WMS EIPs
The EIPs used to exchange data between the PeopleSoft system and a WMS are service operations defined within PeopleSoft Integration Broker.
The following diagram illustrates the data flow between the WMS and PeopleSoft Inventory, Order Management, Purchasing, and Payables:
The following diagram illustrates the data flow.
The following sections describe the information that each EIP provides.
PeopleSoft Purchasing
The EIPs within PeopleSoft Purchasing are:
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EIP Name |
Description |
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Purchase Order Expected Receipt EIPs (outbound) |
Provides the WMS with a list of expected receipts that have not been received for a dispatched purchase order. This integration point includes the following service operations; PO_EXPECTED_RECEIPT_SHIPTO and the PO_EXPECTED_RECEIPT_BUS_UNIT. |
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Purchase Order Receipt EIP (inbound) |
This service operation updates the status of purchase order receipts in the PeopleSoft system to indicate whether the quantity on the receipt has been received in the WMS system. |
PeopleSoft Order Management and PeopleSoft Inventory
The EIPs within PeopleSoft Order Management and PeopleSoft Inventory are:
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EIP Name |
Description |
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Shipping Order Release EIP (outbound) |
This service operation provides the WMS with details of orders that have been released for picking and shipment. |
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Interunit Expected Receipt EIP (outbound) |
This service operation notifies the WMS that an interunit stock transfer has been shipped to it from another PeopleSoft Inventory business unit. |
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Customer/Address EIPs (outbound) |
Updates the customer and address information in the WMS with the current information in the PeopleSoft system. There are several service operations in this category, starting with CUSTOMER. |
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Item Master EIPs (outbound) |
Updates item master, item business unit attributes, purchasing item attributes, item unit of measure, and item revision information in the WMS with the current information in the PeopleSoft system. There are several service operations in this category, starting with ITEM. |
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Carrier/Shipping Method EIPs (outbound) |
Updates carrier and shipping method information in the WMS with the current information in the PeopleSoft system. There are several service operations in this category, starting with CARRIER. |
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Location Table EIPs (outbound) |
Updates internal ship to location data in the WMS with the current information in the PeopleSoft system. There are several service operations in this category, starting with LOCATION. |
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Inventory Pick Confirm EIP (inbound) |
This service operation reports picking and shipping activities to the PeopleSoft system. |
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Inventory Shipping EIP (inbound) |
This service operation reports picking and shipping activities to the PeopleSoft system. |
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Inventory Adjustment EIP (inbound) |
This service operation reports adjustments in stock quantity balances to PeopleSoft. |
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Inventory Transfer EIP (inbound) |
This service operation reports transfers of stock quantity between material storage locations. In a WMS integration, this data is used by the WMS to modify the inventory status in PeopleSoft Inventory to Open or Hold. The stock quantity is logically transferred to a location with the appropriate status. |
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Physical Inventory EIP (inbound) |
This service operation reports cycle counting and complete physical inventory activities. In a WMS integration, this data is used to synchronize the quantity balances between the two systems. PeopleSoft Inventory processes this data as a stock quantity update from a counting event. |
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Interunit Receipt EIP (inbound) |
This service operation updates the status of interunit receipts in PeopleSoft to indicate whether the quantity on the receipt has been received in the WMS system. |
Note: If the Inventory business unit is integrated with WMS and uses the return to vendor (RTV) feature in PeopleSoft Purchasing, then you cannot use the Express option for the RTV Inventory Ship Option or the RTV Inventory Destroy Option in PeopleSoft Purchasing. The express option could cause the stock quantities between the PeopleSoft Inventory business unit and the WMS to become out of balance.
Note: In prior releases of PeopleSoft Inventory, the Shipping Notification EIP was used to send back picking and shipping details from the WMS system. The Shipping Notification EIP is available for backwards compatibility to earlier releases. However, if you are currently implementing the integration point between PeopleSoft Inventory and a WMS, use the Inventory Pick Confirm EIP and the Inventory Shipping EIP instead of the Shipping Notification EIP.
PeopleSoft Payables
The EIPs within PeopleSoft Payables are:
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EIP Name |
Description |
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Supplier EIPs (outbound) |
Updates the WMS with the current data from the supplier table and its related tables in the PeopleSoft system. There are several service operations in this category, starting with Supplier. |
PeopleSoft General Ledger
PeopleSoft General Ledger is not directly integrated with the WMS. Instead, it is updated by transactions in PeopleSoft Payables, PeopleSoft Order Management, and PeopleSoft Inventory.