Oracle Order Management – Shipping Execution: Release Sequence Rules

Release Sequence Rules:

• You can define release sequence rules to specify the order in which eligible picking lines are allocated to Inventory during pick release. You can release the picking lines by:
• Order number
• Outstanding Invoice Value
• Scheduled Date
• Departure Date
• Shipment Priority

• You can assign a priority level to one or more attributes with 1 being the highest priority and 5 being the lowest. You can also define whether you want the picking lines released in ascending or descending order.

• For example, if you select the Ascending button for Order, picking lines are released by ascending order number-- Order 1001 is released first, then Order 1002, Order 1003, and so on. If the Descending button is selected, the picking lines are released by descending Order number from highest to lowest.

• Note: You can define either the Outstanding Invoice Value attribute or the Order attribute for the Release Sequence Rule, but you cannot select both for the same rule. No two attributes can be given the same priority.

• Release sequence rules can be edited after creating it, but its name cannot be changed.

• Release Sequence rules determines the order in which inventory is allocated to sales orders. You choose to allocate by order, outstanding Invoice value, Scheduled Date, Departure Date and Shipment Priority.

• If a company is dealing with very demanding products and has a problem of running out of material before all of their orders have been filled it is very important that they have filled their most important orders first.

• This Release Sequence rule then assigned in Shipping Parameter form to specify the order in which eligible picking lines are released during Pick Release. All the release transactions will be done based on this rule for the particular inventory organization.