Materials Master Data Management
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The NovioQ Materials MDM solution provides a flexible, easy to use, workflow driven system that automates and orchestrates material data creation and enrichment across multiple sites & regions, enabling business operations to make Materials Master Data changes faster in compliance with Master Data Governance rules and policies.
Key Features
- Automated and Configurable Workflows
- Ability to define the workflow for data capture, approvals and submission
- Automate wherever possible, engage human participants only as needed
- Enrich Material Data for ERP submission
- User screens enabling Data Visualization and Enrichment
- Easy to navigate screens supplying SAP ERP Material Master views
- Flexibility to maintain Business Rules
- Business Rules define how the attributes in a screen will get the value
- For example: a fixed value, a calculated value or copy from a characteristic value.
- Flexibility to define these for each screen, region and country combination
- Custom rules are managed in the externalized solution, keeping the ERP core clean from customizations.
- Business Rules define how the attributes in a screen will get the value
- Flexibility in the Workflows definition
- Flexibility to define the sequence of how data for attributes on the ERP screen and view is populated
- If a Business Rule requires human judgement, system will generate a task and engage the right person with information on what needs to be done.
- Interface with SAP ERP & other data sources
- Powerful integration platform enabling push and pull access to other data sources and supporting systems.
- Integrate with SAP Material record and related information through several methods (BAPI, OData, etc…) based on your architecture and preferences.
- Built and Managed on an enterprise class platform
- Delivered on OutSystems, the solution is configured-to-fit the unique needs of each customer, removing customization from the ERP core and can continue to evolve as the business needs evolves.
Key Benefits
- Customizable workflows ensure policy governance within the unique demands of your business, and less reliance on core IT resources.
- Automated steps and data enrichment reduce manual effort and errors when adding, changing and manipulating Material Master data
- Time to implement new Material Data definitions and elements is dramatically reduced, from weeks and months to days, hours and near real-time
- Easy to follow screens and steps enables a broader user base and less errors
- Systems driven management of the process provides visibility and governance, without delay
- All of this capability delivered for a fraction of the cost and effort of SAP MDG and other 3rd party solutions.