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#1 PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Discover the Market-Leading PLM Solution for Consumer Goods

Leave data chaos and manual systems behind with Centric Product Lifecycle Management (Centric PLM). Develop profitable products while achieving sustainability and traceability goals with a flexible, easy to use and scalable digital foundation for growth.

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Centric PLM is your single source of truth.

Centric PLM connects the people, systems and processes in your value chain to optimize product go-to-market and performance at retail.

one source of truth

Save time wasted searching for key data in Excel, PDFs and emails. Connect teams with live data.

Improve collaboration

Enable teams and external stakeholders to collaborate effectively in real time.

Speed time to market

Develop products rapidly and ensure accurate, on-time delivery to satisfy consumers.

Harmonize product data

Track and leverage all historical and current product data to boost efficiency.

Stay close to consumers

Anticipate trends and react quickly to gain a competitive advantage.

Manage growth

Optimize categories, SKUs, channels and markets while developing sustainably.

Discover how your department uses Centric PLM

one source of truth

Save time wasted searching for key data in Excel, PDFs and emails. Connect teams with live data.

Improve collaboration

Enable teams and external stakeholders to collaborate effectively in real time.

Speed time to market

Develop products rapidly and ensure accurate, on-time delivery to satisfy consumers.

Harmonize product data

Track and leverage all historical and current product data to boost efficiency.

Stay close to consumers

Anticipate trends and react quickly to gain a competitive advantage.

Manage growth

Optimize categories, SKUs, channels and markets while developing sustainably.

Discover how your department uses Centric PLM

How do you use Centric PLM?

How do you use Centric PLM?

Sourcing

Gain full visibility into material costs/product margins

Control flow of information while giving suppliers access to necessary data

Evaluate and rationalize your supplier base

Issue RFQs en masse and easily compare price quotes

Connect suppliers through the PLM supplier portal to improve collaboration

How do you use Centric PLM?

R&D/Product Development

Simplify communication with one source of truth

Streamline private label and supplier co-created development

Eliminate duplicate data entry and time-consuming manual tasks

Increase efficiency and cross-team collaboration to drive innovation faster

How do you use Centric PLM?

Planning

Easily see priorities and manage accordingly

View holistically and collaborate on season planning

Know exactly where a product is in its lifecycle

Leverage data from past seasons to forecast demand and plan successful products

Build accurate reports quickly, based on up-to-date information

How do you use Centric PLM?

Quality

Manage quality control and inspections with mobile apps and templates directly connected to PLM that are accessible by all team members in real time

Facilitate supplier self-assessments and other third-party assessments using audit templates, mobile applications, and alert settings

Develop high-quality products that meet consumer expectations

How do you use Centric PLM?

Compliance

Maintain compliance documentation in a single, up-to-date digital location

Flag outliers and adapt rapidly to regulatory changes with change management

Track products throughout the complete lifecycle to manage traceability

Maintain data necessary to meet regulatory requirements and satisfy customers, such as sustainability credentials

How do you use Centric PLM?

Packaging & Artwork

Connect your product packaging briefs directly to the product brief to increase efficiency and accuracy when developing new products​

Simplified, cost-efficient approach to package and label development.

Track changes and automatically highlight version discrepancies to manage changing designs

Reviews and comment on 2D and 3D designs within PLM

Approval stage gates ensure nothing slips through the cracks

How do you use Centric PLM?

Merchandising

Manage seasons, departments, collections and specific styles to meet performance targets, using up-to-date information

Gain full visibility into material costs and product margins

Run dynamic what-if scenarios using live data from PLM and other enterprise solutions to make better decisions

Quickly create visual line plans and share information

How do you use Centric PLM?

Design

Eliminate or reduce manual tasks, freeing up time to focus on creativity

Stay in sync with merchandising and planning

Access material libraries and historical product data

Connect 3D design platforms with PLM to streamline product and packaging design

Co-create with suppliers and agencies using a single source of truth

How do you use Centric PLM?

Manufacturing & Production

Align with brand and retail teams in a cloud-based digital environment for faster time to market

Manage all aspects of R&D, product development, costing and sampling

Respond to RFPs, build tech packs, handle quality testing, manage compliance documentation and more

Track compliance, sustainability and social impact, from raw materials to retail

How do you use Centric PLM?

Sourcing

Gain full visibility into material costs/product margins

Control flow of information while giving suppliers access to necessary data

Evaluate and rationalize your supplier base

Issue RFQs en masse and easily compare price quotes

Connect suppliers through the PLM supplier portal to improve collaboration

How do you use Centric PLM?

R&D/Product Development

Simplify communication with one source of truth

Streamline private label and supplier co-created development

Eliminate duplicate data entry and time-consuming manual tasks

Increase efficiency and cross-team collaboration to drive innovation faster

How do you use Centric PLM?

Planning

Easily see priorities and manage accordingly

View holistically and collaborate on season planning

Know exactly where a product is in its lifecycle

Leverage data from past seasons to forecast demand and plan successful products

Build accurate reports quickly, based on up-to-date information

How do you use Centric PLM?

Quality

Manage quality control and inspections with mobile apps and templates directly connected to PLM that are accessible by all team members in real time

Facilitate supplier self-assessments and other third-party assessments using audit templates, mobile applications, and alert settings

Develop high-quality products that meet consumer expectations

How do you use Centric PLM?

Compliance

Maintain compliance documentation in a single, up-to-date digital location

Flag outliers and adapt rapidly to regulatory changes with change management

Track products throughout the complete lifecycle to manage traceability

Maintain data necessary to meet regulatory requirements and satisfy customers, such as sustainability credentials

How do you use Centric PLM?

Packaging & Artwork

Connect your product packaging briefs directly to the product brief to increase efficiency and accuracy when developing new products​

Simplified, cost-efficient approach to package and label development.

Track changes and automatically highlight version discrepancies to manage changing designs

Reviews and comment on 2D and 3D designs within PLM

Approval stage gates ensure nothing slips through the cracks

How do you use Centric PLM?

Merchandising

Manage seasons, departments, collections and specific styles to meet performance targets, using up-to-date information

Gain full visibility into material costs and product margins

Run dynamic what-if scenarios using live data from PLM and other enterprise solutions to make better decisions

Quickly create visual line plans and share information

How do you use Centric PLM?

Design

Eliminate or reduce manual tasks, freeing up time to focus on creativity

Stay in sync with merchandising and planning

Access material libraries and historical product data

Connect 3D design platforms with PLM to streamline product and packaging design

Co-create with suppliers and agencies using a single source of truth

How do you use Centric PLM?

Manufacturing & Production

Align with brand and retail teams in a cloud-based digital environment for faster time to market

Manage all aspects of R&D, product development, costing and sampling

Respond to RFPs, build tech packs, handle quality testing, manage compliance documentation and more

Track compliance, sustainability and social impact, from raw materials to retail

Sourcing

R&D/Product Development

Planning

Quality

Compliance

Packaging & Artwork

Merchandising

Design

Manufacturing & Production

Large or small, companies of all sizes and types drive digital transformation with Centric PLM

Centric PLM innovations empower companies to develop products more efficiently and sustainably.

From nimble DTC startups to long-established global brands expanding their omnichannel reach, our customers rely on Centric PLM to react with agility to market shifts and evolving consumer demand.

Brands

Retailers

Manufacturers & Producers

Direct to Consumer

Licensing & Private Label

Wholesalers

Emerging Brands

Execute Sustainability with Centric PLM

Raw Materials Management

Carbon Footprint

Waste Management

Supply Chain Certification

Social Responsibility

Circularity

Raw Materials Management

Brands, retailers and manufacturers need to find sustainable alternatives to materials that depend on high usage of water, energy, natural resources and harmful chemicals.

Centric PLM provides a platform to track and manage raw materials from their source, measure key sustainability criteria and identify suitable alternatives.

Carbon Footprint

One digital space for product information enables end-to-end traceability that includes carbon footprint data through integration with all leading sources of Scope 3 emissions databases.

Powerful sourcing comparison tools make it easier to understand the impact of different sourcing options and reduce the environmental cost of shipping, support local producers and make supply chains more transparent.

Waste Management

Centric PLM improves visibility and accuracy throughout the entire supply chain to lessen waste, reduce or eliminate the disposal of unwanted or unsold inventory and dramatically reduce costs associated with overstock storage.

Integration with 3D technology reduces physical sampling costs and cuts development time to increase product margins.

Supply Chain Certification

Track suppliers and their certifications, using whatever paper trail complies with your company requirements.

Manage compliance programs and vendor certification, from raw materials to labor practices to the recyclability of packaging.

Ensure transparency for consumers.

Social Responsibility

Document data at the product and factory levels to validate claims surrounding sustainability and ethics.

Set audit criteria to conform to labor, carbon footprint, resource and waste management standards.

Manage supply chains and customer communication with a truly open, quality-focused and personal approach.

Circularity

Design and develop product lines using consumer feedback, gather data on real-world product faults and repairs to inform manufacturers and improve quality, source durable materials more cost-effectively and innovate products that are designed for long service life.

Access environmental impact data to determine product end-of-life options.

For us, the carbon score is first and the margin is second. So, before we even look at the margin, we will look at whether or not we’re achieving the carbon score that we set out for ourselves. — Joe Vernachio, Chief Operating Officer at allbirds

815+ Customers Trust Centric Solutions

500+ ditched spreadsheets and emails

200+ replaced a legacy PLM system

Fashion & Apparel

Outdoor & Sports

Multi-Category Retail

Home & Furniture

Food & Beverage

Consumer Goods

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Fashion & Apparel

Featured success stories

Outdoor & Sports

Featured success stories

Multi-Category Retail

Featured success stories

Home & Furniture

Featured success stories

Food & Beverage

Featured success stories

Consumer Goods

Featured success stories

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Featured success stories

Thirdlove Shapes Their Future with Centric PLM

Today, ThirdLove enjoys one single source of the truth in a central data repository, their processes are more clearly defined and their tech packs are virtually error-free, ensuring operational excellence. What journey did they take with Centric PLM to solidify their digital foundation?

Read the Success Story

“PLM has become one single source of truth in the creative process that didn’t exist before.”

— Marcus Chung, VP of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at ThirdLove

Read the Success Story

Rothy’s: It’s Easy Being Green with Centric PLM

Rothy’s was founded with eco-consciousness baked right into their DNA. Having efficient workflows make their mission of sustainable footwear manufacturing easier to manage.

Read the Success Story

“ From a human perspective, Centric PLM makes life much easier for our people in design, product development and manufacturing. We’re able to work directly with our factory… and eliminate the countless other manual steps that existed before Centric.”

— Heather Howard, COO at Rothy's

Read the Success Story

P.E Nation Handles Exceptional Growth with Centric PLM

Despite celebrating exceptional growth, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mark Rogers, Head of Operations at P.E Nation, reflects on a time when teams felt the frustration and stress of working with multiple data sources. “A small business, rapid growth, increased SKU counts – we were increasing our range across different categories and we began to see pain points.” Fast forward a matter of months and that frustration has been improved thanks to Centric PLM.

Read the Success Story

“The ease of the interface, the usability, the fact that we can generate reports out of it- it’s a one-stop shop, Centric made sense to us.”

— Mark Rogers, Head of Operations at P.E Nation

Read the Success Story

Helly Hansen Boosts Product Innovation with the Power of Centric PLM

The trailbazing outdoor brand, Helly Hansen, once struggled with data management, visibility and version control across multiple software platforms. When the Helly Hansen group acquired MUSTO in 2018, integrating a new brand brought additional challenges. However, MUSTO had been a happy Centric Software® customer for many years, and, in 2019, Helly Hansen decided to also implement Centric PLM to harmonize data and processes across both brands and within Helly Hansen’s own departments.

Read the Success Story

“We’re growing fast and, in order to develop innovative, high quality products efficiently, we needed a clear overview of who was doing what, where and when. Before Centric PLM, one of our biggest challenges was a lack of accountability, with each department using different tools and platforms.”

— Ferdinand Diener, Process and Quality Manager at Helly Hansen

Read the Success Story

Deuter Fuels Faster Decision Making with Centric PLM

“For the past 25 years, we have had one longstanding manufacturing partner in Vietnam who makes all of our backpacks and our developers travel there a lot. Often decisions about products are made there, on the spot. In the past, these changes were not always documented very well for our teams back home. This has now totally changed. People can discuss product alterations at the factory and enter these decisions in Centric PLM while on the road so that everyone can see them. It has very much improved our style of working.”

Read the Success Story

Better overview of production & development schedules

Time saved searching for product information

Organized, accessible, detailed material data & BOMs

Read the Success Story

Klim Climbs Steadily Upward with Centric PLM

“We work on such a wide variety of products that it’s just so complex to manage. Our offerings range from carbon fiber helmets, to snowmobile boots, to GoreTex outerwear pieces, to motorcycle airbags. There’s no way we could have handled it all just with Excel files and emails”.

Ryan Harris, Vice President of Product gives his observations on managing their products without PLM. KLIM recognized early on that they needed to have a single source of the truth for all product data so that critical information was accessible at all times.

Read the Success Story

25%

reduction in sample lead times

30%

increase in e-comm channel sales

Read the Success Story

Purcotton Builds a Collaborative, Efficient and Open Product Development Management Platform with Centric PLM

“The implementation of PLM saves us time and material costs, and allows us to continuously amass experience, thus realizing data aggregation throughout the value chain to form PurCotton’s brand DNA.”

Purcotton joins hands with Centric Software to build a cross-departmental PLM platform that supports multiple R&D and product ideation models, leading to more efficient operations.

Read the Success Story

1500+

system fields organized

3

strategic objectives achieved

Read the Success Story

Multicategory Retailer Big Lots Streamlines Supplier Collaboration with Centric PLM

“The flexibility and best practices embedded in Centric PLM and the project’s Agile Deployment methodology enabled us to react quickly and gave us immediate visibility when the US made the decision to impose tariffs on Chinese goods.”

Leading North American multicategory retailer Big Lots turned to Centric PLM to successfully streamline private label sourcing and development for both food and non-food items.

Read the Success Story

All divisions managed in one repository

Efficient supplier requests & quote comparison

Improved speed and accuracy

Read the Success Story

Tape à l’Œil Meet Strategic Goals and Keep Up Team Spirit with Centric PLM

“With Centric PLM, our data is now much more reliable since each product is automatically associated with its retail price, store format and category.”

Read the Success Story

3,500

products managed

6

months to implement

Read the Success Story

Riachuelo Meets Fast-Changing Consumer Demands with Centric PLM

“Because of the agility that PLM gives us, like the reduction of time to market and product development lead time, we are now able to capture new trends. For example, with changes sparked by the pandemic, our customers want more products for indoor, at-home living. We are now able to respond and quickly adapt our collections to what our customers are asking for.”

Flávia Märtino, Product Manager at Riachuelo, explains how Centric’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software was crucial to delivering the exact products consumers want. PLM enabled the company to work faster and achieve cost savings, even during a time of major market disruption.

Read the Success Story

Faster time to market

Standardization of processes in different departments

More sustainability and speed in the sample cycle

Read the Success Story

Ernsting’s Family Chooses Centric Software’s Full PLM Team Support

“We feel very strongly supported by the Centric CAMS support team. Any time we have an issue, we can get an answer immediately. We have the support when we need it. It is the greatest benefit, I think!”

— Jyrina Volmer, IT Coordinator for Product Development and Software Engineering Manager at Ernsting’s family at Ernsting’s Family

Read the Success Story

Optimized processes

Freed up to focus on business and product development

Seamlessly connect PLM to other programs and platforms

Read the Success Story

Four Hands Increases Visibility, Efficiency and Accuracy with Centric PLM

“There was no single source of truth for product information. It was scattered in multiple spreadsheets and local computers housing product attributes. You never knew which information was accurate, which was the latest version.”

Douglas Estremadoyro, VP of Business Innovation at Four Hands recalls their product development process from a few short years ago.

Today, all product information is housed in one accessible place, product development visibility and efficiencies are significantly improved, data accuracy is up and work duplication is reduced. What drove this transformation?

Read the Success Story

Visibility and reporting drastically improved

Increased process efficiencies

Improved data accuracy

Read the Success Story

Wicked Kitchen Spices Up Go-To-Market Efficiency with Centric PLM

“Centric PLM is the system where we store all our information. Speed to market is key for us especially on the new product innovation side, because we want to keep fresh with our retailer.”

— Jess Kolko, Registered Dietitian and Director of Quality at Wicked Kitchen

Read the Success Story

Workflows are more efficient

One accessible hub for all product data

Ability to track thousands of supplier documents

Read the Success Story

Centric PLM Empowers Modern Gourmet Foods to Save Money Through Better Collaboration and Visibility

“I know we’ve saved six figures a year in project management time, simply by having a collaborative system and a single, actionable version of the truth.”

Read the Success Story

$100K

saved annually on project management

60

days to implement in 2 continents

Read the Success Story

Guangzhou Restaurant Group Transforms Cantonese Cuisine with Centric PLM

“Thanks to close collaboration between the Guangzhou Restaurant R&D center and the Centric Software team, the PLM project has achieved the fastest and most user-driven implementation among all it projects ever carried out by Guangzhou Restaurant Group.”

— Huang Dayao, Business Director at Guangzhou

Read the Success Story

Improved R&D efficiency and quality

Improved integrity and utilization of R&D data

Solid data foundation for products

Read the Success Story

Centric PLM Drives Innovation to Push Market Success at InterDesign

“I want to be able to go to one place to see product dimensions, product weights, colors, colorways, to see SKUs involved . . . we did not have a tool that allowed us to do that before. It was a lot of manual work to get even fairly simple answers.”

Brandon Gray, Engineer and Subject Matter Expert at InterDesign describes the situation at their company prior to Centric PLM™.

Read the Success Story

Product information now accessible

Total product definition at the front end

Improved efficiency and communication

Read the Success Story

How Targus Powers Up Product Development with Centric PLM

“We knew that the right PLM provider would be able to share best practices from their experiences with other partners and Centric has a wealth of specialized knowledge.”

Global brand and laptop case pioneers, Targus, successfully use centric PLM to enable global product teams to work more closely with procurement teams, saving time and increasing accuracy.

Read the Success Story

5

regional offices using PLM

4

time zones collaborating

Read the Success Story

Visionnaire Drive Craftmanship and Competitiveness with Centric PLM

Today, Visionnaire has successfully implemented Centric PLM and is on track to complete its revolutionary digital project in 2020. The high-end furniture-makers have aligned information throughout the organization with a single version of the truth, giving them instant control over collection development and greater versatility in the way they configure individual products and the manufacturing process.

How did Visionnaire successfully create an integrated product data infrastructure with the support of Centric PLM?

Read the Success Story

Smooth integration with ERP and CPQ solutions

Improved transparency and communication

Ability to collaborate effectively with suppliers

Read the Success Story

KIKO Milano Drive Efficiency and Launch Products Faster with Centric PLM

“We release many new products every year. Managing all these new products and all the related data is definitely not easy, especially because the data is managed by different departments.”

Maria Viglione, Sourcing & Purchasing Manager at KIKO Milano explains the difficulties of handling complex cosmetics products without one single source of truth.

Fast forward to today, and KIKO Milano are proudly using Centric Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to develop products from concept all the way through to store. Here is KIKO Milano’s journey.

Read the Success Story

Clear milestone management

Consistent management of accurate information

Efficient integration with ERP

Read the Success Story

Premier Anti-Aging Selects Centric PLM to Consolidate Product Information

Japanese cosmetics company partners with Centric Software® to improve efficiency and speed time to market of products and services

Read the Press Release

AlumierMD Selects Centric PLM for a Central Source of Product Information and to Save Time

AlumierMD, the medical skincare brand, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Read the Press Release

Thirdlove Shapes Their Future with Centric PLM

Today, ThirdLove enjoys one single source of the truth in a central data repository, their processes are more clearly defined and their tech packs are virtually error-free, ensuring operational excellence. What journey did they take with Centric PLM to solidify their digital foundation?

Read the Success Story

“PLM has become one single source of truth in the creative process that didn’t exist before.”

— Marcus Chung, VP of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at ThirdLove

Rothy’s: It’s Easy Being Green with Centric PLM

Rothy’s was founded with eco-consciousness baked right into their DNA. Having efficient workflows make their mission of sustainable footwear manufacturing easier to manage.

Read the Success Story

“ From a human perspective, Centric PLM makes life much easier for our people in design, product development and manufacturing. We’re able to work directly with our factory… and eliminate the countless other manual steps that existed before Centric.”

— Heather Howard, COO at Rothy's

P.E Nation Handles Exceptional Growth with Centric PLM

Despite celebrating exceptional growth, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mark Rogers, Head of Operations at P.E Nation, reflects on a time when teams felt the frustration and stress of working with multiple data sources. “A small business, rapid growth, increased SKU counts – we were increasing our range across different categories and we began to see pain points.” Fast forward a matter of months and that frustration has been improved thanks to Centric PLM.

Read the Success Story

“The ease of the interface, the usability, the fact that we can generate reports out of it- it’s a one-stop shop, Centric made sense to us.”

— Mark Rogers, Head of Operations at P.E Nation

Helly Hansen Boosts Product Innovation with the Power of Centric PLM

The trailbazing outdoor brand, Helly Hansen, once struggled with data management, visibility and version control across multiple software platforms. When the Helly Hansen group acquired MUSTO in 2018, integrating a new brand brought additional challenges. However, MUSTO had been a happy Centric Software® customer for many years, and, in 2019, Helly Hansen decided to also implement Centric PLM to harmonize data and processes across both brands and within Helly Hansen’s own departments.

Read the Success Story

“We’re growing fast and, in order to develop innovative, high quality products efficiently, we needed a clear overview of who was doing what, where and when. Before Centric PLM, one of our biggest challenges was a lack of accountability, with each department using different tools and platforms.”

— Ferdinand Diener, Process and Quality Manager at Helly Hansen

Deuter Fuels Faster Decision Making with Centric PLM

“For the past 25 years, we have had one longstanding manufacturing partner in Vietnam who makes all of our backpacks and our developers travel there a lot. Often decisions about products are made there, on the spot. In the past, these changes were not always documented very well for our teams back home. This has now totally changed. People can discuss product alterations at the factory and enter these decisions in Centric PLM while on the road so that everyone can see them. It has very much improved our style of working.”

Read the Success Story

Better overview of production & development schedules

Time saved searching for product information

Organized, accessible, detailed material data & BOMs

Klim Climbs Steadily Upward with Centric PLM

“We work on such a wide variety of products that it’s just so complex to manage. Our offerings range from carbon fiber helmets, to snowmobile boots, to GoreTex outerwear pieces, to motorcycle airbags. There’s no way we could have handled it all just with Excel files and emails”.

Ryan Harris, Vice President of Product gives his observations on managing their products without PLM. KLIM recognized early on that they needed to have a single source of the truth for all product data so that critical information was accessible at all times.

Read the Success Story

25%

reduction in sample lead times

30%

increase in e-comm channel sales

Purcotton Builds a Collaborative, Efficient and Open Product Development Management Platform with Centric PLM

“The implementation of PLM saves us time and material costs, and allows us to continuously amass experience, thus realizing data aggregation throughout the value chain to form PurCotton’s brand DNA.”

Purcotton joins hands with Centric Software to build a cross-departmental PLM platform that supports multiple R&D and product ideation models, leading to more efficient operations.

Read the Success Story

1500+

system fields organized

3

strategic objectives achieved

Multicategory Retailer Big Lots Streamlines Supplier Collaboration with Centric PLM

“The flexibility and best practices embedded in Centric PLM and the project’s Agile Deployment methodology enabled us to react quickly and gave us immediate visibility when the US made the decision to impose tariffs on Chinese goods.”

Leading North American multicategory retailer Big Lots turned to Centric PLM to successfully streamline private label sourcing and development for both food and non-food items.

Read the Success Story

All divisions managed in one repository

Efficient supplier requests & quote comparison

Improved speed and accuracy

Tape à l’Œil Meet Strategic Goals and Keep Up Team Spirit with Centric PLM

“With Centric PLM, our data is now much more reliable since each product is automatically associated with its retail price, store format and category.”

Read the Success Story

3,500

products managed

6

months to implement

Riachuelo Meets Fast-Changing Consumer Demands with Centric PLM

“Because of the agility that PLM gives us, like the reduction of time to market and product development lead time, we are now able to capture new trends. For example, with changes sparked by the pandemic, our customers want more products for indoor, at-home living. We are now able to respond and quickly adapt our collections to what our customers are asking for.”

Flávia Märtino, Product Manager at Riachuelo, explains how Centric’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software was crucial to delivering the exact products consumers want. PLM enabled the company to work faster and achieve cost savings, even during a time of major market disruption.

Read the Success Story

Faster time to market

Standardization of processes in different departments

More sustainability and speed in the sample cycle

Ernsting’s Family Chooses Centric Software’s Full PLM Team Support

“We feel very strongly supported by the Centric CAMS support team. Any time we have an issue, we can get an answer immediately. We have the support when we need it. It is the greatest benefit, I think!”

— Jyrina Volmer, IT Coordinator for Product Development and Software Engineering Manager at Ernsting’s family at Ernsting’s Family

Read the Success Story

Optimized processes

Freed up to focus on business and product development

Seamlessly connect PLM to other programs and platforms

Four Hands Increases Visibility, Efficiency and Accuracy with Centric PLM

“There was no single source of truth for product information. It was scattered in multiple spreadsheets and local computers housing product attributes. You never knew which information was accurate, which was the latest version.”

Douglas Estremadoyro, VP of Business Innovation at Four Hands recalls their product development process from a few short years ago.

Today, all product information is housed in one accessible place, product development visibility and efficiencies are significantly improved, data accuracy is up and work duplication is reduced. What drove this transformation?

Read the Success Story

Visibility and reporting drastically improved

Increased process efficiencies

Improved data accuracy

Wicked Kitchen Spices Up Go-To-Market Efficiency with Centric PLM

“Centric PLM is the system where we store all our information. Speed to market is key for us especially on the new product innovation side, because we want to keep fresh with our retailer.”

— Jess Kolko, Registered Dietitian and Director of Quality at Wicked Kitchen

Read the Success Story

Workflows are more efficient

One accessible hub for all product data

Ability to track thousands of supplier documents

Centric PLM Empowers Modern Gourmet Foods to Save Money Through Better Collaboration and Visibility

“I know we’ve saved six figures a year in project management time, simply by having a collaborative system and a single, actionable version of the truth.”

Read the Success Story

$100K

saved annually on project management

60

days to implement in 2 continents

Guangzhou Restaurant Group Transforms Cantonese Cuisine with Centric PLM

“Thanks to close collaboration between the Guangzhou Restaurant R&D center and the Centric Software team, the PLM project has achieved the fastest and most user-driven implementation among all it projects ever carried out by Guangzhou Restaurant Group.”

— Huang Dayao, Business Director at Guangzhou

Read the Success Story

Improved R&D efficiency and quality

Improved integrity and utilization of R&D data

Solid data foundation for products

Centric PLM Drives Innovation to Push Market Success at InterDesign

“I want to be able to go to one place to see product dimensions, product weights, colors, colorways, to see SKUs involved . . . we did not have a tool that allowed us to do that before. It was a lot of manual work to get even fairly simple answers.”

Brandon Gray, Engineer and Subject Matter Expert at InterDesign describes the situation at their company prior to Centric PLM™.

Read the Success Story

Product information now accessible

Total product definition at the front end

Improved efficiency and communication

How Targus Powers Up Product Development with Centric PLM

“We knew that the right PLM provider would be able to share best practices from their experiences with other partners and Centric has a wealth of specialized knowledge.”

Global brand and laptop case pioneers, Targus, successfully use centric PLM to enable global product teams to work more closely with procurement teams, saving time and increasing accuracy.

Read the Success Story

5

regional offices using PLM

4

time zones collaborating

Visionnaire Drive Craftmanship and Competitiveness with Centric PLM

Today, Visionnaire has successfully implemented Centric PLM and is on track to complete its revolutionary digital project in 2020. The high-end furniture-makers have aligned information throughout the organization with a single version of the truth, giving them instant control over collection development and greater versatility in the way they configure individual products and the manufacturing process.

How did Visionnaire successfully create an integrated product data infrastructure with the support of Centric PLM?

Read the Success Story

Smooth integration with ERP and CPQ solutions

Improved transparency and communication

Ability to collaborate effectively with suppliers

KIKO Milano Drive Efficiency and Launch Products Faster with Centric PLM

“We release many new products every year. Managing all these new products and all the related data is definitely not easy, especially because the data is managed by different departments.”

Maria Viglione, Sourcing & Purchasing Manager at KIKO Milano explains the difficulties of handling complex cosmetics products without one single source of truth.

Fast forward to today, and KIKO Milano are proudly using Centric Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to develop products from concept all the way through to store. Here is KIKO Milano’s journey.

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Clear milestone management

Consistent management of accurate information

Efficient integration with ERP

Premier Anti-Aging Selects Centric PLM to Consolidate Product Information

Japanese cosmetics company partners with Centric Software® to improve efficiency and speed time to market of products and services

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AlumierMD Selects Centric PLM for a Central Source of Product Information and to Save Time

AlumierMD, the medical skincare brand, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

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What Makes Centric PLM Different?

Continuously innovated hand-in-hand with fast-moving consumer goods and fashion brands, retailers, producers and manufacturers to address real industry needs.

Open-Ended Platform

A truly flexible and scalable solution that connects to other solutions used in your business and partners.

Culture of Innovation

Silicon Valley innovation driven by real-world customer challenges.

100% Go-Live Rate

Centric's Agile Deployment methodology delivers the fastest ROI in the industry.

Data- and Visually-Driven

Get the full picture with detailed analytics and dynamic visuals.

PLM for all Business Sizes

From extra-small to extra-large, Centric has a solution for all sizes and grows and changes as your business evolves.

3D Strategy

Integrations with leading 3D design tools make it possible to work with 3D files directly in PLM.

Open-Ended Platform

Centric PLM is a configurable, modular platform that can be adapted to your specific goals and processes.

Add modules as needed and integrate easily with other enterprise solutions such as ERP, e-commerce, PIM, legacy PLM, supply chain management and 2D and 3D design software.

Push and pull live data from anywhere into PLM to get the full picture of everything product-related, from financial targets to packaging artwork mock-ups, materials and even team chats.

Culture of Innovation

Centric Software’s PLM experts work closely with our Customer Advisory Board and Innovation Partners across a broad range of verticals to innovate original, practical solutions that respond directly to today’s market challenges and business needs.

Centric’s culture of innovation, combined with our commitment to customer satisfaction, results in frequent new product releases: 2 major and 2 minor releases every year, as well as regular mobile app updates.

100% Go-Live Rate

We have the commitment and expertise to deliver for our customers, every time. Centric’s unique Agile Deployment methodology, remote, in-person or a combination of both, is driven by industry best practices and a wealth of experience.

Quickly see tangible benefits, even during implementation, with the fastest time to value and ROI of any PLM solution. Implement in months or even weeks, minimize total cost of ownership, simplify data migrations and update easily. Centric PLM can deployed fully remotely.

Data- and Visually-Driven

Centric PLM’s user-friendly interface makes it possible to view product-related data in many dimensions, diving deep into analytical reporting data or interacting with drag-and-drop product visuals to dynamically build lines or create what-if scenarios. Integrate everything from sales data to 3D sample files in one digital location to facilitate different user needs and ways of working.

PLM for all Business Sizes

From startups to global giants, Centric PLM can be adapted to suit your specific business needs, resources and strategy for growth. Add modules as needed to Centric’s flexible and configurable platform, integrate with your existing enterprise solutions, and easily onboard employees with a user-friendly, intuitive interface.

3D Strategy

Centric has pioneered a solution-agnostic 3D integration strategy, continuously adding connectors to leading 3D design tools that enable users to work with these files directly in Centric PLM.

3D integration gives customers the ability to ideate fast, reduce physical samples and push photo-realistic products to e-commerce channels or in store.

Open-Ended with
Integrations and Connectors

Centric PLM is open-ended and integrates easily with other platforms, including leading ERP, design, 2D and 3D CAD, sustainability, industry databases & modelling, communication, supply chain management and e-commerce solutions.

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Find out how Centric PLM empowers consumer goods retailers, brands, manufacturers and producers of all kinds to use resources more efficiently, speed time to market and build a foundation for growth.

Security and Data Compliance Built-in

Centric Software has implemented governance, risk management, and compliance practices that align with the most globally recognized information security frameworks. Centric Software has achieved SOC 3 attestation and is GDPR compliant.

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