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Global Data Synchronization Solutions

Global Data Synchronization is an industry initiative to improve supply chain collaboration between members of the retail supply chain. It is a process aimed at keeping the master data definitions such as item (SKU) information and party information in full alignment with the industry (UCC) standards (such as GTIN and GLN), and keeping the master data in complete sync with the trading partners on an ongoing basis.

Cognizant's GDS Framework & Solutions

With an understanding of the complexities and issues involved in data profiling, data cleansing, data consolidation, data migration across platforms and applications through large data warehousing, CRM, EAI and re-architecture engagements, Cognizant is in a strong position to use our proven onsite/ offshore model well-known to yield significant cost savings and time advantage to our clients.

Cognizant GDS offerings include:

Strategy and Implementation Consulting
Portfolio Analysis for Application prioritization (internal sync)
ROI assessment and Risk Analysis
Internal and External Data Synch Implementation Services
Program Management
Support for ongoing synchronization

Cognizant has developed a ROI assessment framework to assess the ROI of Data Synchronization initiatives that help create business cases for GDS.

"Cognizant proves their value, project after project... by taking time to understand our business needs, they identify and recommend new ways to further improve our systems."
Jay Heubner,
Former Director IT Application Development, Ace Hardware Corporation