WHITE PAPER - No master data management journey is the same. Read this paper to learn from the successes and failures of MDM early adopters, how to select a technology that doesn't limit MDM's evolution and to compare approaches based on industry-specific examples.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Data Governance | Enterprise | Master Data Management | ROI | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepapr explains how real customer insight is possible with a category of software known as Master Data Management [MDM].
Posted: October 13, 2008 | Published: October 13, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Data Management | Customer Service | ERP | Marketing | Master Data Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper proposes a specific architecture for building and integrated enterprise data warehouse (EDW) that directly supports master data management efforts and provides the platform for consistent business analysis across the enterprise.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | ERP | Master Data Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses, Business Change Management, Data Change Management, and Cultural Change Management. These are the three main categories of change management that accompany any Master Data Management (MDM) effort.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Customer Data Management | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Knowledge Management | Master Data Management | Policy-Based Network Management

WHITE PAPER - The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Quality | Information Management | Master Data Management | Metadata | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Project Management | Risk Management | SOA | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - This document first establishes what master data and Master Data Management (MDM) mean and then discusses the nontechnical organizational and operational challenges associated with introducing an MDM program.
Posted: September 16, 2008 | Published: September 16, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Quality | Master Data Management | Program Management | Sales | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews the history behind ERP deployments, how the needs of ERP systems have evolved and why today's business requirements necessitate direct, real time integration between corporate planning applications and the shop floor.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | Master Data Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Data integration guarantees the consistency of data in the overall information system. This white paper describes how Open Source helps solving the interoperability challenge.
Posted: July 24, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | CRM Analytics | Data Integration | Data Migration | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Database Management | ERP | ETL (Software) | Master Data Management | Open Source

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we will focus on the last of the three key foundational elements - the set of data governance services that execute on the data management platform to explore, analyse, improve and monitor data.
Posted: July 15, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Quality | Master Data Management | Product Management

WHITE PAPER - Too often, data governance teams rely on existing measurements as the metrics used to populate a data quality scorecard. But without a defined understanding of the relationship between specific measurement scores and the business's success criteria..
Posted: June 26, 2008 | Published: June 4, 2008


Topics:  Data Classification | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Marketing | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes how identity Resolution complements and extends the application of data Quality and data integration processes into business applications.
Posted: June 18, 2008 | Published: May 30, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Service | Data Integration | Data Quality | Fraud Protection | Identity Management | Master Data Management | Security

WHITE PAPER - Data managers are concerned about managing the explosion of data, and are looking for ways to manage the process. In this survey from IDUG, learn about improving database performance and overall corporate performance.
Posted: June 17, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Consulting Services Industry | Data Integration | Data Quality | Databases | ERP | Master Data Management | Operational Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - In this paper learn how Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) as a part of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) conceptual framework are a natural collector and organizer with virtual product information.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  ERP | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Master Data Management | PLM | PLM Software | Product Design | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence.
Posted: June 4, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Architectures | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Communications Systems | Data Modeling | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | Master Data Management