There are many reports available in LAMUM. This guide will walk you through them. We recommend determining with your management about which reports are most useful. Current Checkout Reports Realtime data Who has licenses checked out, and for how long Catch hoarders...
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Software License Optimization – Don’t Forget Your Engineers!
Are you working on a software optimization project – perhaps Microsoft optimization? Don’t forget your engineering teams as part of this project. When looking at which software and license to consolidate, make sure you have the data you need for license...
Ready for License Negotiations? Make Sure You Have the Data You Need
At TeamEDA we assist global companies with license usage analysis for Engineering Software (CAD, EDA, Simulation, Math, etc.) and assist them in identifying costs savings, on average 20% of their annual license spend. We are proud to have helped many companies choose...
Ways to Use Active (LAMUM) & Inactive (LAM) Metrics
Managing engineering licenses? Did you know that there are different licenses and 2 types of metrics you can monitor: Active Metrics - Floating / network licenses (LAMUM)Inactive Metrics - Node-locked and Named-users (LAM) With these licenses, engineering license...
Engineering Software Management: Cross-Functional & Cross-Industry Solutions
Over the years, we are proud to have built a comprehensive engineering management solution that addresses many job functions and industries. Ask us how you can save on your engineering software spend.
Can You Save Valuable Engineering Resources?
Can engineering software management help your company make smarter business decisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4MI7KwZFf2E The pandemic has forced many companies to face budget cuts. Is this a good time to consider how your company is using expensive engineering...
Network Licenses & How They Work
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wauNf8oW7e8 Say we are looking at EDA applications (i.e. Mentor Graphics), they request a feature / license from centralized licenses server. Vendor daemon see if you are allowed to obtain one. The idea is that these floating licenses can...
Saving on Engineering Software – Adapting During These Changing Times
In today’s fast-changing engineering world, managing software costs effectively is more important than ever. Many companies don’t realize they are overspending on engineering software. Not because they need more tools, but because they are not managing their licenses...
Chargebacks for Engineering Software
Chargebacks for engineering software are crucial but take so much time. Engineering teams are consistently asked to align with business objectives by ensuring costs and charges are billed back appropriately by project, department, or individual manager. What if there...
Growing Changes in Chip Design & Need for Increasing EDA Tools
There has recently been a lot of articles about designing chips with AI (artificial intelligence) in them. TechExplore recently discussed recent trends and how the costs are affecting the manufacturing of chips. A McKinsey study highlights that this could bring in...
User & Group Detail Usage Reports
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
How Does LAMUM Gather Data?
You may be wondering how does LAMUM gather data. Here we discuss how LAMUM collects data for Inventory/Asset, Renewal and Vendor and Usage data (for the various license types). Inventory/Asset, Renewal and Vendor data: Quickly import (anything in an Excel...
IT Chargebacks for Engineering Applications
Chargebacks for IT software and services can often be an emotive topic within organizations. Engineering and IT departments may have the same goal. That is to ensure efficient operations, but they often approach cost allocation from very different perspectives. Here’s...
Planning an EDA, CAD, FEA, PLM or ALM upgrade? How well do you know your users?
A few years ago, during an intensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase, a familiar scenario unfolded: “Why are Robert and his team using advanced features in the model viewer? I’m not sure we have enough licenses for this new version. How did we miss this?” For many...
Added Functionality: JSON Export for Tableau
In LAMUM, our Engineering Software license intelligence platform, we deliver hundreds of reports through interactive, on-demand favorites or batch delivered (Take a look at our YouTube videos to learn more about various functionality). By always innovating, we also...
Understanding Usage Patterns & Trends
Tracking how your engineering team uses software is essential for managing resources efficiently. With LAMUM (License Asset Manager with Usage Monitoring), organizations gain clear visibility into usage patterns, license demand, and group behavior. LAMUM makes...
