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Procurement Master Data

Procurement master data is the stable reference information reused across purchasing workflows. It can include supplier records, item descriptions, units of measure, categories, delivery locations, payment terms, currencies, tax identifiers, and approval attributes.

Clean master data reduces duplicate suppliers, inconsistent item names, invalid units, and reporting gaps. Ownership should be defined for creating records, validating changes, merging duplicates, and retiring inactive values. AuraVMS maintains supplier-directory data and can exchange RFQ information through its API; it is not a general-purpose enterprise master data management platform.

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