Centric PLM

Centric PLM is a cloud-based, modular Product Lifecycle Management platform developed by Centric Software to help brands, retailers, and manufacturers in the consumer goods sector optimize product development, accelerate innovation, and drive sustainable growth. Designed as a single “source of truth,” Centric PLM centralizes product data, documents, and workflow information across every function and phase of product creation—from initial planning, design, and sourcing through quality management, compliance, packaging, and production. Centric PLM connects people, systems, and processes throughout the value chain to enable organizations to move faster, collaborate more efficiently, and make better decisions. By standardizing and digitizing product data, teams are no longer siloed or limited by manual spreadsheets and emails. The platform ensures that everyone—from design, R&D ,and procurement teams to suppliers, agencies, and quality control managers—can work together, accessing real-time data, sharing reports, and updating product records in one secure, cloud-driven environment.​ Centric PLM’s flexible suite of modules covers the full range of product lifecycle activities. Planning tools allow teams to prioritize developments, forecast demand, optimize assortment planning, and align financial targets with category or SKU performance. Merchandising features help manage styles, collections, and seasons, offering up-to-date visibility into cost structures and enabling dynamic what-if scenario planning with live data. Designers benefit from integration with material libraries, historical data, and popular 2D/3D platforms—helping streamline ideation, reduce time-consuming manual re-entry, and improve packaging and artwork management with visual line planning and rapid feedback.​ On the operations side, Centric PLM provides R&D and product development teams with tools for streamlining communication, handling private label or supplier co-development, eliminating duplicate tasks, and promoting innovation. Sourcing capabilities give organizations full transparency into material costs, supplier quotes, and compliance documentation, with a supplier portal for direct, collaborative engagement.​ Quality assurance is a standout: robust mobile-enabled modules allow teams to track inspections, capture field or lab results, drive supplier self-assessments, and instantly surface outlier trends or compliance risks. Compliance is made much easier with all relevant documentation tracked in a single location, and with change management workflows to flag regulatory updates or trace product origins and sustainability data throughout the lifecycle. Traceability and carbon footprint features are central for companies focused on meeting global sustainability, social responsibility, and circularity objectives. Centric PLM’s sustainability toolkit helps organizations track raw materials, calculate and report on carbon emissions, monitor supplier certifications, and ensure that responsible sourcing and manufacturing data are always audit-ready and up to date.​

A major differentiator is Centric’s culture of continuous innovation—driven by direct collaboration with its industry Customer Advisory Board and rapid development cycles. Centric Software delivers regular major and minor product updates each year, and has pioneered features like 3D strategy integration, allowing organizations to work natively with 3D files in PLM, reduce sampling costs, and push photorealistic products to e-commerce channels seamlessly.​ Deployment of Centric PLM is based on an agile methodology that boasts a 100% go-live rate, minimizing risk, ensuring fast ROI, and providing tangible benefits even during implementation. The platform can be set up fully remotely, allowing for rapid time-to-value whether deployed in a large multinational or a fast-growing DTC brand. Its open-ended, scalable architecture supports seamless integration with ERP, legacy PLM, PIM, 2D/3D design, sustainability, supply chain, communication, and e-commerce solutions—making it not just a replacement for outdated PLMs, but a true digital nerve center for the entire product ecosystem.​

• Small Businesses (1-99)
• Mid Market (100-500)
• Enterprise (500+)