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Centric Software

Centric Software provides cloud PLM for consumer goods and retail, extended with planning, pricing, market intelligence, visual boards and PXM. A Dassault Systèmes subsidiary, it targets brands and retailers that need one product data foundation from line planning through compliance and channel syndication.

RefPLM-US-0000Reviewed 16 October 2026

Overview

Centric Software is a consumer goods and retail PLM specialist owned by Dassault Systèmes. Founded in Silicon Valley and headquartered in Campbell, California, with European offices including Paris, London, Milan, Munich and Madrid, it reports more than 2,900 customers in over 65 countries, according to a June 2026 Dassault Systèmes announcement that confirmed Centric PLM as the group's PLM standard for consumer packaged goods and retail.

The portfolio extends beyond core PLM. Centric PLM covers line planning, materials, specifications, sampling, costing, sourcing and supplier collaboration. Adjacent products, several of them acquired, add merchandise planning (Armonica, 2021), market intelligence (StyleSage, 2022), pricing and inventory optimisation (aifora, 2023), visual decision boards and Centric PXM. Centric PXM comes from Contentserv, the German PIM vendor whose acquisition for an enterprise value of EUR 220 million was announced on 25 February 2025, and includes feed management via Centric Shoppingfeed. The same platform serves fashion, footwear, luxury, outdoor, home, food and beverage, and cosmetics companies, so formula-based and style-based processes run on one data model.

Compliance is an active development area. In August 2026 Centric announced expanded sustainability and governance capabilities, including sustainability profiles, automated composition roll-ups for labelling, centralised supplier certificate management with expiry tracking, and recyclability and circularity insights. The company explicitly positions this data foundation for EPR, PPWR and ESPR Digital Product Passport requirements. Buyers should treat DPP support as data readiness: Centric structures the attributes, while passport issuance and registry connection typically involve a dedicated DPP platform. Smaller teams may only need a subset of the suite.

Key capabilities

  • Line and assortment planning
  • Materials and specification management
  • Costing and sourcing
  • Supplier collaboration portal
  • Composition roll-ups and certificate management
  • PXM and feed syndication

Strengths and considerations

Strengths

  • Centric serves both style-based and formula-based consumer goods on one platform, which suits groups with fashion, beauty and food portfolios.
  • The suite combines PLM with planning, pricing, market intelligence and PXM, reducing the number of separate vendors a retailer must integrate.
  • Its August 2026 release added certificate management, composition roll-ups and recyclability insights aimed at PPWR, EPR and ESPR data requirements.

Check before buying

  • The breadth of modules can exceed the needs of smaller brands that only require tech packs and sampling.
  • Dassault Systèmes ownership brings group alignment, so buyers should review roadmap commitments where 3DEXPERIENCE capabilities overlap.
  • Published DPP material focuses on data readiness, so passport issuance and carrier management may require a partner platform.

Best for

Fit summaryMid-sized to large brands and retailers in fashion, food, beauty and home goods that want one cloud platform from planning to compliance data.

Regulatory and compliance data

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Centric documents sustainability profiles, composition roll-ups, supplier certificate management and recyclability insights, positioned for EPR, PPWR and ESPR Digital Product Passport data needs (August 2026 release).

Integrations

  • Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE
  • Centric Shoppingfeed
  • ERP systems via APIs

Frequently asked questions about Centric Software

Who owns Centric Software?

Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes. In June 2026 Dassault Systèmes confirmed Centric PLM as its preferred PLM solution for consumer packaged goods and retail, which positions Centric as the group's dedicated offer for brands and retailers in fashion, food, beauty and home goods.

Does Centric PLM support PPWR and Digital Product Passports?

Centric PLM captures material, packaging, supplier and certificate data and rolls up composition for labelling. Its August 2026 release positions these features for PPWR, EPR and ESPR passports. Organisations typically pair the PLM data with a dedicated DPP platform for passport publication and data carriers.

Which industries use Centric Software?

Centric Software serves fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care, and multi-category retail. The platform handles both style-based products with tech packs and formula-based products with recipes, which suits groups that run several consumer goods categories on one system.

Sources

SOURCES
  1. www.3ds.com/newsroom/press-releases/centric-confirmed-dassault-systemes-plm-standard-consu
  2. www.3ds.com/newsroom/press-releases/dassault-systemes-announces-centric-softwares-acquisit
  3. www.centricsoftware.com/press-releases/centric-software-strengthens-centric-plm-as-trusted
  4. www.centricsoftware.com/about-us
  5. www.theinterline.com/tech-hub/centric-software/
  6. www.centricsoftware.com/contact

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