Structure of MDM team

[Former Member]

I work for a large FMCG business located across multiple manufacturing and office sites.

The business is on SAP - and has been for almost 2 years.

A change in structure might see centralisation and relocation of the MDM team - the data stewards. 

Is there an optimal model/structure for FMCG MDM teams? 

Does anyone have case studies or white papers that I can review?

Cheers

Jacqui

[former_member192358]

Hi Jacqui,

just a small comment on your question: from my experience there are two important - or almost mandatory - human factors if you want to be sucessful with an MDM projects and its related change management

1) get a sponsor for the project ideally on C-level

2) regardless of central / decentral team organization - make sure that the data ownership is not only well-defined but people are able to "live" it.

So looking at your ask, I am sure that there is no "optimal structure" in general (otherwise our customer would be smart enough to have that already in place) - the strcuture is individual per customer or could even differ per region or country.

In any case, I would also be interested if there are some case studies that discuss this questions and give some indication or pros and cons - maybe even specific for your industry.

Best regards,

Ingo