Discover how smarter AVEVA license management helps automotive manufacturers optimize costs, ensure compliance, and maximize ROI with Open iT.
The automotive sector is in the midst of a profound shift. Vehicles are being redefined from purely mechanical machines into sophisticated platforms that embody electrification, connectivity, and intelligence. These changes amplify the demand for advanced engineering and simulation solutions, with AVEVA playing a pivotal role in driving digital design and industrial innovation.
For manufacturers, the ability to manage AVEVA software licenses effectively has become essential. It’s not simply about access to tools. It’s about ensuring that investments are fully utilized, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.
CONNECT: Turn AVEVA License Data Into a Competitive Edge
AVEVA License Management Challenges
Automotive manufacturers rely heavily on AVEVA solutions for plant design, simulation, and collaboration. However, as software portfolios expand, so do challenges around:
- Rising license costs driven by global engineering demand
- Overlapping usage across distributed teams
- Difficulty ensuring software license compliance
- Lack of visibility into actual license utilization
- Limited ability to forecast future requirements
Traditional spreadsheets and manual oversight cannot keep pace with the scale of today’s software demands. Automotive enterprises need automated, data-driven software license tracking systems to stay ahead.
4 Reasons Why Smarter License Management Matters
Effective software license management is about more than avoiding overspending. It ensures that mission-critical AVEVA applications are available when engineers need them most, without waste or compliance risks. For automotive manufacturers, this translates into:
1. Higher ROI on Software Investments
Aligning license purchases with real-world usage ensures resources are not locked in idle or unused licenses.
2. Accelerated Time-to-Market
Engineers gain access to the right tools when they need them, minimizing delays in vehicle development cycles.
3. Reduced Compliance Risk
Proactive software license auditing safeguards organizations from costly penalties or interruptions.
4. Scalable Operations
Data-driven insights make it possible to forecast license requirements in sync with production and R&D goals.
Open iT + AVEVA: Driving Visibility and Control
Open iT delivers specialized solutions for AVEVA environments, helping organizations transform raw license data into actionable insights. Its software license usage monitoring and reporting capabilities provide a comprehensive view of how licenses are consumed across teams, projects, and regions.
Key Capabilities Include:
1. License and Token Usage Reporting
- Open iT gathers data from various sources, including AVEVA license servers, capturing utilization and availability in real time.
- Metrics include user concurrency, group-level usage, and both individual and total token consumption.
2. Enhanced Reporting with Version 10.2
- The latest release of LicenseAnalyzer strengthens AVEVA Cloud reporting.
- Provides detailed activity tracking, session duration insights, and seamless integration with analytics platforms like Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and ServiceNow.
3. Cloud and On-Premise Compatibility
- Open iT supports AVEVA Cloud as well as on-premise deployments, offering flexibility for manufacturers at different stages of digital transformation.
- Integration extends across other key license managers (FlexNet, DSLS, IBM LUM, and more), enabling centralized oversight of multi-vendor software ecosystems.
4. Seamless Integration and Global Support
- Open iT provides configuration guidance for polling and parsing, ensuring accurate and consistent data collection.
- Multilingual readiness and global support make it ideal for multinational automotive enterprises with distributed teams.
Turning Data Into Business Value
The true value of Open iT lies not just in data collection, but in its ability to deliver actionable insights through license usage analytics. Automotive manufacturers can leverage these insights to:
- Right-size license portfolios by identifying underutilized or idle licenses.
- Forecast demand for specific AVEVA applications during high-development phases, such as electric vehicle modeling or autonomous systems testing.
- Support compliance audits with detailed, real-time reporting that proves proper usage and entitlement alignment.
- Improve collaboration by ensuring licenses are distributed efficiently across global engineering hubs.
In short, smarter AVEVA license management powered by Open iT enables companies to optimize current resources while preparing for future growth.
The Fast Lane to ROI
As the automotive sector shifts toward connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles, reliance on complex engineering platforms like AVEVA will only intensify. Organizations that continue to manage licenses manually risk overspending, compliance failures, and operational bottlenecks.
By embracing smarter license management with Open iT, automotive manufacturers gain more than just visibility—they secure control, agility, and long-term ROI from their software ecosystems. From software license usage monitoring to software license auditing, Open iT ensures that every license drives value, every investment fuels innovation, and every decision accelerates business outcomes.
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