Oracle WMS

Warehouse Management System

Objectives

Explain the basic concepts of WMS

Describe the overall functionality of WMS
Describe the key enabling features of WMS

Agenda

Overview of WMS
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
Material Statuses
Rules Engine
LPNs
Task Management
Labeling

Overview of Oracle WMS

WMS is a component of Oracles Supply Chain Management

and Manufacturing solution.

WMS is designed to support highly automated environments

with RF hand-held computers and material handling systems.

WMS expands the existing functionality of the e-Business suite.

Overview of Oracle WMS

Oracle Warehouse Management
Task
Mgt.

Material
Mgt.

Rules
Engine

LPNs
Lot split
merge

Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA)

Oracle Mobile (RF) Technology
Existing: Oracle Manufacturing & Distribution Applications
WIP

Quality

Inventory

Order Mgt.

Purchasing

Shipping

Receiving

Overview of Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics

Receiving

Bar code printing

Receipt check in

Directed put away and

storage optimization

Quality inspection

Cross docking

Directed Put Away and Storage

Optimization

WMS supports flexible rules based directed put away.

The benefits of directed put away and storage optimization include the
following:

Minimizing warehouse storage fragmentation

Increasing storage utilization
Increasing efficiency of warehouse operations

Cross Docking

Redirects inbound items to the shipping dock. The

following criteria are used to determine when to
cross dock:

Cross Docking must be enabled in the

organization.
Backordered sales order lines for the item
must exist.
Backorders fulfilled in userdefined priorities.

Overview of Outbound Logistics

Outbound Logistics
Trip and delivery planning

Packing

Appointment dock
assignment

Compliance labeling

Pick methodologies

Shipment stage
consolidation and loading

Directed picking

Shipment verification/close

Cartonization

WMS control board

Directed Picking

The directed picking process enables you to pick orders using either
mobile RF devices or paper pick slips. With directed picking you can:

Direct order pickers to specific pick-from locations based on

user defined picking rules
Assign pick to deplete in order to free up space

Pick Methodologies

Picking methodologies determine how the system assigns picking tasks

to warehouse operators. Pick methodologies include the following:

Cluster picking
Order picking
Zone picking
Bulk picking
User-defined picking
Wave Picking
Pick and Pass/Label picking

Compliance Labeling

Using a set of user-defined rules, compliance labeling selects the

appropriate label format and content for a specific task.
Specifically, compliance labeling does the following:

Integrates to 3rd party label design and printing systems.

Prints to either a local or remote location, based on user
or system directions.
Generates any number of unique formats for a single
warehouse label.

WMS Control Board

The control board provides warehouse managers with a realtime snapshot of the progress of work across the warehouse.
The WMS control board enables warehouse managers to:
-

Manage work tasks by activity type and resource.

Track the progress of work and direct their workforce to

areas that might be lagging behind.

Re-assign tasks, which have already been accepted by

an employee, to another employee.

License Plate Numbers

A license plate number (LPN) represents any object that exists in a

location and holds items.

All material received through Oracle WMS is associated with a unique

LPN. This enables material to easily be tracked and transacted
throughout your warehouse without scanning the item, quantities, lots or
serial numbers.

LPN # A3825RS

Material Status

Material status is the list of allowed and disallowed transactions

for a particular lot, serial, subinventory or locator.
Material status enables you to control the movement and usage
of material for portions of your inventory.
Material status enables you to control which transactions are
valid for a particular item lot or item serial.

Samples of Material Statuses

Status
Disallows

Allows

Active

Hold

Immature

Almost
Mature

None

Picking,
Shipping, and
Production

Picking or
shipping for
customers

Shipping for
customers

All

Subinventory
transfers

Picking or
shipping for
internal orders

Picking for
customer

WMS Rules Engine

Based on user defined rules, the rules engine can:

Suggest material location for picking
Suggest put away location for License Plate Numbers (LPNs)
Assign a task type to a task
Assign a cost group to transactions
Format labels for printing

Rule Types

WMS Rules Engine

Picking

Put away

Task
Cost
Type
Group
Assignment Assignment

Labeling

Picking Rules

Directed picking rules create material allocations

and directs operators to pick material from specific
locators.
Directed Pick

Rule: Pick to
deplete
Locator 2
Customer order for
Item# Bottle 01

Picking Rule

Locator 1

Locator 2

Locator 3

Item # Bottle 01 Item # Bottle 01 Item # Bottle 01

Put Away Rules

Put away rules direct operators to put material away

into pre-selected subinventories and locators.
Directed Put away

Rule: Put
material away to
Locator 3
Purchase order
receipt for
Item# Bottle 01

Put away Rule

Locator 1

Locator 2

Locator 3

Item # Bottle 01

Task Type Assignment Rules

A task is a unit of work that requires a unique
combination of employee skills and equipment.
Equipment
Pallet Jack
Cart

Employee Skills

Task Types

HazMat Handler

Hazardous Pick

Piece Picker

Each Pick

Bulk Picker

Pallet Pick

Task Requirements:
Hazardous Pick requires a cart and a hazmat handler
Each Pick requires a cart and a piece picker
Pallet Pick requires a pallet jack and a bulk picker

Cost Group Rules

Raw Materials

Finished Goods

Damaged Product

Assign separate
accounts for Raw Materials

Assign separate
accounts for Assemblies

Assign separate
accounts for Defects

Labeling Rules

PO#2345
Item# HAZ56
Category: Hazmat

Rule: If material received equals category Hazmat

then print red label

System prints
System
red labelprints
red label

Labeling Rules (Cont.)

A label format is the data and layout of an individual

label. The WMS Rules Engine selects the appropriate
label format to print when a label is requested.

LPN L9034H

Purchase Order 9375l23

ASN 84425

Item: JC9873
Plastic CD Case
50 Each

LPN H87434T
Deliver To
Oracle Corporation
500 Oracle Pkwy
Redwood Shores, CA
94065

Tasks and Task Management

A task is defined as a unit of work.

Task management is the process of effectively distributing and allocating tasks
within a warehouse to maximize labor productivity and equipment utilization.
Provides insights into labor productivity and accurate methods for measuring work
output.
Uses real time data to compute and report on various tasks such as productivity,
employee and equipment utilization, available jobs, and resource scheduling.
The WMS Control Board is used to monitor productivity and utilization.

Task Management

There are three tasks that are currently supported by WMS.

These include:

Picking tasks
Replenishment tasks
Put away tasks (not currently dispatched by the
system)

Task Resources

Resources are defined to group employees with similar skills

together, and to group equipment with similar characteristics
together.

Resources are assigned to task types.

Compliance Labeling

Enable the system to suggest the label format and information content that
are used to print a given label
Print labels automatically using Business Flows transactions
Print labels according to rules based on customer, item, order type or carrier.

WMS Label Types

Material label
Serial label
LPN Label
LPN Contents label
LPN Summary label
Location label
Shipping label
Shipping Contents label
WIP Content label

Summary
Rules Engine
Compliance Labeling
Cross Docking
Task Management
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