Aras Innovator - PLM

PLM software from Aras allows organizations to develop consistent, repeatable processes that extend through the product lifecycle and enable collaboration across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines, as well as in the supply chain. Aras is highly flexible, allowing organizations to tailor business processes to their specific requirements. Aras Innovator powers multidisciplinary product collaboration and the development of consistent business processes. Aras’ centralized database gives users access to the correct, most current product information.

Overall, Aras’ PLM software allows organizations to efficiently collaborate to optimize resources, minimize costly errors, and reduce time to market, leading to better products and increased profitability.

ALM Integration
Creates complete system view of multidisciplinary products by linking embedded software deliverables into enterprise processes while source code is managed in ALM.

Bill of Materials
Manage complex MBOM and EBOM structures with Aras across mechanical, electronics, and software to assure consistency and control through the product lifecycle.

Change
Change management with Aras streamlines change requests, assessments, and orders and ensures visibility across disciplines and in the extended supply chain, reducing errors and avoiding delays.

Component Engineering
Simplifies selection, approval, sourcing, and compliance for externally sourced electronic components.
Configuration Management
Provides a comprehensive closed-loop system using CMII and CMPIC certified methods for managing the configuration of a product or system throughout its life.

Documents
Provides document management including version and change control for files in multiple formats in a secure, searchable repository.

Parts
Ensure consistency of information by automatically managing relationships between part items and relevant CAD models, drawings.

PDM Integration
While Aras provides full PDM capabilities, integration with other PDM environments which manage CAD, parts, BOMs and documents is also available.

Projects
Providing visibility into projects and programs, enabling enterprise organizations to plan and manage resources, mediate risk and maximize profitability.

Quality
The Aras Quality Management System application provides businesses with advanced product quality planning (APQP) tools to manage risk, improve quality, and attain environmental, regulatory, safety, medical, and other forms of compliance.

Requirements
Enables the creation of a single, multi-discipline requirements hierarchy, critical for designing complex products which combine hardware and software.

Systems Engineering
Provides management of the lifecycle of complex multi-disciplinary products from requirements, through development, manufacture and support.

Technical Publications
Enables cross-discipline authoring, visualization, sharing and publishing of topics-based, modular documentation within a secure, managed environment.