American Textile Elevates Efficiency and Profitability with Centric PLM Streamlining Product Development and Optimizing Costing
Hear how Patrick Seiffert, Senior VP of Marketing & Product Development & Nancy Zimmerman, VP of Product Development at American Textile, transformed their product development processes with Centric PLM™. By transitioning from manual, disconnected processes to a centralized integrated platform, American Textile is setting the stage to streamline product development, enhance collaboration and improve cost management.
Challenges
Managing 2,000+ active SKUs across multiple retailers, each with unique requirements.
Relying on manual, analog processes (Word documents and emails) for product specifications.
Lack of visibility into material usage, preventing SKU consolidation and cost optimization.
Struggling to accurately track costing and margins, impacting profitability.
Seeking a PLM system to centralize data, streamline workflows and improve vendor collaboration.
Results
Digitized and centralized product specifications, reducing reliance on Word documents and emails.
Vendors now access detailed, closed tech packs in Centric PLM, ensuring accurate costing.
SKU rationalization and platforming improved margin visibility and reduced unnecessary inventory.
Automated workflows eliminated manual data entry and streamlined approvals.
Real-time insights allow smarter sourcing decisions, increasing profitability.
Seamlessly integrated with ERP and inventory systems, ensuring smooth data flow across teams.
