Oracle Warehouse Management User's Guide

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Preface

Oracle Warehouse Management Overview

Overview of the Oracle Warehouse Management System

Inbound Logistics

Inventory, Storage, and Facility Management

Oracle Warehouse Management Value Added Services

Outbound Logistics

Reverse Logistics

Warehouse Configuration

Container and License Plate Management

Oracle Warehouse Management Rules Engine

Oracle Warehouse Management Rules Engine

Overview of the Rules Engine

Components of the Rules Engine

Overview of Rules Setup

Defining WMS Rules

Task Type, Label Format, and Operation Plan Selection Rules

Picking Rule Allocation

Process Allocation Logic

Defining WMS Rules for Logistics Service Providers (LSPs)

Picking Rules for Oracle Warehouse Management Enabled Project Manufacturing Organizations

Setting Up Pick Wave Rules

Oracle Warehouse Management Strategies Window

Rules Workbench

Explaining the Oracle Warehouse Management Rules Engine Simulator

Summary of Rule Properties

Material Management

Explaining License Plate Management

Explaining Multi-level Nesting Support

Viewing LPNs

Generating License Plate Numbers

Maintaining LPNs

Performing Inventory Transactions with LPNs

How to Translate a Lot

Viewing Lots

Explaining How to Use Oracle Warehouse Management Kanban Management Features

Explaining LPN Based WIP Completions and Put Away

Describing WIP Completions within Oracle Warehouse Management

Explaining Prepacking LPNs for WIP Completions

Describing Oracle Warehouse Management Inquiry Windows

Mobile Inquiries

Locator Alias

Consigned Stock and Vendor Managed Inventory in Oracle Warehouse Management

Task Management

Overview of Task Planning

Set up Operation Plans

Setup Task Filters

Setting Up User Task Type Attributes

Explaining Task Dispatch and Assignment

Explaining Task Unloading

Explaining Task Skipping

Task Exceptions

Explaining the Warehouse Control Board

Navigating the Warehouse Control Board

Managing Tasks

Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Control Board for Task Planning

Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Control Board for Outbound Operations

Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Control Board for Inbound Operations

Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Control Board for Manufacturing Operations

Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Control Board for Warehousing Operations

Performing Rough Cut Planning

Using the Warehouse Control Board as a Monitoring Tool

How to Perform Task Dispatched Cycle Counts

Opportunistic Cycle Counting

Oracle Warehouse Management Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics Overview

Oracle Warehouse Management Inbound Features

Describing Receiving Documents

Describing Receiving Methods

Explaining the Standard Receipt Process

Explaining the Direct Receipt Process

Explaining the Confirm Receipt Process

Explaining the Express Receipt Process Using ASNs

Explaining the Inspection Process

Receiving Material for Clients (LSP Feature)

How to Perform Receiving Transactions Using the Oracle Warehouse Management Mobile User Interface

How to Perform an ASN Receipt

How to Print the ASN Discrepancy Report

Explaining the Express Receipt Process Using Internal Requisitions

Explaining the Express Receipt Process Using Internal Shipments

Receiving Common User Interface

Receiving for Different Routings

Receiving Material Sent for Outside Processing

Displaying Country Of Origin

Displaying Routing Message

How to Perform Receipts Using the Receiving Common Interface

Document Initiated Receipts

Item Initiated Receipts

Cross References for Vendor Items

Describing the LPN Put Away Process

Multi-Step Putaway and Replenishment

Explaining LPN Based Returns

LPN Transactions

Explaining Pre-Generated Putaways

Oracle Warehouse Management Crossdocking

Overview of Crossdocking

Planned Crossdocking

Opportunistic Crossdocking

Opportunistic Crossdock Receipt Validations

Crossdocking and Change Management

Crossdocking Exceptions

Crossdocking Criteria

Crossdock Execution

Oracle Warehouse Management Outbound Logistics

Overview of the Material Picking Process

Explaining Pick Release

Explaining the Pick Allocation Process

Explaining the Picking Process

Explaining Pick Task Grouping

Describing Pick Methodologies

Performing Picks

Bulk Picking

Setting Up Case Picking

Explaining Over Picking

Setting Up Over Allocation For Pick Release

Under Picking Without Exception

Lot Substitution During Picking

Describing Task Loading and Dropping

Forward Pick Replenishment

How to Perform Move Order Transactions

Explaining Oracle Warehouse Management Picking for Manufacturing

Dock Scheduling and Load Sequencing

Wave Planning

Overview of Wave Planning

Creating a Wave

Planning a Wave

Viewing Waves Using the Wave Dashboard

Viewing Waves Using the Wave Workbench

Setting Up Task Release Options

Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) Management

Overview of Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) Management

Inbound Flow

Outbound Flow

Returns Process

Overview of Third Party Logistics (3PL) Billing

Creating Billing Sources

Creating Billing Rules

Label Printing and Material Handling Equipment

Labeling Overview

Customer Labeling Requirements

Defining Label Formats and Sets

Defining Custom Label Fields

Defining Labels for Clients

Setting Up Label Format Assignment Rules

Associating Label Types to Business Flows

Label Printing for Pallets and Cases Without Cartonization

Defining Printer IP

Viewing Label Requests

Explaining Material Handling Devices

Explaining Radio Frequency Identification Device Integration

Material Handling Devices and Business Events

Defining Devices

Explaining Device History Requests

Warehouse Control System

Searching for Tasks Within the Directive Queue

Carousel Configuration

Defining Device Response Messages

Cartonization, Consolidation, and Packing

Describing Cartonization Features

Describing Carton Groups

Describing Container-Load Relationships

Using Cartonization

Consolidation

Consolidation Inquiry

Staging Moves

LPN Mass Moves

Mass Consolidate

Describing the Consolidation Report

Describing User-Initiated Consolidation

Explaining Oracle Warehouse Management Packing Options

Using the Desktop Application to Pack Material

Performing Packing Processes

Performing Unpacking Processes

Performing Splitting Processes

Performing Consolidation Processes

Capturing Catch Weight Information

Mobile Bulk Packing

Shipping

Describing Shipment Planning

Overview of Shipping Confirmation Transactions

Explaining Shipment Transaction Integration

Describing Mobile User Interface Shipping Methods

Explaining Direct Shipping Without Picking

How to Perform Direct Shipping With LPN Reservations

Setting Up Dock Door Appointments

Setting Up Dock Door Synchronization with Oracle Transportation Management

Synchronizing Dock Doors with Oracle Transportation Management

Synchronizing Dock Appointments with Oracle Transportation Management

Labor Management

Overview of Labor Management

Resource Planning

Labor Productivity

Labor Management Definitions

Labor Management Setup

Labor Management Process

Labor Management Summary

Resource Requirements

Warehouse Productivity

Work Outstanding

Graphical Analysis

Warehouse Productivity Details

Labor Management Analysis

Viewing Expected Resources Requirements

Labor Productivity Analysis

Standardize Nonstandard Lines

Viewing Labor Standards

Labor Standard History

Concurrent Requests

Oracle Warehouse Management Reports

Overview of Reports

Material Status Change History Report

Material Status Where Used Report

Cycle Count Reports

ASN Discrepancy Report

Consolidation Report

Space Utilization Report

Scheduled Shipment Report (Without Barcodes)

Concurrent Requests

Archiving Tasks

Calculate Billing Units

Dynamic Replenishment

How to Purge Tables

Generate LPN

Oracle Warehouse Management Bulk Task Generation

Push Replenishment

Synchronize Dock Doors with Transportation Management

Un-archive Oracle Warehouse Management Tasks

Wave Planning Concurrent Requests

Launch Task Release Concurrent Request

Wave Planning - Catch Exceptions Concurrent Request

Wave Planning Initiate Process Concurrent Request

Wave Planning Plan Wave Concurrent Request

Wave Planning Release Wave

Windows and Navigation Paths

Windows and Navigation Paths

Mobile User Interface and Oracle Warehouse Management

Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications Overview

Using Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications with Oracle Warehouse Management

How the Oracle Warehouse Management System Builds on Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications

Manually Printing Labels in the Mobile User Interface

Mobile Support for Attachments

Mobile List of Values (LOV)

Mobile UOM List of Value (LOV) Conversions

Configurable Barcode Delimiter

Customized Barcode Scanning

Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN)

Oracle Warehouse Management and GTIN's

How to Set Up and Use GTINs

Quality Integration

Glossary

Index

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