Oracle Inventory: Performing Kanban Replenishment & Manual Forecast

Performing Kanban Replenishment

In this lab you will learn how to generate Kanban Cards.

Assumptions

• You have completed the defining Subinventories Lab
  
• You have completed the Defining Items Lab.
  
• You are skilled in Oracle navigation.
  

• You must have access to an Oracle Application Vision database or comparable training or test instance at your site on which to complete this practice.
  

Tasks

Setting up a Kanban Pull Sequence

Set up a Kanban pull sequence using the following information:

• Item                ##-Item01
  
• Subinventory:            ##FGI    
  
• Source Type:            Supplier
  
• Supplier:                Advanced Network Devices
  
• Supplier Site:            Santa Clara
  
• Calculate:            Number of Cards
  
• Size:                10
  
• Cards:                10
  
• Minimum Order Quantity:    20
  

Generate Kanban Cards

Generate Kanban cards for the pull sequence you created.

Replenish Kanban Cards

Replenish your Kanban cards.

Solution – Performing Kanban Replenishment

Setting up a Kanban Pull Sequence

Responsibility: Inventory, Vision Operations USA

1.    Navigate to the Pull Sequences window.

• (N) Kanban > Pull Sequences > (B) New.
  

2.    Use the following information to define a new pull sequence:

• Item:                ##-Item01
  
• Subinventory:            ##FGI
  
• Source Type:            Supplier
  
• Supplier:                Advanced Network Devices
  
• Supplier Site:            Santa Clara
  

• (T) Kanban
  
  • Calculate:                Number of Cards
    
  • Size:                    10
    
  • Number of Cards:            10
    
  • Minimum Order Quantity:        20
    

3.    (M) File > Save

Generate Kanban Cards

4.    (B) Generate Cards

5.     Yes to print Kanban cards.

6.    Verify your Kanban cards printed.

• (M) View > Requests
  
• Select All My Requests
  
• (B) Find
  

• (M) File > Close Form
  

Replenish Kanban Cards

7.    Navigate to the Kanban Cards Summary window.

• (B) Cards or (N) Kanban > Kanban Cards.
  

8.    In the Find Kanban Cards window, search for the item ##-Item01 to display the related Kanban cards.

9.    To replenish Kanban cards:

• Select the first Kanban card in the list.
  
• (B) Replenish.
  
• Verify the supply status changed to Wait.
  
• Select the second Kanban card in the list.
  
• (B) Replenish.
  
• Verify the supply status is Empty.
  

10.    (N) File > Save.

11.    (N) File > Close Form.

 

Create Kanban Pull Sequence

1.    (N) Kanban > Pull Sequences.

2.    (B) New.

3.    Enter the following information to create the pull sequence.

• Item:        AS54888
  
• Subinventory:    FGI
  
• Source Type:    Supplier
  
• Supplier:        Advanced Network Devices
  
• Supplier Site:    Santa Clara
  

4.    (T) Kanban

• Calculate:        Number of Cards
  
• Size:            10
  
• Number of Cards:    10
  
• Minimum Order Qty:    20
  

5.    (M) File > Save

6.    (B) Generate Cards

7.    (B) Yes

8.    (B) Cards

9.    Select the first card.

10.    (B) Replenish

11.    Select the second card.

12.    (B) Replenish

13.    (N) File > Save

14.    (N) File > Close Form.

 

 

 

Creating a Manual Forecast

Responsibility: Inventory, Vision Operations USA

Creating a Forecast Set

1.    (N) Planning > Forecasts > Sets

2.    Enter the following the information to create a forecast set:

• Forecast Set:    FG Set
  
• Description:    Finished Goods forecast set
  
• Bucket Type:    Weeks
  
• Level:        Item
  
• Forecast:        FGI
  
• Description:    Finished Goods forecast
  

3.    (M) File > Save.

4.    (M) File > Close Form.

Setting Up Forecast Entries

5.    (N) Planning > Forecasts > Entries

6.    (M) View > Find

7.    Select the FG Set forecast set.

8.    Enter the following forecast entry information:

Note: The starting date is typically the first day of the workweek available from the work calendar schedule (the date cannot be in the past).

 

9.    (M) File > Save.

10.    (M) File > Close Form.

Viewing Forecast Quantities

11.    (N) Planning > Forecasts > View Entries

12.    (M) View > Find.

13.    Select the FG Set Forecast set.

14.    Choose Bucketed

15.    (M) File > Close Form.