Governance and Data Management

[Former Member]

Hello,

We need to know about governance and data management, from this week I am working as master data coordinator in Empresas Polar (Mass Consumer Products Industry), where the role of this function is to assure the creation and maintenance of the master data, as initial activities we are raising statistics to know the most important information of the master data in all SAP modules, and the idea is across own developments in R/3, Portal, Workflow and Tools that exist on the market to simplify Update of the information on the part of the user, we know that in SAP the information is created in different views or transactions, which makes very difficult the opportune update of the data.

I am interested to know about MDM or any tool/application which eolud help us,

I appreciate your help,

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi torres,

The MDM system for master data management and single-source cross-media catalog publishing does more than just database management, asset management, or even database publishing.It uses an industry-standard SQL-based DBMS as a u201Ccontaineru201D for the repository database. But then it goes much further to implement an elegant and seamless combination of many different technologies,concepts, and minute details to create a comprehensive solution to an

age-old problem.Many of the features incorporated into the MDM system are unique.

ADVANTAGES

End-to-end solution. The MDM system provide an end-to-end

solution that automates the entire process of managing master data from start to finish, including bulk data import, centralized master data management, and published output to a variety of media.

u2022 Database-driven system. MDM layers a thick shell of functionality on top of a powerful SQL-based DBMS so that the MDM system is fully scalable and the master data is fully accessible to other SQLbased applications and tools.

u2022 Large capacity. The MDM system efficiently manages master data repositories containing up to millions of records.

u2022 Superior performance. MDM breaks through SQL performance

bottlenecks to deliver blazingly fast performance that is measured in milliseconds rather than seconds and is literally 100u20131000 times that of a SQL DBMS alone. No other system on the market today delivers comparable performance.

u2022 Powerful search and retrieval. All of the MDM modules include

powerful search and retrieval capabilities, so that an entire repository of thousands or millions of items can be easily searched and any item or group of items located in a matter of seconds.

u2022 Cross-media publishing. The MDM system is the only one on the market today that includes tightly integrated functionality for both electronic and printed output, for Web, CD-ROM, and paper output from a single MDM repository.

[Former Member]

Hi,

MDM is use for governanace of Master Data, as for Success of any business managing Master Data is Crucial. Using MDM we can import Records from any R/3 System then in MDM Data Manager we can Cleanse, Deduplicte the data result in accurate and imporoved quality otherwise Unmanaged master data is notoriously inaccurate, full of discrepancies, incomplete and leads to poor business decisions.

Other benefits include: Powerful capabilities to load, aggregate and search on parametric product data , Intelligent image management and Web/print publishing, you can enrich product content management and cross-media catalog publishing. It allows you to consolidate, centrally manage, and publish disparate product data across the enterprise and between trading partners.

As per Business: Aimed at central data ownership resulting in substantial quality improvements.

Allows companies to set own company standards in managing master data.

Still allows client-specific control on master data (local completion)

Hope it will Help you,

Rewards if Useful.....

Mandeep Saini

[Former Member]

When you start talking about governance of master data the first thing you need to do is study the current business process around maintenance. Often times companies want to develop governance at an enterprise level, but they aren't really ready for the organizational change required to do this. Neverless, I wrote an article about this on my personal blog regarding the use of MDM and workflow, how it fits into the overall EDM process, and why SAP has had trouble with workflow around master data in the past. You can find that here:

http://mdmdev.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-workflow-in-mdm_27.html