Arena PLM + QMS for AWS GovCloud
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Arena Global Administrator
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to store ALL product documentation in a single location.
The ability to interact with our SAP ERP system, not natively, but can be done with in-house IT talent.
The ability to present one source of data to our vendors.
Improved collaboration between team members locally and overseas.
Excellent Serch Engine upgrades.
The addition of Number specific attributes has been very helpful.
Customer Support is readily available.
The ability to interact with our SAP ERP system, not natively, but can be done with in-house IT talent.
The ability to present one source of data to our vendors.
Improved collaboration between team members locally and overseas.
Excellent Serch Engine upgrades.
The addition of Number specific attributes has been very helpful.
Customer Support is readily available.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would still like to have calculated attributes, i.e. LxWxH filed to be used for carton cubes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Eliminated double entry of BOM's - one in a PLM system and another in an ERP system. Huge time savings.
Elimination of "email based" file communication to vendors.
Excellent version control of files.
Elimination of "email based" file communication to vendors.
Excellent version control of files.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Arena is an excellent tool for managing BOM data, Product data, Quality data and being able to find things related to a particular model number quickly. We have replaced excel BOM's with Arena BOM's and the change has been fantastic. We no longer email drawings back and forth - we insist vendors use Arena. I can recommend Arena as the best solution I know of for presenting controlled data to vendors to endure products are manufactured according to our design intent. I also love the fact that I can see who has viewed files and when they were viewed. very helpful!
Good product for distrubuted teams
What do you like best about the product?
Altium integration
SaaS architecture for distributed teams
SaaS architecture for distributed teams
What do you dislike about the product?
Altium integration is tricky to set up and requires lots of training for users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sharing of BOM between distributed team members
Keep documentation up-to-date
Keep documentation up-to-date
Supply chain Mechanical Program Manager
What do you like best about the product?
the cost should be lower & easy to use .
What do you dislike about the product?
I need to download the updated Cost BOM in Excel files , then I need to updated or edit it . found the excel files not the updated version show (97--2003 worksheet . xls), I need waste time to save as .xlsx .
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Via the Arena notice E-mail , we can know the internal agreement quickly , then we can take action quickly .
Workflow and screens are equivalent to manual document control systems. They are easy to use.
What do you like best about the product?
ECO flow
What do you dislike about the product?
Search function
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quality Workflow
Arena Customer from 2002
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and user friendly. It could be used as a system cross the company. It is particularly suitable for small to medium size companies.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is difficult to integrate with other system, like Windchill and Oracle. We have made some efforts to make our process more automatic. It seems it will take more effort.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is our PLM system. It helps a lot of our document control.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Arena is a user friendly PLM system. It is very easy to implement. It is also very easy for a new user to learn. Arena could be a company's centralized PLM system. ECO module is much better than other system.
Arena PLM Product Review
What do you like best about the product?
Arena is flexible, easy to use, have the features our company needs for our Material Master/BOMs/ECO process, provides prompt and effective customer support, and cost-effective. I especially like the data import feature as it saves time and eliminates data entry errors (by removing the need for data entry).
What do you dislike about the product?
Once ECO is submitted for approvals, we are unable to make changes to the ECO without starting the approval process all over again.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need an effective and efficient tool for managing our product configuration and change control process at various product lifecycle stages. Arena PLM delivers this to us.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Arena PLM is flexible, easy to use, has features needed for efficient material master/BOMs/AVL/ECO process, enables prompt communication of product data to suppliers, provides effective customer support, and cost-effective.
A good PLM tool to track the changes and item history
What do you like best about the product?
I have liked working on this because we can track down the history of each item, changes & projects.
And specially Arena analytics is out standing to get the complete report that is going on in arena.
And specially Arena analytics is out standing to get the complete report that is going on in arena.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not much which we dislike in the tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are working on the changes mostly and benefits of the projects we can assign to the others, when compared to other PLM tools it is more flexible to use.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Everything in the Arena tool is perfect.
If suppose having an developed app is good like in android or ios, which makes everyone to see their stuff in the arena by their mobile access.
Mobiles are ease of use to everyone and will be pretty fast to use, they can approve the changes at anytime without their machine turning ON.
Making an developed app will makes the easy use for the users
If suppose having an developed app is good like in android or ios, which makes everyone to see their stuff in the arena by their mobile access.
Mobiles are ease of use to everyone and will be pretty fast to use, they can approve the changes at anytime without their machine turning ON.
Making an developed app will makes the easy use for the users
Arena PLM Review
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of implementation and product support. Once implemented the software is very good and easy to use. Of all of the various softwares that our company uses, Arena is at the top of the list.
What do you dislike about the product?
Almost nothing. I would have to give a lot of thought into how the software could be improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was brought onboard to help our company move from being a product development company into the OEM phase. We needed to get BOM control in place and inventory control in place. Arena helped us do just that and interfaced with our ERP system to solve the inventory control problem. As the person responsible for setting up our systems and IT, the choice to go with Arena was one of my best decisions.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I have recommend Arena to many others. It is a very well thought out product.
15 years and still best in class
What do you like best about the product?
The sheer usability of Arena is unmatched, both from the standpoint of universal access through the cloud-based interface as well as the flexibility and fluid customization of the workspace. Simply put, you can set up Arena PLM to support nearly any project you can imagine from your PHONE is a matter of minutes.
What do you dislike about the product?
After more than a decade as a dedicated power user, there really isn't much to dislike (or even ask for!) from the software. Updates are frequent and well documented (and announced), feature requests are taken seriously and bug fixes are handled quickly. There are a few bells & whistles I've been suggesting for a while that I'm still waiting to premiere (some tweaks to change order routing and sign off would be SUPER helpful) but for the most part I am one happily content customer.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The management of a complex, high mix, deeply configurable product is a significant challenge in itself, more so once off-shore vendors and contract manufacturers are thrown into the picture. Arena gives us a place accessible to ALL that can be the Repository of Record, that single source of up-to-date, reliable data.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Start early, and don't be afraid to release parts to higher levels as soon as they are ready. Part numbers are cheap, and revisions are too, and it's better to err on the side of having too MUCH data as backup than too little. Being able to revert back to earlier stages of development, whether to explore previously disregarded design paths or recover from a mistake is immensely useful, and Arena helps companies do that with a minimum of disruption.
Quality Manager
What do you like best about the product?
Arena Quality Module has made my efforts to become ISO-9001 2015 certified much easier and organized, it is configurable to your system rather than being a canned product. You easily build your own forms within Arena. Change module and BOM management are very good.
Our program manager Joshua (at Arena) is always available and helpful whenever we need him.
Our program manager Joshua (at Arena) is always available and helpful whenever we need him.
What do you dislike about the product?
During a round of investor financing we were temporarily unable to pay Arena for 60 days. Software was shut down without warning on day 60, one month prior to our ISO-9001 audit, this was very damaging to our schedule and company. Arena Finance dept. was very hard nosed about the issue even when 2nd round financing timeline was described to them. Until now I have had nothing bad to report about Arena PLM.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rapid design of electronic consumer products
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