Configure and extend Oracle
WMS to meet requirements of a
Distribution Centric Warehouse
Vishal Choudhari
Agenda
• About HCL
• Introduction to WMS
• Inbound Material Flow
• Outbound Material Flow
CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Rapidly diversifying geo-mix Derisked across 500 Service Offerings
customers Enterprise Consulting
APAC Top 10 42.3%
15.4% of revenues
ERP,CRM,Portals, Content
Management, Testing,
Domain Specific Packages
Product Engineering
Application Development
Europe US revenues Infrastructure Management
25.2% 59.4% Top 5 32.2%
of revenues
(66 Fortune 500 clients) BPO
Insurance Media and Publishing Aero-space Semi-Conductors Automotive Retail & CPG Banking & Finance Life Sciences
AS Watson Stores…….Federated Stores….
Safeway…….Coles Myer….Shoppers Stop...
Jones Apparel Group…….Office Depot……
Business Areas Technologies & Capabilities
Web Technologies COE, Client/Server Technologies COE,
Application Development
AS400 COE, & Mainframe COE
Enterprise Content Mgmt.
ERP / SCM/ CRM
Retail Supply Chain
EAI
Ecommerce/
Enterprise Collaboration
Application Testing/SQA
Business Intelligence & Data
Warehouse
Introduction to WMS
Interaction with other modules
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Work in
Process
Architecture
Mobile
Applications
Server
Application and
Database Servers
Mobile Handheld
Terminal
Telnet
Access
Oracle
Applications Forms 3rd Party Printing
Applet Viewer
Server Software
Access from
Browser
Inbound Logistics
Inbound material flow in warehouse
Replenish BULK / PALLET AREA
Replenish Pick Faces
FLOOR STORAGE
CASE AREA
from Bulk
RACK STORAGE
Put away
Put away rules
Custom Capacity
Function
Inspect / Pack
Outbound Staging Inbound Staging
/Receive Product
Consolidate
Express Receipt using
Outbound Docks LPN Inbound Docks
Receiving Product
• ASN from supplier can contain pallet and carton level packing
information
• Express receipt can receive complete pallet with all serial and
lot number information with a single scan. Express receiving
can be RFID enabled.
• Advanced Task framework can direct movement of material in
receiving area
ASN can contain Packing Information
Translated Advanced
ASN# / Shipment Number Shipment Notice Flat File
Lot
Item Numbers
Number Pallet
Numbers
Put-away
• Configurable rules determines put-away locator
• Full Pallets to Bulk storage area
• Cases to Rack storage area
• ‘A’ products to front of warehouse, ‘C’ products to back
• Capacity Function can be extended to meet business
rules
• Capacity by Quantity / Weight / Volume
• What locators will product fit in
• Bulk capacity specified in Pallet Floor spaces
• Item dependent Pallet stackability
Express Receipt and Put away screens
ASN Number
Pallet Numbers
System suggested
put away locations
Express Receiving with RFID Tags
• Load of Pallet & Cartons with RFID tags on each
• Drive Load through RFID reader in receiving dock
• System access ASN to validate receipt
• Trigger response – Green Light or Buzzer to confirm
success of failure
Cross docking
• Release 11.5.10 offers only Opportunistic Cross
Docking.
• From Inbound Stage To Outbound Stage for backordered
sales orders
• From Manufacturing Job To Outbound Stage for
backordered sales order
• From Inbound stage To manufacturing job
• Planned Cross docking is expected in Release 12.
Yard Management
Outbound Logistics
Outbound material flow in warehouse
Pick Cases
BULK / PALLET AREA
Picking rules
CASE AREA FLOOR STORAGE
Cartonization Pick Full Pallets
RACK STORAGE
Extension to build Pick by LPN
pallet
Ship Confirm
Load to Dock
Ship Dock Door Inspect / Pack
Outbound Staging Consolidate & Pack Inbound Staging
/ Consolidate
Consolidation Lanes
Outbound Docks Move to Staging LaneInbound Docks
Picking
• Configurable Picking rule determines pick-from and
drop-to stock locator
• Full pallet picks from Bulk
• Less than full pallet picks come from Case
• Picking is in FIFO
• Picking Methodology determines task assignment
• Bulk Picking
• Pick by Zone
• Pick by Label
A Picking Rule
Picking Task completed on mobile
server
Scan Barcode to
confirm Locator
Scan Barcode to
confirm Item
Drop parts to a
consolidation
location
Warehouse Control Board
Control Board displays Accept Next Task on
task assignment selected mobile server assigns
by Rules next picking task to user
Pallet Building through Cartonization
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN#
Pick Release 10000000863
LPN # 100000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
BOX TYPE 01827
Pick release allocates product, then fires packing algorithm
• Each full pallet pick gets one LPN label.
• Loose carton picks are assigned to pallets based on carton dimension
and the required pallet dimension.
• Algorithm designed to create least number of mixed pallets while
maintaining customer specific rules
Pallet Building through Cartonization
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN#
Pick Release 10000000863
LPN # 100000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
BOX TYPE 01827
For Carton picks
• Picker scans Label
• WMS displays stock locator where first
carton on pallet should be picked from
• After that, WMS assigns tasks to picker
one at a time until all cartons on pallet
have been loaded
Pallet Building through Cartonization
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN#
Pick Release 10000000863
LPN # 100000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
For Full Pallet Picks
BOX TYPE 01827
• Picker scans Label
• WMS displays Stock Locator
from which pallet should be
picked
• Picker scans LPN on full pallet
Pallet Building through Cartonization
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN#
Pick Release 10000000863
LPN # 100000858
BOX TYPE 01827
LPN # 1000000858
BOX TYPE 01827
BOX TYPE 01827
Pallets are wrapped and
dropped to staging lane
Pallet Building through Cartonization
• Large consolidation area not required
• Build pallets while you pick
• Limited investment in sorting equipment
• Comply with retailer mandates for Pallet height
• Generate Carton Level LPNs
WMS support for RFID compliance
• Ability to tie LPN labels with EPC tags
• Built-in and customizable EPC generation routines
Associating LPN labels with EPC tags
• EPC Generation rule
associated with LPN
label type
• Label type associated
with Business Flow
Automating Outbound Shipping
• RFID tags applied at Manufacturing or Pallet Building
Stage
• For Assemble to Order environments, Direct Shipping
can be used to bypass the pick-release, pick-confirm
process.
Conclusion
What works well
• Highly configurable Rules Engine for Directed Picking
and Put-away
What can be extended
• Labeling elements
• Capacity Function for put away rules
• Pallet Building
• Standard Pack Size
What’s missing
• Planned Cross-docking
Q&A
