The countdown is on for ACE 2014 and it's shaping up to be our biggest ACE yet. The latest agenda is available and includes presentations by: GE Aviation, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Sandia National Laboratories, Case New Holland Remanufacturing and many more!

And because of our sponsoring partners, ACE is still FREE TO ATTEND. Hard to believe, but it's true.

• If you're new to Aras - We've overhauled the Basics track to help you learn more, faster and gain a great understanding of how Aras can enable your business. This track is ideal for companies just starting out and for groups within an Aras user company who may be new to PLM.
• If you've already rolled out Aras - The Technical track will show you how to amp up your Aras implementation. From upgrading to Aras Innovator 10 to optimizing Aras for program management, product engineering, CAD data management, SharePoint and more, you'll leave ACE with new knowledge and new ideas.
• If you want to take Aras to the next level - Jump on the Business track and learn how to leverage Aras across your business. Find out what happens when you integrate Microsoft Office, electronic component data, ECAD, enterprise search and other capabilities across the enterprise.

In response to your feedback, we've added more Aras demo sessions and we're bringing back the popular Solutions Showcase and Round Table sessions.

Full details, agenda and justification letter are available on the ACE website.

ACE offers a unique opportunity to meet and collaborate with other companies that run Aras, partners and solution providers. Find out what the future of PLM looks like... Right Now.

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ACE 2014 kicked off the annual ACE series of global conferences with a bang! The energy at the conference was fantastic. Everywhere I looked collaboration was taking place, new connections were being made and cool new solutions were being designed.

I want to personally thank everyone for joining us and for your commitment to the Aras Community. Your enthusiasm is what makes events like this so special… and productive.

I'd also like to give a special shout out to all the people that presented – thank you for sharing your perspective and experiences with others. Your presentations and demos were fantastic! In addition thank you to the round table hosts who did a phenomenal job encouraging open discussions.

Last but certainly not least, I'd like to thank our sponsoring partners: Microsoft, 3D PDF Consortium, BigLever Software, Broadway Consulting Services, CMII, CMPIC, Crucis Technology, CycleOp, Fisher/ Unitech, I-Cubed, IHS, Integware, ITI Transcendata, Kisters, Minerva, NorthRidge Software, Plural Technology, PSC, Razorleaf, SofTech, T-Systems, xLM Solutions and xPLM. Without your continued support the event wouldn't be what it is today.

The theme this year was RIGHT NOW because ‘right now' is the time to plan for the future and because you can take your PLM strategy to the next level with Aras ‘right now'.

This year the days were chock full of user stories, product demos, round tables and more… and the evenings with music, drink and discussion.

Download all the slides from ACE 2014 (warning it's 50 MB)

Aras Keynote – Peter Schroer, CEO

Aras CEO and Founder, Peter Schroer got the show on the road with the community update where he announced several things including:

• The Aras Community for Automotive Innovation with a new Aras office in Detroit
• Dr. Martin Eigner, founder of Eigner & Partner, joins the Aras Advisory Board
• A strategic partnership with Altium

Peter also discussed the importance of PLM scalability as the value of PLM is in wide usage across departments globally, as well as suppliers, outsourced manufacturing partners and customers.

He provided an overview of the industry's largest independent testing which validated optimal performance and resource utilization of Aras Innovator 10 on SQL Server 2012 with over 125,000 concurrent users. You can read the full PLM scalability report to learn more.

He went on to explain how further testing was done with Aras Innovator 10 on SQL Server 2014 which scaled to over 1 Million named users and 250,000 concurrent users. Stay tuned for the results in this upcoming paper. Both of these tests were done by independent validation firm Logic 20/20 with the help of Microsoft and HP.

He also issued a PLM Community challenge: How can we all make PLM fun... engaging, productive? He suggested Simpler User Interfaces, more Mobile, iterative & agile deployments that ensure that end-user enhancement requests are answered quickly, and Integrating PLM within the everyday tools like Office, CAD, Dashboards and other systems that make it easy for users.

He ended with "Just Simply Works" because as he puts it, "PLM only works if the end-users want to use it."

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Guest Keynote – Microsoft

Simon Floyd, Director of Business Development & Strategy for PLM Solutions, got us all thinking about the future of PLM in his presentation on Product Development & Manufacturing Technology Trends. He covered everything from Enterprise Mobility and 3D Printing to Cloud, Social, Business Intelligence and more. His conclusion is that the drive for greater productivity is pushing people to rethink PLM for the future. We agree.

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Engineering Definition & Supply Chain BOM Management for Complex Configurations – General Electric

"EBOM to MBOM, how hard can it be?" That's the question GE Aviation posed and their answer may surprise you. EBOM = MBOM +/- changes over time. GE Aviation migrated 43,000 BOMs, 171,000 Global Items and more into Aras. Now Aras is the master of their MBOM or Supply Chain Planning BOM as they call it, and represents the key to accurate information for precision manufacturing. Take a look at the slides to see a great explanation of the complexity of the EBOM to MBOM conversion along with screenshots of BOM Compare, complex Parts lists with Explode and MCO.

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Overcoming PLM Challenges to the Licensee Business – MAN Diesel & Turbo

Find out how MAN Diesel & Turbo, the world's leading ship engine manufacturer, extended their PLM footprint across the lifecycle by integrating Aras PLM with Siemens Teamcenter. This allows MAN to create a single version of the truth by eliminating data silos and creating an interconnected environment globally.

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Building a PLM Skyscraper – Schrader Electronics

Everyone looks at implementing a PLM system slightly differently and for Schrader, implementing PLM is like building a PLM skyscraper. Before you begin building (or implementing) you need to build a solid foundation with a strong team, requirements, and partner to work with. Then construction starts from the ground up. For Schrader this meant a basic Part Master, BOM Management, Document Management, and ERP integration. They have more floors coming on their PLM skyscraper and are confident Aras was the right choice.

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PLM from Product Development to Field & Back Again – CNH Reman

CNH Reman changed the game for its users. Before implementing Aras PLM, they were managing by spreadsheet which provided no visibility, no data integrity and no accountability. And while users were initially skeptical about having a full PLM solution, they have seen the positive impact Aras has made on the business and have turned into feature junkies and are now addicted to PLM.

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Critical Capabilities for Future Success in the Manufacturing Industry – IDC Insights

Bob Parker of IDC Insights went over recent research regarding the future of manufacturing and really keyed in on four areas where companies must develop critical capabilities to succeed: Speed, Quality, Innovation and Resiliency.

We talk a lot about Resiliency at Aras and it really clicked when Bob explained a Resilient System is simple at the core and diverse at the edges. Think about Aras Innovator; at its very core its simple which gives you the power to adapt and customize it to fit your needs easily and enables upgrades without impacting your customizations. Then at the edges, think User Interfaces and APIs for integrations, its diver

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Collaborate & Contribute Awards

The winners of this year's Collaborate & Contribute award were:

Hitachi – Japanese enterprise search with recommendation engine

Sandia National Laboratories – Smart file extension handling for file check-ins

Minerva – New form layout for advanced search on PolyItem

Let's congratulate the winners again and thank them for their contributions to the Aras Community!

Right Now you can participate to get new ideas, new applications and move your PLM initiative forward. You might even see your name listed above next year. You can be nominated for an award by actively participating in the Aras Community. Some examples include:

• Submitting ideas
• Making requests
• Commenting in the Aras Forums
• Contributing specifications
  • Form designs
  • Use cases
  • Workflows
  • Business rules
  • Data models
• Collaborative development
  • Prototyping
  • Developing solutions & add-ons
  • Scripts / methods and code samples
  • Doing interfaces & integrations
  • Testing & verification
• Creating documentation
• Doing translations
• Sharing Your Story

Solution Showcase

This is one of the most popular sessions at ACE, with the 5 minute rapid fire demos. This all software / no slides session brings out the true innovators to show off their new solutions and is a really great time for audience members to see how other people are using Aras.

Some of this year's Solution Showcase participants included:

Aras Developer Documentation Tool – GETRAG Ford Transmissions

Issue Management in Aras on Win8 App – Razorleaf

Learning Activities Solutions – Nidec Motor Company

CRM for Aras – ED2

ERP Integration Data Mapping – CycleOp

...and many more

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Main Session

Aras Community Update

Product Development & Manufacturing Technology Trends – Microsoft

Engineering Definition and Supply Chain BOM Management for Complex Configurations – GE

Overcoming PLM Challenges to the Licensee Business – MAN Diesel & Turbo

Building a PLM Skyscraper – Schrader Electronics

PLM from Product Development to Field & Back Again – CNH Reman

Critical Capabilities for Future Success in the Manufacturing Industry – IDC Insights

What's New From Aras

What's Ahead: Aras Vision & Roadmap

Basic Track

Aras PLM Overview Demo

The Business Value of CAD Connectors

An Agile Implementation for PLM

Resilient PLM

FX MEILLER's CATIA V5 Migration to Aras

ENOVIA to Aras

Keeping the Implementation Momentum Going

Technical Track

Going to Aras Innovator 10

Tuning Aras Innovator for Scalability

PDM Process Configuration for CAD

Mobile Application Development

Self-Documenting Aras Innovator

Customizing Aras Program Management

Customizing Aras Product Engineering

Implementing Aras Conversion Server

SharePoint Web Services Integration

Active Directory Integration

Customizing the Impact Matrix

Business Track

Component Engineering in PLM

Tackling ECAD

Visualization – 3D & Beyond

Digital Mockup with Aras

Extending Aras to Tech Pubs

Document Management and Office Connector

Aras Community for Automotive Innovation

Preparing CAD Data for Migration from Legacy PLM / PDM

A Medical Devices Journey to Fewer Systems & Greater Consistency

Enterprise Search for PLM & More

We look forward to seeing you at some of the other conferences in this year's global ACE series including ACE Japan and ACE Europe.

And stay tuned for other local and regional ACE sessions. We'll post them in the newsletter and on the web site throughout the year as dates and locations are announced.

Also, if you'd like to host your own mini-ACE session at your company, get in touch and we can help!

Through collaborations and innovative solutions it's our users who have shaped the Aras Community into what it is today.

These featured companies experienced gains in performance and productivity after the switch to Aras. As one user described it, productivity took "a whole quantum leap forward."

• F.X. Meiller saw an 80% increase in performance and a 60% decrease in the amount of required memory by the system
• Kinnerton Confectionary uses Aras to maximize efficiency and optimize new product development
• Alessi increased productivity and efficiency throughout the product development process after Aras improved visibility
• GETRAG FORD Transmissions experienced increases in flexibility and efficiency after automating business processes
• Spontech Spine Intelligence's implementation brought them a secure, structured environment that provides essential traceability and trackability

If you missed these user stories, check them out now!

Auditdata, the market-leading provider of audiology products, was facing some big challenges as the company moved from being a pure software company to being a software and hardware company.

With products including clinics software, a cloud-based office management software for patient data, and hardware to test hearing, Auditdata was growing rapidly, but their business processes failed to keep up.

"We were facing an explosion in complexity, with a lot of new hardware coming in that, among other things, expanded our regulatory compliance and challenges," said Dan Haugbøl, QA & Regulatory Manager at Auditdata.

Prior to implementing Aras, the company had many isolated systems – different databases, multiple legacy systems, and numerous file servers. With Aras, there’s “fewer systems and greater consistency,” said Haugbøl.

Auditdata selected Aras PLM for its comprehensive functionality and flexibility, which, according to Haugbøl "enables us to accelerate into the collaborative and synchronized PLM world."

Want to learn more? Check out Auditdata's presentation from ACE.

Nidec is a PDM/PLM veteran with history ranging from the prehistoric days of 1982 to today's next generation PLM technology. In this video, Nidec shares their experience replacing Teamcenter PLM with Aras.

In less than 5 months they were able to migrate 215,000 TC item masters representing 290,000 total item revisions and 320,000 files. And they did it with zero – yes, zero – differences.

Want to learn more about migrating from Teamcenter to Aras?
Watch this on-demand webcast featuring Boeing Insitu and AESSiS.

The flexible nature of Aras PLM enables users to create a customized solutions that map to their complex business needs.

These companies have embraced Aras’s flexibility and implemented solutions that perfectly match their business processes.

• Xerox created a custom change management process that met business requirements on a global scale
• CAE integrated Aras in its Integrated Emergency Management System to ensure standardized processes for Incident Management
• Basic Research customized their Aras implementation to provide a PLM solution that end users love
• Dedicated Computing’s Aras implementation led to an effective road of consolidation that impressed ISO auditors
• North Sea Electronics maximizes Aras PLM with a custom component library for ECAD, a BOM export tool and lots of other custom functions
• Motorola uses Aras for special risk assessment, including patents, contract issues and IP

Check out these stories, get inspired and see what you can do with Aras Innovator!

We recently announced that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, global conglomerate and leader in aerospace, energy, industrial equipment, power and shipping industries, selected Aras as their enterprise-wide PLM solution.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) chose Aras for its flexibility and scalability, knowing it can leverage Aras across multiple business units to streamline processes and reduce costs.

There’s been a lot of buzz about KHI’s selection, such as this write-up by Technology Evaluation Centers, and it was a hot topic at the recent DMS expo in Japan. And although their journey is just beginning, KHI couldn’t be more excited.

“With Aras, our business units can share process innovations with one another faster and greatly reduce outflow charges, all in a common system infrastructure that is easily tailored to each unit’s unique requirements,” said Yutaro Mishima, Information Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division of KHI.

We’ll keep you posted on their implementation but in the meantime, check out this short video about implementing Aras PLM.

When GE Aviation, the world’s leading provider of jet engines, wanted to integrate their EBOM and MBOM they asked, “How hard can it be?” The answer: A lot harder than you think. But with Aras PLM, they were able to successfully incorporate their EBOM into their MBOM with zero escapes.

 During the process GE migrated 171,000 Global Items, 262,000 Organization items, 43,000 BOMs and 818,000 Component lines to Aras and, by streamlining and automating processes, reduced the opportunity for error by 82%.

Watch the video to see a great explanation of the complexity of the EBOM to MBOM conversion along and the value of affected items, impact matrix effectivity and more in complex configuration management

Want to learn more? Get the slides from this presentation.

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Schrader Electronics, the largest supplier of tire pressure monitoring systems and other sensors for the automotive markets, experienced exponential growth after legislative changes put their products in high demand.

To maintain their business agility and rapid customer response time, Schrader turned to Aras to give them the control and flexibility they needed.

Watch the video to learn about Schrader’s implementation and the PLM skyscraper they’re building from the foundation up with Aras.

Subscribers – view the complete presentation on the extras page on the Subscriber Portal. 

ConAgra’s American Italian Pasta Company produces over 2 million pounds of pasta every day and has dozens of product- and customer-specific variables to track, including ingredients, formulas, product and package specifications, certifications and quality documents.

How do they do it? Before Aras, it took a maze of databases and spreadsheets.

Looking to create a more scalable and efficient system, ConAgra AIPC implemented Aras PLM with our partners at PSC Group.

Since implementing Aras,ConAgra AIPC has reduced information request time by 60% and time spent managing data by 40%.

Learn more about ConAgra AIPC’s selection and implementation process – Get the case study.

Join us on August 13^th at 11AM to see a live demo of Aras Innovator^©  featuring the Impact Matrix and Advanced Change.

Rob McAveney, Aras Chief Architect, will walk you through change workflows, dynamic task assignment, impact analysis with the Impact Matrix and more.

So what are you waiting for? Register Now.

And before the live demo, watch the video below to see how Lear Corporation uses the Impact Matrix. 

How do you ensure success with PLM? We've put together a complete guide of best practices for PLM implementation but to get you started, here are a few tips:

1. Use an iterative approach. Start with a well-defined problem and implement the solution in manageable phases that comprise the complete project.
2. Gather requirements at a high level. Plan near tern phases in detail and longer term phases more loosely as they will likely change in scope over time.
3. Involve users early and often. Users drive requirements, develop use cases, validate prototypes and more.
4. Don't underestimate the value of training. Train your team early in the process so they are familiar with Aras.
5. Test. Test. And test again. Create visual and behavioral prototypes to test and validate with users.

Learn more get the complete Guide to PLM Implementation.

ACE Japan is in full swing this week, attracting users of the Aras PLM suite as well as product lifecycle specialists, analysts and developers.  The Aras Community Event (ACE) in Tokyo included 300 attendees and dozens of different presentations on how Aras is being used at leading companies in Japan and beyond to drive innovation.

One of the featured presentations at ACE Tokyo was on multi-CAD file management given by Hiroshi Sakurai of Jamco, a company that maintains aircraft and manufactures interior parts for aircraft or equipment.  Mr. Sakurai noted that Aras has been invaluable in Jamco’s management of CAD files from seven different systems.

Aras CEO Peter Schroer also spoke on the rapid adoption and growth of the PLM suite in Japan, and the need to serve the requirements of the region’s high-tech industries such as automotive and industrial equipment.

Below is a summary of Peter Schroer’s remarks in Japanese.

Aras and the Aras Community in Japan are following up this event with ACE Osaka on Friday.

オープンソース・ビジネスモデルを掲げて取り組む中で最も大切なのは顧客の声を聞くこと。その意味でも世界中でオープンコミュニティ活動に力を入れている。ただその中でも、日本のコミュニティは世界で最も高い成長率を実現している。われわれもより日本の要望に応えた開発を強化していく」と語る。

　実際にAras Innovatorの機能的な進化にも取り組んでいる。自動車業界やハイテク業界、産業機器業界からのニーズがあるという、バリエーション展開を容易にするオプションの用意などの他、CADデータやOfficeドキュメント、イメージ図面などにコメントをつけてPLM内で管理できるようにする「セキュアソーシャル」機能を2014年末までに展開するという。さらにPLMで管理されている3次元CADデータやメタデータを取り込んで、ドキュメント構造に合わせて技術文書を作成する「テックパブリケーション」という機能なども展開予定だ。

さらに協業による機能強化も推進。新たにソフトウェア管理（ALM：Application Lifecycle Management）領域でIBMとの協業を進める他、クラウド環境としてMicrosoftのAzureに対応。またモバイルアプリなどの共同開発なども進めていくという。シュローラ氏は「2015年はさらに要望に応えた機能を実装していく」と話している。

Extended this year to two locations, Tokyo and Osaka, ACE 2014 Japan was bigger than ever. Representatives from hundreds of companies attended the events participated in sessions and met with Aras and Aras partners, including Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Panasonic, Hitachi, SMC, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Honda R&D. The energy was great and you could feel the strength and passion of the growing Aras Community. 

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Aras CEO, Peter Schroer, delivered the keynote address. In addition to updating the community on Aras’s growth, he highlighted upcoming product features including Secure Social and Tech Pubs. The key takeaway from this presentation is the importance of Resilient PLM to ensure your system is upgradable, your customizations are never lost and your data are never locked in. 

Numerous Aras users presented on their Aras experiences. Murata Manufacturing gave the audience an inside look at why they chose Aras, their PLM implementation experience and best practices for addressing challenges in electronic circuit design and manufacturing. JAMCO, a leading aircraft company, shared successful strategies for multi-CAD management. JAMCO uses 7 CAD systems, 3 CAD data management systems and 2 BOM management systems, all integrated with Aras. And Yanmar Energy System explained how they’re using Aras for IT business process improvement. 

The afternoon was full of breakout sessions and the always popular Solution Showcase, 5 minute rapid fire demos. The event ended with an evening reception where lots of networking, collaboration and community building took place. 

Our thanks everyone who contributed to making this event such a success. And a special thank you to all of our ACE Japan sponsors ADS, CTC, Dipro, Kobelco System, Microsoft, Neo System, YDC, Zionex, Ohyo Gijutsu, Argo Graphics, Elysium, Hitachi Systems, SCSK, Cadic and DI Square.

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Aras PLM enthusiasts from all over Europe came together to make ACE 2014 Europe a great success. Aras users gave interesting and thought-provoking presentations on their experience with Aras PLM including why they chose Aras, their implementation plan and the benefits of Aras in their businesses.

The theme of ACE 2014 Europe was RIGHT NOW because ‘right now’ is the time to plan for the future and because you can take your PLM strategy to the next level with Aras ‘right now.’ Speakers from global manufacturing companies demonstrated how Aras can take your PLM solution to the next level by showing how Aras improved their product development processes.

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Airbus presented on their application of Aras PLM as a Test Information Management system.

GETRAG International explained the many benefits of their new strategic partnership with Aras, expanding beyond the GETRAG Ford joint venture and throughout GETRAG corporate.

Imperial Tobacco Group, ITG, the fourth largest supplier of tobacco products, presented on their need for PLM and why they chose Aras over the legacy PLM vendors. Within the next two years, ITG is expected to implement over 4,500 product changes, making the need for a flexible PLM system very apparent. ITG also presented on their Aras PLM Implementation process.

And with their presentation Sweet PLM, Kinnerton Confectionery, one of Britain’s largest confectionery producers, described how Aras can monitor and coordinate more than 300 products in parallel in their presentation. Also presenting were Baltur and TitanX.

Aras CEO, Peter Schroer gave a powerful presentation on the importance of Resilient PLM. Resilient PLM is a PLM system that can evolve with changing technology and adapt to changing business needs, and to do so the PLM system must be highly transparent and flexible.

Professor Martin Eigner, University of Kaiserslautern Germany, gave a discussion onthe effects of Industry 4.0 on PLM strategies for manufacturing companies. And T-Systems International, Gold Sponsor of ACE 2014 Europe, presented on how Aras PLM can run in a private or public Cloud.

Attendees got an inside look at Aras Innovator in technical presentations including: Document Management and the Office Connector, Extending Aras to Tech Pubs, Component Engineering in PLM, Visualization– 3D and Beyond and the Aras Roadmap.

Thank you to all who attended, presented and participated in ACE 2014 Europe. And a special thank you to the Partner Exhibitors: Expi, FocusPLM,ITI TranscenData, Kisters, Minerva, PLM-Team, SofTech and T-Systems.

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• ALL ACE 2014 Europe Presentations
• Aras Community Update
• Industry 4.0 and How it Affects Product Lifecycle Management
• Resilient PLM
• PLM and NPDI Processes at Kinnerton Confectionery
• What’s New From Aras
• Imperial Tobacco Group's Aras PLM Selection
• Imperial Tobacco Group's Agile Implementation with Aras PLM
• PLM Cloud Solution with Aras and T-Systems
• Airbus: Test Management with Aras PLM
• GETRAG Ford Transmissions's Strategic Partnership with Aras
• Baltur: Replacing a Legacy PDM System with Aras PLM
• PLM for Automotive - Aras Implementation at TitanX
• Document Management and Office Connector
• Extending Aras to Tech Pubs
• Component Engineering in PLM
• Visualization– 3D & Beyond
• Self-Documenting Aras Innovator
• An Agile Implementation for PLM
• What’s Ahead: Aras Vision & Roadmap

Kinnerton Confectionary is the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of chocolate and novelty confectionary.  Their extensive product lines include chocolate bars, lollies, advent calendars and Easter eggs. Kinnerton also specializes in character licensing, which means licensing the rights to a popular movie or cartoon character and creating new products around it.

Half of Kinnerton’s product line is seasonal, such as Easter eggs in the spring and advent calendars for Christmas, so sales and profitability rely heavily on the company’s ability to get new products to market very quickly and efficiently. A missed deadline could result in millions of unsold seasonally themed candies. 

Together with a rapidly expanding product portfolio, and the challenges and requirements of managing license and royalty fees, Kinnerton’s processes for new product development and introduction were growing overly complex and unwieldy.

Kinnerton knew there had to be a better way and began evaluating PLM systems. The company chose Aras for its flexibility and ease of deployment.

Kinnerton’s Aras deployment began with a pilot focused on a basic product development process, which transformed the company’s processes by improving visibility enterprise-wide.  With Aras, Kinnerton enabled its teams to think strategically, meet critical product deadlines, and establish formal product processes - saving time and money.   

Pretty Sweet, eh? 

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We’re pleased to announce ACE 2015 will be at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, April 21 - 23, 2015.

If you're starting a new PLM initiative or replacing an old one, thinking about moving from PDM to PLM, or growing your existing Aras PLM implementation, ACE is the place for you.

At ACE 2015 you will:

• Learn best practice strategies from Aras users who have been there, done that
• Attend focused sessions on a wide range of both business & tech topics
• See innovative new solutions that will transform your business
• Get the basics on Aras to understand what we’re all about & why Aras is different
• Find out what's new and what's coming on the Aras roadmap
• Learn about the latest technological advancements in PLM
• Network with other users at expanded breaks & receptions
• Gain expert insight to guide your PLM initiatives & so much more!

As always, ACE 2015 is FREE TO ATTEND but registration is required.
Registration is available at www.aras.com/ACE2015.

Spartan Motors is a leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of custom chassis and vehicles for the emergency-rescue, recreational vehicle and specialty vehicle markets.  Whether they are developing fire trucks, custom chassis for military armored vehicles, or specialty delivery vans for UPS and FedEx, quality always counts at Spartan.

After a period of growth, expansion and acquisition, Spartan needed to standardize cross-functional processes that spanned multiple product lines and locations to achieve greater consistency, efficiency and responsiveness.  Spartan determined they needed a scalable PLM solution to suit their business needs and turned to Aras.

With Aras, Spartan Motors:

ACE is the place where Aras users from around the world come together to meet, share stories and best practices, network, and collaborate on new concepts and solutions.

The #1 reason attendees come to ACE is to learn about what their peers are doing with Aras Innovator. So is this the year you share your Aras PLM Story?

Presentation topics can be as simple as discussing your Aras selection process, migrating from a legacy system, custom integrations, implementation process, explaining your global PLM strategy and much more.    

Share your user story! Get details by contacting Brianne Cordima bcordima@aras.com

Registration for ACE 2015 is available at www.aras.com/ACE2015

If you're on the fence about attending ACE 2015, here are 5 reasons to sign up today!

1. 75+ Aras staff, partners and solution providers available for you to network with, pick their brains & get their input
2. Over 40 different sessions, ranging from user implementation stories, technical deep dives, round table discussions, introductory sessions, panels and more
3. 14 scheduled networking breaks – so you know there's ample time to talk with the people you want to collaborate most with
4. 100% of attendees said they achieved their objectives at last year’s ACE
5. $0 to attend. There's no conference fee at ACE, plus we provide breakfast, lunch and hearty appetizers in the evening

   So what are you waiting for? Register today to reserve your spot.