Friday, April 27, 2007
Sapphire 2007: MDM Issues
Sapphire 2007: Users talk Duet, upgrades and MDM problems: "Many companies consider a master data management (MDM) solution the way to get the most mileage out of their new analytical features. Cheryl Young, global master data manager at multinational healthcare company Johnson & Johnson in Bridgewater, N.J., had some unfortunate experience in that department.
'We actually stopped our SAP MDM project,' Young said. 'It turns out standard XML just didn't read the same in SAP, and we needed a better way to store financial data. SAP MDM simply couldn't deliver.'
Johnson & Johnson runs several instances of SAP, ranging from R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0, so Young was here to keep the ship afloat and find new alternatives for dealing with global data quality. "
'We actually stopped our SAP MDM project,' Young said. 'It turns out standard XML just didn't read the same in SAP, and we needed a better way to store financial data. SAP MDM simply couldn't deliver.'
Johnson & Johnson runs several instances of SAP, ranging from R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0, so Young was here to keep the ship afloat and find new alternatives for dealing with global data quality. "
