Method for building and maintaining trusted supplier records
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Gorman, Gregory Iaquinto, Jr.
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Abstract
An Enterprise Network includes a master data management (MDM) system that is linked to two or more data sources each of which include means for storing local management information. The MDM system builds a master management information database that is comprised of some or all of the management information stored by the data sources. The master database in the MDM includes master records each of which is comprised of one or more attributes. The MDM system is configured to only update particular master record attributes with selected management information received from a trusted data source.
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A method for updating a master record stored in a master data management (MDM) system running on a network server, comprising:
- configuring and storing a correspondence between the master record and a source record to which the master record is mapped that permits the master record to be updated with trusted management information stored in the source record;
- the MDM system receiving trusted management information from a trusted data source and storing the trusted management information in the source record, wherein receiving the trusted management information from the trusted data source comprises:
- receiving information from a data source;
- detecting a unique data source identification (ID) for the data source associated with the received information;
- comparing the unique data source ID to stored source record IDs;
- updating a particular source record corresponding to one of the stored source record IDs with the received information in response to a match between the unique data source ID and the one of the stored source record IDs;
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- creating a new source record in response to no match between the unique data source ID and the stored source record IDs and storing the received information in the new source record;
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- a processor in the network server executing master record update functionality comprising the MDM system to only update the master record with the trusted management information stored in the source record according to the stored correspondence between the master record and the source record.
A method for updating a master record stored in a master data management (MDM) system running on a network server, comprising:
- configuring a correspondence between one or more attributes comprising the master record and two or more source records to which the master record is mapped, and storing the correspondence in the server in association with the MDM system;
- defining one or more rules for promoting trusted management information stored in one of the two or more source records to the master record;
- a processor operating in the network server using the configured correspondence between the one or more attributes comprising the master record and the two or more source records and the one or more defined rules to execute record update functionality comprising the MDM system to promote the trusted management information from one of the two or more source records to the one or more attributes comprising the master records;
- receiving information from a data source;
- detecting a unique data source identification (ID) for the data source associated with the received information;
- comparing the unique data source ID to stored source record IDs;
- updating a particular source record corresponding to one of the stored source record IDs with the received information in response to a match between the unique data source 1D and the one of the stored source record IDs;
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- creating a new source record in response to no match between the unique data source ID and the stored source record IDs and storing the received information in the new source record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.