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Oracle Warehouse Management June 5, 2001

Patrick ElizondoOracle Sales Consultant

Oracle Warehouse Management June 5, 2001

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Oracle Warehouse Management

● Technology● Material Tracking and Control● Business Flows● Mobile Functions● Pick and Ship Drill Down

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Enabling Technologies

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Oracle Mobile Transaction Server

● A “Forms Server” for industrial (barcode) devices connected via an RF LAN

● Standards based - 802.11, Telnet over TCP/IP

● Device independent - Over 20 devices already certified from Intermec, Symbol and LXE

● Scalable - Multiple servers● Applications may run as Telnet

session on desktop and may be “mirrored”

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Oracle Mobile Applications Framework● A Java-based applications development framework designed to create UI’s suitable for these devices

– Simplified prompts & input– Field level online

validation– Forms build and adjust

based on prior input● Multiple language support

based on user login● Easy to extend

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Compliance Labeling Support through integration with 3rd Party Print Software

Multiple Label Formats registered with Oracle WMS

Compliance Labeling Rules built into Oracle Rules Engine

On Label Request, appropriate format

is selectedXML

XML Generated and passed to 3rd Party Printing Software

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Rules Engine Functions

● Based on user defined rules, the rules engine intelligently

– suggests material allocations for picking– suggests putaway locations for LPNs– assigns task types to tasks– assigns cost groups to transactions– formats labels for printing

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Advanced Material Tracking & Control

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Lot and serial attribute features

● Populating attributes at lot and serial creationPopulate attributes

Maintain attributes

Use attributes

● Enabling maintenance of attributes

● Querying by attribute● Pick and putaway Rules● Transfer attributes

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Sublot Control Scope

● Splitting starting lot into resulting lotsLot Split

Lot Merge

Lot Genealogy

● Merging starting lots into resulting lot

● Building and displaying Where-used (parent) and Lot source (child) relationships

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Item Status vs. Material Status

Concept Design Engineering Beta Production Maintain / Service Obsolete

Product Lifecycle(item master)

Hold Defective Rework

Exceptions

Received Quality Check Raw Immature Active Expired

Material Lifecycle(each individual inventory instance of an item)

Shipped

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Assign Status & Put Away

Assign Status at Receipt

Putaway to non-reservable sub

Receiver notices quality problems

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Workflow Based Exception Management

Corrective ActionWorkflow Started

Request Cycle Count

Place Location on Hold

Page Supervisor

Notify Customer Service

User Reports Task Error

User Indicates Reason for Error

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Cost Groups

Maintain different accounts for: • Raw Materials• MRB• Consigned Inventory (each Supplier)Store them in the same physical location!

HazMat - RMHazMat - MRBHazMat - Cons S1Refrigerated - RMRefrigerated - MRBRefrig - Cons S1High Value - RMHigh Value - MRB

Receiving Inspection Shipping

Bulk

Each

Case

Rules based cost group assignment allows material to be stored indifferent material valuation & holding accounts, even at different item costs even though the material is in the same physical warehouse zone.

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BusinessFlows

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Example Put Away Rules

Rule 2 : If material is Hazardous...

HazMat

Each Pick

Rejected

Bulk Pick

Rule 3 : If material has designated flow rack, and it has empty capacity...

Rule 4 : By default, based on available capacity...

Rule 1: If material was rejected during PO Inspection...

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Cross-Docking Put Away

Scan LPN Verify Drop Location

Cross Dockin

g Opportunity

OutboundStaging

Storage

Pick Release SO LinePut Away

directly to Outbound

Staging Lane

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Min-Max Subinventory Replenishment Process

Min-Max

Run Min-MaxReport Set

CreateAllocations

Assign Task Type

Split/Merge Tasks

Dispatch Task

Accept Next Task

Load Material Drop Material

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WMS Material Picking Process

SO

Pick Release

CreateAllocations

Assign Task Type

Cartonize

Split/Merge Tasks

Dispatch Task

Accept Next Task

Load Material Drop Material

Syst

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Use

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Cartonization Advantages● Suggest optimal packing configuration based on

– packing requirements– carton weight capacity and volume– item dimensions

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Pallet Large Box Small Box

Drum Bucket Rhino Bag

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Material Allocation ExampleStart

What customer isthe order for?

Business World Jam Mfg.

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Other

1) Excellent Grade2) Good Grade

1) Average Grade2) Any Grade

1) Any Grade

This order will use a Strategy based on Customer, others could use one based on Item class, etc.

This Strategy defines that the “Avg” Rule is applied first, then then the “Any” Rule

The associated Rule defines what is a “Good” grade for the item

Strategy Search Order

Strategies

Rules

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Task Management● Rules Based Task Type Determination● Group Tasks by Pick Methodology● Merge Tasks for Bulk Picking● Split tasks to meet equipment capacity● Order Tasks by Locator Picking Order (Pick Path)● Dispatch Task based on user & equipment

qualifications

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Task Detail

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Mobile Function Summary

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Mobile Functions● Receiving

– Receiving transactions– Quality inspections– Return material

authorizations● Inventory

– Miscellaneous transactions– Subinventory transfers– Inter-organization transfers– On hand/availability inquiries– Cycle count entry– Physical inventory

● Outbound– Material picking– Consolidation/Deconsolidatio

n– Shipping

● Manufacturing– Move Assembly– Scrap/Reject assembly– View job details– Complete assembly– Return assembly– Charge resource– Component issue & return– Create by-products– Complete & Scrap work

orderless completions– Flow manufacturing

completion & scrap– collect quality data during

transactions

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WMS Mobile Functions● Inquiries

– On hand/availability inquiries

– LPN inquiries– Cost group inquiry– Material status inquiry– Lot/Serial attribute inquiry

● Updates– Update LPN attributes– Update Lot/Serial attribute– Update material status– Update cost group

● LPN Functions– Pack & Merge– Unpack – Split

● LPN Triggered Transactions

– Perform all material transactions via LPN

● Task Dispatching● Print Labels on demand● ASN-based Receiving● Opportunistic Cross

Docking