The following is a list, and description of, company types in Unifier:
- Owner Company (also referred to as the Sponsor Company)
- Partner Company
- Member Company
The following explains each company type in detail.
Owner Company (Sponsor Company)
The entity that engages in business and has the complete control (or ownership) of the Unifier application with all its rights and privileges. An Owner Company (Sponsor Company), commissions projects or shells. Projects and shells are created in Unifier under the Owner Company, as projects and shells.
Note: Projects and shells are a collaboration space allowing users to collaborate and coordinate efforts during the execution of a project.
A Sponsor Company may have one, many, or no partners.
Partner Company
A Partner Company is a consultant, a contractor, or a vendor company which is associated with a Sponsor Company. A Partner Company may work with the Sponsor Company on all, or only some, of the Sponsor Company projects or shells.
Member Company
When a Partner Company participates in a project or shell, the Partner Company becomes a Member Company in that project or shell, and the Partner Company users that are added to the project or shell become the Member Company users.
Note: Project and shell access is limited to Unifier users (including Sponsor Company users or Member Company users) who are chosen for the project or shell and permissions are configurable for each company.
Unifier allows adding Partner Company/ Member Company to enable project users to collaborate on (and coordinate) the execution of a project.
To access the User Administration node, go to Company Workspace > Admin mode > User Administration. The following explains each sub-node in details.