Jenny H. Simmons, CPIM, PMP
cell: (949) 813-2984
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
jsimmons@supplychainconsultant.net
Jenny is certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) with over 25 years of experience
in Supply Chain and a Project Management Professional (PMP) with 14 years of project
management experience implementing MRP, ERP, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP),
Demand Management, Logistics, Lean, and Advanced Planning solutions.
Supply Chain Operations
Inventory & Warehouse Management
Lean Manufacturing & Materials
Kanban Material Pull Systems
Forecasting, Demand Management
Vendor Managed Inventory
Logistics and Transportation
Demand Flow Technology, JIT
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Distribution Requirements Planning
Customer Relationship Management
Project Management Experience
Project Charters
Requirements Gathering
Project Management Plans
Detail Designs
Business and Technical Specifications
Use Cases
Gap Analysis
Project Change Management
Risk and Issue Management
Scope Management
As a Project Manager, Jenny was responsible for successfully implementing Demand Planning, Forecasting,
and Supply Chain software, as well as multiple MRP, Inventory, and Vendor Managed Inventory handling
systems. She gathered requirements and identified which requirements are satisfied with a system solution,
with software modifications, business process modifications and process gaps. She has written and overseen
the compilation of Project Charters, Project Schedules, Detailed Design documents, Implementation
Specifications documents, Input Interface documents, Output Interface documents, Business Process Change
Decisions, Training Documents, Use Cases, Conference Room Pilot Plans, Go-Live Checklists, and Post-GoLive Monitoring documents.
Lean Manufacturing and Materials Experience
Jenny has completed 3 certification workshops in Lean Manufacturing. Her Lean training started with TQM,
Control Charts, Statistical Methods, Class “A” Manufacturing, and Malcolm Baldridge. Jenny was then
trained in Demand Flow Technology (DFT) and the pull system to eliminate waste in manufacturing
systems. She also used the Toyota Production System (TPS) methodology to drive implementation of the
5S’s in her positions. She has designed and developed multiple Lean Manufacturing and Demand Flow
material processes reducing 50% of the material costs.
Education
Masters of Business Administration
Management Science (Ops Research)
San Diego State University, CA, 1988
Bachelor of Science
Strategic & International Business Management
San Diego State University, CA, 1985
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Certifications
PMP, Project Management Professional, June 2013
CPIM, Certified in Production an Inventory Management, 1998
i2 Factory Planner Implementer, i2 Technologies, 1997
Demand Flow/JcIT Implementer, John Costanza Institute of Technology, 1988 and 1995
Professional Work Experience
Simmons Consulting LLC
Supply Chain Business Consulting
2011 - present
Project: An International Compressor Manufacturer, CA and Canada
Systems ERP Manufacturing Expert
1/2015- 9/2015
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Project Manager for a reimplementation in Canada operations
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She managed the project to gather 260 GAPS, scheduled the project in Microsoft Project,
ran Project Leadership meetings and Project Team meetings. Coordinated a revamp of all
training documents for the business to include business process flows. Developed a training
matrix and survey for user assessment of training gaps.
Project: A Biotech Medical Device Manufacturer, Irvine, CA (Partnered with another
Consulting Firm)
Business Analyst, JDE 9.1.3 and 9.0 Manufacturing, Procurement
3/2014 – 12/2014
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B.A. for 2 JDE upgrade projects in 2 Minnesota plants
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She gathered system configuration needs, modified system and workflow screens, unit
tested, developed test scripts and test cases, and trained users in the new system functions.
Project: A Food Distributor for Fast Food Retailers, City of Industry, CA (Partnered with
another Consulting Firm)
Project Manager
9/2013 – 1/2014
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Project Manager for a 9.1.3 JDE software upgrade.
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She managed the budgets for the $350K software upgrade, resource allocations, project
plans in Innotas and MS Project, hardware environment preparations, and outsourced
supporting resources.
Project: A Large Heavy Equipment Construction Manufacturer, Mossville, IL (Partnered with
another Consulting Firm)
Project Manager
9/2012 – 9/2013
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Business Analyst for a $70M - $100M initiative to develop a consolidated view of
requirements and supplier commitments for Global Purchasing.
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Jenny was instrumental in helping streamlining the overall solution to a plan that decreases
the overall program initiative from 5 years to 3 years and reduces the plan from a $100M to
a $50M - $70M solution.
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Project: A Life Sciences Company, Carlsbad, CA (Partnered with another Consulting Firm)
Business Analyst
2/2012 – 6/2012
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Jenny analyzed business shipment data to help develop an effective roll-out solution which
recommended a significant project cost savings of 40% and a 50% reduction in
implementation time.
Project: A Motorcycle Specialty Retail Shop, Mission Viejo, CA
Business Analyst
1/2011 – 4/2013
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Analyzed proposed business processes to take customer internet sales, through inventory
replenishment, order processing, to shipment then implemented it with the company’s
website, zero inventory management practice, and vendor drop ship notifications.
BackyardView Inc., Mission Viejo, CA
2006 – 2010
President
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Jenny created a unique visual consumer good for the business, restaurant, medical and
personal home and designed production line and production processes that incorporated lean
manufacturing principles for cost savings.
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Utilized HTML, performed search engine optimization and established internet marketing
practices for the online business.
Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA
2002 - 2006
Global Supply Chain Systems, Project Manager
Planning, Logistics, Global Supply Chain, Distribution Requirements Planning
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Led the implementation of the Advanced Planning system for the total Global Supply Chain
group and was responsible for setting up forecasting and global supply chain planning for
Distribution Requirements Planning.
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Led the establishment, setup and implementation of the global finished goods forecasting,
planning, and distribution center replenishment.
Inforte Corporation, Irvine, CA
2000 - 2002
Senior Project Manager, Supply Chain
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Project Manager and Supply Chain Business Analyst for Supply Chain implementations,
business process modifications and process gaps.
EDS, Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX
1998 – 2000
Senior Supply Chain Manager
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Jenny led a multi-project, 80 person implementation of i2 Supply Chain Planner, Oracle
Manufacturing, i2 Demand Planner, and i2 Sequence Planner in General Motors.
Grant Thornton LLP, Dallas, TX
06/1997 - 8/1998
Supply Chain Project Manager
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Jenny led multi-system, multi-functional implementations at various companies from heavy
equipment, high tech to consumer products.
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Supply Chain Operations
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1984 to 1997
Jenny developed, implemented, and instructed back-flush and lean manufacturing material handling
systems.
She setup a floor stock replenishment system which significantly reducing production cycle time. This
became the standard for Applied Materials.
Jenny developed J.I.T. operations: BOM complexity reduction, resupply designs, production flow
improvements and kanban implementation.
 Applied Materials: Jenny led the Material Prep Center creation with all new job procedures, visual
shipment management, resupply process to production flow every 2 hours using visual management
and kanban pulls, flattened BOMs for Module Manufacturing, increased ECN changes to minutes,
defect alerting through poker chip use in bins, supplier kanban replenishment system with faxes and
physical management, optimized kanban setup and management for small to very large expensive
products, kanban establishment/handling for lot traceability, design recycle packaging for large items
during intercompany shipment, redesigning work cells and Material Handling to support the work
cells, and much more.
 BP Chemicals, Stockton: Jenny was instrumental setting up kanban and replenishment processes
for 777 Blocker Door production, back-flushing setup and system established with typical MRP
system, BOM flattening to 2 levels from 8, lean Master Scheduling established for lean processes,
reduction of production structure resulted in an 80% reduction in Production Planning department
resulting in a cost savings of $212,000, and more.
 BP Chemicals, Santa Ana: Created configurable products which eliminated 800 parts and
decreased inventory, restructured forecasting on the component level to reduce schedule fluctuation,
streamlined inventory and shipping operations to increase efficiency.
 Puritan-Bennett: Implemented DFT for the production line with back-flushing for production lines,
created a re-usable packaging for reverse engineering circuit boards to the field, and more.
Applied Materials Inc., Austin, TX
B.P. Chemicals, Stockton & Santa Ana plants, CA
Puritan-Bennett, Carlsbad, CA
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Logistics Manager, Mod Mfg
IC/PC Manager P5000
Production Planning Manager
Program Planner
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