Basiq Dental has better test data and happy users thanks to DSM

With Data Sync Manager, a growing business improves their test data quality, refreshes data when needed and saves disk space

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Basiq Dental is a dental depot. We sell goods to dental professionals. We're located in the Netherlands, in Belgium and Germany. At Basiq Dental we are still growing and we want to be the smart online dental depot. I think we are constantly trying to improve our business and I think that is also why we chose for Data Sync Manager because you can only improve by working with quality data. Before we had Data Sync Manager we had to create our own data. We had to rely on our third party to make a system copy. The disadvantage from that was that they had to make a full copy of our production environment. So it took A) a lot of time and B) a lot of size on our hard disk. I had to make my test scenarios and I need test data for that. And it took some time to get the right test data to test my software developments. We want to decide what and when we want to copy from the productive system. We want to have it in time, we need to have it quickly. And we don't want the full size of a productive system. We were informed by a partner of ours to get in touch with EPI-USE Labs because they had a product which could fulfil that need. Well, the benefits that we get from using Data Sync Manager is that we quickly have test data available. That means I could start a job to get the data from the production system for the coming night And then tomorrow I can import the data into the development system. So in two days I can have Test Data in my development system. I think the ease of use is really great. It also makes a small slice of the productive system, which also helps that we don't need all the disks. Quality of data which has improved considerably and we have happy users. We do use Data Sync Manager six times a year. Every two months we have the data refreshed and then we copy it to our test system and to our development system. I can use the test data again and when the users of the system have to do some tests they can go to the test system with accurate data and do an acceptance test on developments I have done on the system. Data Sync Manager is very useful for people to have reliable data when they want it. When you need a reliable tool, we would advise Data Sync Manager.

The benefit we get from using Data Sync Manager is that we quickly have test data available. This means I could start a job to get the data from the productive system for the coming night, and then tomorrow I can import the data into the development system. So in two days I can have the test data available in the development system.

Ronald Janssen, ABAP Software Engineer, Basiq Dental
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Basiq Dental’s challenge: poor test data and process

Basiq Dental faced a simple challenge:

  • They needed quality test data in their non-productive environments without the long wait for a full system copy
  • They wanted to improve their testing process by having production quality data, but with a reduced footprint

Before we had Data Sync Manager, we had to create our own test data. We also had to rely on a third-party supplier to make an SAP system copy. The disadvantage of that is that they had to make a full copy of our production environment. This took a lot of time, and also took a lot of space on the hard disk

Stijn Wels, Functional Business Consultant, Basiq Dental
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The solution: DSM empowers the team

Basiq Dental bought Client Sync™, part of the Data Sync Manager (DSM) Suite, for their ERP environment. This technology is empowering the team to refresh their own data as they need it.

We wanted to decide what and when to copy from the productive system. We wanted to have it in time - so we wanted it quickly. And we didn’t want the full size of the productive system. A partner of ours suggested EPI-USE Labs because their product would fulfill that need.

Gert-Jan Kouwenberg, ICT Manager & Functional Business Consultant, Basiq Dental
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Result: Basiq Dental has better data quality and ‘happy users’

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Regularly refreshed data in all non-productive systems

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Users are familiar with the data, speeding up the test process

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Smaller slice of data is copied, saving disk space

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Refreshed data when it is needed

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Accurate test data improves the testing

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Quick refresh process

We now use Data Sync Manager six times a year. Every two months, we have data refreshed, and we then copy it to our test system and our development system. The development team can use the test data again, and when the users of the system have to do testing, they can go to the test system with accurate data and do an acceptance test on developments that we have done to the system

Ronald Janssen, ABAP Software Engineer, Basiq Dental
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Industry: Healthcare

Solution: Data Sync Manager (DSM)

About Basiq Dental

Basiq Dental is a dental depot and supplier of dental products based in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Their product selection includes quality brands like 3M, Kuraray, Dentsply, Heraeus-Kulzer and Ivoclar Vivadent. They also supply a wide range of their own private label products called PURE. Basiq Dental’s online store gives easy access for a dentist, dental hygienist, orthodontist or dental assistant to order their dental equipment from a range of over 11 000 items.

Founded in 2003, Basiq Dental is a growing company with 85 employees. The company is committed to the extensive implementation of automation and digitization and is certified by ISO: EN-ISO 9001 and EN-ISO 13485.



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