Business Analysis Support for Supply Chain Planning & Transportation Management Go-Lives

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Business Analysis Support for Supply Chain Planning and Transportation Management Go-Lives

Environment

Food & Beverage Manufacturer

The Problem Definition

The Client needed support and expertise to implement two new Projects being implemented in their Organization for Demand Planning (e2Open), Transportation Management (BluJay), and ERP integration (QAD).  The skills sought after needed to provide Technical and Functional expertise in the areas of Current State Process Mapping, defining Business Requirements for software Solution design, and defining the Future State Supply Chain Planning Processes and Systems.

IMPROVEMENT
FOCUS

  • Document Master (Customer, Location, Item) and Transactional (Inventory, Shipments, Order Cuts) Data mapping fields and tables for the Project Team.

  • Prioritize Business Process changes that affect the Data flowing through the new System with the Business Team.

  • Create documentation (specifications) for logic and filters being used to combine the Master and Transactional Data fields and attributes.

  • Document notes and pending items for Demand Planning interface builds on Item Master, Unit of Measure (UoM), Business/Location Calendar, and Sales Orders into the e2Open system.        

  • Cleansing Data extracts for various levels of the Sales and Budget Forecasts.

Results:

  • Business sign-off and approval for the Solution Configuration Design (SCD).

  • Finalize User Stories that impact how the Data will flow from the Demand Planning Team (Forecast) to the Supply Planning Team (Production) in the e2Open system:

    • Sales Order Prioritization

    • Forecast Prioritization

    • Forecast Netting Against Sales Orders

    • Forecast Netting Against Actual Shipments

  • Designed and documented optimal Business Processes with Cross-Functional Team Members in IT, Commercialization, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.

 

 What Our Clients Say

 
 
 
Testimonials
Operations Management Gap Analysis

“I have been chatting with the TMJWG Team for some time so I felt I knew what to expect. But, I don't think I truly understood the level of Resources and expertise TMJWG would come with. The biggest impact brought to light the many gaps within the Organization structure, Processes & People that needed to be understood, systemized and effectively measured. What I enjoyed most about our Engagement was the ability to be transparent and direct when needed; along with breakdown of highly Technical information that allows me and my Team to fully understand.

-Desmond Wiggan, BatteryXchange

Manufacturing M-IQ and IoT Ecosystem

"I felt like we had a large Program that was in need of help from experienced Business Analysts and having Marcus and Logan on the Engagement as Business Analysts helped us to dive deeper into Requirements, uncover some areas of concern, bring to the forefront, and address with Solutions. I enjoyed the professionalism of both Marcus and Logan and their willingness to jump in whatever was needed. I think the Engagement was conducted well. Took a bit longer than expected to get into a groove and as the Project evolved finding how the role needed to change was a challenge to adapt to."

-Chris Engrem, Smithfield Foods

Project Portfolio Management and Asana Configuration

“I was anxious about finding someone with the Asana PPM skills we needed to quickly turn around value for our Client. Jennifer accelerated our ability to get a PPM framework off the ground quickly in Asana for our Client in alignment with our Client’s vision and requirements. She guided us in the right direction with setting up the structure, knew the Tools’ capabilities and pitfalls, was collaborative, and managed knowledge transfer so we could continue developing more capabilities going forward. However, what I enjoyed most about the Engagement was Jennifer’s collaborative nature, Customer focus, confident and logical approach, and logical approach, and Team-oriented attitude. Hope to work again with The MJW Group soon!”

-Associate Partner, Consulting Firm