Wave picking is a term for a process used in a warehouse management system to describe a process to support managing the work of a warehouse or distribution center. Wave picking is an application of short interval scheduling, to assign the workload into intervals (waves) to allow management to coordinate the several parallel and sequential activities to complete the work. The wave data includes the workload by order or function (case picking, repack picking, pallet movement, pick position replenishment, packing, etc.) Providing management the information to calculate staff requirements and assign staff by function, with the expectation that the work in each function, within each wave, can be started and be completed at about the same time. There are two basic planning elements and benefits of wave picking.[1]1. To organize the sequence of orders and assignment to waves, consistent with routing, loading and planned departure times of shipping vehicles or production requirements, etc., to reduce the space required for shipping dock handling to assemble orders and load; and2. To assign staff to each wave and function within a wave, with the expectation that all the work assigned to each wave will be completed within the wave period, providing management with the ability to monitor and manage performance throughout the day, and respond in a timely way to problems that occur, and more effectively utilize the staffing throughout the shift.Material handling methods and equipment are independent of waving. Each set of method (e.g., order pick, batch pick, bulk pick) and equipment (e.g., conveyor and sorter, ASRS, order picker, pallet jack, fork lift) will yield a different expected productivity rate for management to use in determining the number of staff-hours to assign to each function by wave.Additional benefits of wave picking include the improved ability to1. measure productivity within a function;2. budget labor;3. estimate the throughput capacity based on staffing levels;4. evaluate the impact of changes in methods and equipment by function;5. provide feedback regarding performance; and6. better understand the nature of the workload as it changes seasonally, as a consequence of demand, and as a consequence of sales efforts and marketing campaigns.

Oracle R12 Warehouse Management License Plate Numbers (LPNs)-Warehouse Management License Plate Numbers (LPNs)-Warehouse Management Posted by Jagadeesan M 0 comments

In Oracle Warehouse Management, a license plate number (LPN) is any object that holds items. Although LPNs are associated with containers, they do not need to represent a physical entity, such as a box. Thus, you can define an LPN as a collection of items.

A single LPN contain many quantities of the same item and or/ differnt itemEx:LPN L001 contains the item 001LPN L002 contains 10 quantities of item 001LPN L003 contains 10 quantities of item 001 and 1 qty of item 002LPN L004 contains 10 quantities of item 001, item 002 and item 003

Oracle Warehouse Management enables you to track, transact, and nest LPNs. You can use LPNs in the following ways:1. Store information about an LPN such as item, revision, lot, serial, organization, subinventory, or locator2. Track contents of any container in receiving, inventory, or in-transit3. Receive, store, and pick material by LPN4. View on hand balances by LPN5. Move multiple items in a transaction by LPN6. Transfer LPN contents7. Pack, unpack, consolidate, split, and update LPNs8. Print labels and reports for referencing container contents9. Track nested LPNs Oracle Internal & OAI Use OnlyOracle Only10. Reuse empty LPNs11. Receive and send LPN information on an ASNNesting License Plate Numbers

Oracle Warehouse Management enables you to nest LPNs. For example, pallet LPN P5555 contains three nested LPNs: LPN P5552, LPN P5553, and LPN P5554. In the system, you would see LPN P5555 as the top-level LPN, and each of the of the three box LPNs would fall under LPN P5555.You can nest LPNs within other LPNs. In the above example, item A is packed in LPN 2, and LPN1, LPN2, and LPN3 are nested within LPN4. When you transact LPN4, all of the LPNs nested within it are transacted.Note: If Oracle Warehouse Management is enabled in an Oracle Project Manufacturing organization, co-mingling of project and task material is not allowed in an LPN at any level of nesting. Also, project and task material cannot be mixed with non-project and task material in an LPN.http://oracleerpfunctional.blogspot.com/2012/08/license-plate-numbers-lpns-warehouse.html