Oracle Distributed WMS Solution 1 Distributed WMS Solution The Need The current Oracle EBS Warehouse Management

t system (WMS) is an integral part of OracleE-Business Suite and hence both the transaction source systems such as Purchasing andOrder Management and execution systems like WMS reside and operate within the sameinstance. The main advantage of such an integrated solution is that it eliminates the need for reference and transaction data integrations, which are needed for a typical bolt-on WMSsolution. At the same time it makes it difficult for the customers to implement Oracle EBSWMS outside the framework of an E-Business solution. This limitation restricts the potentialtarget markets of Oracle EBS WMS due to the below mentioned reasons: Figure 1: Need for a Distributed WMS Solution Customers or prospects who are considering a long-term transition to Oracle SupplyChain, but currently operate with (some) existing legacy transaction systems, may prefer a distributed WMS solution due to its integration flexibility. Many customers are looking tologistics and execution-based projects as preferred investment area due to its moreimmediate ROI and a Distributed WMS solution will help to fulfil this requirement. Business like Logistics Service Providers (LSP) have thin transaction source systemrequirements, but integrate with a variety of transaction sources, will look for simplicity of operation and setup, and so will tend to prefer distributed WMS. There are customers who prefer to de-couple the execution systems from their mainERP system so that mission critical applications like WMS are available 24 by 7 evenwhen the central ERP or host system is down for maintenance or other reasons. Ensure High Availability How to ensure that amission criticalapplication like WMSis available 24*7? WMS instancedecoupled from EBS Easily integrate withhost system Streamlined processes& visibility Distributed WMS Leverage Features in Recent WMS Release How can I use the features in the latest WMSrelease without upgrading the whole applicationsuite? Facilitate Outsourcing

How to serve the needs of LSPs for awarehouse solution that handles complexityand integration with client systems? WMS for Non-EBS Host Customers or prospects who are considering a long-term transition to Oracle SupplyChain, but currently operate with (some) existing legacy transaction systems, may prefer a distributed WMS solution due to its integration flexibility. Many customers are looking tologistics and execution-based projects as preferred investment area due to its moreimmediate ROI and a Distributed WMS solution will help to fulfil this requirement. Business like Logistics Service Providers (LSP) have thin transaction source systemrequirements, but integrate with a variety of transaction sources, will look for simplicity of operation and setup, and so will tend to prefer distributed WMS. There are customers who prefer to de-couple the execution systems from their mainERP system so that mission critical applications like WMS are available 24 by 7 evenwhen the central ERP or host system is down for maintenance or other reasons. Ensure High Availability How to ensure that amission criticalapplication like WMSis available 24*7? WMS instancedecoupled from EBS Easily integrate withhost system Streamlined processes& visibility Distributed WMS Leverage Features in Recent WMS Release How can I use the features in the latest WMSrelease without upgrading the whole applicationsuite? Facilitate Outsourcing How to serve the needs of LSPs for awarehouse solution that handles complexityand integration with client systems? WMS for Non-EBS Host How can I use WMS tomanage my warehousewith a non-EBS hostsystem? Oracle Distributed WMS Solution Oracle Corporation Page 5 of 46

A distributed WMS system capable of integrating with the host system enables thecustomer to leverage the features available in the latest Oracle EBS WMS releasewithout having to upgrade the whole application suite.The distributed WMS deployment is potentially targeted for prospects that are planning to useOracle WMS due to any of the above business drivers. The deployment options for WMSnow provide the customers significant flexibility to use WMS in their application landscape.This white paper documents the solution and also explains in detail the integration approachwith the backend host or ERP system. At a high level it also provides an insight as to howcustomers can implement this solution. The target audience for this document are customer as well as sales and implementation consultants. Salient Features Some of the salient features of the Distributed WMS solution include the following Distributed WMS solution is an independent ERP instance capable of serving multipleindependent warehouses or organizations. Distributed WMS enables you to integrate with any host system including legacy systems,other ERP system like SAP etc. or another Oracle ERP system. Distributed WMS is an independent WMS solution with minimal set up requirements. Itsupports all the routine warehouse and inventory functions available in the E-Businesssuite today. Distributed WMS is a pure execution system and does not have any costing or accounting implications of material transactions. The financial implications of thetransactions are maintained in the host system. Transaction sources like Sales Orders and Purchase Orders are created in the hostinstance and are communicated to the distributed instance. The distributed systemexecutes the transactions and provides a mechanism to send the confirmations back tothe host system. Any change management supported for the transaction documents like Sales Order andPurchase Order in the E-Business Suite today are also supported in the Distributedsystem. Distributed WMS solution provides a mechanism through which any inventoryadjustments or current on hand inventory snap shot can be sent to the host system asneeded. Distributed WMS is a distributed deployment of WMS .

A new profile option WMS:Deployment Mode is provided to identify the instance as distributed. Minimum licensing requirements are Oracle WMS (enabled for distributed deployment)with Oracle Inventory, with the minimum WMS user licenses. The customer no longer needs Order Management, Purchasing or Financials for the distributed instance

2 Architecture and Business Flows A typical business with the need for a Distributed WMS solution will have a central ERPsystem which will be responsible for planning, procurement, demand management andmaintaining financial, HR and reference data. The warehouses or the organizations willoperate on a distributed instance and will be responsible for execution of transactions likereceipts and shipments. Oracle Distributed WMS solution will communicate with any hostsystem through an integration framework to accomplish these transactions as shown inthe following figure Figure 2: Distributed and Host System Integration The host system will receive the demand from the customers and will procure the rawmaterial from its suppliers. It will communicate the demand and supply source documentsto the distributed system using the integration framework. After the transactions arecompleted in the distributed instance, they will be transmitted to the host system throughthe integration layer.