Master Data Management Archives | LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/category/master-data-management/ Practical resources, online courses, free articles and videos for data management, data governance, data quality, and business intelligence Sun, 22 Jan 2023 01:12:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.lightsondata.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOD-logo-favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Master Data Management Archives | LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/category/master-data-management/ 32 32 142004744 What is master data management: A complete guide https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-master-data-management-a-complete-guide/ https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-master-data-management-a-complete-guide/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 01:12:18 +0000 https://www.lightsondata.com/?p=5027 IntroductionMaster data management (MDM) is a critical aspect of modern data management practices. MDM is the process of creating, maintaining and governing the master data, which is the core data that is used to support an organization's business processes and operations. Master data is typically shared across multiple systems and applications, and is used to […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-master-data-management-a-complete-guide/feed/ 0 5027 5 reasons why we have dark data https://www.lightsondata.com/5-reasons-why-we-have-dark-data/ https://www.lightsondata.com/5-reasons-why-we-have-dark-data/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:48:33 +0000 https://www.lightsondata.com/?p=3835 Dark data is probably here to stay, at least for the next few years. Most organizations have it, if not all. But why is that? Why is dark data so prevalent? Here are the 5 reasons why we have dark data.  Table Of Contents 1. Different priorities2. Lack of data governance3. Poor data quality4. Constraints […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/5-reasons-why-we-have-dark-data/feed/ 0 3835 What is dark data? (a clear explanation) https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-dark-data-a-clear-explanation/ https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-dark-data-a-clear-explanation/#respond Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:51:00 +0000 https://www.lightsondata.com/?p=3556 Dark data is data which an organization acquires through various processes and stores during regular business activities, but is not used for, in any manner, to derive insights or decisions or monetization.

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-dark-data-a-clear-explanation/feed/ 0 3556 A “Project Manager” approach of implementing MDM https://www.lightsondata.com/pm-approach-implementing-mdm/ https://www.lightsondata.com/pm-approach-implementing-mdm/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:21:29 +0000 https://www.lightsondata.com/?p=1379 We are approaching winter, the days are shorter but IT’s always there, running everywhere in your mind, including at night between two dreams: Master Data Management (MDM)! For some time now, your company is working to be data-driven and your evolution in this field has made you understand that you have to go this way: […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/pm-approach-implementing-mdm/feed/ 1 1379 How to survive the data revolution https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-survive-the-data-revolution/ https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-survive-the-data-revolution/#respond Wed, 29 May 2019 12:00:49 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=875 Digital Transformation can mean a lot of different things to different people. But for everyone it means dealing with more data than ever before. Industry 4.0, Cloud, Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, blockchain, IoT (internet of things) and similar technological advancements are changing the very nature of commerce across every business sector in […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-survive-the-data-revolution/feed/ 0 875 How to create an inventory of your data sources https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/ https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:56:21 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=435 A data sources inventory is meant to record basic information about the different systems across and/or outside your ecosystem from which you are capturing, producing, acquiring or procuring data. The data sources tend to be well known to their end users and administrators, but not so much to the organization as a whole. I believe […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/feed/ 4 435 Learn how to create a MDM change request https://www.lightsondata.com/mdm-change-request-template/ https://www.lightsondata.com/mdm-change-request-template/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 00:25:11 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=318 Managing and securing your organization’s master data is crucial for supporting any organizational goals which rely on data – so all of them!!! It’s also important for today’s business to work with their master data in an accurate, efficient, and well understood way.  As such, the process for managing change requests to either add, remove, […]

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