Aras Corporation was founded in March 2000 to create practical, flexible and supportable next-generation enterprise software to help companies manage their product information and lifecycle processes. Aras’ drive to develop a solution was born out of the fact that the majority of companies were unable to afford the Total Cost of Ownership and lengthy implementations associated with conventional enterprise software that fall into the categories of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Quality Management, Supplier Management and Manufacturing Process Planning, at a time when these capabilities were increasingly becoming a competitive necessity.
Aras Corporation alleviates these problems, answering the overwhelming need of companies to automate their product information and processes with fewer internal resources, smaller budgets, and with lower Total Cost of Ownership than can be achieved with the existing, high-cost, rigid enterprise systems.
Aras’ practical approach is reflected in its corporate philosophy, as well as its technology. The company prides itself on traditional business values that include listening to customers, understanding their needs, and using this information to provide quality solutions that deliver real business value. Aras is a private company based in Lawrence, Massachusetts and is funded by leading venture capital firms Greylock, Matrix Partners, and Oak Investment Partners.
Aras’ approach has been validated by external organizations and provided is a sample of what people are saying about Aras.
“Aras’ proven ability to quickly develop enterprise applications and business solutions is impressive.”
Ed Miller, President - CIMdata
“Aras is driving the cost of (software) change to zero.”
Scott Lundstrum CTO - AMR Research
“Aras gives our management team a solution that will be both cost effective and able to quickly adapt to any future changes to business requirement.”
Corporate Commodity Manager - Freudenberg
These quotes have two things in common.
- Flexibility: The ability to adapt to customer specific requirements quickly
Total Cost of Ownership:
- The ability to quickly develop, deploy, and tailor an application to customer specific requirements directly impacts a solutions total cost of ownership.
Conventional PLM systems were designed in an era of big spending, big-bang implementations, never-ending consulting engagements, high-end customization and steep maintenance costs. While the need for PLM has grown and the economic times have changed, the industry’s solutions have remained rigid and unwieldy. Aras has answered the market need to lower the cost and risk of PLM in four significant ways:
- User-friendly, business ready solution templates let everyday users efficiently manage projects, processes, documents and information in real-time, without hiring consultants or leaning heavily on programming resources.
- 60-90 day time to result vs. 9-12 month implementations utilizing an incremental, success-based roll out methodology.
- Simple named-user licenses and one flat price for access to all Aras Innovator application capabilities.
- Implement-what-you-need approach, which lets companies solve current problems without having to ante up significant software and services expenditures before proving an implementation.
Aras Innovator is currently deployed in 79 counties.
Aras Innovator™ Applications
Aras business ready solutions are web-based applications running on a common .NET web framework. The applications are seamlessly integrated and can be independently deployed as your business needs grow. The integrated suite provides your business with a process oriented approach to manage, measure, and improve product development operations from concept through development and launch for manufacturing readiness.
Business Ready Solutions
Product Engineering
Track and manage new product costs, coordinate BOM structures, organize drawing revisions, and manage product changes
Program Management
Attain greater product pipeline visibility, better project collaboration, and faster product development
Quality Planning
Achieve superior new product quality, mitigate reliability risks, and ensure compliance.