ALCIM IQM as integral part of the ALCIM EIM Suite is the Information Quality Management (IQM) Solution, which addresses various aspects of the Information Quality problems as follows:
  • Standardization: decomposition of text fields into component parts and formatting of values into consistent layouts based on international, industry standards, local standards, user-defined business rules,and knowledge bases of values and patterns.
  • “Data cleansing": modification of data values to meet domain restrictions, integrity constraints or other business rules that define sufficient data quality for the organization.
  • Matching: identification, linking or merging related entries within or across sets of structured data.
  • Profiling: analysis of data to provide insight into the quality of the data and aid in the identification of data quality issues.
  • Monitoring: deployment of controls to ensure ongoing conformance of data to business rules that define data quality for the organization.
The ALCIM IQM solutions includes the following functionalities:
  • Import/export engine
  • Comprehensive task-based data-stream definitions for repeatable exchange needs
  • Flexible control filters for quality analysis
  • Data entry tool with built-in knowledge of system rules
  • Class-based features for data template definition
  • Context-based identification scheme for enabling consolidation from multiple sources
  • Data Validation mechanisms
  • Data Comparison mechanisms