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SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Overview

What is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

SAP® Master Data Governance is a specialized software solution designed to facilitate the management of master data across an organization. This application enables businesses to either decentralize the ownership of master data or centralize its creation, modification, and distribution. By providing a comprehensive framework for governance, SAP Master Data Governance ensures that data remains consistent, accurate, and accessible throughout the enterprise system landscape. Targeted primarily at organizations that require robust data management capabilities, SAP Master Data Governance is particularly beneficial for industries that rely heavily on accurate master data, such as finance, manufacturing, and retail. The application serves a diverse audience, including data stewards, IT professionals, and business analysts, who are tasked with maintaining data integrity and compliance. Specific use cases include the consolidation of customer, vendor, and product data, as well as the establishment of data quality standards that align with regulatory requirements. One of the key features of SAP Master Data Governance is its tight integration with other SAP solutions, allowing organizations to leverage existing data models, business logic, and validation frameworks. This integration streamlines data management processes and enhances collaboration between different departments by providing a unified view of master data. Furthermore, the application supports open integration with third-party products and services, ensuring that organizations can maintain a flexible and adaptable technology stack. The benefits of using SAP Master Data Governance extend beyond simple data management. By centralizing and standardizing master data, organizations can improve operational efficiency, reduce data redundancy, and enhance decision-making capabilities. The application also provides tools for data validation and quality checks, which help to minimize errors and ensure compliance with internal and external standards. Additionally, the ability to decentralize data ownership allows for greater agility, enabling teams to respond quickly to changing business needs while maintaining control over data governance. SAP Master Data Governance stands out as a comprehensive solution for organizations seeking to enhance their master data management practices. Its combination of centralized governance with decentralized ownership, along with seamless integration capabilities, positions it as a valuable asset for any enterprise aiming to optimize its data landscape and drive better business outcomes.

SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Details
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SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is a master data management solution, providing out-of-the-box, domain-specific master data governance to centrally create, change, and distribute, or to consolidate master data across the complete enterprise system landscape.


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Naveen Kumar B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"SAP MDG Review"
The ease of use, and interoperability of the application are too good. Data models and workflows can be configured as per the customer's requiremen...
Gouthami K.
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5.0 out of 5
"Driving data excellence with SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)"
I like centralized appraoch of SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) because this centralized approch ensures the single and trusted place to gather all...
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"Governance with Caveats"
MDG provides a tool and process to manage SAP master data and act as the system of record to distribute that master data to other systems.
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SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Media

SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Demo - Central Data Governance
The inbox in support of data governance workflows. By centralizing your heterogeneous systems into a single source, you can create, maintain, and distribute master data across your enterprise.
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Demo - Data Consolidation
Step by step wizard in support of data consolidation, including match review. An integrated database of customer, supplier, and product information calls for a consumer-grade user experience and an intuitive, flexible process.
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Demo - Data Quality Management
Dashboard of data quality exceptions with the ability to remediate.
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Demo - Mass Processing
Master data stewards can perform bulk changes in business partner, customer, supplier, and product data with highly-effective mass change processes.
SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Demo - Process Analytics
Data governance is significantly enhanced when master data is continuously measured and monitored.
Learn how SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) empowers your organization to maintain, consolidate, and improve master data for better decision-making and business efficiency.
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sudheer c.
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Senior Business Application Analyst
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

To reduce the duplicate records and with in the time to deliver the objects and reuse option is available and user-friendly usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Multiple processing is drawback for sap mdg change request process because one of the approver reject it total cr process will stop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAP Master Data Governance (MDG):

Na Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

With out any coding we can do the ui screen modification by using an customisation and once . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jaroslaw C.
JC
Chairman Of The Board
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Ability to define business derivation rules which help speed up the process of data population. Also pre-defined rules for some fields help pre-populate some fields based on the type of request selected (recon accounts assignment is especially handy). Slick integration with SAP stack which also allows links to EHS or PLM functionalities to remove manual data entry required for ERP side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

The concept is still very complex and heavy. Business users are finding it difficult to cope with complexities of SAP data model build and how things are conencted. Usage of external reference sources should be far more common and offered as part of SAP MDG package (option).

Reporting of information from MDG (v7) is not easy and lack of report builder is not helping to achieve operational effectiveness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAP Master Data Governance (MDG):

1. Make sure you are crystal clear about the process design, roles and responsibilities within and you byuild in all feedback loops along the process

2. Think about the end user who is going to use it and design portal views accordingly; mdm analysts if used to enrich data can have more complicated screens

3. Training - use interactive training materials - animations, films, etc. - business users have no time to read ppts or docs with instructions

4. Comms - any changes to data requirements and process enhancements HAVE TO BE backed by business functions and it is those functions who should communicate changes to data requirements for MDG

5. Make sure you document data models and you understand data linkages (for business rules) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Streamlining, alignment and control of master data process for Vendors and Finance data objects. We have achieved high degree of records uniqness (very few duplicates, mostly by design) and validity and integrity compliance thanks to MDG. We are able to process single and mass request within 8 working hours without stretch to the team - this is for the business which has 70k direct/indirect suppliers and 230k trade vendors (indirect customers) and runs single SCOA, Profit Centre Hierarchy and Cost Centre Hierarchy for 600+ legal entities on the system.

MDG allowed us to build and manage full corporate consolidation within SAP BPC for management and statutory purposes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Biju R.
BR
Head - Value Delivery and Enablement
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

A tool to connect various data for an object and derive excellent insight if used intelligently.The level of data validations and customization that can only be left to imagination.

This can form the basis of good data master data management especially when there are distributed application environments which require common masters.At the hands of an imaginative consultant this tool can work magic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

The architecture for the objective of the tool is a bit complicated and sometimes it slows down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAP Master Data Governance (MDG):

1. Deep Homework on what is to be expected.

2. A five year road map of business plan and a reasonable prediction of competitive position of the enterprise with respect to industry and competition.

3. Clear Analytics roadmap and trends study.

4.Opportunity to clean up and optimize/retire processes in distributed systems

5.Be prepared for long development lifecycle and get business analysts on the implementation team.Do not depend only on MDM technical developers in the name of cost.That is the major mistake that 90 percent of the implementer/customer does.

6.Have a constant MDM governance board from all departments that meets once in 90 days at least to keep the system relevant.

7.Have a robust change control process.

8.Have a team that can think forward during implementation. Often they are stuck in the past or are myopic in forward sight.(I have had tough times with this)

9.Be prepared and accommodative with changes in legacy systems and processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Distributed master data integrity is the highest benefit of course

2. Common business rules and distributed application specific business rules can be maintained in a single place

3.Strong governance process is another great advantage.

4.With the advent of deeper analytical softwares and tools like HANA and Fiori the relevance and need of a good MDM implementation in an enterprise can never be an alternative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Workflow and data model. Governance we can see completely in mdg module Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Still lot of improvements happening and once you found any bug then to find our rootcause in fpm difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have developed custom dataodel and critical workflows are done this is helped to more. Visibility to business to apply rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Alternative Medicine
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Quality of master data is improved and integrity has improved by using MDG as HUB. As HUB deployment is possible in MDG one source of truth of master data can be achieved. Field level validation helps in creating a quality master data. Replication process is simple and value mapping helps in integrating non sap systems also Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Mass performance can be improved. UI can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quality data. Simple replication. Integrating non sap systems. One source of truth Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Farming
CF
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Governance of data in all possible way to meet the Industry requirements.

Customization of Module leads to meet the requirements in easy manner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

As of now i didnt find any thing which leads to give negative feedback.

But as per suggestion, i request replication of all objects should be possible across all the replication method Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are huge number of benefits of using the master data governance tool,

1. Organized data

2. Single source of truth Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

The most important type is master data, which contains basic information about customers, suppliers, employees and products. It forms the basis for the digitalization and automation of business processes. Used correctly, businesses can leverage data to better respond to customer requirements and changes in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

The main problems were inefficient governance process, bad master data quality, and lack of visibility and control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Single point of access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Broadcast Media
IB
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

data simplicity and security along with available tools and tech components Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

I guess I like most of the thing but it must be opened for freelance community to develop more APIs on it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me helping my management to take better decisions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
CP
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Governance, data quality and flexibility in workflow, dynamic user assignment and screen customization as per business requirement, authorization control. Brf + framework Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Built on framework fpm - webdynpro. No separate fiori apps like s4 hana Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAP Master Data Governance (MDG):

Yes. Always recommends Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data harmonization, data quality and governance and easy rules via brf which helps in leadership report to get insight of business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

SAP MDG adds a governance layer which ensures the quality of all the master data that gets created. SAP MDG is very well integrated with the existing SAP system and provides various options in which it can be used with existing SAP system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?

Learning content is not readily available from the developers perspective and learning content provided by SAP online learning is not that useful when doing the actual work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Every master data that gets created in your system will go through the Governance process which will ensure the quality of the master data that is created in your system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.