If you’re part of an organization that’s scaling to production, we’ve got you covered with our scalable cloud PLM solution.

But what if you’re just starting out? You need to capture and document parts, but without changes and a supply chain to manage, you may not be ready to implement a full-service solution. You may just need something that helps you design and document a prototype, or turn your parts into BOMs.

For people like you, we created PartsList.

Why PartsList?

In the last year, we noticed a lack of engineer-focused systems that individuals and small teams could use to document and share their designs. We hope to change all that with PartsList—a new cloud application that makes it easy to document, organize and share BOMs.

PartsList is a low cost tool for engineers who just need to find parts, document a BOM and get it to doc control (or a partner, vendor or friend). Since we launched in January, we’ve been getting an enthusiastic response, and a lot of early traction, which has been really exciting to see.

As the product manager of PartsList, I’d like to give you a tour of PartsList, so you can see how it can help you get your prototype built. At this point in time, we’re letting new users try PartsList for free, so if you think you might be interested, set up your account today.

What are some cool things you can do with PartsList?

When we created PartsList we had design engineers in mind.

The use case for PartsList begins with an engineer who needs to get his/her full circuit design from EDA or ECAD documented. (Or an engineer who needs to document a napkin drawing, reference BOM or a parts list in a spreadsheet.) From there, PartsList can be used to:

Complete the documentation process for an existing bill of materials

Export a BOM from ECAD, import it into PartsList and use Autofill to collect datasheets and vendor site information for your entire BOM in one click. For any given part, all you need is the manufacturer and manufacturer number to capture the rest of the information—including datasheets and links to purchase—with the click of a button.

When you’re done, export the BOM to CSV or PDX to share it with whoever needs it. (And if you’re unfamiliar with PDX, here is more information on how you can use PDX to share build packages.)

Consider multiple critical component contenders

PartsList comes with PartSaver—a bookmarklet that you can use to capture and save critical part information with one click. If you’re browsing parts online, you can use the PartSaver browser button to capture critical component information—including datasheets and vendor information, and make comparative evaluation easy.

Create a new Bill of Materials

If you want to start a BOM from scratch, you can find the parts individually online, and use PartSaver to capture all the data into a unique list.

It’s also easy to build out a napkin-drawing or sketched BOM with PartsList. Just load the basic information—part number and manufacturer—into PartsList, select Autofill and PartsList will pull the rest of the information you need to complete your BOM.

If you have a BOM in EDA or ECAD, or a reference design from a partner or manufacturer, you can import the old design to PartsList, remove the components that you want to replace, and use PartSaver to clip replacement parts.

Create a new part request form

PartsList gives you a full list with supplier item information, which can be passed to document control for creation of internal part numbers and inclusion of parts into another system—if you have access to PLM, or an ECAD library.

It’s never too early to be organized

If you’re an engineer at an early-stage startup, two guys in a garage building a prototype or even a serial inventor with a ton of ideas to document, a comprehensive cloud PLM solution might feel like a bit much. But if you want to be prepared when it’s time to scale, it’s never too early to adopt a simple, effective way to collect part data, as well as build and share simple BOMs. So I hope you give PartsList a try.

For more information:

Try Arena PartsList for free today

Your right-sized BOM management toolkit in the cloud

Arena PDXViewer-display PDX build packages in an easy-to-read, navigable format

While a lot of the big picture questions (like, how much do we expect to make from this product, why are we launching something new in the first place, etc.) are VP or C-level questions, a successful new product introduction (NPI) is something everyone in the organization must help with.

Here are some things engineering, operations, sales and marketing should consider during the NPI process.

Has operations considered . . .

• How to kick off/manage the various production phases (prototype, pilot, production)
• The supply chain strategy—are you consigned, turnkey, hybrid or ”appliance” manufacturing?
• CM selection—will your CMs operate locally or offshore, and should you go with an ODM?
• Production strategy—will you build to order or build to forecast?
• Time that needs to be added for the quality assurance process
• Your production capacity requirements, plans for expansion
• The Finished Goods (FGI) warehouse/distribution plan
• Repair center process and costs
• Cost reduction

Have engineers taken some time to discuss . . .

• The NPI process (gates, deliverables, approvals)
• Product data management and engineering changes
• Part numbers—custom vs. standard, commonality, intelligent vs. non-intelligent
• Design Verification Testing (DVT)/QA
• Product Reliability testing (HALT)
• Test specs
• Available diagnostics
• Special test equipment
• Feedback loops

Have sales and marketing thought about . . .

• Sales channels—will you use a direct model, or work with distributors  or partners?
• Sales regions—there are different considerations if you’re selling domestically than there are if you’d like to expand your customer base to Europe, China, India or Brazil)
• Standard order ARO requirements
• Terms and conditions
• Stock Keeping Units (SKU’s)—how many do you need to have available?
• Sales forecast process
• Customer warranty—how will you manage returns and spares?
• Compliance (UL, FCC, RoHS, WEEE, FDA)
• Software delivery scheme (CD, web-site access)

And for every department, it’s important to make sure the right business systems are in place.

In particular, the following systems make it much easier to manage the new product introduction process:

• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)—for design and manufacturing documents, BOM and change management and compliance
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)—for purchasing, inventory, order administration and finance
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)—for sales forecasting and customer orders, pipeline management, RMAs, return rates, customer case history and warranty entitlement

To learn more about new product introduction (NPI)

If you’re interested in learning more about new product introduction best practices, our partner Product Realization Group is hosting a seminar next week that you might enjoy. The event, “Launching Success,” is available as an in-person networking and lunch for $10 (early bird pricing) and as a free webinar. Sign up today!

Some other links you might enjoy

First-to-market innovation challenges: An Arena customer spotlight

Big picture questions to ask when launching a new product

Avoiding NPI pitfalls: Plan for the total customer experience

When you’re dealing with engineers you’re talking CAD and design; when you’re working with purchasing and production you’re talking ERP and SCM. And if you have to share product data between these groups, the only way to make sure each system accepts the information is to send everything via email and spreadsheets.

While email and spreadsheets are fine for some things, they are not the best way to share a build package or a change order.  This is why we developed Arena PDXViewer—a free cloud application that displays PDX build packages in an easy-to-read, navigable format. (To learn more about the PDX file standard, check out my previous post.)

We built PDXViewer for ultimate usability, enabling it to work on any computer with any operating system and without any required set up. Our viewer has been the cleanest, simplest viewer on the market for some time, but we’ve recently introduced a new feature that brings PDXViewer to the next level—the ability to filter a build package.

Introducing Filter—the easiest way to break your BOM up into supplier-specific build packages

With Filter, you have the flexibility to decide what to include and exclude in your PDX build package. This new feature means that PDXViewer now gives you complete control over the exact set of parts and drawings you share with a subcontractor, vendor or manufacturing partner.

How to use Filter to control your product data

Filter addresses an issue that affects everyone in the manufacturing process—control over what data is shared.

• Engineers can use Filter to remove unwanted or private files, items, manufacturers and contacts from a build package before sharing with downstream partners, or requesting a quote.
• Procurement can use Filter to break build packages up into vendor-specific data sets for clear, unambiguous communication with vendors.
• Operations can use Filter to attach a customized build package to a work order so manufacturing partners have all the information they need to do their jobs.
• Contract manufacturers can use Filter to create a unique build package for each vendor when outsourcing aspects of production, such as cables, PCB, enclosures, or the shipping and packaging.

Give PDXViewer a try—it’s free!

When sharing a build package, there is always the concern that including too much information will lead to unwanted exposure of private or erroneous data, or confusion on the part of the recipient. With the addition of Filter to PDXViewer, you can rest easy, knowing you are in complete control of what data travels down the supply chain.

Try PDXViewer today for free—create and share build packages with more control and fewer errors.

Let me explain.

We’ve come a long way since our early days as BOM.com, and today Arena is used by thousands of manufacturers around the world. And while we’ve solved the problem of capturing, communicating and controlling product data for small to midsize organizations with our cloud PLM software, we know that data management is still a challenge for the lone hobbyist, the garage startup or the small business that is still deciding on vendors and processes, or building out their supply chain.

Managing product data should be a no brainer—even if you’re just two guys in a garage

To solve this problem, we’ve launched two new products that can help manufacturers and engineers get their designs documented and shared earlier in the process—Arena PartsList, and Arena PDXViewer.

Together, PartsList and PDXViewer create a lightweight solution that requires no organizational initiative and no set up. Using PartsList and PDXViewer together, engineers can import designs from ECAD, automatically pull in critical component information and create a fully documented BOM (which can be shared as read-only build package for fast quoting or building.)

How PartsList and PDXViewer help you document and share your designs from Day One

Arena PartsList—create and share clean, fully documented BOMs

Arena PartsList is the ultimate lightweight tool for design engineers. With one click, PartsList turns any list of parts into a purchasable BOM you can share with doc control, purchasing or potential vendors.

If you import designs from your ECAD tool and select Autofill, PartsList will automatically pull the datasheets and key component attributes for all the parts in your list. If you’re browsing parts online, you can use the PartSaver bookmarklet to capture critical component information in one click.

You can use PartsList to create any number of parts lists, organize them however you like them share your lists with anyone who needs them by exporting to CSV or PDX.

PDXViewer—display PDX build packages in an easy-to-read, navigable format

PDXViewer is a free tool for sharing easy-to-read, organized BOM data with anyone who needs it. PDXViewer opens any PDX file (including ones you create with PartsList) and can be used on any operating system or machine. PDXViewer takes the hassle out of handing off the BOM, and is a great tool to use with vendors and suppliers.

Although easy to use, PDXViewer is extremely robust. In addition to viewing PDX files, you can use PDXViewer to break a build package up into smaller subsets of data to share with subcontractors, vendors or manufacturing partners. With the ability to preview your files, or share exported change orders as redlined PDX packages, you can be sure you are always sending the right data downstream.

Right-sized PLM solutions for every manufacturer, at every stage of development

Although we are extending the benefits of cloud PLM to a larger audience, don’t think we’ve forgotten about our current customers. At its core Arena is about cloud collaboration—whether through our new lightweight apps, or our scalable BOM and change management tool.

We decided to extend the benefits of cloud PLM to a wider audience because we believe that all manufacturers—at all stages of development—deserve an easy-to-start, easy-to-learn, easy-to-use solution for centralizing product data and sharing BOMs with suppliers.

With PartsList and PDXViewer, we now fully support product design at every stage of the market. We have tools for the individual, for the partnership, for the startup, for the small and midsize companies, and for the large organization. At any size, and any price point, you can rely on Arena to help you capture and easily share your designs.

PDXViewer is a free tool from Arena. You can try PartsList for free for 90 days. Sign up now—and help influence development going forward by sending me your feedback or posting to the comments. Thanks!

For more information

Arena PartsList—create and share clean, fully documented BOMs

PDXViewer—display PDX build packages in an easy-to-read, navigable format

The Pirate Bay (TPB) is confident that this will soon be a reality.

The website just announced it is supporting a new type of file on its BitTorrent site—“physibles.” TPB uses this term to describe “data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical.” Among the current TPB physible files available for download on the site are a Chevelle hot-rod 3D model and a clock.

TPB is the 75th most visited website in the world and has more than 5 million registered users. So for many in the tech world, the website’s actions carry weight and may indicate trends to come.

What 3D downloading would mean for the world of commerce

The Pirate Bay has declared that 3D downloading comes with some benefits for society. In fact, TPB shared on its company blog that “we [TPB] believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare parts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.”

But the implications of this technology go far beyond new sneakers. TPB predicts, “no more shipping huge amount of products around the world. No more shipping the broken products back. No more child labor. We’ll be able to print food for hungry people. We’ll be able to share not only a recipe, but the full meal. We’ll be able to actually copy that floppy, if we needed one.”

If TPB is right, and consumers can just print products from the comfort of their own home, what will happen to the establishments of the manufacturing industry—like factories and plants?

Sound like a bunch of sci-fi nonsense?

A world without factories and assembly lines seems unfathomable. And, to be honest, you probably don’t need to worry about the factory near you closing its doors anytime soon. 3D printing may never replace the need for manufacturers, and printing and assembling your own goods may be a long time away from mainstream acceptance. And the fact the TPB has a controversial reputation for its loose IP protection policy and anti-copyright stance may further skepticism about the new technology.

But it’s worth noting that the technology needed to download and print 3D files already exists. The MakerScanner, for example, is an open source 3D scanner that digitally records 3D objects and sends the information for print using a MakerBot 3D printer. RepRap is another open source ‘self-replicating’ 3D printer capable of producing plastic objects. You can watch a video of how the RepRap works here.

Time will tell what the future holds for 3D downloading

As with the introduction of any major new technology, there are a lot of questions still unanswered, and we are just entering the infant stages of 3D downloading technologies.

Nonetheless, TPB seems confident in declaring, “the future of sharing is about physible data.”

If 3D downloading really is on the horizon, what do you think the short term and long term ramifications might be?

UPDATE (2/6): A team of researchers from Belgium and the Netherlands has successfully replaced an 83 year old woman’s jaw with a 3D printed model of a prosthetic jaw. Read more here.

For more information:

Adopting innovation as a winning philosophy: an Arena customer spotlight

What’s next in manufacturing? Some predictions for 2012

Can you teach a robot to flip a pancake?

Annual sales for petroleum and coal were higher than the combined 2011 GDP of Mexico and South Korea. And annual sales for computers and electronic products surpassed the total annual 2011 GDP of Switzerland.

And to top it all off, the president declared in the 2012 State of the Union address that “the American auto industry is back.” General Motors is back to being the world’s #1 automaker, Ford has invested billions in U.S. plants and factories, and the auto industry has added over 160,000 jobs.

Can American manufacturers finally breathe a sigh of relief?

Unfortunately, it may be soon to tell what this all means. In a recent NPR interview, David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, declared that U.S. factory output is still 10 percent lower than pre-recession figures. And although factories have added more than 300,000 jobs in the last two years, we would need two million more jobs to get manufacturing back to 2007 levels—which may be a challenge, as factories can produce more without hiring thanks to new technologies and increased efficiency.

The European Union’s recent economic turmoil could further complicate the manufacturing industry’s path to recovery. (Currently, U.S manufacturers generate about 22% of their total sales from European nations.) If the festering debt problems, high borrowing costs and debt deflation continue in Europe, American manufacturing industries may be impacted.

An argument for optimism

Despite reasons for concern, U.S. manufacturing’s strong finish in 2011 is giving some experts reason to be optimistic. Dr. Mark Perry, professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan, goes as far as to say that U.S. manufacturing is “thriving, expanding and prospering”—an assertion he backed up with the figure below.

This chart shows revenue for the 10 largest U.S. manufacturing industries in 2011.

These numbers look strong, and hopefully reflect a brighter future for American manufacturing.

And with the rise onshoring, we may see even more good things to come. In the 2012 State of the Union address, the president shared that the CEO of Master Lock finally believes it makes business sense for him to bring jobs back home. And for the first time in 15 years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity.

So what do you think? Have you noticed any signs of recovery in the industry? Are we right to be optimistic?

For more information:

Three outsourcing challenges you may be facing

Findings from the 2011 Arena Solutions manufacturing outsourcing survey

What’s next in manufacturing? Some predictions for 2012

At Arena, we’ve been working on a couple of new products ourselves, Arena PartsList and Arena PDXViewer, so I’ve gotten to see a bit of what goes into new product introduction first hand. (Admittedly, as a software company we’ve got it much easier since our products don’t need to obey the laws of physics!)

A lot of things can take you by surprise when introducing a new product. You may find that your internal resources are not always available in the time frame or with the required expertise to meet NPI demands. Your internal resources may also have limited bandwidth, forcing you to hire and manage outside partners. And if you are a global organization, the complexities of your global customers and supply chain pose an extra challenge.

The best way to deal with the stress of NPI is to create clear goals, processes and benchmarks from the beginning. These things can keep you on track when production ramps, it starts getting hectic and you find yourself asking, “Why are we doing this to ourselves!”

Our partner, Product Realization Group (who is hosting a webinar on NPI in February) shared with me a list of basic business questions that you can use to start drafting your new product introduction plan.

Kick off your next product launch with the following questions:

- What are the sales/revenue projections for this new product?

- As you move toward launch, will operations require additional/temporary headcount?

- What is the operations budget when it comes to expense and capital equipment plans?

- What are projections for gross margins? (Consider ASP targets and COGS targets)

- What are current and projected product costs? (Include inventory projections, warranty claims and returns and any additional facilities requirements)

There is a lot more to NPI than this checklist, but answering these basic questions is a good place to start. (For example, how can you determine the potential ROI of the product without an idea of what you expect to make? And how much does the extra required headcount impact overall revenue potential?) And if you’re interested in learning more about NPI, check out Product Realization Group’s upcoming seminar—Launching Success.

With the upcoming launch of PDXViewer and PartsList, I have NPI on the brain. Next week, I will share what each department should contribute to a successful product launch.

For more information

Launching success with a solid new product introduction process

For a successful startup, don’t forget the fundamentals

New product introduction (NPI) challenges and solutions

A proud new iPhone owner in 2008 was surprised to find this photo on his brand new device. This young girl, who looks around 13 years old, works in the Foxconn plant that assembled the phone.

With the rising emergence of automation in the manufacturing world, brought on by increasing global competition and reinforced by events like Foxconn’s plan to integrate over 1 million robots into its assembly lines, it’s easy to forget that the vast majority of our electronic products are still largely assembled by hand.

One Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, China, referred to as Foxconn City for its massive size, is particularly well known for its use (read: abuse) of manual labor in the assembly of products for popular companies like Apple, Sony, Dell and more. The plant employs over 340,000 workers and has had dozens of workers commit suicide due to intolerable working conditions. Just recently, 150 workers threatened suicide over a severance pay dispute, and one worker passed away after completing a 34-hour work shift.

One Apple lover’s journey inside Foxconn

Last week, Ira Glass from Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life shared an excerpt from a monologue performed by Mike Daisey, a self proclaimed “lover of all things technology,” who ventured into the factory that assembles so many of his beloved products.

Disguised as a businessman, Daisey witnessed firsthand the bleak working conditions in the Shenzhen Foxconn plant—and came out of the experience with a profoundly altered view on, as he says, everything.

Below are a few poignant excerpts from Mr. Daisey’s recount of his visit to the plant:

Industrial spaces with 30,000 workers in a single enormous space. They can exert a kind of eerie fascination. There is a beauty to industrialization on such a massive scale, you don’t have to deny it. There is a wonder to seeing so much order laid out before you.

They work on the line, and the line only moves as fast as the slowest member. Each person learns how to move perfectly as quickly as possible. If they can’t do it, there are people behind them watching them and there are cameras watching both sets of people and people watching the cameras. They lock it down. They sharpen it, to a fine sharp edge.

The dormitories are cement cubes—12 foot by 12 foot. And in that space, there are 13 to 15 beds. They are stacked up like Jenga puzzle pieces all the way to the ceiling. The space between them is so narrow. None of us would actually fit into them; they have to slide into them like coffins. There are cameras in the rooms; there are cameras in the hallways; there are cameras everywhere.

As a consumer, where do you draw the line?

Manual labor is still an attractive option for companies like Foxconn because, in countries like China, the cost of labor is effectively zero and the efficiency of these factories is unparalleled. But many activist groups around the world are protesting the consequences of pushing human factory workers to the level of productivity that our vigorous modern consumer buying cycles demand.

In this excerpt, Daisey questions who ultimately carries the responsibility for change:

In my first two hours of my first day at that [Foxconn] gate, I met workers who were 14 years old, 13 years old, 12 years old. Do you really think Apple doesn’t know? In a company obsessed with the details? With the aluminum being milled just so; with the glass being fitted perfectly into the case? Do you really think it’s credible that they don’t know?

Or do you think that they’re just doing what we’re just doing? Do they just see what they want to see?

The truth is, factories like Foxconn turn a blind eye to underage employees, bypass commonly accepted working hours, and foster an oppressive work environment because, well, they can. There are enough gadgets being ordered by companies and demanded by consumers to keep Foxconn’s production lines running 24/7.

How Apple sees it

For companies like Apple, going overseas feels like their only option to staying on top of the demand. When Apple redesigned its iPhone screen in the last minute, for example, it needed a factory that could pull off an assembly line overhaul—waking 8,000 workers in the middle of the night to start a 12-hour work shift fitting new glass screens into iPhone frames. Only a place like Foxconn City can deliver this kind of efficiency and speed.

And while it’s true that factory wages in China are less than what American factories would be required by law to pay, the decision to outsource is not just about Apple saving money. For Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook, the decision to outsource assembly to Asia came down to two things—factories in Asia can “scale up and down faster” and “Asian supply chains have surpassed what’s in the U.S..”

Jennifer Rigoni, Apple’s worldwide supply demand manager until 2010, explains Apple’s logic like this: “They [Foxconn] could hire 3,000 people overnight. What U.S. plant can find 3,000 people overnight and convince them to live in dorms?”

So what do you think? Is this our new reality or is there a way to bring factory jobs back home?

Listen here for the entire monologue of Mr. Daisey’s trip to the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen.

For more information:

What the robotic age means for U.S. manufacturing

Foxconn’s planning to hire 1 million robots

Mr Daisey and the Apple Factory

In 2011, Gartner released a report describing how heightened economic pressures and increasingly complex products are driving manufacturers to seek more cost effective, collaborative product lifecycle management tools in the cloud. Autodesk recently referenced this report when discussing its move to the cloud PLM space.

From our position as the most established and trusted cloud PLM company (eleven years and counting!) it’s nice to see the industry finally getting excited about the cloud’s potential to bring BOM management software to the next level.

In the original 2011 report, Gartner surveyed manufacturers about their experiences with traditional (on-premise) PLM systems and found there are many places where on-premise systems fall short. Here are some interesting findings mentioned in the Autodesk write up, and the three trends I observed that may explain why the cloud is growing in appeal.

#1: Traditional PLM tools are stressful and expensive.

According to the report:

“The unnatural organizational changes and reengineering of internal processes required to deploy traditional PLM tools cause significant stress and unnecessary spend. While some change may be expected, PLM should accommodate and mirror a company’s best-of-breed processes, not the other way around.

Business partners familiar with core business processes and companies’ in-house experts are strong resources well positioned to make the right organizational adjustments during a move to Enterprise PLM; but only if the Enterprise PLM solution can very easily adapt to their processes and practices.”

#2: Cloud PLM tools help reduce cost and cycle times.

According to the report:

“New licensing models and deployment methods, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing, may substantially reduce the cost and effort required to get up and running with Enterprise PLM business applications. In fact, SaaS deployment methods may become the new norm for Enterprise PLM. As the Gartner research featured here recommends, “Manufacturers should be more open to the idea of PLM software delivered as a service than they currently are.”

#3: Increases in product complexity means that more departments within a given organization will require fast and reliable access to PLM tools.

According to the report:

“Recent sudden increases in product and project complexity are causing more departments outside of Engineering, such as Planning, Procurement, and Quality, to seek Enterprise PLM business solutions that are powerful and integrated. Teams within these departments need access to Enterprise PLM that enables fast and accurate information management and collaboration throughout the entire product or project lifecycle. The Enterprise PLM business solution for these departments need not derive from existing engineering-centric PDM systems, but must instead connect with them to facilitate the collaboration and process workflows appropriate over the full lifecycle of the product.”

It seems like the cloud software solutions are finally poised to see wide-scale adoption, and we couldn’t be happier. Do you think this report is right on in its assessment of manufacturers’ needs?

For more information:

What’s next in manufacturing? Some trends for 2012

Cloud PLM – finding its place in manufacturing organizations

Design in the cloud

Launch haphazardly and you will find yourself on board a sinking ship. Launch strategically and you can accelerate your time to market, minimize your overall investment and maximize your profits—and with lower risk!

Because a new product introduction can make or break a company, our partner Product Realization Group, a group that offers a “one-stop-shop” of outsourced product development services, is hosting a seminar on new product introduction—Launching Success!

Learn from three industry experts, including: Kevin Rowett, the VP of Engineering at Violin Memory; Tim Miller, the VP of Operations at Trilliant Networks; and Murad Kurwa, a VP of Engineering at Flextronics International.

During Launching Success, you will gain:

• Real world perspectives from successful high-technology executives
• Insights about current NPI best practices
• Key success factors for launching new products
• Tips for scaling into volume production with efficiency

And more.

The seminar will be offered as a Lunch and Learn in San Jose (get early bird pricing now) or as a free webinar for those who can’t make it to the meeting in person.

Sign up for the webinar

Attend the lunch and learn at National University, San Jose CA

Even with the best plan, launching a new product is tough. But with a solid process in place, you are more likely to get your new product to market on time, and at cost.

For more information:

Improving time to market—NPI whitepaper by Arena

First-to-market innovation challenges: An Arena Customer Spotlight

New product introduction challenges and solutions