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Cartonization – Oracle ERP

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3. Cartonization

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Cartonization is the process that suggests a container to pack items based on constraints such as cubic
volume of items and container volume.

Oracle Warehouse Management uses

cartonization to suggest the best
packaging configuration for a group
of items.

Cartonization Uses
Oracle Warehouse Management uses
cartonization in three places:

1. Sales order and manufacturing

picking
2. Prepack for manufacturing
completion
3. Inventory bulk pack

Cartonization Rules
Starting from Release 12.1.1,
customers have the ability to choose
and create robust rules that
automatically determine the best
container during the release process. Automatic rule engine runs and based on rule selected, chooses
optimal packing materials.

1. Single Item– An item is always matched to the same container based on the static relationship you
setup in the item/container relationship window.
2. Mixed Item– Uses the contained-container item capacity and dimension restrictions defined on the
master item window and checks it against the category and category set setup as well.
3. Pick Slip Grouping– Generate an LPN for all items that belong to the same pick slip.
4. Customer Algorithm– Uses a stub API to interface with customer-defined cartonization rules.

Process:

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The cartonization algorithm Oracle WMS uses, minimizes the number of containers used at each level in the
packaging hirearchy, based of volume, weight and minimum precent fill settings of the containers. This algorithm
also verifies the dimensions of the packed material can fit inside the dimensions of container.

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If multilevel hierarchy is defined after all the material is packed at the first level, the algorithm repeats
itself with the new containers. This process continues until the top packaging hierarchy is reached. The
packaging process has completed the indicated number of levels, or no additional containers are
available due to minimum percent fill, dimensions or other physicals attributes.

Example for of Cartonization:

Note: labels are generated at all the levels of cartonization process but LPN is only created for the outermost level
of each request

Single Level Cartonization

Single level packaging hierarchies are most commonly used during sales order pick release for Pick by
Label functionality, or to select the right packing container. You may also use it for packing material in
inventory and generating labels prior to manufacturing completion if the labeling requirements are
simple.

Steps

1. Define an item and assigned contained category group.

2. Define a container and assign the container category.

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3. Create a SO and Run pick release with Auto

Confirm – No, Create Delivery – Yes, Auto
Allocation – Yes, Plan task – Yes.
4. Navigate to Load: Enter PICK_ID in WBS
5. System‘ll show the container number as per the
setup

Multi Level Cartonization:

Use multi level packaging hierarchies when you require labeling for more complex packaging
configurations, such as when you need to pack inner boxes into outer boxes, that are placed on a pallet.
The multiple levels can be packed all at once, or when using the mobile Bulk Pack page, can be broken
up into several intermediate steps. Labels can be generated for each of the many levels of the hierarchy
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