PremKumar Prabu Ponnusamy

Client: (Microsoft)

• Configuration and setup of SAP IBP, including Master Data, Planning Area, and Key Figure. Order-based planning, run application job scheduling, and forecast model creation. Generate feasible supply plans to meet forecast accuracy.

Order-Based Planning:

• Worked extensively on the SOP planning process for the release 2 module.
• Created and managed process chevrons for the SOP process and assisted business users.
• With the existing SOP Release 1 planning process, the following are the new features introduced as part of Release 2, which includes the following objects.
• Callan (Attach Rate Plan) - This feature enables the planning of cooling racks that will cool the existing racks in GPU servers, e.g., per attach rate 1:2, 1:3; for one rack, it will use 2 or 3 cooling racks.
• EG Demand/Plan at SuperGeo: Demand flows from the global geolocation CG01 and disaggregation to SuperGeo locations CG02 - AMER, CG03 - EMEA, and CG04 - APAC.
• Statistical Forecast: Enabling statistical forecasting capabilities using AI models.
• Scenario planning at various UOMs involves different UOMs, such as Cores, A100e, etc., which provide the capability and flexibility for users to enter values in different UOMs for planning.

Client: (Kennametal)

• Configuration and setup of SAP IBP, including Master Data, Planning Area, and Key Figure. Time series, order series-based planning, run application job scheduling, and forecast model creation. Generate feasible supply plans to meet forecast accuracy.

Order-Based Planning:

• Setting up Order based Planning
• Creating Planning Run profile in Order Based Planning
• Understanding and using various OBP application jobs.
• Using various apps for OBP result analysis and debugging, such as Projected Stock, Analyze Supply Usage, and Analyzing Gating Factors, etc.

Demand Planning :

• Configured Demand Planning objects for forecast accuracy measures (accuracy, bias, and value add for 12 months weighted average).
• Configured Demand Planning objects for Forecast accuracy measures for Month on Month (Accuracy, Bias and Value add in the respective monthly buckets) Configured.
• Configuration for SOP accuracy, supply planning, and OBP modules for the project.

S&OP Planning

• Configured calculated KFs for Total Production Spend, Total Interco Spend, and created Analytics Stories for Demand Planning and SOP Executive review Dashboard.
• Configuration of rule-based master data, snapshots,
• Snapshots for DP, SNP, and OBP modules.
• Worked with different key figures, such as stored, calculated, and attribute, based on business requirements.
• Configured different planning levels based on data coming from the source system.

Laksys LLC - Corning

IBP implementation for CET SUPPLY business

MSITEK - Cirrus Logic

• Assist the Functional Lead in the design/build of the IBP/S&OP solution.
• Design and lead the end-to-end implementation of the comprehensive data integration solution.

• Working on CPI-DS for integrating IBP for outbound and inbound data integration across SAP S/4, legacy systems, and third-party systems.

• Configure and customize SAP IBP modules, including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).

• Regular interaction with stakeholders, steering committees, and planners, and addressing the concerns.

• Created new attributes, planning area, key figures, and planning levels, disaggregation, snapshots, and copy operators. Prepared testing documents for UAT, Go live, and purge of master and transaction data.

• Involved in cutover activities and security roles for different planners in IBP.

Client : Lennox International

Responsibilities:

Performing the role of IBP / CI-DS Consultant.

• Load of master data and transactional data using CPI-DS load.
• Configuration and setup of SAP IBP including Master Data, Planning Area, and Key Figure. Time series base planning run application job scheduling and forecast model creation.
• Generate feasible supply plans to meet forecast accuracy.

Responsible for handling the CI-DS build for IBP DP.

Implementation for commercial business.iness.

• Guided Basis to install the DS agent on Sandbox/Production.
• Created datastores, projects, tasks, processes in CI-DS using ECC/BI/Flat file as the source.
• Supported on hyper-care issues post go-live.

SCM-APO:

PP/DS Objects:

Developed a Custom user exit to convert resources from Single to Single Mixed and

Multi to Multi Mixed.

Developed a Custom heuristic for Automatic Creation of Cleanout Orders on Dedicated

Equipment.

Developed a custom screen to maintain the Cleanout PPM information based on Setup.

PPMs.

Developed a custom heuristic for the background job for the optimizer run with the product selection.

Developed a custom heuristic to handle the conversion of daily SNP orders into shifts based orders in PP/DS.

Client : Ford Motor Company

• Involving in Design and Development of RICEF Objects as per Functional Requirements, part of
• Testing custom developed objects and enhancements
• Created a program to pull all the BOD related information to presentation server as well as to
• Application server which is scheduled to run as back job every week.
• Creation of 2 new reports for Re-fiva automation process which includes updates of variants and Selection profiles as per the Functional Specification
• Involved in implementing CIF enhancement to transfer Material Master data to free attributes of Product Master
• Developed an Interface to transfer forecasts from APO to multiple legacy systems based on Monthly or weekly buckets
• Developed an inventory balance report to give complete information of stocks, receipts and Requirements for a material location combination for given range of period.

Client : General Electric

• Worked for clients P&G (North America) & General Electric (North America)
• Worked on critical business M&A (Wella AG) project on financial data archival process
• Actively involved in GE Energy and GE Gams implementation and support activities
• Was instrumental in building internal process improvement tools in SAP.