Data Integration and Management

Four Stages to Data Integration and Management

UST employs a six phase methodology for most engagements coupled with a four stage technical methodology to ensure that our clients realize their business objective of building a comprehensive data management/integration solution: one that is flexible and adaptable and can equip the organization to meet the challenges of the future and to realize upcoming opportunities.

The UST methodology assumes that the development of a data management initiative involves much more than developing a technical solution: the implementation team, working collaboratively with the client, must be able to realize a higher-level critical path toward development that is demonstrated through continuing successful engagements. The four stages that comprise the critical path are:

	Foundation
	Improvement
	Flexibility
	Innovation

Extending Technology for Comprehensive Benefits

Though data management initiatives constitute business projects in terms of their applications, they quickly evolve into a business management process. Business projects typically involve re-engineering the business strategy to connect/communicate the data (both master and transactional) between various application systems and to re-visit transactional processes (especially when new master data approaches are implied).

When organizations switch from one system to another (especially when resource constraints and tight time-lines are involved) they typically miss the opportunity to cleanse the data since the primary focus is on aligning the business to the new system environment and business processes.

At UST, business experts think beyond the day-to-day activities and are cognizant of an organization’s data ecosphere when defining the new data management process. We ensure that these are processes that will benefit the entire organization and its supply chain.

We go beyond introducing advanced system applications and a flexible architecture with the objective of mitigating all inherent transactional and master data issues that the client’s business is likely to encounter in the future. Our experts take stock of a client’s entire requirement with due consideration to new system landscapes, technology, and future growth plans; they will assist clients in defining processes for maximum benefits: flexible and resilient data management processes that are specifically suited to each client's business environment.