sap insider webcast: advanced self-service master data improvement

8/14/2019 SAP Insider webcast: Advanced Self-Service Master Data Improvement

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Advanced Self-Service Master Data

Improvement

Learn how to improve master data qualitywithout outside help


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Improvement


Improvement

Learn How to:

Improve master data quality withoutoutside help.

Leverage your internal robust processes Standardize, normalize, attribute,

rationalize, and enrich your data usingembedded knowledge

Improve material, product, customer,vendor, and services master data with asecure, Saas deployed solution

Leverage AI-Based and LBE-basedtechnologies to optimize SAP NetWeaverMDM, SAP SRM, SCM, MM, and SAP PLM

Copyright 2013 Verdantis Inc.

Arthur Raguette

EVP, Verdantis, Inc.


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About our speaker

Arthur Raguette, Executive Vice President, Verdantis, Inc.

Mr. Raguette focuses on the application of innovativetechnologies to solve real-world business problems. Prior to

Verdantis, Arthur championed hybridized middleware forOLTP, Geospatial interfaces of MOLAP engines for real-worldinformation tracking, high compression interactive media fordelivering online education to low bandwidth emergingmarkets, SaaS based Spend Management solutions, and some

of the first cloud based applications that interacted withdesktop applications to provide scalability and manageabilitywhile leveraging the ease-of-use familiarity with commonapplications.


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Best Practices Learned from diverse companies 100 Million + Master Data Records

Global 1000

Multinational Multiple Languages



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Best Practices Learned from diverse companies Heterogeneous, often Complex Systems

Multiple Industries

Multiple Domains Different Motivations

SAP Upgrades

SAP Consolidations

M&A Consolidations

Shared Service Centers



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Process Separation and Combination

Quality Improvement Steps

Embed and Automate Internal Processes and

Expertise Leverage Artificial Intelligence & Learn-by-

Example approaches

Initial / Historical Master Data

Ongoing Data Governance

Force Multiplier for Team and Platform ROI

Agenda



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Process Separation

Preparation

GET IT

CLEANInternal teams for

master data

harmonization

Governance and SME

Team Review for data

integrity

KEEP IT

CLEAN

On-Going


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Process Separation

Preparation

GET IT


master data

harmonization

Cleanse (or Merge)and enrich historical

master data

SAP / ERP Upgrade,

Consolidation, or

Merger/Acquisition

Historically externallyprovided as

A turn-key service,

mostly match and

replace based

Governance and SME


integrity

KEEP IT

CLEAN

On-Going


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Process Separation

Preparation

GET IT


master data

harmonization


master data

SAP / ERP Upgrade,

Consolidation, or

Merger/Acquisition


A turn-key service,

mostly match and

replace based

Governance and SME


integrity

KEEP IT

CLEAN

On-GoingControl processesto prevent duplication,

and ensure on-going

data integrity

New Requests, Forms,

doc routing and partial

validation

Historically SMEs andmultifunctional team

members collaborate

through e-mail


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Process Separation

Preparation

GET IT


master data

harmonization


master data

SAP / ERP Upgrade,

Consolidation, or

Merger/Acquisition


A turn-key service,

mostly match and

replace based

Governance and SME


integrity

KEEP IT

CLEAN


and ensure on-going

data integrity



validation


members collaborate

through e-mail

Leveraging Experience

Internal and External

Team Intensive

Cross Functional

Domain SMEs

Process SMEs

Common Functionality


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Process Combination

Common Functionality

Preparation

GET IT


master data

harmonization


master data

SAP / ERP Upgrade,

Consolidation, or

Merger/Acquisition


A turn-key service,

mostly match and

replace based

Governance and SME


integrity

KEEP IT

CLEAN


and ensure on-going

data integrity



validation


members collaborate

through e-mail

Its not just about data qualityit is business information quality

Standardize Normalize Attribute Rationalize

Categorization into

pre-determined

codes

Attribute, value,

and measures

(Address, UoM,

Part Number, etc.)

Extract key data

Structures from

unstructured data

for reporting

Identify or Block

Duplication

Leveraging Experience

Internal and External

Team Intensive

Cross Functional

Domain SMEs

Process SMEs

Enrich

Append additional

data elements


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Example and LBE approaches




Agenda



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Data Quality Improvement Steps (1 of 3)

Data Analysis, and Preparation:

Data Scoping

Data Source / Raw data upload

Organization Categorization / Classification to a

given taxonomy

Granularity

Class & Characteristics

Definition / Template Generation

and modification



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Data Quality Improvement Steps (2 of 3)

Data Cleansing and Quality

Improvement:

Attribute & Values

extraction

Attribute & Value

Normalization

De-duplication

Enrichment & Appending

Data



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Data Quality Improvement Steps (3of 3)

Staging and Loading (Build - > Run)

Output Re-Generation

Loading data to source system

Reporting and Metrics

Baseline for :

Ongoing Maintenance

Data Governance



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Force Multiplier for Team and Platform ROI \

Agenda



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Where we started...



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Where we are today...



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Project and Batch Management

Task and Batch Management Improvesworkflow and

Increasesthroughput A graphical process builder is used to create a project or

batch process/data flow

Individual Processes can be ordered per project or per batch to set

the automation linkages and tie in the human team members

Having multiple

batches per project

allows optimization

of team members

while managinginterim deliverables

across a global team



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User and Workflow Management

User Management to optimize your extendedvirtual teamInternal and External User and Subject Matter Experts

Identified by their value-add contribution to the Data Quality

Improvement Process Added to the resource pool and

Configured for access

A graphical workflow builder is used to create aproject or batch workflow

Resources are added to each stage with appropriate rolesand responsibilities

Project Management Team can easily track progress andgates/stages throughout the process.



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Automation of Categorization

EmbedAdvancesin categorization, classification,

and clustering Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence based

classification combined with post processing closed-loop feedback



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Expertise LeverageArtificial Intelligence & Learn-by-





Agenda



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Verdantis Automated MDM

VERDANTIS AUTOMATED MDM SOLUTION SUITE

GET IT CLEAN

VERDANTISHARMONIZE

Automated solution

for historical master

data harmonization

Fully automated

solution to cleanse

and enrich historical

master data

Offered historically as

A turn-key service

Now also offered as

Licensed SaaS

Platform

Automated solution

for real-time on-going

data integrity

VERDANTISINTEGRITY

KEEP IT CLEAN

MDM/MDG application

to prevent duplication,

and ensure on-going

data integrity

Artificial Intelligence forms the bedrock of Verdantis automated MDM solution suite

AutoClass AutoSpec AutoNorm AutoCrawlClassification into

pre-determined

codes

Attribute extraction

& de-duplication

software for

Material master

Normalization

& validation of

MFG, MPN and

UOM

Intelligent web

spidering tool for

Data harmonization

Verdantis Knowledgebase

Dynamic content Repository

AI Technology

AI-based Software Tools

AutoClass AutoSpec

AutoNorm AutoCrawl


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Verdantis Automated MDM

VERDANTIS AUTOMATED MDM SOLUTION SUITE

GET IT CLEAN

VERDANTISHARMONIZE

Automated solution

for historical master

data harmonization

Fully automated

solution to cleanse

and enrich historical

master data

Offered historically as

A turn-key service

Now also offered as

Licensed SaaS

Platform

Artificial Intelligence forms the bedrock of Verdantis automated MDM solution suite

AutoClass AutoSpec AutoNorm AutoCrawlClassification into

pre-determined

codes

Attribute extraction

& de-duplication

software for

Material master

Normalization

& validation of

MFG, MPN and

UOM

Intelligent web

spidering tool for

Data harmonization

Verdantis Knowledgebase

Dynamic content Repository

AI Technology

AI-based Software Tools

AutoClass AutoSpec

AutoNorm AutoCrawl


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The encapsulation of 300 FTE years of data harmonization

best practices and expertise accumulated across industries,

systems and languages

What is Harmonize?



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Demonstration Time

Harmonize Demo


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Integrity is a data governance solution that supports cross

functional collaboration, approval routing, and real-time

master data governance and stewardship.

What is Integrity?



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EASY/ADVANCED SEARCH for

Existing materials in the inventory

Material information such as part name,

part description, stocking code, etc.

Create/Edit

Store Material

Information

Search &

retrieve

By..

..Plant

..Division

..Keyword

..etc.

Enable comprehensive

workflow process for

material data creation/modification

Approve/

Reject

Enable collaboration

and material data

availability acrosslocations and

divisions

Verdantis Material Integrity

Part

number

Part

Des-

cription

Stocking

code

UNSPSC

CodeHTS/ECCN

Classification

Verdantis Integrity Framework

Plants ,

Manufacturing

facilities and Global

Locations

ENSURE COMPLIANCE

Track inventory levels

Single material master repository

SINGLE REPOSITORY FOR

MANAGING MATERIAL DATA

Role Based Enrichment

Normalized and de-duplicatedmaterial attributes


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Demonstration Time

Verdantis Integrity Demo


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Increase productivity of Data Quality Professionalsindividually or in Teams

Manage Tasks and Projects to Improveworkflow andIncreasethroughput

Fasterproject implementations with domain-specificdata templates

EmbedAdvancesin categorization, classification, andclustering

Automated context-aware attribute, characteristic, andvalue identification and extraction

Delivers both greater Volumeand Quality than manualprocesses alone.

Force Multipliers



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Internal Team x 10

Organizations who

Similar to our customers today (ERP/MRP/EAM andTransformation Projects)

Have the internal resources to do the work

Also those with Non-Standard Domains with specific domainrequirements, or

Target continuous M&A or Joint Ventures

Force Multiplier of x 10 through clustering, fuzzy logic

matching, and LBE

Automated Standardization, Normalization andElement Extraction lets one person run Thousands ofrecords per day.


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The name Verdantis, comes from the Latin word for truthveritas, as well as

the word verdant meaning abundant and sustainable.

Verdantis, Inc. has been delivering Automated Master Data Quality

Improvement and Governance Solutions or more than a decade to Global

1000 Customers across industries, domains and the globe.

Master Data Solutions

www.verdantis.com

[email protected]

Toll Free +1 866 987 4463

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