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How a shattered ERP Landscape becomes a chance!
A shattered ERP Landscape is common for many different companies. Especially when you look at the fast moving world and markets. Mergers and acquisitions come by more often than a couple of years ago. Companies have cash available to do so…
Buying or building your Master Data Management Solution?
Recently I attended a seminar from the Dutch SAP Usergroup. My intention was to learn about their struggles around data management. This special usergroup is set up for the data management experts in the Netherlands relating to SAP and the…
Family Calendar as Data Management Tool
Are you familiar with the family calendar? I think almost everybody is. The central calendar in which the whole family registers their activities in order to keep all the events in line with each other. Well I have to say it works just fine…
Master Data Management Methods
In the world of master data management there isn’t one version of the truth. There are many different aspects that you have to evaluate in order to find master data management methods that fits your purpose. Also is your current state of…
Just automate Master Data Management and all your problems disappear….
Is this for real, just automate and you are done? Purchase data management tools? Well a lot companies still think this way and I don’t know if this has to do with ignorance from the side of the company or is it just a software company that…
Master Data; Achilles Heel or Backbone?
Proverbial The backbone and Achilles heel (tendon; medical term) are words used within a proverbial. Both of them are an expression at the other end of the spectrum. One is often used to express strength and the other a weakness. The…
The Simplicity or Complexity of Master Data
Just the other day I came across an article that mentioned the 10th birthday of master data management. This birthday concerns only the name: master data management and the theories and concepts that are behind this name. master data is…
Master Data Manager, You are AWESOME!
Master Data Manager or Master Data Specialist is often seen as a profession with no "sexiness". Did I just use that word? Yes I did! Here is why! Fact is that there is no prestige or amazing sales bonus ahead of you when you turn the data…
Data For Dummies; Data Jobs Explained
In the last couple years a lot of new jobs are created or get more popular and valuable within companies. These Data Jobs evolved from developments in the technology era we live in. Data is becoming the most valuable asset and handling this…
9 Challenges that can ruin your MDM implementation
Master Data Management a common term in business. The most of us know what we mean when we say Master Data Management. However implementing a sustainable Master Data Management strategy is a different story with enough challenges to…