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Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Arena Solutions And xLM Solutions Release Automated Integration Between Arena PLM And SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

Arena Solutions, the pioneer of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) applications, today announced that it has partnered with xLM Solutions, a PLM services and solutions provider, to release an automated integration between Arena PLM and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional. With this integration, companies gain a seamless process flow of product data from SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, formerly known as Enterprise PDM (EPDM), into Arena PLM for prototype, new product introduction (NPI) and ongoing product development processes.

Thanks to Arena and xLM Solutions, companies can create and publish parts, files and bills of materials (BOMs) to Arena PLM from within the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional user interface (UI), which eliminates the need to switch applications and enables engineers to continue working within SOLIDWORKS, simplifying the design process and improving productivity. In addition, because the data flow is automated, this integration avoids the mistakes that are typically introduced through manually exporting and importing information, and also eliminates the drudgery of data entry.

"At xLM, we specialize in providing exactly these kinds of PLM services," said Marc Young, managing partner at xLM Solutions. "With this integration, organizations that use SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional can gain all the benefits of cloud-based PLM with Arena Solutions, without requiring their engineers to leave either of their original environments in order to enter data into Arena PLM. Data transfer between the two applications happens automatically. That's a huge time savings, providing increased productivity and cleaner data."

"It's never been easier for a SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional customer to use Arena PLM," said Steve Chalgren, EVP of Product Management and Chief Strategy Officer at Arena. "With Arena, customers get a solution that scales easily as the business grows, requires no software or hardware to install and makes it simple and affordable to connect and communicate with the entire supply chain about the product. Arena enables our customers to reduce scrap, improve margins and speed time to market. With this integration, the Arena PLM solution has become even more valuable to customers."

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