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Once the enterprise-wide hardware and software installations are well understood, the next step in the SAM process is to determine exactly what software has been purchased.
- ECM PO Import—ManageSoft Business Importer (MBI) enables organizations to import purchase order (PO) data into the ECM repository from various procurement systems
 - ECM Utilizes SKUs—when stock keeping unit (SKU) information is included on the PO, ECM utilizes its SKU library to automatically determine the application publisher, title, version and edition for each line item
- Purchased versus Installed Reconciliation—ECM compares purchases to installed software
ManageSoft Business Importer (MBI)
The ManageSoft Business Importer (MBI) can be configured to import all the required purchase order, invoice and license data from your financial or ERP system. A variety of information can be imported, including:
- Software license purchase orders
- Software license SKUs
- Software license fees
- Software maintenance fees
- Payment schedules
- Computer purchases
With license and maintenance fees and payment schedule information ECM can generate alerts and reports on pending contract renewals and associated payments. ECM enables you to identify significant cost savings on license purchases and maintenance renewals, and helps you manage your IT budget, and cash flow.
ECM SKU Library
Enterprise Compliance Manager has a SKU Library of more than 140,000 software product SKUs. The SKU Library:
- Improves information accuracy— SKU information dramatically improves accuracy over a manual process that only uses the item description information.
- Reduces manual effort— ECM can save a considerable amount of manual work by automatically importing the SKU numbers from all your purchase orders and extracting all of the relevant application and licensing details.
For more information about how ECM can help optimize your software assets by reconciling your license purchases against software installations, download the free Best Practice Software Asset Management white paper, or contact your nearest ManageSoft representative to arrange for a free Enterprise Compliance Manager demonstration. |
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