Upgrading to Release 10.0 - Sterling Order Management System Software with Sterling Warehouse Management System

If you are using only Sterling Order Management System Software Release 10.0 (or earlier), you can upgrade to Sterling Order Management System Software Release 10.0.

If you have a single instance of Sterling Order Management System Software and Sterling Warehouse Management System, upgrade to Release 10.0 is possible for Sterling Order Management System Software only. To upgrade Sterling Order Management System Software to Release 10.0, you must separate the Sterling Order Management System Software and the Sterling Warehouse Management System instances. In order to move your Sterling Order Management System Software System to Release 10.0, perform the tasks described in the following topics:

Preparing to upgrade to Release 10.0

If you are moving your Sterling Order Management System Software System to Release 10.0, perform these activities before upgrading:
  • Ensure that all inbound shipments in the Sterling Warehouse Management System are closed.
  • Ensure that all tasks in the Sterling Warehouse Management System are completed.
  • Ensure that all count activities (Cycle, Manual, Physical) in the Sterling Warehouse Management System are completed.
  • Ensure that all work orders in the Sterling Warehouse Management System are completed.
  • Ensure that all outbound shipments are closed.
  • Ensure that all transfer shipments are closed.

Separating the Sterling Order Management System Software and the Sterling Warehouse Management System instances

If you are moving your Sterling Order Management System Software System to Release 10.0, you must separate the Sterling Order Management System Software and the Sterling Warehouse Management System instances by performing these activities:

  • Make a clone of the database.
  • The old instance continues as the Sterling Warehouse Management System only.
  • The cloned database will be further upgraded to Release 10.0. This instance will be the Sterling Order Management System Software System.

Upgrade activities for Release 10.0

If you are moving your Sterling Order Management System Software System to Release 10.0, perform these upgrade activities:

  • Upgrade the cloned database to Release 10.0.
  • Use the upgraded instance of Release 10.0 to explore capabilities of Sterling Order Management System Software Release 10.0.
  • Build integration between the Sterling Warehouse Management System instance and the Sterling Order Management System Software Release 10.0 instance in order to explore capabilities of both Sterling Warehouse Management System and Sterling Order Management System Software.

Post-upgrade activities for Release 10.0

If you are moving your Sterling Order Management System Software System to Release 10.0, perform these post-upgrade activities:
  • Modify the "Execution In Node Using" configuration in the Organization Details screen for a Sterling Warehouse Management System ship node to Sterling Order Management System Software.
  • Delete the users performing Sterling Warehouse Management System activities from Release 10.0 or change the user menus associated with these users to perform Sterling Order Management System Software activities.
  • Review or remove any Sterling Warehouse Management System specific configuration in the pipelines and pipeline determination rules for the Sterling Order Management System Software and Sterling Warehouse Management System shared Document Types/Process Types in Release 10.0:
    • Outbound Shipment
    • Sales Order Receipt
    • Return Shipment
    • Return Receipt
    • Inbound Shipment
    • Purchase Order Receipt
    • Transfer Order Delivery
    • Transfer Order Receipt
    • Load Execution
    • Pack Process
    • Manifesting
    • VAS Service
  • Review the following list of Sterling Warehouse Management System time-triggered transactions and disable them in Release 10.0:
    • ACCEPT_WAVE.4001
    • ACTIVITYDEMANDPRG
    • ALLOCATE_TASK
    • ASSIGN_LANE.4001
    • AUTO_ACCEPT_VARIANCE
    • BATCH_WAVE.4001
    • CANCEL_MOVE_REQUEST
    • CANCEL_WAVE.4001
    • CONTAINERIZE_WAVE
    • COUNT_REQ_FOR_LOCN_RANGE
    • COUNTPRG
    • COUNTPROGPRG
    • CREATE_COUNT_TASKS_79
    • CREATE_RECOUNT_TASKS_79
    • CREATE_VARIANCE_TASKS_79
    • CREATE_WAVE.4001
    • CREATE_WAVE_FOR_SHIPMENT_GROUP
    • DOCKAPPOINTMENTPRG
    • EXECEXCEPAUDITPURGE
    • EXECUTE_COUNT_PROGRAM
    • LOCN_INV_MONITOR
    • LOCNINVAUDITPRG
    • MOVEREQUESTPRG
    • PLANNEDTASKPRG
    • PRINT_WAVE.4001
    • RECALC_LOCN_DIMENSIONS
    • RELEASE_TASK
    • RELEASE_WAVE.4001
    • REOPEN_TASK
    • REQ_BATCH_COMPLETION
    • TASKHISTPURGE
    • TASKPURGE
    • WAVE_PURGE.4001
    • ZEROOUT_LOCATION_INV
  • Review or disable all the user exits from Release 10.0 that are related to Sterling Warehouse Management System. To get the list of user exits, refer to the deprecated section of the Javadoc for all deprecated APIs and user exits.
  • Review or disable the following events for transactions from Release 10.0 that are shared between Sterling Order Management System Software and Sterling Warehouse Management System:
    Table 1. Events for transactions from Release 10.0 that are shared betweenSterling Order Management System Software and Sterling Warehouse Management System
    Transaction Event
    START_RECEIPT.0003 ON_START_RECEIPT
    START_RECEIPT.0005 ON_START_RECEIPT
    START_RECEIPT.0006 ON_START_RECEIPT
    RECEIPT_COMPLETE.0003 ON_RECEIPT_COMPLETE
    RECEIPT_COMPLETE.0005 ON_RECEIPT_COMPLETE
    RECEIPT_COMPLETE.0006 ON_RECEIPT_COMPLETE
    CONFIRM_WORK_ORDER LPN_ACTIVITIES_COMPLETED
    CONFIRM_WORK_ORDER SKU_ACTIVITIES_COMPLETED
    CONFIRM_WORK_ORDER SNO_ACTIVITIES_COMPLETED
    CONFIRM_WORK_ORDER CONFIRM_WO_ACTS_COMPLTE
    RECEIVE_RECEIPT.0005 ON_CASE_RECEIPT
    RECEIVE_RECEIPT.0005 ON_PALLET_RECEIPT
    CONFIRM_SHIPMENT ON_SUCCESS