A completely new security paradigm needed to be developed in order to accommodate the diversity of access required, while maintaining absolute security. Groups, or Teams, are formed from the 500 members of the Tax unit. Some Teams are Partners only, while others include one Partner and several support staff. A regional Group contains over 50 professionals. Any new combination can be quickly created.
Individual users can belong to multiple groups.
Each Andersen client in the TIMS database can own unlimited multiple companies that are individually indexed. Client files, manuals and reference material are sent down to the 2nd floor and are indexed by several different categories. This makes all files easily accessible to any authorized user, regardless of the capture point. The fact that all files quickly become searchable by any word or phrase extends TIMS capability as a research tool. This has become an unexpected bonus to these extremely busy Partners who initially purchased TIMS as a space saver and file retrieval system.