JERRY K. EDWARDS
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Skills Summary: Oracle applications project management and consulting; in-
house high tech operations
. Oracle application implementation consulting and project
management to discrete high tech and fabless semiconductor
companies (15 years)
o OSFM Automated B2B Interface lead at DSPG
o OSFM, B2B, and MFG Track Co-lead at SST.
o OSFM and B2B lead at Quicklogic, Marvell, Ikanos,
Netlogic Microsystems, and RMI.
o OSFM Customer Advisory Board Founding member since 2001.
o Oracle module expertise includes inventory, bills of
material, planning suite, cost management, work in
process, shop floor manager (OSFM), and purchasing.
o Project manager for high tech Oracle applications
implementations at Calpine Container, Quicklogic, Maple
Optical, Veraz Networks.
o AIM methodology practices employed in multiple Oracle
projects
o Supply Chain Improvements: B2B (business to
business)automated manufacturing communications
implementation with subcontract manufacturers for fabless
semiconductor companies (Marvell, Silicon Storage
Technology, DSP Group)
o Product structure design in high tech discrete and
fabless semiconductor firms covering part numbers, bill
of material structure, product cost rollup and
maintenance, and new product introduction
o Product Data Management Interfaces to Oracle
applications: Functional designs for documents, items,
bills of material, and routings
. High Tech Operations Experience (previous to Oracle consulting)
o Extensive project management experience in new product
hardware/ software planning and implementation (in-house
role at Amdahl)
o Supply/Demand process management in high tech server
manufacturing company (Amdahl)
. Corporate Master Scheduling Manager
. Run the corporate master scheduling review.
Maintain corporate master schedule across 5 plants.
Manage team of 5 master schedulers
. United States Air Force Officer Military Background
o Retired USAF Reserves Light Colonel with 23 years
experience in IT and Meteorology.
Experience:
Independent Contractor: 8/11/2005 to Present
. 4/07/2013 to Present: Logitech Corporation: computer
accessories/music devices
o Oracle Release 12 Implementation: Oracle Business
Accelerator process / re-implementation from 11i
. Build-to-stock (BTS) Track lead
. Lead BTS Oracle Business Accelerator
activities (Inventory, Bills of Material, WIP,
Flow, Cost Management, Engineering, Production
Scheduling)
. Develop, test and deliver Conference room
pilot BTS scenarios (over 50)
. Project Manage business process design for
flowchart and narratives covering BTS business
processes (over 60 major business flows)
. Generate Application Configuration documents
to support To-Be business flows
. Generate data conversion designs for BTS data
. Generate BTS RICE (reports, interfaces,
conversions, and extensions) requirements
. Project manage process integration with
Finance, Order-to-Cash, Market-to-Cash,
Forecast-to-Plan, and Source-to-Settle tracks.
. Evaluate production scheduling module
. 12/15/2012 to 4/4/2013: HNI Corporation: Office Furniture,
Panel, and portable wall design and manufacturer. Oracle 12.2
Implementation program
o Plan to Manufacture Design Integration
. Document current stockroom and manufacturing
processes across multiple plant locations
. Forecasting
. Demand Supply Analysis
. Production Scheduline
. Production Execution
. Product and Package labeling
. Transportation Planning
o Product Transfers and
o Customer shipment
. Perform fit-gap analysis to oracle value chain,
logistics, and manufacturing execution applications
. 7/19/2011 to 5/21/2012: Stryker Medical: Manufacturing track:
SAP to Oracle 12i implementation.
o Generate functional item master design and item
conversion plans
. Item categories
. Item templates
. Item attribute controls,
. Etc.
o Generate Windchill PDM to Oracle applications functional
design: items, bills of material, routings, documents,
drawings
o Generate item master functional design and interface to
Corporate FG database
o Assist with Camstar MES(manufacturing execution system)
to Oracle applications functional design
o Generate work in Process functional design: with and
without Camstar MES
o Item master Lead: Generate interface functional designs
to interface Oracle item master with Windchill and
multilple Stryker custom databases.
. PDM interface data scope analysis
. PDM interface functional design for documents,
drawings, items, bills of material, and routings.
o Data conversion functional assessment for items, bills,
and routings from SAP and Stryker Global item master
o Distribution Go-Live: Design and implement item master
supporting structures
. 3/14/2011 to 5/16/2011: Power Integrations (fabless
semiconductor): Functional consulting on project to implement
a new planning system and enhance functionality of current
Oracle manufacturing software. Replace current Camstar Mesa
MES with Oracle shop floor manager. Upgrade Subcontractor to
PI B2B reporting and processing.
o Generate Oracle Planning Suite Feature comparison to PI
detail requirements. Provide demo requirements
suggestions
o Assist with Warehouse Management System application by
revising setup document to be PI specific. Assist with
setups.
o Participate in requirements review sessions with vendors
o 5/08/2011: Changed status to as required as project
schedule has pushed out.
. 9/9/2010 to 1/14/2011: Trident Microsystems Oracle 12i
Applications implementations: Track lead for manufacturing and
B2B integration from subcontract manufacturers.
o Designed product structure to support effective
subcontract manufacturing in Oracle applications:
Completed deliverables include:
. Item master design elements: items, item templates,
item status codes, etc.
. Customer and supply chain specific part number
design
. Generic supply chain part numbers
. Bill of material structure: FAB, SORT, DIE, ASM DIE,
TESTED DEVICE, FG DEVICE
. Network Routings: production and rework
. Product and work order cost management
. Outside manufacturing services:
. Work order integration
. Procurement and payment validation
o Outsourced Manufacturing Execution Process hierarchical
design
. Trident Product flows
. Trident network routings
. MFG Event Requirements: (Receive, start, split,
move, complete, ship, etc.)
. Subcon Event reporting business rules
. MFG Event to Required Oracle applications
transactions matrix
. MFG event data elements and Rosettanet 7B1 mapping
o Conduct Conference Room Pilot and user training: December
2010 in Taipei, Taiwan
o Left project when client decided to implement a different
manufacturing/B2B solution.
. 03/01/10 to 08/14/10: Ikanos Semiconductor: MFG Business
Process Consolidation lead. Ikanos is merging manufacturing
organizations to simplify business processes: modules scope
includes INV, BOM, CST, WIP, OSFM, PUR. Participate in B2B
design.
o Design and manage on hand lot and open lot based job data
conversion from 31 manufacturing inventory organizations
into a single manufacturing inventory organization in a
different operating unit.
o Generate and maintain manufacturing process test plans
o Implement process shop floor manager and cost management
process enhancements to simplify routings and implement
estimated yield costing
o Provide event based B2B functional design and
implementation consulting
o Generate new exception handling MFG processes to support
rework and reverse die to wafer non-standard lot based
jobs.
. 01/05/10: Calpine Containers (Agriculture high volume fruit
packaging)
o Design and Testing of discrete MFG with average costing
(INV, BOM, WIP, COST, OM modules.
. 09/16/09 to 12/02/09: DSP Communications, Herzlyia, Israel
o Design and develop Subcontract manufacturer automated B2B
process to communicate manufacturing events to DSPG
Oracle applications.
. Evaluate Oracle shop floor manager (OSFM) and
contract manufacturer B2B functional design and
develop interface recommendations: Implement the
following
. Generate and maintain WIP (OSFM) interface
functional requirements document
. Design subcontractor reporting events and data
elements
. Map data elements to
o Rosettanet 7B1
o Custom Oracle data base
o Oracle application API's
. Generate functional logic to generate event
based Oracle transactions
. Manage software development and testing
. Assist with subcontractor bring up
. Generate Subcon B2B certification testing
process
. Generate B2B cut-in plan
. 03/01/08 to 7/15/09: RMI Corporation (Oracle applications
version 12)
o Implement OSFM and related purchasing, costing, BOM, and
inventory processes.
o Generate B2B subcontractor manufacturing event reporting
requirements and drive integration process
o Prototype Manufacturing processes for OSFM and
subcontractor event reporting.
o First product line taken live 10/01/08.
o Completed testing of high volume product line 1/21/09.
o Subcontractor B2B reporting: Generate event reporting
requirements and review subcontractor sample reports
o Review and streamline product structures for NetLogic
Merger (6/2009) to minimize required setup and
maintenance.
. 11/01/08 to 12/01/08: Quicklogic Corporation
o Communicate best practices for new product line OSFM
implementation including product structure, costing, and
subcontractor manufacturing event reporting.
. 05/08/08 to 10/31/08: Next Wave Broadband corporation (Oracle
applications version 11.5.10.2)
o Generate project plan for OSFM, cost, inventory, BOM, and
related purchasing process implementation.
o Provide OSFM training to IT staff
o Lead Initial user training and conference room pilot 1
o Generate B2B subcontractor manufacturing event reporting
requirements and drive integration process
. 11/2007 to 01/15/08: Pericom Semiconductor
o Generate OSFM and B2B functional requirements
o Transition on another consultant in order to take
NetLogic live 2/B/08
. 10/2007 to 3/07/08: NetLogic Microsystems (Mountain View)
o Operations lead for OSFM implementation
o Module lead for MFG purchasing, MFG product cost, INV,
BOM, and OSFM
o Took OSFM live 2/B/08 and provided post production
support
. 7/2007 to 10/2007: RMI Corporation ( Cupertino CA)
o Execute OSFM Proof of Concept
. 3/2006 to 9/2007: Silicon Storage Technology (Fabless
Semiconductor), INC, Sunnyvale CA. 11.5.10 Upgrade:
o Project scope: Draft Manufacturing System Design Scope
to include manufacturing subcontractor automated data
collection and Shop Floor Manager Implementation.
o 3Q2006: Generate MFG Proof of Concept scope and
deliverables. Co-lead manufacturing process testing
involving inventory, bill of materials, work in process,
cost management, and shop floor manager application
modules.
o 4Q2006: Generate test requirements and participate in
business to business (B2B) communication testing using
Rosettanet format, Tibco software, and a custom adapter
to generate Oracle application transactions.
o 1Q2007: Participate in upgrade user acceptance testing
UAT for MFG processes. Generate New Product structure
implementation tasks and manage task execution.
Participate in B2B data input testing.
o 2Q2007: Participate in Shop Floor Manager and B2B Testing
of all required reported events and subsequent conversion
to Oracle applications inventory and shop floor manager
transactions. Generate and test plans for on-hand
inventory and WIP lot conversions to shop floor manager.
Validate cost accounting for new part numbers, bills of
materials, and routings.
. 10/2005 to 7/2006: Ikanos Communications (Fabless
Semiconductor), Fremont CA. 11.5.10 implementation.
o Operations Track lead: Shop Floor Manager (OSFM),
Inventory, Bills of Material, Cost Management,
Production Purchasing; Responsible for business to
business communications process development with
multiple subcontractors.
o Responsible for setup to support future Advanced Supply
Chain Planning implementation. Assisted in Phase 2
process design.
. 8/2005 to 10/2005: Calpine Containers, Pleasant Hill, CA:
11.5.10 re-implementation from 11.03. Assist with Inventory,
Bill of Materials, Work in Process, Costing Modules
. 8/2005 to 11/2005: Dionex: Corporation: 11.5.10 Upgrade and
World Wide roll-out. Lead Item maintenance process
enhancements: modified templates, status codes, attribute
control level changes.
. 8/2005: Genesis Mircrochip Inc, Alviso CA: Oracle Shop Floor
Manager: Consult with Director of Operations on Shop Floor
Manager process improvements.
Consultant: Colibri Information Management: 5/18/05 through 8/10/05
. 5/18/05 through 8/10/05: Accellent: (Medical Device
Manufacturing, Boston, MA) Oracle Demand Planning: Generate
Proof of Concept by setting up and demonstrating module
features.
o Features include entering demand plans, collecting data
from Oracle or legacy systems, and executing demand
planning cycle activities. Prepare scenario example
documents. Hold online demonstration sessions. Generate
presentation for CFO and CIO.
. Resigned effective 8/11/05 to pursue local opportunities.
Independent Contractor: 4/2001 to 5/18/2005
. 4/2005 to 5/12/05: Dionex Corporation, Sunnyvale CA: 11.5.10
Roll out to Canada and Europe: Perform application setups;
generate application conference room pilot scripts, generate
user desk procedures: Revise inventory item attribute control
level, status codes, and item templates to reduce new item
transactions by 50%. Modules: inventory, purchasing, order
management,
. 1/2005 to 3/25/05: Laserscope, San Jose CA: Oracle 11i,
11.5.10 Implementation: Responsible for the following Modules:
Inventory, Engineering, Bills of Material, Cost, Supply Chain
Planning, and Quality. Performed business analysis, setups,
and prepared user demos and training examples for assigned
modules. Generated production operations examples using work
order-less completions and repetitive schedules. Provided key
project management documents, such as application module scope,
discovery, and setup templates. Laserscope is a $100MM+
company that designs and manufactures medical lasers and laser
accessories.
. 6/2004 to 12/17/2004: Wilson Greatbatch Ltd., Buffalo NY, Post
Go-Live Oracle 11i support for multi-plant implementation.
Module scope: Inventory, Bills of Material, Planning
(forecasting, MDS, MPS, MRP), Cost Management, iProcurement,
Purchasing, Mobile Manufacturing, and Quality.
. Activity Scope:
. User issue resolution
. Process enhancements
. User training
. Examples from Canton MA plant: Project managed Planning
process enhancements.
. Routings: Revised time based resources to improve
scheduling accuracy
. Product Family Forecasting: Implemented product family
flow manufacturing features to enable finished goods item
and product family parent item consumption by sales
orders thus improving forecast maintenance.
. Production Operations: Review financial transactions
generated by production operations.
. Mobile Manufacturing:
. Receiving delivery transactions with item unit of
measure conversions
. Work in process work-orderless and work order
completions
. 5/2004-6/2004: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor: Oracle11.5.9
Implementation: Consulting lead for Inventory, Purchasing, and
Cost Modules for Phase 1.
. 3/2004-6/2004: Veraz Networks: Project cut-over tasks
. 10/2003-3/2004: Veraz Networks: Oracle 11.59 Implementation:
Consulting Project Manager and MFG track lead for US and Israel
implementation. Implementation scope includes HRMS,
Manufacturing and Distribution, CRM modules. Responsible for
consulting teams in US and Israel. Responsible for INV, BOM,
COST, PUR, WIP, Planning modules. Configure items and pick to
order (PTO) bills to support CRM Install base and Configurator
application modules. Provided Project template documents, such
as application module scope and discovery, module setup
documentation. Generated conference room pilot scripts.
Generated production operations examples using WIP. Managed
project schedules and schedule documentation.
. 10/2003-1/2004: Dionex Corporation: 11i Upgrade Purchasing
Process Training: Requisitions, Auto-creating Purchase Orders,
Automated Sourcing setup and training (Blanket agreements,
Approved Supplier list. Etc.)
. 8/2003-9/2003: Coherent: Provide End User Training for
Purchasing, Inventory, WIP (Oracle 11.58). Demonstrated re-
work production operations using WIP. Assist with Europe Go-
Live Preparation. Train Europe End Users in Germany.
. 6/2003: Education: Completed Advanced Supply Chain Planning
online and onsite classes
. 5/2003: Alliance Semiconductor: Oracle 10.7 to 11i Upgrade
. Validate manufacturing 11i processes. Validate inventory and
WIP production operations costing.
. Setup and validate Oracle Shop Floor manager and related
processes
. 8/2001 to 4/18/2003: Marvell Fabless Semiconductor Company:
completed Oracle 11i applications implementation:
. Manufacturing Project Manager for Oracle ShopFloor Manager
(OSFM), Work in Process, Inventory, Bills of Materials,
Purchasing, and Cost. Generated and maintained project
management documents for above modules.
. Formed user project team of US and Singapore staff
. Managed project activities and documents
. Generate and maintain Microsoft project plan
. Hold Team meetings and maintain the following
documents
. Meeting Minutes
. Assumptions
. Open and closed issues
. Team member responsibilities and deliverables
. Functional module lead for the following modules:
inventory, bills of material, shop floor manager, work in
process.
. Assisted with cost and purchasing, especially outside
processing.
. Assisted with pick to order process implementation with
Order Management
. Implemented automated transaction collection, translation to
Oracle format, and automated upload into Oracle applications
from Far East subcontractor systems for production
operations results.
. Transaction collection via Rosetta net format into
intermediate Oracle database
. Provided functional design and testing for the following
programs
. Generate OSFM and Inventory transactions
. Load transactions via open interface into Oracle
Applications
. Generated functional designs for transaction error
identification and automated correction.
. Generated functional designs for the following OSFM
extensions: lot attribute tracking, automated transaction
pre-validation routines, automated work orders for wafer to
die conversion, automated purchase order release and
purchase order receipts for outside subcontractor services.
. Performed software validation and user training for
manufacturing processes
. Successful go-live March 3, 2003. Marvell is currently
processing over 3,000 manufacturing transactions per week.
. NeoMagic Corporation: Oracle Shop Floor Manager setup and
testing support.
. Maple Optical: Planning Module implementation support
. Fujitsu PC: Project Manage European Oracle version 1li Order
Management, Accounts Receivables, and Inventory implementation
. Generate and maintain project plan
. Stabilize project team
. Hold team meetings with US and France users and maintain
meeting minutes
. Generate project assumptions document
. Generate and maintain open and closes issues lists
. Quicklogic: Fabless Semiconductor company
. Process re-engineering of documentation support using Oracle
Engineering and Bills of Materials application modules
(Version 11.03)
. Pick-to-Order feature testing and implementation using Bills
of Materials, Inventory, Order Entry, and Planning Modules
Experience: Futurenext Consulting Inc. 1/99-3/2001
. Promoted to Principal Consultant (1/99)
. 2000-2001: Maple Optical: Project manage rapid
implementation of six Oracle MFG Application Modules in 6
weeks. Modules included Inventory, Work In Process,
Purchasing, Planning, Engineering, and Cost Management
(Version 11i)
. Generated detail module feature scope document to promote
rapid implementation
. Generated training and test plans
. Performed hands-on install, testing, and training
. Form project team
. Hold regular team meetings and maintain the following
documents
. Meeting minutes
. Consulting and Client responsibility matrix
. Assumptions list
. Open and closed issues documents
. Stabilize relationship with application service provide
. Hold meetings with Oracle hosting general manager
. Generated action items for Oracle, Client, and
consulting project team and ensured timely resolution.
. 1999-2000:Quicklogic Semiconductor: Project manage Oracle
financials and manufacturing modules implementation (Version
11.03)
. Consulting project manager
. Hold regular team meetings and maintain the following
documents
. Project scope
. Consulting and Client responsibility matrix
. Meeting minutes
. Assumptions list
. Open and closed issues documents
. Modules included General Ledger, Receivables, Fixed
Assets, Inventory (INV), Planning, Purchasing (PUR),
Cost Management, Work in Process (WIP), Engineering,
Bills of Materials (BOM), and Oracle Shop Floor Manager
(semiconductor specialty product)
. Lead Oracle Shop Floor Manager (OSFM) implementation to
represent sub-contractor production operations in Oracle
WIP.
. Hands-on support for Inventory, Bills of Materials, Work
in Process, Planning, Cost, and Engineering modules
. 1999: Novell : project manage Oracle Order entry interface
to Vastera export compliance package (Oracle version 11.03)
. 1999: Measurex: Develop Oracle Work in Process (WIP)user
procedures for measurement equipment manufacturer (Oracle
version 11.03)
. 1999: Aspect Communications; Implement Assemble-to-Order
prototype at telecommunications company (Oracle version
10.7)
. Project Manage Oracle version 10.7-11.03 Upgrade at agri-
business packaging manufacturer
. Co-presented Paper at Fall 2000 OAUG on Oracle Shop Floor
Manager (Version 11.03)
. Co-presented Paper at Fall 1999 OAUG on Item Cataloging
feature (Version 10.7)
. Chair Oracle Application User Group (OAUG) Mfg Special
Interest Group
Experience: Core Technology Group 11/97-12/98 (Acquired by Futurenext
12/98)
. Senior Consultant: Oracle Applications Practice: Project
Manager and Operations Functional Consultant
. Client Assignments and roles 11/97 to 01/99:
. Software development and consulting company: project manager
plus lead for inventory, bills of material, and purchasing
modules ( Oracle version 10.7)
. Molecular Devices : Planning and WIP modules (Version 10.7)
. Artisan Systems : ABC and Cycle Counting
implementation(Version 10.7)
. Calpine Container Corporation :
. Consulting project manager
. Hold regular team meetings and maintain the following
documents
. Project scope
. Consulting and Client responsibility matrix
. Meeting minutes
. Assumptions list
. Open and closed issues documents
. Module lead for inventory, bills of materials, and cost
modules
. Assisted with purchasing and order entry modules
. Completed multi-organization, multi-site implementation
in 2 months (Version 10.7)
Experience: DMR Trecom (An Amdahl Company)
9/97-10/97: Systems Architect/Manager, Oracle Development Team:
Managed staff of 3 programmers and one project manager
Experience: Amdahl Corporation
5/96 - 9/97: Manager, Oracle Manufacturing Applications Support
(Version 10.5)
1. Managed staff of six programmers and project managers
responsible for Oracle Purchasing, Planning, WIP,
Engineering, Inventory, and Order Entry modules
10/95 - 5/96: Staff Project Manager, Oracle Manufacturing
Applications (Version 10.5)
Manage new product introductions onto Oracle Manufacturing
Applications (Version 10.5):
2. Implemented assemble-to-order for new Mainframe and NT
server products applications utilizing assemble-to-order.
3. Implemented storage product using outsourced manufacturing
and drop ship
12/87 - 10/95: Project Manager - Advanced Manufacturing
Engineering.
. Oracle Financial and Manufacturing Applications: Co-
Project manager for Oracle applications version 10.5
manufacturing implementation
. Hold regular team meetings and maintain the following
documents
. Project scope
. Consulting and Client responsibility matrix
. Meeting minutes
. Assumptions list
. Open and closed issues documents
. Manufacturing Process and Test System: Project managed
implementation of product configuration data collection
software system utilizing UNIX-based client/server network
. Mainframe Memory Upgrade Feature: Coordinated efforts to
create joint manufacturing/customer service order assurance
and hardware shipment processes
. Mainframe Computer Enterprise Systems Architecture: Project
managed manufacturing implementation for 5890 and 5990
mainframe computer product upgrades
7/87 - 12/87: Manufacturing Planning Directorate
Representative for MRP system replacement
3/82 - 7/87: Analyst, then Manager, Manufacturing Production
Planning: (5 plants)
. Coordinated the corporate wide quarterly demand/supply
process including demand analyses, multi-plant capacity
review and 8-quarter production plan
. Automated Master Schedule that cut cycle time 40%, reduced
errors from 5% to 0.1%, and doubled output
. Manage 5 planners
Control Data Corporation and ASK Computer Company
7/77 - 2/82 Marketing Representative for computer business
timesharing applications and Manufacturing systems software
United States Air Force
12/80 - 7/98: Lt. Colonel, Reserves (retired 7/98)
8/70-6/77: Officer, United States Air Force
Education:
. MBA University of Santa Clara
. MS System Management, University of So. California
. BA Marketing, Michigan State University
Professional:
. CPIM at Fellow Level, APICS (CFPIM)
. UC Berkeley Project Management Certificate Program Completion
Oracle Application User Group:
. Member Oracle Customer Advisor y Boards
. Oracle Shop Floor Manager (OSFM)
. Oracle Manufacturing HUB
. Board Member: Northern CA OAUG April 2007 to April 2008
. Chairperson: Discrete Manufacturing Special Interest Group 1997-2001
. Oracle Application User Group Papers
. And You thought it was only a Pallet: Item Cataloging: Fall 1999 (Co-
Author)
. Oracle Shop Floor Manager Implementation at Quicklogic: Fall
2000(Co-Author)
. Managing Outsource Manufacturing with Rosetta net and Oracle Shop
Floor Manager: Fall 2003 (Author)
. Planning Bills or Product Families? That is the Question. NORCAL
OAUG Training Day Presentation Spring 2005 (Author)
. An Oklahoma Cowboy's Guide to OSFM and B2B: NORCAL OAUG Training Day
Presentation January 2008.
. OSFM and B2B Tips and Tricks: NORCAL OAUG Training Day Presentation
January 2009
. OSFM and B2B Best Practices: NORCAL OAUG Triaining Day Presentation
January 2011