Define Pull Sequences and Generate Supplier and Intraorganization Kanban Cards

Welcome to the demo of the 25A feature, define pull sequences and generate supplier and intra-organization kanban cards in Oracle Fusion Cloud Manufacturing. Kanban is an inventory replenishment method based on actual consumption. A kanban card accompanies a standard size bin that signals when material needs to be replenished from an internal or an external source. You can scan and replenish a kanban card to request material required at the point of use, which could be a supply sub-inventory from where material is used for manufacturing or a staging sub-inventory from where material is shipped to customer locations.

As far as the point of supply is concerned, the material can be sourced from an internal location, such as a storage sub-inventory, or from an external supplier. With this feature, you can define pull sequences as the replenishment chains between the point of use and the point of supply. It allows you to generate and print physical kanban cards to manage replenishment of material. It provides a modern and responsive user interface to define pull sequences, to implement kanban-based replenishment, to control the inventory in the system, and eliminate stockouts.

Using this feature, you can easily set up kanban pull sequences, generate kanban cards, and get a summary view of the kanbans generated for the pull sequence. You can print and manage kanban cards to signal replenishment of material from a supplier or an internal storage location within the organization. In this demo, we will see how you can define and manage pull sequences for supplier and intra-organization kanbans, generate and print kanban cards using the Redwood Experience.

First, we will see how you can create and manage pull sequences to manage material replenishment using supplier kanbans. To manage pull sequences, we can either use the pull sequences action in the work definition overview page or the pull sequences task in the inventory management overview page. For this demo, we will define pull sequences through the inventory management overview page. After logging into the inventory management overview page, we will click on the pull sequences task to navigate to the pull sequences user interface in Redwood. As you can see here, the pull sequences page is rendered in Redwood.

First, we will create a pull sequence of the type supplier to define the relationship between an item, its point of use, which is the supply sub-inventory and its source of supply, which is an external supplier. First, we will select the item. Next, we will select the destination sub-inventory. After selecting the destination sub-inventory, we will select the destination locator. Next, we will select the source type as supplier. We will now select a supplier and supplier site from where the material will be sourced.

Next, we will enter the kanban size, which represents the lot size of the bin. We will enter the number of kanban cards that need to be circulated in the system. Next, we will enter the replenishment lead time in days. Using descriptive flexfields, we can also enter and maintain any additional information related to the pull sequence. Having entered the details, we will now click on the Create button to create the pull sequence.

As you can see here, a new pull sequence has been created. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will generate the kanban cards for the pull sequence. We will click on the Generate Cards button. As you can see here, three kanban cards are successfully generated. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will print kanban cards to be circulated in the system. We will select the kanban cards, and then click on the Print button.

As you can see here, the kanban cards are printed to be used as physical cards for signaling replenishment of material at the point of use. Next, we will see how you can edit a pull sequence. We will click on the Edit Pull Sequence button. Being in the edit mode, we will increase the number of kanban cards and the lead time to cater to an increase in demand of the item at the point of use and increase in the lead time to replenish the material. Having modified the number of kanban cards and the replenishment lead time, we will click on the Update button to save the changes.

As you can see here, the changes have been saved. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will generate an additional card by clicking on the Generate Cards button. As you can see here, an additional card has been generated. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will see how you can create a pull sequence of the type intra-organization to define the relationship between an item, its point of use, such as a supply sub-inventory, and its source of supply, such as a storage sub-inventory or a supermarket.

We will click on the Create Pull Sequence button to create a new pull sequence. First, we will select the item. Next, we will select the destination sub-inventory. After selecting the destination sub-inventory, we will select the destination locator. Next, we will select the source type as intra-organization. We will now select a source of inventory the material will be sourced from.

Next, we will enter the kanban size, which represents the lot size of the bin. We will enter the number of kanban cards that needs to be circulated in the system. Next, we will enter the replenishment lead time in days. Having entered the details, we will now click on the Create button to create the pull sequence. As you can see here, a new pull sequence has been created. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will generate the kanban cards for the pull sequence. We will click on Generate Cards button.

As you can see here, three kanban cards are successfully generated. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will print kanban cards to be circulated in the system. We will select a kanban card, and click on the Print button. As you can see here, a kanban card is printed which can be used for signaling replenishment of material at the point of use. Next, we will see how you can edit a pull sequence. We will click on the Edit Pull Sequence button.

Being in the edit mode, we will increase the number of kanban cards and decrease the lead time to replenish the material. Having modified the details, we will click on the Update button to save the changes. As you can see here, the changes have been saved. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. Next, we will generate an additional card by clicking on the Generate Cards button. As you can see here, an additional card is generated. And a toast message is displayed confirming the same. This is how pull sequences are managed and kanban cards are generated and printed. This concludes the featured demo. Thank you for watching.