Oracle Warehouse Management

System
Outbound Logistics Processes:
Picking and Shipping
Material
Picking
®
System Processes
WMS Material Picking Process

SO Create Assign Task

Allocations Type
Pick Release Cartonize
Split/Merge
Tasks
User Processes

Dispatch Task

Accept Next Load Material Drop Material

Task
 Pick Release
Release Rule Selection Criteria
 Customer  Order Type
 Ship to  Container
 Item  Trip or Delivery
 Schedule/Request  Shipment Priority
Date  Project/Task
 Carrier

 Manually release by Rule

 Build Release Rule Schedule to release on regular basis
 Manually Select and Release Lines
Allocations

 Suggest Material Sourcing for Order

Fulfillment
– Subinventory, Locator
– Revision, Lot
– Serial (optional)
 Allocate based on WMS Picking Rules
– based on Customer, Carrier, Item handling
restrictions, Stock rotation policies etc.
 Allocate based on Pick Unit of Measure
Task Type Assignment

 Determine WMS Task Type for Each Pick

Task
 Use WMS Task Type Rules
– based on item, item category, source locator,
source subinventory etc.
 Users will only receive appropriate pick tasks
– based on skill set, equipment use
Cartonization
Choose the appropriate packaging for the picked material
that will minimize the number of containers used.

Container Items Contained Items

 Rhino Bag  Orange Paint
 Drum Liquids  Blue Paint
 10 Gallon Tub  Red Paint

 Large Box  Large Paint Brush

 Medium Box Solids  Paint Roller
 Small Box  Rhino Bag
 Pick Methodologies
Choose picking methods based on task assignments,
equipment capacity, zones and business rules.

 Cluster Picking
 Order Picking
 Zone Picking
 Bulk Picking
 Paper-Based
 Pick and Pass/Label Picking
 User defined Pick grouping
 WMS Material Picking Process
System Processes

SO Create Assign Task

Allocations Type
Pick Release Cartonize
Split/Merge
Tasks
Dispatch Task
User Processes

Accept Next Load Material Drop Material

Task
 Task Sorting and Sequencing

 Group Tasks by Pick Methodology

 Merge Tasks for Bulk Picking
 Split tasks to meet equipment capacity
 Order Tasks by Locator Picking Order (Pick
Path)
 Task Dispatching: Accepting Tasks
 Pick Loose Items into
an LPN
 Pick Whole LPNs
 Pick Multiple LPNs
– eg pick 5 boxes of 10
Ea to fulfill a task to
pick 50
 Pick from LPNs
– take 5 out of a box of
10
 build larger LPN
 View cartonization
suggestion
Task Loading and Dropping

 Load Material onto

Equipment and Accept
another task
 Drop material directly in
Staging Lane
 View pending tasks
(LPNs loaded onto
equipment)
Task Drop

 Drop picked LPNs into

Staging Lane(s)
 Drop picked LPNs onto
LPNs
– build pallets or
shipping containers at
pick drop
 This completes the
WMS pick task
 WMS Task Exceptions
Request Cycle
Count
User Reports
Task Error Place Location
on Hold
Corrective Action
Workflow Started Re-release
User Indicates Delivery Line
Reason for Error (for the balance)

Page Supervisor
WMS Control Board

 Management Workbench
 View pending workload across the
organization
 Manage Exceptions
 Review, Reassign and Reprioritize pending
tasks
Task Detail
Performance by Employee
 Ship
Confirmation
®
 System Directed Shipping

Missing
Scan Dock System directs Scan Dock
LPNs on
Door to Load User to LPNs to Close
Trip?

System directs Yes

User to LPN

Ship No
Confirm
 User Driven Shipping

Missing
Scan Staging Scan LPNs
LPNs on
Lane to Load
Delivery?

System directs Yes No

User to LPN

Ship
Confirm
Contact
Jennifer Sherman
Principal Product Analyst
jennifer.sherman@oracle.com
(650) 633-8352
Amin Sikander
Project Leader
amin.sikander@oracle.com
(650) 506-1524