SUMMARY:

• Lead SAP SCM / APO Consultant with over 10+ years of SAP experience includes over 9 years of SCM with multiple full cycle implementations and upgrade experience in addition to AMS Support Projects
• Hands on implementation experience in designing and deploying Supply Chain Solutions in FMCG, Consumer Durables, Hi - Tech / Semiconductors & Manufacturing Industries
• Extensive hands on experience with APO DP, SNP, PP/DS and gATP in addition to configuration and cross modules integration experience with ECC / R/3 - PP / QM, MM & SD modules.
• Worked in environment with Variant configuration for Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers and Steel Makers
• Integrated software applications with SAP modules under different versions of SAP ECC and SCM environment. Loaded data using APO BAPI interface from non-SAP systems.
• Modelled SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW/BI) and extracted data analyzing and extracting data into SAP APO DP.
• Extensive experience in Demand Planning (DP) including setting up Storage, Planning buckets, Fiscal Year Variance, Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Planning Versions, Realignment, Interactive Planning, Planning Books, Data Views, collaborative Planning, Forecasting Models, Macros, Forecasting Profiles, Life cycle planning, Phase In, Phase out, like modelling / like Profiles, Selection profiles, Batch Forecasting, Aggregation, Disaggregation, CVCs, Alerts, Characteristics and Key Figures.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Analyzed Legacy Data and mapped with SAP and other target system as part of defining migration phase
• Created Functional specifications for various enhancements, Custom Programs /ABAP requirements to interface with Legacy systems for inbound/ outbound Planning Data
• Guided ABAP / technical consultants in completing RICEFWs, managed off-shore consultants, carryout testing and configuration, managed transports and end users and well versed with project deliverables viz., Blue Print Documents, Configuration Rationale, Test scripts, Detail Project Plans and RICEFWs
• Can debug ABAP Programs and guide ABAP consultants

Confidential

Environment: APO, ECC-HANA, MES, HANA Live, FIORI, OData Services, HANA XS, Lumira, BoBJ

Architect and Delivery Lead Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Assess Missing Parts and Root causes
• Modify process to include collaboration using SAP
• Define Persona and UX
• Analyze integration with APO, CIF; Work with SAP to resolve issues (Clash between CIF & FIORI standard Apps)
• Study SAP Standard Apps (Transaction Apps, and Analytical Apps)
• Work with SAP to accommodate all order types got the Notes released
• Extended Standard Apps (Manage Material Shortage, Monitor Material Shortage, Manage Production Orders, Monitor Production Orders, Manage External Requirements, Monitor Material Requirements).
• Chose appropriate Badis to include additional fields and managed code changes
• Created OData Services, CDS Views
• Introduced reason codes and make provisions for MRP Controllers to capture them
• Installed appropriate KPI Modelers and connected them with HANA backend and extracted Pareto Charts, Trend Analysis and Bar Graphs for Leadership to act upon.
• Perform Unit and Integration testing

Confidential

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Provided with 1 year data and Master data to assess and configure Rough Cut Capacity Planning.
• Analyze and submit recommendation to configure RCCP, Model Mix and Takt time.
• Configured RCCP using SAP PP
• Configured MMP using ECC
• Extracted takt time report
• Collect data from MES and built cubes to be used for analysis.
• Created dashboard to help monitoring 14 SPC values and Takt time. Helped to monitor WIP between work centers.

Confidential

Forecasting & Demand Management SME

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Assess existing implementation & Redesign to improve FCST accuracy
• Modify existing Forecasting models/algorithms in APO and adjust them to optimize along an inventory class categorization basis
• Enhance/create Business Warehouse reports using BEx and help Deere to monitor/improve forecasting accuracy
• Performed realignment
• Reconfigured Life Cycle Planning duly revising Phase-in & Phase-out profiles
• Configured Product Split and modified release profile and released data to SNP
• Modified Process chains and alert monitor
• CIFed Master and transaction Data
• Rectified PPMs
• Troubleshoot CIF issues and cleaned (Deleted) integration models and Queues
• Train Demand Planners
• Revise Documents and upload in SharePoint

Confidential

Support PP/DS

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Implementation of APO PPDS Module for Athens, GA Plant in line with MAC1 template.
• Integration of SNP and PP/DS and Interactive Planning set up in PP/DS.
• Maintenance of PPDS master data-propagation range, strategy profile, DS planning board.
• Identifying right combination of heuristics for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling.
• Used REM Heuristics, Backlog removal heuristics, Standard Lot Heuristics, Schedule Sequence heuristics.
• Created Functional Specification for the following BADIs-Production Data Structure, Enhance ORDER VIEW with custom fields. Extend ATP check.
• Carried out the functional and Integration testing
• Conducted Production Planning Runs, Backlog removal run and MRP run.
• Setup of DS Planning Board
• Developed the reporting formats backlog rescheduling report, Shortage list report, and Production plan report.
• Resolved problems faced in APO during day-to-day working of users.
• Smoothened the system & make the users familiar with the APO system by making Standard Operating Procedures / Way of Working for day- to-day working.

Integration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of MES for order type, status, sl # generation, Component sl # capturing, and label types
• Configuration of SAP PCo system with Source systems, Agent instances, Destination system etc.
• Configuration of OPC system with the relevant Tags
• Corrected BoM & Routing in order to properly integrate with MES
• Trouble shoot SAPMEINT and MII for integration of QA data with ECC; Liaise with SAP thro’ OSS and get solution and implement the recommendations
• Analyzed and solved Production issues encountered on the Shop floor and issues raised by Business
• Guide technical consultants on customization requirement and testing
• Resolved integration issues between SAP and Factory automated systems like Torque Tool (PINPOINT)
• Added meaningful reason codes duly ensuring QA as well as Labor tracking data flow into ECC.
• Capture Productivity Data and align to enable computation of TAKT Time and analysis.
• Facilitated integration of MES & MII data with BO for reporting.