The Challenge

In 2021, Wavetronix implemented Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM as part of an initiative to scale operations more efficiently.  This allowed the growing company to capitalize on emerging cloud benefits and technologies. Following Go-Live with the new Cloud ERP, the team discovered gaps in the solution’s mobile scanning functionality for order picking and processing of outbound shipments and inbound orders.

Wavetronix’s legacy serial number configuration included spaces, which was not supported in the new environment. Also, the shipping team was constrained by the lack of out-of-the-box mobile capability to view Picking Status, confirming Picking was completed correctly in real-time, and verifying errors when scanning “on the fly.” Finally, prior to EasyPick, their Shipping Operations did not partake in auto-releasing, confirming picks, and processing orders in batches, which led to excessive manual order releasing and confirming orders one at a time.

With the growing organization, this was no longer an option for their Order Fulfillment Team. Wavetronix wanted a mobile scanning solution that accommodated scanning and flexibility to concatenate serial number barcodes with spaces, allowing users to have more pick status visibility when scanning on the go, and a more streamlined and efficient dispatch to process picks, receive raw materials and other items, and build-in future automation around material movement for manufacturing jobs.

The Solution

Wavetronix chose to implement Inyxa EasyPick, a mobile transactions platform built for Oracle Cloud ERP that tightly integrates into Oracle Cloud Manufacturing and Oracle Cloud Inventory Management.  As a front-end application focused on configurability and flexibility, EasyPick not only could pull robust data from Oracle Cloud ERP in real-time, it empowered the Wavetronix operations team with intuitive and easy-to-use mobile workflows in key areas of the warehouse. In addition, Inyxa EasyPick gave Wavetronix a smart way to release sales orders and visualize what needed to be picked with their web-based Shipping Workbench and Digital Task Boards.

The Results

EasyPick has greatly reduced the time associated with the Pick Release, Order Picking, Pick Confirm, and Receiving processes, especially for orders with large quantities of serialized items and general bulk item receivables. By accommodating our request to concatenate serial numbers by replacing spaces with a dash to support the Cloud serial number requirement, EasyPick made it possible for Wavetronix to avoid scrapping and replacing thousands of pre-printed barcode labels.  The EasyPick mobile interface provides both the shipping and receiving teams an easy-to-use solution that allows them to verify picking and receiving status, and confirm any errors on the go, resulting in much quicker issue resolution times.

To date, compared to Wavetronix’s legacy state, EasyPick has reduced Order Picking time by 30-50%, and reduced Bulk Order Receiving time by up to 80% with the new mobile workflows combined with the web dashboards in addition to eliminating manual mistakes and resolving discrepancies much more efficiently.

Lastly, the EasyPick dashboards provide user-friendly dispatch lists that are continuously refreshed, giving the shipping team the ability to Pick Release and Pick Confirm orders simply by scanning the barcode instead of manually entering orders one at a time. Wavetronix continues to engage with Inyxa to improve other areas of order fulfillment, warehouse, and manufacturing workflows.