According to the vendor, the tool adds metadata to product catalogs, provides greater flexibility in creating approval workflows for data quality management, and offers professional services support for training-partner enablement and change management. MDS also supports the GS1 Global GDSN 3.1 release deployment. It allows for streamlined integration to iTradeNetworks’ application; automated management of master catalogs, using publisher data for subscribers via custom workflows; connectivity of both GDSN- and non-GSDN-ready suppliers; services offerings for supplier on-boarding, catalog management and data-synchronization, and real-time visibility and control of data synchronization and alignment via operational dashboards.
