Tag Archives: Data Credibility

Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 5

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

Benefits of Material Master Data Management-Part 3

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:    

The need for effective Material Master Data Management – Part 3

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

Material Master Data Governance Teams

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

Material Master Data Governance – Keeping it clean

Data Governance represents the symbiotic existence of IT and business–aligned to improve the overall business process. It unifies the compartmentalized information across various departments in an organization to boost data sharing by all concerned. The information sharing results in advantages such as:   •  Revenue growth •  Cost rationalization •