Welcome to the first chapter of this book. If you are a newbie to MDM and want to start from the basics, this is the right chapter for you. Even if you have hands on experience with an MDM system, you can refresh your basics by reading this chapter and understand the high-level aspects of MDM and the key capabilities supported by an MDM repository.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
MDM IT Scenarios
Master Data Consolidation
Master Data Harmonization
Central Master Data Manager
MDM Business Scenarios
Rich Product Content Management
Customer Data Integration
Global Data Synchronization
MDM Server know how
MDM repository structure
Key capabilities supported by an MDM repository