Entries with Keyword arena-blog
Purpose-Built Platforms Perform Better
Whether you’re purchasing a big-ticket item like a car or house, or you’re purchasing a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for your company, the same consumer-like mindset applies. It’s important to—pay attention to features, functionality, requirements, and conduct thorough research before making a purchase decision. If you purchase a PLM […]
Connect All Your Systems With Single Sign-on ...
Easier. Arena focuses on making life easier. Companies that manage thousands of user accounts across multiple business systems have embraced Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies to simplify access to key technologies. This significantly reduces the time and effort it…
The FDA’s Adoption of ISO 13485: What Medic ...
A Global Quality System Standard As globalization of medical device supply chains has continued to increase, regulatory bodies have grappled with how to bridge the gap between domestic and foreign regulation. Without a unified approach to both, the daily practice of ensuring that regulatory processes are followed and properly documented […]
Five Questions Every Medical Device Manufactu ...
What is QMS for medical devices? To help ensure that medical devices are safe for use and will function as intended, the FDA requires that manufacturers of these products establish and follow quality systems in accordance with current good manufacturing practices (CGMP). While the quality system regulation (QSR) does not […]
It’s Easy to Migrate to the Cloud
You’ve just purchased a product lifecycle management (PLM) system or are planning to in the near future. One of your primary goals will be to migrate your existing product data into your new PLM system.Arena’s cloud-based PLM…
Are engineering change requests a necessary p ...
Although a solid engineering change management process is essential to product launch success, it’s easy to fall into overly complicated, unnecessary, or legacy practices. This is particularly common with the engineering change request (ECR) process.
Rolling Revisions up the BOM Tree, 101: When ...
When it comes to item management and revision control, we’ve seen many companies wrestle with the question of whether a revision to a component should trigger a new revision up the assembly or bill of materials (BOM) tree. The answer is not as simple as it might seem. Consider these simple revision control rules as guidance.
Cloud vs On-Premises Software: Know Your Tota ...
Like nature versus nurture—the debate over on-premises versus cloud software wages on. Today, more enterprise companies choose cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings because they can speed time to deployment and adoption, “pay as they go” with customer support and regular enhancements, and eliminate long-term capital expenses associated with on-premises software. Still, […]