my projects portfolio
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This slideshow presents my portfolio of the projects I have managed and contributed to throughout my career in Project Management and Process Improvement.TRANSCRIPT
Mohammed K. Barakat Process Improvement Specialist
B.Sc. (IE), PMP, CSSBB, CSSGB, MCTS, MCT
Projects Portfolio
Updated on Apr 16th, 2012
About Mohammed Barakat
Industrial Engineer
Process Improvement Specialist
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Project 2007,
Managing Projects
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
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Projects Portfolio
Hub Trans-shipping
Costing System
Project Contributor
Sep 2011 – Dec 2011
ARAMEX International Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
archives hub trans-shipping agreements.
helps reduce time and effort needed to
generate pricing rate sheets.
helps increase accuracy and efficiency in
verifying actual trans-shipping cost.
helps produce accurate and timely financial
reports to management and stakeholders.
Liege Hub Scanning and
Manifesting System
Project Contributor
Aug 2011 – Mar 2012
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that manages the
Network’s bags and consolidations passing
through Aramex hub in Liege.
Hub Clearance Costing
System
Project Contributor
Jan 2011 – Sep 2011
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
archives hub clearance agreements.
helps reduce time and effort needed to
generate pricing rate sheets.
helps increase accuracy and efficiency in
verifying actual clearance cost.
helps produce accurate and timely
financial reports to management and
stakeholders.
Accounting Documents
e-Archiving Solution
Project Contributor
Aug 2010 – Feb 2011
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver a solution that:
provides electronic archiving for the
accounting documents to eliminate
physical document storage.
enhances document accessibility by users
reduces paper consumption
reduces Dispatch process cycle time
reduces motion waste due to physical
document retrieval process
The solution, a web-based search and
dispatching engine, was developed by
InfoFort company (an Aramex-owned station)
Inventory Management
System
Project Manager
Mar 2010 – Jul 2010
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Produce an application to manage
inventory of company material in the head
office.
Delivery Charges Control
System
Project Contributor
Apr 2009 – Feb 2010
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
manages delivery charges billed to
Aramex by its agents
generates monthly estimated delivery
cost reports (Accrued Delivery
Charges) based on historical invoices
being billed and logged.
London Shipments Screening
System
Project Contributor
Nov 2008 – Feb 2009
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
screens out suspicious shipments
passing through Aramex hub in London.
facilitates holding shipments for further
inspection and reporting to the UK
Customs.
imports manifests of shipments arriving
in London ahead of arrival and, based
on predefined criteria, analyzes
shipments for further scrutiny.
The project team was located in Jordan and
the UK.
Central Billing System
Project Manager
Feb 2008 – Sep 2008
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
manages the central billing process of
Collect Shipments carried out in the
head office.
automates the manual steps of the
process.
reduces the billing process cycle time
and improves resources utilization.
Delivery Service Costing
System
Project Manager
Nov 2006 - Jan 2008
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
files delivery service agreements
analyzes actual delivery cost
manages agreement changes
calculates expected delivery charges
Line Haul Costing System
Project Manager
Jun - Aug 2006
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
consolidates carriers’ electronic
invoices
reallocates and analyzes shipments
line-hauling cost.
audits carriers’ charges against agreed
rates and claim variances.
Company Mail Management
System
Project Manager
Apr - Jun 2006
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
manages incoming/outgoing Network
stations’ invoices moving by mail
Improves invoicing cycle time
creates history database of invoicing
activities and mail references.
Profit and Loss Analysis
System
Project Manager
May, 2005 - Mar 2006
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver an application that:
calculates the Company’s profitability
on each courier shipment.
imports input data from Accounting
team database, runs calculation, and
disseminates reports to various
stakeholders.
produces profitability analysis reports
per agent, per country, and per region.
helps primary stakeholders manage
their losing customers.
Airway Bill Update System
(AWUS)
Project Contributor
Jan - Apr 2004
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver a web-based application that:
the Network Agents can use to create
shipments’ records
updates shipments statuses
reports shipments proof of delivery
The deliverable of this project was a set of
web-based screens (using VBA.net) that
have been used as an input to another
larger project of building the Network new
Tracking System (InfoAXS).
Developing a mechanism to
track shipments in Africa
Project Contributor
Jun - Dec 2003
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
Objectives:
Deliver a mechanism that:
can be used by African Delivery
Agents to provide the Network with
updates on shipments movement.
Due to connectivity limitations in Africa,
MS Excel-VBA files were developed as a
tool for updating shipments status.
Agents were trained on using the files to
transmit data to the head office. Data
was, then, uploaded to the main tracking
system of the Network.