Arena PLM & QMS Features
Quality Management (4)
Design Controls
This feature was mentioned in 78 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Ensures that the product development process stays on track and continues to meet both user and vendor needs
Audit Management
72 reviewers of Arena PLM & QMS have provided feedback on this feature.
Prepares for, plans, manages, schedules, and conducts internal and external audits
Supplier Network Management
As reported in 66 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Connects suppliers with product developers with consumers
Risk Management
This feature was mentioned in 68 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Reviews, identifies, and assesses sources of risk in research and development
Quality System (4)
Analytics & Reporting
Based on 64 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Collects both vendor- and customer-facing data relevant to the product development lifecycle, and generates performance and health reports
Real-time Collaboration
As reported in 65 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Enables real-time collaboration like automated notifications and rich editing and commenting capabilities to minimize miscommunication
Document Control
As reported in 82 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Automates, centralizes, and archives documents and forms to create a single source of truth
Quality Processes
As reported in 78 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Automates and manages processes like CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) to monitor quality and complaints and promote transparency
Nonconformance (3)
Conformance Records
Based on 82 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to create, track and maintain accurate, auditable conformance records.
CAPA
Based on 80 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to assign tasks for corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to employees in nonconformance
Change Management
Based on 93 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to submit change requests and control plan revisions at any point in the production process and track all revisions.
Quality system (3)
Document Control
Based on 99 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allow users to centralize and archive documents for quality management
Collaboration
Based on 91 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to collaborate in real time with editing and commenting capabilities to minimize miscommunication
Analytics and Reports
Based on 84 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to collects both vendor- and customer-facing data relevant to the product development lifecycle, and generates performance and health reports
Risk Management (2)
Operational Risk
Based on 64 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to estimate the impact of EHS risks on the operations of the company
Supplier Evaluation
Based on 66 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to evaluate suppliers using safety and environmental criteria
Inspection Management (3)
Templates
Based on 76 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to choose from templates for multiple types of inspections such as safety or quality
Workflows
Based on 77 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides users with workflows to assign tasks for audit and inspections
Corrective Actions
Based on 75 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to identify corrective actions to address incidents and accidents
Compliance (3)
Standards & Regulations
Based on 72 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides users with regulations to follow under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Permits
Based on 62 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to track permits required for environmental and safety compliance
Certifications
Based on 69 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to manage certifications to comply with regulations and standards
Platform (4)
Integration
Based on 72 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Delivers APIs and standard integrations with other software systems.
Security & Privacy
Based on 82 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Complies with security and privacy regulations and standards.
Mobile Access
Based on 73 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to access the software using mobile devices.
Flexibility
Based on 83 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Facilitates software configuration without the need for technical experise.
Services (4)
Implementation
Based on 80 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Assists customes through all the phases of the implementation process.
Training & Learning
Based on 87 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides software users with training courses and learning content.
Customer Support
Based on 77 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Delivers customer and technical support, directly or trough partners.
Professional Services
Based on 68 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
The vendor provides consulting services such as business process reengineering.
New Product Introduction (4)
Ideation
137 reviewers of Arena PLM & QMS have provided feedback on this feature.
Gather and analyse ideas for new products or product enhancements
Time-to-market
Based on 127 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Calculate the time to market for new products or improvements to existing products
Cost estimating
Based on 130 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide users with cost estimation tools for new products or enhancements
Product approval
Based on 174 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Deliver workflows that can be used by managers to approve or reject new products and features
CAD (3)
CAD Models
Based on 134 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to create new CAD models or import them from CAD systems
CAD Options
Based on 124 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Support CAD options such as computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) or omputer-aided engineering (CAE)
Conversion
Based on 103 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides functionality to convert CAD models into bills of materials (BOM)
Collaboration (4)
Supplier alignment
Based on 141 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows users to colalborate with suppliers and partners on product development projects
Communication
Based on 153 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Include features such as chat that internal and external users can use to communicate
Development
Based on 158 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Helps users and suppliers or partners colalborate on product development activities
Document Management
Based on 184 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows user to collaborate on creating and managing documents and files
Product Data Management (3)
Product Metadata
Based on 151 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Define and manage a taxonomy of product metadata that applies to the entire company
Data Quality
Based on 162 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Manages the quality of the product data and ensures its up to date
Version Control
Based on 183 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Tracks and audits versions and changes, including options to check-in and check-out
Bill of Materials (4)
BOM management
Based on 194 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide the ability to deliver product variations such as configure-to-order and engineer-to-order
Multi-level BOM
Based on 190 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Bills of materials can be combined, merged, and nested to create multi-level BOMs
BOM Types
Based on 180 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Manages BOM types such as manufacturing BOM (mBOM) or engineering BOM (eBOM)
BOM visualization
Based on 174 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide users with the ability to visualize the BOM in a 3D environment.
Engineering Change Management (3)
ECR Workflows
Based on 167 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Deliver workflows to approve or reject engineering change requests (ECR)
Change Management
Based on 195 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows user to manage changes to product configurations while maintaining the functional and physical attributes of a product throughout its lifecycle.
ECO Management
Based on 191 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Create and manage engineering change orders (ECO) based on ECRs or from scratch
Simulation (3)
Virtual Testing
Based on 89 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Users can create virtual environments to test product characteristics
Analysis
Based on 92 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Analyse multiple simulations to determine product strenghts and weaknesses
Optimization
Based on 91 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Simulation results can be used to improve product design and development
Analytics (3)
Reporting
Based on 124 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide users with the ability to report progress made throughout the product lifecycle.
Costing
Based on 106 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Track product costs and costs related to design and development activities
Product Intelligence
Based on 103 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide insights into product performance from multiple data sources
Quality management (3)
Quality planning
Based on 117 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provide users with the ability to identify all functional needs of the product ahead of time and incorporate this information into each stage in the product development lifecycle
Traceability
Based on 134 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Ensures that all quality issues can be traced back to the root causes
Compliance
Based on 129 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Ensures compliance of items according to regulatory, safety, and environmental specifications
Integration (4)
ERP
Based on 110 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Integrates with manufacturing ERP solutions
MES
Based on 80 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Integrates with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
PIM
Based on 79 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Integrates with Product Information Management (PIM) software
Maintenance
Based on 89 Arena PLM & QMS reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Integrates with software for maintenance such as Enterprise Resource Management (EAM)
Generative AI (1)
AI Text Summarization
Based on 37 Arena PLM & QMS reviews.
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.





