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Inventory Management Cloud Service –
Integrations to Warehouse Execution
Systems
Mike Lizio
Director – Logistics Product Strategy
Lynn Warneka
Director – Inventory Product Management

December 2018
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Safe Harbor Statement
The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for
information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon
in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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Connected Processes Broader, simpler footprint for the Digital Supply Chain
Innovate Develop Commercialize
IDEATE-TO-
COMMERCIALIZE Innovation Management Project Management Product Development Product Hub

Source Contract & Purchase Receive Settle

SOURCE-
TO-SETTLE Supplier Qualification
Sourcing & Contracts
Purchasing &
Inventory Payables
Management Supplier Portal

ORDER- Capture & Promise Orchestrate Deliver Settle

TO-CASH Configurator &
Order Management Inventory Receivables
Global Order Promising

Plan Make Optimize

PLAN-TO-
PRODUCE
Supply Chain Planning Manufacturing & Quality Inventory Supply Chain Orchestration

MAINTAIN- Plan Repair Optimize

TO-OPTIMIZE
Asset Management Maintenance Inventory Analyze Performance

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Oracle itsits
and/or affiliates.
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Oracle Inventory Management Cloud Service
Complete physical and financial management of goods across the supply chain

MANAGE PICK
INVENTORY & SHIP
COST INVENTORY
RECEIVE TRANSACTIONS
MATERIALS
ANALYZE
ORCHESTRATE PERFORMANCE
SUPPLY

Transact Manage Account

Inventory Management Supply Chain Financial Orchestration

Supply Chain Orchestration Cost Management

Decrease logistics & inventory costs Improve inventory cost visibility & accuracy Improve warehouse efficiency Streamline financial & physical material flows

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Inventory Management Cloud
As an Execution System for Level 1 Facilities
Count
Purchases Transfers Returns
• Product Hub
Supporting Receive Inspect Putaway
Issue /
Replenish
Complete
• Inbound Operations
• Inventory Management
• Outbound Operations Pack &Ship Pick Reserve Move Manage

Sales Transfers Returns Report /

Analyze

Procurement Order Management Manufacturing Transportation & Trade

Quality Maintenance Supply Orchestration Planning & GOP
Cost Accounting Financial Orchestration Financials

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Inventory Cloud
Integration capabilities to Execution Systems

Inventory Balances Cost Inventory

Transactions

Expected Receipts / Analyze

Shipments Performance

Receipt Receipt Shipment Shipment Inventory Inventory

Advice Confirmation Request Confirmation Transactions Balances

3PL WMS Contract Other

Manufacturers Systems

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Inventory vs. WMS
Supporting all levels of warehouse environments

Level 5 WMS
Execution Complexity

Level 4 WMS

Level 3 WMS

Level 2 WMS

Level 1 WMS
Oracle Inventory Management Cloud
Volumes Source for The Five Levels of WMS: Gartner “Stratify Your Warehouse Operations by Grading the
Complexity of Each Distribution Center” by Dwight C. Klappich and Simon Tunstall, 13 November 2017

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Integration Cloud Service (ICS)
• ICS Approach or Point-to-Point
– Event vs. Polling
Inventory
Inventory Cloud
• ICS process flow templates for WMS Cloud: Management

– Focus on pre-defined integration flows

– WMS Cloud – INV Cloud
• Inbound Operations – Purchase Orders
Oracle Integration
• Inventory Operations – Misc Txns Cloud Services
• Outbound Operations – Sales Orders
– Pre-defined flows can be customized by partners
& customers Warehouse WMS / 3PL / CM
Execution

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 Receiving- Send Receipt Advice
What Does it Do?

• Supports PO’s, Transfer Orders,

and RMA’s
• Communicate expected shipment
lines to a 3PL or WMS manually or
automated
• Users control which lines to transmit
• Allows 3PL or WMS to fetch the lines
on demand
• PO information can be
communicated in the Receipt Advice
to 3PL or WMS
Navigation: Tools> Scheduled Processes> Generate Receipt Advice
Related Help Topic: Receipt Advice Process: Explained

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 Receiving- Accept Receipt Confirmation
What Does it Do? PO Created PO updated
and for receipt
Fusion Approved
Purchasing
• Supports POs , Transfer Orders
and RMAs
• Supports Receipt, Inspect and
Put Away Publish Receive
Receipt Receipt
• Web Service for a 3PL or WMS Fusion Advice Ready Confirmation
Receiving
to post receipt confirmations
• Allows users to resolve
processing exceptions Receive Receive,
Receipt Inspect, and
3PL/WMS Advice Put Away
Receiving
Related Help Topic: Send Receipt Confirmation Process: Explained

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 Shipping - Transmit Shipment Requests
Users control volume
and details of the
What Does it Do? Shipment Requests
sent to 3PL/WMS
• Shipment Requests for Sales
Orders and Transfer Orders
• Sends data to pick, pack,
labels and ship
• Automate or manually send
Shipment Requests
• Resend Shipment Requests to
support changes
• 3PL or WMS can fetch
Shipment Lines on demand
Navigation: Shipments> Create Outbound Shipment
Requests
Related Help Topic: Manually Interface Shipment Lines to External Systems: Explained

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 Shipping - Accept Shipment Confirmations
What Does it Do?
Transmit Receive
sales order Shipment
• Supports Sales Orders and Fusion
Notification
Distributed
Transfer Orders Order
Orchestration
• Web service for 3PL or WMS to
post ship confirmations
• Allows users to resolve Publish Receive
processing exceptions Shipment Shipment
Fusion Request Ready Confirmation
Shipping

Receive Pick, Pack,

Navigation: Shipments> Create Outbound Shipment Requests Shipment and Ship
Request
Related Help Topic: Manually Interface Shipment Lines to External 3PL/WMS
Systems: Explained Shipping

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 Inventory - Inventory Transactions
What Does it Do?
Receive
Inventory
• Web service to process Fusion Transactions
material transactions in Fusion Inventory
Inventory Management Cloud Management
Cloud
• Supports Miscellaneous,
Account Alias, Subinventory
Transfers and more
• 3PL or WMS can drive Cycle Perform
Count and Physical Inventory Inventory
3PL/WMS
Transaction
Inventory

Navigation: Scheduled Processes > Manage Inventory Transactions

Related Help Topic: Inventory Transaction Interface

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 Simplify Error Corrections Within Your Third-party Logistics or
Warehouse Management System
What Does it Do?

• Allows users to: 1. Multi-select

shipment lines
– Search for Shipment Lines in
Interfaced status
– Select and reset Integration
status for one or multiple lines
– Resend lines to 3PL or WMS

18A 2. Reset
Integration Status

Navigation: Inventory Management > Shipments > Manage Shipment Lines > Actions

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Use Distribution Advice for Shipping and Receiving
What Does it Do?

• Identify cross-docking Reserve Supply Order

situations: Purchase Order / Sales

Transfer Order Order
– Receipt Advice: Identifies sales
order associated with incoming
supply order Receipt Advice Shipment Request
(Including Reservation Details) (Including Reservation Details)
– Shipment Request: Identifies
supply order associated with
outgoing sales order Fusion Inventory Management Cloud
WMS / 3PL Systems
18A
Cross-Dock to Shipping Staging Area
Receiving Shipping

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Reconcile Inventory Balances with a Third-Party Logistics Provider,
Warehouse Management System, or Contract Manufacturer
What Does it Do?

• Allows users to:

– Review and reconcile inventory
balances
– Approve Inventory balance
adjustments
– View status of records using the
on-hand balances infolet

18C

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Unprocessed Transactions Infolets
Use Infolets to View Unprocessed Transactions with Third-Party Logistics or Warehouse
Management System
Pending Pending
• Keep track of your external Inventory Inventory
warehouse or third-party Transactions Balances
logistics processing
• Unprocessed or in-error
transactions
• Integrate Oracle Inventory
Management Cloud with a
WMS, 3PL, contract Pending
Shipments
manufacturer or legacy system and Receipts

Navigation: Inventory Management > Landing Page

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 Integrate to External 3PL / WMS
Implementation Recommendations
• Make decision to use a 3PL or WMS at the organization level
• Model Inventory Management Cloud at a summarized level. I.E. Setup subinventories for
Receiving, QA, Rejected and Available
• Detail stock locator and packing unit detail are not needed
• Inventory Management Cloud users do not to track stock locator or packing unit content details
• Inventory Management Cloud track on-hand balances by lot and serial number
• Reconcile inventory with 3PL or WMS using Cycle Count or Physical Inventory transactions
• Configure security rules to limit roles access to transactions in the 3PL or WMS organization
• Inventory Management Cloud includes lot and serial number detail to support Install Base for
product genealogy

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Inventory Cloud Organization

Summary Inventory Balances • Warehouse

• Contract Manufacturer

Subinventories
Receiving Available Rejected QA Staging

SUMMARY

DETAIL

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Oracle Applications: Current Release and Roadmap
Oracle Inventory Management Cloud – Warehouse Execution Integrations
Current
Update 18C
Inventory Management Cloud Integrations
• New/enhanced REST services, import, data
correction, visibility
• Expanded use of Flexfields in WMS / 3PL / CM
integrations
• Include distribution advice details on shipping
requests and receipt advices
• Indicate the type of external system controlling
your Inventory Organization
• New infolets to monitor unprocessed or error
integrated transactions
• Forward Inbound Advance Shipment
Notifications to WMS / 3PL / CM integrations
• Receive packing container license plate numbers
on Inventory transactions
• Reset the Integration Status on Shipment Lines
via web-service
• Review and approve inventory balance
reconciliations
• Sample ICS-based Integrations to WMS Cloud
Next Future
Inventory Management Cloud Integrations Inventory Management Cloud Integrations
• New / Enhanced REST services • New / Enhanced REST services
• Support move to REST from SOAP for • Support move to REST from SOAP for
3PL/WMS Integrations: Inventory and 3PL/WMS Integrations: Shipping
Receiving • Allow backordering from a warehouse execution
• Change management support on outbound system
orders • Include the ordering unit of measure and
• Allow sending of partially reserved shipping lines quantity on shipping requestsSupport Supplier
to external warehouse execution system Lot through the Receipt Confirmation interface
• Allow sending of unreserved demand to • Simplify shipment confirmation requirements
warehouse execution system • Coordinated setups between Inventory Cloud
and WMS Cloud
• Integration point workbench
• Notify warehouse execution system to stop/hold
a shipping request

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Cloud Service
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• Features, Pricing, Quick Tour, Learn More – Data Sheets, Release Updates
• Documentation on docs.oracle.com
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