Warehouse Management

We are excited to share with you that Oracle announced the general availability of E-Business Suite Release 12.1 at OAUG Collaborate conference in Orlando.

This latest release of the Oracle E-Business Suite provides product enhancements across human resources, supply chain management, procurement, projects, master data management, customer relationship management and financials.

With the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1, organizations can achieve rapid value today, as well as standardize and simplify their infrastructure and business processes for long-term results.

The Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 also features industry specific features and solutions that help drive greater value across the enterprise. Industries with significant new functionality advancements include Wholesale Distribution, Public Sector, High Technology, Engineering & Construction, Life Sciences, Retail, Professional Services, Communications, Consumer Goods and Utilities.

This release is important for WMS as there are many powerful features available in this release. The main features for WMS are:

a. Forward Pick Area Replenishment: This includes demand driven "Pull" and "Push" replenishment to a pick area from reserve or bulk area.
b. High Volume Case Picking: Ability to generate case labels and perform picking and labeling of multiple cases using a single task. Cases can be picked and loaded to conveyor (Pick To Belt) or picked on to a pallet (Pick to Pallet).
c. Flexible Cartonization: Enables "Pick and pass" and "Zone Picking" directly into shipping cartons.
d. Cluster pick using labels: Enables cluster pick or batch pick of multiple orders directly into pre-labeled shipping cartons.
e. Load Sequencing and Dock door appointment synchronization: Leverage transportation planning and carrier appointment in Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) to plan execution in WMS. Ensure that material is staged to the right dock door at the right time.

There are many more features in this release. A complete list of features in this release is available in the R12.1 Release Content Document.

We will be doing a series of blog posts for each of these features in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!