Centric Software, cementing its position as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader, is celebrating partnerships with 500 customers, over 150 of whom have chosen Centric PLMTM since the pandemic began. This massive, worldwide adoption underscores the market’s confidence in Centric’s innovative digital solutions and unparalleled industry expertise. To bring products to market, consumer goods companies have a fundamental need to enable remote, yet agile teamwork in addition to increasing cost savings, operational efficiency, business agility and supply chain collaboration while also complying with sustainable and regulatory requirements.
Based in Silicon Valley, Centric Software is the pioneer of PLM solutions for planning, designing, developing, sourcing and selling consumer products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, cosmetics & personal care, food & beverage, luxury, consumer electronics, private label goods and more.
Retailers, brands and manufacturers with operations in over 40 countries, ranging from iconic luxury labels to emerging market disruptors, rely on Centric to bring approximately $1.3 trillion worth of goods to market per year via 1 million+ points of sale. Centric PLM empowers companies of all sizes to superspeed time to market and improve supply chain efficiency by up to 50%, enabling more sustainable product development with reduced costs and improved product margins. With a 99% retention rate, Centric PLM users are the happiest worldwide; 40% of companies using Centric today replaced a previously purchased PLM system with Centric’s market-driven innovations.
Centric is redefining the concept of PLM with many industry firsts such as mobile apps, interactive digital boards, Social PLM integrating team communication tools like Slack, Quick Start and fully remote deployment, integrations with dozens of ERP and e-com solutions and a groundbreaking CAD agnostic approach with fluid workflows connecting to dozens of 3D CAD systems. The net effect is true, end-to-end internal and extended team collaboration using one actionable source of truth for all.
A sincere thank you to our long-time customer partners as well as the most recent additions to the Centric family, including our 500th customer, the global golf industry giant, Callaway Golf.
“Centric PLM will drive increased efficiency into our product development process. We create a wide variety of products in diverse categories, and this is going to enable greater efficiencies across our multi-branded apparel, footwear, and accessory categories. These products require distinctly different workflows and Centric provides an exceptional technology solution to handle the vastness and complexity of our global business,” affirms Jeff Cross VP of Global Operations and Development, Apparel & Soft Goods at Callaway Golf.
“We are very proud to celebrate 500 PLM projects and growing,” says Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software. “We sincerely thank each and every customer, from those who chose to work with and inspire us over a decade ago to our more recent partners like Callaway. The trust that our customers place in us drives us to continue to push the boundaries of innovation, industry expertise and best practices.”