Master data is business information that is critical to the operation of an enterprise. Business information might include data about customers, trading partners, employees, suppliers, products, materials, and assets.

In a large organization, different departments might have different versions of the same master data. The data might also be inaccurate or incomplete. The use of this data can therefore cause serious problems. Master data management (MDM) offers an organization the ability to create and maintain a single, trusted, shareable version of master data. MDM offers processes and tools that collect, aggregate, persist, and distribute master data consistently throughout an organization.

The products you use for MDM are OneData and Locate.