Govern

The Govern pillar helps you run with operational confidence: traceability, access control, audit, and evidence across lots, serials, tags, and chain events. Lead with provenance, verification, attestation, custody, and evidence; distributed-ledger or chain-backed mechanisms are implementation options, not the headline for most buyers.

Operating model — Approve: In Sense → Decide → Approve → Execute → Improve, Govern is where approval becomes concrete: roles, policy, segregation of duties, evidence, and audit before and after Execute. Technical mechanics of loops and transitions: Loops and Platform architecture.

Category context (not duplicated here): Trust & governance on betterdata.co.

What you'll find here

Govern includes:

• Trust & traceability: Lots, serials, traceability reports, signal tags, recalls, quarantine
• Access control: Users, people, roles & policies, organizations, locations
• Audit & compliance: System audit log, compliance rules, policies
• Brand & network security: Merchant settings, signal tags, tokenizer, trade networks
• Configuration: Budget codes, GL accounts, settings, API access

Key features

Trust & traceability

• Trust Dashboard - Overview of trust and traceability
• Lots - Manage lot numbers and batch tracking
• Serial Numbers - Track serialized inventory
• Traceability Reports - Full chain of custody reports
• Signal Tags - Cryptographically verifiable tags and scans (evidence-first; optional ledger-backed deployments)
• Recalls - Manage product recalls
• Quarantine - Quarantine inventory
• Expiry Management - Manage expiration tracking

Access control

• Users - Manage user accounts
• People - Manage contacts and parties
• Roles & Policies - Configure RBAC and permissions
• Organizations - Manage multi-org structure
• Locations - Configure locations and types

Audit & compliance

• System Audit Log - View all system changes
• Compliance Rules - Configure compliance rules
• Policies - Manage policies

Brand & network security

• My Merchant - Merchant/federation settings
• Signal Tags - Tag verification and custody controls
• Tokenizer - Token management
• Trade Networks - Network configuration

Configuration

• Budget Codes - Configure budget codes
• GL Accounts - General ledger accounts
• Settings - General settings
• API Access - API keys and integration settings

Recommended setup paths

Trust & traceability

1. Configure Lots tracking for products
2. Set up Serial Numbers for serialized items
3. Configure Traceability Reports for compliance
4. Set up Signal Tags for brand protection and verification evidence

Access control

1. Create Users and assign to People
2. Configure Roles & Policies with appropriate permissions
3. Set up Organizations for multi-org networks
4. Configure Locations and location types

Compliance

1. Configure Compliance Rules for your industry
2. Set up Policies for operational compliance
3. Enable System Audit Log for tracking
4. Review audit logs regularly for compliance

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Related pages

• Sense — What's happening now
• Decide — Planning and recommendations
• Execute — Actions after authority and policy
• Improve — Measure and optimize
• Loops — Governed transitions (often where approval gates attach)

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Permissions & roles