My Projects Portfolio
Mohammed K. Barakat
B.Sc. (IE), PMP, MCTS, MCT, MMI

Shipment Routing System  This project aimed at developing
a technical solution to identify
information related to shipment’s
storage (warehouse area, bay,
Project Manager bags coloring and ID) and routing
JUN 2009 – SEP 2009 (flight details, cut-off time,
ARAMEX International processing priority) and printing
Logistics and Supply Chain details on a routing label attached
to the shipment.
 The project deliverable was a
system that can import manifests
of shipments arriving into the Hub
and be able, based on predefined
criteria, to print out Routing Label
upon scanning a shipment
barcode.
 The system was built using
Microsoft Access VBA with multi-
user and user-level security.
Zebra printer was used for label
printing. The project team was
located in Jordan and the UK.

London Shipments Screening  This project was initiated to
System provide a tool through which
operations in Aramex London
Project Manager Hub can identify shipments that
NOV 2008 – JAN 2009 need to be held for further
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
inspection and reporting to the
UK Customs.
 The project was intended to
deliver a system that can import
manifests of shipments arriving
in London ahead of arrival and
be able, based on predefined
criteria, to catch those
shipments that need further
scrutiny.
 The system was built using
Microsoft Access VBA with
multi-user and user-level
security. The project team was
located in Jordan and the UK.

Delivery Service Costing System  Aramex has agreements with all
branches and agents in the
Network for delivering
Project Manager shipments around the world.
NOV 2006 - JAN 2008 This project was initiated to file
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
delivery agreements, analyze
delivery cost, manage
agreement changes, and
calculate expected charges
ahead of delivery process. The
system was built on Microsoft
Access VBA.

Line Haul Costing System  Aramex uses 3rd party carrier
services to move shipments in
the Network. This project was
Project Manager initiated to develop an automatic
JUN - AUG 2006 tool that consolidates carriers’
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
electronic bills, and reallocates
and analyzes shipments cost.
 The system provides a tool to
audit carrier’s charges against
the agreed rates and, hence,
used to claim charges
differences.
 The system was developed
using Microsoft Access VBA.
When database got large it was
upsized to SQL database while
keeping the front end on MS
Access.

Company Mail Management  One of the roles of Aramex HQ
System is to act as a central unit
receiving bills from its branches
Project Manager then to re-bill them to their
APR - JUN 2006 payees in other branches
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
through courier mail (Central
Billing Process). This project
was initiated to develop a
system through which
Accounting team can manage
in/out billing mail.
 Microsoft Access-VBA was used
to develop the system.
 The project gave its deliverables
of billing Aramex branches in a
timely and a systematic manner
in addition to creating history
database of billing activities and
mail references.

Profit and Loss Analysis System  This project was initiated to
develop an automatic tool that
would calculate the company’s
Project Manager profitability on each courier
MAY 2005 - MAR 2006 shipment.
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain  Visual Basic 6.0 was used to
create a system that imports
input data from Accounting team
database, runs calculation, and
disseminate reports to various
stakeholders.
 The project met its objectives of
giving out analysis reports on
profitability per Agent, per
region, and per country.
 The project was a great success
since it helped primary
stakeholders manage their
losing customers.

Airway Bill Update System  The project was initiated to
(AWUS) deliver a web-based application
that Network Agents can use to
Project Contributor create records, update status,
JAN - APR 2004 and report proof of delivery of
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
shipments.
 Deliverables of this project were
web-based screens (using
VBA.net) that have been used
as input to another larger
project of building the Network
new Tracking System
(InfoAXS).

Developing a mechanism to  The project charter was
track shipments in Africa formulated based on the need
to develop a mechanism that
Project Contributor can be used by African Delivery
JUN - DEC 2003 Agents to provide the Network
ARAMEX International
Logistics and Supply Chain
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 which then uploaded
this data to the main tracking
system to be viewable by other
Network locations.