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Oracle Warehouse Management Overview

Naveen Mauwala
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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What is a Warehouse?
People
Devices
Equipment
Area
Warehouse
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Processes of a Warehouse
Picking
Storage Put away Receiving
Packing Shipping
Value
added services
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Additional Product Requirements
Warehouse Management requires you also use:
Oracle
Purchasing
Oracle Order
Management
Oracle
Inventory
Oracle Bills
of Material
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Warehouse Management Application
Hierarchy
Task
Mgt.
LPNs
Rules
Engine
Lot Split
Merge
Material
Mgt.
Existing: Oracle Manufacturing & Distribution Applications
WIP
BOM
Quality Inventory
Order Mgt
Shipping
Purchasing
Receiving
Oracle Mobile (RF) Technology
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications
Oracle Warehouse Management
Project
Mfg.
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Inventory, Warehouse Management and
MSCA
Capabilities Inventory Warehouse
Management
MSCA
LPN
Management
No Yes No
Task
Management
No Yes No
Counting Yes Yes Yes
Rules No Yes No
RFID No Yes Yes
Label
Printing
No Yes Yes
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Radio Frequency Devices
Supports highly automated environments with Radio
Frequency (RF) hand-held computers and material
systems.
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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Overview of Inbound Logistics
Inbound
Logistics
Directed
put away
Inspection
Receiving
Storage
optimization
Cross docking
Label
printing
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Reverse Logistics
Refurbishment and
Recycling
Return to Vendor (RTV)
Return Material
Authorization (RMA)
Reverse Logistics
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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Overview of Outbound Logistics
Outbound
Logistics
Pick
Release
Shipping
Warehouse Control
Board
Packing Consolidation Dock Door
Appointments
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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Value Added Services
Manufacturing Quality
Inspections
Product Compliance
Labeling
Manufacturing Component
Picking
Mixed-Mode Manufacturing
Kitting and De-kitting
MFG Assembly Completion
and Put Away
Radio Frequency
Identification Support
Manufacturing Integration
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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LPN Management
Advanced Lot and Serial
Control
Counting
Storage and Facility Management
Storage and Facility
Management
Inventory Features
Material Status Control
Workflow Based Exception
Management
Replenishment
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms
Summary
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Oracle Mobile Applications Architecture
Application /
Data Base
RF Base
Station
(Router)
LAN or WAN
Mobile
Transaction
Server (MWA
Server)
SQL
Net
Telnet over TCP/IP
RF Device
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License Plate Numbers (LPNs)
Containers
Groups of Items
LPNs
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Nesting LPNs
LPN1
LPN2
LPN3
LPN4
Item A
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Generating LPNs
License Plate Number
Unique across organizations
Manually generated or automatically generated
through a concurrent request
License Plate Naming Logic
Defined at organization level
Can be manufacturer code assigned by UCC

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LPN Context
Resides in Inventory
Resides in WIP
Resides in
Receiving
In-transit
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LPN Context
Pre-generated Picked
Packing Issued out of Stores
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LPN Context
Defined but not Used


Resides at Vendor Site


Pre-Pack of WIP


Loaded for Shipment


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Immature
Subinventory Transfer
Issue to Scrap
Organization Transfer
Sales Order Pick
Ship Confirm
Allowed Transaction Types
Disallowed Transaction Types
Material Status
Material Status
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Task Assignment
Skills:
- Hazardous Material Training
- Hazardous Picking Equipment Qualified
Skills:
- Pallet Picking Qualified
- Case Picking Qualified
Skills:
- Each Picking Qualified
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Rules and the Rules Engine
Repository of business
restrictions and
requirements
Reduces need for
customization

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Rules Engine Uses
Label Printing
Put Away Locations
Material Allocations
for Picking
Task Type
Assignments
Operation Plans
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Material Allocation Example
Strawberries
Excellent Good Average
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Allocation Decision Tree
Excellent Grade
Good Grade
Supreme Berries
Average Grade
Any Grade
Cost Cutters
Any Grade
Others
Which customer is the order for?
Start
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Rules Setup
Define Rules
Define Strategies
Assign Strategies in
Rules Workbench
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Defining Rules: Restrictions
Strawberries
Excellent
Strawberries
Good
Strawberries
Average
Available
Strawberries
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Defining Rules: Sort Criteria
Strawberries
Excellent
Strawberries
Excellent
Strawberries
Excellent
Expires next
week
Expires in
two weeks
Expires in
three weeks
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Defining Rules: Default
Strawberries
Good
Strawberries
Average
Strawberries
Excellent
Default
Rule
Accept any strawberries
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Strategies
List of rules
Different levels
Assigning strategies


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Task Type, Label Format, and Operation
Plan Selection Rules
Are not assigned to strategies
Linked directly to an organization
Rule weight determines search order
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Consistency Requirements
Lot A
Lot B
Lot C
Lot D
Individual Lots
Lot Combinations
Acceptable
Unacceptable
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Rules Simulation
The Rules Engine Simulator enables you to create and
debug the picking and put away processes. You can
use the rules simulator for the following:
Test individual rules
Test strategies
Test the rules process


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RFID Technology
Unique identifiers
Associate identifiers with system records
Export events to Warehouse Management
Report Exceptions
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Labeling
Label
printing
Customer Labeling
Receipt Labeling
Manufacturing
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Material
Label Types
SN123678
Serial Number
Location WIP Contents
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Label Types
LPN1247
LPN
LPN
Contents
LPN
Summary
Shipping
Shipping
Contents
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Label Formats
Label Formats determine the
fields that appear on a label
SN: 123478
Item Desc: AS100 Desktop
UOM: Each
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Assigning Label Types to Business Flows
Assigning label types to business flows enables you
to do the following:
Print labels automatically as part of the business
flow
Associate a label type to more than one flow
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Agenda
Overview of Oracle Warehouse Management
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Value Added Services
Material Control
Foundation Terms