I spotted Friday an article by Dan Power of Hub Design Solutions on “Why Product Information Management?” Dan nicely highlighted some of the significant areas where single view of product data can help generate value for an organization. I particularly liked the comment Dan made, with “If CRM and ERP platforms were better able to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'MDM of Product Data'
Good summary of MDM of Product Data and its value to the business
by Andrew White | June 7, 2010 | 3 Comments
Wal-Mart takes aim at Supply Chain Cost
by Andrew White | January 5, 2010 | Comments Off
The Financial Times ran a report yesterday (January 4th) in its USA print edition that highlights how Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is planning to save money by focusing again on its famous supply chain. This time, consolidated spend is the focus for ever greater leverage over smaller numbers of suppliers; and the removal of [...]
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Category: MDM of Product Data MDM of Purhcased Part MDM of Supplier Data Wal-Mart Tags: MDM of Product Data, MDM of Purchased Part, MDM of Supplier Data, Wal-Mart
Product Master Data and Product Recalls – US Standards Body (GS1 US): Rapid Recall Exchange – one step forward, two back
by Andrew White | September 23, 2009 | 3 Comments
On September 21 2009, GS1 US announced (along with Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufactures Association (GMA) a new offering called, Rapid Recall Exchange. This service, offered to retailers and their suppliers, provides for a centralized mechanism that helps automate the distribution of information related to product recalls. The initial focus is grocery [...]
Category: Global Data Synchronization (GDS) Information Exchange Product Data Management (PDM) Product Information Management (PIM) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Regulation/Compliance Tags: Global Data Synchronization (GDS), MDM of Product Data
A Week is a Long Time in Research
by Andrew White | September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Well that was a fun week. I just had a week without travel (always a pleasure) where I spend most of the time on the telephone with users, or doing research. And this week was important because we are wrapping up our preparations for our up coming Gartner MDM Summit, 2009, in Los Angeles, October [...]
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Category: Business to Business (B2B) Cloud MDM MDM of Product Data MDM Summit Multidomain MDM Multienterprise Operational MDM Procurement MDM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Regulation/Compliance SaaS SCM Tags: B2B, Cloud, MDM, MDM of Product Data, PLM, SaaS
Another Magic Quadrant for MDM – this for product (or ‘thing) data
by Andrew White | July 10, 2009 | Comments Off
I just published an updated Magic Quadrant (for 2009) for Master Data Management of Product Data. The update is quite interesting. Despite the name we don’t really cast any spells and call on the gods to create the ratings; there is a lot more science in the analysis behind the scenes. And the analysis this [...]
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Category: Defining Master Data MDM of Customer Data MDM of Product Data Tags: MDM of Customer Data, MDM of Product Data
The Importance of “applied data quality” to MDM
by Andrew White | April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
It is not often that I talk about vendors here – you know the trouble that can cause (!) but I had to mention that this week Oracle announced an OEM with Silver Creek Systems (see Oracle Improves Its MDM Product Data Offering With Oracle Product Data Quality Cleansing and Matching Server) This is not [...]
Category: Data Quality MDM Product Information Management (PIM) Tags: Data Quality, MDM, MDM of Product Data, PIM, Product Information Management (PIM)
