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 | 11/2008 -- ..
Aluminum industry
[Nor/Spain/Worldwide] |
| VC modelling review and improvement in an on-going multi-country roll-out |
| SAP VC, Pricing, DIMP IS-Mill, material variants |
| 04/2007 -- 11/2008
Electrical equipment
[F/USA/Worldwide] |
| Responsible for VC integration in one of the largest SAP and most complex variant config projects worldwide, ultimately rolling out to subsidiaries in 140 countries |
| SAP VC, IPC, ETO, MTO, ATO, PTO, IPC advanced mode, order BOMs, sales + purchasing + costing pricing, CRM, mobile sales, SAP PC-UI, cross-company logistics (STO, CCSTO, third-party, intercompany sales) |
| 12/2006 -- 03/2007
Air conditioning systems manufacturer
[USA] |
| Design, implementation and integration of an extended online pricing tool for complex configurable products |
| SAP IPC, Java, JSP, CRM, SAP VC |
| 01/2007
Food processing machinery
[D] |
| Consultation of medium size business, low volume/high complexity, on decision about whether to use variant configuration or pure engineer-to-order approach |
| Business process consulting, SAP VC, VC modeling, PP, ETO, pricing (component-based vs. characteristic-based) |
| 02/2006 -- 11/2006
Furniture
[D/NL/F/CH] |
| VC product modeling expert for implementation and roll-out involving over ten daughter companies |
| SAP VC, BOMs, Routings, Variant functions |
| 02/2005 -- 02/2006
Telekommunications Equipment
[D/USA, worldwide] |
| Integration of IPC and ISA into an Offer-creation and -management tool for highly complex telecom installations. Successful GoLive Jan 2006. |
| SAP IPC, ISA, VC, Java, JSP, Apache Struts framework, Variant functions, JUnit |
| 02/2005
Biotech
[UK, worldwide] |
| VC and e-commerce (IPC, ISA, Java, JSP) consulting for the extension of an existing web shop solution and its integration with SAP R/3 |
| SAP Variantenkonfiguration und Preisfindung, ISA (SAP Internet Sales R/3 Edition), IPC |
| 11/2004
Telecoms equipment
[D, worldwide] |
| Served as VC expert in solution design and specification for a detailed offer. |
| SAP variant configuration and pricing, Batch management, material variants, split valuation |
| 05/2003 -- 01/2005
Automotive
[D, USA] |
| Systems integration consulting: IPC / VMS (SAP Vehicle Management System) < -- > custom configurator for a global dealer system |
| product modeling |
| KMAT --> VMS Vehicle |
| variant pricing |
| multi-tier client/server architecture |
| UI Design & J2EE / Apache struts / JSP programming |
| systems integration: tight runtime-coupling of SAP IPC and custom configurator, for prices and characteristic values with language- and context-dependant description texts |
| SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP VMS, Java, client/server, EJB, Apache Struts framework, JSP, servlets, JCO, RFC, http POST, IBM WebSphere, DB2 |
| 04/2003
SAP
[D] |
| Quality Management; tester for CRM 4.0, IPC 4.0, PME 4.0 |
| SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, PME, CRM |
| 03/2003
IT manufacturer
[D, USA] |
| Systems integration consulting: IPC, modified SAP Online Store for a B2B website |
| SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP Online Store, SAP Internet Sales for R/3, Java, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST |
| 03/2003
Automotive
[D, USA] |
| Systems integration consulting: IPC / VMS (SAP Vehicle Management System) < -- > custom configurator for a global dealer system |
| SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP VMS, Java, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST |
| 11/2002 - 06/2003
Power Generation
[D, USA] |
| PLM, Variant Configuration, systems architecture & integration for integrated offer management and documentation system |
| Variant Configurator Modelling |
| Modeller training (D, USA) |
| Trained and guided up to 10 customer employees and consultants in SAP VC modelling |
| Design of modelling approach |
| multi-level configuration model |
| configurable materials (KMATs) |
| Bills-of-material (BOMs) |
| Classification system |
| Classes, Characteristics, Characteristic values, restrictable characteristics, reference characteristics, multi-value characteristics, soft defaults vs. hard defaults |
| Dependency knowledge |
| Procedures, preconditions, selection conditions |
| Emphasis on use of advanced constraints |
| Design of integration with PDM / PLM system |
| Autogeneration of offer texts |
| Web programming and Backend integration |
| JSP web UI programming |
| Integration of web front-end with backend ERP system, client/server, http POST, JCo / RFC |
| Implemented custom access rights system in JSP UI, based on the SAP Authorization "Concept" (authorization objects and roles) |
| SAP variant configuration modeling, IPC, SAP PDM / PLM, SD, MM, PP, Oracle, JSP, Java, struts framework, J2EE, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST, XML, SAP Authorization Concept |
| 09/2002
Low Voltage Equipment
[D, worldwide] |
| Product modeling Training |
| SAP variant configuration, IPC, MS Visio, SemTalk, Integral, Object-Oriented Design |
| 06/2002
Power Generation
[D, USA] |
| Concept & demo of an integrated offer management and documentation system |
| SAP variant configuration modeling, IPC, SAP PDM / PLM |
| 05/2002
Automotive
[D] |
| IPC Java programming consulting & training |
| SAP IPC, Java Swing, JSP, client/server |
| 04/2002 - 08/2002
IT manufacturer
[D] |
| Systems integration consulting and training, CRM/IPC -- custom web shop ("shop-in-shop" dealer solution); variant configuration modeling consulting |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, client/server programming, Visual Basic, COM, ASP |
| 04/2002
Telecoms equipment
[D] |
| Project planning w/ detailed cost estimate for CRM 3.0 implementation with Internet Sales, IPC, product modelling, pricing, low-level integration of IPC with external configurator |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP CRM Internet Sales, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, C++, JSP, InQMy |
| 3/02
Automotive
[D] |
| Installation analysis IPC/CRM. |
| SAP IPC |
| 3/02
Gears and couplings
[D] |
| Feasibility study Port SCE --> IPC. |
| SAP IPC |
| 2/02 - 05/02
Telecoms equipment
[D] |
| Feasibility study IPC/CRM. Low-level Integration IPC / custom-coded configurator. |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, C++, JSP, InQMy |
| 11/01 - 02/02
IT manufacturer
[CH, USA, D] |
| Design and implementation of a distributed systems architecture integrating R/3, IPC (SAP Internet product configurator), Trilogy and various in-house applications. |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, XML, Soap, Java Client/Server, RMI |
| 06/01 - 10/01
SAP PD/QM
[D] |
| Tester for IPC and Internet Sales. |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP IS, JAVA |
| 01/01 - 06/01
IT manufacturer
[USA, D] |
| Participated in design and implementation of sales & distribution mega-architecture integrating R/3, IPC, Siebel, CommerceOne and various in-house systems |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SIEBEL, COMMERCEONE, IPC, JAVA, XML, SOAP |
| 07/00 - 02/01
Automotive manufacturer
[F, UK] |
| Semi-automation of SAP-based configurator web site for non-SAP product experts |
| Designed and implemented a system that generates SAP VC source code from spreadsheets already in use |
| Variant configuration model source code uploaded to R/3 system |
| Knowledge base generated and downloaded to web site (SAP IPC) |
| Customer is able to modify web site by changing spreadsheets and re-generating knowledge bases -- no coding required. |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), IPC, VISUAL BASIC, JAVA, JSP |
| 05/99 - 06/00
Furniture manufacturer
[CH, D] |
| Lead consultant in charge of variant configuration (cross-application SD, MM, PP) and e-commerce (IPC) in from-scratch SAP implementation |
| One of the largest SAP VC implementations in the world |
| Analysis, design and implementation |
| Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette, incl. reusable components |
| Classes and characteristics, bills-of-material, routings, material masters, condition records, pricing procedures, customizing, constraints, procedures, selection conditions |
| Exemplary implementation for complex product |
| Training and guidance |
| Trained 10 in-house product experts in VC modeling |
| Oversaw and tested their implementations; trouble-shooting and problem solving for hard nuts to crack |
| Liaison |
| Represented the VC 'faction' in implementation matters; integration with SD, MM, PP; handled communication with SAP developers |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), IPC |
| 11/99 - 02/00
Telecoms equipment manufacturer
[D, S] |
| Designed B2B architecture that enables manufacturer's customers to configure and procure complex configurable products (R/3 to web to R/3) |
| SAP R/3 Variantenkonfiguration (SD, MM, PP), IPC, WWW |
| 02/99 - 06/99
Automotive
[D] |
| VC Modeling & SCE (SAP off-line configurator). |
| Analysis, design and implementation |
| Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette, incl. reusable components |
| Research and design for replacement of in-house configurator with SCE (SAP off-line configurator) |
| Training and guidance |
| Trained 6 in-house product experts in VC modeling |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SCE, SPE |
| 11/98 - 03/99
Gears and couplings manufacturer
[D] |
| Lead consultant in charge of variant configuration in from-scratch SAP implementation |
| Analysis and Design |
| Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette |
| Exemplary implementation for complex product |
| Training and guidance |
| Trained 12 in-house product experts in VC modeling |
| Oversaw and tested their implementations; trouble-shooting and problem solving |
| Trained and advised in-house expert to take over lead of configuration project |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP) |
| 06/98 - 10/98
IT manufacturer
[D, USA] |
| Systems analysis, design and implementation work for integration of SCE into heterogeneous in-house system |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration, SCE, Java |
| 02/98 - 07/98
Elevator manufacturer
[USA] |
| Systems analysis, design and implementation work for integration of SCE in the context of a from-scratch R/3 implementation |
| SAP R/3 variant configuration, SCE, Java |
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