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CDQ Client Spotlight: Schwarz IT

Integrated VAT validation for more speed and efficiency

Speed

Faster creation and changes

Integrated VAT check saves 3 minutes for each record creation and 15 minutes for record change

Trust

Enhanced risk safety

For the entire group with one-click VAT checks

Efficiency

3,100 hours saved per year

With integrated VAT validation and deduplication services

We received great feedback for the integration, and our business departments eagerly anticipate an integrated VAT check.

Thomas Gutmann

Business Consulting BI & Data

CDQ Client Spotlight: Kuehne+Nagel

Effective data cleansing of 4 Mio. global customer records

Speed

2y to cleanse 80% of data

The first ever global process for clean-up of duplicate customer records included 29 largest countries

Trust

660,000 duplicates eliminated

equaling 17% of customer records in scope, that used to complicate daily operations and analytics

Efficiency

Lean review process

for 400 reviewers in various functions of 4 business units of Kuehne+Nagel

In the project, we not only eliminated thousands of duplicates, but developed a sustainable cleansing approach, including global duplicate definitions, a cross-company review process and an innovative review tool

Dr. Andreas Nohn

Senior Data Scientist

CDQ Client Spotlight: Covestro AG

Bank Account validation - from weeks to minutes

Speed

2 weeks to 1min

CDQ Trust Score reduces lead time for defined Bank Account validations

Trust

21% Match Rate

with Bank Trust Score >0 (actual transactions)

Efficiency

8% full automation

8% of all Bank Account Validations can be fulfilled fully automated

CDQ bank trust score integration to Covestro’s SAP MDG reduces lead time during vendor creations!

Christian Jantzen

Head of Data Management

CDQ Client Spotlight: Evonik Industries

30% time saving for bank data validation with CDQ trust score

Speed

16% automation

of bank account data information; in some countries (e.g., Germany) already 60% can be achieved

Trust

0 successful fraud attacks

since implementation of CDQ trust score in 2021 thanks to the risk-based validation approach

Efficiency

30% time saving

for bank data validation team thanks to user-friendly handling and reliable data of external peers

This solution received an overwhelming amount of positive internal feedback. The keys to success are our data self-services solution of CuVenSA (Customer and Vendor Smart App), the auto-matic identification of validated bank information based on the CDQ data pool and our internal database.

Markus Mützel

Head of Process & Master Data Management

CDQ Client Spotlight: DOVISTA

More than Business Partner Data - Compliant & efficient Corporate Data Onboarding

Risk

Regulatory Compliance

Reliably complying to policies and legal demands, EU legislations and Dovistas expectations

Trust

360° View

on your Business Partner Data, exceeding standard register information

Speed

28% Reduction

of processing time for business partner creation

We were able to enable a solid, sustain and futureproof solution around our data foundation, processes and sanction compliance by obtaining screening technology, fraud prevention and internal controls

Heidi Sandager Larsen

Data Governance & Compliance Manager

CDQ Client Spotlight: Nestlé

Faster Sales with Better Customer Master Data

Speed

From 7 days to 1

80% of all customer are created within 1 day, speeding up the sales process

Trust

Over 95% data quality

for vendor data, over 90% for customer data, top-3 within the Data Sharing Community

Efficiency

14% cost reduction

with 80% “first time right” rate, and 6 Mio. de-activated inactive/duplicated records

CDQ services supported our transition into “Nestlé’s Business Services” and enabled new benefits in terms of speed and efficiency.

Jean-Marc Klopfenstein

Global Master Data Lead

CDQ Client Spotlight: Bayer AG

Effective data improvement for one of Germany's biggest mergers

Speed

10 weeks

1.3 Mio BP data records from Bayer and Monsanto merged and improved within 10 weeks

Trust

97%

of duplicates identified correctly

Efficiency

80,000 less duplicates

Duplicates can slow down decisions and processes

A merger of this size needed the best data management approach we know. With CDQ, we could deliver faster and better!

Gerhard Gripp

Global Data Lead M&A

CDQ Client Spotlight: Dräger

Boosting Trust and Efficiency

Trust

98% duplicate free

creation of Sold-To customer master data records and 87%-95% “first time right” data quality in participating countries

Efficiency

50% time saving

for customer creation across SAP and CRM systems

CDQ offers a single platform for maintenance, assurance of 1st time right, duplicate avoidance and integration of external data. It's web based, easy to use and workflow supported.

Eva Schultze

Director Global Data Management

CDQ Client Spotlight: Bayer AG

More automation leads to less processing time and less workload

Speed

2 seconds instead of 2 days

Instant risk-based approval instead of 2-day SLA

Trust

40% automation

of SAP MDG requests with reliable data quality rules

Efficiency

50% processing time less

Time in SAP MDG reduced from 28 to 14 hours

How to detect the 80% ‘good’ requests automatically across 150k change request per year? – this was the question driving us.

Extrapolating early numbers, we have an automation rate of ~40% and a workload saving of 25%.

Jens Peter Henriksen

Global Process Owner Master Data

CDQ Client Spotlight: Tetra Pak

Master data automation for global and local data excellence

Speed

73% drop of processing time

From 30 to 8 minutes for customer creation and change request

Trust

99% automation

thanks to reliable data quality rules

Efficiency

1,060 h saved

within the first 10 months reflecting resource use

The time saved not only covers the investment in the initiative, but also frees up capacity for new projects, setting the stage for future SAP S4/HANA migration and data consolidation initiatives.

Emanuele Francia

Enterprise Data Governance Manager

CDQ Client Spotlight: Rheinmetall

Cost avoidance and less duplicates through data cleansing

Speed

83 companies, 15 systems, 1.5y

The central data team coordinated data owners in all 6 business divisions to clean up ca. 300,000 records.

Trust

60% duplicates and legacy data identified

Both today’s business processes and the S/4HANA program benefit from eliminated duplicates.

Efficiency

Out-of-the-box data validation

CDQ’s +2,600 data quality rules and the mature duplicate algorithm freed up capacities for efficient data cleansing.

Our vision for transitioning to S/4HANA is to start the journey with a foundation of clean data. By ensuring the accuracy and completeness of our data, we will pave the way for a successful migration to the new platform.

Torben Lagerin

Specialist Supply Chain Processes