Tiers define the organizational structure of an organization for employee assignments. Tiers are static. Tier levels should be determined by a company's organizational chart and defined during implementation or when a new tier unit is formed. Often defined for Human Resource purposes, tiers also can further define general ledger accounts for financial reporting.
A Company Code is the highest level of the organizational structure and rolls-up Locations, Departments, and other tiers. Most tier codes tables include a Supervisor to define the organizational unit's leader.
Hierarchy
Tier codes can interact between levels. Linking tiers in a hierarchical way will help filter records when an employee's organizational assignment is changed.
Define each tier on the validation table for the appropriate level. With a hierarchical setup, if a particular Department (level 2) is selected on an employee's Organization, the tier selection may limit the available Tier 3 Code selections. However, on the Tier 3 Codes Table, the Tier 2 level (Department Code) field is optional. Use Tiers 3 up to 7 to represent additional organizational levels within a company as needed.
Employees are associated with the organization's structure on the Organization tab within Employee Master records.
Instead of tiers, the Labor Segments are primarily used for payroll, budget distribution, and general ledger distributions in financial reporting.