Aras CEO & Founder, Peter Schroer, recently wrote an article featured in the Siemens PLM Community titled, "Change Management: One Size Will Never Fit All." While the meat of the article was about the need for a flexible change manageme...

As we get ready to celebrate Independence Day in the U.S., we realized it's a perfect time to remind you to declare you independence and be different with your PLM choices. Whether it's the technology, the way you buy your PLM or the kinds of...

Faced with the task of keeping track of how many hours were being spent on R&D work, this high tech electronics company developed a time tracking solution embedded in Aras PLM. While time tracking may not be considered "traditional" PLM, putting...

It's a tedious task to go through a Bill of Materials (BOM) and open each part to get the attached documentation. Thanks to Aras Partner Razorleaf, you don’t have to. Razorleaf created a utility to pull all attached documents from a BOM, making it e…

Whether it's with a doctor or with a carpenter, when it comes to important decisions getting a second opinion is a must. Change management is no different. Change management is such an important aspect of PLM you want to get as much information a...

This solution by Aras Partner, Panso Solutions, adds document attachments to requirement and specifications fields on the Document form when their type is selected. The result? Reduced time to productivity when updating documents related to requireme…

Today’s products can have thousands of variations. From colors to sizes or even more complex choices, configuring products to meet customer needs and specifications can be very cumbersome.   Aras Partner, Verenia developed the Product Configurator fo

I recently read an interesting article titled, "How Prescriptive Analytics can complement a Social Enterprise in PLM – A Perspective" that discussed the move toward integrating social information into PLM to benefit product development. At…

As we've covered in recent posts, Aras has three out of the box templates for change management: Simple ECO, CMII Change and Express ECO, as well as the ability to create custom change processes tailored specifically for your company's needs. Our Ex…

Do you hate the amount of time it takes to prepare for a pipeline meeting? If so, this solution is perfect for you! PSC Group created an executive dashboard specifically for pipeline meetings. Integrated with Aras, all the data you need is readily a…

I read the headline and couldn't believe my eyes: "PLM: Are You Ready for Out-of-the-Box?" I couldn't believe that a fellow PLM provider was touting an "out of the box" solution in 2013. In the age of personalization and mass customization isn't tha…

Bring your PLM software with you on the shop floor, manufacturing sites and everywhere you go with your Microsoft Surface. In an instant you can see all your assigned activities with the In Basket app. And you can act upon them right then and there.…

Boeing Insitu had three major goals when implementing CMII Change: speed up the release process, implement formal change control and get rid of paper forms. Boeing Insitu met their goals and more with Aras PLM. First, they learned about Aras's out …

I recently read this article on CIO Insight, which graphically showed the results of a recent survey from Flexera Software on enterprise software. Survey results show that the money spent on "shelfware" is continuing to rise. Based on the data, compa…

In a post last week, we talked about the importance of change management and Aras's the three out of the box templates: Simple ECO, Express ECO and CMII Change. Today's focus is on Configuration & Change Management, which reflects both CMII and ...

10 years from now, will you still be running the same ERP system? Using the same CAD applications? Maybe. Maybe not. No one knows for sure. One thing we do know is that no matter what software you're running today, you've got to be thinking long ter…

In a previous post this week, we talked about the importance of Product Change Management. This is a huge aspect of product development and it’s key for getting quality products to market on time. Aras has three out of the box templates: Simple ECO,…

Change. It's inevitable. Products across all industries undergo change for a variety of reasons, everything from product improvement, to compliance and changes in customer requirements. So what's the big deal about change? Well, if it's not managed …

Traditionally, PLM has been in a bounded box between CAD and ERP, but your business spans so much more than that. At Aras, we believe PLM is a platform that should span the entire product lifecycle. This expansive view of PLM provides a wide range o…

Did you know that every month we put together a newsletter full of the latest Aras news? It's one stop shopping for updates on the community, new releases, solutions, events and more! Did I mention it's just a click away? Read this month'...…

At ACE 2013, we announced our new 3D PDF converter, the first ever CAD to 3D PDF converter embedded in a PLM vault server. Now, we're putting 3D, 2D, Microsoft Office, images and scans, and other data types in a single, powerful, open format: PDF, en

With today’s rapidly advancing technology, highly competitive environments and ever-changing global economic conditions, everyone is being asked to do more with less. At Aras, we’re helping you DO MORE. In fact, we’re doing more, so...

Download Slides >>> ZIP of ALL ACE SLIDES (NOTE: it's 48 Meg) ACE 2013 was our biggest, most energetic ACE conference ever. It's always the first event in the annual ACE series of global conferences, and this year we had an outstanding kick…

Did you know with Aras there are three out of the box change management options, plus the ability to easily configure a custom change management process just for your company? With so many options available, we've put together an ACE session just for…

Aras Partner, Minerva incorporated their expertise best practices in high tech electronics into a solution tailored to fit the needs of HTE companies. If you're a high tech electronics company, this is a must-see presentation. Minerva's solution is …