MITIGATE ENTERPRISE RISK + BOOST PRODUCTIVITY
Data governance is a business strategy
INDUSTRY-LEADING TURNAROUND TIMES + COST EFFICIENCIES
GlueData is an SAP-centric data company with cumulative experience spanning decades. We pride ourselves on delivering SAP MDG as a master data management solution with industry-leading turnaround times and cost-efficiencies. We also guarantee resulting data of the highest quality that aligns with our clients’ business processes through:
- A clear strategy and methodology
- A highly skilled and experienced team of technical and functional consultants
- Pre-delivered accelerators written for SAP MDG
- Comprehensive service offering rooted in core skills across master data, data quality, data modelling, data integration, data migration, data analysis and insights
- Resolving data quality issues at source, eliminating the need for multiple data cleansing and transformation processes
WHY YOU NEED TO GOVERN YOUR DATA
Master Data Governance drives a culture of quality data in an organisation. It takes a strategic view of data as an invaluable enterprise asset, protecting and optimising it accordingly. At its core, Master Data Governance focuses on improving business productivity and mitigating risk by implementing best-practice protocols for the people, processes and technology required to consistently and properly handle your enterprise data.
Effective Master Data Governance enables business leaders to
- Take clear ownership and drive a data strategy for the organisation
- Reduce costs by properly maintaining master data and limiting duplicates through effective leadership
- Drive and gauge improvement of the quality of master data, boosting system functionality and overall efficiencies
- Improve business insights and associated decision-making
- Obtain full visibility of data quality in SAP system and its responsible data stewards
- Drive conversion of manual processes to automated processes with the required checks in place
- Own, understand and optimise the data, for which their teams of data stewards are responsible
- Mitigate risk associated with documented processes, procedures, business rules and data terms
- Track the full scope of data issues affecting the business
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
GOVERNANCE + MANAGEMENT
Master Data Governance focuses on organisational risk mitigation and deploying controls through concise documented processes, policies, procedures, and role assignment. Its investment is in corporate data culture, process embedding and training.
Master Data Management is the execution of these processes and policies, using business rules and automated system controls to ensure high quality data in the SAP system. Master Data Management delivers value through key requirements such as reporting, point of entry control and data cleansing, using technology and technical rules
to ensure data quality is executed.
Data Governance and Data Management coexist to ensure
the highest possible data quality for an organisation.
SAP Master Data Governance
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is SAP’s master data management application, consisting of the following components:
We achieve this through:
- Central Governance to create and update master data in a standardised and traceable process via change requests.
- Data Consolidation and mass processing to create the optimal record from information contained in duplicate records and facilitates bulk changes.
- Data Quality Management to define, enforce and monitor rules applied to master data.
GlueData augments the SAP MDG offering by helping to define master data management processes and controls that are aligned with our clients’ business processes. We then apply these processes and controls in SAP MDG on their behalf.
SAP Master Data Governance
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is SAP’s master data management application, consisting of the following components:
We achieve this through:
- Central Governance to create and update master data in a standardised and traceable process via change requests.
- Data Consolidation and mass processing to create the optimal record from information contained in duplicate records and facilitates bulk changes.
- Data Quality Management to define, enforce and monitor rules applied to master data.
GlueData augments the SAP MDG offering by helping to define master data management processes and controls that are aligned with our clients’ business processes. We then apply these processes and controls in SAP MDG on their behalf.
SIMPLEDATA GOVERNANCE
At GlueData, we have developed SimpleData Governance: a unique methodology that aims to reduce the complexity of data governance
by focusing on what is most important from a data domain or object perspective. It requires the appointment of a Data Governance Organisation (DGO), an established leadership team appointed to drive master data management in a structured, unified and consistent manner.
Data Governance does not have to be complex; the route to value can be quick and the investment manageable. Change management requirements are low and GlueData fulfils the critical reporting needs of this offering via our pioneering product, SimpleData Management.
SimpleData Governance is a three-phase approach, where we work with your business to:
SimpleData Governance is a three-phase approach, where we work with your business to:
- Determine your current data governance and management state
- Make implicit structures or controls explicit
- Translate this into a future governance framework as part of your business strategy
Elliott Ross, Barrick Gold Corporation Director: Inventory Management and Systems
“GlueData implemented SAP MDG Material at Barrick Gold Corporation as part of a global SAP S/4 HANA roll out to multiple sites in North America, Latin America, Africa and Middle East. SAP MDG was successfully implemented in North America that served as a template for all other sites in Q4 2020. Templates enhancements and roll outs to other regions are progressing well in 2021. The GlueData team delivered the project to date successfully and within budget, as part of a very rapid S/4 HANA roll out schedule.”
Elliott Ross, Barrick Gold Corporation Director: Inventory Management and Systems
“GlueData implemented SAP MDG Material at Barrick Gold Corporation as part of a global SAP S/4 HANA roll out to multiple sites in North America, Latin America, Africa and Middle East. SAP MDG was successfully implemented in North America that served as a template for all other sites in Q4 2020. Templates enhancements and roll outs to other regions are progressing well in 2021. The GlueData team delivered the project to date successfully and within budget, as part of a very rapid S/4 HANA roll out schedule.”