Puneet Kapoor
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
10+years Experience in SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO), APO BW, SD modules,
ABAP.
Two full life cycle implementations and an Upgrade project in APO module.
Has a very good knowledge of ASAP methodology with experience in all phases of project
implementations-Business blue print, Realization, Pre-go live, Go live and Post live support.
Expertise in configuring APO including roles in Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning
(SNP), and Global Available To Promise (GATP) Demand Planning (APO-DP): Interactive
Planning, Planning Area Configuration, Forecasting Strategies, Forecasting with Like, Phase-in
and Phase-out (Life Cycle Planning) and Promotion modeling, DP Macros, Planning Object
Structures.
Supply Network Planning (APO-SNP): SNP master profile, Supply Chain master data and Supply
Chain model, SNP Heuristics, Optimizer and Capable To Match (CTM) techniques, Deployment
and Transport load builder (TLB), Integration with PP/DS and via core interface functionality (CIF)
with R/3. Global Available To Promise (APO-GATP): Rule based ATP Check, Product Allocation,
Backorder Processing.
Good understanding of SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and Production Planning
(PP) concepts that are relevant to successful implementation of said modules
Business Warehousing (BW): Info Cubes, Update rules, Info Sources, Info Packages, ODS,
Process Chains, Update and Transfer routines, Info Objects, Data source, Source systems,
extractors, BEx reporting, create queries using APO or BW Info Cubes.
Production Planning (PP): Planning Strategies in Demand management, Materials Requirement
Planning (PP-MRP), Repetitive manufacturing (PP-REM), BOMs, Routings, Work centers.
Experienced in configuring Special Order types (Third Party Processing, Consignment
Processing, Inter-company billing, Order to Cash (OTC), Revenue management,
RevenueRecognition and inter-company stock transfers), Availability Check, Credit Management,
Material Listing/Exclusion, Rebate processing, Deliveries, Picking, Packing and Shipping
Good knowledge in EDI/IDOC, ALE, BDC’S and BAPI’S
TECHNICAL SKILLS
ERP SAP APO, SAP SD, SAP MM, APO BW, ABAP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Employer : TECH MAHINDRA
WesternDigital Inc. Inc. Milpitas, CA March’19 – Present
SAP SD/GATP Lead Consultant
Extensively worked on Event Driven Quantity assignment (EDQA)
Involved in the monitoring of proper transfer of Master Data from legacy system with R/3 through
CIF.
Set up APO BW Source system, Info Area, Info Source and Info Cube.
Set up the Interactive Demand Planning, Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Planning
book and macros.
Maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles, Data Views, Storage
Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
Rule based ATP customizing.
Troubleshooting issues in GATP and integration to R/3.
Employer : COGNIZANT
Purdue Pharma Stamford CT Nov’18 – Feb ‘19
SAP SD/gATP Lead Consultant
Maintained Characteristic Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles and Data Views. Set up
macros for various applications as per specifications from the demand planner, Maintaining
Storage Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
Rule based ATP customizing.
Troubleshooting issues in GATP and integration to R/3.
Involved in the monitoring of proper transfer of Master Data from legacy system with R/3 through
CIF.
Set up APO BW Source system, Info Area, Info Source and Info Cube.
Set up the Interactive Demand Planning, Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Planning
book and macros.
ACE Hardware corporation Inc. Chicago, IL Nov’16 – Nov’ 18
SAP SD/APO/gATP Lead Consultant
Maintained Characteristic Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles and Data Views. Set up
macros for various applications as per specifications from the demand planner, Maintaining
Storage Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
Rule based ATP customizing.
Troubleshooting issues in GATP and integration to R/3.
Involved in the monitoring of proper transfer of Master Data from legacy system with R/3 through
CIF.
Set up APO BW Source system, Info Area, Info Source and Info Cube.
Set up the Interactive Demand Planning, Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Planning
book and macros.
Maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles, Data Views, Storage
Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
Conducted User Management exercises based on Industry wide Benchmarks and assigned users
to Planning Book. Backorder processing. Ability to configure all the capabilities including data
identification, condition technique. also working on integrating GATP with external system .
Setting up BOP jobs ( normal / cancel confirmation ) etc.
Set up the supply chain model (work areas-location, products, resources, PPM, transportation
lanes and quota arrangements)
Levi Strauss Inc. San Francisco, CA Nov’16 – Nov’17
SAP APO 7.0 DP / SNP Lead Consultant
Created planning books, macros and demand plans using univariate forecasting, causal analysis
and composite forecasting.
Used Composite forecasting to pick the best-forecast model based on an error measure to
ensure the forecast accuracy.
Worked on Aggregation, Proportional Factors, Promotions and Macros.
Created Forecast Alert Profiles to display alerts for univariate forecast errors and used Alert
Monitor to identify potential problems in the forecast.
Configured mass processing for forecast, macros and demand plan releases.
Set up of SNP master profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters,
Resource and Production Process Models(PPM)
Maintained planning calendar, Responsible for Creating variant for SNP Transaction Data
Deletion.
Set up the supply chain model (work areas-location, products, resources, PPM, transportation
lanes and quota arrangements)
Performed SNP runs using SNP heuristics, created CTM prototype model for key products.
Employer : TECH MAHINDRA
Sandisk Inc. Milpitas, CA Apr’14 – Dec’14
SAP SD/GATP Lead Consultant
Extensively worked on Event Driven Quantity assignment (EDQA)
Involved in the monitoring of proper transfer of Master Data from legacy system with R/3 through
CIF.
Set up APO BW Source system, Info Area, Info Source and Info Cube.
Set up the Interactive Demand Planning, Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Planning
book and macros.
Maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles, Data Views, Storage
Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
Rule based ATP customizing.
Troubleshooting issues in GATP and integration to R/3.
Employer : ORANGE INFOTECH
Autodesk Inc. San Rafael, CA Dec.’12 – March’14
SAP SD Lead Consultant, Implementation Industry: HighTech
• ATP checks as to quantities of material available and TOR (Transfer of Requirements).
• Coordinated with the team members to execute various Testing Scenarios, Developed and
implemented additional Testing Scripts with the Team.
• Configured EDI and created IDOC
• Configured Deliveries and Batch determination
• Responsible for analysis, changes &trouble shooting & problem solving documentation,
reporting and end user training on enhancements & support
• Analysis of the issues to make changes in customization in compliance with business process
development
• Documented all configuration changes&Validated Master Data in Training Environment for
End users training. Used Info pack for training purposes. Prepared course material for the
training. Provided support to the end users in solving their problems in live environment
• Provided Production Support in solving the project issues and defects in configuration
Employer : Orange InfoTech Inc.
Accenture – 3MSt. Paul, Minnesota Feb’12 – Oct’12
SAP SD/gATP, Support Industry: CPG
Understood the Business process as part of knowledge transfer and Maintained the S&OP
process using DP and SNP, performed enhancements in Data view, DP graphs, Improved
forecasting by selecting most appropriate models and the best Statistical parameters for
Univariate forecasting.
Maintained and modified Proportional factors, disaggregation types and Macros.
Improved DP Batch processes by designing Process chains.
Creation and maintenance of all the Mass master data and Corrected Master Data related issues
for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, and PPM.
Involved in CIF activities like Monitoring and error handling and other problem solving activities.
Debugged CIF related issues, Worked on CIF Error handling, and CIF Post processing, CIF
reconciliation and Delta Reports, Well versed with Error Handling and CIF transactions.
Implemented SAP OSS Notes to fix LiveCache issues by running consistency checks.
Worked on Forecast consumption.
Executed Deployment Runs to determine the distribution of available Supply.
Employer : PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD.
Hasbro Inc Providence, Rhode Island Oct ’07 – Dec ’09
SAP APO 5.0 DP/SNP, Implementation Industry: Manufacturing
Responsible for business process study, GAP analysis configuration and system testing.
Prepared a detailed document of AS-IS, by interacting with the key users.
Involved in project definition and preparation, As-Is mapping, defining objectives for business
blueprint, realization, and final preparations for a demonstration.
Created planning books, macros and demand plans using univariate forecasting, causal analysis
and composite forecasting.
Used Composite forecasting to pick the best-forecast model based on an error measure to
ensure the forecast accuracy.
Worked on Aggregation, Proportional Factors, Promotions and Macros.
Set up Release of Demand Plan to SNP.
Maintained CIF Integration models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3 and
APO.
Set up of SNP master profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters,
Resource and Production Process Models(PPM)
Maintained planning calendar, Planner Responsible and Creating variant for SNP Transaction
Data Deletion.
Maintained PP/DS heuristics, Product Planning Table configuration.
Involved in system testing and post implementation support.
University of Mumbai B.E. in Information Technology 2007
The University of Texas at Dallas MS Information Technology and Management 2011