Item: SAP Master Data Governance
Rating: 9
Author: Ramesh Kalammanavar

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Master Data, we develop software product for enterprise asset management ( focussed) and our flagship product Asset Information workbench. Which Uses SAPs MDG Framework wrapped on MDG EAM product. problem that MDG addresses are a) Single source of truth b) MDG master data can be replicated to transactional system which helps business to manage synchronous data c) Addresses complex business scenarios and make life easy in managing Asset hierarchies.

Pros and Cons

Managing almost all back-end ERP/S4HANA business cases
Flexible, Customizable and Business rules can be easily managed by business..
everything what we does on master data creation, approval are documented well, means there would be no Audit issues.
Global Address validation done and minimized chance of errors in address management
Custom objects can be built on same MDG Framework means low TCO.

Fiori platform flexibility is not there, need high technical expertise and cost in building SAP Fiori apps, OfCourse standard Apps can be used with ease like plug and play.
It is hard to build custom solutions of SAP MDG , but easy to use as standard product.

Return on Investment

In this digital era , internet generating huge data ( master data and transactional data with pics and videos) if not managed with MDG product, ERP would become Junk data which results in expensive affair to" maintain, archive and manage disaster recovery "

Support Rating

Always SAP and their Partners are helpful in solving product issues and customer concerns.

Usability

Need to evolve flexible UIs and business would able to customise product look and feel with out much investments on development

Time To Value

MDG is kind of bundled solutions like standard workflow, prebuild business rules and predelivered data models
definitely cut short implementation, Development effort.

Comprehensive Solution

SAP MDG EAM product build on MDG framework, we reused most of the standard domains to EAM Objects. Reused APIs,FMs, Classes, methods.many more. with out this base building new products would take ages to build from scratch.

Integrations

Fully integrated with Back-end ERP/S4HANA all releases
Business rule framework
address validations
Master Data consolidation and Data quality checks
Integration with Asset Intelligent network

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Master Data Governance delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Master Data Governance's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Master Data Governance live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Master Data Governance go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Master Data Governance again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Oracle Enterprise Data Management, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Informatica MDM

Likelihood to Recommend

MDG is a necessary in asset intensive industries where asset Aquisition, maintenance and Retirement happens all across year and globe.
Oil and Gas, Petrochemical complex, Process industries and many more.
Prior to 1990's, issuing a material was a great learning, because to issue a bearing from stores department requestor has to have knowledge of inventory register and material classification well. Or else searching material code itself was time consuming. forgot about managing inventory.
MDG is not necessary in many small-scale industries where business can easily manage material and its complexity.

SAP Master Data Governs business data in digital era

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Master Data Governance