Centric Software® is pleased to announce that INUIKII has selected Centric PLM™ to boost collaboration, supercharge sustainability efforts and scale for future growth. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, 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.
Founded in 2013, the Switzerland-based, family owned and operated footwear brand, INUIKII, has filled a gap in the footwear market—style and durability with sustainability at its heart. Founder, Cinzia Maag and her sons Danilo and Alessio launched the brand with functional footwear for colder climates and have expanded its lines for men, women and children for every season. Sustainability is a core value and INUIKII walks the talk: 90% of its materials and 95% of production are European and it prioritizes eco-conscious components to minimize environmental impact. Its 2025 goals are to ensure 70% of its products are eco-responsible, 95% of its supply chain is visible and 100% of its suppliers are certified.
INUIKII has 25 head office employees, a network of suppliers in Europe and Asia and growing B2B and B2C customer bases. Growth-related operational and communication challenges including siloed teams and disparate data and processes set it on the path to find a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution.
“Over the past eight years, we’ve been working in multiple systems and across a lot of spreadsheets. We decided to adopt a PLM to centralize all of our information,” says Alessio Maag, Co-Founder at INUIKII. “Smarter sourcing is also a serious industry challenge that PLM can address.”
INUIKII researched several options and selected Centric PLM for its market-leading reputation, robust functionality and deep expertise in footwear and fashion.
“One of the reasons we chose Centric is because of its size. We know it will be here 10 years from now and that gives us security,” explains Maag. “Centric has worked with many footwear brands, they are familiar with our requirements and Centric PLM covers every base for us.”
INUIKII aims to equip teams with immediate access to real-time, accurate data to fuel efficiencies across the product lifecycle.
“Centric PLM is key to our growth journey and will boost dynamic collaboration across our expanding teams,” comments Maag. “We’re especially excited to get our design team up and running on the system and standardize our workflows for future employees.”
Supplier communication, project management and sustainability are also strategic priorities. Verifying suppliers meet INUIKII’s high standards for material specifications such as LWG certified leather, devulcanized rubber, 100% organic-cotton (OEKO-TEX® standard 100), BCI certified laces and FSC certified cardboard for sustainable packaging, will be streamlined in PLM.
“We work very closely with our suppliers and plan to onboard them in the near future,” shares Maag. “By increasing visibility and transparency across our supply chain, we can fine-tune project management and reinforce core sustainability initiatives including certification tracking and Digital Product Passport (DPP) compliance.”
INUIKII envisions a long-term partnership with Centric Software and expects PLM to bring them closer to their 100% circular footprint target by 2030.
“We are excited to welcome INUIKII to the Centric Software family of brands setting the pace for a more sustainable future in footwear,” says Fabrice Canonge, President of Centric Software. “We’re proud to accelerate their shift toward transparency and circularity with Centric PLM at the core.”
