Case Studies Delivering Innovative Technologies to the Defense Industry

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	Delivering Innovative Technologies to the Defense Industry

Delivering Innovative Technologies to the Defense Industry

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM)
Applicable Industries	Electronics National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Regulatory Compliance Monitoring Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration Training
Challenge	Spectranetix began as an innovative and agile engineering company focused on turning customer problems into solutions, moving from concept to prototype at a rapid pace. The company has perfected research and system design, actively championing open architecture and standards so customers have flexibility and adaptability. Spectranetix recently has applied adaptability to its own business model, extending its services into building and delivering technologies to the market. The move has paid dividends, with a recent acquisition by Pacific Defense and a growing list of commercialized products in addition to their continued custom design services. During concept and prototype phases of product development, rapid-fire creativity and problem-solving are key. Control over product definition is minimal. Spectranetix quickly realized that with the expansion of the company’s scope to manufacturing, people, processes, and systems would be needed. With product commercialization came additional requirements, specifically from Spectranetix’s defense customers. Spectranetix needed to have a secure, controlled process for managing product, undergoing customer risk-based assessment audits, and demonstrating thorough configuration management practices. Read More
About Customer	Spectranetix’s mission is to provide the most advanced modular cyber-electronics systems in the world. As a leading developer of C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) aligned hardware and software solutions, Spectranetix provides solutions for defense primes, military groups, government agencies, and commercial industries. With rapid growth, the company’s expertise includes electronic warfare, communications, signals intelligence, direction finding, and commercial wireless systems and services. Read More
Solution	Spectranetix had clear functional requirements for a system, including the regulatory compliance and security needed for defense work. While interested in a cloud solution, the team had questions. After seeing what Arena offered in GovCloud, they knew secure cloud-based was possible. Arena met all the requirements and the response levels during the sales cycle gave Spectranetix confidence. As a 20+ year veteran user of PLM systems, Don led the team through the selection and implementation processes. During implementation, they did have scope creep. As they saw progress, they wanted to put more in place with the first phase. As a mature company moving into a new phase, Spectranetix needed to assess legacy processes, including convoluted part numbering and revision conventions. Arena’s Customer Success team knew what they could get done and would push back when needed, keep them on track, and find solutions to their process challenges. Arena powers Spectranetix’s processes today. In addition to product development and change processes, the team uses Arena for the shipment configuration manifest management process essential in defense sector work. Arena captures everything that goes into a customer program. Once shipped, they record the full product record, software revisions, documents, deviations, serial numbers—everything becomes a permanent record. They can transverse from serial number to program record and back. Spectranetix runs NCMR and CAPA quality processes through Arena and the team is thrilled with supply chain management and traceability through the product portfolio. Arena has also become critical to their current ISO certification effort. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM)

Applicable Industries

Electronics

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

Spectranetix began as an innovative and agile engineering company focused on turning customer problems into solutions, moving from concept to prototype at a rapid pace. The company has perfected research and system design, actively championing open architecture and standards so customers have flexibility and adaptability. Spectranetix recently has applied adaptability to its own business model, extending its services into building and delivering technologies to the market. The move has paid dividends, with a recent acquisition by Pacific Defense and a growing list of commercialized products in addition to their continued custom design services. During concept and prototype phases of product development, rapid-fire creativity and problem-solving are key. Control over product definition is minimal. Spectranetix quickly realized that with the expansion of the company’s scope to manufacturing, people, processes, and systems would be needed. With product commercialization came additional requirements, specifically from Spectranetix’s defense customers. Spectranetix needed to have a secure, controlled process for managing product, undergoing customer risk-based assessment audits, and demonstrating thorough configuration management practices.

About Customer

Spectranetix’s mission is to provide the most advanced modular cyber-electronics systems in the world. As a leading developer of C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) aligned hardware and software solutions, Spectranetix provides solutions for defense primes, military groups, government agencies, and commercial industries. With rapid growth, the company’s expertise includes electronic warfare, communications, signals intelligence, direction finding, and commercial wireless systems and services.

Solution

Spectranetix had clear functional requirements for a system, including the regulatory compliance and security needed for defense work. While interested in a cloud solution, the team had questions. After seeing what Arena offered in GovCloud, they knew secure cloud-based was possible. Arena met all the requirements and the response levels during the sales cycle gave Spectranetix confidence. As a 20+ year veteran user of PLM systems, Don led the team through the selection and implementation processes. During implementation, they did have scope creep. As they saw progress, they wanted to put more in place with the first phase. As a mature company moving into a new phase, Spectranetix needed to assess legacy processes, including convoluted part numbering and revision conventions. Arena’s Customer Success team knew what they could get done and would push back when needed, keep them on track, and find solutions to their process challenges. Arena powers Spectranetix’s processes today. In addition to product development and change processes, the team uses Arena for the shipment configuration manifest management process essential in defense sector work. Arena captures everything that goes into a customer program. Once shipped, they record the full product record, software revisions, documents, deviations, serial numbers—everything becomes a permanent record. They can transverse from serial number to program record and back. Spectranetix runs NCMR and CAPA quality processes through Arena and the team is thrilled with supply chain management and traceability through the product portfolio. Arena has also become critical to their current ISO certification effort.

Impact #1	Arena powers Spectranetix’s processes today, including product development and change processes.
Impact #2	The team uses Arena for the shipment configuration manifest management process essential in defense sector work.
Impact #3	Arena captures everything that goes into a customer program, creating a permanent record.

Impact #1

Arena powers Spectranetix’s processes today, including product development and change processes.

Impact #2

The team uses Arena for the shipment configuration manifest management process essential in defense sector work.

Impact #3

Arena captures everything that goes into a customer program, creating a permanent record.

Benefit #1	Spectranetix is halfway through their ISO certification effort with Arena.
Benefit #2	The company has seen rapid growth and a growing list of commercialized products.
Benefit #3	Spectranetix has completed the integration of Arena with their design tools, including OrCaD.

Benefit #1

Spectranetix is halfway through their ISO certification effort with Arena.

Benefit #2

The company has seen rapid growth and a growing list of commercialized products.

Benefit #3

Spectranetix has completed the integration of Arena with their design tools, including OrCaD.

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Delivering Innovative Technologies to the Defense Industry

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