November 3rd, 2025

Bolex Puts Innovation on the Fast Track with Centric PLM

“Centric has food & beverage industry expertise and the proven capabilities that we need to transform product development.”

— Ms. Liang Dongyun

Deputy General Manager and R&D Director at Bolex

Chinese Food & Beverage manufacturer transforms R&D to boost agility and streamline product development

CAMPBELL, Calif., November 4, 2025 – Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Shanghai Bolex Food Technology Co., Ltd. has selected Centric PLM™ to drive R&D agility, streamline product development and bring innovations to shelf faster. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to design, develop, formulate, source, comply, buy, make, package, market and sell consumer goods products in food & beverage, grocery and multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Since 2001, Bolex has specialized in developing and manufacturing food seasonings, compound flavorings, light cooking solutions and beverage dessert ingredients. The Chinese food & beverage manufacturer’s strong R&D capabilities drive a steady pipeline of tailored products for major restaurant chains including KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s, as well as global food producers like Tyson China and Cargill. Alongside its B2B partnerships, Bolex owns consumer brands Baolikezi and Kongke and is guided by a mission to enhance quality of life through service and sustainable growth.

As operations scaled and Bolex expanded, managing a growing library of proprietary formulas became increasingly complex. “Ensuring effective accumulation and protection of formulas had become an urgent challenge,” explains Ms. Liang Dongyun, Deputy General Manager and R&D Director at Bolex.

Developing custom seasonings for major restaurant chains requires safeguarding intellectual property and seamless information transfer between departments. “We need a solution that centralizes formulation data, improves cross-functional collaboration and preserves institutional knowledge. With the pace and volume of new product development, it was clear we require an advanced solution,” she adds.

Following an extensive evaluation process, Centric PLM proved the ideal match. “Centric has food & beverage industry expertise and the proven capabilities that we need to transform product development,” Ms. Liang recalls. “I see the potential for Bolex and Centric to work efficiently together while building the kind of robust foundation that can serve us well into the future.”

The implementation centers on unifying scattered data onto one comprehensive platform. All core formulation data will be version-controlled and securely stored, transforming critical knowledge into structured digital assets. This structure enables teams to accelerate product development, minimize trial-and-error and deliver consistent, high-quality formulations at scale.

“This will dramatically cut the hours teams spend searching through multiple spreadsheets while improving visibility, accuracy and security,” notes Ms. Liang. “Beyond immediate efficiencies, the transformation is also reshaping how we think and work. The application of information tools reinforces digital thinking and promotes professional growth,” she highlights, pointing to the long-term value of building digital capabilities within the organization.

The collaboration reflects a shared commitment to elevating food industry standards through technology. “Bolex understands that great flavors start with great data,” says Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software. “They’ve built trusted relationships with the world’s biggest restaurant brands by perfecting recipes and now they’re applying that same precision thinking to perfecting their R&D processes. It’s exactly the kind of strategic approach that positions Bolex as an industry leader.”

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Bolex (www.bolexfoods.com)

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Shanghai, Bolex Foods is a leading Chinese food solutions provider specializing in compound seasonings, beverage and dessert ingredients and light cooking innovations. With strong in-house R&D, advanced production facilities and a customer-centric approach, Bolex serves a wide range of sectors including Chinese and Western Quick Service Restaurants, hot pot, bakery, coffee and tea chains and the broader food processing industry. Bolex offers one-stop, trend-aligned solutions tailored to the evolving needs of global food service brands.

Centric Software® (centricsoftware.com)

From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Centric Software provides the market-leading AI-enabled product lifecycle management platform for food & beverage manufacturers, grocery, brands and multi-category retailers. As experts in all fast-moving consumer goods, Centric Software delivers best-of-breed solutions to design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, package, assort, market and sell products. Centric Software solutions optimize the product portfolio, harmonize product offers and streamline product development by speeding time to market and innovation while enhancing quality control and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Centric PLM™ features integrated industry best practices and innovative, AI-enabled capabilities tailored specifically for food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and food service providers. Seamlessly manage the overall product lifecycle, from initial concept and formula development to packaging, quality, supplier collaboration, nutritional labeling, production, SKU rationalization and beyond. Results include up to a 50% improvement in productivity and a 60% decrease in time to market.
Centric Visual Boards™ are a visually oriented product portfolio optimization tool. A singular accessible workspace pulls in real-time data and imagery from multiple business systems. It is a new, visual way of working to ensure robust, consumer-right product offers, dramatically decreasing assortment development cycle time.
Centric PXM™ AI-powered Product Experience Management encompasses PIM, DAM, content syndication and Digital Shelf Analytics (DSA) to optimize the product commercialization lifecycle resulting in a transformed brand experience. Increase sales channels, boost sell through and drive margins.

Centric Software’s market-driven solutions have the highest user adoption rate, customer satisfaction rate and fastest time to value in the industry. Centric Software has received multiple industry awards and recognition, appearing regularly in world-leading analyst reports and research.