Management Quality

Location:

Nandambakkam, TN, 600069, India

Posted:

September 10, 2017

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Vimal Balaji

Sr. SAP PP/PP-PI/QM Lead, MM & APO

Cell: 302-***-**** / 209-***-****

ac18pk@r.postjobfree.com / Skype: balaji8952

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vimalbalaji-jayaraman-631706148/

SAP AG - Certified in SAP Production Planning & Manufacturing Execution

PROFILE

10 years of relevant SAP Exp in SAP PP / PP-PI / QM as Primary Skill & APO, PM, MM as secondary skill with 4 full life cycle End-to-End Implementations in Global template for a mid to large volume projects, Global Support and upgrade in the following verticals FMCG, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Automobiles, Industrial Machinery & equipment’s, Automation and Power Technologies (Robotics, Motor, Transformers, Electrical panels, Switch Board)

Rich experience in process domain manufacturing with one of the leading MNC in India in the areas of Production planning, Scheduling, Manufacturing Execution and Quality Control.

More than 3 Years of Onsite Lead experience as Single Point of Contact for functional and business process decisions through several internal meetings with concerned business process owner.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Understand business process, collect requirements and prepare RICEF documents for developing new requirements and gaps to provide solution in SAP, participate in business system design/redesign activities and identify potential impacts on the organization.

Worked on Discrete manufacturing, Repetitive manufacturing, Process manufacturing, variant configuration for Automobile industries, Assemble to Order with MTO, ETO network order with project systems and worked on the following planning strategy group 10, 20, 21, 40, 50, 52, 82, 83, 85 ….

Rich Knowledge in Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and Configuration settings, Kanban, JIT process, Master production scheduling (MPS) for a high-volume products followed by MRP, Capacity planning, S&OP, Demand management, Shop floor control, Batch management, Serial number, Defined MRP profiles, MRP Group configuration, MRP type, Dynamic safety stock, sub-contracting, Co-product & by-product and Master Data extraction, upload and maintenance.

Develop, maintain and provide functional expertise to the client business by providing suitable solutions.

Testing (Regression / Unit / Integration) and remediation of defects involving SAP PP, PP/PI & QM.

Identify and write required test scripts and support integration and user-acceptance testing.

Expertise in implementing ASAP Methodology & agile methodology to continually reacting to customer business requirements

Experience in leading a team size over 30 Consultants for a low volume to mid-size project.

Knowledge of testing tool HPQC & HP ALM and ticketing tool like HPSM, Solution manager, Quick base, Remedy and Change management process through Rev-Trak

Experience in product costing, Configuration settings and integration with FI/CO, SD, MM and APO

Responsible for preparation of data mapping spread sheets, functional design Specifications for interface development, custom reports, enhancements and Configured various objects in Capacity requirements planning, availability check during order create and release, standard value keys, overall profile(selection profile, time profile, strategy profile, evaluation profile) shift sequences, scheduling parameters for planned and production orders, production schedulers and MRP controllers, order type dependent parameters, Production Order confirmation, MRP Controller and Schedule Margin key

Worked in Data Migration using LSMW, BDC for master data upload for BOM, Material master, Work Centers and Routing.

Having good knowledge in Cut over activities, created cut over plan prior to Go-live and post-implementation support.

Global support Excellent analytical/problem-solving abilities, Roll-out and up-gradation projects (Ehp 5.0 to Ehp 7.0)

Worked on Product costing and other configuration settings required for PP objects BOM product structure costing using material level and plant level, Activity planning and costing, production order costing, overhead calculation, variance, settlement of the order. Material master standard cost estimate and release integration with Controlling (COPA), Assigning material to network activity and it’s cost using milestone Billing, material cost, Order cost, WBS element using project systems with strategy network with Project systems / without project systems (83, 85, 82)

Worked extensively on DMS for Engineering design document, Batch document as PRT in master recipe and batch document printed for process order.

MES design, IDOC/EDIC configuration, Reprocess IDOC with failure Status, Sub-contracting, LIMS, POMS interface and integration knowledge.

Project based Orders, Make-to-stock, Make-to-order, planning with / w/o final assembly, Engineer-to-order, phantom assembly, collective order & Kanban, JIT, Discrete manufacturing, repetitive manufacturing, variant configuration, process manufacturing with GMP, FDA validation and best practice, Engineering Change Management (ECR/ECO) and procurement management.

Worked using Remedy, solution manager tool and change management through Rev-Trak.

Worked on Control Recipes simulation in master recipe, control recipe monitoring, Reporting process messages through PI sheet.

Defined settings for variant configuration (VC), worked on defining variants, creating characteristics and class, for sales order configuration. Simulated configuration profile to test object dependencies.

Factory Calendar Open / Close & specific to plant are done through documentation process for

client opening.

Quality Management:

Quality management master data in Master Inspection characteristics (MIC's), Inspection plan, Inspection types, Sampling Scheme, Sampling procedures, Dynamic modification rule (DMR), Sampling method, Codes & Code groups, Catalogs, selected sets, Inspection method, Quality info record (QIF), task list and Reference operation set (ROS).

Quality management configuration in Certificate type, Certificate profile, plant-specific QM settings, action box, follow-up actions using Function key & work flow for automatic notifications, priority, validations, Audit management, Vendor evaluation.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

## SAP AG Certified Professional in SAP PP (2011)

C_TSCM42_65: Application Associate in Production Planning & Manufacturing with SAP ECC 6.0 EHP5

## Trained in SAP (India) on SCM APO GATP (2014)

SAP Certified Application Associate in Planning and GATP with SAP SCM APO 7.0 Ehp2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client: Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor (Michigan) 03/2017 to Till date

Role: Enterprise Solution Architect - SAP PP Project Type: Support & Upgrade ECC 6.0 EHP 8.0 HANA

Production support which involves monitoring ticket on high priority issues using Service Now tool, New Model planning, Batch jobs monitoring, development and upgrade

Expertise in SAP Production Planning – REM Manufacturing process, Planning Process – demand management, Planning strategy, strategy group, requirement type, requirement class, Lot size, safety stock, Availability check, scope of check, MRP, Sales and Operations Planning (SOP), MPS followed by MRP, standard value key, default parameters, plant parameters, Rescheduling horizon, planning horizon

Expertise in SAP Shop floor control configuration- Order type, order type dependent parameters, plant parameters, number range configuration (for production order, reservation, confirmation, serial number etc…), scheduling parameters, confirmation parameters, status management, configure serialization and serial number profile, batch management for dependents, Schedule margin key, ECM (Engineering Change management), DMS (Document management systems), Capacity planning / levelling configuration, defined and configured overall profile (Time profile, selection profile, strategy profile, display profile etc…), Dynamic safety stock using coverage profile

NMP-New Model planning, Project maintenance, Pilot & Pre-pilot run, Sales model production

Production Master Data like material master (MRP 1, 2, 3 & 4), Work scheduling view, routing, bill of material, production version, work center, schedule margin key, developing and using data migration tools like LSMW

MES design, IDOC/EDIC configuration, defined message type, trigger point, function module, Reprocessing IDOC with failure Status

Sub-contracting process Operation/Assembly level and configuration settings, master data and integration work shop with MM

PP Baseline configuration and exhibited unit testing and other configuration and participated in integration work shop for integration discussion with SD, MM, FI, CO, QM, AM

Process Model solutions, working closely with the technical teams to deliver an overall solution. Participate in business system road map development, and identify potential impacts on the organization. Conduct planning initiatives, feasibility studies, collaborate with internal and external customers to elicit their business concerns and develop workable solutions by providing best practice to elicit BAIO system with HANA environment.

Lead cross-functional team meetings to identify desired modifications, capabilities, and features desired by End-Users.

Develop functional solution architecture assessment and prepare recommendations for improvements.

Production execution on Assemble – to – Order processing and integration with PS structures - WBS, network, milestones, standard structures, cost planning, user status profiles, budgeting, materials planning, assembly processing, project quotation, time sheets, time sheet confirmations, goods issues, project stock, Results analysis – cost based and revenue based methods, completion contract method, period-end processing – overheads, results analysis, settlement.

Implemented Capacity Planning Configured and customized KANBAN master data such as supply area, Control cycle, replenishment strategies, and defined status sequence in customizing.

Worked extensively for development in preparing RICEFWs objects

Client: Genentech (Roche Pharmaceuticals) San Francisco, CA (Dec 16 – Mar17)

Role: SAP Analyst SAP PP-PI/QM Project Type: ECC 6.0 EHP 7.0

PP-PI Configuration and factory calendar rule maintenance to change working day to non-working day

PP-PI & QM interfaces like G-POMS, LIMS … to send process order control data and sampling and assign inspection levels to newly created inspection Lot across the plant by modifying the standard user Exit.

PI Sheet Configuration, Pi sheet Maintenance and other master data maintenance

By-product, co-product and add these material in recipe as negative quantity and costing

Scheduling parameters, availability check, checking group, Checking rule, Scope of check, MRP, order type, order type dependent parameters for different process order type.

Provide production support as L3 Consultant and interacting with SAP and created OSS message for solutions which is not achieved.

Prepared test plan, scripts and scenario for regression, integrated testing objects in test lab using HP ALM tool and worked in a ticketing tool “HPSM”

Material level Batch management adopted, batch determination before order release and Pull batch derivation is adopted in production for copying sender batch characteristics values and batch master fields in to receiving batch of header material at the time of order goods receipt.

Provide assistance in data modeling and data architecture design for Production, Shop floor control, Master Data like material master (MRP 1, 2, 3 & 4), Work scheduling, routing, bill of material, production version, resource. Data Migration through LSMW, Mass processing / SAP Query to download recipe data and other reports.

Monitoring Batch Job, creating new batch Job to trigger as system user, Mail triggered to planner’s Email id as HTML / Excel.

Complete configuration for shop floor execution, Process order information system, Reports, production execution, order TECO, settlement, order completion

PI Sheet Configuration, Pi sheet Maintenance and other master data maintenance using X step

Concept of co-product and by-product and remove order inconsistency using Bug-fix program

QM Master Data like inspection plan, sampling procedure, sample type, info record, dynamic modification rule, notification, catalog, code & code groups, inspection types, sample management, Quality Certificate

QM enhancement to assign quality stage across any plant when the material is used for inspection using prior vendor logic by using reset date / reset period with dynamic modification rule

SAP Quality Planning and Inspection Configuration like Configuration of Plant Parameter for Quality Management, Configuration of control key - defining the payment control within quality management, Configuration of Blocking reason - to restrict the vendor supply in case of quality deviation, Defining catalogue type, configuration of valuation mode and sampling type, Configuration of inspection type to define different types of inspection control, Defining default values for inspection type - controls lot creation, Configuration of Quality inspection for goods movement - responsible to create lot with respect to goods movement, Defining inspection type

For Plant Maintenance - important integration link with plant maintenance to inspect equipment

and gauges

Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Configuration of Notification

Type, Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Defining Number Range

For Notification, Configuration of Notification Priority, Configuration of Quality certificate type,

Defining the Data origin - Data to be picked up and to be printed in quality certificate is defined here plus all other integration points are included with

QM to LIMS interface enhancement to sampling data and inspection plan to LIMS from sap using prior inspection Lot logic for follow up function to carry out result recording followed by UD by assigning quality level from earlier inspection Lot & vendor batch logic for the same material belongs to same vendor.

Client: Astra Zeneca (AZ), Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE Project: Quick Silver (Jun 16 - Dec 16)

Role: Sap Analyst (PP-PI/QM/PM) Project Type: Roll-out ECC 6.0 EHP 6.0

Worked as Lead & onsite coordinator for SAP PP, QM and onsite coordinator for PM of team size 10 Consultants in offshore. Gather requirements in case of new developments, Prepared RICEFW object for technical team to prepare TS. The requirement was tested informal in SAP, later tested in formal testing environment and the report was captured in a pre-defined test template and get it signed by the user to confirm the requirement for closure.

Monitoring Batch Job, creating new batch Job to trigger as system user, Mail triggered to planner’s Email id as HTML / Excel.

Complete configuration for shop floor execution, Process order information system, Reports, production execution, order TECO, settlement, order completion

PI Sheet Configuration, Pi sheet Maintenance and other master data maintenance using X step

Concept of co-product and by-product and remove order inconsistency using Bug-fix program

QM enhancement to assign quality stage across any plant when the material is used for inspection using prior vendor logic by using reset date / reset period with dynamic modification rule

QM - Plant Maintenance - important integration link of QM with plant maintenance to inspect equipment and gauges

QM to LIMS interface enhancement to assign sampling data and inspection plan to LIMS.

Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Configuration of Notification

Type, Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Defining Number Range

For Notification, Configuration of Notification Priority, Configuration of Quality certificate type,

Defining the Data origin - Data to be picked up and to be printed in quality certificate is defined here plus all other integration points are included.

Client: Moog. Inc., Naples, FL 04/2015 to 03/2016

Role: Enterprise Solution Architect - SAP PP Project Type: Implementation ECC 6.0 EHP 7.0

Gathering requirements to understand the Client's business and transform this information in to SAP. Prepared Business Blue print document, identify gaps and prepared Functional specification.

Expertise in SAP Production Planning – Discrete Manufacturing Production Order Process, Planning Process – demand management, Planning strategy, strategy group, requirement type, requirement class, Lot size, safety stock, Availability check, scope of check, MRP, Sales and Operations Planning (SOP), MPS followed by MRP, standard value key, default parameters, plant parameters, Rescheduling horizon, planning horizon

MES design, IDOC/EDIC configuration, defined message type, trigger point, function module, Reprocessing IDOC with failure Status

Sub-contracting process Operation/Assembly level and configuration settings, master data and integration work shop with MM

PP Baseline configuration and exhibited unit testing and other configuration and participated in integration work shop for integration discussion with SD, MM, FI, CO, QM, AM

Lead cross-functional team meetings to identify desired modifications, capabilities, and features desired by End-Users.

Develop functional solution architecture assessment and prepare recommendations for improvements.

Implemented Capacity Planning Configured and customized KANBAN master data such as supply area, Control cycle, replenishment strategies, and defined status sequence in customizing.

Worked extensively for development in preparing RICEFWs objects

Client: GSK Pharmaceuticals Raleigh, NC Duration: 08/2013 to 04/2015

Role: Principal Consultant - SAP PP-PI & QM Project Type: Up-Grade ECC 6.0 EHP 5.0 to EHP 7.0

Role: Enterprise Solution Consultant - SAP PP-PI & QM Roll-out, Global Support as L3 ECC 6.0 EHP 5.0

Extensive study involved in End-to-End full life cycle Technical & Business cut-over Activities which include analyzing GSK's L4 Sub-processes for impacted side effects and applied correction notes. Interact with SAP for any deviation in the business transaction.

Each business transaction involving Client’s business are analyzed carefully as per the BPSD provided by Basis and the deviations are documented and applied correction notes for the impacted L4 processes. The testing was carried out in all the system landscape from Development, Quality and pre-production.

MES design, IDOC/EDIC configuration, Reprocess IDOC with failure Status

Sub-contracting process Operation/Assembly level, by-product and co-product, batch management.

Responsible for Critical and high priority tickets using Remedy ticketing tool and configuration / enhancement required are addressed through Change management with change document and are tracked using Rev-Trac.

PI Sheet Configuration, Pi sheet Maintenance and other master data maintenance.

Worked extensively on DMS to print Batch document, defined document type, various status, part number / version management and document info record.

Handling Unit Management in production (Packing of Inbound & Outbound delivery) and process order dependent components which were earlier linked with handling unit after GR and the header material after GR is tagged in Handling unit. Defined control cycle and components are staged using production staging area.

Global delivery support as L3 consultant for new enhancement and configuration in PP-PI & QM

Worked on Global Rollout Projects with hands on in Template Design & Roll Out, PP-PI configuration and testing

ECM using ECR for recipe management, BOM approval using work flow and digital signature.

Provided value-adds in factory calendar usage in manufacturing & sales / shipping plant and dedicated calendars created to avoid inconsistency in planning/production scheduling.

SAP Quality Planning and Inspection Configuration like Configuration of Plant Parameter for Quality Management, Configuration of control key - defining the payment control within quality management, Configuration of Blocking reason - to restrict the vendor supply in case of quality deviation, Defining catalogue type, configuration of valuation mode and sampling management, Configuration of inspection type to define different types of inspection control, Defining default values for inspection type - controls lot creation, quality certificate, Configuration of Quality inspection for goods movement - responsible to create lot with respect to goods movement, Defining inspection type For Plant Maintenance - important integration link with plant maintenance to inspect equipment and gauges.

QM to LIMS interface enhancement to sampling data and inspection plan to LIMS from sap using prior vendor logic & inspection Lot

Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Configuration of Notification Type, Configuration of screen selection and template for Notification type, Defining Number Range For Notification, Configuration of Notification Priority, Configuration of Quality certificate type, Defining the Data origin - Data to be picked up and to be printed in quality certificate is defined here plus all other integration points are included.

QM Master Data like inspection plan, sampling procedure, sample type, info record, dynamic modification rule, notification, catalog, code & code groups, inspection types.

QM enhancement to assign quality stage across any plant when the material is used for inspection using prior vendor logic by using reset date / reset period with dynamic modification rule using QM User Exit

IBM – Package Solution Consultant (02/2012 - 03/2013)

Client: Nissan Franklin, TN

Role: Functional Lead Consultant - SAP PP Project Type: Roll-out / Support ECC 6.0 EHP 5.0

Scope: One of the Nissan Motor plant implemented using Global Rollout template design

Production was recorded manually for inventory purposes. To avoid manual entry and In-Consistency in inventory recording/punching by manual method.

To identify panels produced from indigenous Coils to get excise benefit when cars exported. Batch management to distinguish panels produced between indigenous coils and imported coils batch number prefixed with string to easily identify panels.

Responsibility:

Implemented Discrete manufacturing using variant Configuration (VC), Defined settings for variant configuration (VC), Worked on defining variants, creating characteristics and class for sales order configuration. Simulated configuration Profile to test object dependencies of type Pre-condition, Selection Condition and Procedures.

MES design, IDOC/EDIC configuration, Reprocess IDOC with failure Status

Sub-contracting process Operation/Assembly level and integration with MM team.

Maintain master data material type, Prepared test scripts for Unit testing, participated in system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT). Serial number profile and configured serialization procedure to generate serial number for sub-assembly parts produced in-house, Sub Contracting process, Capacity planning / Capacity levelling,

Introduced 2d Barcode scanner to issue coils which are relevant to production order and issue panels to body shop and paint shop in order to identify right panel using batch determination carried by production order

Prepared BRND (Business Requirement Narrative Document) in the template provided by Nissan similar to AS-IS in SAP and prepared business blue print document, Developed specifications for RICEF objects (FSP), User training, configuration, integration workshop between supply chains.

Master data template for uploading master data, Cut over activities, inventory counting etc. Testing (Unit & Integrating) prepared test script in the template issued by Nissan motors, Japan.

Customized new confirmation screen for entering production confirmation. Implemented Shop floor execution using bar code scanner and new development for label printing.

Work closely with technical team in developing custom reports. Custom development in the Batch number to distinguish Coils produced to get excise benefit.

HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) – Technology Consultant III-b (04/2010 - 02/2012) On Full time

Client: Ashok Leyland 12/2010 to 02/2012

Role: Functional Consultant - SAP PP Project Type: Implementation ECC 6.0 EHP 4.0

Gathering requirements and prepared business blue print, Functional specification, training manual etc.

Discrete manufacturing for header material and Repetitive manufacturing (REM) for some child items.

Expertise in SAP Shop floor control configuration- Order type, order type dependent parameters, plant parameters, number range configuration (for production order, reservation

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