ERP Data Standardization
Standardize inconsistent ERP values to the ones you approve.
Over years, ERP product data collects many ways of saying the same thing. Autonera finds inconsistent values, normalizes attributes, standardizes units and formats, flags likely duplicates, and validates the results against approved business rules before exporting standardized information.
- 1 Connect
- 2 Profile
- 3 Rules
- 4 Normalize
- 5 Review
- 6 Export
Business outcome
Consistent, standardized ERP product data based on target values your organization defines.
When this is useful
- Reports, search, and filtering break because the same value is written several ways.
- Units and formats differ between plants, regions, or legacy systems.
- Duplicate items exist under slightly different descriptions.
- A migration, integration, or channel project needs clean data first.
Typical inputs
- ERP item master extracts or a connection to the ERP
- Your approved value lists, unit standards, and formats
- Business rules for attributes and duplicates
- Known exceptions that should not be changed
What Autonera does
- Identifies inconsistent values across attributes
- Normalizes attributes to approved target values
- Standardizes units of measure and formats
- Detects likely duplicate records for review
- Validates results and prepares standardized information for export
Your rules and approvals
- Approved target values are customer-defined. Autonera applies your standards, not its own.
- Mappings that are uncertain are proposed for review, not applied.
- Duplicate merges always require a human decision.
- Validation runs before standardized data is exported.
Outputs and destinations
- Standardized records with before-and-after values
- A duplicate and exception list for review
- Standardized information exported back to the ERP or another destination, depending on the integration
What we would confirm together
- Which attributes and item populations to standardize first
- Your approved target values and who owns them
- How data is extracted and written back
- Rules for duplicates and protected values
- Downstream systems affected by the changes
Example standardization
Unit of measure
EAEACHEachEach
Color
BLKBlackBKBlack
Length
12 inches12 in12IN12 in
Examples only. The approved target values are defined by your organization.
How to get started
Start with one outcome. Work with your existing systems. Expand when you’re ready.
Autonera can support a focused business outcome, an ongoing autonomous operation, or a broader enterprise data management deployment. The right starting point depends on your goals and environment, and we agree it with you.
- 1
Define the outcome
Agree on the specific result you need, the records in scope, and what “done” looks like for your team.
- 2
Evaluate your environment
Review the systems, files, data condition, and integration options involved, so expectations match reality.
- 3
Agree on the right scope
Choose a focused outcome, an ongoing operation, or a broader deployment, and confirm rules and approvers before work starts.
Discuss ERP Data Standardization for your business.
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- New Product LaunchA coordinated launch with complete product information, approved content, and verified delivery responses for your selected destinations—with less manual coordination and fewer handoffs.
- Product Catalog EnrichmentMore complete, consistent, and accurate product records, without rebuilding the catalog or replacing the PIM you already use.
- Marketplace LaunchProducts that meet a new channel’s content requirements, prepared from your existing data without renaming fields in your source systems.
- Supplier Catalog RefreshAn existing supplier catalog that stays accurate over time, with changes reviewed and synchronized instead of re-keyed.
- SKU OnboardingNew products turned into complete, approved records in your structure, starting with a defined supplier or SKU population.
- Catalog ConsolidationOne unified, governed product catalog built from separate acquired catalogs, with conflicts resolved by your team.