Case Study: Home Meridian International achieves instant visibility into access control risks and a 75% reduction in SOD conflicts with ERP Maestro

Home Furnishings Brand, Home Meridian International, Gains Instant Visibility Into Access Control Risks

Home Meridian International, the parent company of six furniture brands, needed rapid visibility into Segregation of Duties (SOD) risks after becoming a publicly traded company. With manual, fragmented SAP reporting that consumed more than 25% of Director of IT Technical Services Alan Needham’s weekly time and a small three-person IT team, HMI sought a fast, easy-to-manage solution and selected ERP Maestro’s cloud Access Analyzer.

ERP Maestro implemented Access Analyzer (including the User Conflict Matrix and Business Process Owner reports) and an at-a-glance dashboard, delivering results in under an hour. The tool provided immediate, granular SOD reports, cut Alan’s reporting time to a few hours per month, reduced SOD conflicts by over 75%, and enabled monthly monitoring and quarterly reviews—allowing ERP Maestro to focus remediation on unmitigated risks and simplify audit responses.

Home Meridian International

Alan Needham

Director, IT Technical Services