The document provides an agenda and overview of Arena Solutions' fall 2013 products including Arena Exchange, Arena Demand, and upcoming events. Arena Exchange allows companies to invite unlimited suppliers to collaborate on build packages. Arena Demand allows entering a forecast against multiple product bills of materials to calculate total material demand and costs across products. Upcoming webinars and training sessions are provided to learn more about the new products.

1. ARENA EXCHANGE
ARENA DEMAND
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Steve Chalgren, VP Product Management & Strategy
George Lewis, Director of Solutions Consulting
Paul Welch, Product Manager

2. AGENDA
• Introductions
• Fall 2013 Product Overview
• Arena Exchange
• Arena Demand
• Upcoming Events
• Q&A

3. FALL 2013 PRODUCTS
• Arena API
• Arena Exchange
• Arena Projects
• Arena Demand

4. Arena Exchange

5. ARENA EXCHANGE
• Multi-tiered supplier collaboration
• Invite unlimited suppliers to view,
approve and comment on build
packages
• Low cost, low overhead
approach to supplier
collaboration
OEM
Other
Suppliers
Contract
Manufacturer
Supplier
A
Supplier
C
Supplier
B
Supplier
D
Supplier
E

6. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE
• Ground Breaking - Easily involve
your Supplier’s Supplier…End Tier
 Business Impact: Competitive advantage to
include your entire supply chain
• More Timely Decision Making – all
the way to the manuf. Floor
 Business Impact: Less scrap & rework
• Better feedback from Supply Chain
 Business Impact: DFM, Fewer Errors
affecting TTM, Product Cost & Quality
OEM
Other
Suppliers
Contract
Manufacturer
Supplier
A
Supplier
C
Supplier
B
Supplier
D
Supplier
E

7. ARENA DEMAND

8. ARENA DEMAND
• Enter a forecast against multiple
product BOMs
• Calculate total demand for required
materials
• Aggregates across multiple
products or product lines
• Include cost and sourcing
information from Arena
Total Materials Demand
Forecast
Qty.
Product
BOM
Product
BOM +n

9. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE
• Reduction in Direct Material Spend
 Business Impact: Product Cost reduction and MBO incentives
realized!
• You’re living in Excel for forecasting
 Business Impact: Significant reduction in manual effort to build and
maintain
 Future forecasting: Better predictability for negotiating future
demand
• Take control back from your CM!
 Business Impact: Affects Product Costs

10. UPCOMING WEBINARS
• Topic Specific Webinars:
arenasolutions.com/resources/webinars/
 October 8th: Arena Projects

11. UPCOMING TRAINING
• Instructor Led Courses:
to sign up: customersuccess@arenasolutions.com
 Arena Demand
o November 6, 10.00 AM PT | Foster City, CA
o November 12, 10.00 AM PT | Web class
 Arena Projects
o November 6, 1.00 PM PT | Foster City, CA
o November 13, 10.00 AM PT | Web class
 Arena Exchange
o November 7, 10.00 AM PT | Foster City, CA
o November 14, 10.00 AM PT | Web class

13. www.arenasolutions.com
866.937.1438
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