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insiderPROFILES Steve Yeager, Data Governance Engagement Partner, BackOffice Associates, LLC For oil and gas, utilities, food and beverage, and other manufacturing industries, an effective maintenance program is essential to ensure reliable equipment operation. But without complete and accurate master data, the ability to plan and execute preventative and emergency maintenance activities can be difficult. To help companies with this potential problem, BackOffice Associates offers cMass for EAM.
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insiderPROFILES David Hannon, Features Editor Without consistent data across all business units and systems, global reporting can become a challenge rather than a competitive advantage. Colgate-Palmolive had been collecting data in regional ERP systems with different governance models, and business executives knew that the company needed a centralized governance process and enterprise information management solution before it could even think of leveraging global reporting and analytics.
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insiderPROFILES Rex Ahlstrom, BackOffice Associates, LLC A top priority for companies that have recently performed a data migration is to ensure the quality of both the migrated data and newly entered data. This is the objective of data governance — to avoid costly, frustrating post-migration issues. This article makes the case for application-managed data governance.
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insiderPROFILES Lauren Bonneau Would it surprise you to learn that Lexmark International, a printer manufacturer, is squarely focused on reducing the amount of paper its employees and customers use? Well, prepare to be surprised. Learn how Lexmark has gone from good to better by eliminating its paper-based processes and replacing its nearly 15-year-old legacy ERP system with SAP ERP 6.0.
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insiderPROFILES Davin Wilfrid When American Standard set out to improve brand awareness and sales in Mexico, it had an unreliable website and inefficient business processes standing in its way. Follow the company’s journey to success — from achieving accurate product data with SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management, to transitioning to a new website, to realizing an improved user experience and other business benefits.
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insiderPROFILES Tom Kennedy, BackOffice Associates Wouldn’t it be great to have a master data management (MDM) approach that wasn’t costly and didn’t include retraining end users? BackOffice Associates encourages companies to rethink MDM and leverage business process harmonization, with virtual, real-time access to and visibility of your master data. Learn why an early data assessment could save your project millions of dollars, while also save time, lower overall risk, and strengthen user confidence.
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insiderPROFILES Alan Joch SentrySafe wanted ready access to timely and accurate product data — and “one version of the truth.” Gregg Griebel, ERP Program Manager, explains how the company can now serve its large retail customers with readily available product information and is better prepared for future changes in how manufacturers and retailers will interact.
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SAP NetWeaver Magazine SAP and Partners: BearingPoint, Inc., SITA CORP, ecenta AG, and Atos Origin
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SAP NetWeaver Magazine Adolf Allesch Sooner or later, all companies looking to solve important business issues with SAP software will have to deal with the state of their master data. This is a good thing.
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SAP NetWeaver Magazine John Parker Finding the funds for an SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management project can be difficult, and the benefits can be hard to explain. SAP’s Roland van Breukelen and Fred Johnsen (formerly with Capgemini) offer you proven methods for getting the go-ahead.
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