Arena vs BlueCherry

Arena

I work for a contract manufacture and we use Arena for all changes to BOM. This is helpful for customer owned designs and our in house designs. Any company that needs to keep tight revision control of a product should use Arena. It also gives approved employees access to files and documents important to the product.

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Ginger Butz

Director, Product Lifecycle Management

The Morey CorporationElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees

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BlueCherry

I believe it is well-suited for any size company. It is very helpful when you have multiple users in your company and need to access the system from an off-site location. If you have sales reps or managers that are traveling and need to review information, it is easy for them to access.

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Tonya Tolliver

Credit Manager

Latitudes Komfort BrandsApparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

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Pros

Maintaining BOMs with costs.
Excellent training
Having all drawings, BoM's and supplier information located in a single location.

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Ron Schutts

Engineering Manager

Intellibot RoboticsMachinery, 1001-5000 employees

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You are able to create your own custom reports with just the information you need included.
You can access the system from an off-site location.
You are able to share reports and documents directly from the system to the email recipient.

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Tonya Tolliver

Credit Manager

Latitudes Komfort BrandsApparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Make it easier to add and remove users.

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Ron Schutts

Engineering Manager

Intellibot RoboticsMachinery, 1001-5000 employees

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When placing orders on hold due to over the credit limit, it takes into consideration all future orders even if they are years in the future.
You aren't able to view inventory status as easy when entering an order.
You do not get a pop-up notification when entering an order that the account is past due, over the limit, etc.
It leaves $0 invoices open on the account until they are manually applied.

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Tonya Tolliver

Credit Manager

Latitudes Komfort BrandsApparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Arena8.2

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excellent PLM system, if only it had ERP module for procurement and inventory management

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Vlad Kalika

Director of Engineering Programs

Efficient Drivetrains, Inc.Automotive, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I used Oracle Agile file server version as admin for about 8 years. In comparison, I believe Arena does offer some advantages ranging from flexibility, low cost to features. With continuous improvements, I believe Arena has a lot of potential and can be competitive in the PLMS space

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Robert Nguyen

PLM System Business Analyst

SquareInternet, 1001-5000 employees

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You can customize reports and access the system from an off-site location.

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Tonya Tolliver

Credit Manager

Latitudes Komfort BrandsApparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

For new product development, keeping drawings up to date and file sharing.
Supplier information and cost roll up.
BOM control.

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Dat Nguyen

Principal Manufacturing Engineer

VerrixMedical Devices, 1-10 employees

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It has made it easier to access and share documents and information in the system.
It makes it easier to view reports because you can customize them to only include the information you need.

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Tonya Tolliver

Credit Manager

Latitudes Komfort BrandsApparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

Arena

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Additional Pricing Details

Arena offers flexible packages to fit your team’s needs ensuring you get the right capabilities to meet your specific business requirements so you never overpay. Our cloud-based PLM and QMS solutions include role-based subscriptions to meet your diverse team needs with the necessary security to protect your product information. Our fixed-fee QuickStart™ implementations help us deploy rapidly to provide the lowest total cost of ownership.