The systems landscapes of most large companies are filled with applications that do not "talk" to each other. Data Management professionals often find it difficult to integrate data from these systems, because the information is locked in proprietary formats that lack interoperability.
Global IDs helps companies integrate data from multiple applications, by first integrating the reference data across many major applications.
PROBLEM:
Many applications have complex data that is difficult to interpret or integrate. Companies that possess these applications, and desire to integrate this information in a data warehouse environment, find it extremely difficult to do so. Examples include
- Companies that have implemented SAP R3 for ERP, PeopleSoft for HRM, and Siebel for CRM
- Companies that have implemented SAP R3 for ERP and Hyperion for Consolidation.
- Other applications like Manugistics, Trilogy, I2, Microsoft Great Plains, J. D. Edwards, Baan, Lawson etc.
SOLUTION:
The key to solving this problem is to determine the equivalent data across these systems. In order words, the reference data needs to be integrated before the remainder of the data can be integrated.
Global IDs provides consulting services for reference data integration. We can
1. Determine common reference data across multiple applications
2. Identify Multiple copies of the reference data
3. Integrate the reference data to create enterprise level reference data.
4. Deliver a single unified view of the reference data.
APPROACH :
To integrate the reference data, we employ a structured methodology
STEP 1: REFERENCE DATA DISCOVERY
STEP 2: REFERENCE DATA IDENTIFICATION
STEP 3: REFERENCE DATA CLASSIFICATION
STEP 4: REFERENCE DATA INTEGRATION
STEP 5: REFERENCE DATA SYNCHRONIZATION
STEP 6: REFERENCE DATA STEWARDSHIP
For details about our methodology, click here.
For more details on how we address reference data integration in major applications, click here
