A few weeks ago I blogged about the unique warehousing needs of rolled and continuous products like cold and hot rolled metal coils and sheets, bales, paper rolls, cables and wires. One of the drawbacks of using WMS in this type of an environment is that WMS does not recognize over picking of items and [...]
Continue reading about Oracle WMS for Rolled and Continuous Products-Part 2
Rolled and continuous products have some unique characteristics that are particularly troublesome from a warehousing perspective. In this post I am going to talk about some industry needs the way I see them from my perch as a WMS implementer.
What are Rolled Product and Continuous Products?
You encounter these products every day. Think wires, cables, hot [...]
Continue reading about Oracle WMS for Rolled and Continuous Products-Part 1
I recently watched a Webcast by Dan Gilmore about Labor Management. Dan essentially belabored the point (no pun intended): labor management is important for your warehouse. I will echo one of the points that Dan made in the webcast: labor management is much more effective in driving efficiency if you do predominantly piece picks. It’s [...]
In my earlier post, I mentioned some unique characteristics and challenges of running a service parts warehouse. Now comes the good part: Oracle WMS, especially the R12.1 release has a decent set of features that can be leveraged to handle these requirements. Specifically, I am talking about the following:
On the outbound side
Cluster Pick
Cartonization & Cluster [...]
Continue reading about Oracle WMS for Service Part Warehouse: Part-2
Service parts business has unique requirements, so much so that I thought it worthwhile to devote a couple of blogs to this topic. Gaea Global is currently implementing WMS for one of the largest automobile companies in the world, in their service parts business and we have seen pretty rigorous requirements for WMS to manage [...]
Continue reading about Oracle WMS for the Service Parts Warehouse: Part 1
Have been meaning to write this one for a while, but kept putting it off. Recently though, I have been hearing this requirement quite a lot (no pun intended :-) ) – the ability to pick a lot that is convenient to the picker as opposed to the actual allocated lot. First, some background: Lot [...]
Continue reading about Lot Swapping And Lot Substitution in Oracle WMS
This is part of my earlier posts on WMS/MSCA sessions at Oracle Open World. Click on Part-1 and Part-2 to view the earlier posts:
Oracle WMS: What is new in Release 12.1?
Aditya Agarkar, Director of Product Strategy
Aby Joy, IT Director, Igloo Products
This type of session has become a standard fixture for any Oracle Open [...]
This is part of my earlier posts on WMS/MSCA sessions at Oracle Open World.
Going Mobile in the Supply Chain
Jennifer Sherman, Sr. Director of Oracle WMS Strategy
Ken Norris, Director, Ottawa Hospitals
Jen Sherman and Ken Norris from Ottawa Hospital jointly led this session. Jen gave a very good recap of the various mobility platforms [...]
Oracle Open World Recap: Part 1
I was at the Oracle Open World all week this year (we had a booth in the Primavera Pavilion). As always, Open World is a great place to meet with WMS customers, exchange war stories and interact with Oracle Product leadership teams. The attendance at Oracle Open World was surprisingly [...]
Continue reading about Oracle Open World Recap: Part 1, WMS and Logistics SIGs
In my last post, I summarized the OTM-WMS integration and what it means for WMS. In this post I will outline some best practices when using OTM with Oracle WMS, what you need to watch out for and how to get the most from your WMS and OTM investments.
The integration point for shipping itinerary is [...]
Continue reading about Using Oracle Transportation Management with Oracle WMS – Part 2
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