Topic: Arena

Cloud PLM gets personal

If you’re part of an organization that’s scaling to production, we’ve got you covered with our scalable cloud PLM solution.

But what if you’re just starting out? You need to capture and document parts, but without […]

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Why my PDX Viewer is better than yours

If you’ve ever managed an interdisciplinary manufacturing project, you’ll know what I mean when I say each discipline speaks its own language. When you’re dealing with engineers you’re talking CAD and design; when […]

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Your right-sized BOM management toolkit in the cloud

We’re offering something new at Arena—single-user, lightweight BOM management. Let me explain. We’ve come a long way since our early days as BOM.com, and today Arena BOMControl is used by thousands of manufacturers […]

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Why you should be using the PDX File Standard

The point of purchasing a PLM or PDM system is to simplify and centralize your BOMs and other product data. But once your BOMs, Items, AMLs and associated content exist in a structured format, you are faced with a new […]

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The Best BOM resources from Arena

Throughout our many years of working with manufacturers and their supply chains, we have developed quite the collection of BOM management resources. Today I wanted to do a bit of a round-up, and share some of our most […]

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MVP—Minimum viable product

Recently, we’ve been taking a new approach to product development at Arena. Traditionally, our main goal in developing new product features was to go-live with well-architected, fully-designed and ready-for-use […]

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Is there a one-size-fits-all manufacturing strategy?

Short answer—“no.” As we wrap up analysis of our Manufacturing Outsourcing Trends Survey, it’s becoming clear that although there are some general commonalities, the specific benefits, challenges and impacts of […]

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Internet Explorer, standards and customer value

It’s been a satisfying couple of months for the Arena product team. We went live with the Summer ’11 release of our core application. We launched several new applications including Arena PartSaver, Arena PDXViewer and […]

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Determining trends in manufacturing outsourcing

If you are a small to mid-size manufacturer, it’s probably safe to assume that you outsource some or all of your manufacturing. But “outsourcing” is a very broad term that means different things to different people. […]

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Should you manage your BOMs with an ERP system?

Using an ERP system to manage constantly changing BOMs during product design is a common trap that many organizations fall into. Although ERP systems shine as transactional tools that manage inventory and provide […]

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Pinpointing the key to manufacturing success

What can make or break a manufacturing company? According to Eric Larkin, co-founder and CTO of Arena Solutions, the answer is “how well it handles its product data.” In the early 1990s, as CTO of an underwater video […]

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Arena users — get a preview of Spring ’10 today!

Just a quick note to Arena users out there to make sure you know that the Spring ’10 release of Arena is scheduled to go live on April 11. Spring ’10 gives Arena a new look, and Arena users can get a sneak peek today […]

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How do you explain a bill of materials?

If you’re like me, this holiday season you spent a lot of time at parties answering the inevitable “so what do you do?” question. Here at Arena we make a software tool for collaboratively managing BOMs and changes and […]

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