The Link Between Data warehousing and Master Data managaement

The Link Between Data warehousing and Master Data managaement

Analytic MDM” has become established as one of the styles of MDM implementation adopted by businesses needing to effect a significant improvement in the speed and quality of their business reporting, often centered around one or more national, regional or enterprise data warehouses.  This is unsurprising since the “dimensions” of a data warehouse are essentially master data (e.g., hierarchies of products, customers, locations, etc.). Despite the close relationship between MDM and data warehousing, a glance at even the recent literature on these topics reveals that these two important areas tend to be treated as entirely separate.

A survey that was conducted by “The Information Difference” and co-sponsored by MindTree explores the linkage between master data and data warehouses and to understand the scale, scope and success rates of MDM and data warehousing initiatives in business.