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SAP Master Data Governance pros and cons

Vendor: SAP
3.9 out of 5
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PROS

SAP Master Data Governance standardizes records efficiently, providing valuable data management capabilities.
It is highly scalable and integrates well with multiple systems, allowing for seamless data governance.
Flexibility and customizability make it suitable for large enterprises, ensuring it meets specific business needs.
It offers robust features such as duplicate data management and extensive data models, maintaining a single source of truth for enterprise data.
SAP Master Data Governance's ease of initial setup and customer service satisfaction enhances user experience significantly.

CONS

SAP Master Data Governance requires more flexibility in assigning and adding roles, particularly for complex approval processes.
Implementation of SAP Master Data Governance could be easier, and its documentation, especially for MDG extensions by Utopia, requires improvement.
After system upgrades, SAP Master Data Governance does not ensure data matches, impacting data integrity.
Multidomain MDM feature based on EIP systems in SAP Master Data Governance might not suit all master data models.
SAP Master Data Governance's pricing needs improvement and lacks some features found in other solutions.
 

SAP Master Data Governance Pros review quotes

it_user321747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 16, 2016
We chose this solution because it has built-in SAP data model configuration rules, data validation rules, preconfigured workflow, staging possibilities, and built-in status tracking and reporting.
it_user333753 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Solution Architect - Business Information Management at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 28, 2015
It has helped standardise processes, enforcing strict workflow and audit control, as well as controlling data input, and reducing duplicates.
it_user383763 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP EIM Practice Head - MDG, DS, IS, HANA, Cransoft, DSP at a tech services company
Oct 7, 2017
SAP Master Data Governance helped the organisation prevent bad and unauthorised master data from entering the production database.
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it_user1416501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Asia at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 13, 2020
The most valuable thing is what it does: data management.
reviewer1434744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Lead at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Oct 11, 2020
The solution is great at standardizing all of our records.
PG
Senior Manager at Capgemini
Jan 10, 2021
Some of the features that I have found to be beneficial are the search and uploads functions.
reviewer1487169 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Partner at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Feb 1, 2021
A good solution for large enterprises.
reviewer1494672 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP MDG Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 4, 2021
We've found the solution to be quite flexible.
JK
Master Data Governance at a non-tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 13, 2021
Useful for building master data.
reviewer1643070 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 24, 2022
This is an all-around good product.
 

SAP Master Data Governance Cons review quotes

it_user321747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 16, 2016
Strong solid base in the SAP ERP, but it needs to improve its maturity in certain elements (data model coverage, performance, usability, and search).
it_user333753 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Solution Architect - Business Information Management at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 28, 2015
It could benefit from integration of its components through a central console and reduction of ABAP code for custom functions using 4GL.
it_user383763 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP EIM Practice Head - MDG, DS, IS, HANA, Cransoft, DSP at a tech services company
Oct 7, 2017
Consolidation function based on HANA needs improvement
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it_user1416501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Asia at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 13, 2020
The user interface is not user-friendly.
reviewer1434744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Lead at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Oct 11, 2020
Overall, they just a little bit more flexibility in terms of assigning roles or adding new roles. We have a longer approval process, so we need to break it down into more roles than what is typically available and we need to hard-code it.
PG
Senior Manager at Capgemini
Jan 10, 2021
The UI could improve by being more neat and clean. Sometimes users find it difficult to use it.
reviewer1487169 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Partner at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Feb 1, 2021
The price can be improved.
reviewer1494672 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP MDG Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 4, 2021
The implementation could be easier.
JK
Master Data Governance at a non-tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 13, 2021
The solution lacks some flexibility.
reviewer1643070 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 24, 2022
The documentation provided for the MDG extensions by Utopia could be improved.