Industry: Steel production

Reference data management with SAP MDG

About the customer

With approximately 100,000 employees and locations dotted all over the globe, our customer is an industrial corporation specializing in steel production and processing.

The challenges

Our task was to implement a reference data management system based on SAP MDG at the customer’s site with the goal of increasing data quality for optimized business processes.

The solution (highlights)

Delivery of workshops to derive the critical factors for success in the maintenance of reference data
Installation of the reference data system and configuration of the maintenance processes in compliance with specific requirements
Integration of processes for units of measure, material groups, company codes, countries, regions, and other objects
Successful completion of the test phase, including initial data loading and data distribution to the connected systems

The results

Controlled and guided maintenance of reference data
Increased data quality for optimized business processes
Cost optimization through consolidation of reference data