As supply chain disruptions and the on-and-off nature of the pandemic interrupt go-to-market plans, companies are also grappling with rising and changing material costs. Decision-making is no longer driven solely by cost, but also by material availability and sustainability goals. In response, the latest release of Centric PLM contains market-driven features developed in close collaboration with Centric’s Customer Advisory Board and Innovation Partners. Centric PLM v7.4 can be leveraged to reduce costs, boost competitiveness, stay close to consumers, improve collaboration and accelerate execution.
“With supply chain challenges and uncertainty being the current norm, more and more fashion, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods companies are looking for digital transformation solutions to combat these disruptions. and improve agility,” says Ron Watson, Vice President of Products at Centric Software. “Centric PLM v7.4 eliminates many manual processes associated with communication, design, development, production and shipping, enabling new efficiencies.”
Centric PLM v7.4 perfectly meets the needs of brands, manufacturers and retailers in the apparel, furniture, home decor and multi-category industries with features such as a packing list tool to automate the production of labels for customs, thus speeding up shipping and transportation. The Product Presentations module enables teams to create presentations using PLM’s single actionable source of truth, which both saves time and ensures information is accurate and on-brand. Centric continues to expand its end-to-end 3D digital design and development approach by giving non-3D users the ability to view and provide feedback on 3D product visuals, improving collaboration and streamlining communication about products. New side-by-side BOM comparisons allow product teams to make faster, smarter choices about their designs and easily track changes over time.
“Centric PLM has become that classic single source of truth, so that we can have a very high quality, highly reliable source of information on all the products we sell,” says Tim SmithDirector of Product Technology at Aritzia.
“We are proud to showcase the latest industry-focused innovations in Centric PLM,” says Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software. “We work closely with leading retailers, brands and manufacturers in the industry to develop tools that ease market pressures and allow them to focus more on the consumer.”
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From its Silicon Valley headquarters, Centric Software® provides a digital transformation platform from product concept to consumer for fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor, consumer electronics and consumer goods including cosmetics and personal care and food and beverages. Centric’s flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric PLM™, delivers enterprise-class innovations in merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality, and product portfolio optimization specifically for fast-paced consumer industries. Centric’s Visual Innovation Platform (CVIP) delivers highly visual digital whiteboard experiences for collaboration and decision-making. Centric Retail Planning is an innovative cloud-native solution powered by Armonica Retail SRL, which provides an end-to-end retail planning process designed to maximize retail business performance. Centric Software pioneered mobility, introducing the first mobile apps for PLM, and is widely known for its connectivity to dozens of other enterprise systems including ERP, DAM, PIM, e-com, scheduling and more, as well as creative tools such as Adobe.® Illustrator and a multitude of 3D CAD connectors. Centric innovations are 100% market driven with the highest user adoption rate and fastest time to value in the industry. All of Centric’s innovations shorten time to market, drive product innovation and reduce costs.
Centric Software is part of Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mockup and PLM solutions.
Centric Software has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including being named by red herring to its Global Top 100 list in 2013, 2015, and 2016. Centric has also received various Frost & Sullivan Achievement Awards in 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2021.
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