Centric Software - News & Events

CAMPBELL, Calif.—May 12, 2009 Centric Software, Inc., today announces the immediate availability of Centric 8 Suite, Release 3 for fashion and consumer goods companies. The new product release introduces Product Profitability Planning and Enterprise Search modules, major updates to the Product Specification module, and a Centric Connector® for Adobe Creative Suite®. The Centric 8 Release 3 also includes an updated look and feel and performance improvements. Each new module and enhancement is designed to help users further innovate and speed new products to market, drive margin improvement, and improve global collaboration and compliance.

"We continue to invest in innovative products and enhancements that deliver real business value to our customers in an all encompassing solution," says Chris Groves, president, "By bringing Product Profitability Planning, PLM, and Sourcing solutions together, Centric 8 uniquely manages all aspects and functions of the new product development, sourcing, and performance management processes needed by the fashion and consumer goods industries. While others are retreating in the current economic environment, Centric continues to gain market share by providing our customers with real, dramatic economic benefit."

What's New
Centric Product Profitability Planning: The Product Profitability Planning module eliminates financial surprises and aligns the organization to profitability goals by offering complete channel margin, product cost and gross margin information, including royalties, shipping costs and gross margin return on investment (GMROI) early in the product development process.

Centric Connector for Adobe Creative Suite links the design chain earlier and more often with the global supply chain, according to Chris Groves, Centric's CEO. By enabling and empowering designers to easily share, yet securely manage, design content using the integration with Centric 8 PLM suite, the connector improves collaboration with global teams. Ultimately, improved collaboration results in better and quicker decisions, which speeds time to market - a critical component in today's marketplace.

Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About Centric Software, Inc.
Centric Software is a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for apparel, footwear, accessories and other fast-moving consumer goods industries. Centric 8 allows companies to speed new products to market, drive margin improvement, and improve global collaboration and compliance.

Centric's proven Web-based product intelligence technology enables team members and partners to securely access the information they need to improve global collaboration, execution and business performance. Global enterprises including Best Buy, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coleman, Kiewit, Le Coq Sportif, Moen, Timex and United Stationers Inc. use Centric's solutions to achieve top-line revenue growth and cost reductions.

Centric is a registered trademark of Centric Software and Product Intelligence is a trademark of Centric Software. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.