As an enterprise or as an individual, one needs to become better at sensing change, analysing opportunities and threats, working collaboratively, making decisions and implementing change.

      Putting the best practices to use was once the most challenging task for change drivers in Organizations. Subsequently, getting a proper mapping done from business processes to an ERP package was a challenge. But now with the advent of business XML and various collaborative ways to do business, have given rise to multi dimensional array of changes possible and a need for specialists in Business process, those capable of mapping to pre-established scenarios and those able to bring about quick customizations across system boundaries and ability to work under abstract situations have become increasingly important.

      Many turn to Interim Management when they are planning a merger/acquisition, an MBO or are selling an operation. Some need additional business support as they are planning a new launch or targeting an unfamiliar market. Interim managers are often called in to manage specific business critical projects, or to drive through a major change. My experience correlates to such occurrences. Army Logistics Base shifting(SAP WM), BPR Post-mortem in Glass industry(MM & WM) are some examples to be cited.

     As an experienced Management Consultant, I possess considerable communication and diplomacy skills, advanced implementation/delivery traits and be willing to put myself in the firing line in any consultative capacity.

    Thorough understanding of Customs/Excise procedures(including Bill of Entry and material movement within customs) in India makes me competent to easily understand any custom regulations worldwide.

      In this context, I would like to bring it to your notice my achievements as a Supply Chain Manager, Business Analyst , a Senior Consultant and as a Project Manager. Possess thorough understanding of ASAP methodology. APO - Supply Chain planning training (SCM200 module) by SAP Singapore.

    Good understanding of HP supply Chain models, financial flow and IT systems is my strength.Worked on Supply chain cost analysis in APO in SNP.

 

Objective

 

 

To be an applauded person in XRP space while adding value to the Value chains of the Enterprises by enabling Supply Chain Integration with their ERP back-ends.

 

Educational Qualifications

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Mysore, India. 1991 Passed with distinction.      (91st Rank in S.S.L.C in (1985) / 86% in Pre-University )

P.G.D. Materials Management, Indian Institute of Materials Management.

(Recognized by NAPM)

 

Certification

 

APICS American Production & Inventory Control Society - CPIM certified.

 

Skills Summary

 

* SAP R/3 Enterprise modelling and Business Engineering with Web Flow.

* Implemented MM, Warehouse Management , SD and Production Planning modules.

* Solved critical problems in the are of Variant configuration and Batch Management akin to Interim Management.

* Established SAP Roll out to TFL operations in India for Imports, ensuring the smooth running of the imports supply chain.

* Configured use of SAP Business Connectors for exchange of documents between SAP and 3rd Party software.

* Acquired Project Management skills & used Rational Rose (UML) and MS-Projects, Artemis.

* Solving critical configuration problems during SAP upgrade to Rel. 4.6c from Rel. 4.0b. involving.

* Chart of Accounts change implemented, involving changes to FI/MM  and  ISH modules. Customised  Authorisation Management and Archiving.

* Product designing - Engineered a process-oriented approach for building Application and Connectors for SAP for web enabled applications.

* Designed & setup a Warehouse Facility for centralized operations in Chennai.

* Project Proposals for e-Business solutions.

* Implemented Distribution Replenishment Planning (DRP) in MICO for 14 Sales offices with ERP package called PRMS (Panasofic Resource Management System).

 

 

Background and achievements in Brief :

Supply Chain Mantra Pte. Ltd.

Sep  04 ~  till Date                         Industry : Process Industry

Led a SAP Roll out project  for a Process Industry. Handled As-Is, Business Blueprint, Prototype and UAT.

Handled SD and PP-PI modules. Designed Blueprint for MM/SD and PP modules and the cutover plan.

Configured MM/SD and PP for prototype. Configured SD and PP-PI for Realization.

UAT is completed and Data conversion test plan is scheduled for next week.

 

Done work related to providing solutions to a few US clients with issues from PP and MM( Outsourced work to Partners in Malaysia).

 

Jun 04 ~  Aug 04                               Business Process Management

Validated the APO knowledge by attending a SCM planning course in SAP Singapore. Analysed a few products in the BPM space which can be used as a Modelling tools for Supply Chain Solutions.

Pitched for several mini SAP projects arround Supply chain management and PLM space. Assessed the RFID products and benefits.Scouting for partnerships for RFID implementation.

 

May 04 ~  Jun 04                Client Industry : Trading, Glass & Chemicals

 (Thai Glass,Thailand)

Organization:           Electra Data Services , Singapore

Participated in a BPR assignment to streamline SAP usage for having Best practices.

Proposed use of Warehouse management, RF devices  wherever necessary, Demand Management and Re-engineered the Material flow in order to achieve excellent Integrated Logistics process Model.

Designed and configured for SAP console applications for RF devices to use in Warehouse Management.

 

July 03 ~  April 04                                  Industry : High-tech

Organization:           Hewlett Packard  , Singapore

Participated in a SAP Roll out project  from HP Roseville to Asia-Pacific including Japan, involving SAP and Legacy system interfaces to Legacy Manufacturing system.

+ SAP SD/PP-MRP and Logistics Execution configuration and problem solving in UAT.

+ Set up Bin strategies for certain Materials and integration testing of Warehouse management functionalities with SD.

+ Build specifications, XML template modifications, get ABAP programs developed and Tested.

+ Analyse, Customise existing programs from Roseville to adapt to Local Requirements.

Project Management Office co-ordination for UAT of China Stock in Factory/ Build to stock rollout.

 

Involved in design of EMR system ( Maintanance and Repair) for Japan to move from Legacy to SAP R/3.

 

Dec 2002,  till July 2003             Industry : HealthCare  (SingHealth S’pore)

Organization:           IBM’s client, Singapore

Involving MM , FI/CO, Cash Management  - SAP –ISH ( 4.0b – 4.6c)

Functional and technical support. Advised on various approaches for  Chart of Account change and its implementation. Implemented Asset Useful life change and helped in its impact analysis.

MM – PUR, IM, MRP which includes the topping-up systems for Pharmacy. Built a few MM reports and extracting programs. Batch Job Planning for FI/CO  & MM. Maintenance Support for  Interface to External applications from  SAP/FI.  IXOS – R3 Archiving configuration & Authorization Management optimization for MM & FI/CO modules were done.

 

May 2002  till Nov 2002                                                 Industry : various

Organization: dotERP Pte. Ltd.

Preparing IS Project proposals                                                       

Prepared proposals for  IS projects involving, dE-Framework (dotERP’s proprietary), BEA Weblogic , various DBMS and Legacy  systems.

Preparing/presenting proposals. Solution Architecture, Function Point Analysis, Business Use Case analysis and representation. Solution architecture for E-Banking, e-Claims & e-procurement were done.

 

Feb, 2002 – May,2002                       Client Business: IT Software vendor

Role : PP/MRP Process Consultant and Project Management.

Designed for developing GATP like scenario handling and Item availability checking Connectors needed for the Product development of the Client.

 

Nov, 2001 – Jan 2002                       Client business:  Aerospace  (ST Aero)

Role : Process consultant

Performed  "To Be" business process modelling for integration of i2 with SAP

Performed configuration work in IMG for Basis/Business workflow . BAPI design for updating PR’s into SAP , event triggering and publishing the same into i2 environment.

 

Sep, 2001 – Oct , 2001             Client business: Ordinance  (ST Kinetics)

Role : Process Consulting – Web Flow

Gathered requirements for various claim processing with SAP as backend.

Workflow between SAP system and a non-SAP system using web Flow and wf-XML techniques.

Set up SAP – ITS  for 4.6D and Handler services. Instrumental in configuring the  Web flow capabilities. Set up workflow templates, Event linkages and laid down specs for servlets following wf mc guidelines .

 

Mar, 2001 – Aug, 2001             Client: Logistics Service Provider (ST Log)

ROLE : Project Management and WM consultant Role.

Configured new Warehouse management entities, removal and placement Strategies and integrated with MM/SD/FI.

Designed interactive reports using ABAP/4 assisting packing, Segregation of the Bins, Easy Barcode scanning and final Transfer of Bin to the new warehouse.

Consignment stocks handling scenarios in Warehouse Management were configured and implemented. User exits for changes with Invoice posting for Consignment liabilities settlement were done.

Managed project for SAP support for Army Logistics Base shifting of Warehouse facility.

Functional Support for MM/SD/SM/PS modules for upgrading to SAP 4.6c.

Solved all of the critical problems that arose including that of EURO customizing.

 

Dec, 2000 – Jun,2001               Client business: Any Industry  (dotERP)

Product Management  - Application Adapters for SAP R/3

Engineered a process-oriented approach for building Application and Connectors for SAP. This approach is well accepted and followed company wide now for other development activities.

Designed Warehouse transaction system using PDA. Worked with Symbol Technologies and Palm OS and web-Client software.

Configured complete SAP Warehouse management for Product development and Testing purposes.

4 Transactions were worked out :

1. Automated Goods receipt/Binning  .

2. Bin to Bin Transfer

3. Inventory stock Take module.

4. Goods Issue module.

The product that had generic functionalities( designed by Team led by myself) were deployed with some customisation at ST Aerospace.

 

Products for B2B procurement including shopping basket, Auctions, Reverse Auctions for Direct and Indirect Materials was designed and prototype released.

Identified BAPI’s (Business Application Programming Interface), RFC’s (Remote Function Call) to be used.  Class, Sequential, Interactive diagrams were used to convey the process and integration points involving Java Servlets, XSL to developers.

 

Aug, 2000 ~ Dec, 2000.           Client business: Retail Industry  (SNP,S’pore )

Logistics consultant   (SAP 4.6 b version. IS-Retail)

myEPB is a company (SNP group) specialized in selling Books and publishing Government articles.

MM and SD modules were configured for the scenarios with version 4,6B.

Implemented SAP (retail) in a web order / POS interfaced scenario. Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory Management modules, Consumption based Planning (CBP) were implemented. Virtual inventory situation were implemented.

Laid down specs for building necessary SAP Script, BDC’s  and Reports. IDOC’s were used.

 

Dec 99 till   July 2000           Client business: Chemical Industry

TFL Leather Technique (p) Ltd. – MNC into Leather Chemicals Business (CIBA Group)

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER             

Established network link with Germany for working on SAP from India was used. Built up the Modus operandi for SAP Order processing, Transport Management operations from India during my stay at TFL Germany and the Warehouse at Huningue France. Liaise with process owners in determining any scope changes and ensuring no diversity from the Corporate Model. Configured Sales Order processing scenarios along with the SAP competence team. Worked with SAP Core Competency Team to set up WM and Transportation Management features needed for shipments to India.

 

Jul 98 till   Nov 99             Client business: Software

MAARS Software International Ltd., Madras, India

Project Profile: Development of Lotus Notes Interface for ordering and Planning with SAP Data available On-line.

 Set up the Workflow and triggering events needed for maintenance notification.

 

July, 97 till Jul,  98 ( Domain:- In-plant Logistics and System coordination)

Hyundai Motor India.

   With this kind of an exposure in both trading and in-house manufacturing of Make to Stock

Scenarios, I moved on to Hyundai as Assistant Manager - Material Control for managing a Make to Order situation. Here we got an opportunity to study the business processes, at S.Korea and had to set up systems from scratch for Indian operations. We had to provide modifications in terms of Modvat while creating the new specifications. We had to also give an interim material management strategy to plan and issue materials to Press, Engine and Final Assembly lines during the Pilot stages of Car Manufacturing. Joined Maars software International and there upon, built our SAP knowledge and expertise at each assignment we took up.

 

Nov, 91 till Jul, 97  ( Domain:–  Logistics planning and execution)

MICO , Bangalore

        A mechanical Engineer by background, got trained in BOSCH , India on a rotational placement in QC, Purchasing, Marketing, Methods improvement and R&D departments .

Subsequently started working for logistics for Test marketing new products, in a new division which grew to be a full fledged operation at 17 sales offices in India. Looked after Sales co-ordination, inventory planning, procurement, customs clearance, warehouse set up and distribution logistics for the six year tenure there. As we had a different set of operational model, we had to segregate the divisions operations from the main stream activities and I had coordinated for the conceptual design and implementation of the logistics scenarios using a ERP package called PRMS. I was also responsible for maintaining the regional sales plans in the VIPS planning ( sales and information system) needed for production planning at the plants in Germany and Switzerland.( similar to Planning Books in SAP – APO). ( There were Macros like in Planning books to compute the ratios needed for better planning). Had to look after the BOM and Engineering change management of the 4 Products that were indigenously manufactured.