1. Oracle Mobile Supply Chain- UnPlugged
August 15, 2008
Venetian 2 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
Presented By
Ashok Kowdle PMP

2. Agenda Overview of Oracle Mobile Supply Chain
Architecture of Oracle Mobile Supply Chain
Transactions Supported in MSCA
Key Benefits
Support for Changing MSCA Screens
Process Flows & Data Flows
Questions and Answers

3. MSCA Overview
Oracle® Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA) enables automated mobile user operations. This is performed using hand held radio frequency (RF) devices, PDA’s, and lift truck mounted RF scanners.
Oracle MSCA is part of the Oracle Supply Chain Management solution, the integrated suite that streamlines design, planning, manufacturing and fulfillment.

4. MSCA Overview

5. MWA Architecture Main Server Components MWA Server Telnet Listeners
Presentation Manager
Connection Manager

6. MWA Architecture

7. Mobile Apps Structure Mobile Application Components
Menu Item Java Bean
Page Java Bean
Field Java Bean
Field Listener Java Bean

8. Modules Supported in MSCA
Mobile Manufacturing
Mobile Quality
Mobile Materials Management
Warehouse Management

9. Manufacturing Transactions
Moving assemblies
Completing assemblies
Scrapping and rejecting items and assemblies
Issuing, returning, and scrapping material
Work order-less completions and returns
Flow completion, return, and scrap transactions
Charging resources

10. Quality Transactions Collect quality data View specifications
Work in Process transactions
WIP Work Order less completions
Flow Manufacturing completions

11. Material Management Transactions
Receiving & RMA
Inventory transactions and inquiries
Kanban transactions and inquiries
Cycle Counting and Physical Inventory
Pick Confirm
Ship Confirm
Intra-organization replenishment

12. WMS Transactions Inbound Logistics Inventory Controls Task Management
Receiving, Cross Docking, Directed Putaways & Inspections
Inventory Controls
Lot, sub lot, serial and revision control, Material Attribute Tracking & Flexible Material status and holds
Task Management
Rules based task dispatching, Guided consolidation, Cartonization & Configurable Exception Management Workflow
Outbound Logistics
Rule Based Product Allocation, Directed Picking, Consolidation & ASN Generation
Mobility
Mobile RF Based user interfaces, Material Handling Systems Integration

13. Key Benefits Improve Inventory Accuracy Improve Worker Productivity
Reduce Data Entry Errors with Bar-Code scanning
Improve Transaction Accuracy with Real-Time Data Validation
Reduce Latency using Mobile Devices
Improve Worker Productivity
Accelerate Data Entry using Mobile Devices
Simplify Transaction Entry with Mobile User Interface
Reduce Latency using Mobile Device
Adapt to Rapidly Changing Mobile Technology
Support Existing Manufacturing & Distribution Processes out of the box
Increase customer satisfaction by improving inventory accuracy, shipment confirmation and quality tracking

14. Personalization & Customization
Supports all Personalizations
Customizations
Ability to change List of Values
Ability to add new fields to the existing pages
Adding new custom pages to the flow
Adding new validations to fields using field listeners
Customization for Batch Mode Processing
Create new pages using MCL Designer
Save transactions either on Scanner Memory or Memory card as a comma separated file
Process records by calling corresponding API’s

15. Personalization

16. Customization

17. Customization

18. Available Listeners
Field Entered- Called when a Particular field is entered
Field Exited- Called when a Particular field is exited
Page Entered- Called when a Particular page is entered
Page Exited- Called when a Particular page is exited
App Entered- Called when a Particular App is entered
App Exited- Called when a Particular App is exited
Special Listeners for Hiding fields, showing fields, Additional Validations, etc

19. Batch Mode Processing

20. Process Flows and Data Flows
Process Flows for Online Warehouses using Oracle MSCA
Process Flows for Offline Warehouses using Oracle MSCA

21. Online Warehouses

22. Offline Warehouses

23. MWA Testing & Error Logging
Configuration Files
mwa.cfg: This file has information about the DBC file location, Log Dir Location, Telnet Port no Location. This info will be used by Mobile Applications on runtime.
default_key.ini: This file is used to map the keys of the mobile device to some specific functionality. Use the default file if you don’t want to customize anything.
deviceIP.ini: This file maps the configuration files and host name with the mobile device
MWA Server Startup and Shutdown
mwactl.sh: This file is used to start/stop the MWA listener on specific port.
mwactl.sh start <port no> to Start the services on the Listener
mwactl.sh -login <userid/pwd> stop_force <port no> to stop the services on the Listener
File Location
$MWA_TOP/bin
$MWA_TOP/secure
$INST_TOP/admin/scripts
$INST_TOP/admin/install
In R12, INST_TOP may look like: /u01/appldev/DEV/inst/apps/DEV_w-oraap01
Log Files
The log files are located under $INST_TOP/logs
The Logging Levels are Fatal, Error, Warning, Debug & Trace
All the log files start with Telnet_port_no as a prefix
-rw-r--r-- 1 appldev dba Feb 8 13: INV.log
Simpler way to look for logs tail -f INV.log

24. Questions and Open Discussions
Questions and Answers
Questions and Open Discussions
Contact Information
Ashok Kowdle PMP
Phone:
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