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What is Centric PLM?

Centric Software® is the AI-innovator behind the leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric PLM™, that is blazing the trail for brands, manufacturers and retailers across all segments of the consumer goods industry. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, Centric Software has shattered the mould to create state-of-the-art A--driven digital solutions to satisfy the needs of every player in the market, large and small, and supports their mission to develop high-quality products that are on time, on trend and in the right distribution channel. All Centric’s solutions utilize AI technology to support companies in their pursuit to bring sustainable products to market, faster. Centric PLM’s interconnected modules are flexible, highly configurable and span the entire product process including Product Specifications, Materials Management, Product Sourcing, Collection Management, Calendar Management, Quality & compliance Management, Process Management, Line planning, etc. Centric PLM being an open platform, benefits from a wide variety of integrations with 3rd party solutions including Illustrator, CAD agnostic/3D, eCommerce, ERP, PIM’s, other PLMs and more. Centric also was the first to introduce agile deployment and its seamless implementation methodology, ensuring that 100% of its customers go live. Centric proudly maintains a 100% Go-Live rate due to its scalable solutions for brands, retailers and manufacturers in six verticals – Fashion & Apparel/Outdoor, Food & Beverage, Cosmetics & Personal Care, Consumer Electronics, Home & Furniture and Consumer Goods – Centric prioritizes its clients’ growth and business development. Centric is trusted by major brands such as ASICS, Kmart, Louis Vuitton, Hirdaramani, Tesco, Wicked Kitchen, Swarovski, Gymshark, Big Lots, AHAVA, GUESS, MECCA and many more. Centric is proud to provide the best AI-driven solution, backed by the best team to service the best customers.

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German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified)
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How do you position yourself against your competitors?

A scalable, flexible and configurable platform with AI best practice built in.

Open-ended platform that connects to other solutions.

Technology that develops product enhancements based off real customer challenges and use cases.

With 100% go-live rate, Centric delivers the fastest ROI in the industry.

Benefit from detailed analytics and dynamic visuals.

Choose from a PLM for all business sizes from extra small through to extra-large

Integrations available for leading 3D design tools to enable teams to work with 3D files directly in PLM.


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Company Website
Year Founded
2004
HQ Location
Campbell, CA
LinkedIn® Page
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1,119 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Centric Software is a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, specifically designed for the retail, fashion, apparel, and consumer goods industries. With a focus on enhancing collaboration and efficiency, Centric Software offers tools that streamline product development, improve supply chain management, and drive innovation. Their software solutions help brands and manufacturers bring products to market faster while maintaining high quality and responsiveness to consumer demands. For more information, visit their website at [centricsoftware.com](https://www.centricsoftware.com).


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Heather M.
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Heather M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Great PLM Option"
Intuitive user interface and customizable. Good customer service.
Elva K.
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Elva K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Informative Centric PLM Training"
Nice Demo with lab session to get familiar of the Centric PLM function
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Centric Admin Essentials Training"
It allows my company to better track development and to systematically create new product tech packs
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Centric PLM Demo - Collection Management
Replace paper-based catalogs and order systems with dynamic, electronic collection books that are never out-of-date.
Centric PLM Demo - Merchandise Planning
Generate realistic sales estimates, easily identify outliers that impact performance, and make decisions with confidence.
Centric PLM Demo - Product Sourcing
Gain supply chain visibility and control.
Centric PLM Demo - Calendar Management
Create flexible calendars for products, seasons, or product lines to improve visibility.
Centric PLM Demo - Product Specification
Collaborate across global teams by enabling complete communication of specifications.
Centric PLM Demo - Final inspection
Set acceptable quality levels and evaluation points for suppliers.
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Elizabeth (Liz) E.
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Technical Design and Production Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Centric PLM is exceptionally well thought out. It's obvious the various modules were developed from the same point of view - in other words, they were NOT all written independently and then cobbled together. If the user understands functionality of one section, they are intuitively able to apply that understanding to other sections. Centric is also exceptional in that the team actively seeks input from their users. They often incorporate user suggestions, which makes Centric that much more usable to the industry. Our implentation was led by an excellent Centric team which made the process quite easy and understandable. The same team helped us to integrate Centic with our existing ERP platform, saving untold hours and increasing accuracy dramatically. Customer support is excellent - whether we have a question OR a system problem, it is typically resolved within two hours. I am in Centric almost all day, every day - and have used several other major PLM systems. Centric PLM is simply the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

I have a tough time coming up with a downside to Centric PLM. If I had to pick something, I would have to say that a Centric purchase is not inexpensive. In fact, the team is prompt to alert interested parties that Centric may be the most expensive platform - but that it is the best available and is used by many major manufacturers. And they are correct. We paid a little more for Centric as opposed to other systems, but the time savings and increased accuracy have more than offset that increased investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centric has dramatically reduced user error because most information is entered once and cascaded to related areas. This is highlighted by integration between our Centric system and our ERP system. Centric is the originator of style and cost information, which is pushed to ERP and beyond (eComm, etc.)

Centric is user friendly and has reduced training time needed for new associates. Any spreadsheets, line sheets, special reports, etc. are easily created in Centric and then downloaded, all with "information that was entered once". We no longer need Excel, yay!

Centric has greatly increased efficiency because of its excellent ability to allow us to duplicate, copy, track, manage images and documents, track sampling, track sample status, Etc.etc.! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

I really like that in one place you can organize and maintain what our company was using excel spreadsheets, ERP and google forms to manage. I can see this really working well for a company that works directly with suppliers and factories on getting their goods made and sold. I also really like the ease of pushing and pulling data using REST API, it makes the integration between the systems seem seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

So far, the only thing I have found frustrating is not having access to the data itself. As the tech person responsible for pushing and pulling data into/out of the system it's hard to know where to find what I'm looking for without running multiple requests to the API first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our main business of comprised of many smaller businesses that all have their own "ways" of doing things. Centric allows us to manage all companies in one location and gives us a chance to review our processes and change them accordingly so that everything is consistant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Centric has been a great tool for our Technical Design Team specifically. We find that it is faster to use than a previous system that we were in. We specifically like the plug-in/ canvas templates/ and ease in updating the measurement charts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

Initially getting used to navigating the system is difficult. Once we got beyond that the team loved it. There are also a lot of features you just have to figure out and are not included in the initial training. That is confusing during implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our company has combined the information for our product by using the BOM features, artwork, specifications, etc all in one location. Previously we were using multiple systems. We are also using it for development turnovers, noting all of our information in a canvas. We love that all the artboards in an AI file can be pulled into a style. Our previous PLM system did not do this, so we had to upload AI files one by one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brajesh S.
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Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Centric PLM is a great tool for managing the lifecycle of project or business through centralized system.

It offers multiple features like tracking of orders,scheduling,reports,business planning and many more features for all in one suite for development.

All team members can frequently use it for easy tracking of open tickets, maintenance and inspection activities through metrics and insights.

It provides easy integration and implementation with databases and cloud services.

It provides exceptional 24/7 customer support and service accessible through various communication channels like phone, email and chatbots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

There are a lot of benefits of Centric PLM but there are few points to be considered while using it like -

i. High skilled professional to setup the initials on the software and handle it concurrently.

ii. Cost is high for huge data requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centric PLM has leveraged our logistics and supply chain projects to manage the orders, inventories and schedule of shipments to delivers the shipments with real time tracking. It gives good metrics for visual observation of data across the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heather M.
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Director of Design and Product Development
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Intuitive user interface and customizable. Good customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

Would like more mass update options to export information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Housing all company information, communication tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ginny P.
GP
Senior Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

I like how customizeable it is for your company. I love being able to create views, pull reports, and use tools to make building TPs much more effieciently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

The implementation was not a good experience at the company so many team members at first did not like it and we are dealing with issues still from being set up improperly years ago. I think that what was covered in the first few days of the admin essentials course would be beneficial for everyone through implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to build and create line plans

Being able to utilize templates and tools to create TPs fast and accurate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

It allows my company to better track development and to systematically create new product tech packs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

It's a little difficult to navigate at first but the more you use the system the easier it becomes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allows my company systematically document our products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elva K.
EK
Senior Production Associate
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Nice Demo with lab session to get familiar of the Centric PLM function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

Which it could link with more functional team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

The depth of the function that Product can include Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bhakta B.
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Operations Analyst
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

I find it very user friendly and having the feasible to access the entire information over one platform helps to assess them with ease. Seamless integration. Implementation is very easy. Features are very userfriendly and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

customer support lacks proficiencey and professionalism. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in executing proper planning and sourcing resources for the product design, developlement roadmap. It also helps us to prepare blueprint for the entire product life cylce for effecient and optimum use of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sporting Goods
US
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Centric PLM?

Like having one location to store all of our development information including BOMS, material database and Illustrator designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Centric PLM?

Sometimes putting in data can be a little slow because you cannot cut and paste data into multiple fields all at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Centric PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is putting all of our development data in one location and unifies the language used in the data. This helps to reduce mistakes and reduces duplication of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.