Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Summary:

During the last 25 years, as a Lead Consultant, Kent has completed over 25 full cycle Oracle

implementations in Engineering, Quality, Cost, Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing,

Maintenance, Order Management, Customer Service, Finance and System Administration. He possesses

excellent written and oral communication skills, skillfully facilitates discussions and works well in a team

environment. In addition, he has also implemented MRP II applications from ASK Computer Systems,

Western Data Systems, Boeing Computer Services and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from

the University of Hawaii.

Kent has improved business metrics by reducing part number proliferation, improving cost estimation,

automating inventory planning, increasing supply / demand orders accuracy, reducing purchase order

cost, eliminating non-value tasks, improving configuration history, increasing demo inventory visibility,

increasing on-time deliveries, reducing warranty costs.

As a Functional Lead, Kent trains and educates functional resources; gathers, analyzes and documents

business requirements, designs processes, designs functional specifications (MD050), configures and

documents Oracle elements (BR100), designs and tests business scenario test scripts, monitors

business metrics, resolves issues, manages scope, conducts CRPs and UATs, identifies bugs, creates

SRs and obtains appropriate patches. In addition, he implements policies and procedures, gap solutions,

best practices and re-engineering opportunities. Within his respective modules, he ascertains their GO /

NO-GO preparedness.

As a Technical Lead, Kent trains and educates technical resources; gathers, analyzes and maps Oracle –

To – Legacy data fields, designs technical specifications, designs and develops reports, interfaces,

conversions and extensions (RICE). He is proficient in EBS’s Technology Stack and Application

Framework (OAF); its core development tools – SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, Developer Suite (JDeveloper, Forms,

Reports, Discoverer), SQL*Loader, XML Publisher, Workflow, Unix / Linux shell scripts, CUSTOM.pll, SOA

Suite (BPEL).

As a Project Manager, Kent develops project plans, manages tasks, schedules, resources, scope and

expectations; resolves issues adversely impacting performance, conducts management reviews; leads,

mentors and encourages team participation and feedback. He analyzes the overall system architecture,

validates the solution designs, and ascertains the project’s GO / NO-GO preparedness.

Professional Experience:

Core Applications (10.7, 10NCA, 11.0, 11.5, 12.0, 12.1):

Engineering (Engineering (ENG), Bills of Material (BOM))

Quality (Quality (QA), Approvals Management (AME), Electronic Records (EDR))

Cost Management (CST)

Material Planning (Master Scheduling / MRP (MRP), Advanced Supply Chain Planning ASCP (MSC))

Procure To Pay (iSupplier Portal (POS), Sourcing (PON), iProcurement (ICX), Purchasing (PO), AP)

Inventory (INV)

Work In Process (WIP)

Project Manufacturing (PJM), Projects (PA)

Process Manufacturing OPM (Product Development (GMD), Process Execution (GME), Financials (GMF))

Maintenance (EAM, Install Base (CSI), Asset Tracking (CSE), Property Manager (PN))

Order To Cash (Configurator (CZ), Advanced Pricing (QP), Order Management OM (ONT), Shipping (WSH), AR)

Incentive Compensation (CN)

Service (Install Base (CSI), Service Contracts (OKS), Service (CS), iSupport (IBU), Depot Repair (CSD))

Finance (Payments (IBY), GL, FA, SubLedger Accounting (XLA), E-Business Tax (ZX))

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

System Administration (SYSADMIN)

Application Object Library (FND)

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Project Experience:

05/2010 – Current, Upgrade 11.5.10, Google / IBM, Mountain View, CA

As a Functional Manufacturing Consultant, Kent is involved in the upgrade of Oracle Applications

with:

~ Engineering (ENG), Bills of Material (BOM), Cost Management (CST), Project Manufacturing (PJM),

Inventory (INV), Work in Process (WIP), Purchasing (PO)

~ Analyzing Google business processes and developing associated user acceptance test scripts.

~ Identifying, analyzing, resolving issues and obtaining Oracle bug / patches.

~ Executing acceptance test scripts and certifying Oracle’s EBS Release 11.5.10 stability.

~ Executing acceptance test scripts and certifying Google’s Release 11.5.10 upgrade processes.

~ Performing Conference Room Pilots.

~ Providing support during User Acceptance Tests.

~ Google web portal enabling contract manufacturers to self-manage Google internal assets and interface

transactions into Oracle Applications. Maintenance includes Organizations, Subinventories, Locators,

Items, Routings, Bills of Material, Blanket Purchase Order Agreements, Approved Supplier Lists, Average

Cost Update. Transactions include WIP Import, WIP Component Issue / Return (Dekit), Purchase

Requisitions, Blanket Purchase Order Releases, Purchase Order Receipt, WIP Operation Move, WIP

Assembly Completion / Return (Dekit), Account Aliases Issue / Receipt, Cost Manager.

~ Google web portal enabling transporters to self-manage Google internal assets and interface transactions

into Oracle Applications. Transactions include Inter-Organization, SubInventory Transfers, Account

Aliases Issue / Receipt..

01/1998 – 04/2010, Fusionize, San Jose, CA

As a Lead Functional / Technical Consultant, Kent has trained, analyzed, designed, documented,

configured, tested, converted and implemented / upgraded Oracle Applications for the following

clients:

10/2009 – 04/2010, Upgrade 12.1.1, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Grand Forks, ND

Operator of power plants, electrical transmission system

~ Managed 12.1.1 upgrade project.

~ Managed the human resources and payroll upgrade.

[] Trained, analyzed, designed, documented, configured, tested and upgraded:

Engineering, Bills of Material

~ Configured change orders, items, routings and bills of material.

Quality

~ Configured to trigger work request when plan’s SCADA reading exceeds element specification range.

Approvals Management, E-Records

~ Configured business events; event’s approval requirements.

~ Configured to route the purchase requisition for multi-department approvals.

~ Configured to trigger the electronic signature upon its business event (DOD 5015 compliance).

Cost Management

~ Configured material from material, freight and sales tax.

~ Configured material overhead from stockroom personnel salaries.

~ Configured labor resource from timecard @employee rate or routing @standard rate.

~ Configured outside processing from supplier invoice or routing @standard rate.

~ Configured overhead from G&A personnel salaries, vacation and sick leave.

~ Configured other expense resource from miles driven @mileage rate.

~ Configured item’s cost from its standards, purchase order, work order and variance sources.

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Master Scheduling / MRP, Advanced Supply Chain Planning

~ Configured forecasts; forecast’s items; item’s forecast dates and quantities.

~ Configured ASCP instances; instance’s organizations; organization’s supply and demand schedules.

~ Configured to transmit item’s replenishment to appropriate source organization.

~ Configured to generate recommendations and exceptions for existing supply / demand orders.

~ Configured to generate replenishment planned orders for schedule’s / plan’s demand orders.

iSupplier Portal

~ Configured suppliers to monitor inventory levels and manage their own delivery schedules.

~ Configured suppliers to enter their own invoices with actual work order subcontract labor details.

Sourcing, iProcurement, Purchasing

~ Configured to rate proposal by value and weight assigned to RFQ’s requirement (section / attribute).

~ Configured employees to shop and check-out inventory and expense purchases.

~ Configured item’s preferred supplier by sourcing rule.

~ Configured item’s supplier part number and purchasing UOM by approved supplier list.

~ Configured item’s purchasing / stocking UOM translation by conversion rule.

~ Configured requisition’s approval by requestor’s job; job’s approval limit and authorized charge accounts.

~ Configured inventory, expense goods / services and subcontract requisitions / purchase orders.

~ Configured to trigger blanket agreement release and supplier notification.

~ Configured to receive / return purchase orders and accept / reject purchase order receipts.

Inventory

~ Configured facilities; facility’s shipping networks, hierarchy, transit times, stockrooms and stock locators.

~ Configured item’s ABC classification by percentage of total inventory value.

~ Configured to replenish inventory levels by min-max, reorder point and safety stock planning.

~ Configured item’s supplier requisition or internal move order replenishment from sourcing.

~ Configured item’s cycle count schedule by ABC code and count frequency.

~ Configured to trigger approval of item’s cycle count adjustment by tolerance levels.

~ Configured to increase visibility to serial / lot number’s material status and genealogy.

~ Configured to adjust inventory counts, transfer material between facilities / stockrooms, deliver purchase

order receipts, issue material to jobs and ship sales orders.

Work In Process

~ Configured to classify generation, transmission, field support and engineering costs.

~ Configured production, rework, engineering and customer repair jobs.

~ Configured to release, issue material, charge labor, earn overhead, complete operation and complete job.

~ Configured to trigger supplier requisition with movement into job’s subcontract operation.

~ Configured to trigger completion of job’s subcontract operation with purchase order receipt.

Project Manufacturing, Projects

~ Configured to summarize project, organization and expenditure by WIP material, labor and expenses.

Enterprise Asset Management, Asset Tracking, Property Manager

~ Configured maintenance activities; activity’s operations, resources and materials.

~ Configured assets; asset’s asset group, attributes, maintenance activities, configuration and meters.

~ Configured facilities; facility’s associated leases, contacts, roles, access rights and obligations.

~ Configured maintenance schedules; schedule’s assets and maintenance activities.

~ Configured work request approvers.

~ Configured to classify maintenance, operations and engineering costs.

~ Configured maintenance work orders.

~ Configured to trigger purchase requisition with new work order requirements (Inventory / Expense).

~ Configured to trigger, for billable third-party maintenance, new invoice after work completion.

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Configurator, Advanced Pricing, Order Management, Shipping Execution

~ Configured to qualify customers and products, by their attributes, for price lists, discounts and charges.

~ Configured item’s selling price by pricing formula and pricing attributes.

~ Configured cooperative, government and consumer order types.

~ Configured standard, service, ATO and PTO products for sales and demo order line types.

~ Configured sales order’s preferred picking stockroom by defaulting rules.

~ Configured ATP / GOP to improve customer satisfaction with on-time delivery.

Install Base, Service Contracts, Service, iSupport, Depot Repair

~ Configured return, repair, replace, advance replace and new order service business processes.

~ Configured business processes; process’s service activities.

~ Configured activities; activity’s material, labor and expense billing types; activity’s return line types.

~ Configured service coverage; coverage’s business processes, response terms, billing types and rates.

~ Configured customer’s extended warranties / warranties; warranty’s products and service coverage.

~ Configured service requests; request’s products and business process.

~ Configured demo, credit, repair and replacement return line types and sales order line types.

~ Configured to create, review, estimate and approve depot repair orders.

~ Configured to create, issue material, charge labor and complete depot repair jobs.

AP, Payments, AR, GL, FA, Subledger Accounting

~ Configured item, freight and tax supplier invoice lines.

~ Configured to pay and print MICR check for supplier invoice.

~ Configured hierarchy of parties, accounts, sites, site uses, contacts and relationships (TCA).

~ Configured item, tax and discount customer invoice lines.

~ Configured to receive cash receipts and complete collection activities.

~ Configured ledgers; ledger’s chart of accounts, currency and calendar.

~ Configured legal entities; entity’s ledger, operating units, organizations and inter-company relationships.

~ Configured to create sub-ledger accounting entries and transfer sub-ledger journals to GL.

E-Business Tax

~ Configured states, counties, cities and zip codes hierarchy (TCA).

~ Configured tax – countries, regimes, taxes, status, jurisdictions and tax rates.

~ Configured item’s tax classification, intended use, exceptions and exemptions.

~ Configured to qualify tax application by applicable conditions.

~ Configured to qualify customers by fiscal classifications.

System Administrator

~ Configured responsibilities; responsibility’s profile values (system, security) and granted users.

~ Configured security profiles; profile’s granted organizations.

Application Object Library, Alert, XML Publisher

~ Configured forms, functions, menus, flexfields, value sets, request groups, concurrent programs,

professional / self service forms (personalize).

~ Developed CUSTOM.pll custom library and TEMPLATE.fmb forms.

03/2009 – 09/2009, Implement 11.5.10 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Stanislaus County Health Services, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

Government Health Services Agency

CST, PO, INV, Encumbrance Accounting

~ Configured structure (entity, operating unit,

organization, security).

12/2008 – 02/2009, Proof of Concept 12.0.4, BCTC, [] Lead Consultant, train, analyze, design, document,

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

British Columbia configure, test:

Project Collaboration

Electrical transmission systems manager

09/2008 – 11/2008, Upgrade 12.0.4 [] Manager / Lead Consultant, analyze, test:

EPCOR, Alberta

~ Impact of EMPAC integration design on R12

Power plants and electrical transmission systems ~ Impact of EMPAC integration objects used on R12

operator ~ Impact of EMPAC integration failure points on R12

01/2008 – 08/2008, Implement 12.0.4 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Beluga Ventures, UT documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

Nutritional food and beverage products

ENG, BOM, QA, Approvals Management (AME), E-

manufacturer

Records (EDR), CST, MSC, ICX, PO, INV, WIP,

EAM, E-Business Tax

~ Configured structure (entity, operating unit,

organization, security).

~ Managed the order management implementation.

~ Configured electronic signature compliance (FDA 21

CFR Part 11)

~ Interfaced external sales orders into Oracle;

shipment confirmations into external freight carriers

and external freight carrier delivery confirmation into

shipment confirmations.

OPM Product Development (GMD), OPM

Process Execution (GME), OPM Financials

(GMF)

~ Recipes, products, formulas and process routings

~ Batches, operations, activities and ingredients

~ Tests, methods, duration, data ranges and actions

~ Sampling plans, frequencies, sample counts and

pieces per count

~ Specifications, products or processes, tests, data

ranges and actions

Incentive Compensation (CN)

~ Compensation plans, elements, formulas,

expressions, expression sources, rate table

dimensions and values

07/2007–12/2007, Proof of Concept 12.0.4, EPCOR, [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Alberta documented, configured and tested:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MSC, iSupplier Portal,

Power plants and electrical transmission systems

Sourcing, ICX, PO, INV, Project Manufacturing (PA),

operator

EAM

~ Configured structure (entity, operating unit,

organization, security).

01/2007 – 06/2007, Implement 11.5.10 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

ETM Electromatic, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

Aerospace and defense manufacturer

ENG, BOM, QA, Approvals Management (AME), E-

Records (EDR), CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, Project

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Kent Nishimura Oracle E-Business Suite

760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Manufacturing (PA), Configurator, QP, OM, WSH,

Service Contracts, Install Base, Service, iSupport,

Depot Repair, AP, AR, GL, FA

~ Configured structure (entity, operating unit,

organization, security).

~ Migrated Salt Lake City operations to its own

inventory organization.

~ Configured Models, Option Classes and Options for

ATO / PTO

~ Interfaced AGILE items and bills into Oracle and

external time card entries and freight only invoice

costs into discrete jobs

03/2006 – 12/2006, Implement 11.5.10 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Minnkota Power Cooperative, ND documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

Power plants and electrical transmission systems

ENG, BOM, QA, Approvals Management (AME), E-

operator

Records (EDR), CST, MRP, ICX, PO, INV, WIP,

Project Manufacturing (PA), EAM, Configurator, QP,

OM, WSH, Service Contracts, Install Base, Service,

iSupport, Depot Repair

~ Configured structure (entity, operating unit,

organization, security).

~ Configured applications for FERC / RUS compliance.

~ Interfaced freight only invoice costs into work orders.

08/2005 – 02/2006, Implement 11.5.10 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Sonicwall, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, QP, OM,

WSH

02/2005 – 07/2005, Implement 11.5.9 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Deseret Power Cooperative, UT documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, ICX, PO, INV, WIP,

EAM

11/2004 – 01/2005, Implement 11.5.8 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Pycon, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, QP,

OM, WSH

10/2003 – 10/2004, Implement 11.5.7 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Deseret Book, UT documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

CST, MRP, PO, INV, QP, OM, WSH, Incentive

Compensation

04/2002 – 04/2003, Implement 11.5.6 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Clearone Communications, UT documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, QP,

OM, WSH, Incentive Compensation, Service

Contracts, Install Base, Service, iSupport, Depot

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760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

Repair

11/2001 – 03/2002, Implement 11.5.6 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Simplex Solutions, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

CST, PO, INV, QP, OM, WSH, AP, AR, GL, FA

05/2001 – 10/2001, Implement 11.5.6 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

TASQ Technology, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, QP,

OM, WSH

11/2000 – 04/2001, Implement 11.0 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Foundry Networks, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, CST, QA, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, Service

Contracts, Install Base, Service, iSupport, Depot

Repair

05/2000 – 10/2000, Implement 11.0 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Silicon Valley Group, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, OE

10/1999 – 04/2000, Upgrade 11.0 [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Silicon Valley Group, CA documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, OE

05/1999 – 09/1999, Development 11.0 [] Lead Consultant, migrated to new Oracle Set of

Silicon Valley Group, CA Books and Accounting Calendar.

12/1998 – 04/1999, Implement NCA [] Lead Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed,

Chicago Pneumatic, SC documented, configured, tested, converted,

developed and implemented:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, OE

01/1998 – 11/1998, Development NCA [] Lead Consultant, integrated Oracle Order Entry and

Nextel Communications, CA Nextel Cellular Activation.

06/1994 – 12/1997, Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA

Implemented Oracle Applications for the following clients:

09/1996 – 12/1997, Implement 10SC [] Principal Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed, documented,

Litton Aero Products, CA configured and tested:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP, Service Contracts,

Install Base, Service, iSupport, Depot Repair

08/1995 – 08/1996, Implement 10.7 [] Principal Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed, documented,

Sun Microsystems, CA configured and tested:

ENG, BOM, QA, CST, MRP, PO, INV, WIP

07/1994 – 07/1995, Implement10.7 [] Senior Consultant, trained, analyzed, designed, documented,

Tektronix Color Printing & Imaging, configured and tested:

OR OE

01/1992 – 06/1994, Hughes Network Systems, San Diego, CA

Senior Systems Analyst, implemented ASK MRP II applications.

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760-***-**** (ablbnj@r.postjobfree.com) Functional / Technical Lead Consultant

06/1988 – 01/1992, TRW Avionics & Surveillance, San Diego, CA

Management Advisor, implemented Boeing / Western Data Systems MRP II applications.

10/1985 – 06/1988, TRW Electronic Products, San Luis Obispo, CA

Senior Analyst, implemented ASK / MADIC MRP II applications.

06/1984 – 10/1985, ASK Computer Systems, Los Altos, CA

Software Engineer, developed manufacturing, distribution and financial applications.

03/1983 – 06/1984, MADIC, Santa Clara, CA

Programmer, developed manufacturing, distribution and financial applications.

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