Modern Master Data Management (MDM)
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7 Mar 2025
by Mansi Gupta, Samikshya Meher, Ishi Thakur

As businesses generate and rely on vast amounts of data, managing its complexity becomes a pressing challenge. Without a structured approach, data inconsistencies can disrupt operations, compromise decision-making, and reduce AI-driven insights’ effectiveness. Master Data Management (MDM) serves as a foundational system that unifies essential business data, creating a single, trusted source of truth across systems and departments.

This report emphasizes new-age MDM systems’ key characteristics, their enterprise adoption, and the evolving supplier landscape. It outlines a structured approach’s importance in navigating MDM’s complexities. Establishing an efficient MDM system requires a multi-tiered, phased strategy involving key business and technical stakeholders. Enterprises seeking to future-proof their organizational data should invest in MDM with a clear focus on maximizing data value.

Scope

All industries and geographies

Contents

In this report, we examine:

  • MDM’s evolution over the years
  • Key trends shaping the MDM landscape
  • The evolving supplier landscape
  • The challenges with MDM adoption and how to overcome them

Membership(s)

Data & Analytics

Sourcing and Vendor Management

 

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