Master Data Training Heather Oebel & Kristian Kalsing | Winshuttle

Winshuttle User Group | San Diego 2013

Agenda

Introduction

Material Master – Governance Workflow

• Demo

• Design Patterns

• Open Discussion

Winshuttle User Group | San Diego 2013

Everything depends on Master Data

Master Data is the strength of the data foundation that runs the enterprise

Errors and omissions in master data

Operational problems

Suboptimal decision-making

Reporting

Transactional Data

Master Data

Costing millions in both lost opportunities and having to rectify mistakes

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The path to better Master Data

Speed

Increase the speed of updating and creating new materials, vendors, customers and other master data records.

Quality

Improve data quality by eliminating errors, completing omissions and preventing duplicates.

Flexibility

Make continuous improvements to master data processes without complex infrastructure or programming.

Data Validation

Validate data against rules inside and outside of SAP

Workflow

Create role-based governance processes reaching all stakeholders

Analytics

Perform bottleneck analysis and provide self-service status reports

Mass Maintenance

Perform mass maintenance directly from within Excel

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Desktop Eliminate manual data entry and free up valuable resources Capabilities • Mass maintenance in Excel • Ad-hoc queries to Excel or

Access

Workgroup Broader rollout to the business without compromising governance Capabilities • All Desktop capabilities • Basic workflows on Excel

files • Governance and

administration

Enterprise Full automation of end-to-end processes for master data creation and modification Capabilities • All Workgroup capabilities • Web forms • Custom workflows for web

forms and Excel files • Server-based execution • Process analytics

Accelerating your Master Data maturity

Standardized and automated

processes

Limited automated processes and

manual data maintenance

Tactical Strategic

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Organizational focus on Master Data

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How deep is your master data problem?

Use Winshuttle for any master data object in SAP

Material Vendor Customer Financial

Partner Function

Classification

Credit Limit

Vendor Info Record

Work Center

Pricing BOM

Unit of Measure

Variant Configuration

Production Version

Storage Bin Location

Forecast Parameter

Storage Type Recipe

Terms Code

Routing Warehouse Data

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Material Creation Workflow

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Design Patterns

• General set of guidelines

• Help decide between multiple design choices

• Based on experiences from current customer projects

http://cdn.winshuttle.com/products/help/BestPractices/index.htm#MasterDataDesignPatterns.htm

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Open Discussion

Master Data Training Heather Oebel & Kristian Kalsing | Winshuttle