The following section describes how to set up a warehouse organizations.
Navigate to the Organization setup window.
Set up your warehouse organization in the same way in which you set up a standard inventory organization. In the Organizations window, make sure to specify an organization classification of Inventory Organization.
After you set up standard organization information, save your work, and then navigate to the Organization Parameters window. For more information about setting organization parameters see: Defining Default Inventory Parameters
In addition to specifying the standard organization parameters, set up the following parameters for the Warehouse organization:
Inventory Tab
Select the WMS Enabled check box to specify this organization as a warehouse management organization.
If you specify an organization as warehouse management enabled, you can use LPNs, task management, cost groups, rules, and other warehouse management functionality in this organization. If the organization is not warehouse management enabled, but you licensed and installed Oracle Warehouse Management, as a product, you can use material status, lot and serial attributes, and lot split and merge.
In an existing standard cost organization, do not enable warehouse management for the organization if transactions exist in a current open period. If you want to enable Oracle Warehouse Management for the organization, wait until the end of the current period, close the period, and enable Oracle Warehouse Management for the organization before transactions are posted for the new period.
Select WCS Enabled to enable the Warehouse Control System. The Warehouse Control System provides a bridge between Oracle Warehouse Management and the control level for device automation and configuration as well as coordination of Oracle Warehouse Management directed task execution.
Warehouse Tab
Subinventories in a Oracle Warehouse Management enabled organization must be locator controlled even if only one locator exists in each subinventory. You must make all subinventories in your organization locator controlled before you can set the WMS Enabled flag in the Organization Parameters window for a preexisting, organization.
Because every item in a subinventory for organizations that do not have Oracle Warehouse Management enabled must have the same cost group, you cannot switch Oracle Warehouse Management enabled organizations with on-hand balances to a standard inventory organization without significant effort. Consequently, do not select the WMS Enabled parameter, until you decide to implement Oracle Warehouse Management methodologies in the organization.
Select the Enabled check box in the Opportunistic Crossdocking region to indicate whether you want the system to direct the user to crossdock material to meet demand from a backordered order. If you select this check box, then you can create a default crossdocking rule for opportunistic crossdocking.
Enter a default crossdock criteria rule. This is the default opportunistic crossdock criteria for the organization. To use opportunistic crossdocking, you must set up valid opportunistic crossdock criteria. If you do not set up criteria in the rules workbench, and you do not define default criteria for the organization, opportunistic crossdocking does not function. For more information about crossdock criteria, see Crossdocking Criteria
Enter a Delivery Subinventory for Mfg and a Delivery Locator for Mfg if you enabled crossdocking for the organization. Though the system transfers crossdocked directly from receiving to WIP, it must record a purchase order receipt and WIP issue transaction for costing and other technical reasons. The subinventory and locator you enter here are where the system posts the transaction.
Optionally, enter the Default Cycle Count Header that is used to request cycle counts.
Select the Direct Shipping Allowed check box to allow direct shipping for the organization.
Select the appropriate put away rule. If the system cannot find a matching rule or strategy in the Rules Workbench, the system uses this rule to allocate space or materials.
Select the Labor Management Enabled check box to enable labor management reporting for the organization.
Select the Enforce Locator Alias Uniqueness check box to require that locator names be unique across subinventories within the organization.
In the Enable Cartonization field, select the default option to control cartonization during pick release or task release. (The cartonization process suggests the type of container to use during picking.) Select from the following options:
Always cartonize for pick release process: The system cartonizes pick released lines regardless from which inventory they were allocated.
Never cartonize: The system does not cartonize pick released lines.
Cartonize for pick release process at subinventory level: The system first evaluates the cartonization check box on the subinventory definition before cartonizing pick released lines.
Always cartonize for task release process.
Cartonize for task release process at subinventory level.
For information on how the task release options affect the task release process, see the Oracle Warehouse Management User's Guide, Setting Up Task Release Options, and Launch Task Release Concurrent Request.
Indicate whether cartonization is performed during sales order pick release or manufacturing component pick release. The system can use different pick methodologies for these different business flows.
In the RFID Controls region, enter the minimum percentage required for a complete LPN in the Required percentage of load field.
Select the Electronic Product Code Generation Enabled check box to enable electronic product code (EPC) for outbound documents.
Enter the company prefix. This field identifies the company prefix for EPC generation in 96 bit tags. This field is enabled only if you enable Electronic Product Code Generation Enabled.
Enter the company prefix index. This field identifies the company prefix for EPG generation in 64 bit tags. This field is enabled only if you enable Electronic Product Code Generation Enabled.
Enter the Commercial & Government Entity Number (CAGE). This field identifies the company CAGE number for RFID tag generation for Department of Defense (DoD) specification. This field is enabled only if you enable Electronic Product Code Generation Enabled.
Warehouse Task Management Tab
On the Warehouse Task Management tab, in the Pick Task Type and Replenish Task Type, specify default picking and replenishment task types that are required for your warehouse. If no task type rule with the right system task type and all restrictions being met can be found, then this task type will be used for the task.
In the Move Order Transfer Task Type and Move Order Issue Task Type fields, specify the default move order transfer and move order issue task types. If no task type rule with the right system task type and all restrictions being met can be found, then this task type will be used for the task.
In the Put Away Tasks region, select the Pregenerate after Receipt check box to specify whether the system should allocate space for the material when items are initially received.
If you do not select the Pregenerate after Receipt check box, the system will allocate space only after the user initiates the put away process.
With a value in the Regeneration Interval Minutes field, if you elected to pre generate put away tasks, these tasks/suggestions will get regenerated if the elapsed time between initial pre generation and actual put away exceeds the value given in the Regeneration Interval Minutes field. This is done so the suggested storage locations can be updated based on the latest space availability estimates.
Enter a value for Skip Task Wait Minutes. This is the number of minutes that a task skipped by a user will be held by the system before it is returned to the pool of pending tasks to be dispatched again.
In the Cluster Picking region, enter the maximum clusters for cluster picking. This is an optional field. Mobile users will see this as the default value in the Max Clusters field in the Cluster Picking mobile screen.
In the Consolidation region, enter the outbound consolidation plan. The outbound consolidation plan has three options:
LPN
If LPN based consolidation is selected, all picked material that has to be consolidated together are directed to be dropped into the same License Plate Number.
LPN based consolidation is the default option and ensures current system behavior is retained for existing customers who want to continue operating their facility as-is.
Locator
If Locator based consolidation is selected, picked material is consolidated into locators.
Locator and LPN
If Locator and LPN based consolidation is selected, picked material is consolidated into locators. In addition, consolidation LPN suggestions within the consolidation locator are provided.
Save your work.