Arena PLM and QMS vs. Intelex

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arena PLM and QMS
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Arena, a PTC business, helps companies to design, produce, and deliver innovative products with a unified cloud-based PLM and QMS platform. Arena understands modern product companies rely on distributed teams and global supply chains to develop products, ensure regulatory compliance (FDA, ISO, ITAR, EAR, and environmental compliance), and respond to customer demands. Arena states that they have more than 1,400 global high-tech electronics and medical device customers.…N/A
Intelex
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Intelex’s Environment, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) applications are used to effectively manage all aspects of an organization’s quality program, as well as track safety data, and manage sustainability. It is designed to help manage, track and report quality-related metrics in real-time, comply with regulations and standards such as ISO 9001, and drive improvement. Functionality includes supplier management, audits and inspection management, compliance, and document and training…N/A
Pricing
Arena PLM and QMSIntelex
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Arena PLM and QMSIntelex
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsArena's cloud-based PLM and QMS solutions include role-based subscriptions to meet diverse team needs with the necessary security to protect product information. Their fixed-fee QuickStart™ implementations supports rapid deployment.
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User Ratings
Arena PLM and QMSIntelex
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(201 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(16 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
6.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.7
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Arena PLM and QMSIntelex
Likelihood to Recommend
Arena, a PTC Business
Arena PLM is well suited for part number, BOM and file management. Processing changes (ECNs, ACOs, DCO's, etc.) in Arena is very easy to do and provides great visibility on the status of submitted requests. The ability to communicate with Suppliers and grant them access to files in Arena is extremely helpful. Arena does not appear to be the best suited system for managing software
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Intelex
I would caution colleagues to make sure the system does what they need it to do and get it all in writing.
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Pros
Arena, a PTC Business
  • It provides easy, 'login-anywhere' internet cloud-based access to fundamental PLM functions.
  • It provides secure access control for employees & vendors (but you pay per person for access licenses).
  • Data is effectively 'always backed up' in the internet-cloud.
  • There is an option to attach thumbnail graphics representative of each item and create a Bill of Materials view that also displays the graphics to help provide item recognition for BOM readers.
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Intelex
  • Report and dashboard
  • Supplier audit
  • Non conformity
  • Approved vendor list
  • Audit cycle
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Cons
Arena, a PTC Business
  • In my opinion, the Help Pages clearly do not realize that a picture is worth a 1,000 words; need illustrations and screenshots!
  • I think the 'Save' button when editing Quality Processes needs to "float" on the active page, not lurking at the bottom.
  • In my experience, the Arena PLM and QMS Training programs need to be revamped to include "real-world" examples and working through examples, not simply reading through a training manual.
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Intelex
  • Implementation process is very difficult unless you are using the product out of the box
  • Licensing model is frustrating but they are willing to be flexible to make things work
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Likelihood to Renew
Arena, a PTC Business
We have so much time and effort invested into Arena. The history of approvals, revisions, etc. are necessary for many of our customers. We also have entire device histories recorded. Having to re-create that on another platform would be a feat requiring years of effort. But mostly, Arena just works. It's transformed our business into a much more streamlined system, resulting in a massive cost and time savings.
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Intelex
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Usability
Arena, a PTC Business
Arena has improved their UI over the years that I've used it to make it more user friendly. Additionally, there is a lot of redundancy within Arena (multiple ways to achieve the same end), which makes it easier to learn.
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Intelex
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Reliability and Availability
Arena, a PTC Business
Seems like when I need to access our workspace for an emergency situation, this is when maintenance is scheduled, just the luck of the draw, I guess, and I just wait until the maintenance is complete, and then can proceed
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Intelex
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Performance
Arena, a PTC Business
We use a few other software or systems (Silicon expert) and it is seamless to us, pages load quickly and efficiently.
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Intelex
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Support Rating
Arena, a PTC Business
Upon initial observation, Arena Solution appears to possess a rather intricate nature, yet this complexity was effectively navigated during the initial configuration phase with the invaluable assistance of an expert well-versed in Arena, a factor that greatly contributed to our comprehensive mastery and autonomous handling of Arena Solutions thereafter.
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Intelex
We just upgrade the document control application from V5 to V6. There are still quite a bit of issues left unresolved.
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Online Training
Arena, a PTC Business
The On line training was easy to understand and was very efficient for most of our users. We used the training tools to make sure we use all of the features to their fullest and correctly! After a few weeks mos of our users were very proficient with ARENA PLM and were able to work on their own and use mos of the sections and PLM capablilities.
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Intelex
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Implementation Rating
Arena, a PTC Business
Pretty straightforward, from OOB
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Intelex
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Alternatives Considered
Arena, a PTC Business
Arena is much better than QAD in terms of BOMs and ECOs and Revision Control. We use Arena concurrently with SAP and they integrate very well together, which is nice. The integration team was really helpful in making sure that the SAP to Arena functionality runs smoothly, and when there are any issues, they are very responsive to help make changes to fix the problem that might be there.
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Intelex
We felt Intelex was more user friendly and provided the services we were seeking in a system. We evaluated all applications vs. our company needs and wants.
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Scalability
Arena, a PTC Business
Arena is easy to customize and therefore easy to scale. Different user groups with access restrictions can be easily created and new training plans can be created to support different user bases. Suppliers can also easily be added or items can be shared with them
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Intelex
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Return on Investment
Arena, a PTC Business
  • Decreased the company's time to market for release of its second generation flagship product.
  • Decreased the turn around on non-conformance reports (NCRs), supplier corrective action reports (SCARs), and corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs).
  • Better organized the company's process maps, DHF, and other regulatory related information so that major audits are completed faster and with fewer findings.
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Intelex
  • Postive
  • Improved process efficiency and
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ScreenShots

Arena PLM and QMS Screenshots

Screenshot of Arena Bill of Materials (BOM) Management. Indented BOM displaying "in production" item status.Screenshot of Arena Engineering Change Management.  Engineering Change Order (ECO) approval with redlines.Screenshot of Arena Projects. Project schedule with status and progress.Screenshot of Arena Quality. Quality process showing a Corrective Action Report (CAR) with the issue details, affected items, and resolution progress/status.Screenshot of Arena Requirements. Tracks requirements and related product development issues for a complete product picture.