September 8th, 2025

Dishang Group Adopts Centric PLM to Accelerate Product Development and Streamline ODM Operations

“Through Centric PLM, we expect to consolidate systems, increase efficiency, improve cost control and unify resource management across our operations.”

— Mr. Sun Shiguang

General Manager of Dishang Group

Leveraging cutting-edge PLM technology to manage complexity, enhance collaboration and stay competitive in fast-evolving global markets

CAMPBELL, Calif., September 9, 2025 – Centric Software® is pleased to announce Dishang Group has selected Centric PLM™ to strengthen its product development capabilities and enable innovation-driven growth. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, market, sell and replenish fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care products as well as multi-category retail, to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Over the past three decades, Dishang Group has become an influential force in global apparel manufacturing. Headquartered in Weihai, Shandong, China, the company delivers end-to-end design and production solutions through its core OEM and ODM businesses, serving over 800 brands across 100+ countries, with ten production bases throughout Asia. Its diversified product offering includes fashion, outdoor and performance apparel, as well as specialized categories such as workwear and uniforms.

As Dishang Group scales to meet growing demand and shorter lead times, the complexity of managing its diverse product lines, including fashion, workwear and private label collections, and over 4,000 global partners has also increased. To maintain its competitive edge, the company is prioritizing deeper integration in design and product development, as well as improved visibility and collaboration across the entire product lifecycle. Managing a growing portfolio across ODM and private label businesses demands an agile and end-to-end PLM solution, with these priorities laying the groundwork for strategic goals.

“As the apparel industry experiences tremendous change, our business model must evolve alongside it,” says Mr. Zhu Hongtao, General Manager of Dishang Group. “By adopting advanced tools and technologies like Centric PLM, we aim to improve the accuracy of our decision-making and enhance our capabilities in business analysis, particularly in the areas of ODM and digital asset management.”

This initiative is a central part of Dishang Group’s modernization strategy, designed to build resilience and flexibility amid intensifying global competition and unpredictable market dynamics. A mature, agile platform is key to enabling operational excellence across both product development and supply chain functions.

In early 2025, following a comprehensive internal review, Dishang Group launched the next phrase of its digital transformation, with the selection of a PLM solution as top priority. The team conducted a rigorous evaluation of leading vendors before selecting Centric PLM for its proven success in large-scale implementations and its collaborative, consultative approach.

“Through Centric PLM, we expect to consolidate systems, increase efficiency, improve cost control and unify resource management across our operations,” adds Mr. Sun Shiguang, General Manager of Dishang Group.

Partnering with Centric Software marks a pivotal moment in Dishang Group’s product development journey. “Technology is a key enabler of sustainable growth,” adds Mr. Zhu. “Centric PLM will help us to reduce manual work, increase design precision and better serve our clients. Ultimately, it will support our transformation into a more agile, digitally-driven enterprise across both domestic and international markets.”

“Dishang Group’s clear vision and commitment to digital transformation will drive lasting success,” comments Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software. “We are proud to partner with Dishang Group to enable innovation at scale through streamlined processes, real-time collaboration and actionable data. Together, we aim to set a new benchmark for PLM excellence in China’s OEM and ODM apparel industry.”

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Dishang Group (www.dishang.com)

Founded in 1993, Dishang Group has more than 50,000 employees worldwide. Its business spans apparel trade, domestic workwear, and brand operations, forming a comprehensive and diversified business model. With annual revenue exceeding 15 billion RMB, Dishang Group is one of the largest apparel exporters and professional workwear manufacturers in China. Dishang Group’s product development and design services cover a full range of apparel products, including high-end fashion, children’s clothing, outdoor gear, uniforms, workwear, school uniforms and medical apparel.

Centric Software® (centricsoftware.com)

From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Centric Software provides an innovative and AI-enabled product concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. As experts in fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail, Centric Software delivers best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, market, sell and replenish products.

Centric PLM™, the leading PLM solution for fashion, outdoor, footwear and private label, optimizes product execution from ideation to development, sourcing and manufacture, realizing up to 50% improvement in productivity and a 60% decrease in time to market.
Centric Planning™ is an innovative, cloud-native, AI solution delivering end-to-end planning capabilities to maximize retail and wholesale business performance, including SKU optimization, resulting in an up to 110% increase in margins.
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