MDM in SAP NetWeaver (Master Data Management)

MDM in SAP stands for Master Data Management. In an organization master data is stored for various sections and various activities in different forms. So for best results these master data should consolidated and maintained centrally as a single version source. Here comes the SAP NetWeaver MDM component. MDM is one of the core components of SAP NetWeaver Architecture for information management activity. It is the platform to consolidating, cleaning, and synchronizing and distributing the master data.MDM provides the customers, vendors, product like master data as a single version of central master data.

The main activities in SAP NetWeaver MDM are

Consolidating the master data
Synchronizing (harmonizing) and distributing the master data
Creating and managing the central master data
Managing rich product content like PDF and images
Integrating the customer data
Managing the vendor data

Consolidating the master data

In this activity the consolidated master data won’t distribute back to the source systems. Here the data will be consolidated and will collect the information for data cleaning like duplicate contents etc.

Consolidating the master data Process flow

Loading Master Data

Loading Master Data with Periodic Inbound Collector
Loading Master Data from Extraction

Enabling Cross-Group Analytics with Consolidated Data

Consolidating Master Data

Consolidating Master Data from Extraction
Consolidating Master Data from Staging

Synchronizing (harmonizing) and distributing the master data

In this activity the master data is synchronized and will distribute back to the corresponding source systems.

Process Flow

Loading of Master Data

Loading of Master Data with the Periodic Inbound Collector
Loading of Master Data by Using Extraction
Initial Load from Trusted Client

Preparing for Company-Wide Analysis of Consolidated Data

Master Data Consolidation

Master Data Consolidation from Extraction
Master Data Consolidation from Staging
Cleansing of the Database

Central Master Data Maintenance

Straight-Through Processing

Master Data Distribution

Central Data Management Process Flow