Mobile Inventory Management Overview
This chapter provides an overview of PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management and discusses prerequisites and consideration for implementation.
Mobile Inventory Management Overview
The FSCM Mobile Inventory Management application provides tools to integrate mobile devices to the PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management system. This enables you to take advantage of the cost savings and efficiency improvements inherent in processes driven by mobile devices. Oracle ADF Mobile is used along with the PeopleSoft Integration Broker and PeopleSoft Web Services (including Component Interfaces).
Use this PeopleBook for common information about:
Setting up PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management.
Performing item stock inquiries using Mobile Inventory Management.
Using mobile receiving.
Using mobile delivery.
Counting par locations using a mobile device.
Counting inventory stock using a mobile device.
Using mobile express issue.
This diagram illustrates the flow of information from PeopleSoft to mobile devices:
Overview of the interface between PeopleSoft and mobile devices
The PeopleSoft system includes the:
Database housing the PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management applications. For PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management you must have also installed the PeopleSoft Inventory application.
The application server which runs business logic and submits SQL to the database server.
The webserver gateway is a platform that manages the receipt and delivery of messages passed among systems through PeopleSoft Integration Broker. PeopleSoft Integration Broker enables you to provide web services to other PeopleSoft systems and external integration partners.
The PeopleTools web service is identified in the Oracle Application Development Framework Mobile (ADF Mobile) software. The Oracle ADF Mobile software is a part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware. Oracle ADF Mobile browser extends Oracle ADF to browsers running on mobile devices. The Oracle ADF Mobile contains the mobile pages to display on the mobile device along with the login page and navigation breadcrumbs. The mobile pages are linked to the PeopleTools web service.
Oracle ADF Mobile provides AJAX features to support client-side data validation and partial page refresh. Pages on the mobile device are displayed with the ability to search for PeopleSoft data, include default values in a field, view additional details using links, view error messages, and use field prompts.
The mobile devices need to:
Contain a bar code scanner.
Use Microsoft Windows Mobile version 6.0 or higher.
Run the Oracle ADF Mobile client web browser.
For more information on setting up PeopleSoft application servers and web servers, see PeopleTools PeopleBook: System and Server Administration guide.
Prerequisites and Considerations
This section discusses prerequisites and considerations to review prior to implementing the PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management 9.1 application.
These are prerequisites for the implementation of PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management for release 9.1:
PeopleSoft Inventory 9.1 is installed and PeopleSoft FSCM Resolution ID 825837 is applied.
The setup of PeopleSoft Inventory 9.1 must be complete.
(optional) PeopleSoft Purchasing 9.1 is installed.
To use the mobile receiving and mobile delivery features, the setup of PeopleSoft Purchasing 9.1 must be complete.
The PeopleTools release must be 8.50 or greater.
Oracle ADF (Application Development Framework) Mobile version 11.1.1.4 is installed and its initial setup tasks are completed.
Security has been applied to your PeopleSoft user IDs to enable access to the PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management pages on the mobile devices.
The mobile devices have been configured for optimal viewing of the PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management pages.
For more information on the prerequisites to using PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management, see the PeopleSoft FSCM 9.1 Mobile Inventory Management Installation Guide posted on My Oracle Support.