Chapter 1. MDM Scenarios and Fundamentals

Welcome to the first chapter of this book. If you are a newbie to MDM and want to start from the basics, this is the right chapter for you. Even if you have hands on experience with an MDM system, you can refresh your basics by reading this chapter and understand the high-level aspects of MDM and the key capabilities supported by an MDM repository.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

  • MDM IT Scenarios
    • Master Data Consolidation
    • Master Data Harmonization
    • Central Master Data Manager
  • MDM Business Scenarios
    • Rich Product Content Management
    • Customer Data Integration
    • Global Data Synchronization
  • MDM Server know how
  • MDM repository structure
  • Key capabilities supported by an MDM repository

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