Master Data Management and Master Data Liquidity

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Improving

Master Data Liquidity

with

Riversand MDMCenterTM

Version 6.0

A Riversand Technologies Whitepaper


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Improving Master Data Liquidity with MDMCenter Version 6.0

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Table of Contents

1. DEFINING MASTER DATA LIQUIDITY ..................................................................................... 4

2. THE BENEFITS OF MASTER DATA LIQUIDITY....................................................................... 6

3. MDMCENTER V6.0 & MASTER DATA LIQUIDITY ................................................................ 8

4. QUANTIFYING THE VALUE OF MASTER DATA LIQUIDITY ................................................. 26

5. CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS ....................................................................................... 27

6. APPENDIX: RIVERSAND REFERENCES ............................................................................... 28


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1. Defining Master Data Liquidity

In todays information-driven business environment, effective data management is a corporate

imperative. Understanding comprehensive data about various corporate entities such as

customers, products, vendors, employees, etc. is critical to

business success. Unfortunately, many companies struggle to

manage and monetize all of their data assets. Companies

continually fail to realize data-driven strategic insights and

operational efficiencies. These companies are forfeiting

significant business benefits. And they will be at a competitive disadvantage against more

sophisticated competitors.

Often the problem lies with the systems, processes and personnel involved in managing and

maintaining corporate data. Separate systems, organizations and processes create separate

pools of datafor instance a spreadsheet sitting unshared on a users desktop. Furthermore,

data can be held in huge reservoirs, locked away in vast databases which are inaccessible to

business users or systems that need it. As a result, critical business data does not flow

throughout the organization. Organizations need to eliminate these pools of data.

To be sure, the continuity of complete data throughout the supply chain is critically important.

The ability to manage the flow of rich, accurate and high-qualitydata is called Data Liquidity. Much like the flow of water, data

liquidity is a measurement of the ease in which data flows

throughout an organization. Taken in its broadest

interpretation, it can describe the characteristics of the flow of

data as well for instance, is it of high-quality, accurate,

normalized, complete, timely, and relevant? Finally, from a more financial perspective, data

liquidity can describe how well data assets are being turned into top and bottom line business

benefits. These concepts are not new - the data liquidity concept has been used in Data

Management since 2003. However, data liquidity has taken on new importance in theburgeoning field of Master Data Management (MDM).

The management of master data involves the practice of acquiring, improving, maintaining and

sharing a single version of the truth for various corporate data entities such as Products,

Customers, Vendors, Employees, Materials, etc. Having a holistic record of multiple corporate

entities populated with high-quality data ensures subscribing systems and stakeholders have

Unfortunately, many

companies struggle to

manage and monetize all of

their data assets.

Much like the flow of water,

data liquidity is a

measurement of the ease in

which data flows throughout

an organization.


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consistent and correct information. The application of Master Data throughout an organization

has been proven to significantly improve business results across a variety of industries. It can

be a single use case solution or a major global initiative positively affecting almost every area ofa business.

Unfortunately, many companies do not fully understand

MDMs potential ability to improve their business. Nor do most

achieve master data liquidity the free flow of master data

throughout a company. Master Data Liquidity is primarily

achieved by deploying a Master Data Management Solution

that can automate the management and distribution of master

data. In order to realize the promises of MDM and Master

Data Liquidity, an MDM system must be robust, fully-

integrated and flexible in order to address all organizational data, systems, people and

processes.

This Riversand Technologies whitepaper will further discuss the concept of Master Data

Liquidity, its benefits and how it may be achieved through Master Data Management Solutions

such as Riversands industry-leading MDM Solution, MDMCenter Version 6.0.

Master Data Liquidity is

primarily achieved by

deploying a Master Data

Management Solution that

can automate the

management and

distribution of master data.

The Three Aspects of Master Data Liquidity

1) Master Data Flow

2) Quality of Master Data

3) Financial Return on Master Data


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2. The Benefits of Master Data Liquidity

Imagine if each of your employees could have the right information, at the right time, in the

right format, language, unit of measure, etc. This ideal is achievable today by increasing

Master Data Liquidity. Companies who have implemented advanced MDM Solutions as part

of an overall Data Governance and MDM initiative have been able to achieve a higher level of

Master Data Liquidity (see Section 6 - Appendix: Riversand References). An integrated MDM

Solution works in harmony to ensure master records of high-quality data automatically or

manually flow to downstream systems or other stakeholders in an organizations global supply

chain (including vendors and customers). This orchestration drastically increases operational

efficiencies and opportunities for a broad set of business benefits. Below is a list of just some

of the benefits that companies deploying MDM Solutions have realized:

Benefits of MDM and Master Data Liquidity


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It should be clear to all that users need a system which transverses pools of data and provides

a robust set of functionality and tools to manage and syndicate master data where and when

it is needed. An example of such a powerful MDM Solution is MDMCenter from Riversand

Technologies.

To achieve master data liquidity in large, complex global organizations, MDMCenter offers

advanced, integrated capabilities in the areas of:

Data Visibility

Data Management and Editing

Catalog/Taxonomy Management with Data Inheritance

Entity Relationship Management

Customized Data Views and Security/Access Rights

Data Globalization

Data Enrichment and Refinement

Data Aggregation/Syndication

Data Quality

Data Governance

Workflow/Business Process Management

Data Publishing

Digital Asset Management

The following sections will discuss Riversands MDMCenters capabilities, associated benefits

and how master data liquidity is enabled.


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3. MDMCenter V6.0 & Master Data Liquidity

Riversands flagship MDM product, Riversand MDMCenter, is built on a functionally-rich,

extensible MDM platform and allows the modeling and management of multiple corporate

entities including Products, Vendors, Customers, Employees, etc. Among other benefits, the

Solution is designed to help companies improve Master Data Liquidity. The sections below

outline the Solutions features and benefits and how they improve Master Data Liquidity.

3.1. Data Visibility

3.1.1. Consolidated, Web-based User Dashboard

MDMCenter includes an intuitive web-based User Dashboard which facilitates user access to all

data, tasks, application modules and functionality. Efficient access to corporate master data

ensures the right data is being used by an organization throughout its supply chain.

MDMCenters Dashboard provides a single interface and easy one-click access to Tasks, Reports,

Application Modules, Data, Search queries, Quicklinks, Documents, Productivity Tools and

more. The task list provides users with a view of each task awaiting his/her attention with a global

view of the workflow that routed the task to their Dashboard. This ensures that data and

business processes flow smoothly throughout the organization. Here is an example of

MDMCenters User Dashboard:

Easy one-click access to

Tasks, Reports,

Application Modules,Data, Search Queries,

Quicklinks,

Documents, Productivity

Tools and more from the

User Dashboard


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3.1.2.Entity Explorer

Within MDMCenter, an entity can be any corporate data asset products, customers, vendors,

employees, etc. MDMCenters Entity Explorer gives users the ability to navigate to, search on,

and filter out any entity defined within the system, as well as perform necessary actions on

discovered entities. This improves overall data quality and data visibility.

The Entity Explorer consists of three main sections - main search criteria, stage criteria and

category criteria - to fulfill its Search functionality. MDMCenter will combine all three criteria into

a complex query to find the appropriate search results.

MDMCenters Entity Explorer page looks like following:

Result GridStage and Category criteria

Main Search criteria


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This single search interface represents a powerful tool to search through an organizations entire

repository of master data to find the right record. This improves internal efficiency, data access

and data quality (due to reduced duplicate record generation). The Entity Explorer is another way

MDMCenter manages to ensure the proper flow of quality data throughout an organization.

3.1.3. Entity Editor

An entity has associated data like the category it belongs to, the container/catalog to which it is

mapped, the various attributes that comprise the entity etc. Within MDMCenter, the user has

many mechanisms to fetch these critical details. Furthermore, the Entity Editor gives the user the

capability to populate details that are missing in an Entity. In other words, users can perform tasks

to ensure a particular entity is complete and understand any remaining gaps.

The Entity Editor allows users to create and modify entities, attributes, and relationships; view

catalog or container information connected with an Entity. It also allows user to edit multiple

entities. User can see the status of an entity (for instance, staged or production) and it allows

them to navigate to the screens to complete record editing. The Entity Editor thereby provides a

single interface to ensure Entity completion.

Entity Editor features include:

Create a short-cut to your frequently accessed attributes

Create attribute-based views attributes of an entity in a single window

View the containers impacted by the modification of an entity

Assign entities from parent catalog or container to the sub container or slave containers

View the SKU details for a particular entity

View attribute based on their groups

The Entity Editor has a host of options to edit the entity values. You can view the details of the

complex attributes, view the taxonomy and category details and view the version details about

the entity being edited. An example of the Entity Editor is provided below:


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3.1.4. Data Views

MDMCenter provides the capability to define, manage and use multiple views into and

organizations data. For instance, data can be defined and presented by category, sales region or

industry vertical (to name just a few).

Different Views for Product, Vendor, Partner, Customer and

other data types can be presented to users in a variety of

ways. Some of the key view types available are: Hierarchy

View, Dynamic Hierarchy View (DHV), Table View, Dynamic

Table View (DTV)

My ViewsPane

State Views

Pane

Standard

Views Pane

Entity

Editor

Containers

Pane

Entity

Variants Pane


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3.2. Enterprise Systems Integration

To ensure Data Liquidity, MDM Solutions need to be easily integrated into a clients enterprise

architecture. Riversand MDMCenter provides a unique Plug and Play Formatter concept allows

for easy creation and use of data formatters to syndicate and provide data in formats required by

external systems. For example, Riversands SAP formatter is used currently at one of our

customers to provide data in an XML format that is required by SAP. MDMCenter is currently

using this methodology to integrate with SAP for a customer with over 1 million items in the

database. Other Formatters have been developed for ERP systems, BI tools, CRM packages and

Print Publishing applications.

Once a system is integrated using MDMCenter Formatters, MDMCenter provides user interfaces

to aggregate and syndicate data to subscribing systems. These easy-to-use interfaces facilitates

the flow of data to enterprise systems. Both the Data Aggregation and Data Syndication modules

include the concept of Integration Profiles which define the data, delta, filters, triggers, and file

format of each point of integration. Subscribing systems can have multiple profiles defined

depending on the use case and data requirements. Along with our delta based synchronization

and configurable delivery and request methods (file system, messaging queues, web services), the

advanced syndication modules and profiles allow for easy integration with external systems and a

higher level of Master Data Liquidity.

3.2.1. Data Aggregation

MDMCenters Aggregation module enables clients to load entity information from

external/internal systems such as ERP, PDM and CRM. These imports could be either for one-time

data conversions or to manage ongoing near real-time data exchange interfaces to ensure Master

Data Liquidity. Key features include:

Aggregation capabilities for any data entity type

Aggregation capabilities for metadata such as Classifications and Taxonomy Attribute

Mappings

Delta functionality at an attribute level allows for incremental updates


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Support for multiple standards & protocols (XML, Excel, text files, DB sources)

Scheduled or manual import capabilities

Support for file-based, Native API or Web Services based integration

Data Quality validation rules and data staging capabilities

Integration with MDMCenters Data Quality Management module (see below) for further

quality processes

3.2.2. Data Syndication

Like the Aggregation module, MDMCenters Syndication module allows automatic syndication

profiles to be set up to filter and publish entity information to downstream systems like web

content management, e-commerce applications, portals, CRM systems and customer e-

procurement systems. This module is one of the key capabilities of MDMCenter enabling Data

Liquidity. Like the Data Aggregation module, these exports can be either for one-time data

conversions or to manage ongoing near real-time data exchange interfaces to ensure on-going

Master Data Liquidity. Key features include:

Ability to extract content from MDMCenter in any required format (XML, Excel, Text files,

Word and PDF)

Out-of-the-box for industry standards formats

Ability to filter data based on organizations,

catalogs, categories, items and attributes

Unlimited syndication templates

Delta update capability with the ability to

track every change published to every channel

Ability to track every change published to every channel at the attribute level


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3.3. Advanced Workflow ManagementRiversand has recognized and met the need of organizations to collaborate across a global supply

chain to implement business, data governance and master data management processes.

Riversands Advanced Workflow module transforms people intensive, high cost operations into

highly flexible automated processes that can be benchmarked

and easily optimized. Riversands Advanced Workflow

module has delivered breakthrough improvements in

workforce productivity, data quality, management control and

Master Data Liquidity. Some of the key benefits of

Riversands Advanced Workflow module are:

Improved processes for greater efficiency

Advanced Workflow allows you to rapidly create an automated BPM environment and

realize efficiencies from optimized processes.

Keener competitive edge

Advanced Workflow provides a reliable, scalable and flexible process management platform

that allows you to build and sustain your competitive edge.

Higher productivity

Fully integrated workflow for Riversand MDM

Solutions. Advanced Workflow automates routine

tasks, eliminates redundancies and helps your

employees perform their tasks better.

Lower costs

Advanced Workflow not only reduces process cycle

times but also lowers the cost of completion of each

activity in a process.

Effective collaboration and communication


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Advanced Workflow facilitates collaboration and communication within the enterprise and

with business partners.

Better resource utilization

Human Workflow Services features in Advanced Workflow enable you to optimize task

allocation and resource utilization.

Uninterrupted operations

Advanced Workflow provides your resources anytime, anywhere access to business

processes, documents and other artifacts to ensure uninterrupted operations.

Increased ROI from technology investments

Advanced Workflow allows you to derive greater returns from your existing investments in

technology.

Greater accountability and traceability

Advanced Workflow immediately brings transparency, traceability and accountability to

business processes.

3.4. Data Modelling

Riversands Data Modelling capabilities are unmatched in the industry. The flexibility and

extensibility of Riversands underlying data model represent one of our Solutions main

competitive advantages. Data modelling is supported by sophisticated capabilities that help


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manage complex data models. Complex attributes, flexible attribute definition, multiple types of

data inheritance, relationships and multi-data domain support make up some of MDMCenters

advanced data modelling functionality. To maximize benefits and support multiple use cases of

Master Data Liquidity, it is imperative that an MDM Solution model any corporate information.

MDMCenters sophisticated data modelling capability ensures that all corporate data can be

modelled and managed within the system.

3.4.1. Attribute Management

MDMCenter has a global Attribute Master that serves as the data dictionary to map and reuse

common attributes across taxonomies, organization and catalogs. Key features include:

Ability to create data and system level attributes. Data attributes

are associated with an entity and stores entity level information.

System attributes are attributes that are associated with Objects or

Entities such as Taxonomies, Catalogs, and Organizations etc. For

example, GLN can be modeled as a system level attribute against

the Organization object.

Data attributes are of 2 types: Common Attributes and Category specific attributes.

Common Attributes are attributes that are common across all products, i.e., these are

category independent attributes. For example, Product Description, Price etc.

Define properties for attributes to enable Auto-Display, Auto-Validation & context-sensitive

Help

Ability to define data types and detailed constraints

Ability to create attribute groups, complex attributes and collections.

The following screenshots illustrate the Riversand Attribute Master interface with Customer Data

examples:


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3.4.2. Taxonomy Management

Taxonomies Management enables enterprises to create data models that can serve as product

templates for content authoring and exchanging. Multiple taxonomy management helps

companies quickly develop data models across their organization. Key features include:

Classify products into hierarchies and categories.

Create 'many-to-many relationships between suppliers, internal business units and

customers

Create multiple taxonomies to meet each individual business unit requirements

Out-of-the-box support for industry standard taxonomies

Custom taxonomies can be created using a simple user

interface. The user interface enables creation of categories,

sub-categories and category attribute mappings. Attributes

can be customized at the category level. Similar categories can

be easily created using a copy/paste capability. In addition, an

attribute can be mapped to multiple categories. The

screenshot above right illustrates the taxonomy management module.

3.4.3. Catalog Management

MDMCenters Catalog Management module enables users to introduce new items and update

item attributes into multiple catalogs. Key features include:

Group products by region, product line or customer using multi-classification


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Associate attributes to items as well as categories

Support product relationships such as Cross-sell, Up-sell, Bill-of-Material, and others

Search using keyword, parametric search, Boolean and product comparisons

Multi-language support for product content for global markets

Re-use product attribute values across catalogs and languages using data inheritance

3.4.4. Organization Management

Organization Management module enables an enterprise to model its multiple internal divisions

and external trading partners. Key features include:

Create Organizations to logically separate data and activities

Model internal business units such as Research & Development Product Management,

Marketing, Sales Channels etc.

Model trading partners such as Suppliers, OEM Manufacturers, Distributors and Customers

Enables internal collaboration on Product Information Management through sharing and re-

use of product information across business units.

3.4.5. Relationships/BOM Management

MDMCenter allows organizations to define almost any relationship

between data entities. This capability is very powerful in defining

and managing such concepts as families, substitute products, cross-

sells/up-sells, spares, kits, Bills of Material (BOMs), etc.

One aspect of Riversands relationship modelling capability is that

the relationship itself can have attributes defined. For instance,

prices for a product can differ if that product is being packaged as a

set or the quantity of a product can be defined for a kit.


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Riversands ability to model BOMs is very sophisticated. Nested BOMs can be shown graphically

within the MDMCenter interface and subassemblies can be exploded graphically. Furthermore,

users can view images of an assembly and then click on subassemblies to drill down into the parts.

3.5. Data Quality Management (DQM)A key differentiator for MDMCenter is its integrated Data Quality Management (DQM) module

which offers data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, classification, data review and quality

checking capabilities. The DQM module ensures that data flowing in and out of MDMCenter is

accurate, normalized, complete and of high-quality. DQM capability is pervasive throughout the

MDMCenter Solution, helping user migrate and maintain clean data.

The DQM module allows for one or

many administrator roles to assign

and manage work across a team of

users, including Riversands Data

Quality Solutions Content Experts (or

other 3rd party stakeholders).

MDMCenters Data Quality

Management module automates and

streamlines workflow processes to

substantially decrease the effort and time involved to review, approve and stage content in a

format simple for publishing to Master Catalogs or enterprise systems. Riversand clients are able

to quickly and easily implement their Data Governance strategies using this module as part of

their overall MDM strategy.

The MDMCenter Data Quality Management module enables automated data cleansing, content

review and quality checking. Riversands tool allows for one or many administrator roles to assign

and manage work across a team of users. The power of MDMCenters Data Quality Management

module automates and streamlines workflow processes to substantially decrease the effort and

time involved in implementing Governance policies throughout an organization. The product

integrates seamlessly into the MDMCenter interface to enables effective review, approval and


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staging of content in a format simple for syndication to Riversands data master repository or

other enterprise systems.

In addition to our technology, Riversand provides a comprehensive range of Data Quality Services

that encompasses the content creation process. Riversand has experienced resources to augment

customer teams to support this process. Our teams consist of domain experts in a number areas

such as Content Analysts, Classification Experts, Compliance Specialists, Quality Analysts, and

Chemicals Domain Experts. These resources are either onshore or offshore to ensure a cost

effective, efficient team for our clients. In addition to Riversands Content services, Riversand has

extensive experience integrating its Solutions with additional 3rd

party content providers for data

enrichment.

Riversands DQM modules capabilities include the following:

Multiple Taxonomy/Schema Definition and Management

Classification

Attribute Extraction and population to schema

Data Enrichment

Normalization

Description Auto-generation

Duplicate Identification & Advanced Matching

Data Staging

Organization modeling and Workflow Management

3.6. Security and Data Access

To ensure that the flow of data within an organization is appropriate and controlled, MDMCenter

uses a complex security model that controls access down to the attribute level. Users are

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Access is granted based on the Organization(s) that the user/role belongs to and they can access

only the data that belongs to their organizations. The security

model in incorporated into the workflow process allowing for

controlled access to specific data in different stages of the

workflow. The security model can be integrated with 3rd

party systems including Microosft Active Domain.

3.7. Data Globalization

MDMCenter also allows for the global flow of corporate data. For both data and GUI,

MDMCenter supports most major languages and even

differentiates among dialects (for instance, Brazilian

Portuguese versus native Portuguese or Canadian

French versus native French) and is able to work with

Unicode character set. Administrators set GUI and data

locales for individual users via a one-click process on the user profile.

3.8. Reporting and Data Measurement capabilities

To measure the flow of data within an organization, Riversands MDMCenter includes

comprehensive reporting capability on data management and data quality metrics. Companies

can use pre-built reports such as Change Reports, Monthly Update Frequency, New Item

Introductions, Items by Type, Attributes, Users, User Activity, Item Status, Error Reporting, Data

Richness, Productivity, Workflows In-Progress, Workflow Status, etc. In addition to pre-built

reports, ad hoc reports can be developed and configured to meet the specific needs of each

customer.


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In addition to the systems own reports, data can be exported to BI systems for inclusion in

company-wide reports.

3.9. Dynamic Publishing Module (Optional)

Riversand offers an integarted Dynamic Publishing module. The solution is OEMed fromInBetween, a world leader in dynamic publishing solutions. Integrated dynamic publishing will

enable clients to more quickly and efficiently develop catalogs, market/customer specific catalogs,

price sheets, sales flyers, inserts, web pages and other sales collateral. MDMCenters dynamic

publishing module will enable more up-to-date information to be delivered later in the publishing

process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

MDMCenters dynamic publishing module includes the following capabilitities:

Fully automated, rule-based setting of documents or manual placement with manual page-

makeup

Possibility to mix datasources into one page layout

Unique and powerful graphical user-interface

Data definition

WYSIWYG template editing

Visual master page editing

Page planning and page redaction

Remote control of DTP-programs

More than DTP: growing and moving of frames, dynamic tables, rules & conditions


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A server based publishing application with SOAP API, complete Integration into publication

processes and 3rd party tools for preview and publication

MDMCenters publishing solution enables output of product infomation and templates to a

number of 3rd party publishing solutions (Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign) and file formats (HTML,

.pdf, Word and Powerpoint). Please see below for some sample files generated with

MDMCenters Publishing module:

Dynamic Publishing Module Output Samples

Sample Output: Adobe InDesign

Sample Output: Quark Express

Sample Output: HTML Sample Output: .pdf


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Out-of-Box Catalog of data refinement rules

Business user friendly Rules Engine to create and maintain domain/category specific

refinement rules

Supplier Portal Specialized, Private, and Secure interface for suppliers

Quick and Easy methods of integrating to existing data sources such as Merchandising

Systems, e-Commerce Catalogs, Data Warehouses etc.


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4. Quantifying the Value of Master Data Liquidity

In order to assist clients in quantifying the value or potential value of MDM and improved Master

Data Liquidity within their organization, Riversand has developed the ValuestreamTM

program.

A Riversand ValuestreamTM

assessment is a consultative, pre- or post-implementation analysis of

the value of MDM to an organization in order to help build project support, justify investment

and/or quantify impact

Valuestream projects consist of a 2-3 week comprehensive engagement between Riversand

Professional Services and key client stakeholders. Riversands

experts work closely with clients to identify high-value use cases,

analyze ROI and recommend best practices. Deliverables,

including analysis, findings and recommendations, are

customized to the needs of each client.

Valuestream Program Benefits:

Fully customized program designed to meet the needs of individual clients

Identifies highest value use cases/applications

Identifies and defines key performance metrics Quantifies total cost of ownership of MDM

Quantifies potential benefits of MDM and Master Data Liquidity

Quantifies potential ROI of MDM and Master Data Liquidity for an entire organization

Justifies investment in MDM

Provides industry benchmarks

Identifies key stakeholders

Develops organizational support and stakeholder buy-in

Helps IT start to gather requirements from the business

Jumpstarts MDM implementation

Provides recommendations for implementation best practices


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5. Conclusions and Next Steps

Effective Master Data Management and improved Master Data

Liquidity are initiatives which are currently being undertaken

by leading organizations throughout the world. The

companies are poised to improve their business performance

in a number of areas throughout their global operations.

The potential for success of an MDM initiative focused on

improving Master Data Liquidity and/or other benefits of MDM

will be drastically increased with the deployment of a robust

MDM Solution such as Riversands MDMCenter Version 6.0.

Benefits of this latest version of MDMCenter include improved data visibility; improved data

liquidity; increased efficiencies due to data inheritance; improved data quality & business rule

functionality; improved management of unstructured data; and improved dynamic, multi-channel

data publishing. These capabilities will provide Riversand clients with improved ability to model,

aggregate, cleanse, manage and syndicate complex multi-entity master data across global

organizations.

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6. Appendix: Riversand References

Riversand has unmatched technology, a world-class team of consultants and a

proven methodology to ensure our clients success. Riversand has extensive

experience deploying global implementations of Master Data Management, Data

Quality and Business Process Management Solutions throughout the world.

Riversands customer base includes many Global1000 companies as well as

smaller, innovative companies who are looking to grow their business through

data-driven competitive advantage. Our organization includes multi-national

teams that are available at offices throughout the world. In addition, Riversand

works with an extensive network of global delivery partners and is open to

partner with any company at our clients request.

Currently, Riversand is providing implementation and support services to

companies across five continents and is being considered for more global

projects each day. Most importantly, our global implementations are supported

by knowledgeable experts and the most advanced, flexible MDM Solutions on

the market. The following is a brief summary of a few of our successes:

VF Corporation, the worlds largest Apparel Manufacturer and

Retailer, has selected Riversand as its strategic supplier of MDM

Solutions and Services. Riversand plans to deploy MDMCenter

across all 38 VF Brands on a global basis for Product, Customer

and Vendor data. As part of this relationship, Riversand

conducted an extensive analysis of the impact and ROI potential of

deploying MDM throughout the organization.


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Weatherford implemented Riversand MDM solution to centralize all

product information. Riversand MDMCenter links Weatherfords

suppliers, internal business units and customers to streamline the

management of content aggregation, enrichment and syndication.

The central repository of product & pricing information will be

used to generate customer-specific catalogs, feed quoting tools,

and create and update print catalogs and technical datasheets on

an ongoing basis

ConocoPhillips is currently undergoing through a material standardization

effort to create a single unified material master for SAP MM. Riversand

is currently providing material cleansing services for supplier material

master classification, attribute extraction, cleansing & normalization.

Riversand is leveraging Data Quality Solutions cleansing capabilities

provide the necessary toolset to meet ConocoPhillips needs

Riversand implemented a commercial workflow project to provide a

view into Halliburtons business processes to its customers and

partners using the SeeBeyond Suite of EAI products. The effort

involved integrating with systems like SAP to extract information

such as Proposals, Job Scheduling, Invoice, Invoice Status, Debit /

Credit Memos, Customer Master, Material Master, Price/Contracts,

Sales Orders and Field Tickets

Cytec, one of the worlds largest Chemical and Engineered Materials

companies, is currently undertaking a multi-domain

implementation of master data management. Riversands

MDMCenter will be used to manage Customer, Vendor and

Product data across all of Cytecs global divisions.


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Implemented Riversand MDM Solution to aggregate, manage &

syndicate product and pricing information to their international

field estimation tools to manage their building projects. This will

enable the international field offices to generate project quotes

with the latest, most up-to-date and accurate product and pricing

information. Accurate & up-to-date product and pricing

information will enable Siemens sales force across the globe to be

more responsive to their customers through faster and quicker

proposal generation

HX is the world largest marketplace for healthcare products. The

Riversand MDM solution supports a product dataset of 2 million items

on-boarded from approximately 500 healthcare suppliers and published

to 3000 hospitals. The solution has about 300-500 users actively using

the solution at any given moment.

luestem Brands is one of the U.S.s oldest and best know Direct

Marketers. Riversand is fully managing the supplier data on-boarding,

enrichment and syndication process for Bluestem. We have integrated

into over 20 Enterprise systems while maintaining the single version of

the truth for Product and Vendor data throughout the organization.