A Material Catalog is a Gateway to Operational Excellence and Strategic Procurement

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Fuel the Enterprise with Clean Master Data
Consolidated Product Spare Parts Master
Data strategy and systems delivery backed by deep
domain expertise
Todays Technology and Services to drive material
data performance.
A Material (Product Spares and Item) Catalog is a
Gateway to Operational Excellence and Strategic
Procurement
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Material Master Data Improve PerformanceCommon
Drivers for Consolidated Catalog
Data quality for new ERP/EAM, acquisitions,
equipment and locations Improving inventory
levels and visibility across global
locations Global management of enterprise
businesses Improving global sourcing through more
effective intelligence and data

• Verdantis MDM solutions are designed around these
  three criteria.
• Reduce Costs and Drive Business Value
• Ensuring the business has the right processes and
  data to realize improved value in their
  operations.
• Master Data Compliance and Standards
• To assure enterprise compliance and a single view
  of the companys Master Data. To most effectively
  utilize resources for data quality, maintenance
  and approval processes
• 3. IT Standards and Compliance
• Furthermore, to assure that the MDM solution
  cooperates with IT standards and solutions for
  enterprise architecture, security and
  applications.

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Dirty Item Master Data

• What is dirty data?
• Poor unstructured descriptions with limited
  attribution
• Inaccurate or non-existent Spend classification
  or noun modifiers
• Inconsistent abbreviations and UoM
• Lack of manufacturing name and part number
• Duplicates

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Common Material Projects Historic Core
Components

• Standards
• Data
• Data Ownership
• Data Stewardship/Governance
• Process, Automation or Methodology and Resources
  for Project
• Non-source enrichment
• Approval Processes
• MDM/ERP repository

• Data Standards
• Classification, Taxonomy, Noun Modifier
• Specifications/Data Template
• Type, RPM, Hertz, Frame, Voltage
• Additional information like application and nick
  names.
• Critical and Non Critical Attributes
• Abbreviation Dictionary
• UOM Dictionary
• Short and Long Material Description
• Material Group, Mfr. Name Part Nbr.
• Local and Department Views

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Central Consolidated Item Catalog

• A single Master Item ID with extension to
  multiple sites/plants and optional links to
  multiple preferred suppliers
• Items set up to standards reflected in short and
  long descriptions.
• Local plant and department viewscentrally
  maintained.
• Relevant Items kept in multiple languages as
  required.
• Synchronization to single or multiple
  ERP/EAM/MDM systems
• A governance process and plans to keep to
  standards as new Items are added.

New Part Requesters at Edge of Org.
ERPs
Central Item Master Repository with MDM
Automation
System Synch
EAMs
eProcurement
Enterprise Touch Points Manufacturing,Accounting,
Maintenance, Services,Compliance, Procurement,
Engineering, Suppliers
Data Quality Solutions
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Material Master Data Drive Performance
A Material (Product Spares and Item) Catalog is
a Gateway to Operational Excellence and
Strategic Procurement
More efficient search Cross plant / business
unit visibility Create new parts without
duplicates Reduce inventory costs Reduce
engineering costs Enhanced spend management
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Solutions
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