Sap Project

Yasar Arafath

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Experience Summary

I am an associate with Wipro Technologies (www.wipro.com) for the last 6 + years with a total of 6.5 years of work experience. My main area of experience has been Implementation, Application support and Maintenance. I have worked primarily in the domain of mySAP Product Lifecycle Management cProjects suite 3.10, 4.00, 4.5, xRPM 4.5, Portfolio and Project Management 5.0 Recipe Management and Recipe Development, which are my technological forte other tools includes Cross Application – Classification systems, Workflows, DMS, ECM, BOM, Master data management, My Current role is SAP PLM PPM Consultant with Nokia Siemens Networks .

Technology

Below is a list of important hardware, software products, tools and methods that I have worked with.

Software Products Tools

- mySAP Product Lifecycle mgmt cProjects Suite 3.10, 4.00 & 4.5

- Project and Portfolio management tool xRPM 4.0 and 4.5

- Portfolio and Project Management 5.0 (PPM 5.0)

SAP PLM 7.0With NWBC Recipe Management

Recipe Development

cFolders

cProjects

xRPM

PPM 5.0

NWBC ABAP and NWBC Business client

- SAP Customer support system

-HP Quality Centre

-Remidy project management CSS

Qualifications

Degree and Date Institute Major and Specialization

Master of Science 05-2003 The New College

(University of Madras) Information Technology

Bachelor of Science 05-2000 Community College

(Pondicherry University) Computer Science

Professional Memberships / Certifications

Professional Society / Certification Member Since / Date Certified

Membership IEEE JUN – 2005

Certified by Computer Society of India (OO C++) JAN – 2000

Project Thesis

Project Title Business Process Document

Description Business Process Document for mySAP PLM – cFolders, cProjects

Role Author

Responsibilities Documentation of actual business process followed to Implement and usage of mySAP PLM Suite – cFolders & cProjects

Assignments

The details of the various assignments that I have handled are listed here, in chronological order.

Project ERM – Enterprise Resource Management

Customer Nokia Siemens Networks - France

Period Aug 2011 to till date

Role PPM Consultant

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00, release Ehp5 with NWBC

SAP PPM Portfolio and Project Management

SAP MRS Multi Resource Scheduling

SAP CM Competency Management

SAP PLM DMS Document Management system

Highlights ERM is e2e implementation of Resource Demand Planning project planning project for initial implementation of France, which comprises extensive use of the niche modules like PPM, MRS,CM and other default SAP modules in NWBC environment

This Implementation is jointly done by SAP GD Bangalore and Wipro Technologies

Activities:

• As a SAP PPM Consultant I am responsible for developing the Business Blue print document for cProjects and xRPM for Demand Planning

• Configuring the system in align with the Blue print

• Preparation of Test case and Training Materials

• End User trainings

• Legacy Master data upload

• Along with numerous meetings with Customers

Project SAP PLM – DMS Implementation

Customer Arcelor Mittal, Temirtau, Kazakhstan

Period Jun 2011 to Aug 2011

Role PLM Lead

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00,

SAP PLM DMS Document Management system

Highlights AMT is an End to End SAP ECC implementation project from client site at Kazakhstan which is the number one in steel manufacturer in the world, Wipro Technologies

implemented module like PS, QM, MM, SD FICO and DMS, all the modules went like on 01/07/2011 with perfectly followed project implementation timeline of six months.

Activities:

As a SAP PLM consultant i am responsible for Implementation of SAP DMS – Document Management System for all the SAP core modules like PS, QM, MM, SD & FICO with total

of 13 document types configured in the DMS as per the requirements gathered during the various workshops with clients, main highlight is the training of more that 95 end users of the DMS system in 7 batches .Other activates includes development of Business blue print, Module wise Configurations documents, user training document like Business Process, Test

cases, step by step instruction and finally provided two weeks of hyper care support after go live.

Project SAP PLM – DMS Implementation

Customer Tyco Fire Suppression and Building products, Marinette, WI, USA

Period Jul 2010 to Feb 2011

Role Team Lead

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00,

SAP PLM DMS

Highlights Implementation experience sharing with client like Best Practices, buying SAP software, installing, hardware sizing etc..

Implementing and Configuring DMS system

Migrating CAD files Data to SAP DMS.

SAP DMS - Document Management System implementation project for this Client which is a major producer of Fire suppression and Building products, currently the master data such as 2D, 3D, PDF, Word files etc. are stored in various legacy systems which are resulting in high time consumption of storing and retrieving along with redundancy and the search for documents based on specific parameters are not possible, to eliminate the above constraints the implementation of proven SAP tool DMS is done.

Activities:

Attending workshops with customers at onsite to gather DMS requirements, customers streams include OTC, PTS, STP, FTM

Implementing and Configuring SAP DMS along with

Easy DMS, CAD integration- Migrating Legacy Documents Data from various sources to SAP DMS

Conducted multiple end users trainings which includes 15 participants in SAP DMS- Development of Documents such as Courses Outline, End user training Courses, Simulations, Test case, Help files, End user test questions

Daily calls with customers and onsite team members for gathering requirements for new configuration and development- Existing issues discussed with customers and provide resolutions with agreed time frame

Detail Documentation of DMS implementation scenarios, End users training, Test cases, End users evaluations

Implementing and Configuring Cross Application component Classification system

Project SAP PLM – Recipe Management, cFolders Implementation

Customer United Biscuits, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Period Jan 2009 to Jun 2010

Role Team Lead

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00,

SAP PLM Recipe Management, EHS

SAP PLM cProjects suite 4.00, BOM, ECM, Master data, Classification System, Workflow.

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Implementation experience sharing with client like Best Practices, buying SAP software, installing, hardware sizing etc..

Implementing and Configuring SAP Recipe Management/cFolders

Migrating Legacy Hallmark Data to SAP Recipe mgmt.

Activities:

Conducted various workshops to gather the requirement from various departments like Technical Service, NPD, Factory and Infra Structure services

Developed detail Technical Design prior to Implementation which show cases the SAP Recipe mgmt. as complete standard functionality, by this time SAP landscape is ready with complete standard configuration settings

UB – United Biscuits Recipe mgmt. Is broadly classified as four major components

1. Ingredient Specification

2. Product Specification

3. Recipe creation

4. cFolders Interaction with Supplier

1. Ingredient Specifications configured to fit UB Ingredient creation, added custom Properties in the standard Property Tree

Added Custom property tree which will capture the Vendor details for the Ingredients

Other activities in Ingredient spec includes creation of Nutrition Group – Nutrition, Diet group – Diet, Allergens, Packaging etc..

2. Product Specification configuration includes process similar to Ingredient specs other configuration like Composition, Aggregation, Ingredient break down, Nutrition break down for ingredients, Nutrition Information for Pack copy information

3. Recipe Creation includes Formula, Process Steps, Equipment configuration

cFolders installed in DMZ – Demilitarised Zone to allow Competitive scenario for suppliers with bid for Ingredient bid

Implementing and Configuring Cross Application component – Classification

Project SAP PPM –xRPM and cProjects suite 4.5 Implementation

Customer Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, STANS, Switzerland

Period Sep 2008 to Dec 2008

Role Team Lead

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00, SAP Enterprise Portal 7.0

SAP PLM xRPM 4.5 – Resource and Portfolio Management,

SAP PLM cProjects suite 4.5, BOM, ECM, Classification System, Workflow.

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Implementation experience sharing with client like Best Practices, buying SAP software, installing, hardware sizing etc..

Implementing and Configuring SAP xRPM, cProjects and cFolders in Pilatus Landscape according to Pilatus Engineering Proposal scenario

Implementing CAT Time sheet with cProjects tasks

Replacing legacy project management tool with xRPM and cProjects with custom Portfolio Item types, Initiative types, Questionnaires, Scoring models and Project types, Phase types, Roles types etc.. in xRPM and cProjects respectively, along with Accounting, HR, ECC Object Links and cFolders Integration

New Cost/Revenue rates for individual Projects roles

Integration with MS Projects for upload and download of projects

Object link in backend ECC system like Plant Material, Internal Order, Project Systems – Project, Network, Element, Purchase Order, Sales Order, documents etc..

Configuring cFolders for Collaborative and Competitive scenarios, collaborations can be created/assigned in cProjects through cProjects itself and also from cFolders

Generated Interactive Project management reports in xRPM based on Questionnaires and Scoring model of a Project

Implementing and Configuring Cross Application component – Classification

Project SAP PLM Implementation/Support

Customer Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham MA - USA

Period Jun 2007 to Sep 2008

Role Team Member

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00

SAP PLM cProjects suite 4.00, BOM, ECM, Master data, Classification System, Workflow.

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Implementing and Customizing mySAP PLM cProjects suite 4.00

Implementing and Customizing Cross Application component – Classification for Bose Objects – Materials, Vendors, Labels, Document management, ECM etc..

Responsible for creating user specific reports in BOM

Ex:

o EOL Report – End of life report

This report will drill down to find a part no. which is obsolete or does not have demand in a BOM then the report will list demands for months in bucketed format based on user date range other fields reported are Excess, Excess $ value, on hand inventory, Open PO, Unit Price, Buyer ..

Responsible for creating user specific reports in ECM

Created a Material Master workflow which will automatically send tasks to custodians to perform necessary operation

Workflow status reports and dynamic reports which can be used to generate Workflow

Customizing the standard application as per the customer needs.

Project SAP Sapphire Event – Atlanta 2007

Customer SAP

Period MAR 2007 to JUN 2007

Description SAPPHIRE is the one place where senior executives, business managers, and decision-makers can come together to explore how innovative business solutions foster long-term, profitable growth.

TCS is participating in the Event with scenario of ‘Product Analytics’, which provides a detailed view the entire product portfolio and their performance where the data is taken from various data source that is from SAP and non SAP systems

• Enterprise Portal is the single user interface of entire Product Analytics data, integrated with SAP R/3 ECC6.0, cProjects 4.00, xRPM

• Engineering Change Management data is transferred to Visual Composer through standard and customized BAPIs

• Visual Composer is used to built different dash boards in Enterprise Portal

• cProjects and xRPM is used to build the Project management and Portfolio management in Enterprise Portal

• Implement industry standards and best practices for “transformational” and consistent service delivery.

Role Team Member

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00

SAP EP, Visual Composer, Enterprise Portal, xRPM and cProjects

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Regular updates and consulting with SAP Labs – Bangalore for Sapphire Atlanta 07 perparation.

Implementing and Customizing mySAP PLM cProjects, xRPM, Enterprise Portal, ECC 6.0

Project SAP Recipe Management for Honeywell - CPG

Customer Honeywell -TS Friction Materials division, Germany

Period NOV 2006 to MAR 2007

Description Honeywell-TS CPG-Friction Materials division at its European sites manufacture JURID Brake Pads for its customers. It experiments various Brake pad mixes usually known as Formulation mixes or simply Formulas

Honeywell-TS CPG has entered into a Master Services Agreement with TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) The Contract has the following schedules of work viz.,

i) Develop an Implementation Scenario of SAP Recipe Management in TCS Landscape.

ii) Develop a Prototype of Recipe Management for Break pads in SAP ECC 6.0 according to Honeywell standards

• Achieve cost advantage for utility services through process improvements and optimization of support structures

• Implement industry standards and best practices for “transformational” and consistent service delivery.

Role Team Member

Solution Environment SAP ECC 6.00

SAP Recipe Management

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Implementing and Customizing mySAP PLM Recipe Management

Customizing the standard application as per the customer needs.

Project SAP IT Appln. Support / Maint. (4R)

Customer SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen, Germany

Period SEP - 2005 to NOV - 2006

Description SAP AG has entered into a Master Services Agreement with TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) effective 11-Mar-2005 for provision of Information Technology (IT) Services over a 5-year period. The Contract has two (2) schedules of work viz.,

iii) SAP Application Support and Maintenance Services covering non-client facing tasks and

iv) ii) SAP Hosting Support and Services.

The 4Rs in the project title pertain to: Right Tasks, Right Location, Right People and Right Partner.

The key objectives of the 4R project are to:

• Achieve a 24x7 scale of operations from a single matured location out of India for application and maintenance services of SAP’ internal IT applications (non-client facing) and SAP Hosting’ server farms (client and non-client facing)

• Free-up current operations personnel for other value-added activities [Talent Management program]

• Achieve cost advantage for utility services through process improvements and optimization of support structures

• Attain ability to quickly transition services in and out

• Implement industry standards and best practices for “transformational” and consistent service delivery.

• Implementing and Customizing mySAP PLM cProjects suite 3.10

Role Team Member (Service Line Consulting)

Solution Environment SAP

SAP-CSS

MySAP PLM – cFolders, cProjects, xRPM

Windows 2000 Professional

Tools SAP-CSS, cFolders 3.1, cProjects 3.1

Highlights Implementing and Customizing mySAP PLM cProject suite 3.10

Supporting cFolders Application for SAP Customers in implementation and usage 24/5.

More 1000 related issues resolved by SAP CSS monitoring tool.

Project SAP R/3 Implementation.

Customer SANYO BPL - India

Period July 2005 – Aug 2005

Description SanyoBPL India Pvt.Ltd. is the joint venture between Sanyo Corporation JAPAN and BPL INDIA which is one of the largest manufactures of Commercial Electronics goods and other Home appliances in India and Japan and exporting to other parts of the world, by Implementing SAP R/3 4.7 SanyoBPL has synchronized their information to meet the growing business demand.

Role Technical team member, responsible for generating Classical and Grid reports

Solution Environment SAP 4.7 Enterprise

SAP-ABAP

Windows 2000 Professional

Highlights Reports Generated:

FICO:

Created an Report for Vendor Schedule (Vendor Outstanding Balance) for each Reconciliation Account the Vendors with their Debit, Credit and Advances are displayed along with the Subtotal and Grand total needs to be provided – which is the total of all the Reconciliation GL Account Subtotals.

Created an Report for Customer Schedule (Customer Outstanding Balance) for each Reconciliation Account the Customer with their Debit, Credit and Advances are displayed along with the Subtotal and Grand total needs to be provided – which is the total of all Reconciliation GL Account Subtotals.

General Ledger Account Analysis Report for every GL Account the Company Code, Posting date, Document no. Description, Amount, Vendor name, Vendor Invoice, and Invoice date along with the total outstanding amount for the vendor is displayed.

SD:

Segment Wise Sales Summary report for User date selection and YTD i.e. Year to Date (Financial Year – April 01 to Current Date) this YTD selection range is default in Selection screen and non editable by the user.

Career Profile

Dates Organization Role

20-06-2005 to 20-07-2010 TATA Consultancy Services Team Lead

21-07-2010 to till date Wipro Technologies SAP PLM consultant

Training / Continuing Education Summary

Program or Course Coverage Dates

Knowledge transfer in SAP AG Germany mySAP PLM cFolders, cProjects, xRPM SEP-2005

SAP Training in SAP Labs – Philadelphia, USA SAP PLM Classification Systems OCT-2007

Personal Details

Date of Birth 31-12-1979

Nationality Indian

Passport Details

Name as on passport Relationship Passport Number Date of Issue Expiry Date Place of Issue

Yasar Arafath Self G8100494 14-05-2008 13-05-2018 New York

US Visa: Valid US B1 VISA till 2020

Schengen Visa: Valid Schengen Visa till 04/12

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