Review of Arena in a Tech Design to Manufacturer Environment
October 01, 2018
Review of Arena in a Tech Design to Manufacturer Environment
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Arena
Our company utilizes Arena across the entire organization for change management, BOM management, DHF, and vendor compliance.
- Easily customizable routings for change approvals.
- Quick access to design files associated with BOM items.
- User friendly dashboard for "light" use approvers and viewers.
- Good controls over limiting access to features by user type.
- Search features can be tricky depending on how you search by different criteria.
- Limited customization on certain pages prevents custom fields to be put in locations where they could be more helpful depending on the user type.
- Configuring reports and BOMs is challenging for new users.
- Arena was a critical component in preparation and attainment of our ISO certifications.
- Arena has likely saved our company upwards of 100k over several years in labor and rework in preventing errors in paperwork.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
The critical factor in our decision was can it do what we need it to do nearly out of the box within budget.
Yes, implementation went smoothly.