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Master Data Management

Products, suppliers, customers and locations, mastered as one connected model.

Enterprise master data is relational. Autonera models each domain and the relationships between them, so a change to a supplier or a site is understood in terms of the products and customers it affects.

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The capability

One platform, several domains, shared governance

Industrial manufacturers and distributors manage several kinds of master data: products and spare parts, suppliers, customer accounts and ship-to addresses, plants and distribution centers, and the agreements that connect them. Often each sits in a separate tool with its own matching, governance and integration logic.

Multi-Domain Master Data Management holds these domains in one platform. Each domain has its own model, matching and survivorship, while relationships between domains are first-class: a supplier supplies products, a plant manufactures them, a distribution center ships to a customer under an agreement.

Because relationships are modeled, impact is visible. Deactivating a supplier shows the products it supplies and the customer agreements that cover them. Governance, stewardship and lineage work the same way across domains, and integration ownership is defined per domain and field.

How it works

Explore connected master data

Select any record to see its domain's shared model and every connected record a change would reach.

suppliesspare partmanufacturesstocksholdscoversships toPRODUCTPump PMP-4420PRODUCTSeal kit SK-11SUPPLIERHarlow Fluid ControlsCUSTOMERBrenner Mining GmbHLOCATIONPlant OstravaLOCATIONDC RotterdamCONTRACTPrice agreement PA-77
Harlow Fluid ControlsSupplier

SHARED MODEL: SUPPLIER

  • Legal name
  • Tax id
  • Certifications
  • Payment terms

CONNECTED RECORDS AFFECTED BY A CHANGE

6 records across 4 domains

  • Pump PMP-4420
  • Seal kit SK-11
  • Plant Ostrava
  • DC Rotterdam
  • Price agreement PA-77
  • Brenner Mining GmbH

Problems it solves

Where this work usually breaks down

01

Separate hubs per domain

Supplier, customer and product masters are governed differently and cannot reference each other reliably.

02

Impact discovered late

A supplier change breaks product availability for customers nobody linked to it.

03

Duplicated governance effort

Rules, stewardship and audit are configured separately for each tool.

04

Unclear integration ownership

Several systems update the same customer or location data.

Functional capabilities

What Multi-Domain Master Data Management includes

Domain models
Configure entities and attributes for product, supplier, customer, location and other domains.
Cross-domain relationships
Model typed relationships such as supplies, manufactures, stocks and covers.
Per-domain matching and survivorship
Apply matching and survivorship suited to each domain.
Shared governance
Use the same rules engine, stewardship, workflow and lineage across domains.
Impact analysis
See which connected records a change will affect before applying it.
Integration ownership
Define system-of-record ownership per domain and field.

In industrial operations

A manufacturer replaces a component supplier

A seal supplier is being exited. Products, plants and customer agreements depend on it, across three systems.

  1. The supplier record shows the products it supplies and the plants that use them.
  2. Impact analysis lists customer agreements covering those products.
  3. Replacement relationships are proposed and routed for approval by domain owners.
  4. The supplier is deactivated once each dependency is resolved.

Result: The exit is managed from a connected view rather than reconciled from separate lists.

Autonomous operations

How autonomous execution changes multi-domain master data management

Agents traverse relationships to assess impact and keep cross-domain references consistent; domain owners decide changes with that context.

Agents carry out

  • Assess cross-domain impact of changes
  • Detect broken or orphaned relationships
  • Propose relationship updates
  • Route work to the right domain owner

People decide

  • Own each domain
  • Approve relationship changes
  • Decide on deactivations

Evidence recorded

  • Impact assessments
  • Relationship change history
  • Domain-level decisions

Related capabilities

Works alongside

Feature guide

Golden Records

A trusted master record with source cross-references, provenance and field ownership.

Feature guide

Match & Merge

Find duplicate records across sources, decide what survives and keep a reversible golden record.

Feature guide

Reference Data Management

Governed code lists, controlled vocabularies and cross-system crosswalks.

Feature guide

Data Stewardship

Owned work queues, service levels and evidence-backed exception resolution.

Capability area

Master Data Management

See where Multi-Domain Master Data Management fits in the wider Master Data Management capability.

Buyer FAQs

Questions evaluators ask

Which domains are supported?

Product, supplier, customer and location are standard. Additional domains such as contracts or assets can be modeled.

Do we have to implement all domains at once?

No. Domains are typically introduced one at a time, starting with the one causing the most cost.

Is matching the same for every domain?

No. Each domain has its own matching and survivorship configuration.

How does this relate to Master Data Hierarchies?

Hierarchies model structures within a domain. Multi-domain relationships connect different domains.

Can existing CRM or ERP systems remain the system of record?

Yes. Ownership can be defined per domain and field.

Your next step

See Multi-Domain Master Data Management on data like yours.

Bring a real file, catalog or record set. We will walk through how Autonera would handle it and where your team keeps the final say.

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