Aras Corporation is an American

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and publisher of product development software, Aras Innovator. The product is used for product lifecycle management (PLM) and other purposes. Since 2007, Aras has been providing Aras Innovator for free as " Enterprise open-source software", with Aras Corp providing

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, software updates, and other consulting as a subscription service. Aras Corp was founded in 2000 in

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

by Peter Schroer. Aras Innovator is an

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suite for managing product lifecycle management business processes. The product is based on the

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and SQL Server. The product is used for product lifecycle management (PLM), advanced product quality planning (APQP), lean product development, product quality control, collaborative product development and

new product introduction In business and engineering, new product development (NPD) covers the complete process of bringing a new product to market, renewing an existing product or introducing a product in a new market. A central aspect of NPD is product design, along ...

(NPI). Until 2007, Aras sold their product as

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for enterprises. In 2007, Aras began providing Aras Innovator as

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. Clients obtain the software for free, and Aras Corp provides

, software updates, and other consulting as a subscription service. In July 2020, Aras confirmed the introduction of a new framework, Digital Twin Core, which introduces functionality for generating and handling digital twins to the Aras low-code package. Aras Cloud PLM provides a secure, cost-effective, and scalable solution for customers who need to manage their product data in the cloud.

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