Canopy's philosophy is such that everyone in your organisation should have access to the system. Because of this, Canopy defines a number of user roles with pre-defined permissions so that access to supplier information and execution of tasks may be varied across the pool of users. Canopy adheres to the highest standards of data security, and is committed to ensuring sensitive information is only made available to the right users.
In this article you will learn about:
For more information about Supplier Users, please refer to this article.
Canopy's two groups of user
The Canopy platform is a conduit of communication between two groups of user:
- Internal Users: these are employees of the customer organisation, including buyers, procurement teams, sourcing manager, category managers, AP clerks, finance users, legal, compliance teams, IT, and senior management.
- Supplier Users: these are employees of the supplier organisation, with responsibility to maintain their Supplier Profile snd ensure the information that is being used to trade with them remains up to date.
Types of internal user role
Users who are internal to the customer organisation may be granted an array of user permissions governing the information they have access to, editability rights and the ability to make supply chain decisions, such as approving a supplier. These permissions are packaged into a set of User Roles. A single internal user may assigned to more than User Role, which grants them the permissions of all the roles they are assigned to.
User Roles are divided into a number of groups, as follows: