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Feature

SAP NW MDM

SAP MDG

ABAP Code base

Delivered business content (data model etc...)

Workflow

Validations

Business rules engine

Reuse SAP business logic

Handle unstructured content (PDF, media, etc...)

SAP UI (WD, GUI)

Integration with SAP

Hierarchy and taxonomy

Big Data and Cloud support

Last major release in a year

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Scenarios

SAP NW MDM

SAP MDG

Consolidation

Harmonization

Central Master Data Management

GDS

SRM catalog

PIM

CDI (B2B)

CDI (B2C)

Legend:

Supported
Via a supporting app
Not supported
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MDM roadmap

Tool

Continuous support and enhancements in line

with Customer Connection program

Application

Application/
Platform

Continued innovation of
SAP MDG for central
creation stand-alone
use case on any DB

Combined solution
for creation and consolidation
(initial release for customer
domain and subsequent
domains planned)

Central
Create

MDG
BPM

HANA

NW
MDM

MDS

Consolidate
NW
MDM

MDGee
(planned)

Time
Single View

Governance

Big Data
Reference: http://scn.sap.com/community/product-and-solution-road-maps

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Deciding which product is right

Product currently
owned

NW MDM for
consolidation

NW MDM/BPM
for central
creation

MDG for
central
creation of
customer

* IS option

New use case

Recommended
product*

Net new use case

Recommended
product*

Add Central
creation
MDG

Central create

MDG

Consolidate/create
for all domains

EMDM
Bundle

MDGee
(planned)

Consolidate/create/
co-exist customer
domain (additional
domains planned)

MDGee
(planned)

Add New domain

or replace

Add CDI

MDG

Reference: http://scn.sap.com/community/product-and-solution-road-maps

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More information

This shall be explained in detail in my upcoming book on

SAP Data Management.

For more information, please contact:

mdm.dataquality@gmail.com

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Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers
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