As a pioneer in regenerative organic farming, the company operates the world’s largest Regenerative Organic Certified® sugar farm and refines non-GMO, vegan, and kosher sugars under several well-known consumer brands.
As part of one of the world’s foremost cane-sugar refining groups, the company needed enterprise-grade data governance to support its complex, high-volume SAP landscape.
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Company Codes
631
Active Plants
766,978
Material master records
87,953
Supplier business partners
52,632
Customer business partners
7,432
General ledger accounts
The company had relied on SAP MDG for over eight years to govern Material and Supplier master data. As the business grew, several critical limitations emerged:
Each new data object, validation rule, or UI enhancement required custom ABAP, BRF+ rules, and Fiori work; these tasks could only be performed by a few experts, which inflated costs and delayed rollouts.
The standard MDG interface was outdated, non-intuitive, and lacked mobile support, leading to frequent user errors and stalled governance cycles.
Limited lookup capabilities made finding existing records difficult, resulting in duplicate entries and data inconsistencies.
Master data changes were frequently made outside the MDG tool, thereby updating data directly via BP, MM01, and MM02 transactions and undermining governance protocols and risking data integrity.
Out-of-the-box MDG covered only a handful of data domains; each new data type demanded expensive, time-consuming customizations, hindering the company’s ability to adapt to evolving business needs.
The company needed a scalable, business-centric governance platform that was natively built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to empower non-technical users, enforce consistent rules, and deliver trusted data at scale.
In a rapid five-month project, the company deployed SimpleMDG on SAP BTP, replacing legacy SAP MDG for Material, Bill of Materials, Bank, and Supplier data, plus OpenText integration. Key components included:
No-Code Designer: Drag-and-drop forms, workflows, and field-validation rules that are fully configurable by business teams.
AI-Driven Validation: Automated duplicate detection and mandatory-field checks at data entry.
Fiori Launchpad: Mobile-enabled submission, approvals, and governance dashboards.
Real-Time ECC Integration: Approved records auto-post into SAP, eliminating manual loads.
Bulk Upload Templates: Excel-linked mass onboarding directly tied to live SAP tables.
Audit & Dashboarding: Live SLA monitoring, request tracking, and full audit trails.
Implementing SimpleMDG delivered transformative, measurable outcomes for the company:
7x Faster Cycles: Master-data request and approval times shrank from 7 days to under 24 hours.
95% Error Reduction: Al-driven validation cut daily data inaccuracies from ~ 75 errors to near zero.
100% Elimination of ABAP/Fiori Development: Eliminated the need for ongoing ABAP and Fiori development for supported governance workflows. New workflows are now deployed in hours, not weeks, freeing IT resources for strategic work.
80% Faster Onboarding & Training: The intuitive, no-code interface reduced training time by 80%, empowering the company’s nine-member MDM team to govern data independently.
75% Fewer Duplicate Records: Advanced search and Al checks slashed duplicate master-data entries by 75%, boosting data quality across procurement, manufacturing, and sales.
100% Governance Compliance: Centralized workflows ensured every change adhered to protocols, eliminating unauthorized BP/MM01/MM02 edits.
85% Lower Maintenance Costs: Cloud-native architecture supported the company’s expansion without new infrastructure, and flexible configuration cut ongoing maintenance by 85%.
200+ IT Tickets Eliminated: Business-driven rule changes removed the governance backlog, saving over $250,000 annually.
100% Audit-Readiness: Every change is logged, meeting SOX and internal audit requirements.
The MDM team will now expand SimpleMDG governance to include not just materials and suppliers, but also customer data, credit master data, general ledger information, profit center data, and cost center data.
This expansion will complete their journey towards a unified, no-code governance platform that supports analytics, ensures compliance, and enhances operational agility.
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