Redwood: Deliver to Multiple Locations with Robotic Material Handling Equipment Using a Single Cart

Healthcare providers often have multiple PAR locations in close proximity to each other, and delivering replenishment orders to all of these locations at the same time helps optimize the replenishment process. This approach reduces foot traffic and minimizes the number of trips required to restock supplies, improving overall efficiency. Now, the robotic material handling integration can support this optimized workflow by delivering to multiple destinations in a single run using one cart.

A common use case where autonomous delivery robots are effectively used is when material needs to be transferred from a storage location to a PAR location. For such activities, organizations use intraorganization transfer orders to move material from a source subinventory to a PAR location. For example, multiple deliveries can be picked onto a single delivery cart and delivered to distinct locations within a facility. In the following example, three deliveries are delivered using a single delivery cart. Each delivery has a separate destination location. 

Receipt Deliveries

Receipt Deliveries

Once the delivery is completed, the item quantities are updated for the respective subinventories or PAR locations.

Item Quantities

Item Quantities

This feature boosts operational efficiency and reduces time to restock critical patient care items by reducing the amount of trips your material handling robots need to complete.

Steps to enable and configure

Important: Before you set up Oracle Fusion Cloud Advanced Inventory Management, see the licensing and enablement information at the beginning of the How do I set up Advanced Inventory Management guide.

Use the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management offering to enable Advanced Inventory Management.

  1. Navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area.
  2. Select the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management offering.
  3. Click Change Feature Opt In.
  4. Select the Enable checkbox for Advanced Inventory Management.
  5. Click Done.

Use the Advanced Inventory Parameters setup task to enable Material Handling Equipment.

  1. Navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area.
  2. Search for and select the Advanced Inventory Parameters task.
  3. On the Advanced Inventory Parameters page, select the inventory organization.
  4. Click the Edit icon for the Material Handling Equipment region.
  5. Click the Enable deliveries using carts checkbox.
  6. Click Save.

Tips and considerations

Review the Redwood: Deliver Goods with Robotic Material Handling Equipment feature on the Oracle Help Center.

Key resources

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Inventory Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Receiving guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Security Reference for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management on the Oracle Help Center.

Access requirements

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

  • Monitor Receipt Deliveries Using Responsive Receiving Duty (ORA_RCV_MONITOR_RECEIPT_DELIVERIES_PWA_DUTY)

This duty role was available prior to this update.

To set up this feature, you'll need a configured job role that contains this new duty role, which is not assigned to any predefined job roles:

  • Advanced Inventory Management Administration Duty (ORA_INV_ADVANCED_INVENTORY_MANAGEMENT_ADMINISTRATION_DUTY)

This duty role was available prior to this update.