2014 七月 18

Centric launches two new mobile apps for Centric 8 PLM.

Centric—the company that brought the first mobile apps for PLM to market—now offers two more ways for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies to take product development anywhere it needs to go.

Introducing Switchboard Mobile App and Material Sample Mobile App for Centric 8 PLM.

The apps are the latest in Centric’s impressive and innovative suite of mobile applications for Centric 8 PLM. The apps make the product design and development process faster, easier, more accurate and more productive for consumer goods companies.

“With these new mobile apps, a designer who has a moment of inspiration while sitting at a coffee shop, traveling on a train, or attending a textiles show can capture that inspiration immediately, bring it to fruition faster, and spur the product introduction process,” says Chris Groves, Centric’s president and CEO. The apps offer easy-to-use ways to bring the benefits of the mobile enterprise to the design and development processes of consumer goods companies without frustrating creative talent, explains Groves.

Switchboard Mobile App
This easy-to-use app seamlessly incorporates image-based output from a designer’s favorite third-party app into Centric 8 PLM. For example, designers can create sketch out product concepts using their favorite iOS drawing app, and then transfer the concept sketches into Centric 8 via the Swtichboard Mobile App. And it all happens with just a few clicks. This means the creative process is transferred faster and more easily to product development.

Material Sample Mobile App
This app allows designers and others to capture and share material inspirations while on the go. Using their iPhones, designers can quickly capture material details such as photos, vendor information and material properties. This information is automatically uploaded to Centric 8 PLM, allowing early access to team members for costing, quality testing and other evaluation.This is particularly important for brands where materials are the critical competitive differentiators, like technical apparel makers.

Contact Centric to learn more.