Trusted Data. Delivered.Reference Data Management (RDM) for SAP MDG
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WHY... Companies need to do something
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
What and Why? Data for a digital world
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Purchasing
SRM
Suppliers
Production and Logistics
COO
Chief Operation Officer
ERP PLMMaterials
CDO
Chief Data Officer
Master Data
Customers Suppliers
MaterialsAccounts
Cost Centers
MDG
Sales
CRM
Customers
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Accounting Controlling
Consolidation
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Accounts Cost Centers
ERP
SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
The Foundation for Master Data and Business Processes
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Reference
dataMaster data
Conditional
master data
Transaction
dataReporting Logs
FREQUENCY OF CHANGE
DEGREE OF SHARING
Managing Data with
high impact!
Examples
Country Code, Material
Group, Payment Terms,
Product Hierarchy, Plant Source: SAP
SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
The Foundation for Master Data and Business Processes
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Data owner
Sales
Data owner
Finance
Data owner
procurement
Data owner
Logistics
Chief Data
Officer
MDG-C MDG-S
MDG-F MDG-M
Customers Suppliers
Account
Cost center
Profit center
Materials
Itego
MDG RDM
Sales Organization
Distribution Channel
Country
Company Code
Region
Controlling Area
Currency Code
Purchasing Organization
Purchasing Group
Terms of Payment
Division
Product Hierarchy
Plant
Factory Calendar
Unit of MeasureStorage Location
Material Type Material Status
Material Group
Source: SAP
+ many more …
Account Groups
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
Flexible Change Request Processing
Data specialist
The data specialist
requests and
completes the data
Data steward
The request is
approved or rejected
REQUEST & APPROVE
Requester
A request for a
change in the
reference data is
made
Data specialist
The data specialist
enriches the data
setup
Data steward
The request is
approved or rejected
REQUEST, PROCESS & APPROVE
Benefits
• Reduced business risks
• Reliable but flexible processes
• Reduced project costs and duration
• Strategic Planning based on reliable reporting
Using SAP MDG RDM by Itego means
• Fast, simplified, and harmonized processes, supported by workflows
• Process driven by Data Owner and Data Specialists
• Guided documentation and enrichment of relevant metadata
• Establishing a single source of truth
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
The Benefits
HOWSAP MDG RDM can help
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Details
• Flexible Data Model
• Rule Based Workflows
• User Interfaces (Web Dynpro)
• Data Transfer for Initial Load (XML or CSV)
• Data Replication with Monitoring for Reliability
• Change Documents, Change Request Monitoring
Complete and Integrated MDG Application
• Data Model with pre-delivered content
• Workflows for Reference Data Governance
• User Interfaces for Reference Data and Meta Data
• Data Replication to Local Staging Area in SAP or non-SAP
SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
How? Solution Components
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
Landscape: MDG / SAP S/4 / SAP ERP / non-SAP
SAP MDG RDM by Itego
Reference Data Governance
SAP S/4HANA and ERP
Local Staging Area
Reference Data Harmonization
non SAP
Subscription
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
Business controlled governance alternative
Master data
Reference data
REQUEST ENRICH APPROVE
REQUEST ENRICH APPROVE
MDG PRODUCTION
STAGING ACTIVE AREA
ERP
DEVELOPMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
PRODUCTION
CUST DATA
CUST DATA
CUST DATA
MASTER DATA
REPLICATE
REPLICATE
MASTER DATA
ACTIVATE
Source: SAP (Modified)
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CUST DATA
Reference data available for use in MDG
ACTIVATE
Flexible
GovernanceFlexible and Realtime
Replication
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SAP MDG Reference Data Management by Itego
Full IT governance alternative
Master data
Reference data
REQUEST ENRICH APPROVEACTIVATE
REQUEST ENRICH APPROVE
MDG PRODUCTION
STAGING ACTIVE AREA
Reference data available for use in MDG
ERP
DEVELOPMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
PRODUCTION
CUST DATA
CUST DATA
CUST DATA
MASTER DATA
REPLICATE
STAGING
SAP
TRANSPORT
CUST DATA
REPLICATE
MASTER DATA
ACTIVATE
Source: SAP (Modified)
SAP
TRANSPORT
SAP
TRANSPORT
Consistent Replication,
Harmonization, Versioning,
Subscription.