We Eat Our Own Dog Food: Three Companies in the World of Localization Technol...Scott Abel
Presented by Richard Sikes at Documentation and Training East 2008 in
Burlington, MA - October 29-November 1, 2008.
Translation and Localization are intrinsically pragmatic endeavours.
They also require a good deal of human effort that can be aided by
technology. Numerous companies have developed solutions to help
themselves, then realized that they were onto a good thing, so they
have productized their proprietary solutions for more generalized
usage. Well-known localization expert Richard Sikes will paint the
background and evolution of three such stories, featuring products for
visual software localization, translation workflow, and translation
business management, and showing how they are used today.
PASSOLO is a leading software technology for visual software
localization. Used worldwide to create software products in many
languages, PASSOLO is itself available in several languages. Pass
Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of SDL International, has
automated PASSOLO so as to use itself recursively to build alternate
language versions.
At Nero, the manufacturer of popular media creation software that is
available in many languages, the localization management team sought,
and failed to find, a workflow system to connect Nero
We Eat Our Own Dog Food: Three Companies in the World of Localization Technol...Scott Abel
Presented by Richard Sikes at Documentation and Training East 2008 in
Burlington, MA - October 29-November 1, 2008.
Translation and Localization are intrinsically pragmatic endeavours.
They also require a good deal of human effort that can be aided by
technology. Numerous companies have developed solutions to help
themselves, then realized that they were onto a good thing, so they
have productized their proprietary solutions for more generalized
usage. Well-known localization expert Richard Sikes will paint the
background and evolution of three such stories, featuring products for
visual software localization, translation workflow, and translation
business management, and showing how they are used today.
PASSOLO is a leading software technology for visual software
localization. Used worldwide to create software products in many
languages, PASSOLO is itself available in several languages. Pass
Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of SDL International, has
automated PASSOLO so as to use itself recursively to build alternate
language versions.
At Nero, the manufacturer of popular media creation software that is
available in many languages, the localization management team sought,
and failed to find, a workflow system to connect Nero
1. CHARLOTTE RICHARD
Consultant Conf. maj AF
635 - INDUSTRIE
Consultant SAP SD / LES
After getting a master 2 degree in logistic, I have now a strong experience on SAP LES and
SD thanks to 2 and half years of SAP projects. I have been involved in the PACE project for
BEL cheese (LES consultant for rollout in Holland and Eastern Europe countries) and
Template light project for TOTAL (SD consultant for an SAP upgrade in Germany and a roll
out in New-Caledonia)
C O M P E T E N C I E S
Tools and Methods
- Micro Software : MS Office / MS Excel / MS Word
Software packages
- SAP : LE / SD
Sectorial
- Industry : Foods / Oil
Functional
- Commercial : Sales Management
- Production : Logistic / Inventory / Shipping
S I G N I F I C A N T R E F E R E N C E S
BEL Cheese ~ PECO : Roll out of the Bel Core Solution, SAP system, in 3 countries (PECO) :
Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Project scope : SC, SD, PM, MM and FICO
TOTAL TL ~ New-Caledonia : International roll out of 80 countries on MM, SD, FICO scope
BEL Cheese ~ Netherland : Build of a SAP Core System (scope : FICO, PM, MM, LES, SD).
Implementation of a Pilot in NL (01/07/07), then in France (01/01/08) and roll out in 22
countries
TOTAL TL ~ Germany : SAP upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.72 of the German Template Light
and MinOil migration to OGSD
E D U C A T I O N
04/2006 : Master 2 in Management, specialized in Logistic. University of Paris I - Sorbonne
06/2005 : Master 1 in Management (MSG). University of Paris I - Sorbonne.
P R O F E S S I O N N A L T R A I N I N G
09/2007 : WFRIFL Finance and Logistic Integration - SAP Paris
08/2007 : SCM611 Transportation - SAP Paris
12/2006 : SCM610 Delivery Processes - SAP Paris
12/2006 : SCM680 Cross-Application Business Processes - SAP Paris
L A N G U A G E S
English : Read, Written, Spoken (Fluent)
German : Read, Written, Spoken (Bilingual)
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2. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Dec. 2007 - Jan. 2009 BEL Cheese ~ PECO
Project : PACE
Roll out of the Bel Core Solution, SAP system, in 3 countries
(PECO) : Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Project scope : SC,
SD, PM, MM and FICO
Tech. Env. : SAP ECC 6.0, SAP Solution Manager, SAP PI (XI), Manugistics,
EDI, Mercury
Role : SAP Supply Chain Consultant
Implementation of the Supply Chain solution to the PECO countries
within the framework of the PACE project deployment
3 factories and 2 commercial warehouses
The project was based in Prague
Working language: English
During the month of June:
Sweden go-live support (on site)
1 commercial subsidiary
Working language: English
Mission : - Responsible of an English junior consultant to help me for the roll-
out
- Preparation and presentation of Gap analysis workshops
- Writing change requests, functional and detailed specifications
- Customizing of the CORE solution to the PECO countries
- Integration and non regression tests realization
(commercial subsidiaries and Boursin factory went live during
PECO roll-out)
- Interfaces with Manugistics
- EDI exchanges set up with two commercial warehouses
- Set up of the transportation/shipment solution
- Key-users support during the acceptance phases
- Dry-run and Cut-Over participation
- Key-users training
- Assistance during the migration and for the Go-Live
Nov. 2007 - Dec. 2007 TOTAL TL ~ New-Caledonia
Project : HARMONIE
International roll out of 80 countries on MM, SD, FICO scope
Tech. Env. : SAP 4.72 Industry Solution, IS/OIL
Role : SAP Sales and Distribution Consultant
Assistance during the migration, user acceptance tests and
customizing updating for the HARMONIE project in New Caledonia
Working Language: French
Mission : - Participation in the data migration (check and UDS uploading
through LSMW)
- Key-users support and assistance during the user acceptance test
phases
- Control and updating of SD customizing
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3. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Dec. 2006 - Nov. 2007 BEL Cheese ~ Netherland
Project : PACE
Build of a SAP Core System (scope : FICO, PM, MM, LES, SD).
Implementation of a Pilot in NL (01/07/07), then in France (01/01/08)
and roll out in 22 countries
Tech. Env. : SAP ECC 6.0, SAP Solution Manager, SAP PI (XI), Manugistics,
EDI, Mercury
Role : SAP Supply Chain Consultant
From 01.12.06 to 01.08.07:
CORE model roll out on a pilot site in Netherland (3 factories and 1
commercial warehouse)
Working language: English
From 01.08.07 to 01.11.07:
France Go-Live assistance
Working language: French
Mission : - Intercompany flows with EDI exchanges
- Sub-contracting flows with EDI exchanges
- Shipment (transportation)
- Interfaces with Manugistics: forecast, orders, stocks
- Inventories reports with EDI exchanges
- Forms
Gap analysis participation
Localisation of the solution, customizing
Realization workshops preparation and presentation
Writing of functional specifications and arbitration
Key-users training
Assistance for the data migration
Integration tests realization
Go-Live and post go-live assistance
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4. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
June 2006 - Nov. 2006 TOTAL TL ~ Germany
Project : TOTAL TL Germany Upgrade
SAP upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.72 of the German Template Light
and MinOil migration to OGSD
Tech. Env. : SAP 4.72 Industry solution, IS/OIL, Migration of MinOil tool to
OGSD, Migration between SAP and OpenTAS interfaces, Optitool,
MPKS ...
Role : SAP Sales and Distribution Consultant
In charge of upgrade tasks in SD and OGSD domains
Working language: German and English
Mission : - Building, adaptation and realizations of unit and integration tests
scenarios
- Check and correction of the customizing
- Support during the user acceptance tests
- Writing of functional specifications
- Key-users training and assistance during the end-users training
- Training document updating
- Week-end migration participation
- Post go-live support
June 2004 - Sept. 2004 GEODIS Logistics
Role : Temporary work into export and France shipment forecast
Mission : - Management of orders
- Plan of pallet optimization
- Building of trucks tour
- Chartering of trucks
- Stocks and return management
- Employees training
C.R. 4/4 01/2009