Tag Archives: Setup for WMS

WMS Zone Picking

5 Apr

WMS Zone Picking basic setup steps

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Oracle WMS Setup Navigations

24 Dec

Please go through the Setup steps, their significance and the navigation to the setup forms.

Define Profile Options
Define Mobile User ID

Navigation:
System Administration>Security>User>Define

Define Warehouse

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Define Warehouses

Define Warehouse Parameters

Enable WMS attribute
  • Serial Control
  • Lot Control
  • LPN Control
  • Crossdocking Information
  • Time Zone
  • Default Cycle Count Header
  • Default Picking Rule
  • Default Put away rule
  • Cartonization Options
  • Default pick task type
  • Default replenishment task type
  • Default Move Order Transaction Type
  • Default Move Order issue Task Type
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Warehouse Parameter

Receiving Options

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Receiving Parameters

Define Subinventory Attributes

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Receiving Parameters

Define Stock Locators Attributes

Units, volume, weight, Dimansions, coordinates
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Stock Locators

Define Dock Door to Staging Lane Relationships

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Dock Door to Staging Lane Assignments

Define Shipping Networks

Define the required shipping networks between different warehouses also attach the shipping method if needed
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Shipping Networks

Define Item Attributes for WMS

Lot, Lot Expiration,Serial controlled, Physical attributes and Material Status
Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Master Items

Define Material Statuses

You use this form to setup material status codes that enable you to control the movement and usage of material for portions of on-hand inventory that might have distinct differences
Navigation:
Setup>Transaction Setup>Inventory Transactions>Material Status

Define Lot and Serial Attributes

Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Lot/Serial Attributes>Lot/Serial Attributes Descriptive Flexfield>Segments

Define Warehouse Resources

Define all resources here Human, Equipment, etc so that accordingly you can assign tasks to these resources
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Resources>Resources

Define Equipment Items

Equipment, such as forklifts, pallet jacks, and so on are used to perform tasks in a warehouse.  In WMS, you set up equipment as a serialized item and a resource.  
Users sign on to the serial number of the equipment and are dispatched tasks appropriate to that equipment.
  • Define the equipment as an item
  • Define the item as an equipment type 
  • Specify the equipment as serial controlled (predefined)
  • Enter the equipment capacity (optional)
  • Generate serial numbers for the individual pieces of equipment
Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Master Items
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Resources>Equipment

Define Equipment Serial Numbers

Navigation:
Setup>Inventory Management>Material Maintenance>Generate Serial Numbers

Define Departments

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Departments & Resources>Departments

Define Transaction Reasons

Navigation:
Setup>Transaction Setup>Inventory Transactions>Transaction Reasons

Define Label Formats

You are setting up the data fields that you want the system to include on a particular label
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Printing>Define Label Formats

Define Associate Label Formats to Business Flows

Navigation:
Setup> Warehouse Configuration>Printing>Assign Label Types to Business Flows

Assign Labels to Printers

Navigation:
Setup> Warehouse Configuration>Printing>Assign Printers to Documents

Define Cost Groups

Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Costs>Cost Groups

Define Account Alias

Navigation:
Setup>Transaction Setup>Inventory Transactions>Define Account Aliases

Define Pick Sliationp Grouping Rules

Setup pick slip grouping rules to specify different ways in which a warehouse might choose to fulfill a group of orders
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Pick Wave>Pick Slip Grouping

Define Release Sequence Rules

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Pick Wave>Release Sequence

Define Release Rules

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Pick Wave>Release Rules

Define Container Types

Before you set up cartonization and container items, you should verify that the appropriate container types exist.  Container types represent the codes that you assign to various containers, such as boxes, bins and pallets.  The WMS system comes pre-seeded with a variety of container types but the system also enables you to set up your own
Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Container Types

Define Container Items

Containers can be defined as item
Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Master Items

Define Cartonization Groups

Inventory class categories can be defined for this
Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Categories>Category Codes

Define Cartonization Category Sets

Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Categories>Category Sets

Define Container Item Relationship

Navigation:
Setup>Material Setup>Items>Define Container Item Relationship

Define Shipping Parameters

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Warehouses>Shipping Parameters

Define Task Types

For each unique combination of human and equipment resourses, a new task type should have been defined.
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Tasks>Standard Task Types

Define Task Type Assignment Rules

To define rules for Cost Group Assignments, Label Format, Pick, Put Away and Task Type assignments.
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Warehouse Execution>Rules

Define Warehouse Strategy

A strategy is an ordered sequence of rules that the system uses to fulfill complex business demands. The rules strategy are selected in sequence until the put away or picking task is fully allocated, or until a cost group that meets the restriction is found. When you define strategies, you also specify the date or range of dates on which the strategy is effective. You also specify whether you want the system to execute a strategy, if it can only successfully execute part of that strategy.

Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Warehouse Execution>Strategies

Define Warehouse Rules Workbench

Add the strategies here in a sequence with required parameter values to execute in required sequence.
Navigation:
Setup>Warehouse Configuration>Rules>Warehouse Execution>Rules Workbench

Define MWA Personalization Framework

To customize any mobile pages, any fileds in there, you can use this to customize
Navigation:
Setup>MWA Personalization Framework

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WMS Mobile Form Functions Personalization

9 Mar
If you want to change or customize the fields in the Mobile screen of MSCA for a specific transaction, then you need to follow below steps.

Check for the Form Function
Find out the function name
Check how the parameters are defined
Find the parameter what you are looking for
Check the value assigned for that parameter
As per the requirement change that 
Now in the transaction screen of MSCA, the required changes should display.

Check for the MWA Personalization
Find out the page name which is showing for this transaction
Go to the WMA Personalization function
Open the required page
Check for the field name
Edit and do the change as needed either in responsibility level or in Organization level
Save the changes.
Bounce the MSCA server.

Then see the changes

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Oracle MWA Personalization

5 Oct

Oracle MWA Personalization

This personalization can be done in 3 levels

  1. Function
  2. Organization
  3. Responsibility

Personalization Setup

Below profile options need to be setup
  • MWA: Enable Personalization: This will decide whether you want to enable the personalization or not
  • MWA: Cache Personalized Metadata: This profile option controls whether or not you need to bounce the MWA server.

Supported Mobile Pages

  • Pick Load
  • Pick Drop
  • Manual Load
  • Item Load
  • Move Any LPN
  • Putaway Drop
  • Update LPN
  • Mobile PO receipt
  • Mobile PO receipt information
  • LPN Ship
  • Mobile Ship confirm

Personalizing Mobile Pages

Step:1 Navigate to the Warehouse Manager Responsibility and choose MWA Personalization framework option under the Setup sub-menu

Step:2 Select a page and click on personalize, this will show all the fields in that page and their function level values with an edit option in the light of every field

Step:3 After clicking the edit button, make the required changes and click apply

Step:4 Navigate to the mobile page and review your personalization done for the page. Note: If the profile option “MWA: Cache Personalized Metadata” is set to “Yes” then, the personalization made will come into effect only after bouncing the mobile server

The Personalized Update LPN Page displays the page name as “* Update LPN (W1)” The “ * ” indicates that the page involved has been personalized.

The above picture shows the before and after view of the “Update LPN” page with the following personalization:
  • LPN field’s prompt changed to “Custom LPN”.
  • Default value is set to weight field and is made read-only.
  • LPN Attributes LPN DFF is enabled/rendered for the LPN field.
  • Content Vol. field is made hidden
  • Container field is made mandatory/required
  • Update LPN button’s prompt is changed to Custom Update

Activate/Deactivate Personalization

Personalization created for a page can be Activated/Deactivate from the activate/deactivate personalization page

These Personalizations can be done in Organization and Responsibilitry level too.

Step1: For doing personalization in Organization level, you have to select the page name and then give the organization name and click personalize

Step2: This will show value at organization level too

Step3: Click Edit button, do the changes and click Aply

Step4: Click Activate/Deactivate Personalization and make changes

Enabling Descriptive Flexfields for Mobile Pages

You can use mobile personalization to display descriptive flexfields on mobile pages. The LPN descriptive flexfield is WMS: License Plate Numbers. You can choose to enable users to update the descriptive flexfield, or display it as a read-only field on the mobile page. How the field appears, depends on the choices you select in the Personalization Field Properties page. To personalize descriptive flexfields on mobile pages, follow the procedure for personalizing mobile pages. The personalization options for descriptive flexfields are:
  • Display Inline: If you set the field to yes, then the descriptive flexfields are displayed on the same page. If you set the field to no, then the user enter the descriptive flexfield values on a separate page.
  • Default Context: If you set the field to yes, then the user can enter a default context for the descriptive flexfield
Source: docs.oracle.com

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Setup Checklists for WMS

13 Mar

Setup Checklists for WMS

·         Organization Parameter
Enable WMS attribute
Serial Control
Lot Control
LPN Control
Crossdocking Information
Time Zone
Default Cycle Count Header
Default Picking Rule
Default Put away rule
Cartonization Options
Default pick task type
Default replenishment task type
Default Move Order Transaction Type
Default Move Order issue Task Type
·         Subinventory attributes
·         Locator attributes
·         Setup System Profiles in System Administrator
WMS: Label files Prefix
WMS: Label Print Mode
MWA: Enable Personalization
MWA: Cache Personalized Metadata
Change the data for the MSCA Responsibilities created.
·         Setup Resources in Warehouse Manager
·         Setup Departments in Warehouse Manager
·         Setup Assign Label Types to Business Flows in Warehouse Manager
Business Flows:
Miscellaneous/ Alias Receipt
Receipt
Pick Load
Pack / Unpack / Split LPN
·         Setup Assign Printers to Documents in Warehouse Manager
·         Setup Standard Task Types in Warehouse and assign the resources
Eg: Cycle Count, PICK
·         Setup WMS Rules in Warehouse Manager
Put away and Pick Rules are defined here.
·         Setup WMS Rule Strategies
·         Setup in WMS Rule Workbench
·         Setup Cycle Counts
·         Submit the License Plate Generation request
·         Setup MWA Personalization Framework in Warehouse Manager

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