Supply Chain Business Process

Ravi Prakash K S

Profile

Summary

● ** years of total exp and 12+ years of SAP experience

consisting of various sizes and in various verticals in the areas of implementation, upgrade and product development and business process consultancy. 5yrs in production planning, materials management, and 10+ years in APO AND

INTEGRATED BUISNESS PLANNING(IBP), SAP HYBRYS, S/4 HANA, BW AND BI implementation and development and certified in S/4 HANA, BW AND BI By ATOS ORIGIN IN SINGAPORE.

● 10 years of experience and proven track record in supply chain planning primarily into SAP-

● Advanced planner and optimizer and integrated business planning (IBP), Order Based Planning and Production Planning Implementation in verticals of Hitech

manufacturing, FMCG and retail sectors.

● Ability to work with time sense as a team player or individually.

● Good Communication and Presentation skills and Good as team Builder and Team player and capable to give efficient business solutions upon requirements.

Project Experience – Details

Organization - IBM GLOBAL SERVCIES, MUMBAI (PAYROLL FROM GLOBITERTECH INFOEtech NOIDA)

Client- sunpharmacuticles, Mumbai.

Duration – jan2024-ill date

Adopted the agile methodology while implementing the sap hana and well conversed with hana integration with ECC AND APO.

Working on implementation project in IBP VARIOUS MODULES IE sand op, demand planning, demand sensing, supply response planning and the inventory optimizer

Ravi Prakash K S

Mainly focused on the supply response planning, changing the algorithms using MILP- MIXES INTEGER LINEAR PRAOGRAMMING ) UING THE PSEUDO CONSTRINTS AND Version up gradation and alsooptmizer function implication of profit maximization and delivery maximization concepts. Project Experience – Details

Customer Hitachi automotive systems

Duration Nov 2020- dec2023

Project Support

Role Sr. SAP IBP Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Implemented S/4 Hana across various verticals in apo/ibp/pp including DDMRP, forecast to schedule, and in central finance, Created the CDS views in Hana development and done enhancement, upgradation on latest version of Hana.

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● Sales and operation planning. Involved in creation master data types and integrated with non-sap systems through CPI-DS AND ALSO TRANSFRED IT TO ibp sand op and supply planning for location and product id for sand op and for master resource engender for supply planning. Implemented the demand planning for using the statistical forecasting and Croston method correlated with smoothening factors and evaluated using forecast error exceptions, Supply response planning. Using order-based planning and time series- based planning for different planning versions and hence created the consensus-based planning and transferred to I/o inventory optimization, Inventory optimization. Run the inventory model optimizer and basically from input from the inventory budget and different parameters and Rplt- Replenishment strategies, Order based planning, Reorder point planning, replenishment lead time, safety stock planning and hence make a recommendation to supply chain Ravi Prakash K S

planner to consider the recommended safety stock planning. Customer PHLIPS, NETHERLANDS, INDIA

Duration MAR2019-APR202020

Project Implementation, roll out project

Role Sr. SAP IBP Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● System Architecture lead and responsible for landscape design.

● Modeling Supply Optimizer based on the business

requirements such as Order based planning Minimum

capacity usage of production resource, Inventory tiering using fare share, safety stock penalty, Minimum Aggregated Production, etc. using associated cost rates for cost minimization.

● Modeled Sub-Network for international demand scenario.

● Design automated solution to update source validity dates based on the quotas generated by optimizer.

● Created custom Attributes, Master Data and Key Figure to support business process and reporting requirements.

● Security role setup with the various restrictions using visibility filter.

● Worked with SAP on implementing L-Script code.

● Lead Production cut-over activities

Customer Intel inc

Duration may 2008 to april2010

Project Green field implementaion, rollouts

Role Sr. SAP IBP/ bw/ bi.hana Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Supply Optimizer configuration support.

● Business Process training, OBP, IBP.

● HCI Task configuration in IBP using Application Job Ravi Prakash K S

Templates.

Customer Honeywell turbo machines, europe(uk andfrance) Duration Oct2006-apr2007

Project Greenfield and supprt projects

Role Sr. SAP IBP Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Implemented SAP IBP 6.3 RDS

● Responsible for designing S&OP Process Dashboard

● Design Supply process based on the requirements.

● Create New KF and Alerts based on the client requirement for Demand Planning and Supply Planning.

● System Architecture and responsible for transport process to Production instance

● Creation of new planning area (simple and advance copy)

● Worked closely with SAP IBP and OBP Product development and support team on critical issues.

● Creation of custom alert key figure based on the business requirement.

● Configuration of Control tower dashboard including drill down charts multiple levels

● Creation of complex security roles based on the business requirements.

● Data validation and loading using HCI to IBP

Customer OWENS CORING –USA-INDIA AND SOUTH KOREA

Duration JAN 2005-OCT2006

Project GREEN FIELD IMPLEMETATION

Role Sr. SAP SCM/IBP Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Implemented SAP SOP HANA 3.0, responsible for business requirement gathering for SAP S&OP, including Key Figure and Role Configuration for one of the business groups within Ravi Prakash K S

Microsoft.

● Second implementation of SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) 4.0/6.2 was to implement S&OP and Consensus Demand planning for Microsoft Supply Chain

● POC for SAP IBP Control Tower

● Creation of complex security roles

● Configuration and troubleshooting of HCI Task and process.

● Configuration of SAP IBP including Master Data, Key Figure, Planning Area, Planning Level, Order based planning, Miscellaneous Settings, and global configuration as per the business requirement along with Excel Add-In Planning view creation and Web UI Dashboard

● Created Key Figure calculation and definition for IBP model definition.

● Created planning views and dashboard for alerts and charts.

● Create Operation Guide for SAP IBP - Planning and S&OP process.

● Create Process guide for SAP IBP system to on-board and maintain user new user.

● SIT and UAT support for SAP IBP projects.

● Upgrade/Migration analysis from 4.0 to 6.2 using SAP IBP RDS for the current business process.

● Creation of HCI Agent/Projects/Task and troubleshooting

● Implementation project (SCM 7.2) and post Go-Live production support of DP, SNP, GATP and PPDS

● Involved in business requirement gathering, Functional Specs and Technical Specs review to make sure project is supportable and reliable.

● System configuration related to PP/DS

● Configuration of GATP (RBA/MISL/ Multi level ATP check/Product Allocation/Substitution/BOP) including performance improvement and post deployment support

● Reviewing SIT and UAT Test cases and support

● Maintained PP/DS heuristics, Product Planning Table configuration.

Ravi Prakash K S

● Extensive knowledge in supporting and enhancing GATP and allocation process.

● Directly worked with SAP Max Attention to improve the performance of Order Based Planning management process including GATP, BOP and CIF Interface

● Handling Major incidents and working closely with SAP AG on very high priority issues.

● CIF Setup and Error Handling

● Creating complex Macros and troubleshooting

● Team Lead for onsite and offshore support team and make sure all tickets are closed in time and if required provide help to close them in a timely manner.

● Lead 5 Major Quarterly SAP Release

Customer Machino machine tools-India and global

Duration FEB2002-DEC2004

Project SUPPORT PROJECT

Role Sr. SAP IBP Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Led the project team for implementing APO PPDS, GATP & SNP module at client sites (Cleveland, US & London, UK) and offshore (Bangalore, India).

● Translating business needs into Design specifications for reports.

● Complex master data issues were solved by providing innovative technical solutions.

● Extensively worked with Users in resolving application issues and user training after Go-live Post implementation support.

● Configuration, testing, documenting, and training in addition to creating the specifications, and testing of all custom developments.

● The newly implemented scheduling model included Custom heuristic for over lapping of orders.

Ravi Prakash K S

Customer KENNAMETAL WIDIA GMBH, INDIA

Duration DEC2003-MAR2005

Project SUPPORT

Role Sr. SCM APO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Presented business cases and future growth plan with key stakeholders.

● Realization: configuration rationales and functional spec.

● Involved in the implementation team for Carrier selection Model for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg). 6

● Drafted the training materials for Philips GATP Business process which is being used as a reference material during Train-The-Trainer session conducted for the key business users.

● Capacity study for each machine for different production volume, preparation of schedule & executing the same.

● Framing the AS-IS to be analysis by conducting detailed study across multilevel, multi plant planning across distributors, vendors, and retailers in terms of strategic planning exchange between them.

● Implemented APO module in machino in Demand planning

(DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) & Production planning

& Detailed Planning.(PPDS),transport planning vehicle scheduling(TP&VS),Global available to

promise(GATP),Capable to match(CTM).

● Demand planning made through advanced statistical methods using first order exponential & second order exponential methods. Identifying the Multilevel planning methods like planning multi-plant scenarios by forecasting with dependants requirements, forecasting of variants

● Transfer the data from DP to SNP (unconstrained plan).

● Global Available to Promise (GATP) configured through check against forecasting, product group allocation & product substitution since machino has a different product group Ravi Prakash K S

combination and new product introduction in the market .

● Supply Network Planning for mid term planning made through generating global consistent model across

manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, based on LP resolver

[Dual simplex method (linear programming methods) Based on capacity constraints and cost profile, planned order created in the APO transferred to Sap/r3 PP ie, production order created in SAP R/3 transferred to APO thru BAPI

(business application programming interface)

● Generate the Capable to Match (CTM) for evaluating the Supply & Demand model intern for collaborative plan by order prioritization and supply categorization based on the capacity evaluation and supplier category and transportation capability.

● Production Planning & Detailed scheduling done for critical assemblies where company operating in short range

planning by transferring data from DP to PPDS.

● Setting up the coast profile by set up cost, set up time & modal cost for evaluating cost parameters.

● Order optimization is done for resource flow centric for reduction of time constraints Like setup time, tear down time, interoperation time.

● Transport planning & Vehicle scheduling implemented through designing the network model using mathematical model using optimization theory evaluated through supplier, distributor network.

● Knowledge of I2 PRODUCT in various sub modules like Factory planner, Supply chain planner etc.

● Various business segments on periodic basis.

Customer ABB-SWITZERLAND, INDIA

Duration NOV2002-DEC2003

Project SUPPORT AND IMPLMENTATION

Role Sr. SCM APO Lead Consultant

Ravi Prakash K S

Responsibilities

/ Deliverables

● Presented business cases and future growth plan with key stakeholders.

● Realization: configuration rationales and functional spec.

● Involved in the implementation team for Carrier selection Model for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg). 6

● Drafted the training materials for Philips GATP Business process which is being used as a reference material during Train-The-Trainer session conducted for the key business users.

● Capacity study for each machine for different production volume, preparation of schedule & executing the same.

● Framing the AS-IS to be analysis by conducting detailed study across multilevel, multi plant planning across distributors, vendors, and retailers in terms of strategic planning exchange between them.

● Implemented APO module in machino in Demand planning

(DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) & Production planning

& Detailed Planning.(PPDS),transport planning vehicle scheduling(TP&VS),Global available to

promise(GATP),Capable to match(CTM).

● Demand planning made through advanced statistical methods using first order exponential & second order based exponential methods. Identifying the Multilevel planning methods like planning multi-plant scenarios by forecasting with dependants requirements, forecasting of variants

● Transfer the data from DP to SNP (unconstrained plan).

● Global Available to Promise (GATP) configured through check against forecasting, product group allocation & product substitution since machino has a different product group combination and new product introduction in the market .

● Supply Network Planning for mid term planning made through generating global consistent model across

manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, based on LP resolver

[Dual simplex method (linear programming methods) Based Ravi Prakash K S

on capacity constraints and cost profile, planned order created in the APO transferred to Sap/r3 PP ie, production order created in SAP R/3 transferred to APO thru BAPI

(business application programming interface)

● Generate the Capable to Match (CTM) for evaluating the Supply & Demand model intern for collaborative plan by order prioritization and supply categorization based on the capacity evaluation and supplier category and transportation capability.

● Production Planning & Detailed scheduling done for critical assemblies where company operating in short range

planning by transferring data from DP to PPDS.

● Setting up the coast profile by set up cost, set up time & modal cost for evaluating cost parameters.

● Order based optimization is done for resource flow centric for reduction of time constraints Like setup time, tear down time, interoperation time.

● Transport planning & Vehicle scheduling implemented through designing the network model using mathematical model using optimization theory evaluated through supplier, distributor network.

● Knowledge of I2 PRODUCT in various sub modules like Factory planner, Supply chain planner etc.

● Various business segments on periodic basis.

Implemented e-PPDS module as per the buisness requiremts of Hitachi automobiles in APAC REGION, as per the phontom assly planning scenarios, product planning table.,

configured the material paliing using mrp type x0 in the material master, which will be tnasfderec thro coreinterfcae to be trnmacfereed tp SNP OR PPDSfor which material have to be planned In the APO system.

Configured the run the Mrp live using the hana application and optimizing the sschedulng aspetcs by using the sales forecast.

Ravi Prakash K S

EDUCATION

BE(Industrial and Production Engg) from Mysore university passed out on 1992 october.

-64% in JNN collage o0f engg shimogga.

12 th standard passed out in 1988 with first class from sir m visweswarayya Collage in bhadravathi. (62%).

10 th standard – passed out in 1986 with distinction (72%) from paper town High school bhadravathi.

Undergone a Japanese L1 Training programme in Bangalore and completed in a duration of 6 Months and able to communicate both in vebal and written skills TRAINING IMPARTED

Got certification in APO, IBP from ATOS syntel SINGAPORE. End user training to client core team members

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

HARDWARE IBM,COMPAQ,DELL

ERP Applications SAP 4.0B, 4.6B, and 4.6 C

Operating Systems Win 2000, Win NT, Win98, and Win95 Databases Oracle 7.x, MS SQL 7, 2000

GUI Visual Basic 6.0, Developer 2000

Languages C, SQL, PL/SQL, ABAP/4

Personal information

Date of birth-11.02.1975,

Contact no -910-***-****,990059525,

Passport no- B2844305

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