http://blog.kestralgroup.comQuick BlogcastThu, 11 Mar 2010 21:40:39 GMThttp://blog.kestralgroup.com/2009/06/12/leverage-mdm-initiatives-to-drive-quality-and-savings-into-ecm-deployments.aspx#comment-2166634Michael Elkins<P>Hello Tim, thanks for taking the time to comment.&nbsp; From the look of it, you've obviously shared the experience.&nbsp; The time and money savings from this component of an overall information architecture is substantial.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR>Michael</P>http://blog.kestralgroup.com/2009/06/12/leverage-mdm-initiatives-to-drive-quality-and-savings-into-ecm-deployments.aspx#comment-2166634Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:16:15 GMThttp://blog.kestralgroup.com/2009/06/12/leverage-mdm-initiatives-to-drive-quality-and-savings-into-ecm-deployments.aspx#comment-2166442Tim FivesYou've hit the nail on the head with this post. The inability of companies to catalog metadata for use across their organization, exacerbate their inability to interconnect content. Another practical example is integrating supporting content for their ERP system. If only they new how to format the Purchase Order Number when they were loading their CM system with PO's so that they could be connected to the the ERP system. A novel concept for sure!<br /><br />TFhttp://blog.kestralgroup.com/2009/06/12/leverage-mdm-initiatives-to-drive-quality-and-savings-into-ecm-deployments.aspx#comment-2166442Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:57:20 GMT