High-Tech Electronics Solution for PCBA and Electronics Assembly

The Aras High-Tech Electronics (HTE) Solution for PCBA and Electronics Assembly is a preconfigured Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution built on the Aras Innovator platform, designed to help electronics manufacturers manage complex product development across hardware, software, suppliers, and manufacturing. The solution enables companies to scale rapid innovation while controlling multi-domain product complexity, variant configurations, and multi-tier supply chains. In this environment, PLM becomes the digital thread backbone connecting engineering, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers across the product lifecycle.  

Electronics companies face increasing pressure from short product lifecycles, rapid innovation cycles, and volatile component supply chains, all of which require faster change management, improved traceability, and tighter collaboration with suppliers and manufacturing partners. The Aras HTE solution addresses these challenges by providing a configurable, out-of-the-box framework for managing requirements, design, BOM structures, engineering changes, quality processes, and supplier collaboration.  

The solution supports the entire lifecycle from new product introduction (NPI) through sustaining engineering and end-of-life, helping organizations reduce engineering rework, prevent manufacturing disruptions from component shortages, and improve collaboration across global product teams.  

By combining multi-view BOM management, engineering change governance, supplier collaboration, and ECAD integration, the Aras High-Tech Electronics Solution enables companies to manage increasing product complexity while maintaining traceability, quality, and supply chain resilience.

This solution is comprised of these core templates:

• Aras Product Definition & Change Control Template: Provides electronics-specific product definition and change control capabilities tailored to PCBA development and production. This template extends Aras Product Engineering with domain-specific concepts required for high-tech electronics, enabling precise configuration management, faster iteration cycles, and controlled change execution across complex electronic products.
  
• Aras Materials Management Template: Introduces materials and substances as governed engineering data within the product lifecycle. This template enables continuous compliance, sustainability analysis, and regulatory reporting directly within the product structure - ensuring organizations can proactively manage environmental and regulatory requirements without disconnected systems.
  
• Aras Supplier Management Template: A two-part supplier collaboration solution that combines internal Supplier Management within Aras Innovator and an optional external Aras Portal for suppliers. This enables secure, governed collaboration on live product data, improving supplier visibility, accountability, and speed of execution across the product lifecycle.