You can create departments, link them with records in other modules and use them to manage permissions. An employee can have a main department, but be a participant in several departments.
Permissions
Permissions and accesses in the system can be managed at department level. You can select an employee's main department or participation in a department on the Employee form or under the Participants and Employees with main department tabs for the department in the department module.
Note: Own department in the permissions matrix applies to the department where the employee is a participant or the employee's main department. If accesses and permissions are managed on a department level and the users do not have access to data with no department, records must be linked to a department for users to have access to them.
There are options on the control panel for the modules that prevent department users from accessing data that is not linked to a department. This option applies only to the system groups and not to own groups where employees are granted permissions.
Nonconformities
It is possible to select a default non-conformance responsible and processor for each department. This could, for example, be a department manager. This option can be used to more efficiently assign nonconformities to the right person. See configuration of basic data for a guide on how to select where default responsible and processor should be retrieved from for the types.
Tasks
It is possible to select a default task responsible for each department. If a department has a task responsible and the department is linked to a task, the responsible for the task is populated automatically with the selected task responsible.
Default non-conformance responsible- and processor and default task responsible are selected on the department's form:
