Presentation: "Keeping Your Master Data Clean: Suppliers and Customers"
Speaker(s): Andrew Snyder, Noodlelt, Inc.

Have you ever received your FedEx invoice, tried to enter it into Oracle, and been unable to determine which supplier to select? Is it FedEx, Federal Express, FedEx Corp., or is it Federal Express, Incorporated? One of my clients, an international restaurant operator with over 1,000 locations, had 68 versions of the Roto Rooter supplier setup in their system. How many ways have you seen 100 Main Street entered? It could be 100 Main St., 100 Main, or 100 MAIN STR. Many companies today have master data integrity issues with both their supplier and customer masters. For some it is duplication and for others it is just inconsistent data.

In November's breakout session titled "Keeping Your Master Data Clean: Suppliers and Customers", I will share some techniques I have used to accomplish strong data integrity. I will share some naming convention standards, highlight some of the useful Oracle reports and discuss some best practices. To make this a truly beneficial breakout session, bring your company's best practice methods to share so the group can listen, discusss and take away ideas to help better manage their company's master data.