Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Westwing has selected Centric PLM™ to organize complex data and reduce development timelines. 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, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
Westwing is Europe’s #1 in Beautiful Living e-commerce – a premium one-stop-destination for design lovers. Westwing provides a unique brand experience, combining a curated assortment of its own Westwing Collection with the best design brands in its Shop and Club-Sales. The offline stores, Westwing Business services and Westwing Interior Design Service provide further options for Westwing’s customers to integrate beautiful living into their homes and commercial design projects.
In order to reduce inefficiency and errors, Westwing looked for a single source of truth to organize data which was growing both in quantity and complexity. They were confident that an innovative, cloud-based PLM solution could help them overcome these challenges and revolutionize their working processes.
“From the beginning, Westwing Collection has been managed using hundreds of spreadsheets, emails and ad hoc documentation, and teams lost a lot of time updating and searching for information,” elaborates Felix Ehrlicher, VP Buying at Westwing. “We knew a PLM solution was the best option to help us streamline our processes and cut down on inaccuracies and data duplication.”
With the introduction of new environmental regulations across Europe and a commitment to reduce their carbon footprint, Westwing also needed one central location to track their supply chain and accurately measure the environmental impact of their products.
“It’s crucial that we are compliant with new European legislation such as the Digital Product Passport and Extended Producer Responsibility,” explains Ehrlicher. “We need to be more efficient and accurate, and the only way to do that is to capture all product and supplier information in one place.”
Westwing selected Centric PLM due to its impressive customer base, user-friendly interface and intuitive functionality.
“The team at Centric has wide experience and understand the complex nature of our products,” shares Ehrlicher. “Centric PLM is an out-of-the-box and quick to deploy solution and is perfectly fitted to manage home & living products, suppliers and all other moving parts of our supply chain.”
Over the coming months, Westwing plans to onboard its large number of suppliers onto the system in a phased approach to streamline the development process and reduce testing costs.
“As a home and living company we cover pretty much every material out there, from marble, to wood, to metal,” explains Ehrlicher. “Centric PLM will be instrumental in ensuring we are using best-in-class components from each of our suppliers.”
Westwing has great expectations of its future partnership with Centric Software and expects all teams across the business to benefit from the PLM implementation.
“I anticipate we will be able to cut administrative tasks as well as significantly reduce our product development timeline and associated processes, which is really exciting,” concludes Ehrlicher. “Decisions will be faster and made with confidence that all data is correct.”
“We are thrilled to partner with Westwing to enhance their supply chain visibility and streamline their business,” says Fabrice Canonge, President of Centric Software. “Centric PLM will empower them to remain compliant, reduce costs and quickly bring high quality and sustainable products to market.”
