My Experience with Arena PLM
September 20, 2023

My Experience with Arena PLM

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Arena PLM and QMS

I use Arena PLM in my organization to manage the product part numbers, specifications, BOMs, etc. The implementation of Arena has provided reliable revision control for all documentation, which has been especially important when working with our contract manufacturing and product distribution partners. Arena also provides us with a way to categorize our item numbers by type, which has been very helpful.
  • Revision Control
  • Bill of materials
  • Item number creation and categorization
  • Software revision management
  • CAD file management
  • Improvements to make Projects easier to navigate, change, etc.
  • Arena has greatly reduced revision errors. Prior to Arena, revision control for part numbers and other documentation was a challenge and took more time to manage. With Arena, there's no guesswork.
  • We've seen a decrease in processing time for changes implemented. We've also seen a decrease in errors with changes processed. When errors are made, Arena helps us to identify and correct them in a timely manner.
  • We've seen improved communication with our contract manufacturing and distribution partners.
  • Ease of Use
I was not employed at the company during this time, so I cannot comment, other than to say "ease of use" was certainly a consideration.
We had a system architect assigned to our account who walked us through each step of the implementation process. The worksheets provided were extremely helpful when determining how we wanted our system set up and kept us focused on the key areas.

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?

Yes

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

Arena PLM is well suited for part number, BOM and file management. Processing changes (ECNs, ACOs, DCO's, etc.) in Arena is very easy to do and provides great visibility on the status of submitted requests. The ability to communicate with Suppliers and grant them access to files in Arena is extremely helpful.

Arena does not appear to be the best suited system for managing software.