Patent ID: 7290018

Claim:
A machine-implemented method comprising: identifying data to be replicated in a collection of product modeling business master data by performing a full explosion of the collection of product modeling business master data; replicating the identified data in a first replication by transmitting the identified data from a central data system to one or more target data systems; identifying valid changed data in the collection of product modeling business master data, wherein the valid changed data comprises changed data that is valid in the product model; identifying changed data with pending validity in the collection of product modeling business master data, wherein the changed data with pending validity comprises changed data in the collection of product modeling business master data that has yet to become valid in a product model; and replicating the valid changed data but not the changed data with pending validity in a second replication by transmitting the valid changed data but not the changed data with pending validity from the central data system to at least one of the target data systems.