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Wolverine Puts Centric Software to Work Speeding Time-to-market

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Arc’teryx adds Centric Visual Boards and 3D enablement after increasing speed-to-market with Centric PLM

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Product Portfolio Management: Get the Right Product to Market

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The Future of Retail

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Centric Footwear PLM is the Right Next Step

Using industry-defined best practices, Centric Footwear PLM reduces time to market and empowers footwear brands with robust product development processes that ensure quality in high volume production.

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Footwear companies need to maintain growth targets and accurately read the consumer while handling cost and supply chain ambiguity, managing large volumes of data and dreaming up new styles and innovations. It’s a difficult balancing act! Lead times are longer in footwear than in apparel and accessories, so line planning, merchandising and product development have to be completed far earlier.

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Mascaro

Spanish fashion footwear brand gains refined level of control with Centric Footwear PLM, benefiting from one-click visibility in real-time, improved delivery of prototypes and more time to better position prices before products go on sale.

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Crocs

Legendary comfy shoe brand uses Centric Footwear PLM’s single, actionable version of truth approach to prioritize projects and streamline workflows. With Centric, Crocs has enhanced collaboration and secure data sharing to drive innovation.

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How Do Footwear Brands Benefit from Centric Footwear PLM?

Access

color and material libraries and use previous seasons’ information to build new collections. Repurpose base styles and designs easily while changing varying details to keep styles fresh and exciting.

Manage

new product development, new product introductions and omni-channel merchandise planning with Centric PLM’s calendar management and merchandising modules. Enjoy enhanced visibility with one place for product-related data and instantly see what’s in the seasonal line.

Enhance

specific quality control measures for footwear. Production departments can use information generated by design and development teams to validate products in advance, assess the feasibility of manufacturing new products and improve product quality.

Add

manufacturing suppliers and trading partners to Centric PLM so they can share technical information and streamline the RFQ process by collaborating on prices, schedules, samples, quality testing and documentation.

Assemble

pricing strategies with accurate live cost updates, improved costing visibility of standardized Bills of Material (BOMs) to better evaluate profitability and shape well-rounded collections.

Integrate

existing processes and systems with Centric PLM to deliver products from design concept through to manufacturing and distribution, faster.

Import

essential data, from components to specifications to images into one place – giving you one single, accurate version of the truth that will reduce user errors.

Put Your Best Foot Forward with PLM

Want to know more about what product lifecycle management software can bring to your footwear business? We’ve got you covered! Read our blog posts or watch our webinar replay to learn the basics of Centric PLM and how it helps footwear brands reduce costs while speeding time to market and unleashing creativity.

Focus on Footwear: How Can You Kick Challenges to the Curb?

Find out how footwear companies use PLM to control distribution, draw on consumer feedback and respond rapidly to the market in this blog post!

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Get PLM Educated

Whether you’re looking to streamline operations or get your head above the data madness – it’s time to understand how PLM works!

Hear step-by-step advice from industry expert Dale Bathum, founder of STM Worx, in this webinar hosted by the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and Centric Software.

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Discover Digital Boards for Better Teamwork

Centric’s PLM-connected digital decision-making boards for touchscreen devices make it easier for footwear teams to collaborate in real time using a highly visual format.

Discover how the Centric’s Digital Concept Board replaces foam core boards to transform creative collaboration, and the Buying Board makes merchandising and buying sessions a breeze.

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Cutting Through Chaos: Marc Jacobs’ PLM Journey

With credibility and expertise across fashion and footwear, Centric is a natural PLM partner for fashion powerhouse Marc Jacobs.

Discover how Marc Jacobs eliminated confusion and data chaos with Centric Fashion PLM!

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Ready to Leap Into the Future?

What’s the best way to know if Centric Footwear PLM is right for your footwear business? See it for yourself! Request a demo today to talk to Centric experts and see our market-leading solutions in action.