Companies use Arena bill of materials (BOM) and change management software to centralize their product data, capture complete, accurate and up-to-date BOMs and make sure all employees, partners and suppliers have access to the latest information anytime, from anywhere in the world. With robust functionality for controlling revisions and managing the engineering change order (ECO) process, Arena helps companies successfully navigate the new product development (NPD) process and launch their products on time and on budget.
Along with savings that come from faster design cycles, improved efficiencies and a dramatic reduction in scrap, rework and other costly errors, these benefits help companies quickly realize a return on their Arena investment. As in previous quarters, Arena was chosen by companies in a variety of industries, including high-tech electronics, clean technology, medical device and consumer products.
"We're seeing the decision to go with Arena become easier and easier for manufacturers," said Craig Livingston, chief executive officer of Arena Solutions. "Software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions are widely enough used that people understand their economic benefits. What they're increasingly coming to understand is that Arena has also removed the last barrier -- we've essentially eliminated the disruption that normally comes from deploying a new system -- and there's no longer any good reason to not get their BOMs under control. Up and running on Arena in less than 5 days is a reality; in fact it only takes about 12 hours on average to get a new customer going. That ease is what companies need -- and in my opinion it's the reason we've already seen more new companies decide to go with Arena so far this year than we did all of last year."
Among the customers who selected Arena in Q3 2010 are:
- Infineta Systems, a network infrastructure company that offers solutions like the Velocity Dedupe Engine™ to reduce enterprise WAN traffic.
- Inforce Computing, which supplies IFC 9400 products and other embedded hardware platforms to support the mobile Internet.
- Micro Power Technologies, developer of power-efficient, wireless video devices used in government, public safety, SMB and commercial markets.
- Storsimple, which offers a local/cloud hybrid storage appliance that improves performance, scalability, manageability and data protection for Microsoft server applications and virtualized environments.
- Symetrica Ltd., whose gamma ray spectroscopy and imaging solutions have been developed for use in medical diagnostics, security applications and space research and development.
- Topcon Medical Laser Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Topcon America Corporation, which offers the PASCAL, Slimline and Streamline laser systems for use in ophthalmologic procedures.
- Virtual Access Ireland Limited, a telecommunications equipment and services company that provides telco and corporate solutions worldwide.
In Q3 2010 Arena also continued to make strategic investments in personnel and infrastructure. Most notably, the company brought on industry veteran Steve Chalgren as its new vice president of product management and strategy. Chalgren, who brings deep domain expertise and a proven record of delivering tools that solve real problems, will focus on leading the Arena product team as they continue to develop easy-to-use solutions that help small and mid-size manufacturers succeed. On the infrastructure side, Arena doubled its storage capacity at its primary and backup data centers to support the projected growth of its customer base.
Also in Q3 2010, Arena surpassed its 99.5% service level agreement for the 18th consecutive quarter, with 99.99% scheduled uptime in Q3 2010 and a continued focus on delivering the most secure and reliable collaborative BOM and change management solution available.
About Arena Solutions
Arena bridges the gap between design and manufacturing, unifying entire teams around the latest product information and helping small and mid-size manufacturers meet their cost, quality and schedule targets. Arena provides easy-to-use on-demand software for capturing product data, controlling revisions, managing the engineering change process and sharing accurate, up-to-date bills of materials (BOMs) with partners, suppliers and contract manufacturers.
The repository for the product record, Arena sits at the epicenter of the broader product lifecycle management (PLM) landscape, connecting with systems like CAD, EDA, PDM and ERP and linking organizations with their supply chains. With its on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach, Arena is a low-risk, rapid-return proposition that makes enterprise-class functionality available to companies that would otherwise have to contend with spreadsheet-based, time-consuming and error-prone BOM and change management processes. New customers get up and running with minimal upfront investment and start benefiting from Arena in less than 5 days for as little as $99 per user per month.
Founded in February 2000, Arena Solutions is headquartered in Foster City, California.
To learn more about Arena:
Visit the Arena Solutions website. ( http://www.arenasolutions.com)
Read the Arena blog on product design, development and manufacturing. ( http://blog.arenasolutions.com)
Follow @arenasolutions on Twitter. ( http://www.twitter.com/arenasolutions)
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Learn more about the problems Arena solves. ( http://www.arenasolutions.com/benefits/problems/index.html)
Watch videos of Arena in action. ( http://www.arenasolutions.com/democenter/)
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