Cataloguing Software Products

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Cataloguing Software Products Consumables
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Challenges

• Software Licensing policy requires a separate
  license to be used for every single machine.
• Software are purchased in bulk and can have a
  series of licenses.
• Many a times the licenses are just paper and
  there may not be a media with every license
  purchased.
• There are some software available to manage the
  software but integration to projects , group
  heads etc. is very complex.
• Media is initially blank eg CDs and the software
  details are recorded on the same changing its
  nomenclature.

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Cataloguing Software Products
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Benefits Areas

• License Status Report on Software Name , No of
  licenses , used licenses , balance.
• Machine wise report Details of software loaded
  on every machine.
• Freeware / Evaluation Copy Details on
  Evaluation copies and freeware available.
• Media Details Management of blank media and
  details about the information stored on the same.
• Every easy management of issue / return of
  consumables like CDs , Video Cassettes.