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1. Success Story:
EGGER Group
“In the past, four days were necessary for the
license measurement. Now the work can be
done in a half day.”
Thomas Berger
IT Management,
Customer Profile: The EGGER Group, based in St. Johann, Tyrol (Austria), is Computing Center SAP-Basis
one of the leading producers of wood-based materials in Europe. In 16 plants
across Europe, the company produces and post-processes over five million
cubic meters of high-quality chipboard, MDF and OSB boards.
Challenge: The company spent four days manually collecting license usage
data. It needed a more efficient way to measure and manage licensing in order
to control license costs.
Solution: FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite centralizes and automates
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the collection of license usage data and the delivery of updates.
Benefits: The EGGER Group reduced license costs by 10 percent
immediately, and now spends just half a day measuring license usage.
Like many Fast, Precise License Optimization • GGER Group reduced its license costs
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large, global After evaluating software solutions to by about 10 percent in just the first
corporations, optimize its SAP licenses, the EGGER round of optimization.
the EGGER Group selected FlexNet Manager for SAP • he team significantly lowered the
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Group uses Business Suite. The solution allows CC to amount of time to report and measure
SAP software to create an efficient and monitor and analyze its SAP license usage on licensing, from four days to half
error-free process for conducting business. centrally to help ensure accurate and a day.
More than 2000 employees of EGGER appropriate licensing. • he resulting license costs can be
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Group use SAP modules, including ERP, collected internally and sent to their
HR, BW, CRM, XI and SolutionManager. Now, EGGER automates the collection respective cost centers.
of license usage data and the delivery
In addition to its daily use of the software, of updates. That insight allows the In the future, EGGER also plans to use
EGGER must maintain and optimize its company to minimize future purchases and the detailed consumption analysis and
SAP processes, a responsibility entrusted to maintenance costs, and allocate license role evaluation within Flexnet Manager
the Computing Center in Tyrol. Previously, costs to various departments appropriately. to realize further efficiencies and ensure
CC tracked SAP license usage by manually compliance.
sorting through Excel files created from In only a few hours, the company installed
data exported from SAP tables – an error- and began using the Flexera Software About The EGGER Group
prone and complicated process. Then, CC solution. Then, CC began evaluating The EGGER Group, based in St. Johann,
had to change user master data regarding license use with the solution without Tyrol (Austria), is one of the leading
license types. The entire process took four any training. producers of wood-based materials in
days to complete. Europe. In 16 plants across Europe, this
Reduces License Costs By 10 Percent trendsetting, family run company produces
The EGGER Group needed faster, easier The EGGER Group automated license and post-processes over five million cubic
ways to see an overview of licenses at management and now has unprecedented meters of high-quality chipboard, MDF
any time, guarantee the proper number transparency into license usage. CC and OSB boards. Founded in 1961, the
of licenses relative to users, and confirm collects and reviews HR data and can company markets its products worldwide
that employees use licenses as intended. adjust master users accordingly. As a and is active in three strategic business
In addition, CC wanted to reduce the result, the company realizes significant segments: decorative (interior design,
time and resources required for license new efficiencies: furniture), construction, and retail (floor
measurement. coverings wholesale and do-it-yourself).

2. About Flexera Software
Flexera Software is the leading provider
of strategic solutions for Application
Usage Management; solutions delivering
continuous compliance, optimized usage
and maximized value to application
producers and their customers. Flexera
Software is trusted by more than
80,000 customers that depend on our
comprehensive solutions- from installation
and licensing, entitlement and compliance
management to application readiness
and enterprise license optimization - to
strategically manage application usage
and achieve breakthrough results realized
only through the systems-level approach we
provide. For more information, please go to:
www.flexerasoftware.com
For more information on
FlexNet Manger Suite please visit:
http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/enterprise-license-optimization.htm
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