Case Study: Markforged achieves product traceability and visibility with Arena Solutions

Gaining Product Record Traceability and Visibility—From Design to the Factory Floor

Markforged, the maker of advanced 3D printers, was struggling to keep product information organized as its portfolio grew. Using spreadsheets, siloed PDM and CAD systems, and manual ECO tracking created missed deadlines, scrap, rework, and extra costs. The company also lacked a single source of truth for BOMs and product changes, making it difficult to know exactly what was in the product at any given time.

Arena Solutions implemented its product lifecycle management platform to centralize product records, improve ECO tracking, and provide better visibility and traceability from design to the factory floor. With Arena Solutions, Markforged improved communication with contract manufacturers, reduced errors in release information, and gained a more accurate understanding of product content and changes, helping prevent mistakes before they happened.

Markforged

Jon Bond

Director of Mechanical Design