“Sample lead time reduced by 25%”
Rapid data entry and fast information sharing has had a real positive impact on our time to market – and it’s something we simply wouldn’t have had without Centric.
Days were lost in the past waiting for replies to emails and updated spreadsheets. Now, once information is uploaded in PLM, it appears instantly for our users everywhere.
Our first go-live was 30 percent under time and under budget, which was a great beginning
Increased on time and in full product completion from 70% to 89%
Sample production cycle shortened by 25%
Saved 20% time in product development.
Between Centric’s data management capabilities and the planning functionality, one person can easily manage 50- 75% more styles than they could previously
“It cuts down my reporting time from 2 hours to 2 minutes.”
We increased the number of brands by 166% after implementing Centric PLM
“Across the board, the quality of information that Centric PLM now provides has improved almost everything we do”
“We could see that Centric PLM would help us to be faster in our operations, improve efficiency and provide a reliable source of reference data.”
“We have new people joining us all the time, and don’t have time to do full training days every month. With a short introduction, people can jump right into Centric PLM.”
“We absolutely trust the Centric team and Centric provides solutions that are tailored to genuinely support us and our needs. Our Centric contacts are more like colleagues than a supplier.”
“One of the things we’ve seen improve is that we now have just one repository. The information is there and it’s 100% accurate and visible to everyone at the same time. “
“We do not regard PLM as just software, but more as an advanced working method for productivity. “
“By limiting re-keying, which can be a source of errors from one tool to the next, Centric enables us to save a lot of time when inputting orders into our ERP.”
“We expect to get a complete picture of our products in one central system which is connected to our ERP and other software.”
“Centric is going to help us work smarter, organize the product division of our business and give our teams the opportunity to do more of what they do best.”
“Centric saves everyone about 10-15% of their time on a daily basis.”
“Time spent updating product information across styles and seasons has been reduced by roughly 50%.”
“Centric has a tech-savvy, data-driven mindset and everything from the sales process to implementation has been agile, fast and transparent.”
“Centric Software enables us to remain competitive because of a considerable reduction in the time between the conception and sale of a product.”
“Centric SMB is helping us to speed time to market, cut costs and errors, and save us time so our teams can focus on creative innovation”
We were able to go live across all departments and our overseas suppliers on time, while growing all three lines, and still hit all our deadlines for the season with no major issues
Now we have one source, all the ideas collected in the same spot and its much quicker, much easier to collaborate across office and locations and make all the important decisions quickly.
“Savings of between $70,000 and $100,000 per calendar year through collaboration and lead time coordination.”
“Sampling used to take ten days for one collection. Now, with Centric’s help, it takes three to four days.”
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“The best thing we like about Centric is it’s configurability. This creates huge value for us by cutting development costs and reducing time to market.”
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“PLM document infrastructure helps share information with auditors, FDA and suppliers.”
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“Our first sample round [since using Centric] has been better than any we’ve done since the beginning of the history at Crocs.”
“The level of control is more exact now, and all staff are informed immediately about whatever queries they may have.”
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“Collaborative presentations that used to take one week now take seconds.”
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“First-phase delivered completely within scope, schedule and budget.”
“Centric has a PLM strategy and vision to meet our future requirements.”
“Centric is a customer oriented company with great experience in helping retail footwear companies improve their design and product development process in order to be successful in today’s fiercely competitive environment.”
“Across the board, the quality of information that Centric PLM now provides has improved almost everything we do.”
“New product set up time reduced from 1 week to 2 days.”
“It easily communicates with our other software systems and we could see that Centric PLM has been adopted by companies that make jewelry.”
“The Centric merchandise planning module gives us better visibility into our collections and an improved ability to plan ahead in line with our larger business objectives.”
“It’s going to completely transform our way of working and will help us to create standard operations across a great variety of brands.”
“Centric PLM helps us adhere to our mission, which is to deliver high quality merchandise on time and with style, by improving the product development process.”
“Merchandising and Development can now collaborate in one system, making communication easier and more efficient.”
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“Centric PLM will offer our teams a collaborative system to help them to work together more easily.”
“We have gone from building a tender in 2 days manually to building it in a couple of hours in Centric.”
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“Centric also has great knowledge and understanding of the processes and needs specific to companies that handle textiles.”
“Data errors have decreased by 20%.”
“Centric is very intuitive to use, which has made it easy for our teams to get to grips with the new system.”
“Centric PLM is easy to use, easy to learn and we know it will grow and adapt with us.”
“We employ a lot of millennials, who are accustomed to visual, intuitive web-based tools like Centric SMB.”
“Centric PLM’s user interface, technology readiness and apps felt further ahead compared to other players. We also knew that we would benefit from great project support from the Centric team once we got on board and started the work.”
“Centric is focused on the apparel and footwear retail industry. Their local consultants have extensive project implementation experience and comprehensive industry knowledge and can provide professional advice for LI-NING’s future business upgrades.”
“Centric is the strongest and most comprehensive solution. It’s a modern, flexible system that is focused on configuration, not programming.”
“We finally decided on Centric PLM because it has out-of-the-box functionality and can connect and standardize our operations across a variety of areas, including design, merchandising, materials management, sourcing and sales. It’s a modern, web-based system. As our designers use Adobe Illustrator, the Adobe Connect function in Centric is very important.”
“Our team liked the software’s flexible approach and user-friendly interface. Centric PLM is specifically created for apparel and footwear … The Centric team has deep apparel and footwear knowledge and they were extremely understanding of our business needs throughout the decision-making process.”