1. Receiving area layout
1.1 Segregate inventory and receiving in warehouse
http://www.oracleug.com/user-guide/oracle-inventory/receiving-sub-inventory
1.2 Subdivide receiving area into functional zone
http://www.oracleug.com/user-guide/warehouse-management/locator-zones
1.3 Subdivide zones into locators and assign locator types
http://www.oracleug.com/user-guide/oracle-inventory/5-define-locators

2. Inbound material flow
2.1 Route the material in the physical warehouse lay out
http://www.oracleug.com/user-guide/warehouse-management/set-operation-plans
2.2 Define the rules & strategies

Organization Parameter

Put Away Rules
Put away rules enable the system to direct operators to put newly received material into the most appropriate location.

The follow is a list of possible uses for put away rules:

• Direct operators to put an item away in the same locator where the item is already stored
• Prohibit commingling of different items or different lots of the same item in a single locator
• Avoid lot commingling in a locator
• Base the put away location on inspection results, the type of purchase order, or item category
• Direct operators to put away items based on refrigeration restrictions.

For example, if your implementation has items that require a storage temperature of 32 degrees or below, you can create a put away rule to put away those items into a refrigerated subinventory and locator.

An operator can override put away rule suggestions. For example, if the system suggests a put away location, the operator can instead put the material into any locator and override the suggestion. If the operator chooses to override a suggestion, then they must also enter a reason code for the override. If necessary, you can setup an Oracle Workflow to send a notification of the override to the appropriate personnel, or to trigger an appropriate action, such as a cycle count.

You first define the put away rule. Next, you build a put away strategy and include your rule in that strategy. After you set up the strategy, you associate the strategy to an object in the Rules Workbench.

Define Rules

1. In the Quantity Function field, use the list of values to select the equation that you want the system to use to determine the capacity of the potential locators for this put away rule.
2. In the Object field, use the list of values to select the first business object for the rule.
3. In the parameter field, enter the value associated with the business object.
4. In the Operator field, select the mathematical operator that supports the rule conditions, for example equals or greater than.
5. If you want the system to sort the locator’s that will be returned by the rule, enter the sort criteria on the Sort Criteria tab, by selecting the object, parameter, and ascending/descending specification.

After you finish defining all of your rule restrictions and have specified the appropriate sort criteria, return to the Restrictions tab and select the Enabled check box if you want to enable the rule. Select the Common to All Orgs check box if you want the rule to be available for all organizations.

WMS Strategies
A strategy is a list of rules to apply, in sequence, until the put away is complete.

Assign strategy to item

Receiving Parameters

Receiving parameters represent the options that you want to govern how your organization handles receipts in your system. You set up receiving options in the Receiving Options window.

Receiving options are set up at the Organization-level. However, most of the options that you set in the Receiving Options window can be overridden for specific suppliers, items, and purchase orders fore details check

http://www.oracleug.com/user-guide/purchasing-overview/defining-receiving-options