2. Problem with Product Data and Processes.
Enterprise Product Data Sheet
Immediate Benefits
Overall ROI.
Proposed: Long Term Business Strategy.
Implementation Strategy.
Resource and Skill.
DeepakGupta(MDMStrategist)
CONTENTS
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System 1
System 2
Team A
Team B
Custome
r file
Supplier
file
Partner
file
System 3
App 1
App 2
…
Vendor
File
...
...
Multiple Interfaces Multiple Interfaces
• Scattered Data, Multiple Interfaces
• Multiple Teams, Multiple Systems
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Major Examples
• Duplicate/Triplicate Master Items.
• Invalid/Special Characters in Item Description and other
attributes.
• Mandatory Attributes like dimension , size , category missing for
significant number of items.
• No Standard item classification tax-anomy in place.
• Significant number of Orphan Items ( Item exist in Child Org
without master).
• GTIN Missing for Significant number of Items.
• No Standardized Unit of Measure of items defined.
Very Poor Data Quality
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Major Examples
• Mass update of attributes (dimensions, purchasing status, etc.)
require IT Support
• Mass Copy of Item Codes for New Warehouse Induction and
Movement require IT Support.
• Any New attribute addition require IT Support.
• New Customer/Supplier Onboarding require IT.
• Every Business process is hard coded example, approval
workflows, Business validation. Hence any change would require
IT support.
Too Much IT Dependency
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S.N
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Entity Count
1 Number of Warehouses 100 +
2 Volume of Master Items 500 K +
3 Volume of Org Items 2 million +
4 Number of Attributes 200 +
5 Volume of Attribute Values 10 million +
6 Number of Users 300+
7 Number of Product Data Sources 20 +
8 Number of Transaction Systems 10 +
9 Number of Item Created/Week 5000 +
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Single
Blended
Record
Standardize/Consolidate/Match Review and Load
Standard
Data
Non-Standard
Data
Internal&ExternalSourceSystems
Customers
Partners
Suppliers
MDM
Team
Email Files Manual
(Review &
Workflow)
Automatic
(Rules-Based)
- or -
StagingArea
Legacy ETL
Spread-
sheet
upload
FTP Files
PIMBlend/Match
Engine
Standardization
Engine
Interfaces
• Reduced Manual Steps- Automate most of Processes for Item
maintenance.
• Implement Data Governance to improve data quality
• Lead time reduced for new item creation.
• Oracle PIM is highly scalable.
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Oracle
PIM
System A
System B
Custome
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Supplier
file
Partner
file
Vendor
File
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Common Interface Common Interface
Item Team
Oracle
EBS
• Single Source of Data
• Common Interfaces
• Single Team
• Single System
13. STANDARD, CLEAN AND VALID DATA
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PIM
After : Standardized and Clean Data
Standardize item description
Extract and standardize attributes
Classify in Item Master Catalog
Apply industry and company standards
Validate values
Check for Completeness( Mandatory)
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Description
Item Class Brand Speed
Catalog Category Revenue Code Commodity Code
1
2
3
2
4
Processor Intel Pentium 2.80 GHz
Manufactured Box Revenue 847170
Processor: Intel Pentium G840 (2.80GHz, 3 MB)
Procesador: Intel Pentium G840 (2.80GHz, 3 MB)
Description
Item Class Brand Speed
Catalog Category Revenue Code Commodity Code
AMD Athlon™ B 26
Manufactured Box Revenue 847171
Before : Non-Standard Product Data
PROCINTELPENTIUM2.8GHZ3MB
AMD ATHLONB26DUALCORE
Customer 1
Customer 2
Процессор : Intel Pentium G840 (2,80ГГц, 3Мбайт)
AMD Athlon(TM) II X************2 Dual-Core processor B26
AMD Athlon™ II X2 ﾃﾞｭｱﾙｺｱ ﾌﾟﾛｾｯｻｰ B26
AMD 애슬론™ II X2 듀얼 코어 프로세서 B26
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IMPROVED TAXONOMY AND CLASSIFICATION
OF PRODUCTS
• User-defined category hierarchy
• User-defined attributes
for each category
• Attribute inheritance
for easy maintenance
Category
Grocery
UPC# ____
Manufacturer ____
Buyer # ____
Attribute N ____
Category
Tobacco
UPC # ____
Manufacturer ____
Buyer ____
Attribute N ____
Smokeless Type ____
Category
Dry
UPC # ____
Manufacturer ___
Buyer # ____
Attribute N ____
Category
Attributes
Category
Inherited
Attributes
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Unique
Attributes
CEN Master Catalog
Classify Products & Components in
Primary Item Master Catalog
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COMPLETE VIEW OF PRODUCT INFORMATION
GTIN Information
Classification
Physical Dimension
UPC & PLU
Warehouse
Specific
Attributes
Audit
History
Change
Requests/
Change Orders
16. REDUCTION IN LEAD TIME FOR NEW
WAREHOUSE INDUCTION
DeepakGupta(MDMStrategist)
Copy Items from one warehouse to another using Excel Sheet reduces lead
time for building new warehouse.
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• Product Data
Maintenance in 3
systems.
• Order Fails because of
Data Quality Issues.
• Manual Process of Item
Creation.
• Existing System are not
scalable
• Multiple Interfaces
running on old technology
and platform.
• Product Data
Maintenance in Single
System.
• Reduction in Data Quality
Issues.
• Automated Process of
Item Creation.
• PIM is scalable to hold 1
trillion items.
• Common Interface on
latest Service Oriented
Platform.
Before PIM After PIM
ROI- IN TERMS OF SIMPLICITY/MAINTENANCE
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• No Security and
Governance on Item Data.
• No mass update using
MS- Excel facility. IT is
involved for any mass
update.
• No Mass Copy Code
Process.
• Item creation process
require lot of manual
work.
• Manual work to support
customer item requests.
• Role Based Security and
Policy on Item Data.
• Mass update using MS-
Excel facility. No IT
involvement.
• MS- Excel Mass Copy Code
Process.
• Zero touch item creation
process using excel upload..
• Automatic processing of
customer item requests.
Before PIM After PIM
ROI- IN TERMS OF EASE OF PROCESS
