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Arena PLM and QMS

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What is Arena PLM and QMS?

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…

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What is Arena PLM and QMS?

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,…

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What is Arena PLM and QMS?

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. Companies with complex products comprised of electrical, mechanical, and software designs need a single system to collaborate in real-time. Arena enables every participant throughout the entire product lifecycle to work together–increasing visibility and traceability. This helps to accelerate new product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) by streamlining processes, automating review cycles, and reducing errors to increase profitability.


Arena PLM and QMS Features

  • Supported: BOM Management
  • Supported: Engineering Change Management
  • Supported: Supply Chain Collaboration
  • Supported: Quality Management
  • Supported: Training Management
  • Supported: 3D Visualization

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.

Arena PLM and QMS Videos

Arena’s product-centric quality management system (QMS) software helps medical device manufacturers to deliver safe and compliant products to market faster. By connecting quality management processes to the product record, Arena helps distributed teams improve visibility and t...
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Arena PLM addresses modern product development challenges by bringing product information, people, and processes together into a single Cloud system to speed product development and commercialization. Through better visibility and enhanced collaboration, internal product teams...
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Arena PLM for AWS GovCloud helps companies that are subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ensure defense-related technologies are controlled, and, if exported, are done so only with proper export licenses.
Siemen's Teamcenter (also sold by SAP), Arena PLM & QMS, and OpenBOM are some of the most preferred product lifecycle management tools by users.

Arena PLM and QMS Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Oracle Fusion Cloud PLM, MasterControl Quality Excellence, and Teamcenter are common alternatives for Arena PLM and QMS.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Arena PLM and QMS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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March 03, 2020

Arena Review

Philippe Ambeault | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena would be well suited for a parts database. If somebody would ask me to choose between Arena and the previous similar programs I used, I would recommend Arena. It is best used for medium-sized companies. It is less appropriate for small companies because it requires too much set-up.
March 03, 2020

Arena Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I find Arena well suited in scenarios where I need to create new assemblies and subassemblies or if I need to modify the existing assemblies and subassemblies. I also find Arena well suited in scenarios where I need to create engineering change requests and review the requests created by others. I have not encountered scenarios where Arena is less appropriate.
Hany Abdelwahed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The things I like the most and use almost on a daily basis are Arena's document search and advanced search features. With very little information to start with, I can quickly find a document or change order. This comes in very handy during an audit where it is necessary to find requested documents quickly.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena gives us the power to locate all of our critical documents at one place for quick access for anyone across the organization. Not sure if there is a mobile app for Arena, but it would be even better to have one.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When we create our programs, I use Arena to go over the electrical schematic and mechanical drawings to create my IO list. Also, I can track which version is deployed at a specific customer and can adjust the program option according to the system variant. I use it to retrieve spare parts or components to maintain my test center up and ready. Less suitable the way we internally used it. I think it's less appropriate to hold operation procedures or maintenance procedures since searching for the specific sub-assembly can be complex for people that do not use it regularly.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena is very helpful for Product management related aspects such as Market requirement update and New product Introduction. This also helps in keeping a record of the market decks, such as the quick installation guide. It is also helpful in updating the BOM easily without any efforts and helps in keeping a track record of any changes made.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena is most useful for companies with a large number of components and complicated BOMs, but as a small company with 10-15 items BOMs, we still will derive a great deal of use from the BOM management system. Additionally, the training process scales beautifully within the organization, so adding headcount is now super easy from a quality systems standpoint.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think Arena is well suited for small to midsize companies. I think for larger companies, and companies like ours that have numerous business units (separate companies), it shows it's deficiencies. The product itself is awesome, it just doesn't scale well or have the flexibility to manage multiple workspaces managed under one account.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena is great for management to believe in a place to store information. This can be quickly forgotten, and never used or found again. Here's how we currently search for software: Type in 6* and search for all, then scroll through 200 items to find your result. If you click into something, you can't click back out, you have to start the search again. Has no one in Arena used google? Or, stepped out of Arena search since 1990 on a Windows 3.1 DX computer?
January 21, 2020

Arena Solutions

Dat Nguyen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you're working with suppliers and contractors, there can be many versions of 1 document. Arena can control that by sharing 1 approved document to everyone. That way everyone works off the most current and approved version.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena is an excellent change management and document control tool. Being cloud-based makes it accessible to teams who have members in different locations. It's also a great price for the features. It takes work to integrate it with other systems or platforms, so if you need a plug and play option it may not be the right solution.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited for organizations that are seeing a sudden increase in parts/revisions and are finding it hard to keep up. It is also good for initiating changes and setting out phases of who will review what and when they will review it. The projects module does a good job of keeping everyone in the loop with what is going on.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Arena is perfectly suited for a company trying to formalize the documentation of products. Pick a part numbering system. Start with your part catalog and go from there building to BOM from the bottom up. Alternatively start from the top down. Attach your specs to your items as you go where required. It really is that easy!!
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