Opportunistic Cycle Count

The opportunistic cycle count facilitates pickers to perform a quick count for the location in certain given conditions (either when inventory hits zero or if the inventory is below the defined threshold) when performing picking. Without impacting the pickers productivity, the inventory discrepancies can be captured at the earliest as and when the picker is working on the warehouse floor. This functionality has following two modes:

1. Pick to Zero
2. Threshold Based Summary Count

The following picking modules are capable of performing the opportunistic cycle count:

• Pack NC Active {order} (rf.outbound.cwrfpackncactiveorder)
• Pack {oblpn} (rf.outbound.cwrfpacklpn)
• Pick {iblpn} (rf.outbound.cwrfpickiblpn)
• IBLPN Pick for Consolidate Replenishment (rf.outbound.cwrfpickiblpnreplen)
• Pick Cart (rf.outbound.cwrfpickcart)
• Move LPN (rf.inbound.cwrfmovelpn

Pick to Zero

You need to configure the RF screen parameter “‘prompt-pick-to-zero’” in your picking module.

When prompt-pick-to-zero is set Yes for the picking transaction and the inventory for location becomes zero after completion of picking for that location, the system prompts the picker: “has location <location barcode> inventory reached zero? (Y/N)”. Based on the picker’s input, either ‘Y’ (Yes) or ‘N’ (No.), the system proceeds with rest of the picking task.

• If the picker responds with ‘Yes’ (Y) confirming that the inventory for location is zero and thereby no discrepancy was noticed, and a cycle count task will not be created.
• If the picker responds with ‘No’ (N) confirming that the inventory for location is not zero, signifies that the picker has noticed a discrepancy between the system and the floor. A cycle count task will be created for the location based on the new cycle count trigger ‘Location Picked to Zero Discrepancy.’

  

Note: Cycle counting is typically done for the whole location. The Pick to Zero will prompt will only be displayed when the whole location inventory becomes zero and will not be displayed if few items or LPNs becomes zero post picking.

To configure the Pick to Zero in your picking transaction:

1. Go to Cycle Count Trigger > enable Location Picked to Zero Discrepancy”, and populate with an appropriate CC task type.
   Note: The Location Picked to Zero Discrepancy parameter will be disabled by default.
2. Configure the task type for either CC-LOCATION or CC-LOCATION-DTL for the Location Picked to Zero Discrepancy CC trigger.
3. Go to the RF parameter ‘prompt-pick-to-zero’ and set it to ‘Yes’ for the picking modules where pick to zero will be applicable.
4. Click Save.

On confirming the location inventory is zero or non-zero when picking from the reserve location , the system writes IHT 38 for the location with REF_CODE_3 as “PTZ” and REF_VALUE_3 as “Yes” (for zero) and REF_CODE_3 as “PTZ” and REF_VALUE_3 as “No (for non-zero), respectively.

On confirming the location inventory is zero or non-zero when picking from the active location , the system writes IHT 37 for the location with REF_CODE_3 as “PTZ” and REF_VALUE_3 as “Yes (for zero) and REF_CODE_3 as “PTZ” and REF_VALUE_3 as “No (for non-zero), respectively.

Note: A valid responses for the prompt is “has location <location barcode> inventory reached zero? (Y/N)” are ‘Y’ (Yes) or “N” (No). When translating the message to a different language or while editing the message, ensure that the response prompt “Y” / “N” is represented “Y”/ “N” as the only valid response.

Threshold Based Summary Count

In this mode, the system launches the Summary Based Cycle Count screen once the location inventory reaches a particular threshold, allowing pickers to count the location after picking inventory from the location.

You can configure the threshold for location by threshold percentage and threshold UoM for the location.

Key pointers:

1. The screen will not be launched if is an existing cycle count tasks in progress.
2. Even if the CC trigger is enabled and if there is existing detailed CC task or a CC task of the same task type is present in the location, the task will not be generated.
3. The threshold percentage will consider cumulative quantity of the location inventory and not for a specific SKU.

To receive an alert of the summary cycle counts in the IHT-37 - Active Location Cycle Count Complete and in the IHT-38- Reserve Location Cycle Count Complete, the ref codes and the corresponding ref values are captured. Please refer to the IHT Documentation for more information.

Note: To access the latest IHT document, go to the Oracle WMS Cloud Information Center From the top of the page, click on the Documentation tab, then click the link under Current Documentation.

Configuring CC Threshold in Location

You need to configure the threshold value and the threshold UOM in the Location UI. The summary cycle count screen is launched during picking when the location inventory count goes blow the threshold quantity defined at the location level. By default, the field threshold quantity is set to 0.

You can also configure CC Threshold Value, CC Threshold UOM via location interface file (XML/Excel/PSV).

Note: The CC Threshold UOM for active locations can be set as units alone. The CC Threshold Value field supports decimals as well. However, when the CC Threshold UOM is set to LPNs, you are required to provide a whole number in the CC Threshold Value field when saving the location.

To configure the Threshold Based Summary Count in your picking transaction:

1. Go to Cycle Count Trigger > enable ‘Summary count discrepancy’ and populate with an appropriate CC task type. Note: The parameter will be disabled by default.

   

2. You can configure the Summary Count discrepancy CC trigger with either CC-LOCATION or CC-LOCATION-DTL task type. Click Save.
3. Go to you picking module > screen parameter > configure opportunistic -summary-count parameter with a valid screen name of the summary cycle count module.

   

   1. When you set the parameter 'Blank', Opportunistic summary count functionality will be disabled for the associated Picking transaction.
   2. When the parameter is configured with a valid summary cycle count screen name, Opportunistic Summary Count will be enabled for the picking transaction and when inventory in a location goes below threshold value configured post picking, the summary count screen will be launched.
   3. Click Save.

For more information, please refer to the What's New Documentation.