4 Frequently Asked Partner Questions About Our MDM Solution for D365FO
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STAEDEAN’s partner network helps us reach out to customers globally across industries. They are trained and well-versed with the STAEDEAN portfolio of solutions for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, as well as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. In our conversations with partners, we try to understand partner and customer questions to help us understand challenges within their Microsoft ERP and how STAEDEAN can help fill in the gaps.
We have a no-code, comprehensive Master Data Management Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM). Our solution can help users manage workflows, data quality, and master data management distribution. In recent conversations, we had a lot of questions, especially about our Master Data Management (MDM) Solution that helps organizations achieve their data governance goals and improve the quality of their data.
Therefore, to help both our partners and customers, our blog explains the most frequently asked questions about our MDM solution. If you still have questions, that we may not have answered in this blog, please reach out to us.
What does STAEDEAN’s Master Data Management Solution offer?
The MDM Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management helps you manage workflows, master data distribution, and data quality during data entry and imports. If you are looking to manage integrations of your applications and business systems with Dynamics 365, we also offer a solution that helps you configure integrations and monitor their performance. The Integration and Security Solution also provides functionality to manage security and compliance in Dynamics 365.
All our solutions are built using the same business logic as Dynamics 365 and are embedded within the ERP; therefore, our customers find it familiar and easy to learn. This also means you can see our solutions in the D365 dashboard, so there is no need to log in and out, and data transfer between the ERP and our solutions is seamless and quick without any manual need for you to copy data between systems. As we have already done all the heavy lifting, all our solutions are built keeping our business users in mind. So, you do not need any development experience and can simply configure rules, validations, workflows, and much more using our MDM offering.
Using the Master Data Management Solution, you can transform your data processes within your ERP.
- Manage and control the distribution of your master data securely centrally or de-centrally.
- Improve the quality of your data by adding data rules, data patterns, or validation through web services.
- Design data workflows and assign specific fields as part of different steps to responsible individuals or team(s). Also, assign a time limit to complete the steps.
- Ensure data is approved by the right people by assigning fields to data owners in a workflow.
- Secure your master data by adding field security to sensitive information.
To learn more about STAEDEAN’s Master Data Management Solution, download our factsheet.
FAQs about the MDM Solution from partners
Q1. What is the cost of STAEDEAN’s Master Data Management Solution?
The total cost of the MDM Solution would include licensing fees, implementation, and training support, and any additional long-term support. Implementation and training support, and long-term support have fixed prices based on your requirements. We offer a tiered pricing model for most of our solutions, which means the more the number of users you add, the better the pricing we offer.
Our Master Data Management Solution includes a base price and price per user (base + activity user). For more details, please contact us.
Pricing for the Standard training is chargeable on an hourly basis. Besides training, our team needs to understand your business requirements, so we need some prep time and project coordination time which is also billable. The number of hours required for project coordination and preparation depends on the complexity and scale of the project. We also offer customized training, and while the rates for the Consultant will be the same, the number of hours will vary based on the business requirements.
Besides training, we offer consulting services for implementation assistance, workshops, and Q&A sessions. Please note, that a markup will be charged when our Consultants deliver services outside of working hours. The cost currently includes Essential services with minimal tickets. For companies that want extended support, we offer different packages for support.
Q2. Do you have special pricing or discounts if customers buy one or more Data Management Solutions?
There are no special predefined packages, but we do offer tiered pricing for most of our solutions which makes them very cost-effective. Since every project is different and unique, and our Master Data Management Solution caters to organizations across industries, we can work on tailored pricing whenever an organization decides to sign up with us for MDM as well as our other Data Management Solutions (Integration, Security, and EDI.
The beauty of having solutions for Master Data Management or Integration and Security is that you can implement them together or in a phased manner if the need arises for the other solution. However, since our MDM solution is built on our integration and data migration platform, therefore it can be used for MDM purposes only unless you purchase both solutions.
Q3. What’s the training offering for STAEDEAN’s MDM Solution, in particular for partners?
We offer a training package of about 84 hours for the MDM Solution. This includes software training and preparation, an enablement workshop. We also offer a Q&A session and software installation support upon request. Additionally, we factor in some time for project management.
We are currently working on a partner program for 2025 and will be launching that soon. Look out for our monthly newsletter and attend our quarterly webinar where we share all the updates and developments at STAEDEAN. For in-depth partner training on our Data Solutions, we offer training and support based on your business requirements. Reach out to us for any specific questions and use cases.
Q4. On which version of Microsoft Dynamics should the solutions be implemented?
If you are using Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O/SCM, you can opt for all of our solutions in the Master Data Management Solution. However, for Connectivity Monitor, the integration monitoring app of our Integration offering, the prerequisites are power platform licenses including Power Apps and Power BI. The application can be used on mobiles and tablets and has been built on the Dataverse, harnessing the technology of the Power Platform and Microsoft Teams.
Our integration platform can also be used to migrate data from older ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 2009, and 2012 to the latest version, which is Dynamics 365 F&O/F&SCM. And it also works with Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Do you want to partner with STAEDEAN for our Data Management Solutions?
As our solutions are built using the same business logic and code as Microsoft Dynamics ERPs, the user experience is easy with a quick learning curve for our customers. And since all our solutions are embedded and built within the Dynamics environment, they are easy to integrate and use without logging out of the ERP and can be found in the Dynamics dashboard. This gives us an edge in the Microsoft ERP space, and we are constantly working to better our solutions whenever we receive feedback from our customers and partners.
If you are keen to partner with us and see the potential of our solutions for data management, then reach out to us. As a STAEDEAN partner, you will receive documentation support, product support, training, and sales coaching to be on top of your game and will be fully equipped to reach out to your customers with confidence.
Once you are ready to take this forward, visit this page and fill out the form with your details and someone from our partner alliance team will get back to you soon.