Centric Product Lifecycle Management recognized as a Key Player in Gartner's 2025 Market Analysis for Product Lifecycle Management in the Food and Beverage Sectors
Centric Software's AI-Powered PLM Solution Transforms Food and Beverage Industry
Centric Software, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, has revolutionized the food and beverage industry with its best-of-breed product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. Centric Software's trademarks are registered and owned by Centric Software, Inc.
Centric Software delivers solutions tailored to the unique complexities of the food and beverage (F&B) industry, addressing rapid product development, regulatory compliance, ingredient and formula management, supplier collaboration, and multi-country labeling.
Centric PLM for food and beverage offers a comprehensive, AI-enabled platform that sets it apart from traditional PLM systems. Key features include specification and formula management, ingredient data management and search, lifecycle workflows and change management, label data management, supplier collaboration via a vendor portal, AI-powered capabilities, digital thread, compliance tracking, real-time visibility, and centralized collaboration.
Compared to traditional PLM systems, Centric PLM is purpose-built to handle rapid changes in regulations and tariffs specific to food safety and labeling, support multi-language and multi-region label and compliance requirements, integrate AI-driven formulation and cost optimization tools, and emphasize supplier collaboration and real-time data sharing customized for F&B supply chain complexities.
Centric Software's headquarters are located in Silicon Valley, and a downloadable Gartner Market Guide is available to explore key capabilities and discover why Centric PLM is a recognized leader in F&B digital transformation. Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software, states that Centric PLM is purpose-built to enable brands and manufacturers to tackle product complexity, regulatory challenges, and accelerate product innovation with AI and digital transformation.
Gartner lists the mandatory features for food & beverage PLM as specification and formula management, revision and access control, lifecycle workflows and change management, ingredient data management, ingredient search and selection, label data management, and supplier collaboration. Centric PLM provides a unified digital platform to house all product data, reducing errors and accelerating development by centralizing collaboration and providing real-time visibility across teams.
Centric PLM supports these core features and delivers advanced capabilities including packaging and nutrition labeling, automated workflows, vendor portal for real-time collaboration, AI-powered formula matching and least-cost formulation (LCF), multi-language, multi-country compliance and label capabilities, digital thread across the product lifecycle, and seamless integrations with ERP, LIMS, MES, and other enterprise systems.
In addition to Centric PLM, Centric Software provides solutions for design, development, formulation, sourcing, compliance, buying, making, packaging, marketing, and selling consumer goods in food & beverage, grocery, and multi-category retail. Centric Software specializes in providing solutions for fast-moving consumer goods, including food & beverage manufacturers, grocery, and multi-category retailers.
Centric Software's solutions manage the overall product lifecycle, from concept to packaging, quality, supplier collaboration, nutritional labeling, production, SKU rationalization, and beyond. Centric PLM enables brands and manufacturers to track compliance and certifications across regions, perform 'what-if' scenarios with respect to costing, nutrition labels, and ingredient listings for multiple countries in many languages.
Gartner is a leading global technological research and consulting firm. Centric Software has been named a representative vendor in Gartner's '2025 Market Guide for PLM in Food and Beverage Industries.' Centric Visual Boards is a product portfolio optimization tool that uses real-time data and imagery from multiple business systems. Centric Software also offers Centric PXM, an AI-powered product experience management tool that optimizes the product commercialization lifecycle.
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- The food and beverage industry's digital transformation is being spearheaded by Centric Software, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, which offers cloud-based solutions tailored to the industry's unique complexities.
- Centric PLM for food and beverage, a recognized leader in F&B digital transformation, offers advanced capabilities such as packaging and nutrition labeling, automated workflows, and real-time collaboration through a vendor portal.
- To ensure compliance with industry regulations, Centric PLM provides multi-language and multi-region label and compliance requirements, along with digital thread and compliance tracking features.
- Technology giants like Gartner recognize Centric Software's AI-powered PLM solution as a mandatory tool in the food and beverage industry, supporting features such as specification and formula management, ingredient data management, and supplier collaboration.
