Tag Archives: Oracle MSCA

Oracle Cycle Count

31 Jul

Step by Step Cycle Count in Oracle Warehouse

ABC Compile: 

It sorts the items in descending order in the subinventory or org based on the selection criteria

  • Define the ABC compile based on need 
  • Select subinventory/organization 
  • Select criteria to choose current onhand or historical transactions 
  • Once defined, click on compile. It will submit a request and will generate a sorting output list of items 

ABC Assignment Groups:

  • Create an assignment group 
  • Assign the ABC compile 
  • Attach the ABC classes 
  • Then Click on Assign Items 
    • Select sequence to classify the items into A B C classes 
    • Then click on Assign. It will submit a request 
  • Once request is completed, you can see how items are classified by clicking on Update Items 

Define Cycle Count

  • Define Cycle count based on need 
  • Give Adjustment account 
  • Enter late Days: after how many days uncounted cycle count will be considered as late count 
  • Starting seq: This is the staring number of the count 
  • Enter all other details as needed 
  • in Serial, LPN and Schedule tab, 
    • select the serial controlled count options 
    • Select the schedule, if you want to schedule the count 
  • In Adjustment and ABC, 
    • select approval criteria 
    • Give the ABC group created earlier 
    • In Option, select reinitialize and save, it will submit a request. Once the request is completed, you can see status will be completed in the cycle count as well. 
    • Then click on Classes and enter the no of counts you want to do for each class in a year 
  • From Tools –> Select Perform Full Cycle Count, it will submit request set, submit with proper parameter 
    • Once the request is completed, go back to cycle count and re-query and click on items, you will see last scheduled date should be populated against items 
    • Also in Serial, LPN and Schedule tab, you see Last date and Next date is populated as per the schedule 

Cycle Count Entry

  • Now Go to cycle count entry form, select the cycle count header name and then find all open counts 
  • It will show all open request counts pending 
  • You can either use this form or you can directly go to MSCA –> Inventory –> Counting –> Normal for entering the counts against the records 
  • Also you can count using WMS Task feature by going to MSCA, Task –> Directed task –> Warehouse –> Counting 

Approve Count

  • Go to Approve Count section post counting 
  • It will show all pending approval including adjustments if needed 
  • Select the option and save 

View Adjustments in material transactions

Oracle WMS: Curtail Pick

28 Jul

Curtail Pick

To raise a task exception in Oracle Warehouse Management, a transaction reason set up is required and it should be linked to the reason type. While entering an exception during the picking process, we need to select the reason for the exception.

Curtail Pick and Pick None are the two reason contexts, in which Pick None is applied when there is no need to perform the task from that locator or the system assumes that there is no on-hand quantity available in that locator while Curtail Pick ends the picking process after picking a few license plate numbers (LPN) or lots and loads the contents.

Oracle Inv & WMS: Cycle Count

28 Jul

Cycle Count

Label Printing in MSCA/WMS

30 Oct

Label Printing in MSCA/WMS

Labels

Either we can use the existing labels or we can design new labels

Label Types:

There are different label types depending on the different business and requirement with data elements.

Label Format:

A single design of a label that may include fixed data (such as field prompts) and variable data (such as Part Number). A Label Format is associated to a Label Type. It includes a subset of the available data elements from a particular Label Type. A label type can have multiple label formats, however each Label Format belongs to only one label type. Label Formats are registered within Oracle Warehouse Management after you create the label design in the third party software package.
Either you can use the seeded label format or you can design your own label format
We can customize the label as per our requirement with required and customized fields

Printing Modes

Asynchronous:

An integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the third party software supplier that is handled through dropping an XML file into a watched directory. When using this mode, Oracle Warehouse Management has no knowledge of the status of the print request after creation of the XML file.

Synchronous:

Generic:

A real-time integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the third party software vendor that is handled through a PL/SQL API. When using this mode, the third party supplier is able to return success or failure messages regarding the status of the label print request. Oracle Warehouse Management stores those messages in the label print history so label printing problems can be easily identified and diagnosed.

TCP/IP:

A real-time integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the 3rd Party software vendor that is handled through a standard Ethernet TCP/IP connection. When using this mode, Oracle ensures that the printer or print server is listening to the IP and port and has successfully received the message, but no knowledge of the detailed status of the print request beyond acceptance of the XML message is known by Oracle Warehouse Management.
Example Printer vendors like Zebra, Intermec, Cognitive Solutions, Datamax, Toshiba TEC, Printronix and Sato

Printer

·        Define the printer details in Oracle system (Sysadmin) with proper styles and drivers and with unique name

·         Assign IP and Port to printers

Assigning Label Types to Business Flow

Business Flow: An identifiable business process that occurs as part of material handling within Oracle Warehouse Management. Oracle Warehouse Management recognizes a pre-determined list of Business Flows you can set up to include label printing as part of the transaction processing.

Defining Label Format Rules

Creating label format rules is an optional step. Some implementations may require only a single label format for each label type. If this is the case, the system picks the default label format for each type. The system also picks the default if there are no applicable rules. If the implementation requires more than one label format for a label type label format rules are necessary.

Assigning Printer to the Required Level

Printers can be assigned to Site level, responsibility level, user level.