Redwood: Automatically Add New Items to Cycle Counts and ABC Assignment Groups

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the constant inflow of new and improved products into the supply chain is a common scenario. As soon as these innovative products become available, whether you are a manufacturer, a business user, a healthcare provider, or a retailer, you need a seamless process to incorporate them into your current cycle counting process. This entails promptly assigning these new items to their relevant ABC assignments and integrating them into the existing cycle counts.

Now, you can effortlessly accomplish these tasks by automatically categorizing new items into your ABC classification set and assignment group, and simultaneously updating your cycle counts in single streamlined step.

There are two available methods to perform this task.

1. From the ABC Analysis UI for individual Assignments groups: When you need to update the Assignment criteria for ABC classes and need to update only one ABC assignment group.

• From the ABC Analysis task, select the ABC Assignment group tab.
• Click the ABC Assignment group which needs to be synchronized and then click Actions.
• Select the Perform ABC Assignment and Synchronize Cycle Counts task.

ABC Analysis Task

• Update the Classification criteria.
• Select the Synchronize Cycle Counts checkbox.
• Click Done to submit.

Perform ABC Assignment and Synchronize Cycle Counts Task

2. From the Scheduled Process task: If you want to schedule this job so that all items are added automatically, you can schedule the Regenerate ABC Assignments and Synchronize Cycle Counts scheduled process job, which regenerates ABC assignments for each assignment group under single ABC classification set.

Regenerate ABC Assignments and Synchronize Cycle Counts ESS

This feature improves your operational efficiency, reduces the chances for increased costs, and increases inventory accuracy by reducing the amount of time it takes to get new items included in your cycle counting process.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

Tips And Considerations

• Synchronization will always occur in append mode. If you need to perform it in complete mode, you must do so from the Cycle Counts UI.
• Before performing synchronization, review and verify your ABC classification set to ensure new items are added correctly.
• When using the Regenerate ABC Assignments and Synchronize Cycle Counts scheduled process, new items will be added to the respective class based on predefined criteria.
• The UI method is ideal when you need to update the classification criteria or synchronize items for a single ABC assignment group without impacting other groups.
• When scheduling the scheduled process, consider running it during off-peak hours to minimize performance impact on other supply chain operations.

Key Resources

• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains this duty role can access this feature:

• Inventory ABC Analysis Duty (ORA_INV_INVENTORY_ABC_ANALYSIS_DUTY)

This duty role was available prior to this update.