MDG for Suppliers Implementation Sample

About the Client

Our client is a retailer specializing in materials and tools for construction and renovation, represented in four countries: France, Italy, Spain and Poland. The company has more than 8200 people employed and has 15,000 – 20,000 products in its scope.

ABOUT THE STRUCTURE

Each country has its supplier but some of them are common to many countries. Each country has its own custom software: the group decided to migrate to S/4 HANA. The countries should work for the first time together on the same system.

Each country has its Purchasing department and Finance department: the purchasing department creates or modifies the supplier and the Finance department should check the sensible data like bank, tax, and payment terms,…

WHY GOVERNANCE IS THE SOLUTION TO THIS STRUCTURE OF MASTER DATA?

• Alluvion has made its implementation to identify the sensitive data on the screen and redirect the change request to the right department when needed;
• Central data of common suppliers are modifiable by everyone but purchasing and finance pare are country dependent. In the meantime, when a modification happens on those suppliers, it’s locked by the system to avoid overwrite problems;
• Thanks to the change request system, no need for ping-pong mailing. Each department uses the change request reporting in MDG to know the tasks he has to do;
• Each country has its process cycle. For example, a change request by Poland is not visible in Italy.

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