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4 questions in Master Data Management.

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A large enterprise has customer records in a dozen systems with no shared identifier. Design the master data approach.

A retailer sells the same stock through stores, its website and marketplaces. Stock counts disagree. What is the architecture problem?

An insurer has three customer masters: one in the policy system, one in claims, one in the broker portal. Each is authoritative for something. Leadership wants one. Give the sequence that gets there without a cutover weekend.

Several systems each hold a version of the customer record and they disagree. What is the architectural approach?