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Success Story: Global Consumer Packaged Goods Company Challenge: A global consumer packaged goods company with over 100K employees and operations in approximately 75 countries was constantly faced with software vendor audits that resulted in out of compliance positions and large, unbudgeted expenses in the tens of millions of dollars annually. Software across the organization was also being purchased outside of the corporate software agreements, which meant missing out on the lower costs associated with those volume purchase agreements.

The company had no Software Asset Management and License Optimization processes or tools in place and lacked internal expertise in this area.

Solution: The company turned to Flexera Software to implement a Software License Optimization solution globally across the enterprise to ensure cohesive SAM processes that would drive software license compliance and optimized spend. The company relies on a Managed Service from Flexera Software’s Global Consulting Services organization that includes software solutions and consulting services to help ensure they remain in compliance with complex software vendor agreements, purchase only the software licenses required to run their business, and correctly assign the most relevant license type to their users. The Managed Service leverages Flexera Software’s FlexNet Manager Suite solution to proactively manage their SAP, Oracle and desktop software.

Additionally, the company has processes in place to free up unnecessary license spend so it can be reassigned to critical project spend. The Flexera Software Managed Service also allows them to maintain license compliance and be prepared for software vendor audits and true-up negotiations throughout the year.

Benefits: In the first 18 months of using Flexera Software solutions and Managed Services, the company saved over $36,000,000 by proactively managing these key software license assets. They have kept in license compliance and avoided any audits whatsoever from Oracle and SAP who accept the Flexera Software reports as the given position for the global organization. This results in tremendous labor and cost savings by not having to spend time and effort preparing for an audit. The company continues to recognize direct fiscal benefits on a quarterly basis through the assistance of Flexera Software Global Consulting Services as they drive towards an optimal software position.

Going forward, Flexera Software Global Consulting Services will be assisting with the implementation of Flexera Software App Portal, an enterprise app store. This will help employees get what they need for their jobs, while maintaining compliance from the initial point of software request.

About Flexera SoftwareFlexera Software is the leading provider of strategic solut ions for Applicat ion Usage Management; solut ions delivering cont inuous compliance, optimized usage and maximized value to applicat ion producers and their customers. Flexera Software is trusted by more than 80,000 customers that depend on our comprehensive solut ions–from installat ion and licensing, ent it lement and

compliance management to applicat ion readiness and software license optimization–to strategically manage applicat ion usage and achieve breakthrough results realized only through the systems-level approach we provide. For more information, please go to: www.flexerasoftware.com

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