Item: Arena PLM and QMS
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Arena is being used across the whole organization. I mostly use Arena for item creation, bill of material management, and quality processes. The whole organization also uses Arena to sign off on quality training documents.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Web-based: It's great being able to access Arena from any device with an internet connection.
Searching: Searching is powerful and easy. I can find what I'm looking for very quickly.
Bookmarks: Bookmarks are a great feature that lets you return to any tab with a single click.

Cons

The newest update seems to be slower than before. Pages seem to take longer to load.
Would love to see a feature where you can copy items from one BOM to another. This would save a lot of time.

Return on Investment

Organization of data: Arena is really a great way to organize data especially needed for the medical device industry.

Key Differentiators

Product Features
Product Usability
Product Reputation

I was not specifically involved in the decision to purchase Arena, but the document control analyst in our organization had very good things to say about his past usage of the product.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Agile PLM

I think Arena is better than Agile because of the useful hints and tips each new page offers. The version of Agile I used did not offer any features like this.

Other Software Used

SOLIDWORKS, Onshape, KeyShot, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign

Likelihood to Recommend

I've only used a couple of PLM management tools in the past but Arena seems to be the best. I really like the fact that each page gives a tip or hint as to what the user is looking at. This is great for new users.

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Alaine Portnoy
(Vendor Representative) commented 6 years ago
Thank you for your review of Arena and for sharing your positive experience compared to using other PLM systems as well as how you are using it for engineering and quality processes. We appreciate your feedback!

Great for engineering and quality processes!