Leading IT Services Provider Transforms Supply Chain Management with Oracle Cloud and FlexiPro
Overview:
A leading food processor specializing in high-quality pet food undertook a large-scale business transformation by consolidating multiple legacy JDE and EBS ERP systems into a single Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SCM, and WMS platform.
Working alongside Peloton Consulting Group, Intellinum enabled and extended Oracle SCM & WMS with FlexiPro to support unique business processes, regulatory requirements, and 24/7 manufacturing operations, without costly custom development or project delays.
The company receives or provides devices for its customers and can provide various value-added services for the client’s devices. This can range from adding configurations for device management on laptops to decommissioning a company cellphone from a company fleet. They needed a flexible inventory management system capable of supporting diverse scenarios such as configuration, deployment, and decommissioning.
After years of relying on Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), the company turned to Oracle Cloud SCM paired with FlexiPro to enhance efficiency, strengthen inventory accuracy, and improve customer satisfaction.
Challenges:
- 24/7 manufacturing operations: Essential activities such as manufacturing, inter-facility transfers, and real-time label printing could not pause during Oracle’s scheduled downtime windows.
- WMS mobile requirements: Business-specific workflows were needed for inbound, inventory, outbound, and variety pack manufacturing.
- Operator-friendly scanning: Shop floor teams required simple, intuitive mobile scanning tools to replace manual processes.
- Ingredient Mix Requirements: A solution was required to prepare, store, and track ingredient totes with full traceability, ensuring that each tote is accurately linked to the appropriate production work orders and batches. This capability needed compliance, precise material usage, and real-time visibility into the mixing and staging process.
- Batching requirements: Needed functionality to manage and track production operations at batch level for Oracle Manufacturing Cloud, especially for ingredients and formulation preparation.
- Food & Beverage compliance: Stringent regulatory requirements demanded accurate lot control, labeling, traceability and reporting.
Solution:
- FlexiPro Disconnect
Ensured business continuity during Oracle’s scheduled downtime. Transactions could be executed offline, with real-time label printing and seamless reintegration into Oracle once the system was back online.
- FlexiPro for Oracle WMS Cloud
Streamlined mobile workflows by consolidating multiple screens, automating unnecessary scans, and digitizing paper-based processes directly into WMS. This enabled KPI reporting and eliminated inefficiencies.
- FlexiPro Web (Ingredient Mixing Solution)
Delivered a tailored solution allowing users to create tote configuration, follow guided step-by-step instructions and full-scale integration for tight tolerance control during tote preperation. Developed and deployed per project implementation timelines without causing any delay to the transformation project.
- FlexiPro Mobile (Batching)
Developer solution to allow for business to manage entire production activities using combination of work order and individual batches.
- FlexiPro SCM & Manufacturing
Optimized shop floor operations with streamlined scanning and workflows that improved operator ease of use and efficiency.
Results & Benefits
- Uninterrupted operations: Manufacturing and logistics continued seamlessly during Oracle update windows, ensuring production schedules were maintained.
- Improved efficiency: Simplified mobile scanning workflows reduced touchpoints, replaced manual processes, and increased operator productivity.
- Regulatory compliance: Batch and lot requirements for food & beverage were supported without costly customizations.
- Faster project delivery: Enabled unique business processes through configuration rather than PaaS extensions, avoiding delays in the transformation program.
- Data-driven visibility: Digital capture of shop floor and warehouse activities provided actionable insights through KPI reporting.
Key Takeaway
By leveraging FlexiPro, this leading food processor successfully navigated a complex Oracle Cloud transformation, ensuring business continuity, regulatory compliance, and streamlined operations across manufacturing and supply chain processes — all while staying on schedule and avoiding costly customizations.