Deuter Fuels Faster Decision Making with Centric Software
“We wanted a better overview of production schedules as well as development schedules to improve workflow among our teams and with our manufacturer in Vientam, and Centric PLM has made it happen. "
Challenges
Tricky to store data for complex, technical products
Lack of transparency and coordination
Unable to collaborate efficiently when travelling
Information scattered and not always available
Struggling to meet schedules and maintain quality
Results
Better overview of production & development schedules
Transparency improved
Time saved searching for product information
Organized, accessible, detailed material data & BOMs
Changes from Vietnam factory communicated immediately
Deuter, leading German producer of backpacks, sleeping bags and outdoor accessories, was experiencing a lack of transparency and coordination across global internal teams as well as with their manufacturer in Vietnam.
Increasing numbers of complex, technical products as well as information scattered across different documents and offline materials added more layers of unnecessary complexity to their product development processes.
Deuter implemented Centric Outdoor PLM in 2018, and is already experiencing many benefits:
“We now know much more about all of the materials we use, our BOMs are in a consistent and detailed format, we can collaborate in real time while traveling and we can see everything necessary to develop the product and approve it for production” enthuses Marco Hühn, Quality Manager at Deuter.
Today, with Centric’s Outdoor PLM solution acting as a digital backbone for all product-related activities, Deuter has experienced increased efficiency, transparency and accessibility of real-time product data as well as boosting employee satisfaction.