Case study Automotive

Improve Segregation of Duties and Access Controls in Oracle E-Business Suite

A global supplier of drivetrain, mobility and braking solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets replaced multiple legacy systems with one ERP, and needed consistent access roles across its subsidiaries.

$50,000 savedannually in audit and remediation costs

80% fewermanual steps in user provisioning

IndustryAutomotive

RegionUnited States headquarters, with technical centres in Europe, Asia/Pacific and South America

Size8,000+ employees; founded over 100 years ago

Primary ERPOracle E-Business Suite

Challenges

Replace multiple legacy systems with one ERP solution
Improve segregation-of-duty controls within mission-critical applications
Maintain consistent ERP system access roles across subsidiaries, leveraging the shared-services model
Increase the external auditor's reliance on ERP access controls monitoring

Results

Reduced user provisioning time by identifying and eliminating 80% of manual steps, saving over $50,000 a year in audit and remediation costs
Created access policies to ensure compliance during the user provisioning process
Lowered ERP total cost of ownership by reducing SoD remediation time and cost, ensuring users are assigned only pre-approved roles
Improved SoD and access controls testing time by giving auditors access-log reports showing all updates, reviews and approvals of role design changes
Accelerated ERP access approval time by identifying valid segregation-of-duties conflicts before roles are assigned to users

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What this story shows

80% of manual provisioning steps eliminated, saving over $50,000 a year
Users receive only pre-approved roles, so SoD remediation happens before assignment
Auditors rely on access-log evidence rather than sampling