The biggest challenge for CAD/IT administrators is discovering licenses that are under-utilized or have zero-usage over several months. Running a report that shows a number of licenses that have not been used in the last 365 days, is a clear indication that you may want to negotiate a trade-in or even to stop paying maintenance!
It is certainly important to talk about what is being used, how much, by whom, etc. But it is equally important to look at what is not being used. The Zero Usage report does just that. It shows all features/tools that were not used in a specified period of time.
Managers need to know what is not being used as well as what is there to be used.
Managers need to consider the best ways to make decisions about:
- Cost allocations and overall Engineering expenditure
- Intelligent use of engineering resources
- Spending restrictions
- Resource distribution
Discovering Underutilized or Zero-Use Licenses
The biggest challenge for CAD/IT administrators is discovering licenses that are under-utilized or have zero-use over several months. Do you have a regular report that provides you with this information?
Understanding where licenses are costing your business more money than the value you are receiving is critical to license renewal negotiations.
Running a report that shows a number of licenses have not been used in the last 365 days, is a clear indication that you may want to negotiate a trade-in or even to stop paying maintenance!
At TeamEDA we deliver all the reporting you need to monitor network floating licenses for CAD, simulation software, CAE, FEA, CFD, EDA, MBSE, GIS and PLM, from live, on-demand and regular batch reports.
