Aras Innovator: The Platform for Digital Resiliency

Aras Innovator is an enterprise PLM platform with a model-based, low-code architecture: parts and BOMs, change management, requirements, quality and manufacturing process planning in one system that adapts to your processes. Fulvisol, an Aras Gold Partner, implements it for companies in Finland, the UK and the DACH region.

Aras Innovator at a glance

Licensing	Aras subscription, based on the number of active users
Deployment	Aras SaaS or Fulvisol’s managed SaaS in European Microsoft Azure data centres (for European customers), or on-premise in your own data centre or cloud
Integration	Standard REST API; ERP systems such as Odoo or SAP via Fulvisol Connect or your own middleware
Languages	User interface localised with Aras language packs (e.g. German, Italian, Dutch, Japanese)
Getting started	Kickstarter workshop (3 days) and proof of concept (4–8 weeks), both at a fixed price; go-live typically after 3–6 months

Why Aras Innovator?

Unlike traditional PLM systems that are hard to change and even harder to upgrade, Aras was designed to follow your business, not the other way around.

Upgradeable even with customisations: Business logic is separated from the core platform, so you can keep your extensions and still move to new Aras versions.
Low‑code configuration: Data models, forms, workflows, and business rules can be adapted quickly without long development projects or downtime.
Open Integration: Standard connectors and APIs let Aras sit in the middle of the landscape and exchange data with CAD, ERP, MES, CRM, and legacy tools.
Scales with you: From one site and one engineering team to a multi‑site, multi‑discipline environment, Aras supports thousands of users and very large data volumes.

What does Aras Innovator cover?

Product Lifecycle Management: Manage multi‑level EBOMs and MBOMs, product variants, documents, and CAD models with version and configuration control across the full lifecycle.
Change Management: Run CM2‑compliant change processes (ECR, ECO, ECN, document changes), manage affected items, impact, cost, and effectivity, and keep a complete, auditable change history across parts, documents, and structures.
Requirements & Systems Engineering:
Capture, organise, and version requirements for products, systems, and software, link them to functions, architecture, tests, and changes, and maintain full traceability.
Quality Management: Plan and follow up FMEAs, non‑conformances, CAPAs, complaints, and audits with direct links to parts, suppliers, and changes.
Manufacturing Process Planning: Build and maintain MBOMs, routings, operations, and work instructions, reconcile EBOM and MBOM, and support plant‑specific process plans.
Supply Chain Collaboration: Share controlled product data with suppliers and partners, manage supplier parts and qualifications, and collaborate securely without losing revision control.
Project & Portfolio Management:
Plan and monitor projects with tasks, milestones, resources, and deliverables directly connected to your product data and change objects.
Aras InnovatorEdge: Open up the data and processes in Aras Innovator to other systems and users in a governed way. Define interfaces with the low-code Edge API and build lightweight apps and portals on top of them with Edge Builder. Read more: Aras InnovatorEdge.
Aras InnovatorEdge AI: Put governed AI agents to work on the product data in Aras Innovator: they structure requirements and BOMs, derive variant models and answer questions about product data. The agent proposes, a person approves. Read more: Aras InnovatorEdge AI.

What does Fulvisol add?

As an Aras Gold partner, Fulvisol doesn’t just sell you a license. We provide our expertise to ensure the platform is configured to solve your specific challenges and provide value from Aras without unnecessary complexity.

"Aras Innovator provides the foundation. Fulvisol provides the roadmap to excellence."

Frequently asked questions

Which CAD systems can Aras Innovator connect to?

Fulvisol connects Aras Innovator to your CAD through proven partner connectors from XPLM and Focus PLM. They cover the common mechanical CAD systems, including Siemens NX, PTC Creo, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, CATIA V5, Solid Edge and AutoCAD, as well as electronic and electrical CAD such as Altium, Cadence, Zuken and EPLAN.

Can we migrate from our current PLM system?

Yes. Fulvisol loads your data from the existing PLM system into Aras Innovator with its own data-loading methods. The migration is a separate service within the implementation project.

Is Aras Innovator free?

Aras offers a free Community Edition for evaluation, development and small-scale internal use, with up to 50 named users and no support. Productive use runs on the Aras subscription, which includes support and upgrades and is based on active users.

Take Control of Your Product Data

Request a personalised demo to see how Aras Innovator can transform your specific engineering and manufacturing workflows.

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