First Out of the Box Configured Cloud PLM Solution For Fashion and Consumer Products with industry best practices built-in
Industry’s First and Only Enterprise Mobility Applications Suite with 15 apps for iOS and Android
Distributed, High Scale Skyline Architecture supporting 10,000 users and years worth of active data
Only Configurable SMB Solution for fashion, apparel and footwear
Revolutionary Visual Innovation Platform of industry first PLM-driven digital touch boards
Centric solutions have an out-of-the-box (OOTB) approach coupled with our Agile DeploymentTM Methodology. Implementation time and costs are reduced by up to 50%.
Centric solutions are completely personalizable so we can work with any business, no matter their needs, without any coding.
With our heart in Silicon Valley, innovation is in our DNA. There’s no risk of having an outdated system with Centric PLM as we have 2 major and 2 minor releases per year, as well as a number of mobile apps.
Our cloud-based (SaaS) solution means low up-front costs, no hardware to buy and install and no IT resources to hire. The ultra fast implementation means a rapid time-to-value.
Centric’s platform is designed to be easy-to-use with minimal formal training. With a layout that is instantly familiar to users, inputting and outputting information is easy.
Merchandise Planning
DetailsMerchandise Planning extends visibility from initial line plan proposal through sales commitments and recording of actuals
Merchandise Planning’s flexible analytics use the always up-to-date product information in the Centric 8 PLM system to aid in the creation of top-down goals and bottom-up estimates. Merchandise Planning allows companies to generate realistic sales estimates, easily identify outliers that impact performance, and make decisions with confidence—based on data, not “guesstimates.”
Product Specification
DetailsSupport multiple product types—from standard apparel footwear and accessories to technical sporting equipment.
Assure consistent application of materials across any family of products that share the same design elements.
Easy-to-use, click-and-go interface eliminates the need for tedious user edit/save.
Materials Management
DetailsAvoid shortages of approved materials and poorly negotiated prices with an easily-managed materials library
Manage BOM and development calendar of materials independent of product usage.
Generate material roll-up to calculate material usage across a season.
Execute full sourcing RFQ function for materials independent of styles.
Product Sourcing
DetailsLimited visibility hampers efforts to find the most cost-effective suppliers and impedes compliance management.
Split orders over multiple suppliers to minimize risk, or consolidate across all product lines for best pricing.
Manage supplier performance, quality and compliance tracking and audits.
Automate and track samples through every phase of the process.
Off load tedious data entry to suppliers with a secure portal.
Collection Management
DetailsReplace the errors and expense of out-of-date paper catalogs with dynamic, always-accurate information.
Target your markets with specific catalogs that reflect buyer preferences. Tailor price points, availability, and languages instantly to meet specific buyer’s requirements.
Use the Collection Book iPad App to display personalized catalogs—or enable personalized catalog access via a private, web-based portal.
Calendar Management
DetailsPaper calendars, emails, phone calls and spreadsheets obscure critical issues that threaten on-time delivery
Define and track tasks through forward- or backward-planning calendars on multiple product lines and materials.
Create flexible calendars for products, seasons, or product lines to improve visibility while preserving creativity without rigid restrictions.
Optionally use workflows to manage lifecycles of samples and other business critical items.
Quality Management
DetailsStreamline the processes that protect your brand identity and assure safety.
Quality matters. Ensure it every step of the way.
Manage quality, consumer product safety and compliance to meet international standards.
Assign quality and safety goals based on both corporate standards as well as channel-specific standards.
Test products for compliance in both sample and production stages as pass/fail—or with visibility down to specific test results recorded.
Final Inspection
DetailsFinal Inspection Module allows brands and retailers to set acceptable quality levels and evaluation points for suppliers on a per product basis as quality evaluation criteria are linked to original product specifications.
Evaluation criteria and results are communicated digitally via web or mobile app for complete, real-time transparency into both vendor performance and production output, prior to goods leaving the manufacturing site and transfer of ownership.
Enterprise Connectivity
DetailsSilos of data result in poor visibility and decision making, errors, and increased costs.
Support push and pull data integration to SAP, Microsoft AX Dynamics, and other industry-standard ERP systems.
Reduce errors and unnecessary costs by ensuring that everyone is working from the most current information—no matter where the source data resides.
TPull data from other systems easily using with out-of-the-box connectors
AdobeTM PLM Connector
DetailsFoster creativity and collaboration by managing designs within familiar Adobe tools.
Publish line art and colorways—with rich image extraction—directly to Centric 8 without leaving CS.
Pull colorway color palettes into Adobe CS products from Centric 8.
SDK
DetailsCompanies can use the SDK to develop their own mobile apps or personalize existing Centric apps for their brand-specific needs.
Rest API
DetailsUsers can even create their own apps to seamlessly connect or digitally transform processes without limitation.
With the growing threat of competition, the complexities and risks of international expansion, as well as constant changing digital and social channels, brands, manufacturers and retailers must work differently. Mobility helps capture information outside of the scope of traditional systems introducing unprecedented agility and real-time reactivity without being chained to a desk. Centric Software provides innovative mobile solutions to harness the power of design and development, streamline the supply chain and empower teams to bring great products to market faster.