BT is undertaking a global
enterprise resource planning project to provide a standard way
for classifying data across its finance management reporting
division.
The telecoms company aims to establish consistent master data
for the enterprise from data held in more than 100
Oracle and other databases.
"Operating in more than 170 countries, our organisation faces
complex reporting challenges. With multiple silos of data and
platforms that do not effectively talk to one another, we need to
manage reference data and deliver reliable performance management
reports," said Martin Hunter, head of reference data management for
BT Group Finance.
Getting different departments to classify sets of data under
standard categories will also make it easier for the business to
provide a single, transparent view of different product lines and
customers.
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