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    Aras PLM

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Aras Innovator software is used for product lifecycle management (PLM), advanced product quality planning (APQP), lean product development, and new product introduction (NPI). Aras switched to an open source model in 2007, where clients obtain the software for free, and Aras Corp provides technical support, software updates, and other consulting as a subscription service.N/A

    Greenlight Guru

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGreenlight Guru is a quality management platform designed specifically for medical device companies. The platform is designed to help companies get safer products to market faster, simplify FDA and ISO regulatory compliance, and provide a single source of truth by connecting the management of all quality processes like CAPAs, risk, audits, document control, training, design control and more. The vendor invites device makers across the globe to…N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing information for Greenlight Guru's Quality Management Software is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost agreements to purchase Greenlight Guru Quality Management Software must be conducted with the vendor.
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    User Ratings
    Aras PLMGreenlight Guru
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    User Testimonials
    Aras PLMGreenlight Guru
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aras Corporation
    Aras PLM works for our company, yet I don't have experience with any other software system. The system does not refresh and update quickly. Often times users need to force a refresh or logout and logon to verify changes and updates. The Lock and Unlock feature needs getting used to.
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    Greenlight Guru
    Greenlight Guru is well-suited for medical device companies. They have exceptional resources that are especially helpful for smaller, start-up type companies, including customizable SOPs, Forms, and Work Instructions, as well as countless other educational resources on focused topics like Risk Management or Auditing. Greenlight Guru is NOT currently able to be integrated into any ERP systems and therefore may be difficult for the Operations and Quality aspects of the organization if, for example, manufacturing is being performed in-house, and the ERP system is used to document all quality events. (In this case, it would be redundant to also document them in Greenlight Guru - although could potentially be useful to document investigation details.) Greenlight Guru also only allows documents to be uploaded one at a time, so for companies that want to convert their existing DHF or other QMS files into Greenlight Guru for completeness, this process could be incredibly time consuming.
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    Pros
    Aras Corporation
    • Aras PLM definitely controls documents and provides the approval levels needed to be compliant.
    • Aras PLM makes organizing and structuring libraries logical and intuitive.
    • The search tools in Aras PLM provides quick and efficient access to documents
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    Greenlight Guru
    • Greenlight Guru is designed specifically for medical device companies. In that, the platform helps meet FDA and ISO regulatory requirements.
    • Greenlight makes document review and approval easy - navigating the system is intuitive.
    • The Greenlight Guru team appreciates unfiltered customer feedback. They do take the voice of the customer seriously and will work to implement feature requests.
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    Cons
    Aras Corporation
    • Aras PLM uses terms and labels that can be confusing like Subsystem / Subsystem Version, Project Record Number (PRN). Companies need to understand these terms and develop business processes to set user standards.
    • I personally use Aras PLM to manage information technology project documents. In my opinion, Aras PLM is more geared to product and engineering. I would like to see a general project management Aras PLM version with terms and labels that I am familiar with.
    • The description field should be made required. Many of our engineers have created records and left that blank because it was not required. This would help with the context or background of each record.
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    Greenlight Guru
    • Periodic review of documents is an industry standard that is missing
    • Would love a training matrix similar to the design matrix that links with procedures/work instructions
    • Ability to modify or add parameters in the analytics function for better trending metrics
    • Ability to modify or add to predetermined "lists" in CAPA, Audits, Nonconformance workspaces
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aras Corporation
    Our company is moving from repositories like IBM Notes, MS Sharepoint, and plain network file share directories to a more controlled system of recordd like Aras PLM.
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    Greenlight Guru
    I really like how Greenlight is structure and how organized it is.
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    Aras Corporation
    Our company developed numerous IBM Lotus Notes databases to perform document control. Aras PLM is the better choice to IBM Notes databases and home grown databases.
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    Greenlight Guru
    Greenlight Guru definitely has the better/more easily understood UI. I've tried several other training systems and haven't bumped into any of the issues I've faced before, like my training being completed by another person or glitches within the system. Greenlight Guru is a program that doesn't take too long to learn to use and get used to using.
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    Return on Investment
    Aras Corporation
    • Aras PLM has kept our company compliant and on the right side of audits with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
    • Aras PLM keeps our project document history readily available and works well without stage gate review and approval processes.
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    Greenlight Guru
    • Greenlight Guru has freed up time and manpower to focus on improving the quality of our products rather than spending our energy on paperwork.
    • Greenlight Guru has enabled a more effective organization system for all records that are required to be kept.
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    ScreenShots

    Greenlight Guru Screenshots

    Screenshot of Design Control Spotlight: 
Documenting and managing Design Control traceability has never been easier. Perform Digital Design Reviews through flexible workflows to demonstrate compliance.Screenshot of Document Management Spotlight: 
Speed up reviews and approval workflows by keeping your records and procedures organized, up-to-date, and always accessible to the right people with role-based security.Screenshot of Risk Management Spotlight: 
Integrate Risk Management into all of your quality processes in a system that directly aligns with ISO 14971:2016.Screenshot of Post-Market Quality Events Spotlight:
Streamline your Post-Market Quality Activities to maintain full closed-loop traceability within your QMS.