Master data management enables reliable cross-system, enterprise-wide business processes and analytics, ensuring that everyone involved in the process has access to the same information and knowledge. A solution that enables the consolidation of master data, as well as the availability and free flow of consistent data across system boundaries offers the most promising opportunity for improving business processes and a decisive competitive advantage.

Excelling at master data management brings several types of business benefits. SAP has determined that effective and efficient use of MDM information benefits organizations in the following three areas:

• Operations: Improving day-to-day operations reduces costs and potentially increases revenue
• Insight: Providing increased visibility into operations enhances and accelerates decision making
• Compliance: Acting in accordance with increasingly demanding and complex regulations delivers multiple additional benefits