German functional sportswear brand leads the race with innovative pure digital PLM to eliminate waste and connect international teams
CAMPBELL, Calif., August 2, 2022 – German functional sportswear brand, Medico Sports Fashion GmbH (MEDICO), has selected Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Centric Software provides the most innovative business solutions for planning, designing, developing, sourcing, and selling products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food and beverage, and luxury goods to achieve strategic and operational goals. of digital transformation.
MEDICO is part of the JCK family group and has been synonymous with functional sportswear for over 100 years. The company became known internationally in the 1960s following the invention of a high-necked ski jumper called a “ski-rolli”. Following numerous subsequent innovations, MEDICO is recognized worldwide as a leader in product development in the sports and outdoor segment.
For the past 10 years, MEDICO has obtained the licensing rights for FILA footwear, apparel and accessories throughout continental Europe. The company now manages the collection development and production control of its joint venture suppliers in Bangladesh, as well as the sales and construction of FILA’s distribution network in Europe. MEDICO has also recently obtained the textile license for TAMARIS garments and accessories. The new association begins with the spring/summer 2023 season.
Due to its partnership with FILA, a major international brand that has seen a big comeback in recent years, as well as developing TAMARIS and its own proprietary label, MEDICO was soon drowned in manual offline processes such as Excel spreadsheets. , PowerPoint presentations, design documents, contracts, emails and more. The company had to significantly speed up its design and production processes to keep up with demand.
“We saw the need for further product development and production standardization to shorten our lead time and meet market requirements. We wanted more reliable product information with fewer errors and a way to eliminate our decentralized, manual ways of working,” says Medico.
To manage its processes more effectively, MEDICO made the decision to leave offline documents behind and enter the world of PLM. Their evaluation process was very pragmatic and they contacted Centric Software to find out how Centric’s cloud-integrated turnkey PLM solution could help improve their workflows.
The benefits of adopting Centric PLM™ were immediately apparent, such as its intuitive and easy-to-use interface, and allowing teams to collaborate between the company’s headquarters in Germany, the footwear division in the Netherlands, and offices in the Far East and Turkey.
“We evaluated a few PLM solutions, but chose Centric for its robustness, intuitiveness, and flexible user interface. With Centric PLM, we will be able to manage all of our products, including textiles and accessories as well as footwear, on one centralized platform. We hope to see the optimization of our time and resources, reducing steps in our internal and external processes”.
MEDICO now looks to the future with Centric and the ever-increasing ease and efficiency of having all product data combined in one easy-to-use solution.
“With Centric PLM, we have equipped MEDICO for the future and can efficiently develop FILA, Tamaris and future brands to come.”
“Centric Software is delighted to partner with such a well-known German sportswear brand. We look forward to working with MEDICO to achieve their digital transformation goals and keep pace with the high demand for their products,” said Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software.
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Medico Sports Fashion GmbH (www.medico.eu)
MEDICO has been synonymous with functional sportswear for over 100 years. MEDICO became internationally known for its invention of a high neck ski jumper in the 1960s and is now a leading product developer in many sports areas.
Building on this long experience, the MEDICO teams in Quakenbrück and Amsterdam now develop optimal solutions for sports brands like FILA.
Software centric (www.centricsoftware.es)
From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Centric Software® provides a product-to-consumer concept digital transformation platform for fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor, consumer electronics, and consumer goods, including cosmetics and personal care. and food and beverages. Centric’s flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric PLMTM, offers enterprise-class innovations for merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality, and product portfolio optimization specifically for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (CVIP) delivers highly visual digital whiteboard experiences for collaboration and decision making. Centric Retail Planning is an innovative, cloud-native solution, powered by Armonica Retail SRL, that offers a comprehensive retail planning process designed to maximize retail business performance. Centric Software pioneered mobility, introduced the first mobile apps for PLM, and is widely known for its connectivity to dozens of other business systems, including ERP, DAM, PIM, e-com, planning, and more, as well as creative tools like Adobe® Illustrator and a host of 3D CAD connectors. Centric innovations are 100% market-driven with the highest user adoption rate and fastest time to value in the industry. All of Centric’s innovations shorten time to market, drive product innovation and reduce costs.
Centric Software is majority owned by Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mockups and PLM solutions.
Centric Software has received multiple awards and industry accolades, including Red Herring being named to its Global Top 100 list in 2013, 2015, and 2016. Centric has also received multiple Excellence Awards from Frost & Sullivan in 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2021.
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