May 21st, 2025

Tegel Goes Live with Centric PLM to Boost Product Development Efficiency

“Centric PLM is the best solution for Tegel because it already has functions built for the food and beverage industry. The system’s flexibility, combined with the expertise of Centric Software’s regional team, gave us the confidence to transform our product development process.”

— Jayne Glasson

Head of Research & Development at Tegel

New Zealand’s leading poultry integrator partners with Centric Software to replace its legacy system

CAMPBELL, Calif., May 22, 2025 – Centric Software®, the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader, is excited to announce that Tegel, New Zealand’s leading poultry integrator, has successfully implemented Centric PLM™. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, formulate, develop, procure, manufacture and sell consumer goods products in food & beverage, grocery, fashion and multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Founded in 1961, Tegel is New Zealand’s largest poultry producer, involved in breeding, hatching, processing, marketing and distributing poultry products across New Zealand and select international markets. The company’s portfolio includes a wide range of products, from frozen nuggets to fresh chicken, all produced in accordance with New Zealand’s high animal welfare standards.

Yvonne Van Nes, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer at Tegel explains the need for a modern, end-to-end PLM solution. “It’s part of our strategic plan to replace our legacy system with a single source of the truth that would boost overall organizational efficiency and reduce time spent on non-value tasks in product development.”

After a thorough evaluation, Tegel selected Centric PLM for its ability to manage their product development lifecycle, from recipe management and packaging to compliance.

With Centric PLM, Tegel expects significant improvements in data security, collaboration and operational efficiency. Previously, reliance on spreadsheets and an outdated in-house system made version control and information sharing difficult. Now, product development activities are centralized in Centric PLM, eliminating redundant data entry and ensuring a single source of truth for teams across product development, packaging and production.

Tegel is already benefiting from Centric Software’s robust project management, ensuring the system was configured to fit its business needs. “The Centric Software team took the time to understand our unique requirements within the food industry, which enabled them to provide the best configuration for our processes. Their flexibility, responsiveness and commitment to solving challenges, along with their professionalism, were key to the successful implementation. We’re confident that Centric PLM will support our ongoing growth,” says Jayne Glasson.

“We are thrilled that Tegel has successfully gone live with Centric PLM,” says Fabrice Canonge, President of Centric Software. “Tegel is a pioneer in the poultry industry, and we look forward to continuing our partnership to support their growth and success.”

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Tegel (www.tegel.co.nz)

Trusted by Kiwis Since 1961

Tegel has been a proud part of New Zealand’s food industry for over 60 years, providing high-quality chicken to Kiwi households and businesses. As a fully integrated poultry company, we manage every stage of production—from feed mills and hatcheries to farms and processing facilities—ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and animal welfare.

Our extensive range includes whole chickens and fresh cuts to convenient, ready-to-cook products like nuggets and tenders. You’ll find Tegel in supermarkets, food service, and select international markets, delivering premium New Zealand chicken to customers at home and abroad.

Animal welfare is a key priority, and all our farms are SPCA certified, reflecting our commitment to responsible and ethical farming.

Tegel—New Zealand’s trusted name in poultry.

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.