SAP Master Data Governance

Score6.9 out of 10

128 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Master Data Governance?

SAP Master Data Governance is a master data management solution that helps users to implement a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains. It is presented as a solution that simplifies enterprise data management, increases data accuracy, and that facilitates consolidation, central governance and data quality management.

The SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition, a cloud-native solution provides a complementary deployment option for SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA. It also allows companies to kick-start a net new corporate master data management initiative at a very low entry barrier, with the option to build out additional master data governance use cases at their own speed.

Integration with other SAP solutions supports the reuse of data models, business logic, and validation frameworks with open integration to third-party products and services to support the entire technology stack.

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Data consolidation: An integrated database of customer, supplier, and product information calls for a consumer-grade user experience and an intuitive, flexible process.

Central data governance: The inbox in support of data governance workflows. By centralizing your heterogeneous systems into a single source, you can create, maintain, and distribute master data across your enterprise.

Mass processing: Master data stewards can perform bulk changes in business partner, customer, supplier, and product data with highly-effective mass change processes.

Data quality management: Business rules that are defined, validated, and monitored help safeguard master data
readiness and ensure that it’s fit for use.

Process analytics: Data governance is significantly enhanced when master data is continuously measured and monitored.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Corporate (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company uses SAP Master Data Governance for vendor master data governance. We had over 80 different business units maintaining their vendor lists on different systems with varying levels of compliance checks. We migrated all of these systems into a central SAP system and implemented SAP Master Data Governance to use as our data governance tool. The approvals and workflow built into SAP Master Data Governance has allowed our many divisions to follow the same procedure for vendor management.

Pros

Workflows
Search functionality
Compliance

Cons

More user friendly
Additional user customization
Dynamic workflows

Return on Investment

Increased compliance

Alternatives Considered

SAP Ariba

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP Ariba

Alok Kumar View profile

Consultant in Information Technology at Deloitte (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used SAP Master Data Governance in my organization during setting up new plant in the SAP S/4 HANA, the integration of SAP Master Data Governance helped in importing Master data such as: Material, Customer, vendor into the ERP system which could be used for further smoke testing, SIT and UAT before implementing into Go live. It helped us centrally master data management inlayer based function. SAP Master Data Governance aided in the overhaul simplification of master data management strategies, Plant, vendor, warehouse data management, ensuring the data efficiency and cost saving for the clients.

Pros

Data conversation and Data uploading into SAP S/4 HANA system using SAP Master Data Governance during SAP implementation phase.
Centrally Data governance to have visibility of data in different systems with integration to SAP Master Data Governance, including SAP S/4, SAP EWM and SAP Ariba.
Data Management and Data correction using MDM through SAP Master Data Governance for Materials, which is subjected to approval before finally using in the S/4.

Cons

It is relatively complex for the new user, the learning curve is somewhat tedious.
Inhouse implementation is cost heavy.

Return on Investment

Since it can be implemented in cloud, helped us manage the data centrally and into wider personnel's visibility.
Helped improve Data quality and process analytics of the SAP implementation life cyclel.
It created a trusted master reference like: product, customer data, finance data and those of asset data.

Usability

Stefanie K.View profile

Information Expert at Roche (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) is a business solution that enables the easy maintenance and governance of master data. It is an integrated solution designed to help manage master data across industries. It is used for master data management and maintenance across multiple organizations and also for master data quality.

Pros

Derivations
Validity checks.
Governance

Cons

Maintenance of settings.
Process quality (workflow issues).

Return on Investment

Usability

Other Software Used

Snowflake

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Master Data Governance is very valuable and helpful for our organization. It has made the managing, monitoring, and reliability of the data in our organization twice as precise as the other tools in the market. The main reason I say twice is that not only the data reports but also the visual dashboards bring much more clarity to your data.

Pros

Data Visualization.
Data Transparency.
Data Clarity.

Cons

Consolidating Data.
Making sense out of complex models.
Creating those data paths.

Return on Investment

Quicker Decisions.
Centralized Data Points.
Clean visual Dashboards.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently using SAP Master Data Governance for material and customer Creation/Change process. Interface for users that are not SMEs is a little better and easier than standard ECC and SAP Master Data Governance allows us to build workflows for approvals for the entire process. The approval process is still somewhat complex to create new ones or change existing workflows and even changing approvers is not that simple. I would say the initial set up still takes some expert knowledge but once up and running the overall process is smooth and not very error prone.

Pros

Custom workflows
Simpler interface for end users
Creating process flow for business procedure

Cons

Complex set up
Workflow is not simple to add or change

Return on Investment

Hard to assign ROI this was part of overall implementation

Usability

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