Danish jewelry brand partners with Centric Software to
prioritize traceability, compliance and automation
CAMPBELL, Calif., April 17,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Centric Software, the
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader, proudly announces
its partnership with Maria Black, a contemporary fine and fashion
jewelry brand based in Copenhagen.
Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions
to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell
and replenish products such as fashion, outdoor, luxury,
multi-category retail, grocery, food & beverage, cosmetics
& personal care and consumer electronics to achieve strategic
and operational digital transformation goals.
We look forward to streamlining the
organization, having one single source of truth and substantially
reducing product development time.
Maria Black founded her eponymous jewelry brand in 2010 and
creates contemporary jewelry collections that are driven by an
inclusive ethos, inviting customers to explore and embrace their
individuality in fresh and creative ways. The company has grown
quickly from humble beginnings, producing and retailing at some of
London's most renowned markets,
including Portobello Road Market and Sunday Upmarket, to a company
with 30 employees, eight brick-and-mortar stores worldwide and
robust e-commerce and wholesale distribution channels.
"We have a lot of new developments, and therefore a lot of
information to organize in one central location," says Maria Black,
Founder and Creative Director at Maria Black.
The combination of stringent compliance, for example for IMPACT
gold which is 30% Fairtrade & 70% recycled gold, and
sustainability regulations, an increased amount of data to
consolidate and an over-reliance on spreadsheets and manual
administration led the team to adopt a PLM system.
"So much information is siloed and there's huge potential for
mishaps working across countless documents and communication
channels. We'd sometimes receive a file from our wholesalers with
150 values to fill out," shares Black. "We were desperate to find
one single source of truth in a PLM and a way to reduce
time-consuming tasks as well as ensure proper traceability and
sustainability documentation."
The advent of new environmental legislation and the growing
prominence of Digital Product Passports (DPP) led Maria Black to
explore PLM as a means of enhancing their supply chain visibility
and gathering accurate data surrounding their product materials,
sourcing and packaging.
"What really pushed us on the decision to implement a PLM system
was compliance," says Black. "There was an increasing need for
traceability and insight into the specific materials that we use
and put out into the world."
The Maria Black team assessed several different PLM systems over
the course of a few years and selected Centric PLM™, in large part
due to Centric's industry expertise and valuable technical features
including the Costing and PO modules.
"Centric PLM seems quite simple to integrate," says Black. "Our
main partner based in India that
does 90% of our production recently implemented Centric PLM. It
seems like there is great potential and alignment with
producers."
Maria Black plans to utilize PLM to streamline product
development as well as using the solution to automate data entry
into their e-commerce system. And for course, it will also be used
for traceability and compliance information and documentation.
"We expect teams will save a huge amount of time by cutting out
manual data entry and be freed up to focus on sales and development
activities," explains Black. "We look forward to streamlining the
organization, having one single source of truth and substantially
reducing product development time."
"We are delighted that Maria Black has selected Centric Software
as a partner to navigate the increasingly complex compliance and
traceability landscape," says Chris
Groves, CEO of Centric Software. "We look forward to seeing
how Centric PLM will modernize Maria Black's processes and support
their future growth."
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Maria Black (https://www.maria-black.com/se/)
Maria Black founded her eponymous jewellery brand in 2010. Since
then, the Copenhagen-born,
Danish-Irish designer has created contemporary fine and fashion
jewellery collections that are driven by the brand's inclusive
ethos, and which invite individuals to explore and embrace their
individuality in fresh and creative ways.
Today, Maria Black is run from Copenhagen by our team of dedicated
individuals who uphold the brand's founding belief that personal
style and fashion are not for us to dictate, but for you to
explore. We are passionate about bringing you the pieces that let
your creativity run free. Using a combination of traditional
craftsmanship and modern techniques, the sculptural shapes of our
precious metal designs are inspired by sources as diverse as
everyday objects, people, subcultures and life moments.
Media Contact
Aurore Evee, Centric Software,
+16479155377, aurore.evee@centricsoftware.com,
www.centricsoftware.com
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