{"id":7529,"date":"2025-10-28T08:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/?page_id=7529"},"modified":"2026-10-10T06:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:57:46","slug":"master-data-suite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/master-data-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Suite \u2013 Master Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7529\" class=\"elementor elementor-7529 elementor-7528\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-sdm3a01 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"sdm3a01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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.it:nth-child(even){padding-left:0;border-left:none}.isdm .steps4{grid-template-columns:1fr}.isdm .steps4 div{border-left:none;padding-left:0;border-top:1px solid var(--c2)}.isdm .steps4 div:first-child{border-top:none}.isdm .jr .track{flex-direction:column}.isdm .jr .track button{border-left:3px solid transparent;border-bottom:1px solid var(--c2)}.isdm .jr .track button.on{border-bottom-color:var(--c2);border-left-color:var(--turq)}.isdm .jr .panel{grid-template-columns:1fr;padding:26px 22px}.isdm .compat .two{grid-template-columns:1fr}.isdm .compat .two div:last-child{border-left:none;border-top:1px solid var(--c2);padding-left:0;padding-top:20px}.isdm .ctl{grid-template-columns:1fr}.isdm .ctl div{border-right:none;border-bottom:1px solid var(--c2);padding:20px 0}.isdm .ctl div:last-child{border-bottom:none}}<\/style><section class=\"b\"><div class=\"w\"><span class=\"eyebrow\">SAP master data<\/span><h1>Master Data Suite<\/h1><div class=\"hero2\"><div><p class=\"sub\">SAP materials and suppliers, created with rules, approved with control and without rework.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top:30px\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/book-a-demo\/\">Book your DEMO &rarr;<\/a><\/p><p class=\"cta-note\">30&ndash;45 minutes, online.<\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"lead\">Innova Apps&rsquo; Master Data Suite governs two of SAP&rsquo;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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b soft\" style=\"padding:56px 0\"><div class=\"w\"><div class=\"caps\"><h2>What is Innova&rsquo;s Master Data Suite?<\/h2><p style=\"margin:0;max-width:76ch\">Innova&rsquo;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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\"><div class=\"w\"><h2>Four things change on day one<\/h2><div class=\"grid g4\" style=\"margin-top:32px\"><div class=\"card\"><h3>Correct data from the start<\/h3><p>Field, view and text rules applied when the record is requested, not afterwards.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card\"><h3>Control and traceability<\/h3><p>Multi-level approval, a reason on every rejection or return, and full request history.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card\"><h3>Less work for your team<\/h3><p>The supplier fills in their own data and attachments; your team only reviews.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card\"><h3>A master that stays clean<\/h3><p>Validation of what already exists, automatic correction and duplicate detection.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"w\"><hr class=\"hr\" style=\"margin-bottom:62px\"><span class=\"eyebrow\">App 01 &middot; Material master<\/span><h2>SiDM Materials<\/h2><p class=\"lead\" style=\"max-width:60ch;margin-bottom:0\">Every material creation, extension or change is requested, approved and created in SAP with your rules.<\/p><div class=\"fn\"><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><span class=\"t\">Material requests<\/span><span class=\"d\">Creation, extension to new organisational units and modification, with attachments and texts in several languages. You can start from a reference material to go faster.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><span class=\"t\">Multi-level approval<\/span><span class=\"d\">Your own release strategies: release, reject or return with a reason, with full history for every request.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><span class=\"t\">Automatic creation in SAP<\/span><span class=\"d\">Of every requested view and organisational unit, classification included. From the request you reach the routing, bill of materials and production version.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><span class=\"t\">Standardised descriptions<\/span><span class=\"d\">Text masks and rules by material type, material group, class or industry sector, plus naming conventions; importable from Excel.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><span class=\"t\">Field and view rules<\/span><span class=\"d\">Configurable: which views each material needs in each organisational unit and which values are valid.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">06<\/span><span class=\"t\">Quality of the existing master<\/span><span class=\"d\">Detects missing or surplus views and fields that break the rules, automatically creates the missing views and finds repeated materials by text or by characteristics.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">07<\/span><span class=\"t\">Mass maintenance<\/span><span class=\"d\">Creation, modification and text updates for many materials at once.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">08<\/span><span class=\"t\">Reports<\/span><span class=\"d\">Materials without consumption, production data, detail, summary, and creations or changes by month.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">09<\/span><span class=\"t\">Home screen<\/span><span class=\"d\">Open requests, requests awaiting approval and a summary of materials by plant, with stock and 12-month consumption.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">10<\/span><span class=\"t\">Email notifications<\/span><span class=\"d\">To requesters and approvers, each in their own language.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"quick\"><h4>Quick facts<\/h4><ul><li>Runs inside SAP GUI, on the desktop or through the browser (SAP GUI for HTML).<\/li><li>Covers basic data, plant, storage location, valuation, sales, purchasing, planning, quality, classification, units of measure and functional locations.<\/li><li>Filters can be saved as variants.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b soft\"><div class=\"w\"><div class=\"opt\"><span class=\"tagline\">Optional implementation service<\/span><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(1.35rem,2.6vw,1.9rem);max-width:22ch\">Start with rules based on your own data<\/h2><p style=\"max-width:70ch;margin-bottom:0\">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.<\/p><div class=\"steps4\"><div><b>01 &middot; We extract<\/b><span>The material master from SAP (MARA, MARC, MARD and other tables).<\/span><\/div><div><b>02 &middot; We analyse<\/b><span>The data with a process defined in Databricks to identify patterns.<\/span><\/div><div><b>03 &middot; We convert<\/b><span>Those patterns into rules: which values are valid in each field and which views and organisational units each material should have.<\/span><\/div><div><b>04 &middot; We load<\/b><span>The rules into SiDM Materials, and from there they govern requests and validations.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\"><div class=\"w\"><span class=\"eyebrow\">App 02 &middot; Supplier master<\/span><h2>SiDM Suppliers<\/h2><p class=\"lead\" style=\"max-width:62ch\">The supplier fills in their own data in a portal; your team reviews, approves and SAP creates it.<\/p><p style=\"max-width:64ch;font-size:15px;margin-bottom:0\">Compatible with the supplier master in SAP ECC and with business partners in SAP S\/4HANA.<\/p><h3 style=\"margin-top:50px\">The journey, step by step<\/h3><div class=\"jr\"><div class=\"track\" id=\"isdmTrack\" role=\"tablist\"><button type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" class=\"on\" data-i=\"0\"><span class=\"num\">STEP 01<\/span><span class=\"who\">The buyer<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"\" data-i=\"1\"><span class=\"num\">STEP 02<\/span><span class=\"who\">The supplier<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"\" data-i=\"2\"><span class=\"num\">STEP 03<\/span><span class=\"who\">The buyer<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"\" data-i=\"3\"><span class=\"num\">STEP 04<\/span><span class=\"who\">The approvers<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"\" data-i=\"4\"><span class=\"num\">STEP 05<\/span><span class=\"who\">SAP<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"panel\" id=\"isdmPanel\"><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"margin-top:56px\">What it includes<\/h3><div class=\"fn\" style=\"margin-top:22px\"><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><span class=\"t\">Supplier portal (SiPORTAL)<\/span><span class=\"d\">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.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><span class=\"t\">Configurable request types<\/span><span class=\"d\">For 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.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><span class=\"t\">Your own custom fields<\/span><span class=\"d\">Date, number, yes\/no, text and value lists, with labels and help texts by language.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><span class=\"t\">Rule-driven attachments<\/span><span class=\"d\">Defined by request type, with image and PDF preview.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><span class=\"t\">Validation against SAP<\/span><span class=\"d\">While capturing: banks, withholding taxes and search helps, with a check that the supplier does not already exist.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">06<\/span><span class=\"t\">Email notifications<\/span><span class=\"d\">Automatic at every step, with templates editable by language.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">07<\/span><span class=\"t\">Categories and users<\/span><span class=\"d\">Supplier categories and management of portal users.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"it\"><span class=\"n\">08<\/span><span class=\"t\">Data it covers<\/span><span class=\"d\">General data, address, emails, contacts, banks, tax identification, industry sectors, company-code data with withholding taxes, and purchasing-organisation data.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"w\"><div class=\"compat\"><h3>Compatible with the SAP you already run<\/h3><p style=\"max-width:74ch;margin:0\">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.<\/p><div class=\"two\"><div><b>SAP ECC<\/b><span>Classic supplier master.<\/span><\/div><div><b>SAP S\/4HANA<\/b><span>Business partner.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"w\"><hr class=\"hr\" style=\"margin-bottom:62px\"><h2 style=\"max-width:20ch\">How control is applied<\/h2><p class=\"lead\" style=\"max-width:62ch\">This is not a compliance promise: these are five concrete mechanisms living inside both Apps.<\/p><div class=\"ctl\"><div><b>Business rules by type<\/b><span>Materials: views, fields and texts. Suppliers: fields and attachments by request type.<\/span><\/div><div><b>Multi-level approval<\/b><span>Approvers by level and by criterion: type, action, requester.<\/span><\/div><div><b>Role-based permissions<\/b><span>View, create, modify, approve, configure and reprocess: the basis of segregation of duties.<\/span><\/div><div><b>Traceability<\/b><span>Status, reason for every return or rejection, and full history.<\/span><\/div><div><b>Duplicates and quality<\/b><span>Detection of repeated materials and validation of what already exists.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"w\" style=\"max-width:900px\"><h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2><div style=\"margin-top:22px\"><details><summary>Does it work on S\/4HANA and ECC?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Does the supplier access SAP?<\/summary><p>No. The supplier fills in their data in a web portal (SiPORTAL); they never enter SAP.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Can I define which data and attachments are requested?<\/summary><p>Yes, by request type: which fields and attachments, from whom, and whether they are mandatory, optional, read-only or hidden.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Can requests be approved by levels?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Does it check materials that already exist?<\/summary><p>Yes: it detects missing or surplus views, fields that break the rules and duplicate materials, and automatically creates the missing views.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Does it support several languages?<\/summary><p>Yes: material texts, fields, email templates and the supplier portal all work by language.<\/p><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"w\"><h3>Related solutions<\/h3><div class=\"grid g2\" style=\"margin-top:22px\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sidm-m\/\"><span class=\"nm\">SiDM Materials<\/span><span class=\"ds\">From request to material in SAP, with your rules.<\/span><span class=\"go\">See the App &rarr;<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sidm-p\/\"><span class=\"nm\">SiDM Suppliers<\/span><span class=\"ds\">Supplier onboarding, validation and approval with a portal.<\/span><span class=\"go\">See the App &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"b dark\"><div class=\"w\" style=\"text-align:center\"><h2 style=\"max-width:24ch;margin:0 auto 18px\">We look at your real master data, not a generic demo.<\/h2><p style=\"max-width:58ch;margin:0 auto 28px\">30&ndash;45 minutes online with a consultant who knows SAP. 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