02 — Capability · BC-540.10
Product Master Data
Keep the authoritative record of each product and item, its identifiers, attributes and relationships, so every other system and team is talking about the same thing.
- Item Master
- Product Data Management
- Product Hierarchy
In scope
- Product and item identification and numbering
- Product hierarchy families and variants
- Attribute standards and data quality for product records
- Distribution of product data to downstream systems
Out of scope
- Customer and supplier master data (see BC-750)
- Pricing attributes and price lists (see BC-470)
Realized by · 0
- No product in the catalog yet.
Used in · 1
Build it · 0
- Nothing in the library points here yet.
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-540.10.10Product IdentificationAssign and control the identifiers each product and item carries, so one thing has one number and one number means one thing.
- BC-540.10.20Product Hierarchy & VariantsStructure products into families, models and variants so reporting, planning and selling can work at whichever level they need.
- BC-540.10.30Product Attribute StandardsDefine which attributes a product record must carry, what each one means and who is accountable for keeping it right.
- BC-540.10.40Product Data DistributionPublish product records to the systems that need them, in the form each one needs, from a single source rather than many copies.