Introduction

As customers operate across the globe and work in different product and market combinations, the Authorization and Security functionality allows customers to streamline their logistic processes across different locations, and product and market combinations.

In most organizations, employees are grouped based on the role they execute within the company. A role is different from a function that an employee performs. It is common to have one function but multiple roles, because an employee might contribute to the organization in many ways that must be reflected in the employee’s roles. Roles such as Buyer or Project Manager determine the activities the employee is authorized to perform. The roles of an employee change over time and therefore, customers rely on the role-concept and can use this functionality to:

• Assign authorizations to a new employee, based on the job description.
• Check if the authorization setup is correct.

The Authorization and Security functionality allows the customer to set up authorizations and assign permissions to an employee or employee group for various business processes such as project, requisition and procurement.