JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management Overview

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management is an integral part of the manufacturing and distribution processes. It works with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management and Shop Floor Management systems to manage inventory and the products that companies produce and ship. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system does not create any accounting records of its own. Instead, the system uses records that other systems create to help keep accurate financial records of warehouse transactions. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system minimizes the number of duplicate records and mismatched data, reduces the hardware requirements and increases the system's performance.

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system controls many aspects of warehouse operations, from receiving and storing items to retrieving and shipping them. You can design the warehouse to make the most of the available space, employees' time, and the unique storage requirements of the goods that you stock. You can structure the warehouse in almost limitless detail, so you can know the exact location of everything, the exact quantity that you have on hand, and the exact quantity that is available. This detail enables you to maintain a continuous flow of goods and gives you the competitive edge in delivering goods to the customers quickly and efficiently.

Some of the most important features of the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system are:

User-defined rules for stock movement.
User-defined parameters for items and locations to control stock movement.
Fixed and random locations for more efficient stock movement.
Automatic shipping carton selection during picking.
License plate processing to preform putaway, pick, or replenishment based on full pallet structures, based on a single license plate number.
Ability to review warehouse contents using the Work With Location Utilization form, which enables you to consume nine levels of detail.
Manual or automatic storage, picking, and replenishment of stock.
Audit trail reporting of inventory movement.

With the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system, you can:

Create a logical model of the warehouse in as much detail as you need by specifying such characteristics as location dimensions, temperature, humidity, and lighting.
Create a logical model of each item in the warehouse to allow the system to match items to storage locations based on the characteristics of the items and locations.
Control how stock is stored, picked, and replenished by setting up rules for the system to follow.
Move stock to and from specific locations using manual input or automatic system-generated suggestions.
Use random locations for putting items away, picking items, and replenishing items.
Generate an audit trail of reports for each stock movement and review the information online.
Sequence employees' trips through the warehouse to maximize their productivity.
Confirm stock movement manually with minimal data entry keystrokes or confirm stock movement automatically.
Share stock movement data with other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems to answer inquiries and improve customer service.
Specify detailed carton and container information.
Use carton recommendation to summarize the number and weight of pallets or cartons, and can make carton and pallet recommendations.
Reorganize a carton's contents and its placement within a shipment before shipping.
Process inbound and outbound label information for third-party label generation.
Process sales orders using the pick, pack, and ship process.
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The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system is extremely flexible because it can use more than 50 different parameters of locations, items, and rules to move the inventory. Additional features include:

Feature	Description
Profiles of locations and items	For each item and location in the warehouse, you define a profile. For items, you can define parameters and characteristics that control how the system moves the item. For locations, you can define parameters and characteristics that control the location's suitability for storing, picking, or replenishing items.
Rule-based storage, picking, and replenishment	The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system is rule-driven. You can set up movement rules that are based on a variety of factors, including: The path sequence numbers that you can assign to locations Each location's purpose, and the quantity and type of items present in the location Location tax codes that are matched to item tax code characteristics You can define as many rules as you need for different business purposes.
Automatic replenishment of locations	The system monitors every location in the warehouse and can trigger stock movements to replenish the picking locations automatically when you deplete stock quantities during picking to a point that you define.
Movement path sequencing	You can design traffic patterns in the warehouse to reduce congestion and structure stock movements to use each employee's trip through the warehouse most efficiently.
License plate processing	License plate processing enables you to perform putaway, pick, or replenishments based on full pallet structures, or to perform movement suggestions for pallet or other container quantities based on a single license plate number. You assign license plate numbers at the branch/plant level by item and unit of measure. For example, a pallet of item ABC may require a license plate, but a case of item ABC may not. License plates supports mixed lots of both single and mixed items. The system checks item compatibility if items are mixed on a single license plate.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)	RFID processing enables you to provide item cross-reference to a Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN) and define and generate electronic product codes from various applications, such as when creating carton detail from cartons and item quantity on Carton Reorganization (P4620).
Units of measure	You can select locations in which to store items according to the item's current unit of measure to ensure the best fit and maximization of the available warehouse space. You can also allow the system to combine or break down units of measure to speed up inventory movement or maximize the use of locations.
First In First Out picking	You can move the oldest inventory first by oldest receipt date, oldest lot expiration date, or lowest lot number.
Subsystem processing	You can use the subsystem to immediately process putaway, picking, and replenishment requests. To use the subsystem, you must perform these tasks: Set the processing options in other systems (such as Procurement and Sales Order Management) to use the subsystem. Set up the subsystem in Warehouse Management, which involves defining and starting the subsystem.
Interoperability	Interoperability enables you to confirm suggestions using information that is located outside of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems. In Warehouse Management, you can review the suggestions that are located outside of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software and make changes, and then you can process the suggestions. If the system cannot process the suggestions, it processes a report that displays the failed suggestion confirmations. You also can automatically send an electronic message to the user's work center.
EDI	When the system creates a sales order through EDI transactions, you can generate picking requests.

Note: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management is intended for transactions in whole units of measure such as each, box, case, or pallet. Warehouse Management does not support transactions with decimal quantities on any unit of measure. For example, a transaction such as 1.5 feet is not supported. However, changing the primary unit of measure to inches instead of feet would allow the transaction to be 18 inches which is supported as a whole number transaction unit of measure.