Aptly + Arena PLM

Overview
Aptly integrates with Arena PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to bring governance and delegated decision-making into product development, engineering change, and quality workflows. By connecting Aptly to Arena, organizations can ensure that approvals and change orders in PLM environments reflect current delegated authority rules — eliminating manual governance bottlenecks and embedding compliance into core product processes.

Arena PLM controls the product record — including items, BOMs, document management, engineering change processes, quality records, and supplier collaboration — and connects people, data, and processes worldwide.

Key Capabilities

Delegation Enforcement for PLM Approvals
Aptly’s governance model applies delegated authority rules to Arena PLM workflows such as engineering change approvals, new part releases, and revision control. This ensures only authorized individuals or roles can approve critical product changes.

Product Record & Lifecycle Alignment
Item data, bill of materials (BOM) revisions, quality records, and other product metadata in Arena become authoritative triggers for Aptly’s delegation logic. When such records change or require approval, Aptly evaluates authority based on your centralized delegation policies.

Cross-Functional Accountability
Arena PLM naturally involves engineering, quality, supply chain, and compliance teams. Aptly adds governance visibility and enforcement to these cross-functional processes — ensuring stakeholder roles are honored, approvals are traceable, and responsibilities are clearly aligned.

Custom Field & Workflow Mapping
Default mappings support standard PLM entities (items, change orders, BOMs), while administrators can define custom mappings for organization-specific attributes and conditional workflow rules.

Audit & Compliance Traceability
All decision points — including approvals and delegation changes initiated by PLM events — are captured in Aptly’s audit logs. This enables full traceability for design controls, quality reviews, and regulatory reporting.

Value to Organizations

Integrating Arena PLM with Aptly embeds governance into the product lifecycle and helps organizations reduce errors, prevent unauthorized change approvals, and accelerate product launches without sacrificing compliance. Team members across R&D, engineering, quality, and supply chain work with trusted, governed authority models, improving collaboration and lowering risk.

Example Use Cases

• Engineering Change Orders: Automatically route ECO approvals to the correct delegated approvers based on product line, role, or authority tier.
• BOM Releases: Ensure that only authorized individuals can release or revise bills of materials for manufacturing.
• Quality & Compliance Approvals: Apply delegation rules to quality record reviews and regulatory checks.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Link Arena PLM action approvals with Aptly’s delegation structures to maintain compliance across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.
• Audit Ready: Export combined PLM and delegation audit trails for internal or external compliance assessments.