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Aras PLM Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 5 out of 10
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5 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for Aras PLM are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Customizability: Many users appreciate the configurability of Aras Innovator, as it allows them to customize the platform to their specific needs. The ability to tweak forms, list values, and other aspects of the platform enables changes to be made quickly and while they are still relevant.

Flexibility: The software is highly flexible and able to fulfill most, if not all, user needs. Users find that Aras Innovator allows them to help customers quickly and with good quality. Its open and flexible nature, as well as its licensing model, are seen as major strengths of the platform.

Ease of use: Users commend Aras Innovator for its ease of use interface and configuration. They appreciate the simplicity and power of the platform's data modeling capabilities, as well as the ease of development. In comparison to other cumbersome PLM tools, Aras Innovator's ease of use and functionality are highly appreciated by users.

Reviews

1 Review

Aras PLM and Regulatory Compliance

Rating: 6 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Aras PLM as our source of record for documents. Our company is a medical device company and we need to be compliant with FDA document control standards. Our product engineering, research and development and information technology departments use Aras PLM to ensure our quality records are properly approved.

Pros

  • Aras PLM definitely controls documents and provides the approval levels needed to be compliant.
  • Aras PLM makes organizing and structuring libraries logical and intuitive.
  • The search tools in Aras PLM provides quick and efficient access to documents

Cons

  • Aras PLM uses terms and labels that can be confusing like Subsystem / Subsystem Version, Project Record Number (PRN). Companies need to understand these terms and develop business processes to set user standards.
  • I personally use Aras PLM to manage information technology project documents. In my opinion, Aras PLM is more geared to product and engineering. I would like to see a general project management Aras PLM version with terms and labels that I am familiar with.
  • The description field should be made required. Many of our engineers have created records and left that blank because it was not required. This would help with the context or background of each record.

Likelihood to Recommend

Aras PLM works for our company, yet I don't have experience with any other software system. The system does not refresh and update quickly. Often times users need to force a refresh or logout and logon to verify changes and updates. The Lock and Unlock feature needs getting used to.

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Tony Morales, PMP, CSM
Project Management Office (PMO) Manager in Information Technology at Carestream (5001-10,000 employees)
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Aras PLM
3 years of experience
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