Arena Solutions And Rootstock Software Partner To Deliver An Integrated PLM And ERP Offering

Integration Unites Arena PLM with Rootstock's ERP Capabilities in a Seamless, End-to-End Solution

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 6, 2016 /CNW/ -- Arena Solutions, pioneer of a cloud-based all-in-one product development platform that unites PLM, ALM, supply chain collaboration and QMS, today announced an integration with Rootstock Software, a proven provider of Cloud ERP (enterprise resource planning) manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions. This integration provides customers with an all-in-one single solution for PLM and ERP, unifying product development and business processes to reduce errors, provide greater visibility, and simplify the user experience.

Rootstock Software provides powerful Cloud ERP manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions that enable manufacturers and distributors to cut costs, improve processes, and increase revenue with minimal IT infrastructure investment. The company serves customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Rootstock solutions run exclusively on the Salesforce Platform (Force.com^®) and are available through the Salesforce AppExchange^®, the world's most-popular marketplace for business apps. The company offers the On Demand ERP solution for all sizes and types, whether they are small organizations with ten users, or large operations with several sites and hundreds of users.

"With this partnership, customers with complex products and a high rate of change can now unite the product development and quality processes managed by Arena with the rich ERP capabilities of Rootstock, and it's all 100 percent in the cloud," said Rootstock CEO Patrick Garrehy.

"IT management increasingly wants to move applications into the cloud, and both Arena and Rootstock alike provide powerful cloud-based solutions that are simple to deploy and easy to scale," said Steve Chalgren, Executive Vice President Product Management & Chief Strategy Officer at Arena. "This integration takes full advantage of the cloud to provide a single solution for PLM and ERP."

About Arena Solutions
Arena, the inventor of cloud PLM, provides an all-in-one product development platform that unites PLM, ALM, supply chain collaboration, and QMS for the design and manufacture of complex electronics. With Arena, electrical, mechanical, software and firmware engineers can collaborate with manufacturing and quality teams to manage their bill of materials, facilitate engineering change orders, and speed prototyping. As a result, Arena customers can better meet standards while they ensure regulatory compliance, improve training management, reduce costs, increase quality, and collapse time to market. Arena has been ranked a Top 10 PLM provider and won the coveted Design News Golden Mousetrap Award in 2016. For more information, please visit http://www.arenasolutions.com.

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Read the Arena blog on product design, development and manufacturing.
Follow @arenasolutions on Twitter.
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About Rootstock Software
Rootstock Software® is a proven provider of powerful and nimble manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions built and deployed on the Salesforce Platform (the world's #1 cloud computing platform). The Rootstock solutions enable real-time management of manufacturing, distribution and supply chain operations from front to back, anytime and anywhere. The company's manufacturing, distribution and supply chain apps integrate "out of the box" with Sales Cloud® by salesforce.com and other ERP-centric applications written on the Salesforce Platform. With unparalleled executive experience in manufacturing and distribution software and an established base of installed and implemented cloud customers, Rootstock offers a better and more reliable way to plan and execute required activities, deliver essential information to all parts of the organization, and improve timely and informed business decision making. The Rootstock apps also provide the control and visibility required to elevate the total performance of manufacturing, distribution and supply chain operations. Rootstock is available on the AppExchange by salesforce.com, the world's most popular marketplace for business apps. To learn more, please follow Rootstock on Twitter @RootstockMFG, visit our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/RootstockSoftware or visit http://www.rootstock.com.

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Joseph Rigoli, LEWIS Global Communications, 781.418.2400, [email protected], http://www.arenasolutions.com