Controls and Security · Odoo glossary

Segregation of Duties

Segregation of duties separates conflicting responsibilities, such as creating suppliers, approving bills and releasing payments.

Definition

In general ERP practice

Segregation of duties separates conflicting responsibilities, such as creating suppliers, approving bills and releasing payments. It reduces the chance that one person can both perform and conceal an improper transaction.

In Odoo

Odoo access groups, model permissions and record rules provide the closest enforcement tools, supplemented by configured approvals. Permissions are additive across groups, so review combined access; assigning different job titles alone does not prevent conflicting system actions.

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