(* = distinction)

Matriculation Certificate First Class University Exemption:
Subjects: Afrikaans, English, German, Mathematics*, Science*, Biology*

Management Skills:
Financial Management for non-financial managers
Interpersonal Communication skills
Written Communication Skills *
Time Management *
Management of Discipline *
Instructional/Presentation Skills
Negotiation Skills
Marketing Management *
Leadership Skills *
Strategic Management
Method of Improvement Skills
Management by Objective

Theory of Constraint - Jonah programme - 1994
SAP R3 - MM Jumpstart - 1996

Phase 1:  Live since April 1995 on the following modules:
Sales & Distribution
Materials Management (Finished Goods)
Warehouse Management (Towel Division)
Finance

Phase 2: Live since January 1998 on the following modules:
Materials Management - raw materials and non-productive materials

Phase 3: Production Planning. Live since January 1999
Features: Discrete and Repetitive Manufacturing process, Finite Scheduling, Enhancements to Graphical Planning Board display, BOM's with phantom parts, Co-product processing, Multiple manufacturing order types for specific processing control, multiple shop floor paper per order type and operation, costing and controlling.

R3 Involvement:

Customization of  R3 requirements for Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, Warehouse Management and Production Planning with the help of ourside consultants.
Organizational Structure consists of multiple companies, sales organizations and plants, including  4 warehouse managed storage locations.
Multiple R3 sales areas to control distribution of products to specific customers.
Procurement includes normal purchases, consignment stock and subcontracting.
Extensive use of the classification system with batch managed materials to provide additional information of materials. Classification system used to allow "dual inventory" details to record multiple units of measures where the alternate uom's cannot be a direct calculated value.
Descreet and repetitive manufacturing with finite scheduling to control and plan the production of woven cloth.
Establishing user defined structures in the Logistics Information Systems.
Problem solving of all user queries in SD, MM & WM.
Reports using ABAP QUERY.
Customizing SapScript Layoutsets for forms.

Other non-R3 tasks:

Ongoing support of remaining legacy systems still on running on Wang Hardware.
Budget Setting for the IT Department.
Performance Management of all IT staff.
Responsible for the Reception and Switchboard.

Development and implementation of Loom Planning and Scheduling, Piece Dye Planning, Fault Analysis, Shop Floor Paper, Product Specifications and Time Phased Availability systems interfacing between the Production Control and Order Entry Systems. Loom planning system interfaced with a PC based "Electronic planning board", which replaced the manual planning board and ensures the integrity of planning information between the planning board and the production control system.

Development and implementation of a Machine Utilization and Maintenance System for the Group. The system was written in SPEED II and interfaces with the Production Control and Spares Inventory Systems. It allows for either fixed period service cycles, or variable periods depending on the machine utilization. This system is also used for efficiency reporting of various production units as well as providing an analysis for all the stop times during the production process.

Develop and implement a basic manufacturing control system with MRP system for a division in LTA.

National Bolts - Johannesburg.

Develop and implement a Sales Order Entry and Inventory Control system.

Industex - Port Elizabeth.

Develop and implement the Consumer Sales Order Entry system, interfacing with the PACS Production Control System.

Training of in-house MIS. staff in using the SPEED II 4GL language.

Nasionale Boekhandel - (Cape Town).

Training course for in-house staff in using SPEED II.

Installing Wang VS Operating System Software.

Assisting Sales Representatives in demonstrations of the Wang VS as well as customizing demonstrations for specific customer needs.

Converting customer data sets and programs from their existing computers into a format that can be accessed and used on the Wang Vs.

Technical assistance to Price Waterhouse (JHB) in implementing a Wang VS based Manufacturing Control System at Customer sites.

SYSTEMS of INTEREST

On-line Meter Reading System. This system was used to capture electricity, water and gas usage of tenants occupying the buildings serviced by the customer, and to bill the tenants for these services.

"Multiplex" type policy system for Sentra Boer.

Point-of-Sales, inventory Control and User Security system for OK Hyperama's in Johannesburg. This system also produced OCR - "Readable" price tickets for all items in the store.