Arena experience at EDI
Updated September 20, 2019
Arena experience at EDI
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Arena
Arena is used across entire organization at EDI. It is used for PN generation, storing design files, sourcing specification, building product BOM, ECO change management. It is our PLM system.
- BOM building
- Easy item creation
- Revision visibility and access to previous releases
- Easy supplier item creation
- No flexibility in customizing ECO routing, information cannot be updated once initiated
- BOM allows duplicate items instead of combining qty
- No flags for duplicate PN's linking same vendor item
- Changes module is not customizable to add SN or date fields in implementation
- Needs better EPR system tie-in or offer procurement module
- No low-cost read-only access, becomes expensive if used across entire organization
- Improved time to market
- Improved NPD process
- Improved product release to sourcing and manufacturing
- Centralized parts database
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
Easy to implement PLM system
Arena was implemented in less than a month. Biggest time consumers were configurations and training
Using Arena
18 - engineering, manufacturing, procurement
- PLM - design release, revision tracking, approval process
- BOM for manufacturing
- part information - supplier PN, drawings, etc
- tie it to ERP system