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PIM, ERP, OMS, and WMS: Who Should Own What?
Assign authority by business object and field so operational copies do not become competing masters.
July 26, 2026
Source-of-Truth Matrix Template
Document which system and business owner control each important object or field, with write paths, latency, validation, and conflict policy.
By Operational Visibility Editorial Desk · July 12, 2026 · 1 min read
A source-of-truth matrix documents which system and business owner control each important object or field. It also records downstream consumers, write permissions, acceptable latency, validation, and conflict policy.
What the template includes
The template includes columns for:
- Business object and field
- Definition
- Authoritative system
- Business owner
- Technical owner
- Downstream copies
- Allowed write paths
- Synchronization method
- Freshness target
- Validation rule
- Conflict policy
- Retention requirement
For the reasoning behind the matrix, read PIM, ERP, OMS, and WMS: Who Should Own What?