Master Data Migration Relevancy Rules -2- Suppliers/Vendors

[Narasimha]

Purpose: One of the main requirements to migrate master data is to set up migration relevancy rules for each master data object.  I have implemented many projects, and everyone spends a considerable amount of time on this topic in every project. I have tried to consolidate the relevancy rules object-wise so that this effort can reduce your project implementation timeline. Use this as a template and modify the rules as necessary. do share any additional relevancy rules to make this blog post better.

The below table gives possible rules for migrating active suppliers.

Data	Criteria to Migrate to SAP	Criteria for not to migrate
Active Suppliers/Vendors	All suppliers/vendors whose system status such  as Active/Approved AND have had an active transaction in the past N months The transaction could be Purchase order date, invoice date, payment date, etc., depending on what is available in the legacy system.	No procurement since Past N month
	All Vendor records created within N days of the date of conversion regardless of the system activity by the record created to ensure that we don't	No Suppliers created beyond N days
	Suppliers with some legal issues /quality issues.

 

Period N days is decided by the procurement unit of the company.

 

Do visit my other blog posts in this series

Migration of Customers.

Migration of Vendor/Suppliers.

Migration of Material Master - Finished Goods.

Migration of Material Master - Semi-Finished Goods.

Migration of Material Master - Purchased Components.

Migration of Bill of Material

 

 

Do provide your feedback to make this blog post an universal template.