Arena PLM Adoption Spreads Across Diverse Industries
Prominent OEMs Choose On-Demand Solution to Improve Management of Product Data
and Economically Scale Businesses
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Solutions, Inc., the
leading provider of on-demand product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions,
today announced select new customers in diverse industries, demonstrating
increased momentum for the rapidly deployed Arena PLM solution. Companies in
consumer products, network management, power systems, wireless systems,
industrial equipment, and automotive supply are among those announced,
including: -- First Alert(R), a leading provider of home safety products;
-- Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI), known for delivering the very
best in commercial-free music and premium sports programming to cars
and homes across the country;
-- Packeteer(R) (NASDAQ:PKTR), a leading provider of application traffic
management systems;
-- Sierra Wireless (Nasdaq: SWIR; TSX: SW), a global leader in
communications solutions for mobile professionals;
-- Durakon Industries, the world's leading producer of pickup truck
bedliners;
-- Radio Systems Corporation, a leader in innovative pet products under
the PetSafe brand name;
-- GameTech International, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMTC), a leading supplier of
electronic gaming equipment;
-- Mechanical Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTY), dedicated to developing and
commercializing new technologies in the fields of micro fuel cells and
non-contact precision instrumentation;
-- Neptune Technology Group Inc., a leading provider of data collection
systems and water measurement products; and
-- Valence Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLNC), a leader in the development
and commercialization of Saphion(TM) technology and Lithium-ion polymer
rechargeable batteries.
These category-leading manufacturers chose the on-demand Arena PLM solution
because of its immediate ROI and significant functional and economic advantages
over client/server PLM systems and manual processes. Arena PLM enables
manufacturers to reduce errors in communication and speed time to market as
their businesses grow by providing a secure, collaborative online environment
where they can selectively share product data and changes with contract
manufacturers and offshore partners.
"Prior to Arena PLM, we managed bills of materials on a homegrown system," said
Sandy Hughes, director of IT for Radio Systems Corporation. "It was laborious
and inaccessible outside of our corporate office, and we knew it wouldn't scale
as our business grew. We needed a system that was easy for our engineers,
planners, and offshore partners to use anywhere in the world. We evaluated three
systems andchose Arena PLM. It had all the functionality we needed and offered
the best economic value. Within the first month, our offshore partners were on
the system and we saw a return on our investment." "Arena's on-demand PLM solution offers a demonstrablyfaster ROI than
traditional client-server applications," commented Bill Robertson, chief
operating officer for Arena Solutions. "A growing number of manufacturers now
realize they can reap the benefits of PLM without the cost of new hardware and
software installations, and with a minimal initial investment and virtually no
downtime for training. In the past year we have seen tremendous sales growth
with customers in a variety of industries, a trend we expect to accelerate
through 2004." About Arena Solutions Arena Solutions is the leading provider of on-demand product lifecycle
management (PLM) software. The Arena PLM solution facilitates rapid product
development and efficient product management by unifying fragmented product
teams, outsourced partners and remote suppliers into one cohesive design and
manufacturing chain. As the system of record for product data, Arena PLM
provides a unified product definition and a controlled change management process
from product concept through end-of-life.By offering a real-time, integrated
view of complete product information that incorporates data authored in design
tools and that can be automatically synchronized with production systems, Arena
PLM enables the extended manufacturing enterprise to reduce errors, increase
efficiencies, lower product costs and plan more accurately. The web-native
architecture of Arena PLM keeps the total cost of ownership low by eliminating
the need to install, upgrade or maintain traditional software or hardware. Founded in February 2000, Arena Solutions is based in Mountain View, California. More information is available at http://www.arenasolutions.com/.
NOTE: Arena Solutions, Arena PLM, Product Arena, Sourcing & Costing Arena, and
Integration Arena are trademarks of Arena Solutions, Inc. Other product and
company names are the property of their respective holders. DATASOURCE: Arena Solutions, Inc.
CONTACT: Michael DeLapa of Arena Solutions, Inc., +1-650-937-1033, or Web site: http://www.arenasolutions.com/
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