PLM for Outdoor Lifestyle Brands and Retailers

Innovate Consumer-Responsive Products, Fast.

Outdoor lifestyle brands and retailers are particularly consumer-driven. It’s not enough to simply offer desirable products. Consumers of outdoor lifestyle products demand authenticity in the products and experiences which match their particular way of living. Sustainability is particularly important for consumers who identify with an outdoors, nature-based lifestyle. Added to this is the rising demand for affordable, customized clothing, with a new breed of consumers seeking bespoke and personalized products. They know what they want and are not willing to compromise.

This all adds up to a superb business opportunity for outdoor lifestyle brands and retailers, but it’s one in which great product design, quality, fit and attention to detail is vital. Unfortunately it’s way too easy for outdoor lifestyle brands and retailers to lose focus on the product, especially when they’re drowning in a sea of data, sketches, samples, supplier communications and emails.

Centric PLM transforms product development for outdoor lifestyle brands and retailers, delivering visibility, accountability and transparency from initial design through development, manufacturing and into retail. This gives outdoor lifestyle brands and retailers the freedom to create the innovative, sustainable and personalized products that consumers want, at the level of quality and product margin required to meet strategic growth plans.

Discover what makes Centric Software® innovations so unique

Centric PLM

Flexible, modular PLM solution that provides a single, actionable version of truth for internal and external teams. Streamline end-to-end product development and launch for both soft and hard goods, footwear and more. Drive greater transparency, efficiency and control with built-in best practices.

Enterprise Connectivity

Easily connect Centric PLM with platforms such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), e-commerce, PIM (Product Information Management), DAM (Data Asset Management), quality management software, 2D and 3D CAD design software and more, leveraging PLM data throughout the business for greater efficiency.

Centric 3D Connect

Connect PLM with leading 3D CAD solutions like SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD and many more. Seamless 3D workflows empower collaborative product design, reduce iterations and cut costs and time with 3D prototyping and fit reviews. Easily push photorealistic product images to e-commerce channels and in-store.

Adobe® Illustrator PLM Connect

Empower design and product development teams to access creative, technical and production details from PLM libraries, sketch and start building BOMs from Adobe® Illustrator. Liberates teams to focus on developing the right consumer-responsive products, at the right time, for the right channel.

Centric SMB

SaaS, cloud-based, scalable PLM solution that evolves as your organization grows or as your strategic needs change. Implementation is quick and simple so your business can experience benefits straight away. No need for an in-house IT team. Upgrade easily to Centric PLM and add features as needed.

Centric PLM Mobile Apps

Capture inspiration on the go, make faster decisions, cut time to market and maintain consistency from quality control to retail presentation with 15 PLM-connected mobile apps. Provide digitally native teams with user-friendly, intuitive mobile and social tools to attract and retain the best talent.

Agile Deployment

Centric’s unique Agile Deployment methodology gets customers up and running in months or even weeks to deliver the fastest ROI in the industry. Deploy remotely if needed, minimize the total cost of ownership and update easily. Get a lean version of PLM in just days with Quick Start packages.

Centric Visual Boards

Our family of intuitive digital workspaces transforms collaborative decision-making. Concept Board drives design and product innovation, Merchandising Board optimizes assortment planning and Buying Boards for retail and wholesale enhance assortment presentation and maximize sales.

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Learn how Superdry uses Centric PLM to streamline and build a strong foundation for growth.

“Entering styles in the system used to take the Snow team two weeks, and it now takes them a day and a half – almost 7x faster than the old way.”

SCOTT ROBERTSON
Head of Central Merchandising,
Superdry

Surf’s up for Volcom and Centric PLM

“Our users were dissatisfied and frustrated with our legacy PLM system. We faced a decision as a company. Should we continue on with the scheduled upgrade, or take a step back and re-evaluate our options?”

STEVE CHASTAIN
Global Head of IT
Volcom

Tentree Plants Seeds for the Future with Centric SMB

“People are now focusing on what they specialise in, rather than spending all their time in Excel.”

ARTHUR KONONUK
Creative Director
tentree

ARMEDANGELS and Centric PLM Design a Sustainable Future

ARMEDANGELS started out making T-shirts but has considerably expanded and diversified its product collection, and needed to reappraise workflows and operations in order to keep up with the demands of success. ARMEDANGELS’ commitment to fair trade practices and sustainable, organic materials added another layer of complex data to its product lifecycle.

Marine Layer Saves Time and Improves Data Management with Centric SMB

With tech packs and BOMs in Excel sheets and information scattered across various documents and emails, Marine Layer needed a place to store shared information that people could access quickly and easily. In order to get everybody on the same page and maintain a history of products from past seasons, Marine Layer decided to invest in a PLM solution.

Centric is the market leader

18,800+ Brands are brought to market with Centric Software

100% Go-live

99% Customer Retention Rate

Streamline Product Development and Power Customization with Centric PLM™

Innovate Consumer-Responsive Products, Fast.

Integrating best practices for lifestyle brands