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Synopps software: one engine, three modules for master data tasks
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Master data training built on real project practice
Online course · from project practice
This is not a theory course. Every topic comes from the tasks and questions our clients raise on our projects: the master data team, MDM architecture, classification, cleansing, calculating the effect. The exercises use real descriptions, duplicates and requests, not examples from a manual. Learn at your own pace with 12 months of access.
About the course
Master Data Management is a Synopps Academy online course for people responsible for a company's master data. Eight modules cover the whole path: what master data is and what a messy catalogue costs, architecture and system roles, processes and the master data team SOP, classification and naming templates, duplicates and cleansing, business partners, the MDM implementation project and the economics of the team. The optional workshop takes a training catalogue from raw extract to golden records.
Who it is for
Heads and specialists of master data teams, master data leads, MDM project managers, IT architects, data owners in procurement, finance and production. And companies that have no master data team yet but already have a large catalogue.
01Format
Six features, shown on module 5. Pick a feature to highlight it in the interface.
02Course extracts
Extracts from module 5: course text and an exercise.
Merging alternatives instead of duplicates is a common and costly mistake. On the surface it looks like success: the catalogue shrinks more and the report looks better. It shows months later, when an instrument with the wrong range arrives on site although the right one was ordered on paper.
A duplicate costs nothing by itself. Money appears where one record has stock in the warehouse and the other has a purchase requisition.
Pressure gauge, 100 mm, range 0 to 6 barPressure gauge, 100 mm, range 0 to 16 barAlternatives, link them. The measuring range is a mandatory characteristic of the class, so these are two items. For some tasks they are interchangeable, so it makes sense to link them as alternatives: when one is out of stock, the buyer will see the other.
Duplicate, merge. The model is the same, but the key characteristic differs: these are different products.
Different items, no link. A link is still useful: these are instruments of one model with a similar purpose.
03Programme
Module topics are the tasks clients bring to our projects. Under each module title is what the participant can do after it. Each module has an introduction with voice-over, sections of 3 to 5 minutes, exercises, a test and take-away materials.
Map master data domains with their owners, show where the company loses money and assess the maturity of master data management
Assign system roles (source, master, subscriber), choose an MDM model for each domain and set integration requirements
Build one point of entry, set RACI and lead times, write an SOP people can follow and choose the team's KPIs
Build a class hierarchy, describe a class with a class card and build descriptions from attributes with a template
Size the cleansing scope, tell a duplicate from an alternative, choose the golden record and work out which duplicates cost money
Find business partner duplicates by tax registration number, check company details against external reference sources, bring order to services and units of measure
Plan the project from assessment to acceptance: the order of domains, platform choice, migration, closing old entry points and replacing a legacy platform
Calculate the effect and cost of ownership, build a payback model and a business case with NPV, report the team's KPIs to management
Go through the full cleansing cycle on a training extract of 300 MRO records, from scope to metrics, and defend the result in a report
Totalabout 9 hours + 1.5 hour workshop
04Learning paths
Heads of master data teams should take all modules in order. Others need only part of the course: in the learner area, the path shows which modules and sections you need and what you will be able to do after them.
All eight modules in order: each builds on the previous one. Then the final test and the certificate.
05For participants
What stays with you after the course, for example
06Pricing
The same course. Payment by company invoice, access after payment.
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for one participant
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for a team of five
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for a team of ten
Send a requestNeed the same programme on your company's data, with your SOP and live review of assignments? That is a separate format, described on the Academy page.
07Questions
Practice. The topics come from the tasks and questions clients bring to our MDM, cleansing and master data maintenance projects. The 73 exercises use real descriptions, duplicates and requests, and the workshop takes a training catalogue from raw extract to golden records.
You send a request with your company details and we issue an invoice. After payment we register the participants and email them invitations; the group curator gets access to the summary.
Not yet: the course is sold only under a contract with a company. If you want to take the course yourself, say so in your request and we will let you know when this becomes possible.
Eight modules of about 70 minutes each, about 9 hours in total. The optional workshop takes another hour and a half. You can take it in parts, and your progress is saved.
24 questions, three from each module, 40 minutes, pass mark 80%. It opens after you pass all eight module tests. Three attempts, with a 24-hour pause between them.
A numbered Synopps certificate of completion; it can be verified by its number on the Academy website. It is not a formal education document.
12 months. That is enough to take the course at a working pace and come back to the templates in your own project.
Computer and phone, on no more than two devices at a time. Each participant has personal access that cannot be shared.
The course is sold as a whole. The modules build on each other and work less well separately. For some roles there is a short path in the learner area.
Yes. The course also covers how to build such a team, which roles it needs and what SOP to write for them.
Yes: the Master Data Specialist: Request Processing course, for those who work the request queue every day: intake checks, duplicate search, class, returns, the queue. The course is open, see the programme.
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