What is Master Data Hormonization?

[Former Member]

Hi dear friends,

1) What is Master Data Harmonization?

2) please explain me with one good example? please...

3) What are the SAP NetWeaver MDM six core and business scenarios? Explain each with one example

[Former Member]

Master-data harmonization is aimed at improving overall master-data quality within the entire system landscape through de-duplication and the distribution of consolidated data to connected master data client systems.

With master-dataharmonization, organizations can cleanse and harmonize master data. They can ensure high quality of master data by distributing consolidated data that is globally relevantand can be augmented with locally relevant information.

-Organizations can cleanse and distribute master data on materials, suppliers, and customers within a heterogeneous environment in an interactive manner and perform enterprise-wide analytics, such as global spend analyses.

-In the first stage, the procedures are intended for periodic, interactive consolidation and distribution, rather than frequent changes with automatic distribution and matching.

-At a later stage, focus is more on automated consolidation and distribution processes.

Master-DataHarmonizationfeaturesthefollowingprocesses:

-Loadingmasterdata

You can use this process to upload master data from the specified

client systems.

-Consolidatingmasterdata

You can use this process to centrally consolidate data, which isto

find and merge identical or duplicate objects among the loaded data.

-Distributing master data

You can use this process to distribute the consolidated data to the

specified target clients.

Hi,

Benefits:MDM ensures that as data changes in one application, other business applications that depend on that data, are updated with a consistent view of key data as it changes in real time, enabling decision making based on accurate data:

-Central repository

-Matching & merging

-Track changes

-ID-mapping

-Staging

Main Processes:

-Loading master data

-Consolidating master data

-Distributing master data.

From master-data harmonization, companies gain the following benefits:

-Incorporates all benefits of master-data consolidation

-Adds value through sustained improvement of master data quality in heterogeneous landscapes

-Allows client-specific control on master data

-Supports both interactive consolidation and syndication with fast data access and, at a later stage, automated de-duplication and distribution processes

[Former Member]

Hi,

The link to [IT scenarios|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/d7b1ee058201b4e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm]

The link to [Business Scenarion Powered by SAP|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/61/d3af42a6f6cb6ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm]

Hope this would help you.

Regards,

Krutarth

[Former Member]

Hi Ram,

Just go through the following link once. It explains Consolidation, Centralization and harmonization in very effective manner.

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

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,

Dheeraj.

[Former Member]

Hi,

SAP provides six scenarios u2014 or approaches to working with SAP NetWeaver u2014 to help companies maintain their master data while at the same supporting a flexible, innovative IT environment. These are as follows:

1. Master Data Consolidation u2014

In this scenario, users use SAP NetWeaver MDM to collect master data from several systems at a central location, detect and clean up duplicate and identical objects, and manage the local object keys for cross-system communication. With this consolidated data, users can access the information they need to perform company-wide analyses and consolidated reporting.

2. Master Data Harmonization---

This scenario enhances the Master Data Consolidation scenario by forwarding the consolidated master data information to all connected, remote systems, thus depositing unified, high-quality data in heterogeneous system landscapes. With this scenario, you can synchronize central data contents u2014 that is, globally relevant data u2014 based on your results. For example, you can assign the same address to all occurrences of a particular customer.

3. Central Master Data Management---

Whereas the emphasis in the Master Data Harmonization scenario is on local data maintenance, the Central Master Data Management scenario focuses on cleansing data in the central data repository. It then distributes the cleansed data to the connected application systems.

4. Rich Product Content Management---

This scenario is intended for the product information management (PIM) market, as it offers many functions for managing product data and corresponding image files centrally via SAP NetWeaver MDM. It can also be used to prepare for publishing product catalogs, either in electronic Web format or in print.

5. Customer Data Integration---

The Customer Data Integration scenario lets you harmonize customer master data records across heterogeneous systems.

6. Global Data Synchronization---

Through Global Data Synchronization, unified object information is synchronized with data pools, such as UCCnet and Transora, in a standard industrial format, then provided

to trading partners.

Through these different ways of using the capabilities of SAP NetWeaver MDM, companies can structure a master data strategy around their data unification goals u2014 based on their unique business processes, organizational structure, or industry.

Regards

Richa

[Former Member]

Hi Ram,

Data Harmonization means the data transfer/uploading/importing/exporting from/to diff remote systems to/from MDM to have a single instanceof each without inconsistencies.

Ex. like you have your Plants in diff areas in diff legacy systems then data harmonization is explained as to import the data from all the Plants into one central data management system :MDM ,where it was consolidated (removing of inconsistencies/deduplication etc) and then send back to all the systems back (after updating/modifying) so as to maintain a single instance of each record.

You can have a look at the below forum which will show you the core MDM capabilities.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/forums

Rgds

Ankit