Centric Software® has launched the latest version of its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, designed to transform product development efficiency, compliance, and speed to market in the cosmetics and personal care sector.
“This transformative update leverages AI technologies to streamline workflows, boost performance, and elevate user experience,” said Ron Watson, EVP Product & CSO at Centric Software.
“The new compliance engine simplifies global regulatory requirements by evaluating formulations and ingredients across countries amid ongoing changes. Enhanced supplier portal tools facilitate communication, certification and document transfer,” he added.
Key updates include a robust compliance engine for ingredient checks, a product brief feature for cross-team alignment, automated impact analysis to connect real-time data, streamlined supplier collaboration tools, and sustainability metrics that simplify ESG compliance and certification management.
“Automated impact analysis connects real-time data to make managing changes easier and more accurate. This reduces risks, improves product safety, and speeds up time to market,” explained Watson.
The release also introduces AI-powered workflow enhancements and a sidebar navigation redesign to make processes more intuitive and efficient.
“Each feature, from certification management tools to automated impact analysis, was designed with input from leading cosmetics companies,” said Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software.
“Centric PLM empowers teams with unmatched speed, accuracy, and compliance.”