Master Data Management: Creating a Single View of the Business
"The whole is more than the sum of the parts."
Aristotle
This statement by Aristotle sums up the philosophy behind master data management or MDM quite nicely. MDM is about studying, cataloging, and accessing critical sets of data in your enterprise. That is, it means understanding everything you possibly can about your customers, products, locations, and other major subject areas. In this research paper, MDM is...
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