1 Overview

Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS), part of Oracle Retail's Supply Chain Planning and Execution solution group, facilitates the coordinated movement of merchandise and information throughout the distribution center. RWMS is a member of the Oracle Retail Enterprise, a suite of software products that manages and optimizes retail supply chain. RWMS streamlines the supply chain for multichannel retailers, including store, and e-commerce retailers.

Decision support tools help plan the efficient use of facility resources and monitor existing activities and merchandise flows. Radio Frequency (RF) terminals make real-time inventory control and task management possible.

RWMS supports the physical and logical creation of a warehouse through structured configuration.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Key Features of Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System

• Skills Needed for Implementation

• Workspace Navigation

Key Features of Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System

Selected key features of RWMS are:

• Advance Ship Notice (ASN) functionality, including web-based vendor ASN creation

• Multiple methods of Inbound freight scheduling

• Pre-Distribution, including cross-docking and flow-through

• Receiving with selected inbound processing

• Inbound Quality Assurance (QA) including vendor compliance

• Flexible configuration of putaway including concentric

• Flexible configuration of distribution and picking schemes

• Robust Cycle Counting with logging

• Warehouse specific configurable shipping

• Value Added Service

• Operational Dashboards

• Return to Vendor (RTV)

• Task Management

• Labor Management

• Trailer/yard management

• Compatibility with Radio Frequency hardware; hand held, truck mount and wrist mount

• Enterprise Structure

Skills Needed for Implementation

The implementer needs to have an understanding of the following applications and technical concepts.

Applications

The implementer should understand retail supply chain idiosyncrasies, specifically as they pertain to retail warehouse management requirements. Furthermore, the implementer should understand the interface requirements of the integrated applications and data sources for the master data, demand, and inventory transactions.

• Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS)

• Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (SIM)

• Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB)

Technical Concepts

The implementer should understand the following technical concepts:

• Oracle 11g database administration

• UNIX system administration, shell scripts, and job scheduling

• Performance constraints based on the retailer's integrated application infrastructure

• Technical architecture for RWMS

• Retailer's hierarchical (SKU/store/day) data

• Terminal Server administration in managing user accounts

• BI Publisher administration in configuring user accounts, setting security, database connections, and printers

Workspace Navigation

Standard Buttons

Located at the top of the workspace. The standard buttons are enabled based on the work you have done or the selections you make in the workspace.

Table 1-1 Standard Button Descriptions

Image	Button	Description
	Clear	Clears data and allows a new query
	Exit	Closes the current window
	Query/Provide Dropdowns	Display available query entry dropdowns
	Search	Search
	Delete/Cancel Query	Exit Screen
	Help	Provides user help

List of Values (LOV) Button

Some fields need to filter a large amount of information. To help you select the information, use the LOV button.

Table 1-2 LOV Button Descriptions

Image	Button	Description
	LOV buttons	Allows you to pick from a list of valid data that is used in the field. LOV buttons only allow you to make one selection.

The list of values window displays returned values and a paging mechanism. To view additional sets of information, select from the list on the left side.

Using LOV Buttons

1. Click the LOV button next to a text field. The list of values window opens. The total number of values appears on the footer of the window.

   Figure 1-1 List of Values Window

   
   
   
   

   Note: You can enter partial information into the drop-down Find field and click Find, a partial list of values is returned that matches the entered information. If a complete valid value is entered in a field that has an LOV button associated to it, then the list of values window is not be displayed.

   
   

2. Select a value. Page as necessary to find the desired value.

3. Click OK. The field is automatically filled in with the selected value.