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🧬 Informatica – Master Data Management (MDM) ​

Informatica MDM is the enterprise platform used to manage and govern master data across domains such as customers, products, suppliers, and locations. It ensures data consistency, accuracy, and a single source of truth across systems.

🔍 Description ​

Informatica MDM centralizes and consolidates master data from multiple sources, applies data quality rules, and synchronizes golden records across consuming systems. It supports both operational and analytical use cases.

📦 Use Cases ​

  • Managing golden records for customers, suppliers, and products
  • Consolidating master data from ERP, CRM, and legacy systems
  • Enabling consistent reference data across business units
  • Supporting regulatory compliance and auditability
  • Feeding trusted master data to downstream systems (e.g., Data Lake, BI tools)

🧱 Architecture ​

[Source Systems: ERP / CRM / Legacy]
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[Informatica MDM Hub]
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[Golden Records]
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[Consumers: Data Lake / BI / Applications]

✅ Best Practices ​

  • Define clear data ownership and stewardship roles
  • Apply data quality rules early in the ingestion process
  • Use match & merge strategies tailored to each domain
  • Maintain version history and audit trails for all changes
  • Schedule regular data validation and cleansing jobs
  • Document data models, business rules, and integration flows

🔐 Governance & Access ​

  • Role-based access control (RBAC) for data stewards and users
  • Integration with enterprise SSO and LDAP
  • Full audit logging of data changes and user actions
  • Data classification and sensitive data handling policies
  • Regular reviews of data quality KPIs and completeness metrics

🛣️ Roadmap ​

  • Expand MDM coverage to additional domains (e.g., locations, assets)
  • Integrate with Microsoft Purview for metadata and lineage
  • Automate data stewardship workflows and approvals
  • Improve real-time synchronization with consuming systems
  • Evaluate migration to cloud-native MDM solutions

🧠 Informatica MDM ensures that business decisions are based on trusted, consistent, and governed master data across the enterprise.