The Position Hierarchy allows users to construct a hierarchy of positions within their organization to reflect approval routings. It includes the following:

• Multiple users can be associated with a position and allocated responsibility based on account groups, elements, element filters and/or element groups – these are all user-defined.
• Positions are allocated authorization limits – this allows the relevant people to be allocated the most appropriate authorization level. This can be interchangeable for instances such as a key person being absent – the responsibility will be re-allocated to an alternative person.
• Support of multiple Position Hierarchies allows different authorization hierarchies to be set up depending on the type of purchase. For example, and IT purchase will require a different authorization route than a travel purchase.
• Having parameters attached to a position rather than an individual means it is easier to add people in and easier to replace people when they leave.