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---- Abt Cont ---------
One of the leading auto / truck parts manufacturer...
Automotive division and Rubber division
Automotive - Powertrain , Chasis and Saftey
-----Motivation -------
- . Having studided and worked in germany before, I feel very comfortable setteling back in german work environment. I can also speak the language so it makes life a lot easier.
- Conti being one of largest automotive part manufacturing company has a good standing in Europe and outside europe. So I can bring a lot to the table for continental with my work experience of working in different cultures and work envirornment and especially in the MES sector for manufacturing.
- Having worked in automotive sector before, I wish to work again ina German automotive sector and hence conti. Also I have work exp of workig in large multicultural companies like Samaung, Siemens, SK etc.. so i settleing down in Conti work force should be quite seamless.
- I am already worked in Korea for over 4.5 years , i have gained very good insights about the customers in korea and asisan region. At this point of time i want to leverage that experience and bring it back to Germany
- Me and wife plan to stay in Germany for probably the rest of our lives, we have been married for over 3 years now and we plan to raise a family ..and we plan to do that in Europe - Also that my wife can speak German we she is also quite familiar with German working style and culture..

---Starting comments ---
-- I have over 10 years of work experience with almost 80% of experience in the Manufacturing Industry and Industrial automation
-- Talk about the first job , that was also in manufacturing domain ,working as Software engineer
-- Then hired by Fujitsu-Siemens (now fujitsu) in the automotive sector , developing products for Car Entertainment systems (Talk about the roles -- see resume )
-- Then with Cameron which dealt Subsea equipment manufacturing company in Hannover ( talk about the role there..)
-- Then hired by SK worked on Business Rules for the Telecom industry
-- Then worked with Solar World and SolarPark (Joint venture) as Sr.MES Consultant
-- Now as Sr.MES Consultant / Project Lead at Samsung
-- Acp IT , GE proficy , LineWorks - Camline - Fujitsu uses it , Rockwell and Siemens SIMATIC
Lineworks Pulse - Used in FAB industry to measure key production metrics by SEMI standards

-------------Key Role in MES in Industrial automation --------------
- I have over 10 years of work experience with almost 80% of experience in the Manufacturing Industry and Industrial automation. Currently I work as Sr.MES consultant / MES project manager with Sam... I handle a team of 15 people ( its a group of multicultural people , distributed in diff geographic locations..)
- MESA certified for MES/MOM methodologies
- My roles is , I am the project manager for our MES system and any new requirements that come are implement and then I am responsible for commissioning our MES throughout the global sites across the world.
After a very stringent Testing on the MES.
- Proving 2nd and 3rd level support to our customers and different sites. Resolving their issues and problems, or any new change requests that happen. I take care of this as I am the their SPOC or Escalation Manager for shop floor personnel and line manager. and then after i understand their problem, i route to the concerned department which is responsible to solve it.
in short the entire " APPLICATION Management"
- Requirement elicitation from the our global and local sites and implementing those changes according to the priority.
- Scoping the project and then marshaling and handling the resource in my team, distributing the work and creating a project plan , project reporting to the higher management, Any change request that happen or conflicts that happen , resolving those conflicts and reporting them. So Project
- Business process optimization and standardization ,- Standardization of process across different production plants
- Testing the MES solution in-house (different types of testing) and then final deployment and commissioning of software.
- Training the IT team , releasing documents to Development teams, training manuals, coaching the Maintenance managers in the production line.
- Collaborating with different Subject Matter Experts of different departments like Production team , planning teams, supply chain team, logistics and pckaging team, Sales team getting their requirements and prioritizing them.
- Creating one harmonized multi-site, multi-country MES template that spells out a consistent approach to MES that can be used across plants by using Business Process Management and Business Rules Engine.
- Creating a generic MES template to Integrate the MES across different sites by defining certain best practices for the process and taking them from one project to another. Mainly focusing on re-usability of modules (Trying to move MES to cloud based MES, using concepts of big-data for MES, real time analytic etc.. )
-Analysis of requests and demands according P&I process . Business requirements specification and translation business requirements into application specifications
- Vertical integration of MES with ERP, SCM, CRM and PLM

- I have worked with several MES vendors like - Rockwell, Siemens , GE,CamLine... etc..Created Generic/modular MES covering Quality Management, Labor management , Process Management , Product Tracking and Tracing , Data acquisition , Resource Management (recipes) ,Quality Management Performance analysis, Work In progress (WIP) , Material management Handing Production management , Production planning
- User principles of SOA, standardized B2MML, Business process mgmt and ESB for integration , Master Data managent (MDM)
- The idea was to increase productivity, lower the production cost , decrease the inventory , increase OEE ,

- Provide EMI and BI solutions for Production manager and Stakeholders respectively
------------- Standardization benefits of MES ----------
lowers cost of maintaning the IT systems, Improving quality control , Improving better visibility to shop floor activities(Real-time) , faster product development and delivery to market , improving OEE , Better collaboration , standarization of reporting, reduces Total cost of owernship (TCO) by connecting users, content and enterprise applications
eg:reduce cycle time and recipet of good in SCM

-------- So to summarize my experience --------
Majority of Experience in Industrial Auotmation , MES and MES intergration as MES Consultant in Process Automation.
Masters Degree in Informatiks from Germany
Engineering Degree
MESA certified
Work experience of working in Multicultural environment and multi-cultural teams
Good Insights into Customer/Client Engagement in Europe, Asia and Middle East region

-------------- Salary Validation -------------- around 70K
Have over 10 year of experience , majority in MES and Industrial Automation and Process Consulting, in different IT sectors like Automotives, Oil and Energy as Lead MES consultant, Team Leader- Handled teams and projects with over 15 people geographically located.
Master Degree
I can speak 4 languages (English, German, Hindi and Punjabi and Bit of korean )
Bring a lot to the table with MES consluting, New initiatives , Worked with new bleeding edge technologies like Big data, Virtualization , Real Time analytics

--------Integration mechanism --------
- Interface centeric - using EAI tools
use SOA and ESB together or Manufacturing service bus with MDM
- Data centric approach - using ETL model
- Model centric - Using Business Process Management using Business Rules Modelling


SPC - statistical Process control - infrastructure tool for Production control quality in
Semiconductor industry.
SPC allows you to predict tool trends like - when the machine is due for maintanence , tools wear

------------------QUESTIONS for CON-----------------

I understand there are several divisions - This is in Automotive division and further in Powertrain , chasis , interior, engineering ?
- Does Continental have their own MES or its a third party MES ?
- Real Time Enterprise Implementation ?
- Training program within regarding their existing process and products ?

--------------- open these links -----------
http://www.infosys.com/manufacturing/resource-center/Pages/manufacturing-trends-infographic-2013.aspx

http://www.camline.com/fileadmin/media/User_Files/Downloads/Resources/Standardized_MES_System_with_Onli







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Project management for the implementation of MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
Structure of the local team for the introduction and operation of the MES - ​​Systems
Ensure the local know-how structure (users and administrators)
Recording local requirements
Contact and coordinator of all affected departments and coordination of local tests
Ensuring compliance with key requirements (SAP, Logistics, Production)
project Reporting
IT Application and Process Management (Incident Management, Problem Management, Level Three Support Concept)
Result of an international project team consisting of employees of the Competence Center and local staff
Project management, installation, training and commissioning of the Continental standard MES system based on a pilot installation
Consulting on the introduction of Process Standards in Shop Floor Control
requirements

A degree in engineering, information technology or equivalent qualification
Several years of professional experience in the field of activity
SAP master data base expertise for production planning and logistics
Experience in software development in C / C + + and. NET and electronic or mechanical production
Good knowledge of MS Office software and the programming
Good knowledge of web technologies and databases
Good project management skills
Very good German and English skills
Basic knowledge of Quality Management
intercultural Competence