Re: Restricting Inventory Transactions

Tom

Although this problem is difficult to solve in BPCS I know of a product that
will allow you to track who is using what programs and when. It's called
eXert and comes from Abacus Ltd (www.abacus.gg) . They focus on compliance
but because the product tracks data on all the programs that a user is
accessing and reports on user, date, time, IP address, device etc. it has
good security uses. You could easily find out who was using what programs
and prevent it happening again. What you are also able to monitor with this
product is that the number of concurrent users that you have is in line with
your BPCS licence. If you are thinking of upgrading your iSeries you will
have proof of your number of concurrent users before you start negotiating
with Infor on the cost

Best regards
 
David Myers
 
AIDC Solutions Limited
Direct : +44 (0)1422 881920
Mobile: +44 (0)7715 487011
Office : +44 (0)1489 611636
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+dmyers=idvelocity.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+dmyers=idvelocity.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Molyneux, Tom
Sent: 25 January 2007 13:33
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Subject: [BPCS-L] Restricting Inventory Transactions

We are on V6.04, July Cum.

Up to now, we haven't tried to restrict a user's access to selected
Inventory Transactions when we set up a user in SYS600. We have used
menu restrictions to restrict what our users can do. But we would like
to investigate the possibilities.

What are the ramifications of doing so? 

I'm not sure what happens if, for example, we take away a user's
authority to do "B" transactions but leave "Pick Confirm" on their menu.
If they run Pick Confirm, which generates "B" transactions, does it bomb
out or not start at all ?

When doing Inventory enquiries, does the user still see transactions of
types that they aren't authorised to ?

I'm sure Infor will have thought this through and it will hang together,
but I want to be sure before we start restricting users in this way.

Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

Tom Molyneux

National Oilwell Varco
Mono Pumps Limited
MIS Department

Tel.      0161 214 2142
Fax.     0161 214 2344
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