Master data maintanance in ECC6.0

[Former Member]

Hi,

Master data is consistenly maintained in ECC6.0.My question is why we need sap-mdm?

Regards

Yugandhar

[Former Member]

HI,

There are clients which uses ECC to maintain Master data .Here ECC acts like system of record;but there are various problems one may get into.

Consolidating all Master data into ECC is not easy.Also syndicating the records into the desired system is hard when there are various legacy systems.

Also SAP MDM offers more value added services for business scenarios like publishing content

In a nutshell , for long term MDM is ideally suited for any company which is concerned about its Master data.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Yugandhar,

Looking at the importance of the master data, SAP MDM is specially introduced by SAP for managing the Master Data extensively. It focusses of various issues related with master data such as Duplication, Incorrect data, Missing data, No standard of Data, No Governance with a single tool - SAP-MDM.

This tool focusses not on transactions but on complete aspects so as to how to keep the master data in an organization clean. It provides a solution to all the listed issues above and many more. We might have a complex landscape where in many SAP-non SAP systems might be integrated and might be following their own standards, etc. Hence, this tool will act as a central hub of master data and provide a single version of truth to all the systems so that we have clean, complete and only 1 version of data.

SAP ECC also can maintain the Master data but it might not be able to handle various issues related to master data efficiently. SAP-MDM has an in-built Matching capability which helps up identify the duplicates. Also there is an easy provision of MDM workflows, which helps in maintaining proper authorizations and helps in Governance.

I would advice you to go through these links to know the features and use of SAP-MDM in a better way.

Bringing Clarity to Your Company with SAP NetWeaver MDM

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/90db4c2d-a12f-2b10-8c99-e4feb7ed...

SAP NETWEAVER MDM Leverage MDM in ERP Environments - An Evolutionary Approach

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4059f477-7316-2a10-5fa1-88417f98...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/20c5eb85-f070-2910-6e9f-c8c97cb9...

Resolving Master Data Consolidation Challenges in ITBusiness transformation with SAP MDM Implementation:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d01e649d-7e4d-2a10-90be-ef481daf...

You can many other links and lots of information on SDN regarding MDM.

Hope this info helps.

Thanks and Regards

Nitin Jain

[Former Member]

Hi Yugandhar,

Master data is consistenly maintained in ECC6.0.My question is why we need sap-mdm?

Companies striving to accelerate business growth and improve business performance need to innovate and remain flexible to dynamic market forces. NetWeaver provides the ideal platform for enabling such innovation and flexibility.

SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) enables master data on customers, partners and products to be consolidated and harmonized across the enterprise, making it available to all staff and business partners. A key component of SAP NetWeaver, SAP MDM ensures data integrity across all IT systems.

The SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) component of SAP NetWeaver creates the preconditions for enterprise services and business process management. The functionality represents customers, products, employees, vendors, and user-defined data objects in unified form. With SAP NetWeaver MDM, customers can manage master data and supplemental content, such as texts, PDF documents, high-resolution images, or diagrams in a central business information warehouse.

SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) is a component of SAP's NetWeaver product group and is used as a platform to consolidate, cleanse and synchronise a single version of the truth for master data within a heterogeneous application landscape. It has the ability to distribute internally and externally to SAP and non-SAP applications.

There are five standard implementation scenarios:

Content Consolidation

Master Data Harmonisation

Central Master Data Management

Rich Product Content Management

Global Data Synchronization

Hope this may help you,

Regards,

Srinivas

Edited by: srini vas on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM