Orchestrate seasons, departments, collections and product lines to meet performance targets.

Flexible analytics use always up-to-date product information to aid in the creation of top-down goals and bottom-up estimates. Fully align collection development with financial planning, generate realistic sales forecasts, easily identify outliers that impact performance, and make decisions with confidence based on data, not “guesstimates.”

Easy-to-use interface to create and manage multiple product, raw material and packaging specifications.

Communicate specifications effectively to minimize iterations, errors and costs. Track product lifecycle changes and coordinate with all development teams so that designers, technical designers and/or product developers can do their jobs easily and efficiently.

Empower traceability with the ability to track material usage and view the entire lifecycle of a material prior to use in a product.

Manage the process of developing and using simple and complex materials. Analyze trends and manage changes by rolling up information from style to material for reporting, or initiating changes from materials to multiple styles.

Connect sourcing teams and suppliers with Centric PLM, streamline communication and access vendor information.

Handle all aspects of sourcing, from selecting suppliers to managing samples and prototypes to negotiating purchase orders. Manage supplier sustainability certifications, track supplier-quoted costs, send RFQs en masse and easily compare quotes.

Save time by creating visual product presentations directly in Centric PLM, pulling real-time data to ensure accuracy.

Filter products, visually organize them into sets, stay on-brand by using corporate fonts and leverage Centric PLM’s Canvas tool to build presentations that drive decision-making. Eliminate the tedious process of exporting visuals from PLM and save time by automatically updating presentations as product data changes.

Gain full visibility of timelines and manage tasks, deadlines and workflow across teams.

Configure templates to track products against target deadlines and give users visibility into where a product is in its lifecycle as activities are completed, keeping teams on track and enabling greater transparency, collaboration and planning.

Assign quality and safety goals based on both corporate standards as well as channel-specific standards.

Define quality assurance, performance and mechanical tests on products to eliminate quality issues. Specify third party testing standards and track testing completed on materials and samples/styles to enhance quality, brand reputation and consumer loyalty.

Expand the power of PLM into production with complete, real-time transparency into both vendor performance and production output.

Final Inspection enables brands and retailers to set acceptable quality levels and evaluation points for suppliers on a per product basis, linked to original product specifications. Evaluation criteria and results are communicated digitally prior to goods leaving the manufacturing site and transfer of ownership.

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.

An easy to use, class-leading link between Centric Software PLM and designers’ tool of choice. Adobe Illustrator Connect allows users to work 100% within the Centric Software PLM environment.

What is Adobe® Illustrator PLM Connect from Centric Software?

Centric’s Mobile Application Software Developer Kit (SDK) allows companies to manage the communication between Centric’s mobile apps and the Centric PLM server.

Companies can use the SDK to develop their own mobile apps or customize existing Centric apps to meet their specific brand needs

The Centric Rest API connects business systems such as ERP, DAM or other platforms, enabling companies to use Centric data across the organization.

Without any limitations, users can even create their own apps to seamlessly connect or digitally transform processes.