1 Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management

Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (SIM) helps store personnel to perform many in-store operations:

Receive merchandise from the warehouse or directly from vendors
Replenish and order stock
Request and implement price changes
Manage physical inventories and perform stock counts
Look up detailed information about merchandise items, suppliers, containers, and customer orders
Transfer or return stock
Manage customer orders
Print tickets, labels, and reports

SIM User Interface

There are two user interfaces for SIM:

Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management, the user interface on the PC
Oracle Retail Mobile Store Inventory Management, the user interface on the handheld

This user guide describes how to use the SIM user interface on the PC. The SIM application is organized by functional areas, and the menus lead you to the specific tasks that you need to perform.

Each SIM task is described in detail in this guide. Also see Chapter 2, "Using SIM" for general information about features of the SIM user interface.

For more information about the SIM user interface on the handheld, see the Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management Implementation Guide.

Administration

The administration functions include the following tasks usually performed by a SIM system administrator or a manager:

SIM setup and technical maintenance
Security setup to define SIM users and their roles
Setup and scheduling of the product groups used for stock counts, pick lists, item requests, and wastage calculation
Setup and maintenance of unique identification numbers (UIN), such as serial numbers, for items that require them (optional feature)
Maintenance of variances allowed for ad hoc stock counts and customer order picking
Setup of inventory adjustment and return reason codes
Setup of tickets, reports, labels, and printers

Shipping and Receiving

The shipping and receiving functions include the following:

Direct store deliveries
Deliveries from company-owned warehouses or external finishers
Transfers between stores
Returns to suppliers, warehouses, or finishers

Inventory Management

The inventory management functions help you to maintain an accurate perpetual store inventory, and they include the following:

Inventory adjustments
Stock counts
Sequencing
Shelf replenishment
Item requests
Store orders
Price changes

Customer Order Management

The customer order management functions help you maintain the customer orders, and they include:

Customer order
Pick
Delivery
Reverse pick
Reject Order

Lookups

At any time, you can look up detailed information about inventory items, suppliers, and containers. You can also look up related information at the same time. For example, while you are looking up an item, you can also view information about the suppliers of the item.

The print functions help you management printing tickets, labels, and reports. The print functions include: