Difference between Consolidation, Harmonization and Central master data man

[Former Member]

Hi ..Expertise

Consolidation is use to identify duplicate records and merge them into one record.

Harmonization is the process of pushing the new cleansed data back out to your partner systems.

Central master data management means you create records within MDM and then you distribute (Syndicate) this centrally created data to your Remote Systems.

My Question is her after Consolidation both Harmonization and Central master data management is doing the same thing i.e. sending the clean data to the other system. What is the difference between these two? Please explain me with an example or scenario..

[Former Member]

Hi,

My Question is her after Consolidation both Harmonization and Central master data management is doing the same thing i.e. sending the clean data to the other system. What is the difference between these two? Please explain me with an example or scenario..

You have rightly mentioned the meaning of all the 3 IT scenarios in MDM. Consolidation , Harmonization and Central Master Data Management are called as the IT scenarios in MDM.

Now, coming to your question, CMDM means creation of data and distribution of data. After creating records in MDM, they are needed to be sent back to the source systems which is nothing but Harmonization. Hence in other words you can say that CMDM is a bigger picture which involves Harmonization of data.

Consolidation is taking data from the source systems and consolidating in MDM. Then its role is over.

The pre-rerquisite to Harmonization is Consolidation. Then the next step is to distribute whatever data is present in MDM. It is done after Consolidation.

Please follow the link below to understand the 3 terms clearly.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/d7b1ee058201b4e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm

The above mentioned link will clearly menmtion the process steps in all the 3 IT scenarios and you will be able to understand the scope of each of them.

Additionally, to know more about CMDM, please follow:

Central Master Data Management - An Overview :

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/101cba73-993b-2b10-b5a2-a6ef5846...

CMDM Process - Community Profiles - Wiki :

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/profile/cmdm%2bprocess

Hope it helps.

Thanks and Regards

Nitin Jain