Oracle Warehouse Management User's Guide

Oracle? Warehouse Management

User¡¯s Guide

Release 11i

May 2002

Part No. A86607-03

Oracle Warehouse Management User¡¯s Guide, Release 11i

Part No. A86607-03

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Contents

Send Us Your Comments .................................................................................................................. xiii

Preface........................................................................................................................................................... xv

Audience for This Guide ..................................................................................................................... xv

How To Use This Guide ...................................................................................................................... xv

Documentation Accessibility ....................................................................................................... xvi

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation .......................................................... xvi

Other Information Sources ............................................................................................................... xvii

Online Documentation................................................................................................................. xvii

Related User¡¯s Guides .................................................................................................................. xvii

Guides Related to All Products .................................................................................................. xviii

Oracle Applications User¡¯s Guide ...................................................................................... xviii

User Guides Related to This Product............................................................................................... xviii

Oracle Inventory User¡¯s Guide............................................................................................ xviii

Oracle Shipping and Execution User¡¯s Guide................................................................... xviii

Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications User¡¯s Guide................................................ xviii

Oracle Order Management User¡¯s Guide .......................................................................... xviii

Oracle Purchasing User¡¯s Guide ......................................................................................... xviii

Installation and System Administration .................................................................................... xix

Oracle Applications Concepts .............................................................................................. xix

Installing Oracle Applications .............................................................................................. xix

Upgrading Oracle Applications ........................................................................................... xix

Maintaining Oracle Applications......................................................................................... xix

Oracle Applications System Administrator¡¯s Guide......................................................... xix

Oracle Alert User¡¯s Guide ...................................................................................................... xx

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Oracle Applications Developer¡¯s Guide............................................................................... xx

Oracle Applications User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products ..................... xx

Other Implementation Documentation ....................................................................................... xx

Oracle Applications Product Update Notes ........................................................................ xx

Multiple Reporting Currencies in Oracle Applications ..................................................... xx

Multiple Organizations in Oracle Applications .................................................................. xx

Oracle Workflow Guide......................................................................................................... xxi

Oracle Applications Flexfields Guide.................................................................................. xxi

Oracle eTechnical Reference Manuals ................................................................................. xxi

Oracle Manufacturing APIs and Open Interfaces Manual............................................... xxi

Oracle Order Management Suite APIs and Open Interfaces Manual............................. xxi

Oracle Applications Message Reference Manual............................................................... xxi

Training and Support ................................................................................................................... xxii

Training ................................................................................................................................... xxii

Support.................................................................................................................................... xxii

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle Applications Data ............................................ xxii

About Oracle ....................................................................................................................................... xxiii

Your Feedback..................................................................................................................................... xxiii

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Oracle Warehouse Management System Overview

Overview of the Oracle Warehouse Management System .........................................................

Inbound Logistics .........................................................................................................................

Inventory, Storage, and Facility Management .........................................................................

WMS Value Added Services .......................................................................................................

Outbound Logistics ......................................................................................................................

Reverse Logistics...........................................................................................................................

Warehouse Configuration .................................................................................................................

Container and License Plate Management ...............................................................................

Using License Plate Numbers..............................................................................................

Summary of Container Management Features .................................................................

WMS Rules Engine .......................................................................................................................

Directed Picking and Putaway ............................................................................................

Cost Group Assignment .......................................................................................................

Compliance Labeling ............................................................................................................

Task Dispatching ...................................................................................................................

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Overview of WMS Setup ..................................................................................................................

Oracle Applications Technology and the Implementation Wizard...............................

See Also...................................................................................................................................

Related Product Setup .......................................................................................................................

Oracle Inventory ....................................................................................................................

Oracle Bills of Material .........................................................................................................

Oracle Purchasing .................................................................................................................

Oracle Cost Management .....................................................................................................

Oracle Order Management ..................................................................................................

Oracle Warehouse Management Setup Overview .......................................................................

Setting Up the Oracle Warehouse Management System ............................................................

Warehouse Setup ..........................................................................................................................

How to Set Up Warehouse Organizations.........................................................................

Set Up Subinventory Parameters ......................................................................................

Set Up Locator Parameters.................................................................................................

Setting Up Dock Door to Staging Lane Relationships ...................................................

Material Setup .............................................................................................................................

Set Up Item Attributes ........................................................................................................

Set Up Material Statuses.....................................................................................................

Set Up Lot and Serial Attributes .......................................................................................

Task Management Setup ...........................................................................................................

Set Up Warehouse Employee Resources .........................................................................

Set up or Verify Equipment Items ....................................................................................

Set Up Equipment Resources ............................................................................................

Set Up Warehouse Task Types ..........................................................................................

Set Up Departments ............................................................................................................

Set Up Task Type Assignment Rules................................................................................

Compliance Labeling Setup ......................................................................................................

Describing Customer Labeling Requirements ................................................................

Setting Up Labels.................................................................................................................

Cost Group Setup .......................................................................................................................

Cost Groups Overview .......................................................................................................

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