This session delves into the capabilities, benefits, and prerequisites of SAP Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM).

• Explore the features of SAP NetWeaver MDM, such as extended matching and merging capabilities, extended portal integration, and on-demand syndication.
• Assess whether you could use SAP NetWeaver MDM to better align transactional and master data to generate more accurate and meaningful SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence reports and analytics.
• Determine how to take advantage of powerful data aggregation functionality, such as multi-value lookups and qualified links.
• Step through a demo of how data is extracted from multiple source systems, cleansed and normalized in SAP NetWeaver MDM, and distributed to a target system.

Features

• Versions covered: SAP NetWeaver 7.0
• Session presented by: Keith Mullins, Deloitte Consulting

This session offers an up-to-date look at and guidance for leveraging the new capabilities of SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM).

• Understand and view demos of key SAP NetWeaver MDM components, including Console, data manager, import manager, syndicator, workflows, and taxonomies.
• Find out how to use SAP NetWeaver MDM extended matching and merging to de-duplicate and unify data across various SAP NetWeaver MDM repositories.
• Understand how to integrate SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) data for unified, company-wide analytics using SAP NetWeaver MDM predefined syndication maps.
• Accelerate the process of de-duping data with aggregate functions such as multi-value lookups and qualified links.
• Determine whether new SAP NetWeaver MDM security modifications could help you control and restrict who has access to administrative settings and data modeling functions.
• Assess your options for distributing data across systems using XML enabled by SAP NetWeaver MDM and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI).
• Take home a metadata map of SAP NetWeaver MDM repositories for material and vendor master data, a sample SAP NetWeaver MDM implementation plan built in Microsoft Project, and a sample data governance model.

Features

• Versions covered: SAP NetWeaver 7.0
• Session presented by: Keith Mullins and Sayontan Sinha, Deloitte Consulting

Find out why organizations managing large volumes of data across disparate systems are formulating enterprise data management (EDM) strategies.

• Determine what's required to create a solid EDM strategy and how SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) could support your strategy.
• Understand the key elements of an EDM strategy, including a six-pronged data governance program, core processes, data definition and quality tasks, required technologies, architecture, and a sound data governance organization.
• Understand the benefits of a cohesive EDM strategy, as well as the challenges and the risks of not having an EDM strategy in place.
• Walk through the steps required to implement an EDM strategy based on SAP NetWeaver MDM.
• Get real-world examples of how other SAP customers have deployed SAP NetWeaver MDM as the foundation of their EDM strategies and take home key lessons learned.

Features

• Versions covered: SAP NetWeaver 7.0
• Session presented by: Luis Orama, BearingPoint

This session explores how Airgas uses SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) for product data management.

• Find out how Airgas uses SAP NetWeaver MDM features such as Data Manager, Import Manager and Server, Image Manager, and more to synchronize, automate, and distribute master data.
• Learn how Airgas takes product data from multiple systems and consolidates it, enriches it, and disseminates it using SAP NetWeaver MDM.
• Understand how the company uses SAP NetWeaver MDM as a single repository to support eBusiness Web sites, electronic catalogs, vendor managed inventory, purchasing, and even print catalogs.
• Gain insight into how Airgas uses SAP NetWeaver MDM within a service-oriented architecture to obtain competitive advantage from its product data.
• See a demo of how Airgas uses SAP NetWeaver MDM to distribute and display product master data in print and on the Web.

Features

• Versions covered: SAP NetWeaver 7.0
• Session presented by: Anthony Lopresti, Airgas

Hear a firsthand account of how AS America developed a process to efficiently syndicate product data across its network of trading partners using SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI).

• Find out how AS America built its data model, including its rationale for when to use out-of-the-box content and when to customize the model to meet specific business requirements.
• Explore the company's approach to developing a flexible product repository model that supports multiple business initiatives.
• Hear how the company standardized product-master data workflow.
• Find out how AS America uses global data pools to improve efficiencies in supply chain and marketing communication.
• See how AS America used SAP NetWeaver PI transformations to overcome SAP NetWeaver MDM syndicator functionality gaps.
• Get examples of the best practices the company used to manage its project.

Features

• Versions covered: SAP NetWeaver 7.2
• Session presented by: Mukunda Krishnaswamy, AS America