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Arthur Raguette

Arthur Raguette

Arthur Raguette is the Executive Vice President at Verdantis. Arthur is very passionate about the application of innovative technologies to solve real-world business problems with a strong emphasis on large enterprise solutions. He has more than a decade of experience of working with Software for Master Data Management and Data Governance for multiple domains and across industries. Arthur’s prior technology passions included high performance B2B middleware and hybridized SaaS applications for HR, Employee and Education related domains.

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On Demand Webinar:Strategically manage data quality in an ERP rollout

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Many large companies with complex IT landscapes are consolidating ERP/ EAM platforms to deliver improved operational visibility and decision velocity to business.   While such roll out projects focus on aligning business requirements with ERP/EAM functionalities and configurations, many teams overlook one of the most business-critical factors – Strategic data

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Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 5

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Our last post explained how to quantify the value of improving your Material Master data by reducing stock-outs related downtime. Today’s post will help you estimate improved materials-related personnel productivity.   Improved materials-related personnel productivity: Total number of man hours = Total number of engineers * 1600   Total number

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Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 4

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In our previous post, we provided an ROI calculator to enable you to quantify the value of improving your Material Master data by reducing inventory holding cost. Today’s post features an ROI Calculator to help you plug in your numbers and estimate reduced stock-outs related downtime.   Reduced stock-outs related

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Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 3

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In our previous post, we provided a calculator to help you estimate the value of improving your Material Master data by avoiding inventory cost. Today’s post features an ROI Calculator to help you plug in your numbers and estimate inventory holding cost reduction.   Inventory holding cost reduction:    

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Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 2

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Material Master Data Quality Improvement can reduce the costs of an ERP or EAM implementation.  They can also improve your cash flow, reduce operational outages, and generally support improvement in business operations.  In this post, we provide a calculator to help you plug in your numbers and estimate the value

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Benefits of Material Master Data Management

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Our last few posts talked about Operations and Procurement issues that arise from poor Material Master Data quality.  Funding a quality improvement project is never easy.  Let’s look at some ways in which Material Master Data quality improvement can reduce the costs of an ERP or EAM implementation.  In our

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The need for effective Material Master Data Management – Part 3

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Our last post talked about the Operations issues that arise from poor Material Master data quality. Let’s take a look at purchasing and spend analysis impacts of poor data.   Sourcing Sourcing projects and the make-versus-buy decision process in general require a view of what exists already in the approved

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The need for effective Material Master Data Management

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The success and measurable impact of many business initiatives depends on consistent, high quality material master data. Two significant business events that underscore the importance of high quality material master data are Merger / Acquisition and ERP / EAM Consolidations.   Merger and Acquisition Activities The synergies driving M&A activities

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Material Master Data Governance Teams

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Master Data Governance for Materials is unique. The workflow is more multi-domain than any other master data object, the timelines for completion are tight, and the need for accuracy is dire.   We’ve included two charts below from an earlier survey which outline the make-up of Material Master Data Governance

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