In the News

December

December 14, 2007
PLM vendor says SAAS and OSS are a natural together
Arena founder and CTO Eric Larkin discusses how open source tools are the right fit for building and scaling an on-demand software business …read more

 

November

Design News, November 29, 2007
Moving Compliance Upstream
Arena customers Control4 and Narragansett are featured in this Design News article explaining how Arena PLM has help them to overcome their compliance obstacles …read more

Managing Automation, November 19, 2007
On-Demand, Ready or Not
Arena, with its On-Demand model, is the only player in the PLM market that is getting it right …read more
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Managing Automation, November 19, 2007
Striving for Upstream Compliance
Senior vice president of operations, Mark Holman, discusses how critical it is to have a PLM tool in place if a company wishes to have accurate documentation of compliance. …read more

Control Engineering, November 15, 2007
PLM Vendors tweak offerings to woo mid-market users
As the PLM market matures, providers are fine tuning their product functionality and pricing structures to make them more user friendly for the small to medium businesses. …read more

Manufacturing Business Technology, November 1, 2007
PLM forges link between OEMs, contract manufacturers
Arena Solution’s survey reaffirms how important having a PLM tool in place can be for a manufacturer and with an On-Demand provider like Arena it can be cost effective and easy to deploy. …read more

Modern Plastics, November 1, 2007
Managing compliance in an outsourced world
Outsourcing can be a smart business decision if done correctly but if it is not done so, it can end up costing a company unforeseen dollars: A PLM tool helps to reduce the chances of this happening. …read more

 

October

Design News, October 22, 2007
Customers Drive Fall 2007 Release of Arena PLM
Arena Solutions is an on-demand PLM solution that listens to customer feed back and because of it's unique structure the Fall 2007 release features modifications to functionality based on their requests.
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Cadalyst, October 1, 2007
Manufacturing Across Time Zones (PLM Strategies Column)
Coldwatt uses Arena's PLM system to control product specs and sourcing and compliance requirements from San Jose, California and Dallas, Texas to other key corporate and design centers in Bangalore, India and Shenzen, China.
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September

Control Engineering, September 19, 2007
Engineering Efficiency: Outsourcing’s Impact on OEM’s
A survey conducted by Arena Solutions and Symphony Consulting finds that ninety-seven percent of those surveyed, found challenges in communicating and collaborating with outsourced production providers.
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Electronics Supply & Manufacturing, September 13, 2007
Manufacturers risk outsourcing benefits, says survey
Arena Solutions hosted a study that found a majority of companies that outsourced manufacturing, faced a number of significant challenges when working with their contract manufacturers (CMs), which have led to hard dollar consequences.
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Supply & Demand Chain Executive, September 12, 2007
Better Support for Companies with Rapidly Changing Products in New PLM Release
The Fall '07 release includes improvements in the overall usability of Arena PLM, as well as new change and request management productivity features.
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August

SearchWebServices.com, August 9, 2007
CTO views Saas as the ultimate in SOA
Arena Solutions CTO Eric Larkin discusses how service-oriented architecture (SOA) is ideal for the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
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July

SourcingInnovation.com, July 20, 2007
The Arena Solution
Blogger Michael Lamoureux states that Arena deserves due consideration from any product manufacturer who is looking to increase its efficiency and productivity without having to suffer through the cost and complexities of other PLM offerings
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Manufacturing Business Technology, July 1, 2007
More ways to collaborate as PLM market consolidates
CEO Michael Topolovac and Sr. VP of Operations Mark Holman are quoted in this article that points out the growing necessity for product life-cycle management software within an enterprise. …read more

 

June

Design News, June 25, 2007
Vendors Make Over CAD, PLM Software for SMBs
Arena customer Energy Innovations talks about how implementing a PLM solution has helped them to accelerate their time to market
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May

CIO Decisions, May 1, 2007
PLM in Play
Long-time customer Color Kinetics sees many benefits in on-demand Arena PLM: easy access for all its vendors and zero IT maintenance, which adds up to huge savings
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April

Desktop Engineering, April 2007
Hassle-Free PLM
Arena's unique on-demand model is validated as the future of PLM

 

March

Managing Automation, March 22, 2007
Enterprise PLM: Will More Integration Offer a Cure?
CEO Michael Topolovac explains how new product portfolio management tools allow groups outside engineering to interact with and benefit from PLM…read more

 

February

Design News, February 23, 2007
PLM vendors step up compliance services
Arena Solutions is gaining traction as the electronics industry still tries to meet RoHS compliance requirements…read more

Desktop Engineering, February 14, 2007
Editor’s Pick of the Week — Collaborate on Projects Via PLM
Project Collaboration functionality and analytics extend Arena PLM

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, February 9, 2007
Arena Looks to Take Product Lifecycle Management
to a Strategic Level
Project Collaboration in Arena PLM adds a new layer of analytics previously missing in existing PLM systems …read more

Design News, February 8, 2007
UGS, Arena Solutions expand PLM suites with new product portfolio modules
Project Collaboration in Arena PLM gives manufacturers a view of their projects, from the portfolio level down to each individual item
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Electronics Supply & Manufacturing, February 8, 2007
Arena tool raises PLM from tactical to strategic, CEO says
New Project Collaboration features tie project management methods directly to product data …read more

Manufacturing.net, February 7, 2007
Study: Better Tools Needed For Product Intro
Existing project planning tools have numerous shortcomings; Project Collaboration in Arena PLM fills many of the gaps …read more

Manufacturing.net, February 7, 2007
Where Is My Product, And When Will It Ship?
Arena surveys more than 150 mid–market manufacturers and finds a near-universal need for better project planning and execution tools
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Internetnews.com, February 6, 2007
Arena Runs the PLM Collaboration Race
New Project Collaboration features make Arena an even stronger player in the PLM market…read more

Cadalyst, February 1, 2007
PLM Strategies – This Pond Isn't Big Enough for All of Us
Special features such as VoIP Skype functionality and Avnet partnership separates Arena from competitors…read more