It's a familiar story: a new employee shows up on day one, laptop in hand, ready to work, only to spend the next three days waiting for access to email, shared drives, and the applications their job depends on. IT teams juggle tickets, managers chase approvals, and productivity stalls before it starts. Manual provisioning doesn't just slow onboarding. It also creates security gaps. Teams often grant access on an ad hoc basis, assign more permissions than users need, and fail to remove unnecessary access.