Load Balancing
Oracle WMS Cloud contains a load balancing feature to spread workloads across mirrored areas of a distribution center. This load balancing can be used with or without MHE systems.
Your operation can determine the number of different zones to consider when running a wave by creating a group. Oracle WMS Cloud allows you to evenly spread the requirements from the wave across the different zones in terms of number of orders, units, volume or weight, depending on the most applicable metric for the customer.
Wave Load Balancing Flow
The following table indicates the order and actions involved in a typical Wave Load Balancing flow:
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Wave Load Balancing – wave group has order selection and capacity to create balanced waves
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| 2 | WMS sends Wave Pick Information message |
| 3 |
Pick to Light System receives Wave Pick Information message |
| 4 |
Pick and Packing is performed using Pick to Light System |
| 5 |
Pick to Light system makes an API call when Picks are performed |
| 6 |
WMS updated with pick and pack information |
This flow diagram illustrates the Wave Pick Information being sent to the Pick to Light System and the Pick to Light System generating and API call to WMS as picks are confirmed. WMS then performs the pick and pack updates:
