Centralized 4 catalogues from 8 business units and 3 legacy IT systems

CLIENT

A vertically integrated enterprise with more than 30 assets (including its own airline) has asked us to centralize catalogues of Packages, Locations, Nomenclatures of cargoes, and Containers from 8 business units and 3 legacy IT systems.

ACTIONS TAKEN

1. Designed a template solution (data migration approach, defining roles, data sources)
2. Designed and configured a target data migration template
3. Normalized master data, enriched with the missing information, and new records were created in accordance with the target process
4. Documents developed - data normalization methodology, MDM maintenance rules, users instructions
5. Using our experience and wide range of master data management solutions, we centralized 4 catalogues for 8 business units

RESULTS ACHIEVED

• 51,000 records reconciled across 8 business units and normalized according to the approved data standards and enriched with additional data
• Overall catalogue volume reduced by 27%
• Rolled out 4 centralized catalogues for 8 assets of the enterprise
• Aligned and implemented central processes for 4 catalogues for all sea and river ports, and main manufacturing enterprises