Frequently asked questions
How do you handle MDM for manufacturing?
Material master, equipment master, BOM, and supplier hierarchies typically run as a separate MDM workload (Stibo, Informatica, or Salesforce Data Cloud depending on the stack). We build the analytics-side governance that integrates with the MDM source of truth.
What governance work does AI procurement require?
Classified spend, clean supplier master, and contract metadata are the prerequisites. The work usually takes 3 to 6 months to land cleanly before any AI procurement tool produces reliable category recommendations.
How long does a manufacturing governance program take?
First useful phase (top 20-30 assets cataloged, owners assigned, quality SLAs defined) lands in 90 to 150 days. Full enterprise rollout typically 18 to 30 months across plants and functions.
Is data governance just documentation work?
No. Documents without operational enforcement do not change behavior. The work is the operating model: named owners, defined SLAs, monitoring posture, and the change-management pattern that prevents drift. The documents follow from the operating model.
How do you measure governance program success?
Time-to-trust for new analytical use cases, time-to-resolution for data quality incidents, and the metric-consistency rate across downstream consumers. We instrument these from day one of the engagement.