Warehouse Management

Many of you have been looking forward to Mobile Personalization feature that we demoed at various user events and most notably at Oracle Open World. I am excited to note that this feature is now available for download on Metalink. This is great news for anyone who wishes to modify WMS mobile transaction pages without pounding any Java code.

This feature is currently available for most commonly used mobile transactions e.g. Receipt, Putaway Load, Putaway Drop, Pick Load, Pick Drop and ship confirm. Here is a quick rundown of what you can do with this feature:

• Change field and button prompts: Field and button prompts can be modified using a simple setup.

• Default value to a field: The value can be either a fixed value or copied from another field. You can also default a field value based on your own logic.

• Capture additional attributes (DFF) for LPN: Additional LPN attributes can be entered or viewed using this feature.

• Hide a field or button: Buttons that are not needed for your business can be hidden completely.

• Make a field read only: You can make certain fields read only to make transactions more accurate and efficient e.g. UOM field if you only have one UOM for transactions.

• Make a field mandatory: You can make certain fields mandatory for superior control e.g. LPN field for Receipt Transactions with Direct Receipt routing.

The following screenshot displays a "Before" and "After" comparison of a personalized mobile page.

I have received several emails asking if mobile personalization is also available for Telnet/Character based devices. The answer is yes. Personalization will work regardless of what device is being used for WMS mobile transactions. The same setup and patch will work for a GUI interface as well as telnet based character interface.

More about this feature from the Patch 6662606 Read Me:

Functional Overview
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This patch provides the capability of personalizing Oracle Warehouse
Management pages without making any code changes. You can hide fields and
provide default field values to reduce the amount of information a user must
enter on a page. These changes reduce the number of scans and improve overall
efficiency and execution. You can also set additional fields as required if
these fields are essential to your business.

For complete details of the features provided, please refer to Metalink Note
295186.1 'Oracle Logistics and Order Management Release 11i10+ Documentation'.
Under the 'Implementation Guides' section, please refer to the Oracle
Warehouse Management Implementation Guide (Part No. E11839-01). The
Implementation Guide contains a chapter 'Mobile Personalization' which details
all the features provided by this patch and the required instructions to
implement the features

Release Level Requirements
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This patch is applicable for customers on Oracle Applications Version 11.5.10.2

Post Patch Application Steps
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Please bounce the Apache and the Mobile servers after applying the patch