Great PLM system
October 02, 2018

Great PLM system

Edward Reith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena

Mainly used throughout engineering, quality, and operation. Marketing will use very little to control collateral. The rest of the company will use it for training only.

Pros

  • Flexible
  • Easy to use

Cons

  • Training management is difficult. In the training world, there should be a "my assignments" button. The dashboard is too crowded and people who do not use it regularly often get confused.
  • Configuration management does not exist
  • Hard to quantify as we released our one product before we set up Arena. More of the cost was saved with implementation. The IQ and OQ docs were done well enough that our PQ was very light.
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Prior experience is huge as it limits downtime to start up.
Only looked at Arena because of the number of employees with prior experience. However, other people in the office have said that it is way easier to use than others.
Well suited for BoM control and change management. Not good for configuration management.

Comments

  • Scott Reedy | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Thanks Edward for your review. Glad to hear Arena was easy to deploy and helped simplify your software validation effort. We appreciate your feedback about training and will share that with our product management team.

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