mentation so that his group could
begin achieving results quickly.
The Key Player
Intersport France selected Centric
Software’s Centric 8 PLM system
( ww.centricsoftware.com) for
apparel customers.
“Centric requires relatively little training,” Thibault affirms, “and
has improved the reliability of
information to our suppliers, thus
speeding and improving the quality of the sample development
process — and in turn, the deliv-
ery of our Exclusive Brands collections to stores.”
Thibault credits Centric for working as a partner, not just a system
provider. “For PLM, it is absolutely
critical to work with a company that
will take the journey with you and
ease your way.”
A Team Victory
“An on-time, on-scope PLM implementation is possible,” says
Thibault. Since implementing the
apparel suite PLM system, the issue
of unreliable technical files has dis-
INNOVATION WATCH
Nestlé ( www.nestle.com) recently extended its relationship with Selerant
( www.selerant.com) and its lifecycle management solution DevEX to
gain multi-level transparency on all recipe lifecycles using a graphical layout. In January 2009, Kimberly-Clark Corporation ( www.kim-berly-clark.com) appointed a Vice President of Corporate Innovation:
Jon Wilson will lead enterprise-wide efforts in building global innovation capabilities. Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation ( www.pvh.com)
enhanced its supply chain management capabilities in December 2008
with a product lifecycle management system from ecVision (www.
ecvision.com) to support its extensive sourcing operations.
appeared, he states. Today, in those
areas where Intersport France has
completely implemented the system, 100 percent of the samples that
the company receives meet the
requirements defined in the corresponding technical files.
As a result, the affected product
managers have realized a 20 percent improvement in the efficiency
of the sample development process.
Because it now works with a centralized information source, the
company improved visibility into
product status throughout the life-
cycle. Instead of sharing information via countless e-mail messages,
spreadsheets and overnight packages, the company works as one
unified team in the sourcing and
product development areas.
“The Centric 8 implementation
has helped us unify our processes
and improve our product development efforts,” says Thibault. “Now,
we are looking forward to implementing additional modules of Centric
to bring richer capabilities to our
group as we work toward the goals
for our Exclusive Brands business.”
