Streamlining SAP Hana Transformation with Syndigo’s Master Data Management (MDM)

Empowering CDOs and CIOs in the Age of SAP Hana Migration

In the world of enterprise transformation, where SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) is evolving into SAP HANA, the spotlight falls on the integrity of business-critical master data. As organizations embark on this journey, Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are seeking Master Data Management (MDM) solutions to navigate this change effectively, especially with the end of life of SAP MDG (Master Data Governance).

This blog aims to offer guidance specifically tailored to CDOs and CIOs on how Syndigo’s Master Data Management (MDM) can serve as the cornerstone for a successful SAP HANA migration. Whether you are a retail giant or a manufacturing powerhouse, Syndigo’s MDM can power your supply chain, product sales, customer experience, and store management, ensuring a smooth transition to SAP HANA.

Understanding Master Data Management (MDM)

At its core, Master Data Management (MDM) is a holistic approach and a suite of best practices that organizations employ to centralize and standardize their vital data, often referred to as “master data.” This includes crucial information about customers, products, employees, suppliers, locations, and other core entities pivotal to your business operations.

MDM delivers significant benefits for CDOs and CIOs:

1. Data Consistency: MDM ensures that master data remains consistent, accurate, and up-to-date across all departments and systems, minimizing errors and discrepancies.
2. Improved Decision-Making: Clean, reliable master data forms the bedrock of data-driven decision-making, empowering leaders to make informed strategic choices.
3. Enhanced Customer Experience: MDM consolidates and harmonizes customer data, enabling organizations to provide superior customer service, personalized marketing, and stronger customer relationships.
4. Regulatory Compliance: Compliance with data accuracy, privacy, and security regulations becomes smoother with MDM’s focus on data integrity and traceability.
5. Efficiency and Cost Reduction: By eliminating duplicate records and streamlining data management, MDM reduces operational inefficiencies and lowers data maintenance costs.
6. Support for Digital Transformation: In the age of digital transformation, MDM is pivotal for seamlessly integrating new technologies such as AI, IoT, and analytics.
7. Facilitating Mergers and Acquisitions: When companies merge or acquire others, MDM simplifies the integration of systems and data, realizing synergies efficiently.
8. Risk Mitigation: Accurate master data mitigates the risk of decisions based on outdated or erroneous information, protecting both finances and reputation.

Business Challenges in SAP HANA Transformation

CDOs and CIOs often grapple with a host of challenges during SAP HANA transformation:

• Integrating supplier and product master data into downstream systems.
• Accelerating time to market in vendor collaboration and omnichannel product distribution.
• Streamlining internal collaboration processes and business partner collaboration.
• Ensuring data quality remains golden during the migration to SAP HANA and beyond.
• Consolidating multiple SAP systems across the organization.
• Adapting SAP to meet specific business needs and ensure data model flexibility.
• Gaining more control and influence, reducing dependency on SAP’s waiting times.

Beyond that customers have reported short-comings of SAP in the following MDM requirements:

• Multi Domain Control: With a decision for SAP the customer will start to divide the domains and therefore the data, while Syndigo connects all master data domains in one data model, UX and platform
• SAP has no experience whatsoever when it comes to building e-commerce content out of data, while Syndigo companies enhanced rich media e-commerce content with master data
• Contextual Intelectual Property management facing limitations in the MDM data model of SAP

Syndigo’s Solutions Across Industries

For Retail: When transitioning to SAP S/4 HANA, achieving a continuous data integration process is essential. Syndigo’s MDM offers a highly flexible and scalable transition scenario that connects the old and new worlds seamlessly. This ensures the creation of a golden record for master data during a multi-year SAP HANA migration program, impacting not only SAP solutions but also third-party systems connected to SAP.

Graphic: Master Data Transition Scenario for SAP S/4 Migration in retail

For Manufacturing: Historically, product item creation in manufacturing started in SAP and then moved to MDM or PIM. However, a new trend is emerging, with material master creation happening within master data solutions like Syndigo’s MDM and then pushing the data to SAP HANA or various SAP systems. This streamlined approach simplifies the process.

Graphic: Example of a manufacturer’s workflow – Syndigo to SAP Hana

Integration Concepts with SAP

Syndigo’s integration framework facilitates batch and real-time integration scenarios, offering scalability without boundaries. Pre-built connectors by Syndigo Partners with SAP experience, including IDOCs, message queues, APIs, and Azure Blob storage, make integration smooth and efficient.

Conclusion:

In the ever-evolving landscape of SAP HANA transformation, Syndigo’s Master Data Management stands as the golden key for CDOs and CIOs. It not only addresses the challenges of data integrity but also offers a pathway to a seamless transition, enhancing the efficiency, accuracy, and compliance of your enterprise. With Syndigo’s MDM, your journey to SAP HANA becomes a story of success, adaptability, and control, ultimately shaping the future of your business.