Patent ID: 8392363
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system of centrally managing core enterprise reference data of an enterprise that comprises one or more processing units and one or more memory units, the system comprising: a storage medium having stored therein a process layer that implements one or more business configuration processes of one or more enterprise-level business workflows; a storage medium having stored therein a service layer underlying the process layer that provides services that enable process tasks for the one or more business configuration processes; and a storage medium having stored therein a data layer underlying the service layer and storing in a core enterprise reference data repository core enterprise reference data that is received from one or more external data sources using a staging strategy that reduces data transfer time between the core enterprise reference data repository and the one or more external data sources, the staging strategy comprising transferring the core enterprise reference data from the one or more external data sources through one or more inbound staging tables and one or more outbound staging tables to one or more data targets associated with the one or more external data sources, wherein core enterprise reference data in the outbound staging tables is continuously synchronized with core reference data stored within one or more core master data management tables.