Master data governance process driven by source data accuracy metric

A computer implemented apparatus for processing data, comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more processes performed by the one or more computers, the processes configured to:
• receive, on one or more computers, a record having one or more attributes from a source system;
• measure, on one or more computers, a data accuracy of the received record as compared to a golden record stored in a master data management system;
• and
• perform, on one or more computers, one or more remediation actions enforcing improvements to the measured data accuracy of the received record in the source system.

A computer program product for processing data, said computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having stored or encoded thereon:
• first program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to receive, on one or more computers, a record having one or more attributes from a source system;
• second program instructions executable by the computer to cause the computer to measure, on one or more computers, a data accuracy of the received record as compared to a golden record stored in a master data management system;
• and
• third program instructions executable by the computer to cause the computer to perform, on one or more computers, one or more remediation actions enforcing improvements to the measured data accuracy of the received record in the source system.