Master Data

Manage your data once. Use it everywhere.

Your most important business information, like products, assets, and definitions, shouldn’t be scattered across many systems, re-entered, and out of sync. Master data is created from a single trusted source and shared as needed. Manage it well, and downstream work becomes easier.

The problem isn’t your tools

When information doesn’t fit, most organizations buy another tool. It rarely helps. You end up with more systems and copies of the same data drifting apart. We see it differently. Master data belongs to your organization, not any single application. Manage it once, keep it free from vendor lock-in, and distribute it to the systems you already have. Fewer tools, one truth, more control.

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What is it?

The information your whole organization shares

Master data is the information your organization depends on: the business-critical objects and definitions your processes rely on, like products, assets, parties, and classifications. It’s created once as an authoritative “golden record,” then reused across every system and project instead of being re-entered each time.

Master Data Management (MDM) keeps that data fit for purpose: consistent in meaning, uniform, accurate, and clearly owned as a shared responsibility of business and IT. When done well, master data becomes findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable, and can be shared safely across your entire value chain, not just within one department.

What does better master data mean for you?

  • Manage once, not everywhere. Instead of re-keying the same information across systems, maintain it in one place and let every application draw from the same trusted source.
  • Fewer mistakes, more trust. When everyone works from the same definitions, errors and duplicates disappear, and the decisions you make on top of that data stand up.
  • Freedom to change. Because your data lives independently of any system, you can switch tools, add partners, and share across your supply chain without being held hostage by a vendor.
How we help

From scattered systems to one source of truth

Modeling that matches reality

You get master data that mirrors how your business operates, structured for reuse across systems. Our consultants combine deep domain knowledge with real modeling skill, a combination rarely found in one person.

Tools built for master data

With our Laces platform, you manage master data in a dedicated home: reference data libraries, object type libraries, product catalogs, and specifications. From there, you distribute it to your existing applications through Linked Data. No lock-in, no duplication.

Training that makes you independent

Your own people can create, govern, and apply master data without us, so the expertise stays within your organization long after the project ends.

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Waternet: Data Libraries

Give asset data meaning with a shared Object Type Library. If you are an asset owner who depends on contractors and suppliers for asset data and want every handover to be consistent, meaningful, and ready for use in your systems, read on.

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Let’s take the next step together

Master data is complex, and you don’t have to navigate it alone. Tell us where your data hurts, and we’ll show you what properly managing it could unlock. Start a conversation with Apostolis Barekas or call us directly at +31 (0)85 13 00 541.