Arena - Good for small companies
November 14, 2021

Arena - Good for small companies

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena PLM and QMS

Arena is used company-wide for ECOs, ECRs, purchasing, and inventory
  • Easy to use
  • Provides excellent Help data and videos
  • Search features makes looking up existing changes easy
  • ECOs - cannot Edit fields after Submitting for routing.
  • Connecting NCRs, ECRs and ECOs is difficult.
  • Doesn't allow for up front coolaboration
  • Has made our objectives easier to reach
  • Negative impact on Quality - can close NCRs without ECO being completed or even submitted
  • Cost - since ECOs cannot be edited, additional ECOs are needed because it is hard to add to existing ECOs already Submitted for Routing
  • Price
  • Product Usability
Lower cost for [our] company that was small at the time. Now that we have grown, no longer that useful
No - does not allow a place for Implementation to be viewed clearly.

Do you think Arena PLM and QMS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Arena PLM and QMS's feature set?

No

Did Arena PLM and QMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Arena PLM and QMS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Arena PLM and QMS again?

Yes

nOT WELL. Enovia HAD EXCELLENT INTERCONNECT FEATURES.
Well suited for basic changes for a small company. Needs to have NCRs/ECOs/ECCRs dependent on each other. If NCRs and ECRs are connected to ECO, should not be able to close them without ECO being released