirements.
3.5.2.5. Tax Recovery

Many countries impose high tariffs on items as they pass through the supply chain. As a
result, tax recoverability becomes extremely important to sourcing decisions and to
automating inbound flows. Oracle Landed Cost Management factors tax recoverable
amounts into the landed cost calculation so that estimated and actual landed cost
calculations do not overstate the true tax costs.
3.5.2.6. Integration with E-Business Suite Supply Chain and Back Office
Almost all organizations struggle to provide their back office systems with visibility into
estimates of accrued liabilities that are updated with actual amounts when they become
known. This is particularly the case when a large portion of trade is done across borders
or through a complex supply chain. Oracle’s Landed Cost Management is integrated
with the Oracle E-Business Suite financial and supply chain applications to provide this
visibility with straight forward implementation. Oracle Landed Cost Management
provides the estimated landed cost to E-Business Suite Inventory Receiving, which then
automatically forwards the estimate to the E-Business Suite Cost Management module.
Once actual costs are obtained and shared with Oracle Accounts Payable, variances are
communicated to E-Business Suite Cost Management.
3.5.2.7. Procurement Integration

Procurement information is often used to itemize expected shipment or receiving lines
on which extended supply chain charges will be applied. Oracle Landed Cost
Management provides visibility into Oracle E-Business Suite Procurement information
in order to build expected shipments for charge application and subsequent landed cost
estimate calculations. The reference information provided by Procurement saves time
and prevents errors that might occur during manual data entry. Once available in Oracle
Landed Cost Management, the expected values received from procurement, such as
quantity and price, can be edited for estimated cost calculation purposes. Furthermore,
all the necessary data is provided to help arrive at an accurate three-way match once an
invoice for a purchase order line or charge is entered into Accounts Payable.
3.5.2.8. Receiving Integration

It can be difficult to gain insight into charges associated with the acquisition of items
through an extended supply chain. Often, organizations are not aware of these charges
until an invoice is received. Companies need better visibility into these charges.
Additionally, many regions require that all expenses be accounted for at an item or
product level upon receipt. In order to comply with these requirements and provide an
accurate calculation of product related expenses, these extended costs need to be
estimated and applied to an item at the time of receipt.
The integration of Oracle Landed Cost Management with the Receiving module in
Oracle Inventory Management enables the Receiving module to view the Oracle Landed
Cost Management estimated shipments and receive against them. It further calls Oracle
Landed Cost Management for a total cost estimation calculation for all receipts whether
they originate in Oracle Landed Cost Management or in Receiving itself. These
estimations are then forwarded to the E-Business Suite Cost Management in order to
update inventory valuations and accounting.
3.5.2.9. Cost Management Integration

When organizations do estimate landed costs, they often do not communicate those
estimates to their back office system. This is because they lack an automated method to
update these estimates with actual values once the actuals are received. This prevents the
organization from fully utilizing the estimated information in their reporting and
decision-making processes.
After actual values are received and the true landed cost is calculated in Oracle Landed
Cost Management, any variances between the actual and the estimate are determined.
Those variances are updated to E-Business Suite Cost Management module, which in
turn updates the proper accounts and valuation.
3.5.2.10. Accounts Payable Integration
Few accounts payable applications provide a mechanism to apply and match an
unlimited number of charges to a particular procured item line or group of lines. This
means that accurate actual landed cost calculations might be difficult to calculate
automatically. Additionally, this prevents tying an actual charge back to any record of an
earlier estimated landed cost calculation.
Oracle Payables allows for unlimited numbers of charges to be entered and applied to
procured line items and enables line items to be applied and associate to recovered line
items. This information is forwarded to Oracle Landed Cost Management, which in turn
calculates the actual landed cost. These values are compared with earlier estimates to
determine if a variance should be communicated to costing and ultimately to the general
ledger.
3.5.3. Release 12.1.2
3.5.3.1. Oracle Landed Cost Management Support for Process Cost Management
In a global environment, extended supply chain and logistical costs can account for as
much as fifty percent of the overall cost to obtain an item. Process industries are
particularly sensitive to these additional costs, especially when the goods being acquired
are commodities with narrow margins. Oracle Landed Cost Management is being
enhanced to support Oracle Process Manufacturing. Most of the enhancements are
designed to enable Oracle Process Manufacturing Cost Management to consume the
landed cost calculations and adjustments. Please see the Release Content Document for
Manufacturing for more information about the enhancements made to Oracle Process
Manufacturing Cost Management to support this flow.
3.5.3.2. Visibility into Matched Invoice Amounts

Comparing a total landed cost calculation against the portion of the cost that has been
invoiced gives companies visibility into the finality of the actual landed cost calculation.
It also helps them understand how complete the billing is for a particular receipt
including all of the applicable charges.
The Allocations view on the Shipment Hierarchy page has been enhanced with a third
calculation column, Matched, in addition to the estimated and actual amounts. This
column includes the portion of the actual landed cost that has been billed or invoiced.
Users can drill down to review the itemized matched or billed transactions to help
resolve issues, tracing back a landed cost calculation to the related invoices.
3.5.3.3. Landed Cost Calculation History

Organizations that make decisions based on landed cost data often monitor landed cost
calculations for unexpected inconsistencies between estimated and actual calculations. If
an inconsistency exists, they need to drill down to the root cause. This insight is
particularly helpful in refining estimated charge calculations or troubleshooting errors.
The Landed Cost Details page now has a calculation history diagram. Peaks in the
diagram indicate actual calculations that are not in line with estimates, and may warrant
further investigation. Users can review the details for a particular landed cost calculation
for more information.
3.5.3.4. Landed Cost Visualization by Purchase Order
In purchasing organizations where material crosses international borders, extended costs
are a large portion of the overall acquisition cost. It is often helpful for procurement
professionals to see the estimated landed cost of a purchase order before submitting it.
With Release 12.1.2, the Display Acquisition Cost page in Oracle Purchasing displays
landed cost information by purchase order.
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3
3.5.4.1. Landed Cost Simulation for Purchase Orders

Landed cost is the cost to “land” the good at the final location. It could also be the cost
that a buyer has incurred when purchasing a good or service. Landed cost is calculated
in order to accurately measure an organization’s cost calculation and item profitability.
Knowing the real landed cost is important in actual costing, evaluating on-hand
inventory, setting sales prices, and revenue forecasting.
This feature enables a buyer to simulate the landed costs at creation time of purchase
orders, allowing better sourcing decisions based on the true landed cost of the items. The
buyer can also review the landed cost information simulations by editing the charges
automatically calculated or create and delete new landed cost charges.
3.5.5. Release 12.1.3.4
3.5.5.1. Landed Cost Management Information Discovery

The Landed Cost Management Information Discovery pages are part of the Oracle Cost
Management Information Discovery product. Users can analyze the landed cost
information for enhanced supply and product margin management through two new
pages: Monitor Daily Operations and Landed Cost Analysis.
• Monitor Daily Operations provides easy identification of shipments that need
attention from users, such as shipments that to be corrected or that require an
additional step to complete the landed cost shipment lifecycle.
• Landed Cost Analysis provides an in-depth understanding of the landed costs to
assist in managing and lowering the total inventory costs and making better
sourcing decisions.
3.5.6. Release 12.2
3.5.6.1. Update Estimated Landed Cost of Completed Shipments

Oracle Landed Cost Management introduces the ability to update the estimated landed
cost of completed shipments. The estimated landed cost can be updated when the
shipment has been received into inventory, but the invoice has not been matched to the
receipt.
This functionality provides the flexibility to update completed Oracle Landed Cost
Management shipments with the latest pricing information provided by item suppliers
and charge providers to reflect changes to the business scenario such as change of
freight provider or shipping methods, et cetera. This feature is limited to discrete
inventory organizations.
3.5.6.2. Landed Cost Calculation for Selected Items

The landed cost calculation is set at purchase order approval time for the supported
purchase documents. In previous releases, all supported lines shipped to Oracle Landed
Cost Management organizations were set for landed cost calculation. Now users can
define a set of items to be eligible for landed cost calculation by setting a category set.
This functionality enables companies to define the landed cost calculation and tracking
for selected items that have the most impact from extended supply chain charges, such
as transportation and duty fees.
3.5.6.3. Manage Charges for Oracle Landed Cost Management as a Service Flow
The Oracle Landed Cost Management as a Service flow is an implementation option in
which the landed cost shipments are automatically created when receipts are entered in
the receiving application. During landed cost shipment creation, the charges are
automatically defaulted by the Advanced Pricing Engine and prorated into the shipment
lines landed cost.
Through this new feature, users can review and update the defaulted charge lines during
landed cost shipment creation. Users can selectively define rules that govern which
shipments can be completed automatically and which shipments require manual
intervention to review and update the charges and complete the shipment.
3.5.7. Release 12.2.4
3.5.7.1. Update Estimated Landed Cost (ELC) API

Users can update estimated landed cost components such as item prices and charge
amounts through a public API. The Update ELC API enables:
• Mass updates to the item prices of shipment lines in completed shipments
• Mass updates to the charge amounts of existing charge lines from completed
shipments
• Mass creation of charge lines for completed shipments
When processing item price updates:
• Updates are allowed only for lines of completed shipments that have not yet
been matched.
• The new item price is required and must be compliant with the purchase order
price tolerances.
3.5.7.2. Update Simulations for Approved Purchase Orders

Oracle Landed Cost Management now enables the users to modify the landed cost
simulations of approved purchase orders. The Landed Cost simulation workbench has
been modified to:
• Enable users to create new simulations for approved purchase orders
• Enable users to copy existing simulations into new ones for approved purchase
orders
The ability to update simulations of approved purchase orders helps keep the simulation
data in sync with the latest pricing information and delivers improved flexibility for
using the simulations as a defaulting mechanism for the landed cost charges generation.
The landed costs from firmed simulations are used to derive the charges when the
estimated landed cost is calculated.
3.5.7.3. Invoice Matching to Receipts in Oracle Landed Cost Management

Organizations
The following new features support charge invoice matching to Oracle Landed Cost
Management receipts:
• Multi-currency support: users can match charge invoices such as domestic
freight in local currencies even if the purchase order is in another currency.
• Ability to search for receipt lines to be matched to an invoice using additional
attributes such as Oracle Landed Cost Management shipment number, cost
factor, and charge party
• Ability to view landed cost information in the charge invoice matching screen
• Easy navigation from the invoice matching screen to the landed cost details of
the receipt lines that can be matched to the invoice\
3.5.8. Release 12.2.5
3.5.8.1. Calculate Landed Costs for Returns and Corrections

Oracle Landed Cost Management now recalculates the landed cost of items whenever
the receipt quantity is changed by a receiving correction or by a return to supplier.
The concepts of refundable and non-refundable cost factors have been introduced when
the landed costs are being recalculated and are defined in the Cost Factors setup page.
The refundable charge amounts are excluded from the unit landed cost in proportion to
the corrected or returned quantity.
The non-refundable charge amounts stay constant during the landed cost calculation.
When the adjusted receipt quantity is smaller after the correction or return, the result is a
higher unit landed cost, because the same charge amount is prorated against the net
received quantity.
3.5.8.2. Close Landed Cost Shipments

Oracle Landed Cost Management users can mass update landed cost shipments and
close the shipment lines for matching.
Closed shipment lines, depending on an option setup, may not be visible during the
charge invoice matching in Oracle Payables.
3.5.8.3. Flexibility on Actual Landed Cost Calculation for Charges

Oracle Landed Cost Management relies on invoice matching from the Oracle Payables
application to get the actual prices for actual landed cost calculation. The current
matching process, in Oracle Payables, enables the automatic proration of a charge
amount into receipt lines using the quantity as an allocation criterion.
Oracle Landed Cost Management recalculates these prorated amounts according to the
allocation criteria defined in the cost factors for more accurate actual landed costs.
The new functionality provides additional flexibility to:
• Not recalculate charge amounts manually created
• Provide an option to reallocate the charge amount across all the lines in the
purchase order, across all landed cost shipments corresponding to the matched
receipts, or only against the specific landed cost shipment corresponding to the
matched receipt.
The new profile INL: Re-prorate Charge Invoice Amounts controls these calculations.
3.5.9. Release 12.2.6
3.5.9.1. Landed Cost Reports

The following reports have been introduced in Oracle Landed Cost Management:
• The Landed Cost Detail report provides a detailed visualization of the landed
cost amounts at the level of the landed cost component. This report includes the
projects and tasks breakdown when available. This report is broken down by
shipments and can be executed for a range of shipments, a range of dates, or for
items or projects and tasks.
• The Landed Cost Summary Report shows the summarized unit and total landed
cost amount of shipment lines. It can be filtered by source, range of document
number, range of dates, and so on.
• The Unaccounted Landed Costs for Full Returns Report includes any landed
cost amount that could not be allocated during the landed cost calculation as a
consequence of full returns.
3.5.9.2. Track Landed Costs for Projects

Support for landed cost calculation has been extended to Oracle Project Manufacturing
organizations, making the landed cost breakdown available for projects and tasks.
Oracle Inventory Management now enables Oracle Projects and Oracle Project
Manufacturing organizations to enable Oracle Landed Cost Management. The landed
cost can now be estimated for a project, and the actual landed cost tracked at the project
level after invoice matching.
3.5.9.3. Calculate Landed Costs for Any Document, Any Transaction

Oracle Landed Cost Management provides new public APIs that enable creating and
updating shipments for any document and any source.
These can be used to capture and calculate landed cost for any Oracle E-Business Suite
document or even for a document from a source outside the E-Business Suite.
It is now possible to calculate the landed costs for purchase orders or shipment
documents processed in other systems using the same charge definition engine as the
native landed cost shipments. Additionally, the Landed Cost Summary report can be
used to quickly identify the extra landed cost incurred for item lines of these shipments
and to retro feed external system interfaces with the full landed cost amounts.
3.6. Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications
3.6.1. Overview
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications enables users to perform many common
warehouse and shop floor transactions through hand-held radio frequency devices,
personal digital assistants, and truck-mounted radio frequency scanners. Transactions can
be made on these wireless devices at the point of use, offering real-time transaction
processing, improved data accuracy, and increased mobility and convenience.
3.6.2. Release 12.1.1
3.6.2.1. Mobile User Interface Personalization

A major benefit of Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications mobile data entry is the
ability to record a material movement at the point of use. Data entry at the point of use
enhances inventory accuracy and captures real time information. Mobile personalization
goes one step further by giving the user the flexibility to record data that is most relevant
for the transaction without compromising the accuracy of the transaction. In addition,
mobile personalization can record additional user-defined data in flexfields for specific
transactions. Using this feature, a warehouse can immediately realize the following
benefits:
• Improve transaction execution speed by hiding fields or by defaulting values on
a mobile transaction form.
• Improve transaction accuracy by defaulting a value according to user-defined
logic.
• Record additional data on a mobile transaction page using flexfields.
All of the above changes to a mobile transaction window can be made with a user-
friendly configuration screen, without resorting to code changes that are expensive to
complete and difficult to maintain. In this release, personalization is available for mobile
receipt transactions in Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications.
3.6.3. Release 12.2
3.6.3.1. Mobile User Interface Personalization Enhancements

benefits:
logic.
All of the above changes to a mobile transaction page can be made with a user-friendly
configuration screen, without resorting to code changes that are expensive to complete
and difficult to maintain. In this release, personalization is available for the following
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications pages:
• Detail Pick
• Cycle Count
• Physical Count
• Item Inquiry
• Lot Attributes
• Account Alias Receipt
• Account Alias Issue
3.6.3.2. Cycle Counting Enhancements for Lot-Controlled Items

Previously, for lot-controlled items, when multiple lots were cycle counted in a single
location, the mobile interface required the entry of the total quantity before the
individual lots and their quantities could be entered into the system. Now a warehouse
operator can enter the lot numbers and their quantities without having to enter the total
item quantity first. This is enabled through a new form function parameter.
3.6.4. Release 12.2.3

benefits:
logic.
configuration screen, without resorting to code changes that are expensive to complete
and difficult to maintain. In this release, personalization is available for the following
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications mobile pages:
• Subinventory Transfer
• Inventory Organization Transfer
• Move Order Replenishment
• Kanban Replenishment
3.6.5. Release 12.2.4

In this release, personalization has been updated or made available for the following
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications mobile pages:
• Ship Confirm
• Quick Ship
• Load Truck
3.6.5.2. Mobile User Interface Enhancements
With the release of the new product Oracle Yard Management, the following mobile
pages have been enhanced:
• Receipt
• Quick Ship
• LPN Ship
• Load/Unload Truck
• Inventory Ship Confirm
3.6.5.3. New Mobile Pages for Oracle Yard Management

With the release of the new product Oracle Yard Management, the following Oracle
Mobile Supply Chain Applications mobile pages have been introduced:
• Seal Equipment
• Unseal Equipment
• Equipment Update
• Yard Move
3.6.6. Release 12.2.5
3.6.6.1. Single Sign-On
Users can now log in to Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications using Single Sign-
On credentials that are authenticated by Oracle Internet Directory.
3.6.7. Release 12.2.7
3.6.7.1. MWA personalization Support for New Forms

Personalization is now available for the following Oracle Mobile Supply Chain
Applications pages:
• Flow Completion by Schedule by LPN
• Flow Completion by Assembly by LPN
For more information on mobile personalization, please see: Oracle WMS
Personalization Framework (Doc ID 469339.1) on My Oracle Support (MOS).
3.6.7.2. Label reprint by Any User

Previously only the user that printed the original label was able to request a reprint. This
enhancement allows any user to request a label reprint. A new LOV field for selecting
the (active) user that originally generated the label has been added to the Label Re-print
page.
3.6.7.3. Default Organization During Login

In the past, users were always forced to specify organization during login. This
enhancement defaults the organization value for those users who have access to only one
organization. If mwa.DefaultSingleOrg is set to TRUE (or not set at all) and the user
has access to only one organization, then the organization will default automatically.
3.6.8. Release 12.2.9
3.6.8.1. Support for GS1 Barcode Specifications

This enhancement allows users to scan concatenated Bar Codes without requiring a
CustomScanManager custom solution. Customers can do a single scan to populate
multiple values on the same mobile page.
GS1 barcode standards have been adopted by the Healthcare industry to support
traceability of products from the manufacturer to the patient and help detect counterfeit
products, assist in prescription errors and help with potential recalls.
3.7. Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications for iOS and Android
3.7.1. Overview
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications are also available via smartphone app interface
for iOS and Android, leveraging the same setup and application validation as Oracle
Mobile Supply Chain Applications. The app enables you to quickly perform supply chain
transactions such as moves, picks, putaways, and related shipping and receiving for many
Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain applications including Oracle Warehouse
Management, Oracle Inventory Management, Oracle Manufacturing, and Oracle
Enterprise Asset Management.
Use this mobile app to:
• Inquire about material on-hand.
• Print labels.
• Perform inventory transactions like move, count, issues, receipts, receive, pick,
and ship.
• Execute warehouse management transactions like task-based pick, putaway,
count, and LPN updates.
• Perform manufacturing transactions like moving; completing and rejecting
assemblies; scrapping and rejecting items; flow completion; and charging
resources.
• Perform quality transactions like viewing specifications and collecting quality
data.
• Perform enterprise asset management (EAM) transactions like component issue
and return.
• Perform shop floor transactions like material issue and return, and negative
component issue and return.
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications for iOS and Android is compatible with Oracle
E-Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and later releases. To use this app, you must be a
licensed user of Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications, with mobile services
configured on the server-side by your administrator.
3.7.1. Client Version 1.0.2
3.7.1.1. Initial Release

This is the first release of Mobile Supply Chain Applications for iOS and Android.

Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.3.1
3.7.1.1. Numeric Keyboard support for number fields (For Android and iOS)
MSCA Mobile app for iOS and Android supports Numeric Keyboard for number fields.
3.7.1.2. Hot Key support (For Android)
MSCA Mobile app for iOS and Android supports hot keys (accelerator enabled). Hot
keys refer to the combination of keys on the keyboard that you can press to perform
actions.

Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.4.0
3.8. Oracle Warehouse Management

3.8.1. Overview
Oracle Warehouse Management automates and optimizes material handling processes to

reduce labor costs, improve facility utilization, increase order accuracy, and provide
innovative services to customers. Oracle Warehouse Management supports inbound,
outbound, and reverse logistics, finished, raw and work in process materials,
manufacturing and distribution environments, and advanced value-added services such as
kitting and cross docking.
Oracle Warehouse Management is part of the Oracle Value Chain Execution solution and
integrates seamlessly with other Value Chain Execution products, including Oracle Order
Management and Oracle Transportation Management.
3.8.2. Release 12.1.1
3.8.2.1. Forward Pick Area Replenishment

Forward pick area replenishment is an important activity in a warehouse. By replenishing
a forward pick area, a distribution center disaggregates material stored in reserve or bulk
area and moves it into a pick area that is optimized for unit picking. In this release, the
following replenishment features are available:
• Pull Replenishment: This type of replenishment is useful for items with high
uniform demand in the forward pick area. A replenishment suggestion is auto-
created as soon as a shortfall is detected during the order release process.
• Push Replenishment: This type of replenishment is useful for items with irregular
demand in the forward pick area. Using push replenishment, the aggregated
future demand for an item is replenished to a forward pick area for future order-
picking activity.
• Dynamic Execution: The dynamic replenishment execution feature orchestrates
the warehouse tasks so that a pick task to a forward pick area is dispatched only
when replenishment has been completed. Similarly, a replenishment task is
dispatched only when a forward pick area has enough capacity to receive the
replenished material.
These features provide tremendous productivity benefits to a warehouse engaged in
distribution activity. Forward pick area replenishment allows a distribution center to reap
the benefits of bulk procurement and optimized storage in a reserve area as well as
optimized picking for order profiles with smaller quantities.
3.8.2.2. Mobile User Interface Personalization
A major benefit of Oracle Warehouse Management mobile data entry is the ability to
record a material movement at the point of use. Data entry at the point of use enhances
inventory accuracy and captures real-time information. Mobile personalization goes one
step further by enabling the user to record data that is most relevant for the transaction
without compromising the accuracy of the transaction. In addition, mobile
personalization can record additional user-defined data in flexfields for specific
benefits:
• Improve transaction execution speed by hiding or defaulting values on a mobile
transaction form.
• Improve transaction accuracy by defaulting a value using a user-defined logic.
• Allow recording of additional data on a mobile transaction page using flexfields.
configuration screen without resorting to code changes that are expensive to complete
and difficult to maintain.
Oracle Warehouse Management mobile pages that support Mobile User Interface
Personalization include:
• Pick Load
• Pick Drop
• Manual Load
• Item Load
• Move Any LPN
• Putaway Drop
• Update LPN
• PO Receipt
• PO Receipt Information
• LPN Ship
• Mobile Ship Confirm

Task Extensibility features provide tremendous implementation flexibility in the
execution of Oracle Warehouse Management tasks. Using these features, Oracle
Warehouse Management task functionality can be extended for customer or industry-
specific needs. A new public API can be used to modify, update, split, or cancel an
Oracle Warehouse Management task. The following list of business scenarios illustrates
the applicability of this API:
• A user-defined application that dispatches tasks to warehouse workers. The Task
API is used to modify task status from unreleased to pending.
• An extension that assigns a task to a warehouse operator based on customer-
specific logic
• An extension to the cartonization algorithm that can split a task and assign a
cartonized LPN to tasks
• An extension that supplements the warehouse control system layer to allow the
warehouse automation system (for example, an automated storage and retrieval
system) to drive updates to the lots, serials, or quantities picked
3.8.2.4. Dock Scheduling and Load Sequencing
Organizations that leverage both Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle
Warehouse Management can now make use of additional integrations between the two
products to drive distribution efficiencies. Oracle Transportation Management can
schedule shipments to dock doors and sequence the loading of trailers at the doors based
on time required, door availability, and stop sequence for drop offs. With this feature, the
dock doors, the dock door appointments, and the sequence of loads into a trailer can be
synchronized with Oracle Warehouse Management which will use this additional
information to plan outbound activities such as:
• Release of shipments for pick execution based on dock door schedule
• Sequencing of drops in the staging area for a multi-stop shipping itinerary
• Sequencing of tasks for picking when a multi-stop shipping itinerary is being
used
3.8.2.5. LPN Status

Even in the most efficient manufacturing and distribution networks, quality issues may
arise. Packages may arrive damaged from transportation, defects may be detected in
manufacturing long after the product has left the production center, or quality issues may
affect only some of the LPNs produced in a manufacturing batch. With this feature, the
material status model has been extended to provide LPN-level holds. This will enable
warehouse users to:
• Put individual pallets, cases or totes on hold without impacting the rest of the lot
or the batch.
• Place holds on material that is neither lot-controlled nor serial-controlled without
moving that material to a quarantine location for speedier intervention when
issues are discovered.
• Separate the physical movement of material and changes to the material status
into different responsibilities, which will prevent the accidental change of
material status when material is moved.
3.8.2.6. UCC-128 and Case Picking Enhancements

In the consumer packaged goods industry, it is commonly required to have the goods
packed into containers with UCC-128 labeling. While the ability to print UCC-128 labels
already exists in Oracle Warehouse Management Release 12, this feature makes it easy to
manage the varied compliance needs of customers in this industry based on the
customer’s ASN preference (for instance, pallet level ASN or case level ASN) or order
type (for instance, bulk order or store order). This feature will also allow printing of
sequential carton counts on labels (for example, “1 of 3”, “2 of 3”, and so on). The
feature also enables generation of ITF-compliant (I 2 of 5 labeling standard) labels with
shipping information.
This feature also introduces support for efficient case picking. The case labels printed at
order release can be assigned to pick operators. The operator can now perform case picks
and either perform Pick to Belt or Pick to Pallet by scanning multiple case labels.
3.8.2.7. Over-Allocation Using Oracle Warehouse Management Rules

This feature is useful to pick items that are difficult to fulfill in exact order quantity.
Examples of such items are metal strips, gas cylinders, fluid containers, paper rolls, wire
bobbins, and so on. Such items are typically stored or packed in non-standard quantities
in the warehouse. Over-shipment is a very common business practice for such items since
it is not cost effective to cut, split or unpack the items in order to ship the exact ordered
quantity.
With this feature, Oracle Warehouse Management rules can be configured to over-
allocate containers that are within an over-shipping tolerance and are at the same time
closest to the requested quantity on the order. In this way, Oracle Warehouse
Management operators are directed to pick containers that require minimal material
handling without entering pick exception codes even though the pick quantity may be
greater than the requested quantity.
3.8.2.8. LPN Over-Allocation During Pick Release

In certain industries and business situations, an order may not be fulfilled in the exact
quantity. A good example is primary metal. An order for steel sheets may not be exactly
fulfilled because it is expensive to cut a steel sheet to match the exact order quantity. In
such situations, over-allocation or under-allocation are normal business practices. This
feature in Oracle Warehouse Management facilitates over-allocation of an entire LPN
provided that it is within the over-shipment tolerance defined on the order line.
3.8.2.9. Directed Putaway of Reserved LPNs

In a made-to-order manufacturing environment, the finished material is often packed into
LPNs at manufacturing completion. To ensure that the manufactured material is fulfilled
correctly, the entire LPN is reserved to the sales order. However, it is a common business
scenario to put away the LPN within the warehouse prior to its eventual shipment to the
customer. This feature enables a reserved LPN to be transferred or put away within the
warehouse while retaining the reservation for the customer. The reservation guarantees
the supply for the order line while the system enables you to move reserved lots within an
LPN throughout the warehouse.
3.8.2.10. Reusing LPNs

The REUSE_LPNS API enables you to reuse LPNs and to review an LPN history. This
API enables you to physically re-use returned containers after their contents have been
issued out of stores, or returned using an RMA (a return materials authorization).
3.8.2.11. Cluster Pick by Label

One Step Pick and Pack Process, the picking of products directly into a shipping carton,
offers huge productivity gains because no downstream packaging is required. Oracle
Warehouse Management currently supports One Step Pick and Pack Process using
cartonization and “pick by label” picking. This feature makes it possible to pick one or
more orders (a cluster) directly into their respective shipping cartons (pick by label). With
this feature, it is now possible to gain productivity by using One Step Pick and Pack for
several orders at once.
With cluster pick by label, labels are printed at pick release and manually distributed to
operators based on criteria such as cart capacity. An operator scans multiple labels, and
Oracle Warehouse Management facilitates interleaving of picks from several orders in
one pass of the warehouse.
3.8.2.12. Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Deployment

Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management deployment is a new feature delivered as a
patch on Release 12.1.1. Until now, Oracle Warehouse Management required the
transaction source systems of Oracle Purchasing and Oracle Order Management, and
execution systems like Oracle Warehouse Management, to reside and operate within the
same instance. With a Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management deployment, it is
possible for Oracle Warehouse Management to be installed on a separate physical
instance from the remaining E-Business Suite applications. This feature gives powerful
choices to customers to deploy Oracle Warehouse Management either integrated as a
module within a single Oracle E-Business Suite instance or as a distributed and
independent solution installed on a separate instance. Customers who want the latest
Oracle Warehouse Management features in Release 12.1 can have Oracle Warehouse
Management deployed on a separate instance without upgrading the entire application
suite. This feature also makes it possible to use Oracle Warehouse Management for
warehousing operations along with an Oracle E-Business Suite or a non-EBS host
system. In addition, warehouses with network connectivity issues can consider a
distributed Oracle Warehouse Management installation for an "always on" warehouse
management solution.
To better support this deployment methodology, the distributed Oracle Warehouse
Management integration with Oracle E-Business Suite provides a starter kit for
integration between a distributed Oracle Warehouse Management instance and an Oracle
E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10, Release 12.1, or Release 12.2 instance.
3.8.2.13. Advanced Wave Planning

Advanced Wave Planning is a new feature released as a patch on Release 12.1.1.
Advanced Wave Planning provides advanced pick wave management functionality over
and above what currently exists in pick release. Wave planning is particularly useful for
warehouses that fulfill a high volume of small order lines. Wave planning makes it easier
to manage large order volume by grouping orders into waves and subsequently releasing
them for execution and monitoring.
With Advanced Wave Planning, warehouse managers can select orders using simple
criteria and group them into pick waves. In addition, advanced filters similar to the
Oracle Warehouse Management rules engine can be used to select orders for waves as
well and create waves by constraining them to be within certain line count, weight, cube
or value. Wave planning provides a preview of lines and tasks, expected completion, fill
rate, and labor needs prior to release of the wave. Advanced Wave Planning also comes
with a Wave Dashboard that can be used to view wave progress and drill down to
detailed line or task status. The exception engine in Advanced Wave Planning can be
configured for specific business cases to proactively look for exceptions so that corrective
action can be taken. For example, a severe exception can be triggered if 80% of the lines
in a wave are not loaded to the trailer 30 minutes prior to dock appointment end time.
Advanced Wave Planning also provides task planning functionality. The task planning
criteria can be used to configure the conditions under which tasks will be released
automatically for execution.
3.8.3. Release 12.1.2
3.8.3.1. Advanced Wave Planning Enhancements

In a distribution center, a wave is a grouping of orders governed by user-defined criteria
for release to the warehouse floor. Wave planning is particularly useful for warehouses
that fulfill a high volume of small order lines. It makes managing large order volume
easier by grouping orders into waves and subsequently releasing them for execution and
monitoring.
Advanced Labor Planning

With further enhancement as part of release 12.1.2, Advanced Wave Planning now
provides detailed labor-requirements planning for the wave. Advanced Wave Planning
also offers additional travel-time modeling criteria to provide more precise labor
requirement for pick execution based on item category, operation plan, and pick zones.
Pick Rules and Crossdocking

Advanced Wave Planning now considers the impact of crossdocking criteria on fill rate
estimation. The wave management user interfaces have also been enhanced to provide
visibility into inventory in receiving areas and in-transit material for high-speed
warehousing, and visibility into cross docking tasks. In addition, Advanced Wave
Planning offers the ability to compute fill rate based on pick rules constraints. The fill
rate computation based on pick rules and crossdocking gives warehouse managers
increased visibility into material and labor availability and ensures that only waves
feasible for execution are released to the warehouse.
Enhanced Exception Handling

Advanced Wave Planning in Release 12.1 offered flexible order grouping, wave creation,
and release using advanced filters and dashboards to monitor wave progress along with
configurable proactive exception handling.
Advanced Wave Planning now has the ability to add and respond to exceptions, including
managing emergency orders in an active wave and canceling tasks.
3.8.3.2. Task Cancellation

Cancellation of tasks is often required in a warehouse environment. Cancellation of tasks
may be needed when material allocation or warehouse task planning needs to be revoked.
The task cancellation feature gives warehouse managers the flexibility to stop the
execution of certain tasks without the need to backorder sales order lines, and the
opportunity to release lines with new allocated material and task assignments at a later
time.
3.8.3.3. High Volume Case Picking Support

Case pick efficiency is critical in high volume distribution centers where more picks are
in cases than are in individual units or whole pallets. Release 12.1 introduced case
picking methodologies that allow an operator to bypass labeling and scanning processes
while loading cases at the picking line. Case picking can become a label-initiated process
in which labels are generated prior to wave release. The operator can then use these labels
to conduct the picking operation.
In Release 12.1.2, case picking is further streamlined by allowing labels to be grouped
and sequenced prior to wave release. This enables operators to choose the labels that will
send them to a specific zone or aisle, thus limiting travel time across the warehouse.
Picks within a label set can be automatically grouped and sequenced by pick slip
grouping or by order.
Release 12.1.2 now also offers the ability to load and drop tasks only after the last task
for an order is dispatched to the user. This provides further visual cues to the user that
their current set of work has ended and enables them to prepare for a run to a staging
area. This capability is enabled for discrete picking, order picking, and manifest picking
to streamline the traveling path when orders are grouped for dispatch to a single user.
3.8.4. Release 12.1.3
3.8.4.1. Opportunistic Cycle Count

Cycle count is a powerful tool to ensure inventory accuracy in the warehouse. Regular
cycle count is a recommended best practice for warehouses. The most efficient way to
count a locator is when the operator is already present at the locator for a pick activity
and the on-hand stock at the bin is either zero or close to zero.
Opportunistic cycle count achieves this goal by interleaving a cycle count task with
picking. In addition, the count threshold can be configured in Oracle Warehouse
Management to trigger a cycle count task when it is most convenient to do so. The
threshold can be set to zero so that the operator will be asked to count after a pick activity
only if the pick results in driving the locator empty.
3.8.4.2. Lot Substitution

Warehouses stocking lot-controlled material often commingle lots in the same locator.
For example, two pallets with different lots may be commingled in a two-deep pallet
location. In such a scenario, physically performing the move to reach the right pallet is
counterproductive. This is especially true if the warehouse does not follow a strict lot
allocation or FIFO policy. The lot substitution feature in Oracle Warehouse Management
enables the pick operator to override the lot suggested by the system. Oracle Warehouse
Management will continue to direct the picker to a location and a lot, however, the picker
can pick a different lot by entering an exception. Lot substitution provides tremendous
flexibility and convenience to warehouses that stock lot-controlled products and often
commingle lots in the same locator.
3.8.4.3. Distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Integration with Oracle E-

Business Suite
The distributed Oracle Warehouse Management deployment option provides enormous
flexibility. Customers can deploy Oracle Warehouse Management on a separate instance
that is physically distinct from an Oracle E-Business Suite instance. In this
implementation model, the distributed instance is focused exclusively on warehouse
execution with minimal configuration required outside of Oracle Warehouse
Management.
The distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite
provides a starter kit for integration between a distributed Oracle Warehouse
Management instance and an E-Business Suite 11.5.10, 12.1 or 12.2 instance. Using this
integration, the Order to Cash and the Procure to Pay processes can be executed
seamlessly across the two systems. The order capture and receivables management take
place in the Oracle E-Business Suite instance, and warehouse wave planning and
subsequent pick, pack and ship execution are managed in the Oracle Warehouse
Management instance. Similarly, procurement and payables management take place in E-
Business Suite and receiving, inspection and putaway are managed in Oracle Warehouse
Management.
3.8.4.4. LSP Management and Activity-Based Billing

The Oracle Warehouse Management LSP Management feature addresses a critical
requirement of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) to manage their warehouse in multi-
tenant mode. This feature enables quick on-boarding of a client in the warehouse,
automatic segregation of activities for every client, and process-level differentiation for
each client using client-level rules.
Activity-based billing is a critical requirement for LSPs who perform material handling
on behalf of their clients. Warehouses managed by LSPs receive, store, and ship product
on behalf of their clients. Activity-based billing provides a complete solution that
provides a service-level contract pricing of logistics services and relies on activity data in
Oracle Warehouse Management to produce an itemized bill based on the actual services
performed by the warehouse. Using activity-based billing, LSPs can invoice their clients
accurately with minimal overhead.
3.8.5. Release 12.2
3.8.5.1. Advanced Catch Weight

Catch Weight management applies primarily to the manufacturing, distribution, and
consumer product industries where weights can vary from piece to piece, either due to
biological variations or because of weight loss that occurs during storage. This variability
affects the procurement pricing and sales invoicing processes. A distinction must be
made between the fulfillment unit of measure and the valuation unit of measure. While
the fulfillment unit is the leading unit for all processes in operative logistics, the valuation
and payment flows take place on the basis of the valuation unit. The logistic units often
used are pieces, cases, or each; the valuation units often used are kilogram and pound.
Although the term “catch weight” is most commonly used in the food industry, this
feature can be leveraged by a range of industries including those that manage products
with variable lengths.
As raw material flows through the manufacturing process, the likelihood of finished
product not adhering to standard conversions is high. Even after storage, the finished
product can lose or gain weight due to heat or humidity in the facility. One storage
locator can have products from multiple process batches or lots in multiple license plates
(LPNs) which each have a different weight.
Most consumer packaged goods companies cost and invoice by weight and fulfill by
units. As a result of this, items are mostly defined with a Primary UOM of weight and a
Secondary UOM of units. For a warehouse resource involved in the fulfillment process, a
pallet of boxes of beef looks the same irrespective of the batch or lot or LPN. For this
reason, flexibility is needed regarding which UOM to use for fulfillment.
The Advanced Catch Weight solution addresses this problem by introducing the concept
of a fulfillment base at the sales order line-level. The fulfillment base is driven from the
ordered UOM class and can be either the Primary UOM or the Secondary UOM. The
fulfillment base is honored in Oracle Warehouse Management while fulfilling the order
line. Enhancements have also been made to Oracle Order Management, Oracle Advanced
Pricing, Oracle Shipping Execution, and Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications to
support this solution. Please refer to the white paper Advanced Catch Weight Solution in
Oracle E-Business Suite Applications for additional details (My Oracle Support note
1551171.1).
3.8.5.2. Additional Mobile User Interface Personalization Pages
A major benefit of Oracle Warehouse Management mobile data entry is the ability to
record a material movement at the point of use. Data entry at the point of use enhances
inventory accuracy and captures real-time information. Mobile personalization goes one
step further by enabling the user to record data that is most relevant for the transaction
without compromising the accuracy of the transaction. In addition, mobile
personalization can record additional user-defined data in flexfields for specific
benefits:
• Improve transaction execution speed by hiding or defaulting values on a mobile
transaction form.
• Improve transaction accuracy by defaulting a value using a user-defined logic.
• Allow recording of additional data on a mobile transaction page using flexfields.
configuration screen without resorting to code changes that are expensive to complete
and difficult to maintain.
In this release, Mobile User Interface Personalization has been extended to support the
following Oracle Warehouse Management mobile pages:
• Detail pick
• LPN Inquiry
• ASN Receipt
• Cycle Counting
• Lot Attributes
• LPN Pack
• LPN Split
• LPN Unpack
• Mobile LPN Inspection
• Account Alias Receipt
• Account Alias Issue
• Physical Count
• Item Inquiry
3.8.5.3. Return to Vendor Enhancements
In this release, the Return to Vendor process has been enhanced to manage the fulfillment
process of any outbound shipments associated with the return and to offer greater
flexibility in the determination of which facility can ship the returned goods.
The major features include:

• Create a return request in Oracle Receiving and track the corresponding
shipment in Oracle Shipping Execution.
• Print documents and perform export compliance check for the material being
returned to the vendor.
• Execute ship confirm for the return order from the mobile Quick Ship form.
• Return material using a return request without requiring a purchase order.
• Return material from any warehouse, independent of the warehouse organization
in which it was initially received.
3.8.5.4. Contingent Worker Support
The hiring of temporary workers is a standard business practice in warehousing. Oracle
Warehouse Management now supports defining contingent workers as well as permanent
employees as warehouse labor resources.
3.8.5.5. Mobile Logout Warning

To prevent productivity losses due to unintentional logouts by mobile users,
The Oracle Warehouse Management mobile user interfaces now show a warning and
request a confirmation before logging out a mobile user.
3.8.5.6. Distributed Warehouse Management Integration to E-Business Suite R12

As the number of customers using Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 grows, so too has
the demand to provide integrations between Release 12 and Oracle Warehouse
Management for those customers who choose to implement their Oracle Warehouse
Management on a separate instance. To better support this deployment methodology, the
distributed Oracle Warehouse Management Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite
provides a starter kit for integration between a distributed Oracle Warehouse
Management instance and an E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10, Release 12.1, or Release
12.2 instance.
3.8.5.7. Task Management Usability Enhancements

To better support high volume operations with greater efficiency and ease, several
usability enhancements have been made to the task dispatching user interfaces in Oracle
Warehouse Management.
First, Oracle Warehouse Management now enables a user to confirm a pick for a Move
Order Issue transaction without reconfirming the account to which the material is being
charged. This will save keystrokes in environments where users are shown a non-editable
account field that does not influence the picking activity.
Next, when a user overrides a suggested destination locator in which they are dropping
material for a given task, Oracle Warehouse Management provides an audit page for the
operator to indicate the reason for the discrepancy. The reason selected can initiate a
corrective action and will be recorded for audit purposes. In this release of Oracle
Warehouse Management, the list of exception reasons will be pre-populated in the audit
page to reduce the number of keystrokes an operator has to perform in order to complete
the task at hand.
Further, if a user substitutes a lot (picks a lot that was not the system suggestion for the
pick task) and picks the entire quantity in the LPN, that LPN will be defaulted as the
transfer LPN, thus allowing the user to pick an entire case without repacking it, even
when lot substitution is performed. This defaulting is also supported when the user picks
the entire quantity in an LPN as part of an over-pick against the allocated lot. Substitution
is now allowed for items that are both lot and serial controlled, provided that serial
allocation is turned off.
Finally, when cycle count tasks are being performed, the system will now take the user
into the next appropriate cycle count task rather than returning them to the menu to select
the next unit of work to be performed. This ensures greater system control over operator
work and saves operator keystrokes as they perform counting through the warehouse.
3.8.5.8. LPN Visibility in Receiving

When a serial number is inspected in Oracle Warehouse Management, the Receiving
Transactions user interface on the desktop can now show the inspection transaction and
its results at the shipment line level or the LPN level instead of serial-by-serial. This
enables better auditing in high-volume serialized environments. Further, the Receiving
Transaction page and Manage Shipment page now lets users view and query by LPN on
the desktop so that desktop users have greater visibility into and ability to trace to
receipts performed as well as to expected shipments in Oracle Warehouse Management.
3.8.5.9. LPN Split Transaction Enhancements

In order to better support high-volume distribution environments with greater efficiency,
if an LPN split is performed for a source LPN that had only one item in it, the system will
now present a <Next> page that is blank, allowing the user to select a new destination
LPN for the subsequent split transactions.

Organizations with the need for additional validation for data entered on the mobile
interface can leverage a new stub in the Oracle Warehouse Management mobile user
interface to validate the user input. This stub enables the system to ensure that any entity
conforms to your naming conventions and desired formats and can be validated against
any logic specific to your business in addition to the existing Oracle Warehouse
Management validations.
Organizations with the need for additional control over label printing can leverage a new
stub to specify which labels to print. For example, when splitting a parent LPN
completely into children LPNs, it may not be desirable to print all of the labels generated
for the parent LPN, since this LPN will be empty at the end of the transaction.
3.8.5.11. Warehouse Control Board and Material Workbench Enhancements

The Material Workbench has been enhanced to accommodate material that has been
picked from LPNs and loaded for tasks, but has not yet been dropped to the destination
location. This gives the user a real-time picture of on-hand and availability.
The Warehouse Control Board has been enhanced to show additional details for
exceptions related to tasks that are queried up by the user. This facilitates corrective
actions to reduce or eliminate such exceptions and thus improve productivity. In addition,
aborted outbound picking tasks Pick None and Zero Pick exceptions are now visible as
exceptions on the Warehouse Control Board.
3.8.5.12. Packing Workbench Enhancements

The Packing Workbench has been enhanced to support lot attribute entry for lot-
controlled items. This gives users the extended functionality to provide lot attribute
values during the packing operation using the workbench. Lot attributes are stored in a
lot-level descriptive flexfield.
3.8.6. Release 12.2.4
3.8.6.1. Multiple Cycle Count Task Types

Oracle Warehouse Management supports multiple task types for cycle counts, which
enables users to leverage task type assignment rules to assign cycle count tasks. This
provides the flexibility to dispatch counting tasks based on customer-specific business
logic and setup. This feature can be used to assign cycle count tasks for different
subinventories to different operators who may be using different equipment.
3.8.6.2. Cycle Count Skip Task

The Cycle Count task mobile page enables the user to skip the current cycle count task
and get the next eligible cycle count task. This provides consistency between cycle counts
and picking tasks around the skipping operation and improves efficiency by eliminating
extra keystrokes.
3.8.6.3. Drop by Location

Drop by Location enables users to drop, in a single step, all outbound loaded LPNs
destined for the same locator. This eliminates the need to perform a separate drop for
each LPN loaded and increases the efficiency of the picking process.
3.8.6.4. Configurable Picking Exception

When a Curtail Pick, or Pick None exception is raised during picking, the user can
configure the exception handling in one of the following ways:
• Backorder only the current tasks on which the exception was raised
• Backorder the current task and all other tasks for the same SKU
Raising an exception associated with the Cycle Count workflow generates an alternate
suggestion based on the pick rules. Once this suggestion is created, there is a configurable
extension to let the customer determine the picker of this picking suggestion.
3.8.6.5. Cycle Count Workflow for Change Locator/LPN Exception

The picking exception Change Locator/LPN can now be associated with the Cycle Count
workflow. This provides the functionality to create new cycle count entries and
reservations when the user raises a Change Locator/LPN exception. This ensures that the
on-hand inaccuracy does not translate to incorrect tasks downstream and improves
picking efficiency.
3.8.7. Release 12.2.5
3.8.7.1. Mobile Task Dashboard
Currently, the Oracle Warehouse Management Task Dispatching Engine dispatches tasks
to a warehouse operator based on the operator’s eligibility to perform the task and on the
task priority. Skipping such a task automatically brings the next best eligible tasks.
However, an operator may be unable to perform a certain set of tasks due to a damaged
locator, blocked material, or similar circumstance. This would require the operator to skip
multiple tasks before getting to a feasible task, thereby reducing productivity and
efficiency. This enhancement enables the warehouse operator to view all of the eligible
tasks for the current task group and select a desired task. The operator can also configure
and view the shipping and packing instructions associated with the sales order line of the
task.
3.8.7.2. Nested LPN Pick
Previously, picking functionality enabled a warehouse operator to pick only the immediate
contents of an LPN. As a result, for a nested LPN, the operator was forced to break the
LPN and pick the material from the inner LPNs, thereby reducing the overall picking
efficiency. The Nested LPN Pick feature enables picking of nested LPNs provided that:
• All of the child LPNs within the nested LPN only have the item associated with
the current task.
• Contents are contained within the same level of the nested LPN structure.
• The total quantity in the inner LPNs is less than the task quantity or within the
over-shipment tolerance for the sales order line.
• The nested LPN is picked in its entirety.
3.8.7.3. Picking by Zone

Large warehouses are often divided into zones for efficient picking. In earlier releases,
the current dispatching logic dispatches the task only at the subinventory level. This new
feature enables the operator to sign in to a zone and filter the tasks dispatched to the
specific zone. The Oracle Warehouse Management Rules Engine framework has been
enhanced to configure picking, putaway, and task type assignment rules based on zones,
and the Warehouse Control Board enables you to query and manage the tasks by zones.
3.8.7.4. Enable MMTT Descriptive Flexfield in Mobile Pick Load Page
From the Mobile Pick Load page, you can now capture additional information about a
task by using the personalization framework to expose the descriptive flexfield defined
on the transactions table MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP (MMTT). The
descriptive attribute values will be moved to the MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS
(MMT) table when the transaction is committed. The flexfield values would appear on a
separate page on the mobile device.
3.8.8. Release 12.2.6
3.8.8.1. Inbound Task Dispatching and Interleaving

Oracle Warehouse Management intelligently dispatches putaway tasks to users based on
eligibility, priority and proximity. Inbound task dispatching is enabled through the
Organization Parameter window under the Warehouse Task Management section. The
new field Dispatch Inbound Tasks provides access to this feature. By default, user-
initiated putaway is enabled for the organization.
A putaway task is created once the item is received. Users can control the release of the
inbound task based on their business needs using the custom extension provided as part
of this feature.
3.8.8.2. Drop by Location for Nested LPNs

Drop by Location enables users to drop, in a single step, all outbound loaded LPNs
destined for the same locator. This eliminates the need to perform a separate drop for
each LPN loaded, and increases the efficiency of the overall picking process. This
enhancement extends the Drop by Location functionality to LPNs that were picked as
nested LPNs.
3.8.8.3. Zone Based Label Printing

Zones are frequently used in warehousing operations. Label-printing functionality has
been enhanced to support printing at the zone level. Zone information has been seeded
for labels and can be printed on labels to facilitate warehousing operations.
3.8.8.4. Zone Based Cycle Counting

Cycle counting operations are key to ensuring an accurate picture of inventory in the
warehouse. You can now schedule and generate cycle count requests for a zone or for a
subinventory based on your business needs.
3.8.9. Release 12.2.7
3.8.9.1. Transportation Planning for Waves

Please refer to section 3.1.9.5. under Inventory Management for details on this
enhancement.
3.8.9.2. Warehouse Management on Oracle Compute Cloud

Oracle Distributed Warehouse Management 12.2 can now be provisioned with Database
12.1.0.2 in the Compute Cloud Service.
Details can be found in the Oracle by Example tutorial Provisioning a New Multi-Node
Oracle E-Business Suite Installation in Oracle Cloud Using the EBS Cloud Admin Tool.
3.8.10. Release 12.2.8
3.8.10.1. Support for Multi-Leg Shipments from Oracle Transportation

Management
Please refer to section 3.1.10.6. under Inventory Management for details on this
enhancement.
3.8.10.2. Warehouse Task Management

The Warehouse Control Board (WCB) is an existing application that was built using the
Oracle Forms Technology stack. In order to make this functionality accessible via tablet
devices, it has been redesigned and implemented on the Oracle Applications Framework
(OAF) stack (which is a HTML/Java based stack). The HTML version of this application
is named ‘Warehouse Task Management.’
All necessary features and functionality of the Forms-based Warehouse Control Board
solution are available in the HTML-based Warehouse Task Management solution as well.
New features built into Warehouse Task Management (that are not available in the WCB
Forms solution) include:
- Saved Searches as Infotiles
- Custom SQL as Infotiles
- Employee Availability
- Exceptions for individual Tasks
A new MSCA entry of Tasks on the Inquiry menu now allows users to perform Task
Inquiry based on Saved Query and Source on the MSCA mobile applications. In
addition to saved queries for various sources like Inbound, Outbound, Warehousing
and Manufacturing users can provide few additional input criteria to filter down the
results and query tasks on mobile.
3.8.11. Release 12.2.9
3.8.11.1. Verify Pick

This enhancement provides the functionality to reduce incorrect shipments and reduce
RMAs while improving inventory accuracy. In highly regulated industries like
Healthcare, it is often required that the business process require another user to re-
confirm the material transactions to ensure that correct lots and/or serials are being
shipped. With this new feature, a user configurable process can be put in place to allow
for SKU and quantity verification prior to dropping the material into a staging area or
before materials are shipped.
3.8.11.2. Ship Set with Pull Replenishment
This enhancement allows the user to have ship sets on Sales Order and use Pull
Replenishment for the same orders. If one or more lines on the ship set could not be
allocated or replenished, then all lines on the Ship Set will get backordered. This will
ensure the Shipset functionality is retained while using Pull Replenishment
3.9. Oracle Warehouse Management Information Discovery

3.9.1. Overview
Imagine always being able to focus on the right priorities at the right time. Information
Discovery brings order to the chaotic flow of data we deal with on a daily basis. Oracle
Warehouse Management Information Discovery turns raw data into accessible, usable
information that is the basis for action. Oracle Warehouse Management Information
Discovery has native application support for mobile tablets.
3.9.2. V4
3.9.2.1. Plan Fulfillment

Within Plan Fulfillment work area, a warehouse manager can plan outbound work for the
day. visibility into daily work and overdue work provides a full picture of demand. All in
one place, demand can be compared to inventory. Overall scarce inventory or stock outs
are highlighted, and additional attention can be paid to high-value orders with stock
issues.
Plan Fulfillment can quickly and efficiently simulate pick waves based on available
inventory. Warehouse managers can filter and visually “shop for” which orders to include
in a Pick Wave. This is useful for deciding what to release into a pick wave. From the
Plan Fulfillment work area, the warehouse manager can launch a manual pick release or
create and launch a pick wave in Oracle Warehouse Management. The user also has
visibility into order and item details and access to manage reservations.
3.9.2.2. Track Fulfillment

The Track Fulfillment work area enables the warehouse manager to quickly identify
customer orders that are being fulfilled. Full visibility into fulfillment status (Picked,
Picked with Exception, and Staged) helps track the fulfillment of customer orders in the
warehouse. The warehouse manager can reprioritize or reassign a warehouse task
appropriately. Top picking exceptions are visually highlighted. Users can manage
delivery exceptions, holds, and interface activity, which can delay the fulfillment and
revenue recognition process.
3.9.2.3. Space Utilization

The Space Utilization work area shows the warehouse manager problem areas in the
warehouse in terms of material storage. Poorly slotted material, fragmented items, and
fragmented locators are highlighted. This release includes a new feature to highlight
fragmentation based on velocity. The warehouse manager can then initiate a movement
request to consolidate fragmented material, improve the slotting of material, or update
item or locator status to manage quarantines and recalls, all from this work area.
3.9.2.4. Labor Utilization
The Labor Utilization work area enables you to perform information discovery on the
actual work transactions performed in the warehouse. For example, the warehouse
manager can analyze the details around “How much work is left to complete the
fulfillment for the next carrier’s pickup?” or “How is that work spread across the
different areas of my facility?” Then the actual labor information can be reviewed to
perform a root cause analysis. The warehouse manager can identify overload situations
and reassign staff to improve labor utilization. Visual representation of completed tasks
per warehouse operator provides insight into labor trends and helps with forecasting labor
requirements based on historical trends.
3.9.3. V5
3.9.3.1. Plan Fulfillment Enhancements

Changes to Plan Fulfillment include:
• Create Wave is available as a page link in standard Information Discovery navigation
and has been removed from the Actions menu on the results table.
• The Create Wave page now defaults the filters selected by the user.
• The Reservation page accessed from Information Discovery now defaults the data for
the selected reservation.
3.9.3.2. Space Utilization Enhancements

Velocity fragmentation is restricted to the top 1000 items and locators, and ignores
project locators for velocity calculation.
3.9.3.3. General Features

All tabs can be configured to upload data for specific organizations and subinventories by
setting the following lookups:
• Organization Control for INV Information Discovery Extensions
• Subinventory Control for INV Information Discovery Extensions
The default value for the lookups is ALL, which means that all inventory organizations
and subinventories are uploaded by default. Users may choose to restrict the upload to
specific organizations and subinventories, in order to limit the amount of data in each
periodic refresh.
Users can invoke the Shipping Transaction window directly from the delivery link with
the delivery information defaulted.
Users can reference flexfields to filter data based on specific attributes.
3.9.4. V6
3.9.4.1. Capacity Analysis

Capacity analysis enables the user to track the inventory capacity (available and
occupied) in terms of units, weight, and volume. Customers who have locator control
enabled will benefit the most from this Information Discovery feature, since the capacity
attributes are only available at a locator level. A new tab, Capacity, has been added to the
Oracle Warehouse Management Space Utilization page and provides detailed information
on locator consumption and availability. Users can select data displays related to capacity
analysis for locators with finite capacity or infinite capacity corresponding to the selected
filter.
3.10. Oracle Yard Management

3.10.1. Overview
Oracle Yard Management improves equipment and material visibility, increases labor
productivity, and reduces detention and demurrage costs. Both private fleet and third-party
tractor and trailer units can be efficiently tracked and managed while they are on your yard
premises. Raw materials, packaging supplies, and finished goods can be moved efficiently
within a campus style environment. Increased dock door efficiency is critical for facilities
with automated truck loading systems and just-in-time production operations.
3.10.2. Release 12.2.4
3.10.2.1. Yard Definition

For each campus, a yard organization manages your operations. Yard areas can be used to
model inbound, outbound, and storage areas within a yard organization. Parking spots are
used within a yard area to track exactly where equipment is located. A yard organization
can service multiple warehouse facilities that are set up as separate inventory
organizations on the same campus.
3.10.2.2. Equipment Definition

Oracle Yard Management enables you to manage tractors and trailers within your yard
premises, from the equipment type (for example, a 48-foot flat floor trailer, single power
unit) down to the specific unit (serial). You can manage your private fleet as well as
equipment owned by a third party.
3.10.2.3. Dock Scheduling Workbench

Oracle Yard Management includes a graphical workbench for dock appointment
scheduling. Dock appointments created in Oracle Yard Management can be reflected in
both Oracle Warehouse Management and Oracle Transportation Management.
Optionally, collaboration with carriers to tender and schedule carrier appointments in
Oracle Transportation Management can be reflected in the Dock Appointments in both
Oracle Yard Management and Oracle Warehouse Management.
3.10.2.4. Yard Transactions

Oracle Yard Management manages the tractor and trailer activity into, within, and out of
a yard facility. Business events can also be raised during various yard transactions. The
yard transactions are:
• Check-in: When equipment arrives at the yard premises, a check-in transaction
initiates the tracking of the equipment and captures relevant information
including the equipment condition, the seal code, whether the seal is intact, the
driver’s name and driver’s license number, the tare weight and gross weight, the
shipment document reference, and more. Label printing is also available at
check-in time to capture and post all necessary information.
• Unsealing: Sealed trailers can be unsealed before receiving. Unsealing trailers
provides the opportunity to inspect them and update their status accordingly.
• Unloading: After a loaded trailer has been checked in, the trailer is ready to be
received.
• Yard Move: Used to move a specific piece of equipment around the yard or
between buildings on a campus, to retrieve equipment from the yard to the
required dock door, or to move equipment from a dock door back to an
appropriate parking spot within the yard. Mobile RF capability is available
throughout yard movement.
• Loading: Once material is staged in the warehouse, the trailer is ready to be
loaded and eventually ship confirmed. Dock door and trailer information may be
captured as a part of the loading process.
• Sealing: Loaded trailers can be sealed before they check out of the yard.
• Check-out: When equipment leaves the yard premises, a check-out transaction
captures relevant information including the seal code, the driver’s name and
driver’s license number, tare weight, gross weight, shipment document
reference, and so on.
3.10.2.5. Material Workbench

The Material Workbench provides real-time visibility of yard equipment and the
Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) for inbound material in the yard from the facility
being serviced by the yard.
3.10.2.6. Yard Workbench

The Yard Workbench provides real-time visibility of yard equipment and the contents of
the yard, and the ability to assign tractors and trailers from one parking spot to another.
This information is based on the referenced shipment documents (such as purchase
orders, ASNs, RMAs, sales orders, deliveries, shipment numbers, and so on).
3.10.2.7. Integrations
Oracle Yard Management is a natural expansion of the Oracle Value Chain Execution
solution and has been designed with end-to-end process integration in mind.
3.10.2.7.1. Oracle E-Business Suite Integration
Oracle Yard Management has integration with Oracle E-Business Suite products
including Oracle Inventory, Oracle Cost Management, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle
Receiving, Oracle Order Management, Oracle Shipping Execution and Mobile
Supply Chain Applications. Oracle Yard Management has the flexibility to track
costs (and thus, liability) in the yard, using average costing and cost groups.
3.10.2.7.2. Warehouse Management Integration
Oracle Yard Management seamlessly integrates to Oracle Warehouse Management
when deployed either in integrated or distributed mode. A single yard and its tractors
and trailers can be shared across multiple Oracle Warehouse Management
organizations on a campus. Dock scheduling in Oracle Yard Management is
integrated with Dock Appointments and Dock Door Assignments in Oracle
Warehouse Management for both inbound and outbound dock appointments.
3.10.2.7.3. Transportation Management Integration
Companies can collaborate with carriers to schedule and book appointments. These
Carrier Appointments can be integrated with Oracle Warehouse Management and
Oracle Yard Management to optimize inbound and outbound logistics.
3.10.2.7.4. RFID and Event Management Integration
Oracle Yard Management can be integrated into RFID technology to track the
physical flow of tractors and trailers within the yard as well as related value-
added information services such as condition monitoring or security related
services. See the Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications section of this
document for more information on new mobile transactions for Oracle Yard
Management.
3.10.3. Release 12.2.6
3.10.3.1. Remote Organization Servicing

Distributed Yard Management deployment is a new feature delivered as part of Release
12.2.6. Until now, Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Yard Management System required
the transaction source systems of Oracle Purchasing and Oracle Order Management, and
execution systems like Oracle Warehouse Management, to reside and operate within the
same instance. With a distributed Oracle Yard Management deployment, it is possible to
install Oracle Yard Management on a separate physical instance that is independent from
other the Oracle E-Business Suite applications.
Oracle Yard Management has been enhanced to service remote organizations. These
remote service organizations can exist in any enterprise resource planning (ERP) or
legacy system. This gives customers the flexibility to leverage the Oracle Yard
Management solution for any non-Oracle service organization.
3.10.3.2. User-Configurable Rules

Users can configure rules to help automate their business processes. This release supports
the following use cases:
• Trailer storage location selection after check-in
• Dock assignment for loading and unloading
• Dispatching of trailer move tasks to hostlers
3.10.3.3. Graphical Yard Workbench

A new graphical yard workbench provides real-time visibility into the yard and trailer
contents. The new graphical yard workbench provides the following:
• Ability to freeze and unfreeze the map for editing, and apply, refresh, or cancel
edits
• Ability to draw and map (associate and de-associate), including the ability to
select, copy and paste the following:
o Organizations (yard, service, remote)
o Areas
o Parking spots, with the ability to copy and paste n number of spots next
to the selected spot
• Ability to view equipment and appointment details
• Heat Map Views:
o Equipment Load Status
o Equipment Load Type
o Equipment Condition
o Equipment Detention
o Equipment Late for Appointments
3.10.4. Release 12.2.7
3.10.4.1. Yard Management on Oracle Compute Cloud

Oracle Distributed Yard Management 12.2 can now be provisioned with Database
12.1.0.2 in the Compute Cloud Service.
Details can be found in the Oracle by Example tutorial Provisioning a New Multi-Node
Oracle E-Business Suite Installation in Oracle Cloud Using the EBS Cloud Admin Tool.
3.11. Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite

3.11.1. Overview
With Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite, yard personnel can perform yard
transactions such as check-in and check-out and can quickly look up appointments,
equipment, and yard capacity.
Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-Business
Suite 12.2.4 and above. To use this app, you must be a licensed user of Oracle Yard
Management with mobile services configured on the server side by your administrator.
Note: Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite is available in the following
languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.
3.11.2.1. Android and iOS support

Oracle Mobile Yard for Oracle E-Business Suite is available for iOS and Android
devices. Users can perform yard transactions such as check-in and check-out, and
inquire about equipment, appointments, and yard capacity.

• Ability to open links to external websites within the app
• Updated look and feel, including native look and feel for action sheets on iOS
devices
• Ability to easily clear user credential fields in the Sign In page
2.3.1
3.11.3.1. Distributed Yard Management (DYMS) Support for Smartphone App

The Mobile Yard application has been updated to ensure all existing functionality is
available to remote service organizations and distributed deployments of Yard
Management.
• Ability to import custom CA or self-signed server certificates to standard apps
for TLS connections to Oracle E-Business Suite
• Ability to download the mobile app configuration automatically from the server
2.4.0

• For apps installed through an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution's
app catalog, support for having the EBS Server URL preconfigured by an
administrator rather than requiring users to enter it after launching the app
• Enhancement to prevent attachments viewed within the app from being shared
elsewhere on iOS devices
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RELEASE CONTENT DOCUMENT

Prepared by Oracle E-Business Suite Product Development

Last Updated: August 16, 2019

2.1. Purpose of Document

3.1. Oracle Inventory Management

3.1.2. Release 12.1.1

3.1.2.1. On Hand Material Status

3.1.2.2. Extensibility Enhancements

3.1.2.3. Lot Genealogy Enhancements

3.1.2.4. Purchasing by Revision Enhancements

3.1.3. Release 12.1.2

3.1.3.1. Supply Chain Web Services for Items and Inventory

The following web service is provided for Item:

The following web services are provided for Inventory:

3.1.4. Release 12.2

3.1.4.1. Optional Lot Allocation

3.1.4.3. Return to Vendor Enhancements

3.1.4.4. Global Lot Attributes

3.1.4.5. Cycle Counting Enhancements

3.1.4.7. Deferred Electronic Record and Electronic Signature Capture

3.1.4.8. Public APIs for Unit of Measure

3.1.4.9. Receiving Open Interface Enhancement

3.1.4.10. Pay on Receipt for Landed Cost Management Organizations

3.1.5. Release 12.2.3

3.1.5.1. Physical Inventory Integration Enhancements

3.1.6. Release 12.2.4

3.1.6.1. Automated Return to Consignment for Work in Process Component

3.1.7. Release 12.2.5

3.1.7.1. Serial Tagging at Sales Order Pick

Serial tagging can be enabled for an item in an organization during

3.1.7.2. Consignment Returns After Consumption

3.1.7.3. Receiving HTML User Interface

• Simplified user experience

3.1.8. Release 12.2.6

3.1.8.2. Shipping HTML User Interface

3.1.8.3. Reservations HTML User Interface

3.1.8.4. Material Classification Tagging

3.1.9. Release 12.2.7

3.1.9.1. Material Workbench HTML User Interface

3.1.9.2. Receiving HTML UI – Enhanced LPN Receipt for a Multi-Distribution

3.1.9.4. Return from Organization Different than the Original Receipt

3.1.9.5. Transportation Planning for Waves

3.1.10.2. Allow Corrections of received quantity from Receiving Operations UI

3.1.10.3. Shipment Line based Receiving in MSCA

3.1.10.4. Item Receipt (HTML UI)

3.1.10.5. Inventory Aging Report

3.1.10.6. Support for Multi-Leg Shipments from Oracle Transportation

3.1.1.1. Automated Move of Backordered Material

3.1.1.2. Ability to backorder Move Order lines using public API

3.1.1.3. Ability to Backorder Delivery Details without creating a Delivery

3.1.1.4. Workflow Driven Cycle Count Approval

3.1.1.5. Cancel Unshipped Lines for Sales Orders

3.1.1.6. Inspection Support in Receiving HTML User Interface

3.2.2. Release 12.2.8

3.2.2.1. Shipping Dashboard

3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+

3.2.3.1. Aging Inventory Dashboard

3.2.3.2. Cycle Counting Dashboard

Oracle Inventory Management Information Discovery empowers manufacturing and

3.3.3.1. Plan Fulfillment

3.3.3.2. Track Fulfillment

3.3.3.3. Space Utilization