Master Data Management for Mid-sized ERP Implementations

Master Data Management (MDM) has been a hot topic in business systems architecture for a number of years. It reflects the increasingly complex nature of global business with key master data existing in multiple systems. Many Data Management methodologies and data integration, federation and data quality technologies now exist to address the challenges raised by this complexity. But what does MDM mean to a smaller mid-size Organisation and how relevant is it to ERP implementations in this scale of organisation?