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Oracle Warehouse Management

Oracle Warehouse Management. Dave Herring – Lion Apparel, Inc. Daveh@lionapparel.com Brian Pellot – Pelley Consulting, LLC Bpellot@earthlink.net. Overview. Project Status and Background WMS Basics LPN Concepts and Processing Task Processing Rules Engine Key Learnings Wrap-up.

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Oracle Warehouse Management

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  1. Oracle Warehouse Management Dave Herring – Lion Apparel, Inc. Daveh@lionapparel.com Brian Pellot – Pelley Consulting, LLC Bpellot@earthlink.net

  2. Overview • Project Status and Background • WMS Basics • LPN Concepts and Processing • Task Processing • Rules Engine • Key Learnings • Wrap-up

  3. Background and Project Status • 100 years plus • World’s largest maker of protective clothing • Turn-out gear, helmets, boots ...

  4. Background and Project Status • Implementing OM, Configurator, Inventory, Quality, BOM, WIP, Cost, AR and WMS • Starting second round of system testing • Planning to go-live March, 2004

  5. WMS Basics • WMS augments other modules’ functionality (Inv, Shipping, WIP, Quality) • Additional responsibility and set of forms plus forms from the other modules • Rules engine – Core of WMS functionality • Mobile Web Applications(MWA), Mobile Supply Chain Apps (MSCA) – Handheld/RF ready interface

  6. WMS Basics - MWA • Mobile Web Applications • Intended for handheld, RF devices • Device Evaluation and Selection • Many are portable PCs with other capabilities • Easily integrated with flexible setups in the application

  7. WMS Basics - MWA Transactions entered through a Telnet session • Receiving/Putaway • Shipping • LPN transactions • Physical/Cycle Counting • Standard inventory transactions • WIP Moves and Material Transactions • Inquiry Screens

  8. WMS Basics - MWA Data can be entered, scanned or selected. Think about the amount of information to be entered(keyed) through the handheld. Subinventory Transfer

  9. LPN Concepts and Processing • License Plate Number – unique identifier for a group of items/instances • Like a box, crate, truck, basket, pallet, vat, tank, etc. • LPNs can contain other LPNs, boxes in boxes, boxes in trucks • Pack, consolidate, unpack • Herring’s law of packing (with regards to Newton)

  10. LPN Concepts and Processing Items Pack Consolidate Transfer the Truck LPN (one transaction)

  11. LPN Concepts and Processing Receive the Truck LPN (one transaction) Un-Pack Un-Pack

  12. Task Processing • Tasks are actions performed in the warehouse. Putaway, pick • Tasks assigned to WH resources (people and machines) • Rules engine assigns correct task to correct resources

  13. Task Processing Resources Joe in a Forklift Alice on Foot Betty in Crane Task List Pick 2 smiles Pick 3 circles Putaway LPN X Pick 4 bolts Rules Engine Task assignment, progress and efficiency can be directed and monitored through a control board.

  14. Task Processing Control Board used to monitor and manager tasks on the floor.

  15. Rules Engine • Core of WMS is the Rules Engine • Drives the functionality

  16. Rules Engine Dave’s first thoughts… “Rules, we don’t need no stinking rules”

  17. Rules Engine • Uses Rules, Strategies and Assignments to: • Assign Tasks • Allocate Material to Move Order (pick waves) • Assign Cost Groups (inventory accounting) • Direct Putaways • Drive label printing

  18. Rules Engine • Example Rules • If item to be putaway has a category of Frozen Goods and is larger than 200lbs, place in subinventory Bulk Frozen Goods • Pick material for customer X from a Grade A lot • Put internal order receipts in FG subinventories

  19. Rules Engine • This is very flexible but can be difficult to achieve the desired result • Some programming experience is necessary

  20. Rules Engine Example Rule: These quickly get complex and technical.

  21. Key Learnings • WMS is fairly immature • Bugs • Seemingly logical functionality is not available • Much of the functionality only available in MWA • LPNs • Pick confirmation by tasks

  22. Key Learnings • Once you go WMS, you have to use the WMS methods. • Cost groups – they have to be used as assigned through the engine. • Locator Control must be turned on • Pick confirm must be manual and use tasks. • Receiving must be done in MWA • A Lot of Setup • Cartonization • Directed putaway by weight or volume

  23. Key Learnings • Rules Engine requires functional and technical help • Open interfaces do support much of the functionality for extensions. However, only briefly documented. • Some features are difficult to implement since all information must be entered through MWA

  24. Questions ?

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