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Oracle Apps – Manufacturing

Jagan Vidyala

Freelance Consultant and Corporate Trainer

ORACLE SCM / MFG / ASCP / EAM Suites

10 Yrs of experience in IT consulting in

addition to 18 Yrs of domain experience in
Manufacturing, Inventory, Global
Procurement, Sales & Marketing and
Turnkey Project execution.

jvidyala@gmail.com +91-91774-77013
 Overview
Warehouse Management
Processes of a Warehouse
 Processes of Warehouse
 Receiving: Receiving material and
finished goods.
 Put away: Put away materials and
finished goods you receive.
 Storage: Storage items within the
Warehouse.
 Picking: Pick orders for manufacturing
and shipping.
 Packing: Pack orders for shipping.
 Shipping: Ship orders to customers.
 Value added services: Manufacturing,
assembly, knitting, and labeling.
 Warehouse Management

Supply Chain Inventory Management

Mfg and
Storage Reverse
Inbound Value Outbound
and Facility Logistics
Logistics added Logistics
Mgt.
Services
 Supply Chain Inventory Mgmt
Components
 Inbound Logistics: Includes receiving
directly into inventory, receipt inspections,
label printing, and rules-based directed put
away to storage or opportunistic cross
docking
 Value Added Services: Includes labeling,
packing, and kitting
 Outbound Logistics: Includes picking,
staging, packing, product consolidation,
loading, and shipping
 Reverse Logistics: Includes product
returns, refurbishment, and recycling
 Supply Chain Inventory Mgmt
Components

 Storage and Facility Mgmt: In addition to

Oracle's suite of Mixed Mode
Manufacturing storage and facility mgmt
module, Warehouse Mgmt extends intra-
organization replenishments, container
mgmt, storage space optimization, cycle
counting and physical inventory, and
physical warehouse mapping.
 Additional Product Requirement

To use Warehouse Management, you must implement INV, PO,

BOM, and OM.

 Inventory to setup items, Orgs, SI and Locators.

 BOM to define resources people, and calendars.
 OM and PO provide the basic shipping and receiving
capability on which Warehouse Management builds.
Warehouse Management Application Hierarchy
Warehouse Management
LPNs Rules
Engine

Material Lot, Split Task

Mgt. Merge Mgt.

Mobile Supply Chain Applications

Oracle Mobile (RF) Technology

Existing: Oracle Manufacturing & Distribution Applications

BOM Order Mgt. Purchasing

Project
Quality Inventory
Mfg.
WIP Shipping Receiving
 Mobile Supply Chain Application
 MSCA provides a mobile user interface for
existing inventory, receiving, manufacturing,
quality, and shipping transactions.
 The mobile environment provides operators
with an alternate set of pages to perform the
transactions supported in these
environments.
 Operators can use hand-held frequency
devices to perform transactions in both WHM
and MSCA.
 WHM extends the capability available in
MSCA to encompass the demand placed on a
dynamic high-volume warehouse.
 WHM - Features
WHM provides the following features in
addition to features provided in MSCA
 Task management
 Material tracking with LPNs
 A configurable rules engine that enables
to create custom picking rules, put away
rules, and compliance labeling rules.
 Advance inventory and material mgmt
including material status, lot, and serial
support.
 WHM also is heavily integrated with, and
extends some of the current functionality
in manufacturing applications.
 Inbound Logistics - Tasks

 Receiving with or without ASNs

 Receipt check-in

 Quality control inspection

 Bar code printing

 Directed put-away and storage optimization

 Opportunistic cross docking

 Inventory, Storage, and
Facility Mgmt - Tasks
 Container and license plate management
 Subinventory configuration
 Advanced locator definition
 Kanban replenishment management
 Move orders (intra-org transfers and issues)
 LPN based WIP completions
 Task dispatching
 Material status control
 Lot and serial genealogy and tracking
 Visibility of inventory ownership
 Cycle counting and physical inventory
 Date coding and shelf life monitoring
 ABC classification and analysis
 Value Added Services - Tasks

 Kitting and dekitting

 Customer compliance labeling

 Mixed-mode manufacturing
 Outbound Logistics - Tasks

 Wave picking
 Pick methodologies
 Dock assignments
 Directed picking rules
 Task dispatching and interleaving
 Task monitoring through the Oracle
Warehouse Management Control Board
 Cartonization and packing
 Interface with compliance labeling system
 Shipment stage, consolidation, and loading
 Shipment verification and close
 Reverse Logistics - Tasks

 Return Material Authorization (RMA)

receiving

 Return To Vendor (RTV)

 Refurbishment and Recycling

Optionally, if Oracle Service and Oracle

Depot Repair, then use Warehouse Mgmt
as part of the refurbishment or recycling
process.
 Inventory, WHM and MSCA
Capability Inventory Warehouse MSCA
Management

LPN Management No Yes No

Task Management No Yes No
Counting Yes Yes Yes
Rules No Yes No
RFID No Yes Yes
Label Printing No Yes Yes

MSCA provides a streamlined radio frequency based interface for

core inventory, shipping, quality, WIP, and receiving capabilities.

Warehouse Mgmt extends these capabilities beyond the base

functionality Inventory and MSCA provide.
Inbound Logistics
Outbound Logistics
 Outbound Logistics
WMS Control Board: Provides warehouse managers with
a real time snap shot of the warehouse, and enables
them to redistribute operators as needed. They can
monitor the progress of tasks as well as manually
dispatch tasks to operators.
Consolidation: WM enables operators to consolidate
partially filled containers into fewer and better-optimized
containers.
Dock Appointment for Trips: Managers can use
Warehouse Mgmt to schedule outbound carrier
appointments, dock door availability, and staging lane
usage within the warehouse.
Shipment Verification and close: Once operators pick and
load an order, the system automatically determines the
items and qualities to deduct from Inventory.
Value Added Services
 Value Added Services
Kitting and De-kitting: Supports kit to stock(work
order-less completion)and kit to order Pick to order).
Mixed-Mode Manufacturing: Supports ATO, project-
based or ETO, discrete and repetitive or flow
manufacturing concurrently.
Manufacturing Component Picking: Supports picking
for WIP through the mobile user interface.
Manufacturing Assembly Completion and Put Away:
Supports WIP completion and put away through the
mobile user interface.
Manufacturing Quality Inspection: The statem
automatically generates material movement
transactions to move an item into the quality control
inspection area from manufacturing , based on
options defined during implementation.
 Value Added Services

Product Compliance Labeling: Supports product

specific labels, based on rules defined.
Manufacturing Quality Inspection: The statement
automatically generates material movement
transactions to move an item into the quality control
inspection area from manufacturing , based on
options defined during implementation.
Integration with Project Manufacturing, Flow Mfg,and
Shop Floor Manufacturing: WM integrates with Project
Mgmt, Flow Mfg, and Floor Mgmt.
Integration with Project Manufacturing, Flow Mfg,and
Shop Floor Manufacturing: WM integrates with Project
Mgmt, Flow Mfg, and Floor Mgmt.
Storage and Facility Management
Mobile Application Architecture
License Plate Numbers (LPNs)
Nesting LPNs
 LPN Context

 Resides In Inventory
 Resides in WIP
 Resides in Receiving
 Resides in In-transit
 Issued out of Stores
 Pre-generated
 Packing
 Picked
 Defined but not Used
 Resides at Vendor Site
 Pre-pack for WIP
 Loaded for Shipment
LPN Context
LPN Context
LPN Context
Material status
SI and Locator - Material status
Lot and Serial Attributes
Material Allocation
Allocation Decision Tree
 Rules Setup

 Define Rules

 Define Strategies

 Assign Strategies in Rules Workbench

Define Rules: Restriction
Define Rules: Sort Criteria
Define Rules: Default
 Strategies

 List of Rules

 Different levels

 Assign Strategies
 Task Type, Label Format, and
Operation Plan Selection Rules

 Are not assigned to strategies

 Linked directly to an organization

 Rule weight determines search order

Consistency Requirement
 Rules Simulation

 The rules Engine Simulator enables to

create and debug the picking and put
away processes.

Use the rules simulator for thefollowing:

 Test individual rules

 Test strategies
 Test the rules process
 RFID Technology

 Unique identifiers

 Associate identifiers with system records

 Export events to Warehouse Management

 Report Exceptions
 Radio Frequency Devices

 WHM Supports, two types of UIs

1. Telnet - telnet over TCP/IP

2. GUI - J2ME compatible Java virtual

machines
Labeling
Label Types
Label Types
Label Formats
Assigning Label Types to Business Flows

 Print labels automatically as part of the

business flow

 Associate a label type to more than one

flow
Receiving Flows or Routings
Subinventory Types
Locator - Types
Document based Receiving
Item based Receiving
Receiving Methods
Standard Routing Flow
Inspection Routing Receipt
Direct Receipt Flow
Express Receipt Routing
Express Receipts
Mixed Receipt Routing
 Desktop vs. Mobile Receiving

Receive Inspection Put away

Desktop Desktop Desktop

Material is loose
Desktop Mobile Mobile
Material Resides in LPN*

Mobile Desktop Mobile Material Resides in LPN

Mobile Mobile Mobile Material Resides in LPN”

Mobile Receiving Option
Unavailable Mobile Receiving Option
LPN Receipts
Lot and Serial Receiving
Automated Matching of Received Material
Automated Matching of Received Material
Receiving - GTINs
GTIN - Setup
Quality vs. Purchasing Inspection
Standard Inspection

accepted material
Quality Inspection

accepted material
Inspection Storage Requirement
Returns
 Responsibilities

Whse Mgmt Super User Vision Operations (USA)

Warehouse Manager

Whse Mgmt Mobile User Vision Operations (USA)

Whse Mgmt
Cost Groups
Cost Groups
System Assigned Cost Groups
 System Assigned Cost Groups
 Warehouse Mgmt assigns a cost group to inbound
material at receipt.
 Set up rules to determine the appropriate cost
group based on item, item category, and supplier.
 If the system does not find a appropriate cost
group it will assign default cost group of the SI
where the material is put away.

Cost groups are assigned by system when the

following transactions are performed
 Material is put away in a storage locator
 Material is cross docked
 Any material movement in an operation plan
which is in inventory.
Cost Groups Setup

1.Define cost group for org

2.Define subinventory and

assign default cost group

3.Define cost group rules

4.Define cost group strategies

5.Assign strategies in rules

workbench
 Commingling
The system prevents commingling of items when
cost group is the only distinguishing characteristic
between two quantities of loose inventory within a
single locator or LPN
Multiple cost groups of a single item may reside
within a single Locator or LPN as long as each cost
group is uniquely identifiable.
 System Assigned Cost Groups
 Warehouse Mgmt assigns a cost group to inbound
material at receipt.
 Set up rules to determine the appropriate cost
group based on item, item category, and supplier.
 If the system does not find a appropriate cost
group it will assign default cost group of the SI
where the material is put away.

Cost groups are assigned by system when the

following transactions are performed
 Material is put away in a storage locator
 Material is cross docked
 Any material movement in an operation plan
which is in inventory.
Put Away Rules
 Put Away Rules
Possible uses of Put away rules

 Direct an operator to put away an item in the

same locator where other quantity of the item
already resides.
This minimizes item fragmentation.
 Prohibit commingling of different items or
different lots of the same item in a single locator
 Avoid lot commingling in a locator
 Base the put away location on inspection results,
the type of purchase order, or item category
 Direct operator to put away items based on
refrigeration restrictions
 An operator can override suggestions of put away
rule, must provide reason code for override.
Restrictions and sort criteria for
Put Away Rules
Setting Up Put Away Rules

1. Define Rules

2. Define Strategies

3. Assign Strategies
Setting up Put Away Rules: Define Rules
Setting up Put Away Rules: Define Strategy
Setting up Put Away Rules: Assign
Strategies to Business Objects
Put Away
Put Away Load
Put Away Drop
Put Away Drop
Put Away Drop – Nested LPN
Item Based Put Away
Item Based Put Away
Cross Docking Put Away
Cross Docking to Outbound staging Flow
 Advance Task Framework (ATF)
Advanced Task Framework

Model and Manage Complex Inbound Business

Processes

The Advanced Task Framework is:

 Tailorable
 User-definable
 Balances Work load
 Advance Task Framework
Advanced Framework enables to configure and
execute complex material flows for inbound items.
Plan and configure material flows to address specific
business objectives. It also simplifies the inbound
material movement execution process.

ATF enables to
 Perform multi-step material movement
 Define sequence of operations to be performed
during material flow
 Define predictable material movement paths
 Perform advanced operations such as
incremental consolidation, sorting, and packing
 Use zones to balance workloads
 Monitor progress
ATF Capabilities
 ATF Capabilities

Use ATF to perform following functions:

 Consolidation of similar items for palletization

 Consolidation of items going to the same location
 Deconsolidation of LPNs with mixed items
 Movement of material requiring inspection to inspection
location
 Movement of loose material to packing station
 Use of Pick and Drop Locator to Perform an "n" step put
away
 ATF Concepts
 Activity: An activity can be defined as one or more
consecutive operations performed on material in a
warehouse in order to accomplish a specific
warehousing function. Example-Put away
 Operation Plan: Planned sequence of operations.
Three types of operations are Standard, Inspection,
Cross dock
 Load: Load is the act of picking material from a
locator and transferring it into the hands of an
operator, onto equipment, into a tote, or onto a
conveyor. An operator performs loads when material
needs to be moved. Loading is the first step performed
for material movement.
 Drop: Drop is the act of dropping loaded material
into a locator. A load operation should always precede
a drop operation.
 ATF Concepts
Task: A task is the unit of work a warehouse
performed by a warehouse worker, automated
equipment, or a work-equipment combination.
A task and a operation are two different things. A task
is the work performed on the warehouse floor, where
as operation is what defines the task to perform.
A task is an instance of an operation.
Material Grouping: use operation plans to control
material grouping in locators and LPNs during
intermediate moves. Consolidate material in a locator/
LPN based on Destination / Operation / Subinventory /
Similar item.
ATF Concepts
ATF Example
 ATF Example

ATF applies to standard and inspection receipts. ATF

cannot be used for Direct routed receipts. Above
example is complex receiving process use ATF to map.

Material received into the R1.1.1 receiving SI is routed

to either to the inspection area, to inventory, or to an
outbound staging area.
Each operation shows how material moves through the
warehouse. The rules engine selects the operation
plan, the material is moved from operation to
operation until it is finally inspected, put away in
inventory, or cross-docked
 ATF Setup

1.Zones (Optional)

2.Put away rules (Optional)

3.Put away strategies (Optional)

4.Strategies Assignment (Optional)

5.Defien operation plans

6.Define operational plan rules

ATF-Zones: Setup
ATF Operation Plan Setup
 Warehousing Features
 Describe Warehouse Mgmt vs. partner
label printing responsibility

 Define printers

 Know what to print

 Describe task types

 Describe resources

 Explain the Warehouse Control Board

Compliance Labeling
Warehouse Mgmt vs. partner label
printing responsibilities
Label Printing Components
 Setup

 Register label formats

- Associate label formats to label types
- Specify list of used fields

 Assign label types to business flows

 Build labeling rules

 Define printers

 Assign printers to label types

Registering label Formats
Assigning label types to business flows
Label format Assignment Rules
Defining and Assigning Printers
 Printing Mode

Profile Options:
“WMS: Print Mode” determines print mode
Asynchronous Mode
Synchronous Mode
Synchronous Mode TCP/IP
Viewing Label Requests