Arena Solutions
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| Type | Privately Held Company |
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| Industry | BOM, PLM, On-Demand Software, Internet |
| Founded | California (2000) |
| Headquarters | Foster City, California |
| Key people | Craig Livingston: CEO Eric Larkin: CTO Ken Bozzini: CFO |
| Products | Arena BOM and change management software |
| Website | www.arenasolutions.com |
Arena Solutions is a bill of materials (BOM) and change management software company that provides the Arena product to manufacturers around the world. Arena uses the on-demand model of software delivery also known as Software as a Service (SaaS).
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[edit] History
Arena Solutions was founded by Michael Topolovac and Eric Larkin in February 2000 to provide small and mid-size manufacturers with a way to capture product information and manage the product development process. The company was originally named bom.com as a reflection of the solution’s emphasis on bill of materials (bom) as the central framework for organizing product data.
Topolovac and Larkin previously worked together at Light and Motion Industries, a manufacturer of underwater video, photo and lighting products founded by Topolovac in the 1990s. After searching for a suitable application to run the design and manufacturing aspects of their business, they developed their own custom application that runs LMI’s operations today and was the prototype for Arena. Arena is an on-demand collaborative BOM and change management tool that gives manufacturers a SaaS (software as a service) solution for managing product data and the product development process. Arena customers include companies in electronics, medical devices, clean technology, consumer products, and industrial equipment.
Arena corporate headquarters are located in Foster City, CA.
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Arena replaces the use of Excel spreadsheets for BOM management, providing small to mid-size manufacturers with a way to centralize product data, control the engineering change process and share BOMs with suppliers. Arena can be integrated with other tools – like MCAD, EDA, PDM and ERP – to help product data flow easily from design to manufacturing.
Arena includes these and other features:
- BOM Management
- Item Management
- Change Management (e.g. ECOs, MCOs, DCOs, ECNs)
- Request Management (e.g. ECRs, MCRs, DCRs, CARs, SCARs)
- Document Control
- Compliance Management (e.g. FDA, ISO, RoHS, UL, CSA, CE and others)
- Sharing
- Supplier & Partner Management
- Supply Chain Collaboration
- Project Collaboration
Arena also offers targeted apps that streamline tasks and make it easier for engineering, operations and manufacturing professionals to do their jobs.
Arena PartSaver is a free browser button that captures part information from distributor websites (e.g. Digi-Key, Mouser and Arrow Electronics) and saves it directly into a Google Docs spreadsheet. With Arena PartSaver, engineers can easily document detailed information when finding parts for a design.
Arena PDXViewer is a simple cloud application that displays PDX build packages in an easy-to-read, navigable format. PDXViewer opens any PDX file, and can be used on any operating system or machine. In addition to viewing PDX files, PDXViewer can be used to break a build package up into smaller subsets of data to share with subcontractors, vendors or manufacturing partners.
Arena PartsList gives users a way to create and share clean, fully documented bill of materials (BOMs). Created especially for engineers, PartsList turns any list of parts into a purchasable BOM that can be shared with document control, purchasing or potential vendors.
