SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management

This book provides system architects, administrators, and IT managers with a description of the structure and usage scenarios of SAP NetWeaver MDM. It uses three comprehensive real-life examples to give you practical insights into the consolidation, harmonization, and central management of master data. Plus, more than 120 pages are dedicated to an MDM compendium, complete with detailed information on individual components, data extraction, options for integration with SAP XI, SAP NetWeaver BI, and the SAP Portal (including user management), as well as on workflows and the Java API.

Highlights include:

• Overview of MDM
• Master Data Management in Companies: Concepts and Requirements
• MDM as a Central Component of an Enterprise SOA
• Sample Scenarios: Data Synchronization in Marketing, Identity Management, Mergers & Acquisitions
• MDM Technical Details: Components of MDM, Data Extraction, Integration, Workflows, Java API

Loren Heilig is founder of IBSolution GmbH and has been its managing director since 2003. IBSolution GmbH is an innovative SAP NetWeaver service provider, and has made a name for itself on the SAP consultancy market, due in large part to its title, SAP BI Special Expertise Partner.

Steffen Karch works as an Enterprise Architect for SAP Asia Pte Ltd based in Singapore. Previously, he was a Senior Business Consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG, and before that he worked as an IT Project Manager at Pixelpark AG in Munich, Germany. His project work concentrates on strategic IT consulting with a special emphasis on matters of integration. For the past two years, he has been responsible for the Enterprise SOA area within SAP Business Consulting EMEA, where he has managed numerous projects associated with this subject. Steffen Karch has over 10 years of experience with SAP and has worked as a consultant for the last six years.

Oliver Böttcher has been working for SAP in the area of Business Consulting since 2004. He focuses mainly on the topic of Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (Enterprise SOA). He has been working on the administration of master data and variable data since his studies of information management.

Christiane Hofmann has been working as a consultant in the field of Master Data Management at IBSolution GmbH. She focuses on the integration of MDM into the Enterprise Portal and the Business Information Warehouse. Before, she studied Information Business at the University of Media in Stuttgart where she participated in a study on Service Oriented Architectures on behalf of SAP.

Dr. Roland Pfennig is Professor of Business Informatics at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences. His teaching specialties are Business Intelligence, standard software for business, and business processes. His research interests include the complex set of topics surrounding the sustainability of an information society.