Project Description
From Farm to Store: Tracking 400 Million Pounds of Mandarins with Oracle WMS
Customer Profile:
The largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus in the United States
Largest fruit packing plant of its kind, shipping over 150 full trucks a day with very high transaction volumes
Needs:
Traceability of food product from creation to consumption
FIFO processing for perishables
Processing & Shipping efficiencies – right fruit & dry goods in the right place at the right time
Shipping efficiencies for speedy truck loading
Facilitate OPM Book Keeping
Accurate Inventory
Solution:
Significant integration with automated equipment
Oracle extensions leveraged for high through-put receiving & batch returns.
Impact:
Ability to track product from farm to store through use of Lot Numbers & License Plate Numbers.
Use of License Plate Numbers from Raw Fruit Bins, to Lot numbers on individual retail packs.
Directed Put-Away, Directed Picking.
Picking rules to meet customer specific requirements.