In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, companies are re-evaluating the needed commercial engineering and R&D tools. Many teams are returning back to the office, but the future is still unclear. Teams do know they now need to move even quicker in their decision making...
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...
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...
As growth resumes, engineering managers must be agile and well-prepared. In today’s constantly changing environment, access to accurate and timely reporting about engineering software licenses is more important than ever. Engineering teams recognize that high-value...
Siemens Delivers Artificial Intelligence-powered CAD Sketching in NX Siemens Digital Industries Software has recently announced in their press release that their new NX Sketch software tool can be used for capturing concepts in 2D. Here are a few highlights: Users can...
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...
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...
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...
Did you know that you can save close to ~$50,000 on CAD / CAE / EDA / PLM tools? COVID-19 has forced many engineering organizations to downsize. With downsizing, your need for CAD / CAE / EDA / PLM tools will decrease. But by how much? In order to properly size your...
This blog is part of TeamEDA's broader resource on software license management. If you are new to the topic, that is a good place to start before diving in here. We have recently had many discussions at TeamEDA about the need for innovation and that companies must...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
This blog is part of TeamEDA's broader resource on software license management. If you are new to the topic, that is a good place to start before diving in here. Has your organization over and / or under-purchased licenses? Are you maximizing the cost efficiency of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....