Laxmipathi Gonal Venkataswamy, Principal Consultant

Laxmipathi Gonal Venkataswamy

Principal Consultant

Birla soft Ltd

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Tool Design – Tool and Die Technology
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Principal Consultant at Birla soft Ltd
  • India
  • My current job since June 2021
Principal Consultant at INVACARE
  • United States
  • April 2019 to February 2021

PP/VC/QM
o Implemented Variant Table to maintain the combination of characteristics and its values to calculate Factors
o Wrote Constraints and procedures dependency
o Worked on VC master data distribution using ALE
o Designed Super BOMs which triggered the Variant BOMs as per the product configured in Variant Configuration
o Acted as SME Trainer for several trainings for SAP VC for competency development
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Lead Consultant at ITC Infotech India Ltd
  • India
  • March 2018 to February 2021
Lead Consultant at Crown Packaging
  • United Kingdom
  • April 2018 to April 2019

PP/VC/QM
o Managed development of new requirements and user exit for the business and prepared the functional specifications for
RICEF Specifications in production process
o Gathered & analysed requirements of Reports, Interface, Forms and Enhancement
o Implemented Variant Table to maintain the combination of characteristics and its values to calculate Factors
o Wrote pre-condition, selection condition and procedures dependency
o Worked on VC master data distribution using ALE
o Designed Super BOMs which triggered the Variant BOMs as per the product configured in Variant Configuration
o Acted as SME Trainer for several trainings for SAP VC for competency development
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Principal Consultant at Kaar Technologies Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • August 2012 to February 2018
Lead Consultant at Adani Wilmar
  • India
  • December 2016 to January 2018

QM Modules
o Steered ideation, proposal, design, development, validation and launch of the deployment project
o Developed the design phase to design the system at detail levels as per TO-BE process like preparing the Process design
for Material master creation, BOM, Resource, Master Recipe, MRP, process order which includes the process description
and Process flow chart
o Configured and tested shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods
movement and order confirmations.
o Designed solutions to meet business requirements for Quality Management and cross-functional processes for the
business; integration with procurement, production, warehousing, and sales and distribution including Batch
Management expertise
o Created interfaces are written to exchange/update/send/receive data between SAP and PLC System two-way
communication (Inbound and Outbound)
o Configured, designed and implemented inspection characteristics, inspection methods, inspection plan and QM-specific
data in Material Master; created Notification Types; designed system to meet user requirements for incoming material
and final inspections
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Principal Consultant at CRISTAL & ATTM
  • Japan
  • November 2014 to November 2016

SAP PP/VC/QM
Modules
o Managed BE Process like preparing the Process design for Material master creation, BOM, Resource, Master Recipe, MRP,
process order which includes the process description and Process flow chart
o Configured and tested shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods
movement and order confirmations
o Administered integration with procurement, production, warehousing, and sales and distribution including Batch
Management expertise
o Actively involved in the unit testing, regression testing and end to end testing
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Principal Consultant at Sharqawi Air Distribution Systems
  • Saudi Arabia
  • February 2014 to September 2014

SAP PP/VC/QM Modules
o Implemented Make-to-Order with Variant Configuration Module
o Configured prototype of the ‘To be’ SAP system for POC and demonstration to users to gain client acceptance
Few Other Projects:
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Business Consultant at AlignBiz Technologies Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • August 2007 to August 2012

Steering all aspects of SAP Implementations in several domains with key focus on optimum project planning, budgeting,
service delivery and change management as per the requirements
* Directing entire facets of activities of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) & Project
Management Lifecycle of various prestigious projects for reputed domestic & international clients involving system analysis,
requirement gathering, design, development, functional testing, delivery and post implementation support
* Administering projects including project set-up & scoping, effort & cost estimates, budgeting, service delivery standards,
change management, risk management, monitoring, tracking, client’s communications & reporting
* Facilitating E2E SAP implementation projects by interacting with key process owners; studying different processes and
preparing the business process flow document (To-Be model design, POC, and the sign-off process) with key focus on:
o As-Is/To-Be Analysis, Requirement Gathering / Business Blueprint (BBP) / Business Requirement Documents (BPD) /
Business Process Documentation (BPD) / Business Process Scope and Objectives
o Configuration of user exits, Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI’s), preparing functional specifications,
coordinating with technical consultants for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms (RICEF) developments
o Post-implementation, enhancement and maintenance support for application issues concerning diversified issues
o End-user training at all client site locations, achieving 100% customer satisfaction rate; documenting the end-user manual
o Meeting all Post-go Live support exit criteria with the project being delivered on-time and within budget
* Identifying the areas of bottlenecks & breakdown; taking steps to achieve zero client complaints through the application of
troubleshooting tools like Root Cause Analysis, Risk Assessments, and Job Risk Analysis
* Conducting gap analysis and documenting the gap of the requirements and identifying how it impacts the product
* Guiding the team for programming, designing, testing and deployment of the requirements, also proposing various
solutions/use cases to the client for the overall system
* Implementing Agile Scrum Methodology throughout the organization to improve communications between Engineering,
Product Management, and Business; providing more transparency across the departments; and to obtain great business value
with short turnaround
RECENT PROJECTS
* Mar ’22 - Till now :Title: SAP S/4 HANA2021 Implementation; Client: Tee jay Lanka, Srilanka; Role:

Education

Bachelor's degree, Tool Design – Tool and Die Technology
  • at Nettur Technical & Training Foundation
  • January 1998

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Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Gulburga University
  • January 1994

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Specialties & Skills

Variant Configuration
FUNCTIONAL
PROCESS ENGINEERING
VISUAL C
ADOBE GO LIVE
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PROCESS
CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
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