The Woe of IT – Running out from under the Dark Clouds of Outsourcing
The Woe of IT – The Dark Side of (Cloud) Outsourcing I had a great day today with end users. In fact days like this make it great fun to be an analyst. The bad news is you get to learn a lot of stuff...
View ArticleShould you “do” MDM before, or after, “doing” ERP?
Two popular questions users have these days: Should I “do” MDM before, during, or after, I “do” ERP? How do I “do” MDM with an ERP migration/implementation/rationalization? The answer to both questions...
View ArticleHow should MDM solutions support/enable business processes?
Sorry folks – been way too busy to post anything for a while. Trying to wrap-up the MDM Hype Cycle and an MDM Magic Quadrant at the same time, while supporting increases in MDM inquiries, sales calls,...
View ArticleMDM and Application Specific Data – in the divorce courts
I have started up my travels for the fall season already! IT seems that summer is almost over; the kids are back at school and the average temperatures are home are dropping. I have been walking my...
View ArticleMore again on MDM and ERP
Following on from my previous blog, I saw an article this morning that aligned nicely with it. Joe McKendrick posted, “Master Data Isn’t Available at the Turn of a Switch” on Information Management,...
View ArticleMDM and ERP – The Final Word (well, a better ‘first’ word perhaps).
I am just wrapping up a note on “Do Organizations with ERP “need” MDM?” We take many inquiries from users with large packaged application suites (some called ERP) and many such users are struggling...
View ArticleWhy ERP isn’t just about ERP – it should be about Master Data and more!
I spotted this short but interesting article today in Information Management, called Getting Data Right at the Source, by Don Steffen. I could not agree more with its main point. The bottom line is...
View ArticleBook Review: The Elephant in the Room
Some time ago at Gartner’s 2011 IT Symposium I was meeting with some vendors on the show flow, as you do. I chatted with Steve Strout, from Black Watch Data. He gave me an early copy of a book he had...
View ArticleThe Baggage of ERP – Centralization versus Decentralization
I was lucky (if that is the right word) to take several inquiries in the last few days focused on the same topic. When such data comes across my desk, in such a compressed time frame, I just have to...
View ArticleThe Perils and Pitfalls of Managing Master Data “Inside” ERP Systems
On the one hand, Master Data Management (MDM) is everywhere. It seems wherever I travel to, someone has an MDM program, or a project (depending on their level of understanding of what MDM is)....
View ArticleThe Role of Master Data and MDM in your Supply Chain
I started work at Gartner covering Supply Chain Management (SCM) since I used to be an old SCM guy. Never actually working in IT, I spent a career working on the business side, always alongside IT,...
View ArticleWhy your ERP (Business Application) is only as good as your Information
A colleague of mine (Debbie Wilson) shared a link to a survey from the Electronic Manufacturing Service Industry website. Though specific to an industry and its use of ERP solutions, I have to say...
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Why MDM might be the last good thing you do with data
Alternative title for this blog: It’s all a question of Hubs – and how many…. MDM is many things. For me, one of the more interesting things that is described by MDM is actually the beginning of a...
View ArticleWhen is Master Data Management (MDM) Not MDM?
I called into a real peach of an inquiry today with a large, industrial end-user organization. The written part of the question was really well structured and actually applies to many medium to large...
View ArticleThe Tangled Web Systems Integrators Weave
I was on an inquiry today with an end-user. It went like this: “We have an ERP system –its pretty much stable and OK – but the data within it is not really at the level of quality and consistency we...
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Hot Topics from the Field – 3 Days on the Road and this is what is moving and...
I just spent the good fortune of spending a couple days in Western Canada. I met with numerous end-users spanning several industries included public sector (several different departments), mining,...
View ArticleThe UK’s Productivity Puzzle (and how IT can help)
After blogging only the other day about the importance of productivity over employment to the U.S. economy (see Economic Minute #7: The Growth that Doesn’t Satisfy), I noted with some humble pie the...
View ArticleThe Battle of the BOM – Do We Even Understand the Terms of the Fight?
A colleague of mine (Michael Moran) shared with me an interesting blog: The Next Big Boom in PLM and ERP and the Battle Over mBOM Ownership. Though this blog is from last year, I hear of this ‘battle’...
View ArticleProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) does NOT manage customer-facing product...
I just heard this from a client while on an inquiry: “I have to go to my users and now tell them that we need another ‘P underscore M‘ solution since our PLM system doesn’t do this?” YES! It has...
View ArticleNew Research: Resolve Postmodern ERP Data Complexity and Consistency Through...
My colleague Pat Phelan and I just published a new note: Resolve Postmodern ERP Data Complexity and Consistency Through Effective Engagement of Business Process Analysts. In the postmodern ERP era,...
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