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Gerhard Elfert

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Consultant, Business Analyst, Business Analyst

Company: Freiberufler
Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Limited professional)

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Skills

I am a Senior Business Analyst, Functional Application Consultant and  ERP-Solution Architect specializing in design and build the Business Processes in JDEdwards EnterpriseOne E1 ERP-Software and experience to manage IT-Projects.
  • 25 Years in Distribution & Logistic
    • Supply Chain & Demand
      • Inventory (Entire Modules)
      • Procurement (Entire Modules)
      • Sales (Entire Modules)
  • 25 Years in Manufacturing
    • Product Data Management, Routing, Work Center, Work Center Rates, Bill of Material (BOM)
    • Manufacturing (Discrete, Process, Repetitive)
    • Shop Floor Control & Work Order Process, Backflush, Super Backflush, Time Entry,
    • Production Planning  (MRP, MPS,DRP) Production Scheduling, Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting
  • 8 Years in Capital Assessment Management, (CAM), Plant Equipment Maintenance
  • 4 Years in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • 10 Years in Customer Service Management (CSMS)
    • Service Order, and Service Billing, Contract, and Contract Billing, Case and Call Management
    • Resource Assignment, Time and Material, Billable and Payable, Billing and Vouchering
    • RMA Return Material Authorization
My JD Edwards consulting works includes full life cycle implementations and/or re-engineering and or upgrades projects since 1992 until present and encompassing versions World, XE, EnterpriseOne E1 (ERP-9.0 - 9.2) within multiple full life cycles implementations, Multi Site Roll-Outs (large & complex) of improving the operational efficiency of mid- and large-size organizations.
 
I like work as a team, engaged and my skills of communication, analyzing processes, build up business processes, setup, defining and executing testing and functional analysis of developments required, along with the definition of interfaces etc. and excellent JDE experience in particular with support for User and Business Process Owner.

My integrity be ethical, honest and maintain a positive attitude and a professional demeanor at all times. I am a good listener within solid verbal and written communication skills with respect of any kind of culture and religion.

Prior to entering the consulting field, I accumulated over 30 years’ praxis and experience in global processes of Distribution & Logistics, Sales, Trade and Service, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Demand & Execution in various Companies of Manufactory, Water, Construction, Pharmacy, Food, Oil and Refinery, Warehouse, Bikes, Pumps, Paper Machine Business.

In addition, I have deep praxis and experience in:
  • 12 years as Project Manager
  • 16 years as Business Analyst
  • 20 years as Team Leader / Consultant

Project history

01/2021 - 04/2021
Business Analyst
Ceva Logistics (1000-5000 employees)
Transport and Logistics

Short Terme Contract to determine operational objectives by studying business functions, gathering information, evaluating output requirements and formats. Design systems by analyzing requirements, constructing workflow charts and diagrams, studying system capabilities. Improve systems by studying current practices, design and implement solutions.

 

Recommend process changes by identifying problems, write improved procedures and Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases, and element

 

Liaise with Applications group to define the most efficient solution to implement: easy to access, easy to learn, easy to use.

Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolve problems; publish progress reports; recommend actions.

Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information

Cross-verify through all systems and functions to streamline process and avoid redundancies.

Work on issue resolution and coordination with other regional teams to insure system consistency globally.

Maintain user confidence and protect operations keeping information confidential


03/2019 - 11/2019
Business Analyst / Consultant
Home-Office
Several small Projects Home-Office and no Work at all during COVID-19 / CORONA, NO Travel allowed,
No Visiting allowed, and decided Projects on hold or canceled (Bad Times)

06/2016 - 03/2019
Project Manager / Business Analyst
AstenJohnson (500-1000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
Full Cycle Implementation of JDE E1-9.1.5 from scratch to replace current System PPS with JDE. I am
Business Analyst and Project Coordinator with full responsible to analyze AS-IS processes within
entire Documentation of AS-IS, TO-BE and Gap.
In later stage build and design the processes in JDE based on the Model from US within localization
for Belgium, Czech and Germany. My main area working on: entire processes of full cycle:
Process-Manufacturing, Product Data Management, Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting,
Inventory, Procurement includes Requisition and Approval, Quote Order, Re-Order Point, Min Max
Quantity, Approval Routing and Sales, Intercompany process (Order in Europe and Manufactured in US)
and developing reports using Cognos.

01/2016 - 05/2016
Manufacturing Consultant
PurCircle (5000-10.000 employees)
Other
Full Cycle Implementation of CAM (Capital Asset Management) from scratch with extraction from Fixed
Assets to create Equipment Master Extension.

Steps I have done before implementation: Analyzing AS-IS Process, TO-BE Process, Gap Analyzing to
make a comprehensive Document for Sign-Off to be able to Design the JDE CAM Module. On Addition Full
Cycle Implementation of MRP and Data Upload from old System into JDE using Interoperability Files
from JDE "Z1" such as Item Master, Item Branch Plant, BOM and Routing.

Processes same as Customer below: Equipment Master, Resource Assignment, Condition Base Alert,
PM-Schedule, PM Rules, Routes and Association, Model Work Order, PM-Backlog, Planned and Unplanned
Maintenance Work Order till completion.

Some other task I did, was preparing and conduct all Session of: CRP, UAT and Go-Live Activities and
all Documentation such as: End-User Manuel, Setup Documentation, Go-Live Activities, CRP Test
Scripts, Key and End-User Training.

01/2015 - 11/2015
Manufacturing Consultant
Morgan Material (1000-5000 employees)
Industry and mechanical engineering
From January until May 2015, just part time with few Hours to assist Client to upgrade from JDE
E1-9.1 to latest toolset 9.1.5.
My support covering the area of Manufacturing (Discrete, Repetitive, Process) Planning (Forecast,
DRP, MRP, MPS, CRP), Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting, Shop Floor Control, Work Order
Process, Product Data Management, Bill of Material, Routing Inventory.

Since June 2015, I was working of implementation the entire Module Service Management and Plant
Equipment Maintenance (CAM): Processes of Equipment Master, Resource Assignment, Condition Base
Alert, PM-Schedule, PM Rules, Routes and Association, PM-Backlog, Planned and Unplanned Maintenance
Work Order until completion. The Aim was to validate JDE CAM and current Maintenance Software of
Maximo. Finally, Client stay with Maximo because, was customized over serval years to fit their
Business Needs.

CSMS-Module used for Service Work Order from Call Management (Case Entry), Service Billing and RMA
(Return Material Authorization).

11/2014 - 05/2015
Hospital Consultant
Hill-Rom (1000-5000 employees)
Pharmaceuticals and medical technology
Give assistance to migrate current System Microsoft Dynamics Navision to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne E1
Version. 9.1. Client has already implemented ORACLE JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISONE 9.1 in Headquarter,
Batesville and rollout to Branch Plant, Germany, Canada, and Mexico. The main Business process is to
manufacture Hospital Beds and Equipment, Service and Repairs and selling across multiple countries.

My support and assistance covering the modules of Distribution & Logistic, Inventory, Sales (OTC),
Pricing, Procurement (P2P) (Stock, Non-stock), Receipt Routing, Blanket Order, Transfer Order,
Intercompany and Inter Branch Orders, Customer and Supplier Returns, MRP, DRP, Forecast, Kanban,
Shop Floor Control, Work Order, Product Data Management (Bill of Material, Work Center, Routing),
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Accounting and Product Costing.

One other task is to establish entire process of preparation for UAT (User acceptance test with Test
Scripts), User Training with User Documentation, Workshops and implement first level support. I
assist process of data Migration (Upload from current system into JDE. Data Migration using Agile).

06/2014 - 10/2014
Business Analyst
Accolade (1000-5000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
Short-term contract to give assistance and support to End-User. Client has already implemented
ORACLE JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISONE 9.1 rollout from Headquarter in Australia to UK. The main Business
process is to fill Wine in bottles and sell across different countries. My support and assistance
(Help-Desk) covering the modules of Inventory, Sales(OTC), Pricing, Procurement-P2P (Stock,
Non-stock), Requisition, Receipt Routing, Blanket and Quote Order, Transfer Order, Intercompany and
Inter Branch Orders, Customer and Supplier Returns, MRP, DRP, Shop Floor Control, Manufacturing,
Manufacturing Accounting and Product Costing. One other task was to implement Oder Fulfillment for
Accolade Wines to priories Shipment to reduce late Orders for priority Customers, Minimize Back
Orders and bypass Quantity availability check during Sales Order using service level compliance,
Advanced Preference profile that only certain Document Types goes to Fulfillment.

One other requirements to defined and build new process to cover Consignment Warehouse across to
multiple Countries across to Europe. The aim of this process is to fill stock for customer to the
consignment warehouse. This warehouse will be managed by 3rd party and charge Accolade for their
service. This process based of entire EDI Inbound and Outbound processes too. Sales Order sold from
Consignment Warehouse to end customer across to different countries. Replenishment to Consignment
Stock based on Forecast and Multi Branch Plant MRP/DRP to generate Stock Transfer Message (ST/OT)
(SK/OK). Pricing is built through base price and advanced pricing. Shipments and Loads within
priority we are using Fulfilment Process. Process of Consignment covering as well RMA (Return
Material Authorization), credit Note and goods return from Consignment Warehouse back to
Distribution Warehouse. Goods Receipt through Receipt Routing.

02/2013 - 03/2014
Business Analyst / Lead-Consultant
Veolia (5000-10.000 employees)
Energy, water and environment
I worked as a Key player (JDE EXPERT) for Middle East (JDE EnterpriseOne E1 Expert). Roll-Out JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne E1 Vers. 8.9 based on core model (replacing old legacy system TETRA). Module
of Implementation: Job Cost, Time Entry, Manufacturing (Chemical & Mechanical) Distribution &
Logistic (Sales, Inventory, Procurement, Stock, Non Stock, Transfer Orders) PDM (Product Data
Management, Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting, Work Order, Shop Floor Control Planning (MRP,
DRP, Multi Branch Plant MRP), Service Management (CSMS), Preventive Maintenance within Service Work
Order, Contract & Service Billing, Finance (GL, AP, AR, FA).

Full responsibility of validate, document with BPO's all Business Processes: (Analyzing, AS-IS,
TO-BE and Gap's within Localization) covering from the Branches in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Dammam, and
Jeddah) UAE (Sharjah) to get core capabilities and business strategy correct to underpin strategy
implementation and action plans for Veolia Water Solutions since finished UAT and Go-Live. After
UAT, attending and helping to prepare Go-Live within planning of Training the staffs to be ready to
use the system incl. development of Training materials and Go-Live Support.

My main focus was: Chemical and Mechanical Manufacturing (entire processes), Distribution & Logistic
(WH, Procurement, Inventory, Sales and Service), Supply Chain Management including Data Migration
from old system (Tetra) to JDE. One other complexity was the entire process of Procurement and
Logistic such as Stock and Non-Stock Procurement, Landed Cost, Storage of Items, entire process of
Purchase Order creation till goods receipt. I participate and sharing my knowledge in all phases of
a deployment project: design, build, testing, data migration, training, UAT preparation, User
Acceptance Test, Go-Live, Go-Live Support within Workshop's and travel abroad to predict.

11/2010 - 06/2012
Project Manager
Franklin Electric (500-1000 employees)
Industry and mechanical engineering
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
Nov. 2010 - Jun. 2012 Franklin Electric, Africa Manufacturing (Pumps) Analyst / Lead-Consultant

Lead Consultant and Project Manager  to implement from scratch JDE World 9.2. My responsibility is to maintain Project
Plan(develop by myself) and deliveries according to the Milestones of Project Plan and GO-Live incl.
User Training, Test Script, User-Test and End-User Manuals and coordination of Master Data, Data
cleansing and validation of data integrity.

I verify (even doing on my own) developing and documentation of business change and new business
process and support the new process, initially coordinating business design activity and
subsequently implementation activity as the JDE-ERP System moves into its roll out phases in a later
stage. I coordinate the activities of the business design team and liaise with the Business Process
Owner to manage the integration to facilitate development of a comprehensive business process design
capable of implementation into an agreed JDE-ERP configuration. My leadership roles and experience
fit the large and complex Business Process (New / Reengineering) in Franklin Electric multinational
manufacturing and engineering environment.

I as well full responsible of the Scope, Design and Build-up of all entire process in the Modules of
Manufacturing (Discrete and Process, Outside Operation, Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting,
ECO - ETO - ECR, Planning (MPS, MRP, Forecast and Multi Branch Plant Planning) within integrated
Supply Chain Processes of Demand & Supply and Execution (Inventory, Sales, Warehouse, Procurement)
to fit Customers available to promised dates.

One other part of my role is the integrity between Distribution Modules (Sales, Procurement,
Inventory, and Warehouse). Product Costing, Work Order process, Manufacturing Accounting was design
from scratch within Multi Branch Plant Costing and finally the integration / integrity to Finance
System of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable.

09/2009 - 10/2010
Business Analyst / Consultant
TREK (500-1000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
Sept. 2009 - October 2010 TREK, Germany, USA Manufacturing (Bikes) Analyst / Consultant

I work as a functional analyst, supporting and enhancing an existing JDEdwards installation.
Identifying opportunities to apply functional capabilities to improve business process, operational
efficiencies, and information accuracy to interact with personnel at all levels of the organization
to obtain, analyze, and discuss functional/business requirements.
My main role is Training and Workshops to Users, especially in the modules of Finance (GL, AP, AR),
Planning in DRP, MRP and MPS based on Assembly to Order and Assembly to Stock incl. the full cycle
process of Shop Floor Control, Work Order Process, Manufacturing Accounting, Product Costing, Bill
of Material and Engineering Chance Management.

My work covered as well the full integration of Strategic Network Optimization for Supply Chain
Incl. Collaborative Planning and Fulfilment of PDP (Production and Distribution Planning. After
implementation, the benefit:: optimization Inventory through Network, accurate Forecasting, better
Customer Service, higher Revenue, optimization of capacity and production Planning, optimization of
scheduling production plans, higher time delivery (Supply Chain), information sharing between
internal and external Partners through collaborative planning.

On Sales Site, I trained the Team and documented the process of JDE's Sales Configurator trough
WEB-Entry of Dexter to design individual Bikes based on Supply and Demand. Sales split to deliver
Bikes to Wholesaler as well as Drop Shipment from Trek Bike US to End Customer in Europe.

One other part is to document business needs of CSMS to be able of Warranty Claim, Rework of Work
Order, Service Work Order, Service Contract with Service and Contract Billing. One other task is
Analyzing and Documentation Business Requirements of CRM even prototyping in JDE-ERP-System of the
entire processes of Distribution & Logistic, Sales, Inventory, Procurement, and Advance Warehouse in
line with the full process of Manufacturing to build and sell all kind of Bikes based on Supply and
Demand (MRP, MPS, DRP, and Forecast).

10/2008 - 04/2009
Business Analyst / Consultant
Envac (500-1000 employees)
Energy, water and environment
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
October 2008 - April 2009 Envac, Sweden Waste Collection, Service Analyst / Consultant

Full responsible to implement from scratch (AS-IS, TO-BE, Gap, design, build, test) to Go-Live all
related Modules of CSMS, Job Cost, Manufacturing, Bill of Material, Work Center, Labor Cost,
Distribution & Logistics, Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting, Planning (MRP and Forecast) and
CRM incl. gathering Business Requirements, Business Design, Gap-Analysis's, To-Be-Process and
implementation. The efficiency of CSMS and CRM is the flexibility to make the best service to
customers based on Sales Force Automation, Branch Scripting and Lead to Order,
Equipment-Maintenance, Case/Call Management, Warranty Claim Management, Subcontract Process, Service
Order, PM-Schedule Maintenance, and Advanced Pricing for CSMS, Contract and Service Management. One
other task was to implement PDM to get the correct cost (Materials and Labor) based on hours by
Work-Center and includes the Manufacturing Accounting and CSMS Accounting Process.

06/2008 - 09/2008
Business Analyst / Consultant
VION (1000-5000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
GO-Live Support, Troubleshooting, solving issues and re-train end-users in Spain after implementing
JDE ERP E1-8.12 in the modules of Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Demand Supply & Execution,
Planning, Manufacturing Accounting, Shop Floor Control, Product Data Management, EDI (Inbound and
Outbound), and the full cycle process of Distribution and Logistic (Sales, Inventory, Advanced
Pricing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management and the full cycle of Transportation Management).

11/2007 - 05/2008
Consultant
Shell (>10.000 employees)
Other
Work in the area of Distribution & Logistic, Supply Chain & Demand including Advanced Pricing,
Process of Rebates and Transportation Management, Intercompany and Transfer Orders based on the
Module of ECS. One other part was, support, solving issues during the phase of CRP, and after
Go-Live. Writing Manuals for End-User, Training Manuals and teaching Key and End-Users.

05/2007 - 10/2007
Consultant
VION
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
May 2007 - October 2007 Several (Part time) Several Consultant

VION (Netherlands) JDE ERP-8.12: Implementation ECS (Bulk Products) for process and discrete
manufacturing including Product Costing, Manufacturing Accounting, Procurement, Inventory, Sales,
Transportation Management and Advanced Pricing.

Veolia (UK) JDE ERP-8.11, validation their whole process of CSMS such as Call Management, Install
Base, Contract, Service Work Order, Warranty, incl. Contract and Service Billing for their best
practices. My assessment even covered the integrity process of Sales Order, Advanced Pricing,
Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing (PDM, MCA SFC, ETO) CAM (Capital Asset Management including PM
Preventive Maintenance).

Al Jaber (Abu Dhabi) JDE ERP-8.11, validation their entire processes of Sales Configurator in
Multi-Mode Manufacturing of construction. My validation has also covered the process of Sales Order,
Inventory and Procurement to give best practices in JDE.

11/2006 - 04/2007
Team-Leader
Norgine (1000-5000 employees)
Pharmaceuticals and medical technology
I was the country site Coordinator of the Plant Germany to analyse all specific business needs and
requirements incl. Functional Design requests of anticipated customization to be able to upgrade the
current JDE World, OneWorld XE to JDE Enterprise E1 8.11. New business requirements to build and
set-up in JDE for manufacturing in UK and France and setup of GSC (Global Supply Chain & Demand),
Inventory, Procurement, Sales, Transportation Management and Advanced Pricing. One other part of my
role was to give Training, Workshops, Documentation and Local-UAT and Acceptance Test.

04/2006 - 10/2006
Project Manager
Toll Brothers (500-1000 employees)
Architecture and civil engineering
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
April 2006 - Oct. 2006 Toll Brothers, USA Luxury Homebuilder BA / Consultant

Implementation following core modules of: Sales, Sales Configurator, Product Data Management, Plant
Equipment Maintenance (PM/CAM), Inventory, Procurement, Transportation Management, CSMS including,
Install Base, Service Contract, Call and Service Work Order, Product Costing, Shop Floor Control,
Bill of Material, Production Schedule, (MRP, MPS, DRP) incl. the integrity of all modules to the
Finance System (from Sales, Inventory, Procurement, Manufacturing Accounting, CSMS.

11/2005 - 03/2006
Business Analyst / Consultant
LifeScan, J&J Pharmacy (>10.000 employees)
Pharmaceuticals and medical technology
Customer's new business requirement was to create a new physical Warehouse in Singapore which
includes implementing the modules of Advanced Warehouse, Inventory, Procurement, Sales, Multi
Currency, Advanced Pricing, EDI of the F47xx / P47xx / R47xx (Tables, Objects, UBE's) to be able of
receiving and selling goods.

05/2005 - 09/2005
Project Manager
Government of Qatar (5000-10.000 employees)
Public service
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
May 2005 - Sept. 2005 Government, Qatar Electricity, Water Project Manager

Customer's requirement was that 3 years ongoing project of quick completion. The challenge was to
make some significant changes to reach the short target date to get the approval form client as
requested from Oracle to close this project. Client has implement JDE Enterprise E1 ERP8.10
including the core modules of Plant and Equipment Maintenance (CAM), ETO, CSMS, DSE, Demand
Planning, Inventory, Sales, Procurement, Advanced Pricing, Service Order, Contract Billing,
Manufacturing, Planning and Job Cost.

06/2004 - 04/2005
Project Manager
El-Ajou (250-500 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
Work Period Client Line of Business Position
June 2004 - April 2005 El-Ajou, Saudi Arabia Service, Sales Project Manager

Full responsible of Business Process analyzing, Business setup, Training staffs. The core
implementation modules: CSMS, Contract & Service Billing, Service Work Order, Sales Order, Install
Base Management, Advanced Pricing, Plant & Equipment Maintenance, Manufacturing, Planning of
Forecast, MRP, MPS, Supply & Demand, Inventory, Product Costing, Procurement, Manufacturing
Accounting, Quality Management.

01/2004 - 05/2004
Business Analyst / Consultant
Cargill (1000-5000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail
Implementation full cycle of Manufacturing (discrete and process) in line with MRP and MPS, Bill of
Material, Manufacturing Accounting, Product Costing (simulated and frozen Cost), Product Data
Management.

09/2003 - 12/2003
Business Analyst / Consultant
Element 6 (250-500 employees)
Industry and mechanical engineering

10/2002 - 12/2002
Business Analyst
BP - Castrol (>10.000 employees)
Other

04/2002 - 09/2002
Consultant
Reckitt - Benkiser (5000-10.000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail

05/2001 - 03/2002
Business Analyst
Shell (>10.000 employees)
Other

01/1999 - 12/2000
Poject Manager
H & R (Hansen und Rosenthal (500-1000 employees)
Consumer goods and retail

01/1998 - 12/1998
Project Manager
Migrol (1000-5000 employees)
Transport and Logistics

01/1996 - 06/1997
Consultant
Schott Schleifer (50-250 employees)
Consumer goods and retail

01/1994 - 12/1995
Consultant
Alcon (1000-5000 employees)
Pharmaceuticals and medical technology

01/1993 - 12/1993
Consultant
Linger & Fischer (250-500 employees)
Industry and mechanical engineering

01/1992 - 12/1992
Business Analyst / Consultant
JDE / JDEdwards (1000-5000 employees)
Internet and Information Technology

Local Availability

Available worldwide
I am flexible and willing to travel or longer stay out of Germany or Europe such as before: 

Middle East               5 years:          Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Caribbean                 1 year:            Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe     
USA                          1 year:            New Jersey, North & South Carolina                
Middle America        1 year:            El Salvador
South-Asia               2 years           Malaysia, Singapore
South-Africa             2 year             Johannesburg
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