The Eleven Scores, In Detail
What each domain’s Readiness Score actually measures.
A master-data operation typically spans eleven domains. Each has a different execution challenge, but all of them need the same trusted foundations:
- A visible data condition — you can see where each record actually stands, not guess at it
- Consistent execution — the same check applied the same way, every time, regardless of who’s running it
- Connected ownership — the score points to a named person, not a department
- The ability to scale — adding a twelfth domain doesn’t mean building a new product
Every domain gets its own Readiness Score, but all eleven inherit the same anatomy — only what’s scored, and against what, changes.
| Score | Domain | Record Scored | Readiness Dimensions | Critical Controls (cap the score) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRS | Customer | The customer record | Identity · Commercial · Logistics · Financial · Credit · Compliance | Duplicates · Legal entity · VAT · Sanctions · Credit |
| MRS | Material | Material / product master | Classification · Engineering specs · Costing & pricing · Planning (MRP) · Warehouse · REACH/RoHS | Duplicate material · Missing UoM · No valuation class |
| VRS | Vendor | Vendor / supplier record | Identity · Banking & payment · Tax · Procurement terms · Sanctions · Risk | Duplicate vendor · Bank-detail mismatch · Sanctions |
| FRS | Finance | GL account · cost & profit centre | Chart-of-accounts integrity · Hierarchy · Currency & valuation · Reconciliation · Ownership | Unmapped account · Broken hierarchy · Blocked-in-use |
| WRS | HR / Workforce | The employee master | Identity · Org assignment · Payroll data · Role & access · GDPR · Lifecycle status | Duplicate employee · Orphaned position · Expired permit |
| ARS | Asset | Equipment · plant · location | Identity · Location & hierarchy · Valuation & depreciation · Maintenance link · Lifecycle | Ghost asset · No depreciation key · Location mismatch |
| SRS | Supply Chain | Source lists · info records · BOMs | Sourcing · Planning parameters · Logistics · Lead-time integrity · Cost · Availability | No valid source · Broken BOM · Missing lead time |
| PRS | Project | Project & WBS master | WBS integrity · Budget & cost · Schedule · Resource · Status · Governance | Unbudgeted WBS · Orphaned activity · Open cost on closed |
| QRS | Quality & Compliance | Inspection plans · certificates | Spec completeness · Certificate validity · Inspection link · Regulatory · Audit trail | Expired certificate · No inspection plan · Regulatory gap |
| GRS | Governance & Enterprise Structure | Company codes · plants · org units | Structure integrity · Mapping consistency · Ownership · Change control · Cross-domain · Audit | Unmapped org unit · Inconsistent hierarchy · Orphan record |
| KRS | AI, Analytics & KPI | Metric definitions · lineage | Definition clarity · Lineage & traceability · Ownership · Refresh & timeliness · Consistency | Undefined metric · Broken lineage · Stale refresh |
One product. Eleven scores, each with its own record, its own dimensions, its own critical controls — but never a new product to build.
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