Sample Projects List

Planning Assessments

Completed two planning assessments for a global chemicals company that recently implemented ECC6.0 and SCM7.0

Completed a post go-live assessment of a polymer planning and tolling planning processes.
Led two weeks of supply chain planning workshops with a business unit’s North America, Europe, and Asia teams

Completed an SCM7.0 PP/DS post go-live assessment for four North America regional planning groups for an $80 billion global food & beverage corporation

Reviewed production scheduling training documentation, process adherence, system support, planning master data, and measures

Completed an APO assessment for a Fortune 500 corporation’s industrial products business

Evaluated demand, supply, collaboration, replenishment, and production scheduling processes prior to a proposed APO implementation
Based on the assessment, the client chose to work to re-implement SAP ECC before implementing APO

Completed the PP/DS portion of an APO assessment for a global chemicals company

Based on the overall assessment, the client completed a master data cleansing project, an SCM7.0 upgrade, and an APO DP redesign

Planning Process Design

Served as Demand Planning Business Process Architect for a $50 billion multi-industry global company

Facilitated blueprint workshops to implement ECC6.0 and SCM7.0 on HANA for over 300 locations
Documented the global demand planning process using MS Visio for transition to ARIS and SAP Solution Manager
Prepared detailed design documents and functional requirements, and reviewed technical specifications

Served as Global Process Owner for a $10 billion chemicals manufacturer

Responsible for defining, implementing, and monitoring demand planning, supply balancing, and advanced scheduling work processes
Documented processes in MS Visio using Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) templates
Deployed a regional S&OP process to the European packaged gases business
Developed the global S&OP process for a $500 million division

Documented tolling process flows for the European division of a privately held intermediate chemicals manufacturer

Updated existing process flows and transitioned from ARIS to MS Visio BPMN2.0 templates

Systems Implementation and Deployment

Led the SAP SCM portions of an initial SAP implementation for an $11 billion global metals company

Developed test scripts and performed integration testing of SCM7.0-based demand planning, VMI, and production scheduling business processes
Worked closely with the master data team to develop planning data standards and queries to assess planning data quality
Updated SCM training material, provided production scheduling and planning master data training, developed job aids, and provided post go-live user support

Led Planning and Scheduling Workstream and provided as PP/DS functional consulting for a $10 billion global chemicals company

Completed PP/DS workshops, configuration, testing, cutover, and go-live support for a lifecycle implementation of SAP R/3 and APO DP, SNP, and PP/DS

Led the SCM7.0 PP/DS implementation for a $1.2 billion division of the world’s largest window films producer

Developed and led blueprint workshops, drafted master data standards, and provided core team training
Prepared integration test scripts and conducted integration testing
Defined master data, technical, and business cutover plan, and provided initial post go-live support

Led an SCM Improvements Project for a $2.5 billion global chemicals business

Completed an SCM5.0 Upgrade to SCM7.0 and an SCM7.0 DP redesign to provide statistical forecasting, improve forecasting data quality, and increase business productivity

Deployed APO in eight separate releases for a global chemicals manufacture

Extended demand forecasting and supply planning capabilities to North America, Europe, Israel, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Taiwan to enable global S&OP

Deployed an existing SCM7.0 SNP and PP/DS solution for the world’s largest beverage manufacturer

Extended the current solution to an internal manufacturing location and a subcontracting vendor
Performed incremental configuration, integration testing, master data setup, cutover, and post go-live support

Training Development and Delivery

Updated SCM training material, provided supply planning, production scheduling, and planning master data training, and updated configuration and integration documentation for future deployments

Provided one-on-one training and support to plant schedulers, demand managers, customer service representatives, tolling coordinators, and product line managers

Developed training materials and work instructions to support implementation of PP/DS fixed pegging, improve supply chain planning, and increase planning master data quality

Developed training materials on monitoring the Core Interface and trained the internal Center of Excellence and offshore AMS teams

Ongoing Support and Enhancements

Provided demand planning services on an interim basis for a small chemicals division

Improved forecast accuracy by 80% for a product line through sales history realignment, forecasting master data cleansing, and evaluating statistical forecasting models

Led implementation of enhancements to the PP/DS schedule board to support block planning and top down / bottom up scheduling and reorder point planning

Supported development of an SCM-based tolling process redesign to replace one based on ECC

Led a constrained demand and supply planning improvements project for a division of a global chemicals company

Worked closely with North American, European, and Asia supply chain teams to define a global sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, improve forecast accuracy, and improve planning data accuracy
Scenario-based planning supported a 25% inventory reduction during the 2009 downturn

Implemented ECC master data and integration improvements to reduce data integration errors and CIF support efforts by 95%

Implemented planning master data standards and data audits for forecasting, material, customer, production, and procurement data

Created master data queries and defined requirements for SAP Data Services Info Steward