Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA) allow you to complete common warehouse and shop floor actions using mobile handheld and forklift mounted barcode scanners while recording the transaction instantly in your Oracle R12 or 11i ERP system.
This article offers specific ways these applications can be of benefit to your operation.
Background
Having real-time access to accurate information is critical for your business’ success. This fact combined with the demand for increased inventory velocity throughout the supply chain means your operation can receive significant productivity gains by using mobile computing for inventory and manufacturing transactions..
Barcode technology, combined with mobile computers, connect wirelessly to your system network, allowing your workers to perform work such as receiving, put-away, or picking. All of this takes place in real-time at the point where the work was performed. No additional effort is needed to keep your Oracle system up to date.
Business Benefits
1) Increased Mobility
Oracle MSCA lets you perform shipping, receiving, and inventory management actions from anywhere inside or outside your facility. A single mobile device can effectively replace several fixed location PCs.
2) Accurate, Real Time Data
Oracle MSCA allows you to enter transactions in real-time at the point of activity. Instant transaction validation identifies invalid data immediately; eliminating needless delays where manually collected data is waiting to be keyed in. Real-time inventory information means you have access to accurate, up-to-the-minute information. Supply chain communications improve, order accuracy increases, and manufacturing/warehouse scheduling can be optimized.
3) Paperless Processing
Oracle MSCA allows you to enter information electronically at the point of activity eliminating paper forms and manual data entry. Less paper is not just environmentally sound; it ensures that the data is accurate at the moment it is used, not just a snapshot in time when it was printed.
4) Virtually Eliminate Data Entry Errors
Entering data electronically (scanning barcode) eliminates errors associated with manually key-entered data. This improves overall accuracy while reducing data-entry time.
5) Increased Worker Productivity
Your ability to use mobile devices increases worker productivity by reducing the time associated with data capture and entry, decreasing activity interruptions, and aligning the data and physical process flows.
6) Improved Inventory Accuracy
Oracle MSCA improves your inventory accuracy by virtually eliminating data entry errors. Real-time validation ensures that errors are caught and corrected at the earliest possible time; before they move to the next step. This not only speeds up the process itself, but eliminates additional error correction activities.
Conclusion
Taking advantage of mobile devices in warehouse/manufacturing facilities streamlines movement while improving data accuracy and timeliness.
Oracle MSCA is a rapidly deployable execution solution that enables real-time, wireless, mobile data entry. Consult with an Oracle MSCA expert to learn how your business can benefit.