The onset of the information age has irrevocably changed the way business activities are conducted and evaluated. The breadth and scope of information that new technologies have made available today force a “different game”. Business managers and executives at all levels must understand that this new game extends far beyond ERP, MDM and BI. In order to strive in this new reality, management teams will have to enact a global transformation in which data governance will be a core function; not an objective. GDE’s concept of “Govern by Value” facilitates this integration by providing a system and framework for corporations to consolidate data as an asset and smoothly transition from an industrial era “process-driven business performance” to an information era “data-driven business excellence”.

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Executive Summary
The onset of the information age has irrevocably changed the way business activities are
conducted and evaluated. The breadth and scope of information that new technologies have made
available today force a “different game”. Business managers and executives at all levels
must understand that this new game extends far beyond ERP, MDM and BI. In order to strive in this
new reality, management teams will have to enact a global transformation in which data governance
will be a core function; not an objective. GDE’s concept of “Govern by Value” facilitates this
integration by providing a system and framework for corporations to consolidate data as an asset and
smoothly transition from an industrial era “process-driven business performance” to an information
era “data-driven business excellence”.
Most companies still invest in the core business functions focusing on business processes’
optimization and/or cost rationalization that are based on past transactions and relying on the
fantasized accuracy of Business Intelligence and Master Data Management systems (BI and MDM).
In today's complex, and fast changing environments, this approach is no longer an effective way to
manage business strategies and objectives; a global, systematic and predictive data-driven
governance is now needed to execute and proactively operationalizes business strategies execution
and value generation.
Data Excellence Management System (DEMS) was developed by a team of senior Business &
Data Excellence executives to enable modern organizations to create a cohesive governance
environment capable of aligning and governing all business units. DEMS consolidates resources and
builds on the extensive investments already made by companies. It also forces a factual value-driven
collaboration that engages end users from all levels in the ultimate value creation.
This web-based application supports an integrated, customized management and governance
framework empowering the enterprise’s shareholders, employees and partners. It establishes
accountability and responsibility throughout the organizational structure. DEMS precisely links the
data asset to the value flows in order to predicatively govern and sustain business strategies. Once
fully deployed, DEMS provides the enterprise with the combined forces of a cohesive work structure
and a governance framework that for the first time in history synchronizes data, policies and business
transactions. The implementation of DEMS accelerates the ability of your organization to maximize
business value of enterprise data while minimizing your operational cost. Within less than one year,
your teams are enabled to embed ‘govern by value’ culture across your organization.
The singularity of DEMS lies in its Predictive Governance Model: a top down management
approach driven by a systematic valorization of the enterprise data asset and proactive control of
current and forecasted business transactions and objectives. This model enables leaders and
managers to anticipate the impact of non-compliant data assets on the ultimate business value and in
turn, to adjust the resources’ distribution to maximize current and planned business operations.
Ultimately, DEMS enables business executives to anticipate the impact of deviations from
business policies and their impact on the business value. It allows the company to single-mindedly
focus on the objectives to be reached and the most efficient journey to attain them.