Co-Founder of Innovative Medical Device Company Joins Arena Medical Device Expert along with President of Leading PLM Research Firm for New Product Introduction Process Webinar

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 21, 2015 — (PRNewswire) — Arena Solutions, the inventor of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) applications, today announced it will be hosting a webinar in conjunction with MDDI Magazine focused on new product introduction in the medical device and diagnostics Industry. MDDI (Medical Device & Diagnostics Industry), part of UBM Canon, possesses the largest database of life sciences contacts in the nation. The webinar, to be moderated by Editor-in-Chief of MDDI Magazine, Jamie Hartford, will be especially relevant for organizations engaged in the development and delivery of compliant medical devices as well as their associated supply chain partners.

On Tuesday, September 22^nd   at 11:00 a.m. PDT, Arena's expert in medical device PLM, Ann McGuire, will join the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Epic Medical Concepts & Innovations, Peter Lucas, along with the President of CIMdata, Peter Bilello, for a webinar focused on the keys to compliant, efficient medical device NPI (new product introduction) processes. Key topics to be discussed include the challenges facing medical device manufacturers, the importance of integrated, efficient NPI processes, and why the implementation of a comprehensive product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy is critical for today's medical device manufacturers.

Attendees will gain specific insight into the following areas:

• How and why the implementation of a comprehensive PLM strategy is critical for today's medical device manufacturers
• The importance of adopting integrated NPI processes that reduce compliance issues, audit delays and other risks
• NPI process best practices that accelerate product shipping, increase productivity, and improve product design visibility
• How streamlined NPI processes enable Epic Medical Concepts & Innovations to achieve medical device success
• How Arena's PLM suite supports an NPI process that compresses time to market and complies with medical device regulations

Arena's medical device business has doubled in each of the last two years.  This webinar will provide keen insight into matters which remain important to those in this burgeoning industry.

For more information or to register for the webinar, please visit: 
http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=1026934&s=1&k=594A244B2B43DCEC22E69BB77D60E6B2&partnerref=ArenaNewsletter

About Arena Solutions
Pioneer of cloud-based PLM, Arena's suite of PLM and supply chain solutions enable engineering, manufacturing and their extended supply chains to speed prototyping, reduce scrap, streamline their supply chain, improve margins, and collapse time to market. Based in Foster City, Calif., Arena's PLM applications simplify bill of materials (BOM) and change management for organizations of all sizes, and the company has been ranked as a Top 10 PLM provider and Top 5 Supplier Collaboration solution. Arena also holds a spot on National Association for Business Resources' "San Francisco's Best & Brightest Companies to Work For" List for 2014. For more information, please visit: http://www.arenasolutions.com/ 

To learn more about Arena Solutions:

Visit the Arena Solutions website.
Read the Arena blog on product design, development and manufacturing.
Follow @arenasolutions on Twitter.
Follow Arena on LinkedIn.

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For more information, contact:

Jeff Miller
Davies Murphy Group
+1.541.207.3461
Email Contact

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