Arena is the most user-friendly PLM System I have ever used.
March 03, 2020

Arena is the most user-friendly PLM System I have ever used.

Hany Abdelwahed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena

We use Arena as our primary resource for document control. It is very easy to use and adapt to our specific needs. We maintain all of our quality system documents as well as device master records and design history files, There are a lot of features, like BOM, that I use every day and they make my job a lot easier. I have used several PLM systems, and Arena is by far the most user-friendly.
  • Search and Advanced Search
  • BOM & Where Used
  • Design and Engineering Change process is very easy, user-friendly, and intuitive
  • Project Change Management
  • I can't think of anything
  • I don't think this has ever been measured at my organization.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
I was not the person who made the decision to purchase Arena
I was not at the company at the time of implementation. It was implemented prior to my employment start date.
I had a terrible time working with Pilgrim. Everything I did on Pilgrim was so difficult and complicated. Adaptive is very powerful and has a lot of useful functionality but it is not as user-friendly as Arena. I prefer working with Arena because it is very user-friendly and has all the functionality I need. I spent very little time learning to use Arena, very short learning curve.
The things I like the most and use almost on a daily basis are Arena's document search and advanced search features. With very little information to start with, I can quickly find a document or change order. This comes in very handy during an audit where it is necessary to find requested documents quickly.