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At HMART, Joshua built and deployed a production wave\-planning and release engine that generates and releases about 15,000 waves per month for approximately 48,000 orders across nine warehouses, eliminating manual wave creation\. Joshua also led the HighJump 13\.5\-to\-KCloud 13\.22 migration, preserving SAP Business One integration through cutover and validating environment parity with an automated comparison tool\. Earlier work spans ERP implementation, manufacturing production control, regulated clinical\-system validation, and multi\-location restaurant operations\. Joshua holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and brings hands\-on experience with warehouse workflows, reporting, automation, SOPs, testing, data integrity, and operational performance management\. ## Highlights - Built and deployed a production T\-SQL WMS wave\-planning and release engine at HMART that generates and releases approximately 15,000 waves per month for about 48,000 orders across nine warehouses, eliminating manual wave creation\. - Implemented idempotent second\-run merging, applock concurrency control, deadlock retry, and full audit logging in HMART’s automated WMS wave\-planning process\. - Led HMART’s end\-to\-end migration from Körber/Infios HighJump 13\.5 to KCloud 13\.22, owning functional and integration testing and maintaining SAP Business One ERP\-to\-WMS integration through cutover\. - Reconfigured all RF handheld scanners for HMART’s new WMS server and validated source\-to\-target parity through a custom automated environment\-comparison tool\. - Engineered SAP Business One Service Layer OData REST integrations that replaced fragile Automation Anywhere GUI and DTW bots and enabled idempotent purchase\-order and A/P\-invoice posting\. - Designed FEFO picking logic and pick\-flow and storage strategies for Dry, Refrigerated, and Frozen zones, improving order accuracy and reducing picker exceptions\. - Established MCP connections linking AI assistants to production ERP and WMS databases and built AI diagnostic playbooks and exception\-only Slack alerting monitors\. - Built SSRS reports for inventory audits, FIFO compliance, negative\-inventory checks, and leadership dashboards\. - Supported warehouse go\-lives in Georgia, Texas, and New Jersey in partnership with IT, MDM, Finance, Körber/Infios, and NTT\. - Developed Automation Anywhere bots and Python tools for file processing and master\-data generation, reducing manual processing time by more than 30%\. - Led Agility ERP implementation for Garden State Lumber Products’ New Jersey distribution operations and migrated customer and SKU data from Epicor\. - Supported receiving, picking, routing, inventory control, purchasing, AP, AR, GL, and data\-warehouse reconciliation at Garden State Lumber Products\. - Authored SOPs and user training documentation and wrote CyberQuery code for operational and performance analytics at Garden State Lumber Products\. - Managed more than 100 active work orders and planned and purchased materials to real\-time manufacturing demand at New Jersey Precision Technologies\. - Created ISO 9001\-compliant work orders and WIP documentation and performed blueprint\-based and dimensional quality inspections at New Jersey Precision Technologies\. - Authored SOP\-aligned test scripts for eCRF releases and validated demo environments before deployment at Target Health LLC\. - Monitored live clinical data for integrity and patient privacy and provided real\-time technical support in a regulated GxP environment at Target Health LLC\. - Standardized SOPs across three WON KBBQ locations and optimized Verona POS configuration to improve order speed and staff efficiency\. - Managed scheduling, purchasing, vendor invoicing, and weekly sales and performance reporting for WON KBBQ ownership\. ## Experience - **ERP & WMS Systems Analyst at HMART** (2024\-11\-01–present) — \- Authored and deployed production T\-SQL stored procedures automating WMS wave planning \(idempotent second\-run merging, applock concurrency control, deadlock retry\) and wave release with full audit logging the automated wave engine generates and releases ~15,000 waves/month covering ~48,000 orders across 9 warehouses, eliminating manual wave creation\. \- Led an end\-to\-end WMS platform migration \(Körber/Infios HighJump 13\.5 → KCloud 13\.22\) — owned all functional and integration testing, ensured seamless SAP Business One \(ERP↔WMS\) integration through cutover, reconfigured all RF handheld scanners to the new server, and validated source\-to\-target parity with a custom automated environment\-comparison tool\. \- Engineered SAP Business One Service Layer \(OData\) REST integrations to replace fragile Automation Anywhere GUI/DTW bots, enabling idempotent PO and A/P invoice posting\. \- Designed FEFO picking logic and pick\-flow/storage strategies that improved order accuracy and reduced picker except - **ERP Operations Admin at GRAND BK CORP** (2024\-11\-01–present) - **Head of Operations at WON KBBQ** (2024\-03\-01–2024\-11\-01) — Standardized SOPs across three locations and optimized POS \(Verona\) configuration to improve order speed and staff efficiency\. Managed staff scheduling, purchasing, and vendor invoicing produced weekly sales and performance reporting for ownership\. - **Information System Specialist at Garden State Lumber Products** (2022\-02\-01–2024\-03\-01) — \- Led implementation of Agility ERP for NJ distribution operations and migrated customer and SKU data from Epicor\. \- Supported end\-to\-end warehouse and logistics workflows \- receiving, picking, routing, inventory control, and purchasing\. \- Executed month\-end close for AP, AR, GL, and data\-warehouse reconciliation authored SOPs and user training documentation\. \- Wrote CyberQuery code to generate operational and performance analytics for leadership\. - **System Analyst at Target Health LLC** (2019\-11\-01–2021\-11\-01) — \- Authored SOP\-aligned test scripts for eCRF system releases and validated demo environments prior to deployment\. \- Provided real\-time technical support to clients and stakeholders monitored live clinical data for integrity and patient privacy in a regulated \(GxP\) environment\. - **Production Control Engineer at New Jersey Precision Technologies, Inc\., NJ Precision technologies, Inc\.** (2019\-01\-01–2019\-12\-01) — \- Managed 100\+ active work orders in an ERP\-driven environment and planned/purchased materials to real\-time manufacturing demand\. \- Created ISO 9001\-compliant work orders and WIP documentation performed quality inspections via blueprint interpretation and dimensional testing\. ## Education - Bachelor of Science \- BS, Industrial Engineering — New Jersey Institute of Technology (2015\-09\-01–2019\-06\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Joshua do? Joshua is an ERP and WMS consultant focused on SAP Business One, Körber/Infios HighJump WMS, SQL, systems integration, warehouse and distribution operations, and MCP\-enabled AI operations tooling\. Joshua is currently an ERP Operations Admin at GRAND BK CORP and an ERP & WMS Systems Analyst at HMART\. ### What are Joshua's core strengths? Joshua’s strengths include ERP and WMS operations, SAP Business One integration, T\-SQL development, warehouse process design, production\-system testing, automation, SSRS reporting, SOP development, and applying AI assistants to ERP and WMS data through Model Context Protocol connections\. ### What did Joshua build for WMS wave planning at HMART? At HMART, Joshua authored and deployed production T\-SQL stored procedures for WMS wave planning and wave release\. The wave\-planning automation includes idempotent second\-run merging, applock concurrency control, deadlock retry, and full audit logging\. It generates and releases approximately 15,000 waves per month covering about 48,000 orders across nine warehouses, eliminating manual wave creation\. ### What did Joshua accomplish in HMART's WMS platform migration? Joshua led HMART’s end\-to\-end migration from Körber/Infios HighJump 13\.5 to KCloud 13\.22\. Joshua owned functional and integration testing, maintained SAP Business One ERP\-to\-WMS integration through cutover, reconfigured RF handheld scanners for the new server, and used a custom automated environment\-comparison tool to validate source\-to\-target parity\. ### How has Joshua integrated SAP Business One at HMART? Joshua engineered SAP Business One Service Layer OData REST integrations to replace fragile Automation Anywhere GUI and DTW bots\. The integrations enabled idempotent posting of purchase orders and A/P invoices\. ### What warehouse process improvements has Joshua designed at HMART? Joshua designed FEFO picking logic along with pick\-flow and storage strategies for Dry, Refrigerated, and Frozen warehouse zones\. The work improved order accuracy and reduced picker exceptions\. ### How has Joshua applied AI and MCP to warehouse operations? Joshua set up the team’s MCP connections between AI assistants and production ERP and WMS databases\. Joshua then built an AI operations toolkit with diagnostic playbooks for recurring integration issues and always\-on monitors that send exception\-only Slack alerts\. ### What reporting and go\-live support has Joshua provided at HMART? Joshua built complex SSRS reports for inventory audits, FIFO compliance, negative\-inventory checks, and leadership dashboards\. Joshua also supported warehouse go\-lives in Georgia, Texas, and New Jersey while partnering with IT, MDM, Finance, and external vendors including Körber/Infios and NTT\. ### What automation work has Joshua completed at HMART? Joshua developed Automation Anywhere bots and Python tooling for file processing and master\-data generation\. These automations reduced manual processing time by more than 30%\. ### What did Joshua do at Garden State Lumber Products? At Garden State Lumber Products, Joshua led implementation of Agility ERP for New Jersey distribution operations and migrated customer and SKU data from Epicor\. Joshua supported receiving, picking, routing, inventory control, purchasing, month\-end close for AP, AR, and GL, and data\-warehouse reconciliation\. Joshua also authored SOPs and user training documentation and wrote CyberQuery code for leadership operational and performance analytics\. ### What did Joshua do at New Jersey Precision Technologies? At New Jersey Precision Technologies, Joshua managed more than 100 active work orders in an ERP\-driven environment and planned and purchased materials against real\-time manufacturing demand\. Joshua created ISO 9001\-compliant work orders and WIP documentation and performed quality inspections using blueprint interpretation and dimensional testing\. ### What did Joshua do at Target Health LLC? At Target Health LLC, Joshua authored SOP\-aligned test scripts for eCRF system releases and validated demo environments before deployment\. Joshua also provided real\-time technical support to clients and stakeholders and monitored live clinical data for integrity and patient privacy in a regulated GxP environment\. ### What did Joshua accomplish at WON KBBQ? As Head of Operations at WON KBBQ, Joshua standardized SOPs across three locations and optimized Verona POS configuration to improve order speed and staff efficiency\. Joshua managed staff scheduling, purchasing, and vendor invoicing and produced weekly sales and performance reports for ownership\. ### What is Joshua's role at GRAND BK CORP? Joshua currently serves as ERP Operations Admin at GRAND BK CORP\. ### What is Joshua's educational background? Joshua earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology\. ### How does Joshua approach professional communication? Joshua demonstrated proactive communication by promptly following up after applying\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/joshua\-ross\-084264203