Pick Release finds and releases eligible delivery lines that meet the release criteria, and creates move orders. You can pick release by order, trip, stop, container, delivery, warehouse, customer, scheduled or requested dates, shipment priority, or combinations of the above criteria. The default release criteria is set up in Shipping Parameters, but you can override the default criteria in the Release Sales Order window at pick release.
The process of transacting move orders creates a reservation and determines the inventory source subinventory. Pick Slips can be created after the detailing process completes, and the quantity and source can be manually verified at pick confirm. Detailing and pick confirmation can be manually transacted through Oracle Inventory or set up in Shipping Parameters to occur automatically at pick release.
See Oracle Order Management Implementation Guide for information on Shipping Parameters.
You can run one or more releases and customize release criteria to meet your requirements. You can define:
Release Rules to specify the picking criteria and set the default Release Rule through Shipping Parameters Pick Release tab.
Release Sequence Rules to specify the order in which eligible delivery lines are allocated during pick release.
Pick Slip Grouping Rules to determine how released move order lines are grouped into pick slips.
Pick Release can be run using the following methods:
On-line: You can pick release one order immediately, thereby eliminating time spent waiting for the order to process through the concurrent manager queue. This is performed in the Release Sales Orders for Picking window. This window can also be accessed from the Tools menu in the Shipping Transactions window.
Concurrent: You can run pick release in the background, enabling you to run other processes simultaneously. This is performed in the Release Sales Orders for Picking window. This window can also be accessed from the Tools menu in the Shipping Transactions window.
Standard Report Submission (SRS): You can run a specific release at the same time every day. SRS runs pick release in the background and the program can be run multiple times daily. This is done in the Release Sales Orders for Picking SRS window.
Shipping Transactions window: You can run pick release in the Shipping Transactions window by selecting Launch Pick Release from the Actions menu.
Shipping Execution Simplified User Interface: You can run pick release in the Shipping Execution Simplified User Interface by selecting Launch Pick Release from the Actions menu.
Pick Release Application Program Interface (API): You can run pick release using this API. See: Oracle Order Management APIs and Open Interfaces Manual.