Case Study: Baker Hughes saves $1.7 million in 30 days with OpenLM

Saved ~$1.7 Million in Just 30-days

Baker Hughes, a large energy company with more than 80,000 employees and contractors, faced major software licensing and management challenges during the GE Oil and Gas merger and later separation. With changing infrastructure, rising license costs, and limited visibility into usage, the company needed a way to monitor demand, control access, and manage engineering software more effectively, especially for tools like Ansys and SolidWorks.

Baker Hughes deployed OpenLM, including OpenLM reporting and monitoring for Ansys, to identify usage patterns, reduce license hoarding, guide user behavior, and quantify actual capacity needs. OpenLM helped the company avoid overbuying licenses, reduce peak demand, and save about $1.7 million in just 30 days, while also contributing to earlier savings of $120,000 on a SolidWorks renewal and supporting a clearer long-term software monitoring strategy.

Baker Hughes

Jason Olsen

Senior Engineer