SAP software licensing is complex. Very often, this results in over-licensing and excessive spending on SAP applications.
The inbuilt SAP Licence Management tools are Manual and limit to system configuration measurement – not the real SAP License usage. It is Customer’s responsibility to optimize their license utilization, on a continuous basis. The inbuilt SAP tools (SLAW, USMM) do not perform an intelligent re-adjustments for cost efficiency. More often, Unused licenses (shelf-ware) are not counted against a license deficit. So implications, if any impact customers adversely.
So, it pays off to manage your license-strategy proactively. Gartner Says Organisations Can Cut Software Costs by 30 Percent Using Three Best Practices – one of them being using a SAM Tool A SAM tool which can automate, accelerate and improve manual processes. It can pay dividends over manual alternatives, and can often pay for itself. samQ not only fits in that space, precisely but is also the best in class. (https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/software-asset-management-tools/vendor/voquz-labs/product/samq)
samQ delivers the following, and much more –
- Automatic licensing on a usage basis or according to assigned authorizations
- Permanent automatic maintenance of the most cost-effective license distribution while maintaining SAP compliance
- Disclosure of over or under-licensing
- Targeted (re)purchase of the optimal license types using the entire possible range of SAP licenses
- Automatic monitoring of Digital Access and other indirect usage
- Central license optimization in all connected systems reduces the previous manual effort by up to 80%
- License information is made available transparently and centrally
- USMM protocols are generated centrally at the push of a button and the annual measurement can be started centrally in samQ
- All measurable engine values can be bundled under the corresponding material numbers in the dashboard and their current values displayed
- Support for the analysis for the license model change to S/4HANA or RISE with SAP in the form of FUEs
- And a lot more.
Talk to us for more on our flexible engagement models and how samQ could benefit your organisation.