MDM Scenarios at a Glance 

SAP NetWeaver MDM provides the following six core and business scenarios to help companies maintain their master data:

 

Master Data Consolidation – In this scenario, users wield 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.

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 globally relevant data across your system landscape. For example, you can assign the same address to all occurrences of a particular customer.

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 creation and maintenance of data in the central data repository. It then distributes the newly created data to the connected application systems where it can be complemented with locally relevant information.

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.

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

Global Data Synchronization – Through the Global Data Synchronization industry scenario, reunified object information is synchronized with global data pools, such as 1Sync, in a standard industrial format, then provided to trading partners.

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