In many global companies, engineering teams are spread around the world. Are you responsible for hundreds of Autodesk, Siemens, PTC, Creo or Solidworks licenses? For example, do you have 20% of engineers working in UK that would require their own engineering licenses purchased in that country. Then, 40% of your engineers are located in HongContinue reading “Rearranging Engineering License Estates”
Category Archives: License Management
An Introduction to Engineering Software
This article – “An introduction to Engineering software” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Paul Empringham, European Sales Director, TeamEDA. Originally published in the ITAM Review. What are Engineering tools? A class of software exists in many companies that collectively is known as; “Engineering Software”, typically it is used within organizations providing new product development (NPD)Continue reading “An Introduction to Engineering Software”
How Can Engineering License Monitoring Solutions Help Improve Communications?
Often times, the engineering teams are spread across the world in various functions. What is the most effective way to communicate who is using which FlexLM (or a different engineering) license, when and where. LAMUM provides a bird’s-eye view of all the engineering licenses. This will help with greater transparency with which users, departments, andContinue reading “How Can Engineering License Monitoring Solutions Help Improve Communications?”
Influencing Engineering & IT Software Purchases
There has been a long-standing conversation of who is responsible for purchasing decisions for the needed software engineering and R&D teams need. Should it be high-level leadership like CIOs or more of the functional units themselves? Of course, it is valuable to understand the needs of an organization. This can be done by listening toContinue reading “Influencing Engineering & IT Software Purchases”
Hiring Talent? Look at Existing Engineering Software Inventory
Look at Existing Engineering Licenses Before Buying more – Don’t buy more licenses than you need. This past week, there have been a number of defense companies announcing major hiring events. Managers need to understand current usage trends and inventory levels to make educated decisions. How can companies save on existing licenses? One of theContinue reading “Hiring Talent? Look at Existing Engineering Software Inventory”
Managing Applications Throughout the Engineering Product Life-cycle
Consumer electronics often involve a variety of engineering products throughout the life cycle. Let’s take a printer for example: There are CFD apps to design flow of ink from cartridge to paper EDA for any PCB, chip, processor on board printer, and PLM to manage the whole product life cycle The products your engineering teamContinue reading “Managing Applications Throughout the Engineering Product Life-cycle”
See the Full Picture About Your Engineering Licenses
As growth resumes, engineering managers need to be agile and well-prepared with reporting and information available to them. How can you best respond to the constantly changing times? Having information and statistics about your engineering licenses will be helpful. Engineering teams know they need to spend money on expensive engineering software, but many tools startContinue reading “See the Full Picture About Your Engineering Licenses”
Considerations for Right-Sizing Engineering Software
You may be wondering how many licenses do I need? What are some of the considerations for right-sizing engineering software – Solidworks, Autodesk, NX or any other? How is the engineer productivity impacted by availability or lack of engineering licenses? Current Inventory The first step is knowing what you have. Take a look at theContinue reading “Considerations for Right-Sizing Engineering Software”
Innovating While Monitoring Engineering Applications
Many companies are challenged with the question of “How do you innovate?” In our recent blog, we talked about innovation. Today’s world is becoming increasingly dynamic with a wide variety of tools. How can you keep up with ever-evolving and changing environment? The digital industrial revolution is here. How can you stay competitive while reducingContinue reading “Innovating While Monitoring Engineering Applications”
Adapting with Changing Times
Has the pandemic affected your organization? Are there changes in staffing, priorities and geographies? Make sure you have an up-to-date, accurate software inventory. Did you know that there is an easy solution to monitor and manage all of your engineering software licenses and usage reports that go along? A tool like LAMUM can help you:Continue reading “Adapting with Changing Times”