Item: Arena PLM and QMS
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena

Arena is mainly used in the engineering department to store all of our design files to share with our CMs.

The UI is confusing in some places where there are multiple menus that seem to do the same thing but actually do not
When releasing ECOs it is hard to understand what is "shared" with vendors without looking at each component

With a small company price was a big barrier and the functionality and cost won over for Arena

For the price and implementation effort Arena wins. From what I remember windchill was "easier" to understand and see the associated files and parts.

Suited for a small team with users that are well versed in its use. Any new user has a step learning curve to come up to speed.

Lessons for Success

Alaine Portnoy
(Vendor Representative) commented 6 years ago
Thank you for providing a detailed review of Arena. We appreciate you taking the time to provide additional information and are glad to see you have had a positive experience overall! As you may know, our latest release provided a significant update to the user interface, providing a clean and focused view that makes navigation easier and highlights critical activities, common actions, and next steps.