DSM in (Data)Flux

DataFlux, a provider of data quality and data integration software, announced that DSM Nutritional Products has implemented DataFluxtechnology to classify its internationally coded spend and materials data.

The DataFlux technology is being used to implement a “ecl@ss” classification validation solution, which seeks to facilitate optimisation of corporate purchasing and to maximise the value and efficiency from DSMNutritional Products’ extant SAP R/3 systems.

The DataFlux Data Quality Integration Platform is used within DSMNutritional Products to validate code and standardise spend and materials descriptions by allowing business users to set coding rules using an interface. The DataFlux technology is used to maintain one consistent and reliable data source of master data within a reference database.

DSM Nutritional Products is said to be the world’s leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids and other chemicals to the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. The business reported sales of approximately €2 billion ($2.66 billion) last year.

Parent company DSM is active worldwide in nutritional and pharma ingredients, performance materials and industrial chemicals for applications such as human and animal nutrition and health; cosmetics; pharmaceuticals; automotive and transport; coatings; housing; and electronics. The group has annual sales of over €8 billion (approximately $10.635 billion) and employs some 22,000. DSM is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.