Meher Kiran Dharanipragada
Senior ABAP Consultant
Email: *****.****@*****.***
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Phone: 931-***-****
Summary
• SAP ABAP consultant with 8 yrs. of expertise in SAP ABAP and SAP EDI integration.
• Good experience in Onsite-Offshore model and managed 4 projects as an Onsite ABAP
lead. More than 4 yrs as ABAP and EDI AMS lead experience reporting to SAP
Governance team.
• Major onsite implementation experience for automotive components industry in
Europe(Germany,Italy and Spain) and USA.
• Performance centred key business applications and report development in FI/CO for
Financial Services industry.
• Expert in MSB (Mobisys Solution Builder) for complete Scanning solution for process optimization in
SAP core operations (MM/WM/PP/SD).
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Data migration, designing, coding, review
and testing RICEF objects .
• Expert level knowledge in best practises for 3rd party interfacing tools for SAP.
• Worked on SAP RETAIL implementation Project.
• Good cross-functional knowledge in SD, MM,WM,FI and exposure in HR and PP
Modules.
• A very good team player and adept in Logical and Analytical skills with a desire to
learn new technologies
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ABAP Expertise
• Expert in providing complete scanning solution for Logistics execution.
• Development of code with optimum reusability techniques to make application maintenance an
easy job.
• Providing solutions that are easily adaptable to multiple system landscapes.
• Good understanding of user exits, BADI's and enhancement framework to provide custom
solutions to complex business scenarios not covered under standard SAP.
• Good expertise in SAP EDI integration with GXS,TLE workbench mapping.
• Expert in managing and troubleshooting day to day EDI and IDOC integration issues.
• Development of cockpits in ABAP for easy IDOC monitoring.
• Developing Classical, Interactive and ALV reports with dynamic features and optimum
performance.
• Designing Layouts using ADOBE forms Smartforms and Scripts usable in multiple languages
across many countries.
• Developing labels using BARONE a third party design tool for Zebra printers.
• In depth knowledge working with Data Dictionary elements.
• Versatile debugging skills.
• Adept in screen design using Module Pool, Screen and Menu Painters.
• Rich experience in Data Migration and conversions (BDC Session & Call transaction,BAPI's,LSMW and ECATT)
• Working with LDB's and SAP Queries.
• Developing Objects using ABAP OO (Object–Oriented) Concepts.
• Developing objects for ESS and MSS modules in SAP HR.
• Developing Function Modules for BIW.
• Conceptual knowledge of ABAP Webdynpro.
Project Synopsys
# 1
Project Title : Magneti Marelli Global SAP Rollout
Pulaski Tennessee U.S.A.
Sanford North Carolina U.S.A
Sulmona/Rivalta/Atessa/Melfi Italy
Barbera Del Valles/Llinars Del Valles /Santpedor Spain
: Magneti Marelli S.p.A
Client
Duration : Feb 2011 – present.
Role : Senior ABAP Consultant Team Leader.
Magneti Marelli is an international company committed to the design and production of
Hi tech systems and components for the automotive sector, based in Italy (Corbetta,
Milan). It's a subsidiary of Fiat Group.
The Group has a presence in 18 countries.
(Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Russia,
Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, India, Malaysia and
South Africa).
The business lines include automotive lighting systems, body control systems, powertrain control
systems, electronic instrument clusters, telematics systems, and computers, suspension systems and
components, exhaust systems, and motorsport,
Magneti Marelli supplies all the leading car makers in Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
Key Responsibilities:
Solely responsible for handling the team and meeting the deadlines of implementation of the
Technical Development.
Design and develop scanning solution that enable picking, putaway, packing, delivery, foolproof
and other warehouse and shipping activities with mobile scanners.
Assist Business users to monitor and resolve IDOC failures and EDI integration issues.
Manage EDI map developments and changes.
Develop technical specifications for SAP enhancements to fulfill gaps between EDI requirements
and SAP function modules.
Work closely with Business analysts and functional consultants to provide custom solutions that
could not be customized in SAP.
Understanding of the as is business process documents to build to be business process
documents & preparation of design documents, problem analysis, complexity determination,
effort estimation.
Assist functional team with debugging in timely resolution of existing bugs or providing suitable
alternatives for problems identified.
Preparation/modification of project related templates (Checklist for the high level & low level
design doc, code review doc, clarification/issue Log).
Scope, plan and strategy for data migration.
Preparation of high level & low level Technical Specification and UTP documents of ABAP
development objects.
Work as a team lead for the offshore development team and responsible for coordinating
activities from the offshore team.
Status reporting and performance review of team members.
Major Project Experiences:
MSB scanning solution:
To create below Menu's usable under Warehouse, Production and Shipping processes.
• Warehouse Putaway
• Warehouse Unpack
• Warehouse Picking from picking list
• Warehouse Transfer finished goods
• Warehouse Consignment stock Purchase
• Production Kanban call
• Production Return from production
• Shipping Foolproof
• Shipping Create delivery
EDI integration:
Developed inbound/outbound translation maps for various customers
• Planning schedule(830,862)
• ASN(Automatic Shipment Notification 856).
• Payment Advice (820)
Developed cockpit for monitoring the Idocs.
Payment Advice report:
• A detailed report of the item wise display of payment advice notification from customers.
• The report compares the price of the invoice and the actual payments received.
• The payment advice data is fetched from the incoming 820 Idoc data while the invoiced data
from the SAP documents.
ISUPPLY Interface:
This is interface from SAP to I Supply that is external online portal where suppliers can track the
planning, delivery of materials and other key information related to their scheduling agreements.
The interface sends following key files:
• Inventory file
• Forecast file
• Goods Receipts file
BARONE Labels:
• Developed multiple layout sets for printing shipping and summary labels with new Barcode
generation software BARONE for various customers. The labels are converted to SAP
SCRIPTS and printed on ZEBRA printers from SAP.
Labels are printed at handling unit level (Master/Mixed/Box), during delivery creation as per the
guidelines of the customer.
• Function modules are incorporated in the development of driver program to facilitate easy
adaptation of functionality to new customers.
• Developed labels for warehouse having stock and storage information.
Labels are printed automatically during goods receipt process of Inventory and warehouse
management. The labels are made available under various layout sets to suit the storage medium of all
small, medium and big parts.
Enhancement Vendor Liability:
• User exit implementation for out bound idoc processing for Scheduling agreement releases to
populate vendor liability.
• This new SAP Functionality has the aim of defining, calculating in Sap and releasing to supplier
"Vendor reliability” information which will be calculated during Sap scheduling agreements
lines release to suppliers.
Vendor notification:
• Program to email vendors on agreed schedule of goods.
• After every MRP run this program is scheduled in background to notify the vendors about the
upcoming delivery schedule of goods.
• The vendor receives a PDF document created from SAP SCRIPTS to his email as maintained
in Vendor master.
SBI Interface:
A custom transaction is developed to manually create self billing invoices consisting of below
flows.
• Invoice Flow
In this flow, the user has to generate a billing document in relationship to a delivery list similar to the
standard t.code VF04
• Debit/Credit Note for QTY/PRICE variation
In this flow, the user has to create a credit or debit note for QTY/PRICE variation in refer to billing list that
is generate using the selection parameters
• Regularization Price invoice
A particular Spanish invoice type that is made only for a regularization of price variation that is generated
in reference to a material list price variation for a certain period.
• Without reference
To generate SBI, debit note or credit note without any reference, and add manually all details.
Revenue Accrual posting (CO):
This program is used to assess revenues related to deliveries not yet invoiced.
• Invoices are posted with values and characteristics in profitability segment (PA).
• The invoices are automatically reversed the first day of next month.
BOM correction solution:
• Program to correct stock differences due to difference in theoretical (BOM) and actual
(Production declaration) component usage.
• As production declaration is done unit wise, this program is run during month end to correct the
accumulated stock differences.
Production planning program:
• Program that creates daily/weekly/monthly production plans from input Excel file.
• The program also facilitates splitting option for weekly and monthly options. Factory
calendar settings are used to determine working days to make the planning.
SD reporting:
Development of below performance critical SD reports as huge amount of data is extracted.
Sales delta report
• A report to evaluate the price change between the invoice, the actual and the
credit/debit notes, taking into consideration retroactive price changes.
Cost price analysis report
• A report to extract starting from good issue movement all material and components
with external procurement and compare the value of the sales price and purchasing
value at the analysis date and the execution date.
SD documents:
Development of below SD documents in SAP SMARTFORMS.
• Bill of lading
• Invoice
• Picking and Packing list.
KANBAN picklist:
Developed the Kanban picklist to enable goods transfer from ware house to production area.
# 2
Project Title : Logistics: Process optimization.
Client : Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH (Germany).
Duration : Jan 2010 – Jan 2011.
Role : Senior ABAP Consultant.
Automotive Lighting was founded in1999 as a joint venture between Magneti Marelli and Robert Bosch
GmbH (K2 lighting division).Automotive Lighting is a full subsidiary of Magneti Marelli Group. Magneti
Marelli S.p.A. is an Italian company which deals with development and manufacturing of systems,
modules and high technology components for the automotive industry. A subsidiary of Fiat Group, is
Headquartered at Corbetta (province of Milan).
Key Responsibilities:
Primarily responsible for ABAP developments in reengineering of warehouse as per the
changed model.
Analyzing functional requirements and preparation of program specifications, ABAP Coding,
Testing and documentation of the ABAP objects.
Creation of interfaces to support external applications with data from and to SAP.
Code performance review
Status reporting and Review.
Major Project Experiences:
MSB applications:
The product Mobisys Solution Builder MSB is an ABAP add on certified by SAP to connect the
most varied mobile end devices (scanner, RFID systems, and pick by voice) and Client types.
The applications developed synchronizes legacy system which handles part of WH into SAP
system, where in the GUI is designed in MSD Installed on RF devices and integrated into XI.
On the other side of XI is the R/3 & the present WH to be migrated at different levels into MM
model compiling with the Fiat group standards.
Three applications are developed to maximize user satisfaction catering to the following
warehouse areas.
• Transport(Transport)
• Bestellung (Material order)
• Ablieferung (Production declaration)
• Lager (Warehouse functions)
• Auslagerung (Picking)
• Einlagerung (Put Away)
• Storno/Ruckgabe (Cancel / Returns)
• Application PRO is used by the Automotive Employee to stage raw materials on
to Assembly line, move finished products to WH and Returns to WH.
• Application 1DL is used by 3rd party Vendors to move materials from GR area
to WH / Quality inspection / preproduction and from Quality inspection to WH.
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Application KTK is used by the Automotive Employee to move around small
parts
Performance improvement of MB51:
• SAP NOTES implementation to improve performance of MB51/MB5B.
• Modifications of existing reports and applications that read material documents data as per
new enhancement to improve the performance.
Interfaces/BAPI:
• COSWIN SAP interface programs to post Purchase Requisitions into SAP. Postings are done
via BAPI. The File transfer is done through Application Server. All the Purchase orders
created are posted back into the COSWIN system via Application Server.
Scripts / Smartforms:
• Creation of Putaway Label with Horizontal and Vertical Barcodes of varying sizes customized to
the Kyocera Printers.
• Creation of BOM with Barcodes of all the materials included.
# 3
Project Title : FI Technical Support.
Client : India Bulls Ltd, Gurgoan
Duration : Aug 2008 – Jan 2010
Role : ABAP Consultant
Indiabulls Group is one of the top business houses in India with business interests in Real Estate,
Infrastructure, and Financial Services, Retail, Multiplex and Power sectors. Indiabulls Group companies are
listed in Indian and overseas financial markets. Indiabulls Financial Services is an integrated financial
services powerhouse providing Consumer Finance, Housing Finance, Commercial Loans, Life Insurance,
Asset Management and Advisory services. Indiabulls Securities Limited is India’s leading capital markets
company with All India Presence and an extensive client base.
Key Responsibilities:
Primarily responsible for ABAP developments in FI module.
Design and development of custom transactions in SAP RETAIL.
Design and development of ESS and MSS interface in SAP HR deployable in portal.
Provide production support and quick resolution of critical issues.
Timely closure and reporting of support tickets.
Major Project Experiences:
REPORT’S:
• Branch wise P&L MATRIX report for all Expense and Revenue GL accounts against Cost
centers in a given Period. The report dynamically constructs the ALV grid for various possible
GL accounts based on user input.
• Opening Balance report for Vendor, GL and Customer accounts. The report displays line items
as in SAP standard reports, FBL1N, FBL3N and FBL5N along with Opening balances.
• Customizing the standard reports Document Journal and Compact Journal by adding new
fields and changing layout from ALV hierarchy to ALV grid display.
• Development of Vendor Master, Customer Master and GL Master Reports.
• Development of Asset Creation Report, which would run in background and email all the
assets created and their transactional data to certain email ids.
• Development of Ageing Report for Customer and Vendor, which would display all the open
items, bifurcated across intervals of time given by user at selection screen.
USER EXIT’S:
• User Exit as part of Substitutions in Accounting Documents for generating predefined Text
based on Account details. The exit automatically fills the Text field based on details on
Vendor/Customer when documents are created from FB01.
BTE:
• Disabling Posting of parked documents based on certain conditions using Business
Transaction Events.
• Customization of SAP tcodes for Accounting Documents (FB02 FB03) to disable certain menu
options.
SMARTFORM’S:
• Voucher printing for accounting documents for a given value of Document Number, Company
code and Fiscal year. The Voucher is customized with company header and is displayed as
ADOBE form enabling it printer friendly both for Laser and Dot Matrix Printers.
Interfaces:
• BDC’s to Upload Transactional Data into new Server installed for various types of account
postings. The BDC’s are coded for a complex set of situations where the number of line items is
not fixed in an account posting. The file transfer is done through Application server and a mail is
triggered upon completion of the job.
# 4
Project Title : Retail Implementation.
Client : Indiabulls Retail Services Ltd, New Delhi.
Duration : Mar 2009 – Sep 2009.
Role : ABAP Consultant.
Major Project Experiences:
Gift Voucher Solution:
• Involved in creation of following Screens in GV process.
o Record GV (Gift Voucher) Sales at POS (Point Of Sale).
Maintain GV validity.
o
Restrict GV sales.
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Maintain Site mapping on FTP.
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Reports:
• Developed report to display Gift Vouchers Sold, Redeemed and Expired.
• Developed Report to display Gift Vouchers dispatched from Head quarters to various sites.
• Developed Sales Register report, indicating the total expenditure incurred across various sites,
regions for any Fiscal year period.
• Developed SIS (Shop In Shop) On Approval and On consignment Reports.
User Exit:
• Modified Standard form for Purchase Order to get Company header, Logo, changed paragraph
and character formats.
• Created Multiple Purchase order Layouts based on Document type.
• Created Screen Exit and Function Exits for inclusion of new fields in Purchase Order.
• User Exit to restrict line items in PO.
# 5
Project Title : ESS MSS Implementation.
: India Bulls Ltd, Gurgoan
Client
Duration : Mar 2008 – September 2008
Role : ABAP Consultant
Major Project Experiences:
ESS :
The Various Screens allow users to put Bill Details, verify the approval and obtain receipts for
approved bills. Users can also check Limits available under various quotas. The Hr administrators
can approve and reject the bills using their specific screens. All the screens are made web friendly to
be included under ESS section of the Portal.
• Involved in development of following screens in ADOBE and ABAP Module Pool, for enabling
Flexible Benefits Policy (FBP) in ESS.
Claims Application.
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Claims Verification.
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Claims Status.
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Limits Available.
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Other Allowances.
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Reimbursement Slip.
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• Customized the Leave calendar in ESS to enable company specific logic for various types of
leaves as per the quota.
MSS:
The Forms delivered under MSS module, enable various HR process in a user friendly and business
specific way. Various Standard forms delivered by SAP are customized as per company norms to
include Logos, Titles and new fields. New forms are developed for certain scenarios.
• Generating Clearance forms, for various departments, (IT Dept, Credit dept, Finance Dept,
Legal Dept, Supervisor) when an employee is separated from the company.
• Customization of the PCR (Personal Change Request) forms in ADOBE for following
Scenarios.
Termination.
o
Separation.
o
Resignation Withdrawn.
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BADI’S:
• Generated Checks for Leave Process run from Portal in ESS (Employee Self
Service).Validations are set for employees while Leave Application.
# 6
Project Title : EXIM Solution.
Client : Sabare International, Karur, Tamilnadu
Duration : Mar 2007 – Feb 2008
Role : ABAP Consultant
Sabare International Ltd. serves as a one stop shop solution provider for global Home textile and
home furnishing needs. With its presence in India, China, Europe and the USA Sabare harnesses the
competencies across borders making it truly Global.
Key Responsibilities:
Primarily responsible for ABAP developments of EXIM solution a SAP add on solution.
Development of pre shipping and excise forms.
Major Project Experiences
EXIM solution in ABAP Webdynpro:
• Involved in the detail design of the EXIM screens (built on ABAP Webdynpro)
• Involved in development on ABAP Webdynpro for the following modules.
o EXIM Strategy development.
EXIM Customs development.
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EXIM License development.
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EXIM Excise development.
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• Involved in development of Packing List and other Pre shipment report documents.
SMARTFORM’S:
• Designed layout for EXIM policy comprising forms ARE1, 2 and 3 and populated the values for
the relevant fields from the database tables.
• Designed Billing documents for EXIM which are Bill of Entry, Covering letter, Self declaration
Form.
• Designed Bill of Lading, an external document, for internal reference in the SAP system.