If your organization is currently using product lifecycle management (PLM) software or considering it for the near term, you’re part of a growing trend that continues to gain momentum across many industries. According to a recent report, the global PLM market size was valued at $26.71 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a rate of 6.2% over the next few years1.What Is PLM? PLM is the...

Transitioning to enterprise quality management system (eQMS) software may seem overwhelming for medical device companies at first, especially if they are coming from a paper-based system. We asked Arena’s Customer Success Coach Gay Groce to tell us about her background and share some insights on how companies can best utilize the Arena QMS platform for their product development processes and...

Compliance issues can create significant barriers for medical device companies looking to bring new products to market. In 2020 alone, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 422 citations or observations (i.e., Form 483) to medical device companies, indicating that their products were in potential violation of regulatory requirements1. These FDA observations typically stem from...