SAP PP (production Planning analyst)

SENTHILKUMAR CHINNASAMY

SAP PP / PP-PI / QM / MM Functional Consultant

e-mail: **************@*****.***

Contact Number: +1-678-***-****

Experience Summary:

Over 20 years of experience including 10 years in information technology, 8+ years’ experience in manufacturing industries and 4 years’ experience quality system management consulting service to various industries.

10 years of IT experience on ERP projects in Industries including Automotive, Chemical, Machinery, Oil and Gas

Implemented 3 full life cycle implementation projects, more than five years of experience in production supports, enhancement development projects in version ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0

Experience in Implementation, maintenance and support experience in SAP Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), Material Management (MM), Warehouse Management (WM), Sales and Distribution modules (SD), Logistics (LO) and Plant Maintenance (PM)

Familiar with the usage of ASAP methodology for the strategic SAP project implementation

Integration experience in PP, PP-PI with MM in goods movement, back flushing, automatic goods receipt, Stock Transport Order (STO) process, reservations, production order, planning, purchase requisition, MRP process, sub-contracting, external operations, and operational outsourcing

Integration experience with QM in goods receipt inspection for a purchase order, in-process inspection, goods receipt inspection for a production order, recurring inspection and inspection for a delivery to customer, quality notification process.

Configuration of material requirements planning processes, production orders, process orders, classification, batch management, serial number and order confirmation

Experience in discrete manufacturing, production process industry (PP-PI) and knowledge in repetitive manufacturing environment

Experience in processes like MTS (Make-to-Stock), MTO (Make-to-Order), Make-to-Order for Configurable Material, Stock Requirement/ MRP Lists, variant configuration, super BOMs, phantom items

Experience in Engineering Change Management and Serial Number Management

Knowledge on warehouse management process

Experience in Support, Realization, Documentation, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with power users in SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)

Experience in gathering requirements from Business Analyst/ Power/End users and transforming the requirements into functional documents in RICEF components

Gathering master data requirements and performing Data Migration using the BDC and LSMW Procedure

Experience in coordinating and developing test scenarios for Unit testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Experience with tools like HP Quality Center and Solution Manager

Recognized for ability to analyze issues, providing alternative solutions, and ability for on-time, on-budget delivery

Implementations experience in ISO9000:2000 Quality Management System requirements like preparation of quality manual, procedures, work instructions, quality plan, etc.,

Good understanding of business processes in various industries like automotive, component and machinery manufacturing, tea factories, chemical and garments

Projects Profile:

Project: Roll out implementation April 2016 to September 2016

Client / Company: Dart Container Corporation / Accenture, Mason, MI

Role: SAP PP, SAP WM and SAP QM

Dart Container Corporation of Mason, Michigan, United States is the world's largest manufacturer of foam cups and containers. Dart manufactures a broad range of quality single-use products for the foodservice, retail, and food packaging industries, and is the world's largest manufacturer of foam cups. Dart operates more than 45 production, distribution center, and office locations in eight countries. This is rollout project for various locations.

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

Responsibilities include;

Responsible for all SAP rollout tasks for the particular manufacturing location

Configuration related to all shop floor control

Validation of configuration

Developed custom reports for scrap entry, material document posting shift wise tracking and production report

Validation of Master data like Bill of Materials, Routing, Production Supply Area, Control Cycle Production supply before and after uploading into system

Conducting End to End Integration testing, User training and User Acceptance Testing

Batch managed product traceability and monitoring

QC hold materials movement tracking (Blocked to unrestricted stocks)

Project: Roll out implementation May 2015 to Feb 2016

Client / Company: Haliburton / Accenture, Houston, USA

Role: SAP PP, SAP ECM, SAP Batch Management, SAP WM, SAP QM

The company is the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. And the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the life cycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field.

Pipeline and Process Services operates globally providing a full range of pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance and decommissioning services to the pipeline and process plant construction, commissioning and maintenance industries, both onshore and offshore.

Project Details: The Company was required to divest some overlapping businesses to relieve competitive concerns and secure necessary regulatory approval for the acquisition. The Strategy to Divest was carved out the Objects based on the Profit center of the service lines that were divested. This Divested business processes were rolled out in to a New Cloned System .The Project Scope Included the SAP Carve Out, SAP Roll out, Managing third party Interfaces.

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

His responsibilities include;

Identifying the In scope SAP Manufacturing Objects and defining the Rules for carve out to extract these objects from the Current Live Production Environment

Performing the Configuration (SAP PP, WM, and QM) in to the Cloned System

Involved in Plant specific Configuration related to Demand Management, like setting up number ranges, Configuration of various planning strategies, Requirement Types / classes, MRP Types, Scheduling Parameters for Planned Orders, Overall Maintenance of Plant Parameters, and Conversion of Procurement Proposals

Plant specific Configuration related to Shop Floor Control Including Order Type Definition, order type dependent parameters, Settle rules, Scheduling Profiles, Confirmations parameters. Configurations for Task list Selection, BoM selections, Define Print Controls

Configurations for Engineering change management set up including Change type, Profiles, number ranges, Release keys, Revision Levels.

Batch Management Configurations like Specify batch levels, conversion of batch levels to Plant level, Number Ranges, Creations of new Batches, Batch determination.

Configurations for Quality Management including definitions of Inspection types, lot creation set-up, Dynamic Modifications rule, Set-up for Inspection Plans, Inspection Characteristics

Definition of Batch, Material Classes and Characteristics

Setting up for WM master data, definition of strategies, Various WM activities like Requirement Types, Movement Types, and Automatic Transfer requirement, Transfer Order creations

Conversion & Data Migration from Target to the cloned System. Deciding the Conversion Strategy, Designing the Conversion program, Creation of Functional Specification, Support the development of conversion Program, Testing the Conversion program (RFC Enabled), Preparation of data files, Data upload, and Error analysis & re-processing post rectification.

Setting up background Jobs which was then scheduled by CRONACLE

Developing, analyzing and communicating ad-hoc reports using transaction codes SQVI or SQ01 or SE16N/SE16 table extracts

Definition of Jobs, Maintaining the variants and dependencies

Unit Testing & System Integration Testing

Supporting the setup between MPM and SAP

Supporting Business Integration Testing

Responsible for Identifying and modifying the Customized Object as per the customer requirement and Includes Changes / Enhancements to existing Development Objects

Creation of Functional Specification, Support the development and Testing

Project: COJL-Shelf life implementation November 2014 to March 2015

Client: Chevron Oronite Japan Limited (COJL), Japan

Role: SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

Location: Onsite/Offshore -USA/India

Process Type: Process Industries

COJL is one of the oronite company’s plants. Product shelf life monitoring was not implemented, based on customer demands shelf life policy is implemented for all four plants.

Contribution / Responsibilities

Coordinated with business analyst to gather the business requirements

Analyzed the existing configuration, master data and transaction data

As-Is and To be document preparation and discussion with business analyst for finalization

Configured the shelf life monitoring requirements

Extensively worked with SD, MM, PP-PI and QM Modules to integrate the requirements

Interacting with technical team for the changes of existing (Customized program) functionality to adopt the shelf life implementation

Testing of shelf life monitoring scenarios by Unit Test

Worked with ABAP/4 programmers for data mapping (LSMW) and uploading the material master data and Batch Search Strategy master data for batch determination process

Conducting functional testing and updating test scripts with results

Reviewing the test results and discussion with business analyst for the status updates

Cut over activities document preparation and steps finalization

Preparation training document and conducting training to power user / business analyst

User acceptance testing script preparation and reviewing

Project: Chevron - ProjectOne Issue Stabilization January 2010 to November 2014

/ xMII Support Service

Client: Chevron Oronite Company LLC, USA

Role: SAP Functional Analyst (PP-PI / QM / MM / SD)

Location: New Orleans, LA, USA

Process Type: Process Industries

Chevron is one of the world's largest integrated energy companies. Headquarter in San Ramon, California, USA. Chevron conducts business in countries all around the globe. They are engaged in every aspect of the crude oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, manufacturing, marketing and transportation, chemicals manufacturing and sales, geothermal, and power generation.

The Project One Stabilization is one of the support projects. The project involves integration of data between the different business applications.

The integration solution involving xMII, SAP, StarLIMS, SAP NetWeaver, Business Intelligence Applications, this providing a reliable support.

Contribution / Responsibilities

Analysis of master data related issues in Sales and Distribution, Material Management, Quality Management and Production Planning.

Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders related errors analysis

Sales order and delivery related problem analysis and providing solutions

Inventory related issues of Purchase Order, Stock transfer, Production and sales related transactions

Worked in SD, MM, PP-PI and QM Modules to resolve the issues

Fixing issues in xMII application and ERP

Knowledge transfer and key user training

Prepare adequate documentation for the future needs

Understanding Chevron Business Processes and providing full fledge support to the end users in the areas of user know how, Interfaces, business design related issues

Involving in functional discussions, Reviewing ERP functional specifications and changes recommendation

Identifying continual improvement areas and raising business process change request

Analyzing LIMS errors, requesting master data changes and/or requesting process sequence changes

Organization: Tech Mahindra Limited November 2008 to January 2010

Project: ERP - SAP SOP and APO DP comparison study

Role: Team Member – PP

Location: Pune, India

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

Internal project – Comparison study about ERP - SAP Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) and Advanced Planned and Optimizer – Demand Planning (APO DP)

Contribution / Responsibilities

Configuration and customization related SOP and CO-PA

Scenario testing

Configuration document preparation

Presentation (PPT) document preparation

Knowledge sharing with team members

Project: NMGR Financial Inventory Valuation and Reporting

Client: Nissan Motors, Russia

Role: Team Member – PP

Location: Pune, India

The purpose of this project is Financial -Inventory Valuation and Reporting

Contribution / Responsibilities

Post go live Support: To support the day to day issues raised by the user

Worked on ticketing Tool-Marvel for resolving the tickets

Implemented BOM functionality for reporting purpose like WIP report and Consumption rate report, Modifications of reports

Implemented Engineering change management for BOM changes

Project: INOAC Support

Client: INOAC Corporation, Japan

Role: Team Member – PP/QM

Location: Pune, India

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

INOAC Corporation is leading manufacturer of Auto Ancillary, Housing equipment & Industrial products. The company is composed of 3 Company i.e. ATC - Automotive Products, IMC -Industrial supplies and HOS-Housing & construction related products. The SAP Implementation Covers the above three companies. The SAP process included FI, CO, SD, MM, and PP & BW.

Contribution / Responsibilities

Analyze and debug issues reported by users through MantisBT (Web-based bugtracking system)

Understand the changes required in the business processes

Perform changes in customizing / configuration (if necessary)

Checking Master Data and corrections done if required

Project: SAP Chemical Template

Role: Team Member – PP & QM

Location: Pune, India

Process Type: Process Industries

Internal project - Chemical Industries solution template is developed for Go-To Market. This project is carried out based on Best Practices Chemicals US V1.600 and Chemical Industries specific requirements. This project is involved implementation of FI, CO, SD, MM, PP-PI, WM, QM and EHS modules

The objective to develop a template based on implementation methodology that would

Standard blueprint for a Chemical Template

Pre-configured baseline templates

EH&S covers USA & EU regulations

REACH Compliance

Limited customization

Contribution / Responsibilities

Collecting business requirements from business experts

Analysis of business requirements, preparation of demo document

Activation of BC sets / ECATT and manual configuration

Configuration document preparation

Analysis of activation error and carry out manual correction

Configuration and master data variant file corrections

RFC connection testing and interacting with basis to resolve the connection errors

Testing of PP & QM related business scenario and test result document preparation

Project: APL

Client: Anil Printers Ltd

Role: Team Member – PP

Location: Pune, India

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

Internal project is developed for demonstration to client. Nashik-based fast growing security printer company, Anil Printers Ltd (APL), has diversified into mobile SIM cards business by setting up a new division - 'Smarftech'. The company is setting up a new SIM cards manufacturing facility near Nashik.

Anil Printers, an RBI approved printer and among the top security printers in the country, manufactures pre-paid scratch cards, pin mailers, airline tickets, cargo bills, cheque-books, carbon-less stationery for the telecommunications, banking, courier and logistic industries.

Contribution / Responsibilities

Collecting business requirements from pre-sales team

Analysis of business requirements, preparation of demo document

Customization and document preparation

Master data preparation, testing of PP related basic cycle and test result document preparation

Project: Volvo CE August to October 2008

Client: Volvo Construction Equipment, Sweden

Role: Team Member – PP/QM

Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden

Process Type: Discrete / Repetitive Manufacturing

Volvo Construction Equipment (VCE) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machines. This is rollout project for Sweden based manufacturing plants in Arvika & Braas. This project is developed based on Factory Master Global Rollout Kit (GRK). In this project Factory Master Roll-out Methodology adapted for roll out implementation. The phases are pre-study, concept study, development, final development, Industrialization, deployment and follow-up. This project is involved implementation of FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, WM and QM modules

Contribution / Responsibilities

Involved in pre-study / concept study phases

Studied existing ERP processes

Collected business requirements from process owners

Analyzed the business requirements and improvement area identification

Configurable Materials with Super BOM and Routing, Variant Class, Characteristics, Characteristics Values. Assigned Object Dependencies, Preconditions, Actions, Selection Conditions, Constraints and Procedure to Configurable Profile

Worked in Engineering Change Management and Serial Number Process Management

Knowledge on warehouse management process

Project: Volvo CE May to August 2008

Client: Volvo Construction Equipment

Role: Team Member – PP/QM

Location: Pune, India

Process Type: Discrete / Repetitive Manufacturing

Volvo Construction Equipment has set up an offshore development center with Satyam. It’s used to cater services to various roll outs across world.

Contribution / Responsibilities

Collecting business requirements from project management office (PMO) or onsite functional consultants

Analysis of business requirements, preparation of functional specification and improvement area identification

Coordinating technical consultant for object development / modification

Test data preparation and testing of developed objects

Test script analysis and changing to plant specific requirements

Data migration template modification to plant specific requirements

Testing of data migration BDC program and LSMW program.

Project: Implementation and Support March 2006 to May 2008

Role: Team Member – PP

Location: Chennai, India

Process Type: Discrete Manufacturing

Implementation of FI/CO, MM, SD and PP Modules and support project

Contribution / Responsibilities

Coordinated with user departments for requirement fulfillment and system support.

Configured and customized the basic data like Bills of Material, Work Centers, and Routings etc.

Configured and customized the Demand Management, Material Requirement Planning and Shop Floor Control functions, which include selection of proper planning methods, legacy planning data conversion and mapping of production flow process including Scheduling, WIP and production control.

Worked with other function consultants to integrating the PP Module with other modules such as FI, CO, SD and MM.

Product costing, settlement profile and standard cost estimation integration with FICO

Testing of Production Planning Module scenarios by Unit Test

Integration testing of entire business functionality for PP along with cross functional areas such as MM, SD and FI/CO

Worked with ABAP/4 programmers for data mapping (LSMW and BDC) and migrate the Legacy PP basic data to SAP

Prepared various production flow process documents and SAP transaction documents for user reference and training purpose.

Analyze and debug issues reported by users

Interaction with team, understand the changes required in the business processes

Perform changes in customizing / configuration (if necessary)

Assisting user’s to create new master data like Bill of Materials, Work Centers and Routings

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE:

Organization: Quality System Consultant January 2002 to February 2006

Location: Coimbatore, India

Responsibilities:

Identification of documentation requirement as per ISO9000 standard

Preparation of documents and implementation in various companies like Engineering, Textile, Garments, Process Industries, Software development, etc., to implement Quality Management System and get ISO 9001 certification (More than 35 clients certified)

Internal audit Assessment, Preparation of Audit reports and implementation of corrective action

Assisting to Management Review Meeting inputs like objective / performance measurement reports, corrective action reports summary and minutes preparation

Organizations: J&B Engineering/White Engineering Company /V.P.G Honing Industries

June 1993 to December 2001

Location: Coimbatore, India

Responsibilities:

Order review and dispatch planning

Stock review, material and production planning

Sub-contractor follow up of various components like sheet metal, spring, rubber and carbon face

Work allotment, processing of component and seals assembly

Testing of products and preparation inspection reports

Planning of production and achieving the targets with optimum men and machine utilization

In-process inspection as per inspection plan

Registration of customer complaints and initiating corrective action

Approval of pre delivery inspection report

Technical Skills:

ERP Systems SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0

SAP PP, PP-PI, QM, MM and SD

Operating Systems Windows98/2000/XP/Vista/7.0

MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point

Development tools AUTOCAD

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

Year of Completion: April 1993

Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India

References:

Available on request

Achievements and Awards:

Certificate of Recognition from Chevron Oronite Company:

-Successful completion of MII implementation project

Cheers Recognition and Rewards Program from Chevron Oronite Company

-Alternative solution for purchased materials inspection results entry

-Alternative solution for ECC load process changes (Delivery)

Pat on Back awards from Mahindra Satyam

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