SAP master data

Master Data Suite

SAP materials and suppliers, created with rules, approved with control and without rework.

30–45 minutes, online.

Innova Apps’ Master Data Suite governs two of SAP’s most critical masters: materials and suppliers. Every creation or change starts as a request, follows a multi-level approval flow and reaches SAP already validated. Configurable business rules, standardised descriptions and the supplier filling in their own data through a portal: fewer errors, fewer duplicates and traceability for every decision.

What is Innova’s Master Data Suite?

Innova’s Master Data Suite is two applications integrated into SAP that govern materials and suppliers: SiDM Materials, which runs inside SAP GUI, and SiDM Suppliers, with a web portal where the supplier fills in their own data. Every creation or change starts as a request, goes through multi-level approval with configurable rules, and is created in SAP already validated. They deploy in 4 to 8 weeks with no per-user cost.

Four things change on day one

Correct data from the start

Field, view and text rules applied when the record is requested, not afterwards.

Control and traceability

Multi-level approval, a reason on every rejection or return, and full request history.

Less work for your team

The supplier fills in their own data and attachments; your team only reviews.

A master that stays clean

Validation of what already exists, automatic correction and duplicate detection.

App 01 · Material master

SiDM Materials

Every material creation, extension or change is requested, approved and created in SAP with your rules.

01Material requestsCreation, extension to new organisational units and modification, with attachments and texts in several languages. You can start from a reference material to go faster.

02Multi-level approvalYour own release strategies: release, reject or return with a reason, with full history for every request.

03Automatic creation in SAPOf every requested view and organisational unit, classification included. From the request you reach the routing, bill of materials and production version.

04Standardised descriptionsText masks and rules by material type, material group, class or industry sector, plus naming conventions; importable from Excel.

05Field and view rulesConfigurable: which views each material needs in each organisational unit and which values are valid.

06Quality of the existing masterDetects missing or surplus views and fields that break the rules, automatically creates the missing views and finds repeated materials by text or by characteristics.

07Mass maintenanceCreation, modification and text updates for many materials at once.

08ReportsMaterials without consumption, production data, detail, summary, and creations or changes by month.

09Home screenOpen requests, requests awaiting approval and a summary of materials by plant, with stock and 12-month consumption.

10Email notificationsTo requesters and approvers, each in their own language.

Quick facts

Runs inside SAP GUI, on the desktop or through the browser (SAP GUI for HTML).
Covers basic data, plant, storage location, valuation, sales, purchasing, planning, quality, classification, units of measure and functional locations.
Filters can be saved as variants.

Optional implementation service

Start with rules based on your own data

We analyse your current material master with Databricks and translate it into business rules ready for SiDM Materials. It is a service that accompanies the implementation, not a feature of the App.

01 · We extractThe material master from SAP (MARA, MARC, MARD and other tables).

02 · We analyseThe data with a process defined in Databricks to identify patterns.

03 · We convertThose patterns into rules: which values are valid in each field and which views and organisational units each material should have.

04 · We loadThe rules into SiDM Materials, and from there they govern requests and validations.

App 02 · Supplier master

SiDM Suppliers

The supplier fills in their own data in a portal; your team reviews, approves and SAP creates it.

Compatible with the supplier master in SAP ECC and with business partners in SAP S/4HANA.

The journey, step by step

What it includes

01Supplier portal (SiPORTAL)Registration, data, attachments, save and continue later, and receiving returns with the reason. Depending on the version deployed, the supplier can also start the request and download the form as a PDF.

02Configurable request typesFor example domestic or foreign: which fields and attachments are requested, from whom (buyer or supplier) and whether they are mandatory, optional, read-only or hidden; with proposed company codes and purchasing organisations.

03Your own custom fieldsDate, number, yes/no, text and value lists, with labels and help texts by language.

04Rule-driven attachmentsDefined by request type, with image and PDF preview.

05Validation against SAPWhile capturing: banks, withholding taxes and search helps, with a check that the supplier does not already exist.

06Email notificationsAutomatic at every step, with templates editable by language.

07Categories and usersSupplier categories and management of portal users.

08Data it coversGeneral data, address, emails, contacts, banks, tax identification, industry sectors, company-code data with withholding taxes, and purchasing-organisation data.

Compatible with the SAP you already run

SiDM Suppliers works with the supplier master in SAP ECC and with business partners in SAP S/4HANA. The version is defined during implementation, without changing how the buyer or the supplier works.

SAP ECCClassic supplier master.

SAP S/4HANABusiness partner.

How control is applied

This is not a compliance promise: these are five concrete mechanisms living inside both Apps.

Business rules by typeMaterials: views, fields and texts. Suppliers: fields and attachments by request type.

Multi-level approvalApprovers by level and by criterion: type, action, requester.

Role-based permissionsView, create, modify, approve, configure and reprocess: the basis of segregation of duties.

TraceabilityStatus, reason for every return or rejection, and full history.

Duplicates and qualityDetection of repeated materials and validation of what already exists.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work on S/4HANA and ECC?

Yes. SiDM Materials runs inside SAP GUI. SiDM Suppliers is compatible with the supplier master in SAP ECC and with business partners in SAP S/4HANA.

Does the supplier access SAP?

No. The supplier fills in their data in a web portal (SiPORTAL); they never enter SAP.

Can I define which data and attachments are requested?

Yes, by request type: which fields and attachments, from whom, and whether they are mandatory, optional, read-only or hidden.

Can requests be approved by levels?

Yes. SiDM Materials uses multi-level approval strategies with approvers by level and by criterion. In SiDM Suppliers, multi-level approval is configured according to the version deployed.

Does it check materials that already exist?

Yes: it detects missing or surplus views, fields that break the rules and duplicate materials, and automatically creates the missing views.

Does it support several languages?

Yes: material texts, fields, email templates and the supplier portal all work by language.