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Data Cleansing Basics
It is an activity that consists of SKUs standardization with defined templates & attributes to establish data consistency, data enrichment to define each SKU univocally, deduplication or removal of same SKUs from the catalogue to improve stock & procurement performance, and alignment of MDM processes & governance to ensure data quality in the future
Practically any industry that uses large catalogues (from 20k items) to manage inventory and procurement. Most often clients come from manufacturing, Oil&Gas and mining.
A typical project would last from 3 to 6 months, however it heavily depends on data specifics and your requirements
Data Audit
Data can be sent to our email info@synopps.com. In the message, please outline your problem and we will come back with a potential solution shortly. Data exported from your corporate system into excel format is enough, the minimum requirement is to provide an item description that includes its attributes
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Yes, we can provide with potential savings, as part of the assessment, given that the necessary data is provided. Typically we find up to 1-3% of annual procurement in savings. For that, we will need catalogue itself, current warehouse stock data (required) and purchase orders (optionally).
Synopps Solution
Our system recognizes attributes of data per SKU, then specific data patterns compare items attributes to identify the same characteristics. If all characteristics are the same, then these items are duplicates. Among criteria, we use part numbers excluding symbols, measurements converted into base units and item classes, including synonyms
Not yet. Currently Synopps solution is used by our experts to provide the best data cleansing services. We are working hard to develop an end-solution, that will be available online. First version will identify duplicates in your uploaded catalogue. Follow our blog to get the latest news.
What is after the project?
Yes, our experts, as part of the project, implement a correct catalogue management process to ensure sustainable data quality, that includes training of your personnel
Yes and no, depends on your current organization process. Typically a proper catalogue management requires a dedicated role responsible for catalogue quality. If your current process does not have such a role, we recommend to create it. If you wish to focus on your primary business and forget about catalogue management problems, including hiring data experts, we can offer outsourcing services with our experts
We clean the entire catalogue as one-time project. To ensure sustainability we implement proper catalogue management processes. We offer outsourcing services to ensure quality and clean catalogue at all times.
Yes, with our outsourcing services each request will be processed by our experts
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