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Oracle Warehouse Management

(WMS) and RFID
Integrations, Enhancements and an Overview

Aditya Agarkar
Director, Product Strategy
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purposes only, and may not be incorporated into
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material, code, or functionality, and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing decision. The
development, release, and timing of any features
or functionality described for Oracles products
remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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Agenda

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WMS Features
WMS Direction
Q&A

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Challenges in Materials Management
What Really Matters?

Accurate Promise Date

Low Lead Times Perfect Fulfillment

Optimal Processes

Flexible Operations Accurate Shipment

Automated Transactions

Real Time Visibility On Time Shipment

Efficient Execution

Optimized Freight
Low Headcount
Accurate Inventory
Optimized Storage
Logistics Efficiency

Low Inventory
Infrequent Counts
Low Working Capital
Less Returns

Less Write-Offs

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 Material Management Products
WMS for complex material management needs

High
Automated Facilities Sensors
Product / Order Complexity

and Devices WCS and RFID

Automate physical inventory handling

Warehouse Management WMS

e
oic Implement a true execution
execution system
system using
Ch system directed tasks and task management
existing

RF / Barcode Only MSCA

Improve accuracy and reduce latency
of existing transactions

Desktop System - Inventory

Record transactions and track balances
Low

Small Transaction Velocity / Volume Large

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Who needs WMS?
Low High
Number of SKUs and
bins
Inventory MSCA WMS
Inventory Turns
Inventory MSCA WMS

Transaction Volume
Inventory MSCA WMS
Warehouse Capital
Cost
Inventory MSCA WMS
Inventory Carrying
Inventory MSCA WMS
Cost
Pressure on Operating
Margin
Inventory MSCA WMS
Cost of Imperfect
Order Fulfillment Inventory MSCA WMS
Cost of Non-
Compliance Inventory MSCA WMS
Labor Cost
Inventory MSCA WMS

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 WMS Value Proposition
Features for operational efficiency, perfection and flexibility

Efficiency Perfection

Do More with Perfect Order

less of: Fulfillment
1. Labor and Balance cost and service in a 1. Accurate
Equipment dynamic logistics environment Promise
2. Warehouse Date
Space 2. On Time
3. Onhand Shipment
Inventory 3. Correct Item
Manage changing environment and Quantity
1. Dynamic business situation Shipped
2. Technology Innovation
3. Changing standards

Flexibility

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Built-In and Integrated
Built-in, Integrated and highly efficient and flexible WMS for complex needs

RMAs
Purchases
Transfers
Label
Assemble
Directed
Receive Inspect Replenish
Putaway
RF Support LPNs Tailorable
Cost Rules &
Workflow Move
Global Visibility
Process
Directed WIP
Ship Pack Issues
Pick
Count
RTVs Transfer
Orders
Transfers Seamless
Integration

Plan Procure Manufacture Fulfill Move

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 Mobile Transactions
Middleware to Support Device Independent Mobile Transactions

Transactions
at Point of
Use on
Mobile
Devices
equipped Multi-Lingual
with Barcode Now also
and Device
Scanners available in
Independent
GUI

RF Base Station
Mobile
LAN or Application /
Transaction
WAN Server Data Base

Mobile Device Telnet Over TCP/IP SQL Net

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 Directed Tasks
Rule Based Tasks to Direct Workers

Pick Wave Task Queue

Create & Split

Allocate Merge
Task Sort

Dispatch Tasks To Create Paperless,

RF Devices Streamlined Processes
Support Multiple Align Pick Plan with
Picking Methodologies Business Mix
Match Skills and Reduce Safety Issues
Equipment to Tasks and Training Costs
Perform Task Sequencing Significantly Reduce
and Interleaving Travel Time

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 Warehouse Management System
Rapid ramp up and Continued Investment in the product

Efficiency and
Automation
WMS R12
Integration and

Release 12.2
WMS for

Release 12.1
Compliance WMS 11.5.10 process
Advanced industries
Increasing Benefits

Task Planned
Framework crossdocking
RF Transactions
WMS 11.5.9 Packing Labor
and Business Rules Workbench Management
Support for
Bar Code RFID Locator
WMS 11.5.8 Standards Compliance Check Digits
Directed Rules MHE Flexible label
Tasks Workbench Integration field
Manufacturing Rules Graphical definition
WMS 1.0 picks and Simulator User Interface Task
RF Support completions Labeling (GUI) for Management
Rules Engine enhancements Mobile Automation
LPN UCC Standard
Lot/Serials Support

2001 Current

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WMS Value Proposition
Sample Features for Core Value Proposition

Comprehensive
Perfection Support for Pick
Methods
Warehouse Activity
Efficiency Planning
.

Warehouse
Flexibility Automation, Voice,
Sensors and RFID

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Comprehensive Transaction Support
Wide range of pick methods for your warehousing needs

Pick Methods Current Future

Order Picking 9
Pick by Label 9
Zone Picking 9 +
Pick and Pass 9 +
Cluster Pick / Batch Pick 9 +
Case Picking Pick to Pallet 9 +
Case Picking Pick to Belt 9 +
Bulk Picking 9
Paper Picking 9

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Order Pick

Example: Following orders to

be picked

Bin11

Bin21

Bin31

Bin41

Bin51

Bin61
Order 1
Order 2
Warehouse operator will make

Bin12

Bin22

Bin32

Bin42

Bin52

Bin62
two passes of the warehouse
for each order

Bin13

Bin23

Bin33

Bin43

Bin53

Bin63
Order should be large enough
for equipment capacity to be
utilized fully Staging
Order 1 Pick Order 1 Pick Path

Order 2 Pick Order 2 Pick Path

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Label Pick

Cartonization - Determine a carton

size and generate an LPN label at
release

Bin11

Bin21

Bin31

Bin41
Warehouse operator will scan the
LPN label and WMS will dispatch

Bin12

Bin22

Bin32

Bin42
tasks for the label
Process Alternatives:
Pick to Tote: Perform Packing into

Bin13

Bin23

Bin33

Bin43
final shipping container at pack
station
Pick and Pack: Possible to
eliminate downstream packing
operation by picking into a final
Staging
shipping carton or container Order 2 Pick Order 2 LPN

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 Zone Pick

Zone 1 Zone 2
Example: Each picker is assigned a
pick zone
Zone 1

Bin11

Bin21

Bin31

Bin41

Bin51

Bin61
Zone 2
Warehouse operator will pick from
their zone and pass to the picker in

Bin12

Bin22

Bin32

Bin42

Bin52

Bin62
another zone
Parallel picks across zones
Possible to reduce order pick time

Bin13

Bin23

Bin33

Bin43

Bin53

Bin63
Requires order consolidation after
picks are complete
Pick profile may be different e.g. Consolidate
Pallet pick in Zone 1 and case pick in Staging
Zone 2
Enhancements to ensure that separate Zone 1 Pick Path

Carton labels can be generated for each zone Zone 2 Pick Path

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 Pick and Pass

Example: Each picker is assigned a pick

zone

Bin11 Bin12 Bin13

Bin21 Bin22 Bin23
Zone 1

Zone 1
Zone 2
Warehouse operator will pick from their
zone and pass to the picker in another
zone

Staging
Sequential picks across zones
Possible to reduce travel time

Bin41 Bin42 Bin43

Bin31 Bin32 Bin33

Order consolidated as picks progress

Zone 2
All pick zones must use similar pick profile
e.g. cant have pallet pick in Zone 1 and
case pick in Zone 2
Cartonization is needed

Enhancements to ensure that single carton Zone 1 Picks

labels is generated for all zones in the pick path
Zone 2 Picks

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Cluster Pick

Example: Following orders to be

picked
Order 1

Bin11

Bin21

Bin31

Bin41

Bin51

Bin61
Order 2
Warehouse operator will make one
passes of the warehouse and pick
both orders

Bin12

Bin22

Bin32

Bin42

Bin52

Bin62
Each Order should be less than
equipment capacity
Cluster size set for optimum

Bin13

Bin23

Bin33

Bin43

Bin53

Bin63
equipment capacity utilization

Enhancements to Perform Cluster Staging

Picks using Cartonized LPNs
Order 1 Pick

Order 2 Pick

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Full Case Picks

What is needed?
Assign shipping labels to cases during
picking
Perform picking efficiently
WMS Features:
Create case level shipping labels
(UCC-128) at order release
Assign labels to operator at the start
of picking
Perform case picks by scanning LPN
or UCC-128 barcode (SSCC-18)
Options:
Load cases to a pallet Enhancement to perform picks by
Load cases to a conveyor scanning case labels

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Warehouse Planning
Deliver compelling value to address complex warehouse needs

Planning Area Current Future

Replenishment to Forward 9 +
Pick Area
Warehouse Activity Planning 9 +
and Order Release
Slotting 9

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Forward Pick Replenishment
Push Replenishment for irregular item demand

Replenish ahead of order release to improve pick productivity by

fulfilling large number of small orders from a forward pick area
optimized for picking
Identify floating locators for high demand items

1. Replenish 2. Release 3. Fulfill

Order 1
Qty 3

Pallet Location Forward Pick

Area Order 2
Qty 2

Order 3
Qty 2

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Forward Pick Replenishment
Dynamic JIT Replenishment for regular item demand

Dynamically replenish forward pick locations when demand is

placed on forward pick area
Dedicated or Floating locators in Forward Pick Area

1. Release 2. Replenish 3. Fulfill

Replenishment Pick Tasks

Tasks Created Created
Order 1
Qty 3

Pallet Location Forward Pick

Area Order 2
Qty 2

Order 3
Qty 2

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 Warehouse Activity Planning
Wave Planning and Task Planning for on-time shipment and enhanced
resource utilization

1. Select lines 4. Release

for Wave Wave

Wave Planning 5. Task Pick, Pack

Planning & Ship

2. Analyze 3. Forecast 6. Monitor Wave

Wave fill rate Labor needs Execution

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 Wave Planning
Increase fill rate, improve resource utilization, support high volume

Planning features to
allow release of orders
only for 100% fill rate
Scheduling of order
release based on labor
capacity
Task planning for
optimized execution
Single workbench to
monitor warehouse
activity

Designed for throughput of more than 20,000

19,000
18,000
17,000
16,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000 Lines/hr

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Automation, RFID/Sensors and Voice
Deliver compelling value to address complex warehouse needs

Planning Area Current Future

Warehouse Automation 9 +
Warehouse Control System
Voice 9 +
RFID and Sensor Driver 9 +
Execution

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 Seamless Integration to Devices

Device Definition WMS

Define devices and associate with business Business Event WMS Transaction
events in WMS
Device IP and Port information in WCS
Construct Messages
Vendor specific message structure dynamically
constructed in WCS when a specific business
event occurs in WMS WCS
Device Interface Device Request Device Response
WCS carousel bridge runtime interface
transmits request message and receives
response message from device
WMS Transactions
WMS transactions are confirmed manually or MHE
automatically based on device response

Devices

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 Voice Picking
Streamlined Data Input

Where
Environment cold storage & other climates where typing & scanning is
cumbersome
Safety hazmat & other situations where manual handing of goods is
required
High Volume operations when scanning slows you down
WMS and Voice Benefits
No toggling between the system and the physical work
No need to query a screen to get work units
Less system training required

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Proven ROI
Success Rate comparable to RF & WMS implementations

Source: Report - ARC Advisory Group, Speech Recognition for Warehouse Operations, Nov 2007.

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 How Do We Enable Voice?
A solution based on choice

Hybrid Solution
Voice overlay on mobile applications
User can speak, scan or type

Task Queuing and Processing

Tasks from WMS pushed via Warehouse Control System into
Voice System
Completely Automated

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 Hybrid Solutions

Mobile
Server
WMS Apps
2 4 / Database

3
1 5

1. System speaks
the prompts &
defaults

2. User speaks or
scans the response

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 Voice Based Task Management Systems

1 2 3

4
Warehouse Voice
WMS Apps Control Server
/ Database System

To Oracle, the inner workings of these

voice systems is a black box. They
control task queues, dispatch & execution

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 RFID Solution schematic

SENSE & ORACLE Fusion APPLICATIONS

RESPOND
Middleware ACCESS
DEVICES

Mobile JDeveloper Portal

ANALYZE

RESPOND
Business Business Process
Intelligence Management Integration

CAPTURE MANAGE

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a uEdge
PSensor t
o l Data Hubs
Security
Enterprise

SServer Manager
Other Applications

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