Tag: License Models

Improve Product Lifecycle Management Processes to Reduce SKU Count

One of the behaviors that we see with many software companies and high-tech manufacturers is SKU proliferation. When SKU counts are in the thousands or tens of thousands of items, the task of pruning the product line can become increasingly difficult.  This, in turn, exacerbates the SKU problem as something for someone else to solve.   In addition to the problems mentioned in the previous blog post, the proliferation of product data also can unde…

September 3, 2009 Cris Wendt

Flexible License Models– Which One is Right For You?

In the previous blogs, we discussed subscription based licensing which combines the right-to-use along with access to software updates for typically a yearly fee. This week’s blog looks at a few examples of Usage Based Models. All of the commonly usage-based license models will have five important elements that are often “throttled” to achieve different business results: The breadth of software access (some or all products) The term (or combinat…

July 22, 2009 Flexera