Are you interested in looking at usage for individual engineer or groups? LAMUM has a variety of reports to look at details of each. User Detail Reports Usage Report by User shows all Tools used by a specified Engineer in a given period of time. Users Report by Tag/Tool shows: The name of each User who usedContinue reading “User & Group Detail Usage Reports”
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Managing IT Inventory Review in a Quickly Changing Environment
The current economy and the pandemic has emphasized the need to cut costs and preserve cash on hand for all companies. Workplaces are changing and trying to navigate and optimize their processes. Is now the time to consider your engineering software asset inventory? “It’s often said that “you can’t cut your way to growth,” butContinue reading “Managing IT Inventory Review in a Quickly Changing Environment”
Are You Managing EDA License Consolidation & Optimization?
You are probably using a number of different engineering software programs for design. But do you have a method currently to track whether you have more licenses for the software than is needed? Or where use is so low on some software, it would be more economic to move the users to a different solution?Continue reading “Are You Managing EDA License Consolidation & Optimization?”
Daemon Manager & FlexLM
Did you know that about 80% of floating license types are FlexLM? How are you monitoring FlexLM usage? Many Vendors use FlexLM to control checkouts for their applications. The daemon is what monitors and limits those checkouts. With the Daemon Manager it possible for you as the administrator to have more control over your licensingContinue reading “Daemon Manager & FlexLM”
Engineering Software License Efficiency & Cost Management
Has your organization over and / or under-purchased licenses? Are you maximizing the cost efficiency of licenses? Are there periods where licenses are underutilized because everyone is in meetings or in the field? Making the most of the Engineering and IT spend has becoming increasingly crucial for companies to continue operating successfully. Today, many companiesContinue reading “Engineering Software License Efficiency & Cost Management”
On-Demand Reports
On-demand Reports are one-click, commonly needed reports. The data in these reports is real-time and includes most current data. LAMUM offers 3 ways to create on-demand reports. “Favorite” in your browser Create the report you want. Save the URL as a Favorite in your browser. Give it a user-friendly name. When clicked, the Favorite willContinue reading “On-Demand Reports”
Types of Automated Alerts
Are you managing expensive licenses such as Cadence, Mentor, NX, ProE, Ansys, Matlab, among others? Your team or manager may want to get notifications pertaining to those licenses. There are automatic Alerts available in LAMUM for better engineering license management: Contract Renewal Alert Get an email Alert 30 or 60 days before a Contract RenewalContinue reading “Types of Automated Alerts”
Engineering Software Asset Optimization
The last couple of months have been a challenge for companies big and small. Engineering departments around the world are trying to figure out the best ways to manage and contain costs and meet ever-changing demands. Many know just how expensive engineering software could be and want to make sure that educated decisions are madeContinue reading “Engineering Software Asset Optimization”
It’s 10 PM. Who Checked Out the Engineering License?
It’s 10PM, and you need to use one of the engineering licenses (Autodesk, Ansys, Siemens NX, Creo or any other tool). There is an urgent need to either make modifications for a current project or design something new. Or there is a need to cut expenses quickly or adjust the engineering spend. Who are you going to call? YouContinue reading “It’s 10 PM. Who Checked Out the Engineering License?”
Reports With LAMUM
LAMUM is a very useful usage reporting tool that engineering teams can use to have a more detailed view on license utilization, bottlenecks and requirements. Companies can look at the reports to see general trends as well as more specific detailed analysis. Engineering teams have liked a number of reports such as: Real time/current usageContinue reading “Reports With LAMUM”