“Centric PLM gives us the ability to assess not just the volume but also the quality of our innovation.”
Radu GhiorghieDesign Director
Interdesign
Connect and coordinate buying and suppliers to seamlessly manage thousands of diverse product SKUs from bathroom vanities to hand tools.
Launch and evaluate supplier requests en masse with one click. Source directly or co-create with chosen suppliers efficiently and accurately.
Use Engineering Change Management to automatically identify and mass update affected products in response to recalls and quality or safety issues.
Launch more products, more efficiently
Optimize assortments and expand private label
Easily manage thousands of SKUs
Integrate with ERP, 3D CAD solutions and more
Streamline workflows and manage timelines
Ensure quality and sustainability
Highly configurable, modular PLM with built-in market-driven innovations and retail best practices to drive efficiencies in product development and launch from concept to consumer. Streamlines collaboration by giving teams access to a real-time ‘single source of the truth’ for product-related data.
Empower high-volume sourcing, enabling sourcing teams to compare suppliers, issue RFPs en masse, handle thousands of supplier design proposals and identify bottlenecks. Tackle sourcing challenges like margin compression, capacity constraints and maintaining compliance with ever-changing regulations.
Centralize merchandise development plans to gain visibility, establish targets earlier, track progress against the in-season plan with up-to-date sales data, identify under-performing products and optimize assortments faster. Connect suppliers and product developers with the merchandising team.
Centric’s PLM-connected mobile apps enable teams to work anywhere. Use Final Inspection to maintain product quality by meeting AQLs and evaluation points on a per-product basis. Assess brand standards during on-site visits with Retail Review to ensure consistent customer experiences across stores.
Kickstart product development by connecting Adobe® Illustrator and leading 3D CAD solutions like SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge, AutoCAD and many more with Centric PLM to drive seamless product and packaging design. Interact with 3D objects in PLM and push photo-realistic products to ecommerce or in-store.
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.
Streamline buying sessions and improve real-time remote collaboration between central and regional merchandising teams and internal buyers with a highly visual digital workspace for decision-making. Review, manage and plan product mixes across markets, geographies and channels to accelerate sell-in.