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Supply Chain Management vs PLM

Which do you need? A guide for brands, retailers and manufacturers

Understand

differences between SCM and PLM

Learn

which comes first

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the best solution for your business

Supply chain visibility and control are crucial to grow your business, but effectively managing a global supply chain is no easy task.

From regulations to margin compression to rising production costs, the challenges just keep coming.

Many companies turn to Supply Chain Management (SCM) solutions to manage sourcing, supplier relationships and supply chain logistics, while others look to the supply chain management capabilities embedded in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Which one do you need – or do you need both?

Read our free eBook to find out where each system excels, and learn:

  • How SCM and PLM overlap, and differ
  • The top ROI of both systems
  • How to know what system to choose, and when
  • The costs of doing nothing
  • And much more!
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Explore Centric’s AI market-driven solutions

Optimize each step of bringing a product to market, whether at the pre-season, in-season or end-of-season cycle. Streamline processes, reduce costs, maximize profitability and drive sustainability.

Centric PLM

Reduce costs and time to market. Improve collaboration to get products to market fast while improving sustainability with market-leading product lifecycle management.

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Centric Planning

Build and execute your Merchandise Financial Plan and develop assortments to boost margins, improve forecasting and optimize results with powerful, AI-driven retail planning.

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Centric Pricing & Inventory

Automate pricing decisions for all products across categories and channels and optimize allocation and replenishment to increase margins, revenue and sell-through.

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Centric Market Intelligence

Gain insights into competitor assortment and pricing strategies, understand consumer trends and buying behavior and spot market opportunities.

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Centric Visual Boards

Boost marketing, merchandising and design collaboration and optimize assortments with highly-visual and data-connected digital boards.

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