The document outlines the features and benefits of several new products released in Fall 2013, including an API for programmatic integrations, a supply chain exchange for multi-tier collaboration, project management tools, and cost analysis capabilities. These innovations aim to enhance organizational communication, improve project visibility and decision-making, and streamline forecasting and cost reduction processes. Upcoming training webinars are scheduled for further insights on these products.

1. FALL 2013 RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Steve Chalgren, VP Product Management & Strategy
Kathy Davies, Product Manager
Paul Welch, Product Manager
Roy Stafford, Product Manager

2. AGENDA
• Introductions
• Fall 2013 Product Previews
 API
 Supply Chain Exchange
 Project Collaboration
 Demand Analysis
• How to get more information
• Questions

3. FALL 2013 PRODUCTS
• API
• Supply Chain Exchange
• Project Management
• Cost Analysis

4. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
INTERFACE (API)

5. WHAT DOES IT DO?
Provides the ability to develop lightweight and
flexible programmatic integrations
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Samples:
•ERP Integration
•Cost Data
•Inventory Data
•CRM Integration
•SKU’s automatically added to PLM
•CAD Integration
•Custom integrations
•Add functionality to existing integrations

6. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE
• Eliminates the manual ‘push’ of data amongst
systems
 Business Impact: TTM, Product Quality
• Improved organizational communication,
collaboration, etc.
 Business Impact: TTM

7. SUPPLY CHAIN EXCHANGE
Technical

8. ARCHITECTURE
• RESTful (REpresentational State Transfer)
• Authentication: session ID
• Protocol: Secure, encrypted https protocol
• Data Transport: JSON (JavaScript Object
Notation)
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9. SUPPORTED CAPABILITY
• Secure Authentication
• Items – Specs, BOM, Sourcing, Files, etc.
 Read
 Create
 Modify
 Delete
• Additional Arena objects in future
releases
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10. EXAMPLE – CREATE AN ITEM
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11. WANT MORE?
October 1st, 2013:

12. Supply Chain Exchange

13. SUPPLY CHAIN 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

14. 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

15. SAMPLE USE CASES
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OEM
Other
Suppliers
Contract
Manufacturer
Supplier
A
Supplier
C
Supplier
B
Supplier
D
Supplier
E
• Procurement for quoting
 Send a build package
 Receive a quote
• Collaborate with CM during NPI
 DFM, DFQ
• Many OEMs include CM in change
 Approval on ECOs
 Implementation tracking

16. SUPPLY CHAIN EXCHANGE
Demonstration

17. WANT MORE?
October 2nd, 2013:

18. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

19. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• High level project management in the context of the
product record
• Collaborate globally with easy to use projects:
 Use projects for new product introductions
 Detailed manufacturing and engineering efforts
 Targeted quality initiatives
• See real time product record information in the
context of your schedule for accurate assessment of
project progress
• Evaluate metrics for projects across your workspace
with comprehensive reporting to maximize company
efficiency.
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20. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE
• Gives Mgmt Team the information necessary to
make better strategic decisions
 Business Impact: Invest in appropriate projects early, kill those
that are not
• Better visibility into Project Status’s for everybody
involved – not just PMs
 Business Impact: Affects TTM – projects completed on-time, on-
budget
• Less time in administrative tasks: meetings (CCBs),
emails, chasing information, etc.
 Business Impact: Affects TTM – projects completed on-time, on-
budget

21. SUPPLY CHAIN EXCHANGE
Demonstration

22. WANT MORE?
October 8th, 2013:

23. COST ANALYSIS

24. CUSTOMER PROBLEM
• No easy way to do forecast based planning
• Export BOM data from Arena – AML, cost
• Spend many hours in Excel doing merge and rollup across
multiple BOMs
• Results in:
 Poor visibility into material requirements
 Disadvantage when negotiating component prices
 Contract Manufacturer often has a better picture on volume
 Money left on the table
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25. COST ANALYSIS
• 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
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=Total Materials Demand
Forecast
Qty.
Product
BOM
Product
BOM +n

26. 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

27. SUPPLY CHAIN EXCHANGE
Demonstration

28. TYPICAL USE-CASE
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Product 1
Forecast
Product 3Product 2
Period Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Product 1 100,000 100,000 150,000 200,000
Product 2 50,000 80,000 100,000 120,000
Product 3 80,000 120,000 150,000 200,000

29. CALCULATE TOTAL MATERIAL DEMAND
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Qty. 4 Qty. 2 Qty. 1
Total Demand for
Capacitor P/N 1001
Product 1 Product 3Product 2
Capacitor P/N
1001
Qty 4* Forecast Qty 2 *
Forecast
Qty 1 *
Forecast
++
=
Total 3.45M Pieces
Required
Qty used per
assembly

30. WANT MORE?
October 2nd, 2013:

31. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
• Training:
• Topic Specific Webinars:
 October 1st: API
 October 2nd: Supply Chain Exchange & Cost Analysis
 October 8th: Project Management

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