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Project management of an ERP Software implementation project, including as-is analysis of current business processes, modelling of the future processes for a medium-sized company in the metal industry
Project location: Düsseldorf area | Project language: German
Project period: since 05/2011 | Project assignment: since 05/2011
- Project management of the entire ERP software implementation project
- As-is analysis of all current business processes
- Creation of future processes for the entire company in workshops
- Creation of a functional requirements documentation for the software selection process
- Support the management in the software selection
- Management of the entire ERP implementation project including design, training, testing and go-live
Project management and budget responsibilities: Process optimization and set-up of a Purchase to Pay (P2P) Prozess.
Global leading manufacturer of industrial packaging
Project location Brühl | Project language: German/English
Project period: 03/2011 – 07/2011
- Optimization of the release procedure in procurement
- Define clear budgetary responsibility
- Establish rules of representation
- Optimization of the communication and information flow between the requestor (creator of the BANF) and purchasing department
- Reduction of additional efforts and costs due to lack of supporting documents, bills and receipts
- Reduce process variations and implement standardized processes
- Define supplier management
- Automation of supplier management
- Automation of logistic auditing of accounts
- Adaption of “grown” working steps in implementing new systems or new form of organization.
- IT: SAP SRM, Fi, CO, Visio Word
Results
- Mapped P2P process
- Responsibilities and processes are defined and implemented
Projected development and continual support of management system according to ISO 9001:2008 at international subsidiary company in the field of vacuum technology
Project location: Cologne | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 01/2011 – 04/2011
- Monitoring of process assessments
- Performance of internal audits
- Trainings on new management system
Subproject management and support in a rollout of a SAP Kernel(SAP ECC 6.0) at several international locations for an international industrial group (Paper and Packaging Industry)
Project location: Vienna | Project language: English
Project period: since 2008 | Application period: since 04/2010
- Support of SAP Financials application as part of the international rollout of a SAP Kernel at several locations under consideration of Group chart of accounts and legal requirements of the consolidated balance sheet (interpretation of the IFRS), IFRS, HGB, BilMoG and respective local GAAPs
- Conducting Fit/Gap analysis for the subsidiaries (FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, SAP FI-BL, SAP AR-CR)
- Creation of Blue Prints (professional concepts) (FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, SAP FI-BL, SAP AR-CR)
- Design/implementation of new requirements (FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, SAP FI-BL, SAP AR-CR)
- Support of the plants in the testing phase (integration testing and user acceptance tests)
- Maintenance of requirements, test cases and defects in HP QC (Quality Center)
- Quality assurance of test cases
- Support of the key user in the testing phase
- Supporting documentation of test results
- Application Maintenance for subsidiaries that are already working with SAP (second-level support and third-level support) (FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, SAP FI-BL, SAP AR-CR )
- Subproject Management of the roll-outs for the Turkish subsidiary (7 plants)
- Conducting of the Business Review as part of workshops for the production plants in Istanbul, Turkey
- Analysis of major process and IT gaps (fit/gap analysis), keyword: business requirements
- Analysis of the major differences in the legal requirements (Turkish law vs. IFRS vs. Group accounting), keyword: legal requirements
- Discussion of a personal recommendation regarding the implementation of SAP
- Conducting a feasibility analysis of the consolidated requirements of a credit and risk management solutions within the SAP FSCM
- Cross-checking the coverage of corporate requirements in the SAP solution SAP-BL Credit Management / Risk Management
- Very specific requirements here in the integration of credit and risk management to the integration with SAP SD (Sales & Distribution) and SAP FI (Financials), especially regarding the treatment of quantities and stock contracts and respective call-offs.
- Implementation of the requirements for a Group Credit and Risk Management in SAP BL Credit Management / Risk Management
- Implementation of the foreign requirements for the foreign bank accounting
- Automation of all payments, creation of payment media formats and DMEE trees in the Data Medium Exchange Engine
- Automation of bank statement processing through the implementation of the electronic bank statement including creation of several search strings.
Support in the creation of a corporate strategy, establishment of a management system according to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 standards and coaching of the management board at a well-known manufacturer of etched parts and SMD technology
Project location: Wuppertal | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 02/2009 – 09/2011
- Management method coaching of new management
- Set-up of a company-wide Balanced Score Card (BSC)
- The project included business processes (P2P, O2C, H2R)
- Target process definition
- Installation of production planning and control (consumption plan)
- Definition and implementing of target process
- “Root cause analysis“ by using statistical methods and moderated workshops
- Concept creation to optimize business processes
- Introduction of “lean management“ in sales
- Set-up of reporting procedures on all levels on the basis of
internationally comparable KPIs (benchmarking) - Set-up of production planning as per KANBAN
- IT: Navision, Visio, Word
Results
- Reduction of backlogs by approx. 90% to 0
- Reduction of average delivery times from 6 to 3 days
- The new organization was certified in February 2010 (9001, 14001) without implementation audit.
Adjustment of management system according to requirements of DIN ISO 9001:2008 at international subsidiary company in the field of vacuum technology
Project location: Cologne | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 05/2010 – 12/2010
- Analysis of current situation
- Compilation of matrices of requirements
- Process visualizing in international SAP intranet
- Development and monitoring of process assessments
- Internal audits
Results
- Successful certification according to ISO 9001:2008 in Cologne and in 12 other locations worldwide
- Web-based release of management system documentation worldwide
- Reduction in documentation by 32% with the new management system
Implementation of an integrated management system according to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 and coaching of the staff at a well-known manufacturer of etched parts and SMD technology
Project location: Wuppertal | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 01/2010 – 05/2010
- Analysis of processes
- Project management of external specialists
- Weekly reporting to the managing board based on MPR (Management Project Reports)
Increase in productivity for an engineering plant
Project location: France - Montbrison | Project language: English/French
Project duration: 08/2007 – 06/2009 |
Project assignment: 08/2007 – 06/2009
- Optimisation and stabilisation of the operative business
- Assignment of TOYOTA Production Systems methods
- Moderation between all involved parties on project progress
- Assignment of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and implementation of a Balanced Score Card (BSC)
Results
- An increase in effectiveness by 20% was achieved and maintained over the duration of the measurement
Implementation of a management system according to ISO/TS 16949:2002
Project location: Plettenberg | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 05/2008 – 06/2009 |
Project assignment: 05/2008 – 06/2009
- The project "Q-LYMPIA 2009" was used for securing permanent market strength and good customer relations through verification of quality standards based on state of the art technology
- The project contained the assessment of business processes and definition of to-be processes
- Creation of concepts for optimising business processes
- Implementation of and coaching on Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Documentation and certification of the system by the TÜV
- Project management according to PMI-standard
- Process visualisation according to EPK and “swim-lane” standards
Results
- The management system was verified by the TÜV in June 2009 and was certified without any complaints
- Reduction of quality costs by approximately 23%
Corporate reorganisation and simultaneous establishment of a management system according to ISO 9001:2008 at a leading RFID-system integrator.
Project location: Bad Berleburg | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 05/2009 – 02/2010 |
Project assignment: 05/2009 – 02/2010
- Set-up of cost and activity accounting
- Set-up of company-wide controlling incl. BSC and KPI
- Creation of concepts for adjustment of business processes
- Coaching of the management board
- Set-up of a Business-Development concept
- Project management according to PMI-standard
- Process visualisation according to EPK and “swim-lane” standards
Results
- The management system was verified by the TÜG in January 2009 and was certified without any complaints
- Reduction of inventory by approximately 39%
Time-based management and simultaneous establishment of a management system according to ISO 9001:2008 at a manufacturer of precision turned brass parts
Project location: Attendorn | Project language: German/English
Project duration: 05/2005 – now
- Set-up of PPAP and APQP
- Set-up of SPC in Babtec software
- Creation of concepts for adjustment of business processes
- Coaching of the management board
- Implementation of an active complaint management system
- Set-up of an order administration system
- Process visualisation according to EPK and “swim-lane” standards
Results
- The management system was verified by the TÜV in February 2005 and was certified without any complaints
Introduction of a bonus-based wages system for a screw manufacturer
Project location: Breckerfeld | Project language: English
Project timescale: 11/2008 – 01/2009
Consultancy approach
The desired bonus model, in other words a success- and performance-bases remuneration system, is intended to act as a counterbalance to the continuous increases under collective bargaining agreements in the metal industry. In addition the personnel costs in general needed to be scrutinised due to the economic crisis.
Results
The bonus model served as the basis for further improvements. In addition the decision was taken to introduce short-time working, wage and salary increases were suspended in 2009, payroll accounting was outsourced (through the partial retirement of the present member of staff), the reimbursement of travel expenses was modified and asset-forming services were converted.
Creation of an order control system for a die forging shop
Project location: Halver | Project language: German
Project timescale: 04/2009 – present
Consultancy approach
In order to make it possible to control the company better, the managers and staff need to be given a central “thread” by means of clear guidelines on organisation and processes, along with regular and transparent communication, all supported by consistent, focused management behaviour. The objective of the project is the creation of a production planning system and associated key ratios. In addition the deadline planning in the tool shop needs to be optimised.
Results to follow.
Fuchs & Consorten
Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Düsseldorfer Str. 90
40545 Düsseldorf
Germany
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