With a highly distributed manufacturing and supply chain network, the company depends on accurate, trusted master data to manage operations efficiently, maintain regulatory compliance, and respond quickly to changing market demands. As its global footprint expanded, it needed a scalable, centralized master data governance solution to standardize business processes, improve data quality, and support faster, more informed decision-making across the enterprise.
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Despite its leadership position, the company faced significant challenges in maintaining data accuracy, optimizing workflows, and meeting stringent regulatory compliance requirements. With over 158,091 equipment master records and 79,326 spare parts spread across 93 plants in 15 countries, fragmented systems and manual processes created operational complexity, increased costs, and made it difficult to maintain consistent governance.
Multiple disconnected systems required extensive manual intervention for master data creation and validation, leading to inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and delays, particularly in managing perishable inventory. The lack of standardization increased operational costs, the risk of compliance issues and strained the limited central MDM team responsible for data change requests from across the organization.
Maintenance workflows involved a six-step process spread across two separate systems, causing an average processing time of 3.5 days. These inefficiencies slowed business responsiveness and reduced operational agility across the global supply chain.
The company implemented SimpleMDG, built natively on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), to establish a centralized and automated framework for master data governance. The implementation supported 53 master data types across 38 company codes and 93 plants in 15 countries, enabling more than 150 business users to manage master data through standardized, governed processes.
The solution introduced automated validation workflows that reduced manual effort while improving the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of master data. By standardizing governance processes, the company strengthened compliance, enhanced inventory visibility, and improved supply chain planning across its global operations.
By integrating SimpleMDG with SAP and non-SAP systems, the company harmonized master data across its global landscape, creating a single source of truth while enabling business and IT teams to collaborate more effectively and make faster, data-driven decisions.
The company's master data transformation delivered immediate and measurable results. It achieved an impressive 88% reduction in master data processing time—from 2.5 days to just 3 hours—significantly improving operational efficiency.
The company successfully standardized 10 master data objects within 14 weeks, driving consistency and ensuring compliance across all business units. The transformation also reduced complexity, improved data integrity, and reduced data governance costs, freeing up resources for more strategic initiatives.
With a complete audit trail and real-time validation, the company strengthened its compliance readiness, ensuring adherence to food safety and regulatory standards while reducing the risk of costly errors.
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