MDM and Master Data Course

The MDM and master data course is for anyone who works close to the customer, supplier or material master and feels firsthand the cost of wrong data: a blocked purchase order, a duplicate item in inventory, a supplier that vanishes from the system because someone created it with a mistyped CNPJ (Brazil's company registration number).

I asked myself that same question years ago, implementing SAP at a large company: why does nobody treat master data with the same seriousness they treat the system itself. The course was born from that question.

What you learn in the course

You learn what Master Data Management is in practice, far beyond the textbook definition: the master data domains (customer, supplier, material, finance), MDM implementation styles, golden record, matching and survivorship, and how an MDM program connects with ERPs such as SAP, TOTVS and Oracle.

We work through procurement and supply chain examples, because that is where the pain shows up first. A screw registered three times with different descriptions. A supplier approved at one branch and blocked at another, because the systems never talked to each other. The course teaches you to see the structural problem behind those symptoms.

How MDM Academy teaches

MDM Academy was born from my almost thirty years of experience between SAP consulting and founding 4MDG, the largest Brazilian MDM startup. I teach with real project examples, not generic slides from software vendors. As I discuss in the book Master Data Management: Fundamentos e Aplicações (book in Portuguese), well-kept master data is a competitive advantage, not bureaucracy.

Frequently asked questions

What is MDM, in short? MDM is the discipline that ensures a single, trusted version of the company's most important data, such as customer, supplier and material, so that every system speaks the same language.

Is the course specific to any tool on the market? No. The course covers the concept and practice of MDM independently of any tool, mentioning platforms such as SAP MDG, Informatica, Stibo, Reltio, Semarchy, Profisee and Ataccama, but without depending on any of them.

Do I need to know SAP to take the course? It isn't mandatory. It helps with understanding the context, since a good share of Brazilian companies run on SAP, TOTVS or Oracle, but the content applies to any ERP.

Is this course suitable for people just starting out in data? Yes, especially for those coming from master data, procurement or IT who want to understand the MDM discipline in a structured way, not just by trial and error.

Get to know MDM Academy

This course is part of MDM Academy, the data governance and master data school of 4MDG. If your company's master data has already given you more headaches than it should, it's worth getting to know MDM Academy at [mdmacademy.com.br](https://www.mdmacademy.com.br).