The Material Master Data team within Astellas is facing a major challenge. With the implementation of a new Global SAP-S/4HANA environment the role of the EMEA Material Master Data Team is moving from a Regional to a Global role. With big historical regional differences in procedures, aligning data is not always easy. Good documentation will support a better understanding of Master Data Governance and Master Data Management.
In my role as Document Writer I’m using my experience in Master Data Management to challenge the organization to think about their processes before start writing a document.
Document Writing & Business Process
- Define best practices for MDM Technical Document Writing Team
- Setting up a Document Writers Forum within Astellas to Share and Grow together.
- “Bake a Cake” method: create a full set of process documents for ‘Organizing a Birthday Party the Dutch Way’ to be able to discuss the document structure with stakeholders without being influenced by content bias.
- Transforming definition list into a business glossary in Collibra
- MDM Process Flows
- Drafting process which will define the Future Operating Model for Material Master Data within Astellas
- Setting Up Process Flows in ADONIS NP
Projects
- Service Acceptance & Assessing
- Creating Service Catalog for Material Master Data
- Setting up process for accepting MDM Service requests
- Improve Communication of the MDM Team
- Setting up Stakeholder Management for the MDM Team
- Improving communication from the MDM Team to Business Stakeholders
- Setting up an MDM SharePoint
- Adjusting Communication to Business needs by reducing and simplifying the messages
- Global SAP-S/4HANA implementation
- Align Global Master Data Management Processes
- Setup Global Data Standards
- Support Business as Usual Team in performing and understanding Data Migration
Other
- Collect, Write and report Weekly and Monthly Highlights
- Setup and Maintain Departmental SharePoint
Syngenta is a leading science-based agtech company. We help millions of farmers around the world to grow safe and nutritious food, while taking care of the planet. By improving crop productivity and making farming more efficient, we enable growers to provide healthy, high quality food safely and sustainably.
Within Syngenta Master Data Management is complex, many tasks are outsourced. The translation from business requirements to workable request for the third-party service provider is crucial for successful Master Data Management. With my previous experience as MDM Originator within Syngenta I was able to quickly fulfill an ad-hoc need for extra capacity in this team.
Day2Day operations
- Analyze and Translate business MDM request in workable solutions
- Validate request with process and templates
- Prepare material upload files
- Perform Master Data Changes
Improvement
- Improve Material Master data creation and maintenance process
- Update and Improve Master Data Request Template
Syngenta is a leading science-based agtech company. We help millions of farmers around the world to grow safe and nutritious food, while taking care of the planet. By improving crop productivity and making farming more efficient, we enable growers to provide healthy, high quality food safely and sustainably.
Within Syngenta Master Data Management is complex, many tasks are outsourced. The translation from business requirements to workable request for the third-party service provider is crucial for successful Master Data Management. In the role of MDM Originator I have done various projects to improve the Data Quality and optimize the way of working with the third-party service provider.
Day2Day operations
- Bring back the positive spirit in de MDM team
- Analyze and Translate business MDM request in workable solutions
- Validate request with process and templates
- Indicate, check and create new scenarios
- Prepare material upload files
Analysis
- Analyze gaps in Material Master data
- Define and execute mass repair projects on Material Master data
- Improve Material Master data creation and maintenance process
- Assortment rightsizing
Projects
- Mass repair Viola Material Master Data
- Master Data Retrofit Turkey
- Design new MDM workflow based on new business requirements and system functionality
- Implement new MDM strategy
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