As one of the world’s leading producers of lead, gold, silver, zinc, and copper, this company has multiple mines and smelters, hundreds of thousands of assets, equipment and spares, and up to 5000 employees working with these at any given time. The creation of consistent item descriptions in IBM’s Maximo as well as automatic data standards, spend classes and material de-duplication in the ERP system were all identified as key enablers to optimize procurement and warehousing processes in this complex global supply chain.
Refresh Desktop software has now been licensed to analyze and correct all current item descriptions and to algorithmically build consistent and repeatable item and purchasing data in each local language. Supporting this, ready-made Refresh MDM dictionaries and templates will be included on day1 in key language packs, driving a fast and accurate global cleansing and classification project.