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A tale of two MDM initiatives…

by Andrew White  |  June 19, 2009  |  1 Comment

This week I had the pleasure of spending time with two end user organizations that helped me draw out some important considerations.  Company A was very much a large, global concern who’s product is very much information rich, selling to consumer (B2C) and commercial organizations (B2B).  Company B was another large, global concern, who’s product [...]

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Building the Business Case for MDM

by Andrew White  |  March 28, 2009  |  1 Comment

I had a peach of a call today (actually Tuesday last week) with a customer!  This was a mid-to large firm (over $1bn) that described itself as mature (on its second large scale ERP roll out) in terms of IT capability.  I was speaking with the IT side – not uncommon of course but notable [...]

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New Research Published – U.S. Customs 10+2 Legislation Is a MDM Tsunami That Threatens Unprepared Importers

by Andrew White  |  February 5, 2009  |  Comments Off

Dwight Klappich, a colleague of mine, just published a note that relates MDM, to firms that import to the US, with regulatory compliance.  This small note has a big impact.  Bottom line: firms need to start gathering (and managing) additional master data (in the procurement side of the business) in order to meet new US [...]

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Gartner’s MDM Summit, Chicago, IL. Trip Report – Day 3

by Andrew White  |  November 20, 2008  |  Comments Off

The highlight for me was the Gartner MDM Excellence Award, of course.  On Tuesday Asian Paints, Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, and State Street bank presented their MDM journeys to the audience.  These three speakers were the three “finalists” selected from among a group of users that had been submitted for the industry’s first Excellence Award. [...]

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