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 Oracle’s 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 Rules
LPNs
Engine

Task Material Lot split

Mgt. Mgt. merge

Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA)

Oracle Mobile (RF) Technology

Existing: Oracle Manufacturing & Distribution Applications

Order Mgt. Purchasing

WIP Quality Inventory
Shipping Receiving
Overview of Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics

Receiving Bar code printing

Directed put away and

Receipt check in
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
Compliance labeling
assignment

Shipment stage
Pick methodologies
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 real-

time 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

Almost
Status Active Hold Immature Mature
Picking, Picking or Shipping for
Disallows None Shipping, and shipping for customers
Production customers

Picking or
Subinventory Picking for
Allows All shipping for
transfers customer
internal orders
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

Task Cost
Picking Put away Type Group Labeling
Assignment Assignment
 Picking Rules

• Directed picking rules create material allocations

and directs operators to pick material from specific
locators.

Directed Pick

Locator 1 Locator 2 Locator 3

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

Locator 1 Locator 2 Locator 3

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

A task is a unit of work that requires a unique

combination of employee skills and equipment.

Employee Skills Task Types

Equipment
HazMat Handler Hazardous Pick
Pallet Jack
Piece Picker Each Pick
Cart
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

Assign separate
accounts for Raw Materials
Raw Materials

Assign separate
accounts for Assemblies
Finished Goods

Assign separate
Damaged Product 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.

Purchase Order 9375l23

LPN L9034H
ASN 84425
Item: JC9873 LPN H87434T
Plastic CD Case Deliver To Oracle Corporation
50 Each 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
• Barcoding Enabled