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WMS Receipt Label Print flow

1. Once Receiving transaction saved, it processes the transaction and inserts the data into rcv_shipment_headers, rcv_transactions.
2. Once transaction completed in the same flow, inv_rcv_integration_apis.complete_lpn_group calls inv_label.print_label_wrap
3. inv_label.print_label_wrap generates the detailed XML and publishes in label history table
4. Once label history table populated with all data, inv_label.print_label_wrap calls INV_PRINT_REQUEST.SYNC_PRINT_REQUEST to print the label based on print mode and printers from profiles of either user or responsibility.

To get the label print work below basic setups need to be there

1. Responsibility or user which does the transaction needs to be assigned to the Receipt business flow with required label format(material or lpn or serial, etc)
2. For each label type, there should be a default label format
3. If you want to have specific labels printed for different conditions then specific label format rules need to be defined in the system.

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Labels are an integral part of WMS functionalities.
This will help in easy transaction, clear tracking and using this transactions can be automated.
Oracle provides different types of labels to setup as per your business transactions.
Supplier labeling speeds-up the receiving process by enabling bar code scanning of inbound purchase orders, that results in less receipt processing time, immediate recognition of available materials, and higher receiving accuracy.

Labels can be customized as per customer needs to cpmly with specific business or govt compliances with fields and barcodes.

Even you can print customized documents as labels in case of requirement using label printing api.
Below is the step wise setup with an example for clear understanding

Create an Item

Navigation:
Inventory Super User -> Inventory -> Items -> Master Items

Assign Items to the organization

Tools -> Organization Assignments

Define Label Format

You can use oracle provided standard Labels or you can customize as per your business need

Warehouse Manager -> Setup -> Warehouse Configuration -> Printers & Devices -> Define Label Format

Select label type and entity type, find seeded label format and click on Label Fields and variables to check visible fields. You can define your custom format and select required fields.

Assign Label Format to Business Flow

Setup -> Warehouse Configuration -> Printers & Devices -> Assign Label Format to Business Flow

*Drill down business flow and select Miscellaneous / Alias Receipt. Assign label type at user level

Create Label Format Rule

Setup -> Warehouse Configuration -> Rules -> Warehouse Execution -> Rules

*Create a new Label format rule to satisfy the business condition

Then run Generate All Rule concurrent program

Do A transaction to understand how it works

Do a Misc Receipt Transaction using MSCA 

Check the generated Labels

Navigate to

Warehouse manager -> Inquiry -> View Label Requests

Query by giving your user id or any such specific parameter in the form and you will be able to see the label, its status with details and the XML format of the label.

This labels can be printed in all types of label printers provided by many different vendors like Zebra, etc.

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Label Printing in MSCA/WMS

Labels

Either we can use the existing labels or we can design new labels

Label Types:

There are different label types depending on the different business and requirement with data elements.

Label Format:

A single design of a label that may include fixed data (such as field prompts) and variable data (such as Part Number). A Label Format is associated to a Label Type. It includes a subset of the available data elements from a particular Label Type. A label type can have multiple label formats, however each Label Format belongs to only one label type. Label Formats are registered within Oracle Warehouse Management after you create the label design in the third party software package.

Either you can use the seeded label format or you can design your own label format

We can customize the label as per our requirement with required and customized fields

Printing Modes

Asynchronous:

An integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the third party software supplier that is handled through dropping an XML file into a watched directory. When using this mode, Oracle Warehouse Management has no knowledge of the status of the print request after creation of the XML file.

Synchronous:

Generic:

A real-time integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the third party software vendor that is handled through a PL/SQL API. When using this mode, the third party supplier is able to return success or failure messages regarding the status of the label print request. Oracle Warehouse Management stores those messages in the label print history so label printing problems can be easily identified and diagnosed.

TCP/IP:

A real-time integration mode between Oracle Warehouse Management and the 3rd Party software vendor that is handled through a standard Ethernet TCP/IP connection. When using this mode, Oracle ensures that the printer or print server is listening to the IP and port and has successfully received the message, but no knowledge of the detailed status of the print request beyond acceptance of the XML message is known by Oracle Warehouse Management.

Example Printer vendors like Zebra, Intermec, Cognitive Solutions, Datamax, Toshiba TEC, Printronix and Sato

Printer

·        Define the printer details in Oracle system (Sysadmin) with proper styles and drivers and with unique name

·         Assign IP and Port to printers

Assigning Label Types to Business Flow

Business Flow: An identifiable business process that occurs as part of material handling within Oracle Warehouse Management. Oracle Warehouse Management recognizes a pre-determined list of Business Flows you can set up to include label printing as part of the transaction processing.

Defining Label Format Rules

Creating label format rules is an optional step. Some implementations may require only a single label format for each label type. If this is the case, the system picks the default label format for each type. The system also picks the default if there are no applicable rules. If the implementation requires more than one label format for a label type label format rules are necessary.

Assigning Printer to the Required Level

Printers can be assigned to Site level, responsibility level, user level.

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