Case Study: SIONYX achieves ISO‑aligned PLM and defense contract compliance with Arena Solutions

Establishing a Compliant Foundation for Defense Product Development

SIONYX, a silicon‑based photonics company that makes compact digital night‑vision cameras, landed a roughly $20M U.S. Army contract for IVAS and needed to prove formal, ISO9000‑aligned PLM and QMS controls. With largely manual processes, the team faced strict requirements for access controls, full audit history, compliant platform architecture and a tight January–August timeline to demonstrate compliance to government customers.

SIONYX implemented Arena on AWS GovCloud, using Arena’s implementation team and best‑practice framework to automate PLM and QMS workflows, document control, CAPA and AVL management. The secure, scalable solution met all compliance requirements, passed remote verification with the customer, reduced risk and enabled the company to beat the go‑live deadline by two weeks while providing a foundation to scale future product lines.

SIONYX

Steve Anderson

Vice President of Operations