Drive Cost Reduction - Control Your Purchasing Data
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Capgemini implemented a Central Master Data Management organization to reduce Domino Foods' day-to-day level of low-value transactions.
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Download as PDFBusinesses are confronted by the ongoing challenge of managing fluctuating commodity costs. Controlling direct spending across regional and global manufacturing locations can provide significant cost savings to any enterprise.
While companies are continually creating and maintaining master data, many lack data standards and models as well as governance mechanisms. The success of strategic initiatives depends on the creation and maintenance of complete and accurate master data standards and models.
Capgemini has an all-encompassing approach to master data management (MDM), using an enterprise master data management strategy and roadmap. Our approach produces a flow of data that facilitates governance, performance evaluation and collaboration inside and outside your firewall.
Our MDM and governance methodology ensures that everyone knows what is what, who governs what, and how the data is used throughout the value chain.
The Flow of Master Data
Our approach to master data management focuses on 4 elements:
- Master data standards
- Data model
- Data cleansing and normalization
- Data conversion
The creation and management of data flow require the integration of a new tool into the system. Our non-intrusive method involves off-site application of master data and governance into a central master data application, in this case SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM).
Your company can benefit from Capgemini’s strategic approach, tool kit, governance model, accelerators and knowledge, to take full advantage of SAP NetWeaver MDM’s potential to:
- Enforce data governance practices.
- Validate orders to ensure accurate part numbers and the enforcement of suppliers’ rules.
- Improve collaboration with suppliers, customers and partners.
