TrustRadius Insights for SAP Master Data Governance are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Simpler Interface: Users have appreciated the simpler interface that makes custom workflows easier to create and manage within business procedures, as it streamlines processes and increases productivity for multiple reviewers. Users mentioned that the intuitive design allowed them to set up complex workflows in a fraction of the time compared to previous systems.
Efficient Data Replication: The platform's intuitive workflow and seamless data replication capabilities have been praised by users for enhancing the overall user experience, ensuring efficient task completion, and improving operational efficiency based on feedback from several customers. Reviewers highlighted how the system's swift data replication feature saved them significant time during critical project timelines.
Data Governance Functionalities: Customers value the platform's data governance functionalities that enable effective data management across departments, fostering collaboration and maintaining high data quality standards according to multiple reviewers. Users shared how the robust data governance tools helped their team identify and rectify inconsistencies in master data quickly, leading to smoother operations and increased accuracy in reporting.
We have implemented SAP Master Data Governance as part of our Finance Transformation program with two main goals: improving master data maintenance and governance processes and creating a centralized hub/source for our downstream systems consuming Finance data elements.
Pros
Integrations
Mappings management
Cons
User interface
Cost and resource requirements
Likelihood to Recommend
We use SAP Master Data Governance directly on top of our legacy and upgraded Finance systems, and it provides us with the tools to translate both from old to new and new to old, as we will be in a hybrid landscape for some years.
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Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
The best use case of SAP Master Data Governance is centrally consolidating your organizational data so you can make sense of it and make business decisions using that data. We live in a world where data can be all over the place, and making sense of it is a skill of its own.
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Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees)
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
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP Master Data Governance is well suited for centralized master data governance. It is less suited for de-centralized data governance.
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).
Likelihood to Recommend
With the SAP Master Data Governance application, it is possible to easily control master data processes. Data maintenance takes place in a uniformly governed and automated process, so the maintenance effort is not high, and the business benefits from reliable and high-quality data. Master data can be managed efficiently using SAP MDG-M.
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
When configuring and testing new plant and warehouse for our client in automotive industry we had to test warehouse business processes, for that we needed Mater data and transactional data. And We levied SAP Master Data Governance to import all the master data including Materials, Customer, vendor, work center, Bill of Material among other datas. Our inhouse SAP Master Data Governance team, tested the data accuracy, ran simulation before finally loading the data into SAP. There were many failed master data which could not be loaded because of missing prequisites like Plants, storage locations. We corrected them in SAP Master Data Governance system by configuring plants, slocs and adding them to the material.
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
Likelihood to Recommend
Good if you want to create a standard process that follows a specific path of procedures and incorporates workflows into the process. You can also break apart objects like materials or customers into smaller chunks depending on what type of user is entering certain information. Still not the most intuitive design like most SAP products.
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Verified User
Director in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
I am an approver for new customer creation. I use SAP Master Data Governance to review that customer data is correct, documentation attachments are proper and payment terms are in compliance with company policy The business problems were lack of tracking, manual processing and lack of audit trail. Scope is all US customer operations.
Pros
Clean user interface
Customer creation data in one place
Workflow approvals
Cons
I’d like to see more information on the email notifications before having to log into the system
Likelihood to Recommend
Very well suited for new customer creation and changes to customer master data
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Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting (1001-5000 employees)
SAP Master Data Governance offers innovative integrated way to manage master data as enterprise asset. To improve data integrity and interpretation across organization...Scope are MDG-S and MDG-M
Pros
Native Integration with SAP S/4HANA
Inituitive workflow
Seamless Data replication
enhanced user experience
Cons
simplify data model enhancement
add more OOTB BRF
Likelihood to Recommend
Native integration with SAP S/4HANA and other SaaS applications
The challenges we face the most is the manual process for GRC upgrade and the audit process.
Pros
SOD conflicts
Cons
automation
Likelihood to Recommend
We use the basic tools for GRC to look for SOD conflicts. Our biggest challenge at the moment is the upgrade where we are manually updating the information item per item.
VU
Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting (10,001+ employees)
