PROFILE:

• Confidential is a SAP Certified Supply Chain Management expert, who can provide excellent consulting services to complex business scenarios in Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Sales & Distribution, Planning & Manufacturing for Discrete & Process Industries. Confidential specializes in Shop Floor Integration with SAP using Manufacturing Information & Intelligence (MII). Confidential has successfully completed several SAP Manufacturing Execution (ME) projects for major manufacturing clients.
• Confidential has managed teams of high performing consultants in many SAP implementations for a variety of Industries including Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Mill Industries, Hi - Tech Industries, Packaging & Molding Industries.

• Confidential has successfully delivered multiple complex SAP ME implementations.
• As manufacturing solution architect for the Aerospace/Speciality checmicals client Confidential, Confidential has delived DIMP based solution including Manufacturing XSteps.
• Confidential implemented XStep Based PI Sheets @ Confidential to map some of the complex Project requirements.
• Confidential took over as the MII Lead in the SBNA Project & delivered the project successfully.
• Confidential resolved some of the complex business scenarios in the textile business @ Confidential Floor Coverings with IS-Mill solution (DIMP).
• As the project lead, Confidential has successfully managed the CLER project at Intel & delivered with “Zero priority 1 post go live” issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP MES Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops to understand the As-Is process of the various production lines.
• Evaluated the System Architecture from the point of PLC integration, Data Historians to determine the feasibility of integration with SAP ME/MII
• Evaluated the existing solution in SAP PP and made recommendation on future state.

Confidential

SAP ME/MII Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Carried out sizing activities for SAP ME by gathering the required details from business users
• Conducted blueprint workshops to understand the requirement to map the required master data in ME.
• Setup the DRF integration to the ME system to transfer the production orders & Work centers; Used the standard change pointers in IDOC to transfer the material master.
• Developed complex routings in ME & transferred to SAP ECC
• Designed labels in Adobe Live Designer. Configured ADS printing in SAP ME
• Evaluating different POD’s in SAP ME including serialized products.
• ME processes used involve SFC processing, Label printing, NC logging, Data collection
• Currently working on integration of the Network analyzers.

Confidential

Go Live / Hypercare support - SAP MII/ME

Responsibilities:

• Involved in data load and validation in SAP ME during final cut-over. Helped with the ME training for the shop floor supervisors.
• Typical activities of the shop floor operator would include - Confirm the SFC using the POD (quick complete/time elapsed process), return to queue, over confirm an operation, under confirm an operation, record non conformance, disposition of the materials.
• Reports used - WIP reports (SFC report, Shop order report) & Geneology report (As-Built summary report). Solution involved serialized as well as non-serialized products.

Confidential

Solution Architect - Logistics team

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the scoping activities for the project.
• Responsible for the design, development and implementation of the following modules in SAP - IBP, PP-PI, MM, SD, QM, PM.

Confidential

PP / PP-PI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted meetings with the Confidential users to gather details of their current planning & execution of their R&D Supply Chain Process & how they mange their clinical trial processes. Prepared the operating model outling the existing business process in clinical trials in Confidential .
• Evaluated 50+ tools based on the requirements gathered from Confidential and shortlisted a handful of tools for further evaluation (Demand solutions, Kinaxis Rapid Response, Llamasoft, OM Partners, Vanguard Integrated Business planning & SAP Integrated Business Planning)

Confidential

Sr. SAP MII/ME Lead

Responsibilities:

• Hardware sizing exercise; Provided recommendation on system landscape
• Evaluated the use of safeguard application for performance monitoring
• SAP MII - IDOC Integration, Data Services, Content Development, Visualization services and Message Services, MDO, OEE, SSCE
• Configured the system rule maintenance as per the needs (Component traceability, ERP Integration rules, Miscellaneous, Order, Production operations, Production tracking, Resource rules, Serialization & system setup)
• Carried out the SAP ME ERP Integration configurations along with the Basis team
• Deploy SAP MII 15.1 / SAPMEINT / SAMEINTCTC
• IDOC Configurations - Configure ALE user; Create RFC destination; Define logical system; Define logical port; Customize the distribution model; Define filter criteria; Create partner profiles
• Configured the SAPMEINT using the SAPMEINT configuration wizard SAPMEINTCTC
• Carried out the post (SAPMEINT) configuration & customizations steps - Activate IDOC message listener & Update OEE reporting SAP ME System rules.
• Carried out the complete configuration activities for in SAP ME including
• Site maintenance, Custom data maintenance (BOM, Material, Material Group, Reason code, Routing, Shop Order),
• Operation maintenance, Reason code maintenance, Activity/Activity group maintenance, Maintained the user groups & users
• ERP field maintenance for BOM component, BOM component alternative, material, routing; Next number maintenance
• Configured ZPOD’s for different operations like Assembly, Inspection, Machining, Pack, Rework, serialization, stamping, Test, Kit & Tumbling.

Confidential

SAP PP lead / Deployment lead

Responsibilities:

• Helped to stabilize the scheduling solution with multiple enhancements & bug fixes and get the buy in to deploy the solution to other sites.
• Managed the deployment of the solution across the sites in US & Canada.
• Developed the Production Order Confirmations application in SAP MII
• Developed application features such as Operator Dashboard using SSCE, Approve Multiple Confirmations manually and automatically, Successful / Failed Confirmations report and Email notifications.
• Integrated with OSI-PI server using PCo for collecting plant operational data and delivering it to different applications such as Predator and MII.
• Designed and developed the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) application.
• Developed SAPUI5 reports as per the requiremnt
• OEE reports included Machine Availability, Machine Performance, Machine Quality, OEE Machine, OEE Machine Group, OEE Shift Analysis, Machine Dashboard and Operator Console.
• Configured the SAP system for communicating IDocs with the MII system.
• Modified existing reports related to Process Order Confirmations and Goods Movements applications.
• Generated reports on consumption and quality summary.
• Integrated the shift functionality.
• Deployed JDBC drivers in MII for Oracle and SQL databases.
• Assisted in Demos, Dry Runs, Systems Integration Testing, UAT with the business and IT teams
• Developed process flow Documentation & End user manual
• Provided Go Live Support

Confidential

SAP PP Lead

Responsibilities:

• Joined the project 2 days before Golive and helped monitor the cut-over & post cut-over activities;
• Carried out the assessment of the production planning & production control operations and recommended simplifying the activities in SAP
• Helped to redesign the PP-WM integration process; Serialized products;
• Carried out extensive master data cleanup & production order cleanup’s to keep the business up & running.
• Also helped the users in the areas of Capacity leveling, Warehouse Management.
• Coordinated with SAP on the system performance issues identified in the S4/HANA environment.

Confidential

SAP PP/MM/WM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed an Operating model for the business processes in Master Data, Quote to Cash, Plan to Produce, Purchasing, Replenishment & Production execution.
• Consolidated the Replenishment Process using STO, Transfer Postings & KANBAN Replenishment.
• Identified 50+ opportunities to improve & streamline the SAP solutions and provided detailed solutions.
• Assisted in Fiori apps implementation for the warehouse Operations.

Confidential

Manufacturing Lead (PP/MES) / Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Carreid out the scoping of the project; Conducted the blueprinting workshop for PP module for the Franklin/Toccoa site consolidation project.
• Assisted in the development of the detailed project plan for configuration, Interface testing, cut-over plan etc.
• Carried out the configuration, testing in HP ALM (formerly HPQC), assisted in data laod.
• Developed the functional SPEC for the MII interface enhancement & coordinated with the ABAP developers & MII developers for successful delivery in the Release 8.0 project.
• Worked with the performance testing team & SAP to resolve the performance issues in SAP ME.
• Configured the site, Assisted in Master Data Maintanence - Materials, Work Center, Resource, BOM, Routing, Operations, Work Instructions (Web as well as Visual), Next Number maintanence, Certifications, Configured Shop Orders, POD’s (traditional as well as Touch POD’s), assisted in interfaces in SAP ME, helped in User Profile Management.
• Supply Chain Manager “The users are doing what they are doing and everything seems to go well”

Confidential

Manufacturing Execution Lead (PP/MII)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Project Preparation, Blueprinting & Realization activities for the Global SAP Implementation.
• Managed the Manufacturing Execution Team comprising of MII & PP resources. Carried out workshops in the areas of Manufactruing Strategy, Production Execution, Batch Management, Shop Floor Integration, MES Integration.
• Consolidated the different business process across 30 different plants into one common manufacturing technique.
• Developed the PI Sheets to carry out all the Production Execution activities, using XSTeps.
• These XStep based PI Sheets replaced, the existing Shop Floor Integration system.
• Identified the DIMP functionalities relevant to the rolled goods plants & helped the project team implement these functionalities.
• Integrated Lean Manufacturing using KANBAN. Developed the strategy & the functional SPEC for integrating SAP & MES using MII, MII integration with PCo.
• Managed the testing using HPQC.
• As the IP5 Lead for the project, coordinated the development of L1, L2, L3, L4 & FAD for the entire project team. Build the Functional Requirements Library, RICEFW Library & the Business Roles Library for the project as required.
• Operations Improvement Manager “You should be very proud of your work here. The amount of functionality that you were able to in corporate into the PI Sheets is amazing”

Confidential

Operations Team Lead (PP-PI / WM / PM)

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Operations Team comprising of Production Planning, Plant Maintenance & Warehouse Management.
• Carried out the Global Blueprinting & led an extensive End to End Process Design mapping which involved High Level Conceptualization, allignment of current & upcoming business initiatives, multiple process mapping sessions with the client team, & process integration sessions with the other Supply Chain Teams.
• This led to the Uniue design for the Molding parts using IS Mill Solutions with Installed Base into XStep Based PI Sheets.
• Evaluated different options to map the manufacturing requirements including SAP Manufacturing Execution (ME) & eventually mapped it using the XStep Based Process Instruction (PI) Sheets. Designed the XSteps in a strategic manner so that it can be easily rolled over to multiple plants / GBU's.
• Implemented the planning tools in SAP - Materials Requirement Planning, Long Term Planning, Capacity Levelling & KANBAN. Designed the traceability requirements using Batch Mangement.
• Managed the Configuration & Unit Testing activities for the Operation team. Coordinated the ABAP development & testing efforts for the Operation team - close to 100 RICEFW objects.

Confidential

SAP Forecast to Stock Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of the Forecast To Stock, Web User Interface & Shop Floor Integration.
• Arrived at a Global Template in SAP for the different plants using SAP Best Practice for Chemicals. Managed the 2 deliverables in Manufacturing Information & Intelligence
• Developing Web User Interface for the Production & Quality Users; 2) Shop Floor Integration of SAP with "Delta V", "Wonderware" & "LIMS"; Integration of MII with PCo. Managed the ABAP development efforts related to Forecast To Stock team.
• Managed the configuration & Testing Activities of the PP-PI modules.
• Used the different Make to Order as well as Make To Stock Planning Strategies. Implemented the SAP Planning tools - Sales & Operation Planning, Materials Requirement Planning, Long Term Planning & Capacity Requirement Planning. Managed the MII migration activities to the different Plant specific Servers.
• Coordinated the data migration, cut-over activities, Go Live & Post Go Live Support for the Forecast to Stock Team.

Confidential

SAP PP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated the additional ABAP development efforts for Wave 4.
• Devised the Training Plan for the different users & helped in the actual training.
• Managed the Integration Testing & User Acceptance Testing.
• Provided Go Live & Post Go Live support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SAP Best Practice for Chemicals was implemented for Chemicals division. For Floor Covering & Textiles, Rolled out the IS Mill solutions (Combined Order, Multi-Item Orders, Original Batch, WIP Batch) to map the special requirements of the Textile Industry.
• Prepared a Business Case to include the Lean initiatives of the Organization & supported it by designing the SAP KANBAN.
• Responsible for the allignment of the different Supply Chain Modules - Plan to Produce (Planning, Manufacturing); Quote to Cash (Sales Order Processing, ATP); Variant Configuration, Warehouse & Inventory Management (Purchasing, Warehouse Management, Handling Unit Management & Inventory Management) & Quality Management. Also Implemented different MTS as well as MTO Planning Strategies;
• Also configured Hybrid planning strategies. Evaluated the different softwares like "Data Color" & "Adaptive" for the Dye Handling section;
• Eventually mapped the requirments with SAP Recipe functionalities - Material Quantity Calculation & Active Ingredient Management. Implemented Sales & Operation Planning, Materials Requirement Planning, Consumption Based Planning, Long Term Planning, Capacity Requirement Planning & Repetitive Manufacturing as per the requirements.
• Mapped the different types of traceability requirements using SAP functionalities Original Batch, WIP Batch, Documentary Batch, Stock Batch & Batch Derivation. Part of the team that evaluated MII & APO (Demand Planning) for the client.

Confidential

SAP PP-PI Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Blueprinting of the Production Planning Module. Conducted the Blue Printing worskps of the different planning modules - Sales & Operation Planning, Flexible Planning, Long Term Planning, Master Production Schedule, Materials Requirement Planning, Consumption Based Planning, Distribution Resource Planning & Capacity Requirement Planning.
• Carried out extensive modeling of the planning functions during the Blueprint Phase. After evaluating the client needs, APO was recommended as the planning tool.