02 — Capability · BC-750.40
Master & Reference Data
Hold one agreed version of the entities many systems share — customers, products, suppliers, locations, code lists — and distribute it so every system is talking about the same thing.
- Master Data Management
- MDM
- Reference Data
In scope
- Master data domain lifecycle and ownership
- Matching and deduplication
- Reference data and code list maintenance
- Distribution of golden records to consuming systems
Out of scope
- Product information management for sales channels (see BC-540)
- Supplier onboarding itself (see BC-640)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-750.40.10Master Data LifecycleCreate, change, merge and retire master records through governed workflows, with the data owner's rules enforced at entry.
- BC-750.40.20Matching & DeduplicationFind records that describe the same real-world thing across systems and resolve them into one surviving record with a traceable history.
- BC-750.40.30Reference Data MaintenanceManage the shared code lists and hierarchies — countries, currencies, units, categories — and their mappings between systems.
- BC-750.40.40Golden Record DistributionPublish mastered records to consuming systems on their terms and confirm they arrived and were applied.