German functional sportswear brand leads the race with an innovative, all-digital PLM to reduce waste and connect international teams
CAMPBELL, California, August 2, 2022 – The German functional sportswear brand Medico Sports Fashion GmbH (MEDICO) has chosen Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Centric Software provides the most innovative business solutions for planning, designing, developing, sourcing and selling products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home furnishings, cosmetics, food and beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational goals for digital transformation.
MEDICO is part of the family-owned JCK group and has stood for functional sportswear for over 100 years. The company became internationally known in the 1960s after the invention of a ski jumper with a col, the ‘ski-rolli’. After numerous subsequent innovations, MEDICO is known worldwide as a leading product developer in the sports and outdoor segment.
Over the past 10 years, MEDICO has obtained the licensing rights for FILA footwear, apparel and accessories throughout continental Europe. The company now manages the collection development and production control of their joint venture suppliers in Bangladesh, as well as the sales and build-up of the FILA distribution network in Europe. MEDICO has also recently obtained the textile license for TAMARIS clothing and accessories. The new collaboration starts with the Spring/Summer 2023 season.
Through their association with FILA, a major international brand that has made a huge comeback in recent years, in addition to developing TAMARIS and their own proprietary label, MEDICO quickly drowned in offline, manual processes, such as Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, design documents, contracts, emails and more. The company had to significantly ramp up its design and manufacturing processes to continue to meet demand.
“We saw the need for more product development and production standardization to shorten our lead time and meet market requirements. We wanted more reliable product information with fewer errors and a way to eliminate our manual and decentralized way of working,” says Medico.
To manage their processes more effectively, MEDICO has made the decision to leave offline documents and enter the world of PLM. Their evaluation process was very pragmatic and they contacted Centric Software to find out how Centric’s out-of-the-box, cloud-integrated PLM solution can help improve their workflows.
The benefits of introducing Centric PLM™ were immediately apparent, such as the intuitive and user-friendly interface and the ability for teams to collaborate between the headquarters in Germany, the footwear division in the Netherlands and the offices in the Far East and Turkey.
“We evaluated some PLM solutions, but we chose Centric for its robustness, intuitiveness and flexible user interface. With Centric PLM we can manage all our products, including textiles and accessories and shoes, on one centralized platform. We expect an optimization of our time and resources, and fewer steps in our internal and external processes.”
MEDICO is now looking forward to the future with Centric and the increasing convenience and efficiency of combining all product data into one easy-to-use solution.
“With Centric PLM, we have equipped MEDICO for the future and can efficiently develop FILA, Tamaris and future brands.”
“Centric Software is delighted to partner with such a renowned German sportswear brand. We look forward to working with MEDICO to achieve their digital transformation goals and keep pace with the high demand for its products,” said Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software.
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Medico Sports Fashion GmbH (www.medico.eu)
MEDICO has stood for functional sportswear for over 100 years. MEDICO became internationally known with the invention of a turtleneck sweater in the 1960s and is now a leading product developer in many sports fields.
Based on these years of experience, the MEDICO teams in Quakenbrück and Amsterdam are now developing optimal solutions for sports brands such as FILA.
Centric software (www.centricsoftware.com)
From its Silicon Valley headquarters, Centric Software® provides a product concept to a consumer digital transformation platform for fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor, consumer electronics and consumer goods including cosmetics and personal care and food and beverage. Centric’s flagship Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric PLMTM, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality and product portfolio optimization innovations specifically for rapidly changing consumer industries. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (CVIP) provides highly visual digital board experiences for collaboration and decision making. Centric Retail Planning is an innovative, cloud-native solution, powered by Armonica Retail SRL, that delivers an end-to-end retail planning process designed to maximize retail business performance. Centric Software pioneered mobility, introducing the first mobile apps for PLM and is widely known for connectivity with dozens of other business systems including ERP, DAM, PIM, e-com, scheduling and more, as well as creative tools such as Adobe® Illustrator and a large number of 3D CAD connectors. Centric’s innovations are 100% market-driven with the highest user adoption and the fastest time-to-value in the industry. All Centric innovations shorten time-to-market, stimulate product innovation and reduce costs.
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