Case Study: Apache Corporation achieves a single source of truth for materials data globally with Sphera Master Data Management

Achieving a single source of truth for materials data globally

Apache Corporation, a global independent oil & gas exploration and production company, expanded rapidly through acquisitions, leaving fragmented material master data across regions. A centralized catalog team, time‑zone gaps, and an ineffective 2008 SAP rollout produced poor data quality that disrupted inventory management, reporting and sourcing. To fix this, Apache Corporation evaluated options and selected Sphera’s Master Data Management solution.

Sphera implemented an MDM platform and governance processes to create a single source of truth with SAP integration, pre‑programmed item descriptions and workflow‑driven approvals. Sphera’s work cleansed more than 10,000 legacy lines, consolidated duplicates representing 5.6% of inventory, optimized inventory and reduced one‑time purchases, improved purchasing agreements and pricing, and cut Item Master backlog and manual data‑entry time — delivering measurable efficiency and cost improvements.

Apache Corporation