Sairam Rongali

• Worked on a full life cycle implementation for PP/QM module.
• Configured QM Control key for the goods receiving inspection. Created inspection plan groups for the production line, created Group Counters and assigned materials to them.
• Engaged in involving special procurement types such as Subcontracting, Multisite planning, Production in another plant, MRP area configuration, and planning.
• Plant level MRP, planning at material level, multi-level MRP,Consumption based planning - reorder point planning, MRP area planning and MRP Live in S/4 Hana.
• Configured creation of storage locations automatically for different movement types with Goods issue/Transfer posting and Goods receipt.
• Configured Material Master Records including defining material types, defining the MRP views required as per the user requirement for PP/PI.
• ● Involved in Configuration of Inventory Management like Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Transfer posting, Return Delivery and Stock transfers, Reservations, and Reporting in inventory management.
• Validate the business scenarios acting as a part of the Integration Team, performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Helped in maintaining backorder processing (BOP), back flushing, and automatic goods movements.
• Handled IDoc processing to resolve failures related to Master data and BOMs originating from ERP and PLM systems. Managed IDoc error handling by addressing various error message types, conducting research, and ensuring successful processing.
• Configured availability check, production scheduling profile, process order types, and plant parameters, automatic purchase requisitions from MRP and goods movements.
• Configured repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, Planning table, Product cost collectors and back flushing.
• Master Data with Product Master, Location, Resources, Quota Arrangements, Transportation Lanes and Production Planning Model.

• Part of the core implementation team involving configuring and testing of PP module using ASAP methodology.
• Being a PP Functional Consultant, designed SAP PP process flow, conducted demo for core team members, collected Question & Answer Database and actively participated in meetings with them.
• Based on users’ requirements, prepared “As-Is” document and developed a “To-Be” process for master data for various production strategies.
• Interacted with core team members and plant managers to perform Gap Analysis based on As-Is study reports.
• Configured Material Master, BOM, Routing and Work Center for the old and new equipment’s in large volume in Discrete Manufacturing environment.
• Extensively worked on Production Order Creation, Release, Availability Check, Confirmation of orders, Automatic Goods Receipt and Goods Issue.
• Configured Production Scheduling Profile and Scheduling Parameters for production orders.
• Defined Control Keys, Confirmation Parameters for various operations and production orders.
• Maintained Make-to-Order, Planning with Final Assembly strategy for various products.
• Configured Plant Parameters for Materials Requirement Planning such as MRP groups, MRP controller, MRP types, Planning Horizon, Lot-sizing Procedure, and availability check for components.
• Configured and executed the Shop Floor Activities based on User which included release of Production Order and Printing of Shop Floor Documents.
• Defined Storage Type and assigned Movement Type to Storage Type.
• ● Worked on Periodic Data Transfer from Legacy System into SAP R/3 using LSMW Tool; Data transfer included mapping fields, reading the spreadsheet files, and converting into the target format.
• Trained End-users/Power users, Core Team Members for newly configured systems.
• Involved in troubleshooting configuration issues and providing support to the end users.
• Worked on Functional Specification document for customized enhancements.
• Worked on Manual and Automated testing. Worked on Mercury Quality Center and QTP for testing. Worked on Unit testing and Integration testing.
• Develop end-to-end integrated process test scripts and fix the failed test scenarios.

● Analyzed the as-is condition of the client’s existing manufacturing system and carried out the to-be analysis through business process re-engineering and configuration.
● Performed fit-gap analysis by conducting business discussions with core team and business process workshops for Blueprint design.
● Documented critical changes, trained client team about the new system functionality.
● Participated in configuration and customization of PP functionalities for master data (materials, BOMs, routings and production versions), product master data, MRP, work centers, rate routing, and product cost collectors.
● Configured purchase order types, order type dependent parameters, and scheduling agreement types.
● Configured and executed the shop floor activities including creation of orders, conversion of planned orders, goods movements, order confirmations and availability check.
● Interacted with the controlling team to solve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type, cost center assignment, and product cost collectors.
● Used net requirements planning strategy and transferred data to demand management.
● Implemented repetitive manufacturing environment for production activities.
● Worked on planned order parameters for defining the order profile, availability check, control keys for routing data.
● Defined reporting points for the back-flush process.
● Configured order types, REM profiles, and MRP parameters.
● Maintained plant parameters such as MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Lot sizing procedure, availability check for components, and conversion of procurement proposals.
● Created a variant for MRP run and scheduled a background job to run every weekend.
● Responsible for maintenance of number ranges for inventory documents, info records, and source list for purchase materials.
● Worked along with technical consultants and developed customized reports for PP and MM module.
● Involved and coordinated unit and integration testing with other modules and created test scenarios.
● Achieved the Go-Live date and provided Go-Live and Post live support.
● Conducted end user training, institution of help desk and end user documentation.