When buying a SAP solution, more useable functions are acquired than actually licensed. In most cases, the users end up using these unlicensed functions. But even when it has not been used, the “bad news” will appear during the next license measurement procedure. Such complex, and for each company individually adjusted license models, like the ones offered by the SAP are already hard to monitor. It becomes even more complicated when a different metrics are being used. A manual and error-prone administration makes it almost impossible to carry out. Even the known SAP-Tools are not able to efficiently support the progress.

The standard SAP license measurement does not provide enough performance to guarantee a proper SAP license optimization, since the SAP-System itself might not provide all required data which is necessary to evaluate individual license agreements. The additional information can be analysed and completed with a SAP license optimization tool such as cuDetect s@p. In addition, the SAP measurement does not detect users that have been created twice and inactive users are not being detected at all. Also, users without classification are ranked with the highest level.

Although the management does not run any risk of liability in terms of copyright infringement for insufficient licensing (the SAP offers to upgrade the license stock), the emerging license and service costs are significantly high. In times of high cost pressure, a company can not afford additional costs, especially when it can easily be avoided by using cuDetect s@p.

Also, additional savings capacity can only be discovered and adjusted with a tool-based SAP license optimization. This includes e.g. the clearing of license maintenance errors as well as the correct optimization of license types, which support an economical license management. cuDetect s@p includes all required functions and turns it into simple and easy procedures.

The SAP license optimization system also determines the intensity of use of all SAP systems, not only by users, but also cost centers and other organizational units, supporting a fair distribution of costs and invoicing according to input involved. For this purpose, consumption and usage statistics are created representing the basis for the internal cost allocation or the external invoicing practice.

Yet another crucial part of the SAP license optimization is a correct and comprehensive detection of engines and their intensity of use. For this purpose cuDetect s@p offers a flexible body of rules, regulations, and functions, which can be adjusted to individual license agreements. This does not only play a major role in terms of SAP license measurement, but it is also a crucial part of the fair allocation of SAP system usage according to input involved.

With cuDetect s@p the SAP license management and administration can easily be organized to decrease the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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