SIVAKUMAR APPILI
Tel. : 484-744-9029 (
E-mail : appili_sivakumar@yahoo.com
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Mr. Siva Appili
is a hands on professional with 13 years of experience out of which over 5
years in Manufacturing & Quality areas and 8 years in the area of
Information Technology covering business process re-engineering, project
management, system design, configuration, testing and organizational change
management.
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He worked on SAP
R/3 for past 7 years on different releases i.e., 3.1H, 4.0B, 4.5B, 4.6C, 4.7 (
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His expertise
uniquely includes deep functional, as well as technical expertise, making him a
valuable asset in any information technology related role.
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He successfully
completed 7 project implementations of SAP R/3 so far covering MM, PP,
QM, IS-Retail and Project management of which 5 are end to end
implementations.
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He worked in US
for almost more than 4.5 years on different projects like end-to-end,
Production support and System study.
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He demonstrated
the ability in successfully managing previous two projects according to a business plan and
within preset budgets and deadlines, conducting Hardware and Software
Evaluations, performing Systems Analysis and Design within the framework of a
formal methodology.
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He has good
Project management skills, Communication skills, Presentation & Analytical
skills.
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He is a Certified
SAP R/3 SCM Procurement Consultant in
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He is trained by
SAP on SRM4.0 (EBP 5.0) and has the production support experience in SRM.
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He worked in the
core areas apart from ERP consulting such as Analysis, Development,
Implementation of software solutions, Project monitoring, Status reporting and
Client liaison.
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He has good
exposure to interfaces with other SAP modules i.e., FI and SD modules.
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He is well versed
with implementation methodologies (Value SAP/ASAP), Project management and team
management techniques.
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He can lead and
motivate people to achieve organizational objectives.
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He is a quick
learner and rapidly adapting to emerging technologies with sound inter-personal
skills.
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He is result
oriented with sound executive presence and diverse business acumen.
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Degree |
University |
Year of Passing |
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Post Graduate Diploma in Business & Industrial Management |
Management Studies Promotion Institute, |
May’ 1998 |
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Bachelor of Engineering with
Specialization in Metallurgy |
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May’ 1993 |
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Organization |
Designation |
Duration |
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BearingPoint Inc.,
(KPMG Consulting), |
Sr. Consultant |
08/16/2004 – Till date |
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Satyam Computer
Services Ltd, |
Consultant |
04/2003 – 08/12/2004 |
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TATA Consultancy
Services, |
Associate Consultant |
11/1998 – 03/2003 |
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Indian Aluminium
Company Limited, |
Deputy Manager |
07/1993 – 10/1998 |
Operating Systems
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Sun
Solaris 5.8,WINNT 4.0, UNIX, Macintosh 10.3.9 |
Languages
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ABABP/4 , SQL |
Databases
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Oracle
8.1.7.2.0, Informix and SQL Server 7.0 |
GUI
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SAP
GUI 43.1H to .7 & ECC 6.0 |
Case Tools
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CATT
(Computer Aided Test Tools) |
Tools & Utilities
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Harvard
Graphics, Lotus 123, Word Perfect, FLOW 3, MS Visio, MS Office’ 2003, Microsoft
Project plan, KPMG’s proven course methodology. |
Primary skills (SAP Functional)
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Materials
management module, Quality management module |
Secondary skills (SAP Functional)
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Project
Management, Production planning, Warehouse management, ABAP |
Domain Knowledge
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Procurement,
Stores , Shop Floor and Accounts Payable |
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Sl # |
Title |
Location |
Organized
by |
Duration |
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1. |
SAP Materials Management module |
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SAPIENT College, |
04/2003 to 05/2003 |
6.
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Project Name : Omega Pac, Cosmo
& Dragon |
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Client |
Apple Computers Inc. |
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Location |
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Role |
Team Lead – SAP Retail |
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Organization |
BearingPoint Inc.,
(KPMG Consulting) |
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Duration |
09/2004
to Current |
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Team Size |
Project : 15 |
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Environment (with skill versions) |
Software |
SAP : SAP R/3 v 4.7 (IS-Retail) |
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Apple
Computer, Inc. is a leader in manufacturing Hi-Tech related products and has
work force of approx. 13,000 employees worldwide. It has the sales presence in
30 countries. Apple is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of
personal computers, related software, services, portable iPod digital music
players , peripherals, and networking solutions.
Apple
Computer sells its products through its online stores, retail stores, direct
sales force, as well as through third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value
added resellers. The company operates more than 100 retail stores currently.
Apple
has proposed an enterprise wide implementation of SAP in it’s European countries.
The Key Driver for the implementation is the scope for retail expansion of
operations in
As
a Team lead for Logistics (MM, SD) for SAP IS-Retail project I was responsible
for :
Materials
Management Module (IS-Retail) :
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Definition of Site profiles, new sites, reference sites and Hubs.
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Creation of reference articles, merchandise category
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Creation of characteristic profiles, Assigning characteristics to
Merchandise cat. Objects
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Creating, assigning and deleting Merchandise category hierarchy levels
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Creating Layouts, Layout modules and Listing procedures.
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Store Replenishment planning, planning Vendor managed Inventory and
creation of Allocation Rules and Tables.
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Handling of Markups and creation of outbound interfaces to and Inbound
interfaces from POS.
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ALE, Distribution model and EDI partner profiles setup.
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Archiving customer master and site master.
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Configuration of General settings : modification of country settings
for the requirement of Hong Kong, definition of new Logistics/Factory calendars
with the appropriate
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Purchasing : Definition of new document type ‘ZR’ for Returns Purchase order, new
number ranges, Automatic PO creation setup, Confirmation control key, Rounding
profiles, preparation of functional specification for the PO user exit changes
to send the additional information in the Purchase Order IDoc. Worked on
definition of new text types for PO Header and definition of new
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Inventory Management : Split valuation,
definition of new movement types, default assignment of cost center/cost
element. Definition of new packing slip output type, new SAP Script to show-up
the cost column, definition of new Z Table to populate the info in the new
Packing slip for certain conditions. Worked on ITS Translations in Dutch (NL),
German (DE), French (FR) & Italian (IT) along with ABAP Team for the
modification of HTML templates and MIMEs.
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Consumption based planning : Definition of new MRP type by copying the standard
one ‘RP’ to make forecast obligatory and definition of planning calendars.
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Definition of new interfaces R19 (Intrastat Reporting) & W26
(Pricing) with SAP Core and ZY2 (Article download) & ZY1 (Site download)
interfaces with POS.
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Setup of Workflow : (New organizational plan , New positions,
Assignment of standard tasks, Assignment of users to the Positions) for
different countries and assignment of the same in the corresponding Partner
profiles (ORDERS04, DESADV, INVOICE, WPUBON, WPUKRS).
MM
– SD Interface (IS-Retail) :
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Definition of Shipping Point and Shipping point determination.
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Definition of new delivery output types.
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Setup of Stock Transport Order : 2-Step procedure, assignment of checking
rule and
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Storage location determination during delivery without changing the
availability check in the Article master data.
Project
management :
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Presentation of Gap Analysis to Business team and mitigation of gaps.
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Lead Integration test team
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Preparation of Cut-Over Plan
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Preparation of Training Plan
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Documenting lessons learnt.
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Arranged
knowledge transfer to production support team and Business team.
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Worked on moving from classic to extended classic scenario.
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Involved in the study to recommend using workflow in ERP.
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Worked on setting up the RFC connection and ALE configuration to
establish the link between ERP and EBP systems.
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Familiar with Exchange Infrastructure.
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Familiar with ITS and in designing the html templates.
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Worked on downloading the Master data : Business partners (download
from, Product master and local product categories.
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Worked on cross-application basic settings : Number ranges (local Pos,
shopping carts, follow-on documents, confirmations and local invoices),
definition of transaction types, tax calculation and account assignment.
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Communication configuration : Partner profile definition using the
messages types i.e., BBPCO, BBPIV, MBGMCR…….etc
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Worked on the usage of Internal Catalog.
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Worked on sourcing and plan driven procurement.
Environment : SRM 4.0, EBP 5.0
5.
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Project Name : SCORE (Supply
Chain Optimization and Resource Excellence) |
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Client |
CertainTeed Corporation (Saint-Gobain) |
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Location |
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Role |
Team lead for Logistics |
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Organization |
Satyam Computer
Services Limited, |
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Duration |
07/2003
to 08/2004 |
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Team Size |
Project : 40 |
Module : 5 |
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Environment (with skill
versions) |
Software |
SAP : SAP R/3 v 4.6 C |
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Project Description
CertainTeed
Corporation is a leading manufacturer of quality building materials, for new
construction and home remodeling needs like Insulation, vinyl windows, vinyl
& fiber cement siding, roofing, pvc pipe, fencing, decking, railing, attic
ventilation and foundation systems.
CertainTeed
has proposed an enterprise wide implementation of SAP supply chain planning
& decision support systems. The Key Drivers for the implementation include:
• Operational inefficiencies within
Production Planning process areas
• Need to implement more robust and
better-integrated supply chain technology
• Limited life expectancy of BPCS
(Legacy system)
• Foundation for future enhancement of
technology and process solutions
SAP
implementation for CertainTeed where the R/3 will go live with all the modules
and business processes required for enabling SCM with
CertainTeed’s
enterprise currently runs BPCS as its ERP system along with a few other
third-party tools and decision-making systems. BPCS and other systems will
co-exist with R/3 and
Functional
Scope
• Implementation of SAP
• Implementation of SAP R/3 4.6 C
modules:
implementation.
The
implementation would cover 4 Plants, 3