Move Order Types

Types of Move Order:

1. Requisition Move Order
2. Replenishment Move Orders
3. Pickwave Move Orders 

Requisition Move Orders
are used to manually create requests to move material. These move orders may have multiple lines each for a separate item. If the move order requires approval, then it cannot be transacted unless the planner for the specific item approves it. To approve move orders we need some additional setups.
There is another step prior to transacting the Requisition Move Order. The material needs to be allocated. This means making an informed decision on which subinventory to source the material from and reserving it there. If picking rules have been set up in Oracle Inventory the allocation process will use these rules to determine the source subinventory.
Finally, the Requisition Move Order is ready for transacting. At this stage the user may choose to print a pick slip for the material handler to know where to get the material from.

 
Replenishment Move Orders
 are pre-approved move orders that are created automatically by Oracle Inventory. These move orders get created when there is a requirement for material and any of the following inventory replenishment methods are used:
Min-Max planning
Replenishment counting
Kanban replenishment
Now, since a move order is a tool for sourcing material within an inventory organization, Replenishment Move Orders are generated only when the material is sourced from another subinventory within the same inventory organization. For this the move order Source Type must be set as Subinventory. 

Pick Wave Move Orders
are used in Order Management. The Oracle Shipping Execution pick release process generates a Pick Wave Move Order to move the material from its source location to the Staging subinventory. In effect, this is a subinvenotry transfer through a pre-approved and ready to transact move order.

Picking Rules
Move Orders will use the Picking Rules set up in Oracle Inventory to locate the material required to fulfill the Move Order Line

Staging Locations
The default staging subinventory and locator to be used for all Pick Wave Move Orders are specified through Oracle Shipping Execution’s Shipping Parameters form.

Configuring Your Picking Process

You can now determine the number of pick release steps the system will prompt them to employ in order to move material from Pick Release to Ship Confirmation.

These steps are:

1. Pick Release
2. Move Order Line Allocating
3. Move Order Line Pick Confirmation
4. Ship Confirmation

Pick Release
Oracle Shipping Execution’s Pick Release process a creates Move Order. One Move Order line is generated for each order line included in the picking batch. That Move Order line will include the item, quantity, the staging location and a source subinventory and locator.

Allocating
The process by which the Picking Engine generates transaction line suggestions is called “Allocating”.

The allocating process for a Pick Wave Move Order Line also creates a high level @organization level Reservation for the items if no Reservations previously existed.

*Postponing the allocation process might be employed by organizations that pick release across multiple warehouses but prefer to allow each warehouse to determine when to release their order lines to the floor. Allocating the order lines immediately after they are created is called “auto-allocation”.

*Postponing the allocation process is referred to as “manual-allocation”. You can set up a default detailing mode in the Shipping Execution organization parameters. This default can be overridden at each Pick Release.

Pick Confirmation
The Move Order Line Details (transaction lines) created by the detailing process must be transacted to confirm the material drop-off in staging. This process is called Pick Confirmation. Pick confirmation executes the subinventory transfer that moves the material from its source location in the warehouse into the Staging location.

*Pick Confirmation automatically transfers the high level Reservation to a detailed Reservation (including lots, subinventory and locators) in the Staging location.

Ship Confirmation
The material picking process ends when the items are ship confirmed out of Inventory. Ship confirming the items removes the existing Reservations and performs the sales order issue transaction. In this case, the balance of the sales order may be backordered.