Arena PLM + QMS for AWS GovCloud
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Nice visual interface, terrible user interface for QMS.
What do you like best about the product?
The layout and and options for fields are ok.
What do you dislike about the product?
The structure of the system is far too limited to be useful for a complaint database. The field types are limited and lack integration into other sections of the quality process. The inability to choose how to view and sort based on fields is beyond frustrating.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
None.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would not use Arena for a complaint handling QMS.
Great organization and functionability
What do you like best about the product?
The organization and cross-functionality of Arena PLM and QMS
What do you dislike about the product?
There are too many options for some of the features in the PLM that don't necessarily apply to our needs
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving organizational problems and having a place to archive everything we have
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would definitely recommend Arena PLM & QMS for product management, quality management, and overall documentation. It is effective in being an easily accessible place to file everything and to share documents. It is the most cross-functional application that we have used, and it serves as a central place for all departments to share and document things.
Storage of documentation for QMS purpose
What do you like best about the product?
I like training management the most, recurrence of trainings setup
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that item numbers are not generated in word directly as heather
I dislike that the tool is customizable up to a certain extent. E.G. Arena PLM marketing claims to have CAPA solution. I do have in my Arena-Quality a CAPA template but this cannot really be used as CAPA tool. Limitations are:
- Confidentiality of information
- File can be addeded and modified even after sign off.
I dislike that the tool is customizable up to a certain extent. E.G. Arena PLM marketing claims to have CAPA solution. I do have in my Arena-Quality a CAPA template but this cannot really be used as CAPA tool. Limitations are:
- Confidentiality of information
- File can be addeded and modified even after sign off.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
electronic signatures only, but the amount of work for training myself in how to use the tool was huge
Recommendations to others considering the product:
write your requirement for an e-QMS tool before choosing any of them available in the market
Product Lifecycle management across multiple sites around the world
What do you like best about the product?
Arena parts management is very robust. There are quirks for sure, but we haven't come across a single bug yet.
The revision control and Engineering change process is smooth and easy to follow for teams including Engineers, Purchasing, Quality, Compliance and Shop floor.
Arena provides supplier access for major vendors and contract manufacturers to ensure up-to-date information is always available, whether it's approved manufacturer part numbers, latest revision of BOMs or drawings and CAD files.
The revision control and Engineering change process is smooth and easy to follow for teams including Engineers, Purchasing, Quality, Compliance and Shop floor.
Arena provides supplier access for major vendors and contract manufacturers to ensure up-to-date information is always available, whether it's approved manufacturer part numbers, latest revision of BOMs or drawings and CAD files.
What do you dislike about the product?
Very little customization. If you want to export a BOM with particular fields you can, as long as they are the fields that Arena have chosen to let you use (HINT: not all of them).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
BOM management and revision control.
Supplier management.
Spec Sheets, Drawings and CAD files.
Change Requests and Change Orders.
Supplier management.
Spec Sheets, Drawings and CAD files.
Change Requests and Change Orders.
Software tries to do too much, resulting in a complex mess
What do you like best about the product?
The interface for managing training is helpful for managing large amounts of training modules. Document and approval routing is built it, along with repository of documents.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's no pre-set approval paths, notifying additional users takes 3-4 clicks, that a simple UI change could improve. The search mechanism is lacking as different areas require different search parameters, you have to know exactly where to do your search to get the right results, this simple fact makes it challenging to find a document you know exists in Arena, but are unsure which category or state it is in.
Training is force refreshed for EVERY update (i.e. forces retraining), no matter how small. Nor does it highlight the changes required to be reviewed.
In the end it's purely a process management tool, but without the correct thought, design and overall guidance, becomes a complicated mess.
Training is force refreshed for EVERY update (i.e. forces retraining), no matter how small. Nor does it highlight the changes required to be reviewed.
In the end it's purely a process management tool, but without the correct thought, design and overall guidance, becomes a complicated mess.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Simplifies training management, and tracking. Automatically notifies late assignments and reminders.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Could be useful to use different tools to manage only portions relevant at your scale
Arena successfully captures BOM and revision control in one interface.
What do you like best about the product?
The interface is very user friends and becoming familiar with Arena does not take long.
What do you dislike about the product?
I use two different work spaces in Arena and it would be helpful to be able to reference them both at the same time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Arena has helped stream line communication with our customer and better grasp ECs and revision changes.
Helps the company run
What do you like best about the product?
The web portal enables us to build BOMs effectively, and quickly look up any information we need.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of obvious functionality to expand the use of Arena to control stock and orders without the need for external software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has enabled us to assign part numbers quickly, build a set of BOMs which we are relying on every day to run our business, that we were previously doing through spreadsheets which are not reliable.
modern change and BOM control system
What do you like best about the product?
Arena is a modern way to mantain updated your bill of material. I have been using different system and ARENA is one of the most modern ones. You are able to control the changes and notify all of them in an easy way.
In addition to that, you can create your own export template and download all the information just as you need it. The validation and approval release is also very well implement and all the changes can be easily deployed
In addition to that, you can create your own export template and download all the information just as you need it. The validation and approval release is also very well implement and all the changes can be easily deployed
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no any blocking point to dislike arena. In any case, will be helpful to add some kind of templates to summarize the changes. The notification that you get from the email s quite short and in some cases could be needed to add an additional file to provide clear evidence of the change created in ARENA.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Customer bill of materials management and release .
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Very good software to manage your data in a easy and modern way. It s not complex as ther solution in the market
Arena is the best
What do you like best about the product?
I really like Arena PLM's intuitiveness.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like how I can't copy the same BOM specs from one part number to another.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am capable of tracking all of my products through the phases of our design process.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You should use it.
Great product for document control
What do you like best about the product?
My primary interaction with Arena is for document control. I like the ability to store and retrieve drawings and specifications under one controlled location. As a purchasing manager I use Arena to access our documents before placing PO's. It reduces the risks of having multiple locations and files that are unorganized. Our QC team has better control over documents being up to date and organized.
What do you dislike about the product?
My experience with Arena is minimal, so I have yet to find a feature that I don't like.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Arena allows our company to organize and share quality documents in one convenient and controlled environment. Our team members can initiate, share and approve DCO's easily. Our quality department also uses Arena to store SOP's and work instructions. They are able to send out training requirements to each employee, who then completes the training and signs off as completed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I highly recommend using Arena if you are looking for a comprehensive quality software.
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