Bring Products from
all Categories to More
Markets, Faster with
Centric PLM™

Centralize private label and branded assortment plans to boost visibility. Make proactive decisions for optimal private label and branded SKU development and maximum product margins.

Easily track progress with reliable, up-to-date information against plans. Pinpoint products that are not performing well and identify opportunities for new private label product development.

Connect sales, marketing, merchandising and new product development (NPD) teams to strategically design product offers, run “what if” cost scenarios. Align product portfolio strategies with financial goals.

Centralize merchandise development plans to identify opportunities to launch new products, carry-over bestsellers or update and reposition for specific seasons and markets.

Automatically calculate how costs affect product margins and pricing to take the guesswork out of successful product introductions.

Accelerate innovation and private label product development with built-in product brief templates, ingredient and formulation libraries and connections with external formulation databases.

Break down bottlenecks with integrated workflow and task management built and configured into Centric PLM.

Increase visibility for managers and individual team members with a view of product statuses across different ranges and assortments. Access up-to-date information as products move from concept to development to testing and ingredient screening to launch and retail.

Free teams from tedious administration tasks; eliminate hundreds of siloed documents like spreadsheets, PowerPoints, emails and more to dramatically speed time to market.

Connect suppliers directly with designers, developers and merchandisers through the Centric PLM supplier portal. Boost collaboration and gain visibility to manage supply chain capabilities, costs and timelines.

Launch RFQs and product specification briefs en masse. Built-in suitable target sourcing lists based on criteria such as compliance certifications and audits to streamline selection.

Create product briefs with detailed product specifications and requests for information from suppliers such as buying price, minimum order quantities and lead times.

Streamline the co-development of packaging and artwork for different regions, languages and labeling requirements.

Generate detailed packaging briefs from templates. Ensure label accuracy with product specifications directly connected to label templates that automatically update as formulation evolves.

Connect 2D and 3D package developers directly to PLM libraries while working in their native software environments.

Centralize all product-related information, documents and history of stage-gate decisions in one digital platform for easier tracking, quality assessments, traceability and faster response to recalls.

Link and aggregate compliance requirements according to production regions, suppliers and factories, processes, ingredients, formulations, etc.

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