Kyly Group, the largest children’s clothing manufacturer in Brazil, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
Founded in 1985, Kyly Group produces 31 million garments per year. The company is vertically integrated, owning the entire manufacturing process from yarn production to final distribution. All manufacturing steps are performed internally with strict quality control at all process stages, and all sample creation and product quality tests are conducted in their laboratories. Faced with the challenges of a rapidly changing fashion market that has intensified further during recent market disruption, the company had a need to optimize and streamline its product development processes. Kyly Group turned to Centric PLM to centralize information on an innovative platform.
“Kyly Group works with numerous suppliers throughout Brazil and reaches consumers through multiple sales channels,” explains Antonio Lopes de Oliveira Neto, Product Development Director and PLM Project Manager of Kyly Group. “The Multimarcas channel has more than 11,000 customers; Monomarca, through Rede Milon, has 80 stores, including its own stores and franchises; Exportação, serves more than 40 countries; its own e-commerce presence; and through the main marketplaces in the country. We saw the need for greater product development process standardization, better collection alignment with consumer desires, and tighter collaboration among teams to increase productivity and reduce costs. We also wanted greater visibility into the entire supply chain and data-driven decision making.”
Lopes says, “After carefully evaluating several PLM vendors, we identified that Centric would be the best partner. Their team is professional and well prepared, with deep knowledge of our products and our development process needs.”
“Beyond the Centric modules we selected, we added a number of mobile apps. We can insert material samples with photos and notes into a library and validate them, for example. We can view and edit the sample data, speeding up the go-to-market, saving resources. We can even capture an inspiration or trend anywhere in the world and enter it into PLM where everyone can access it in real time. This partnership with Centric is significant and strategic on many levels, particularly in terms of reducing time to market by approximately three weeks. Thus, we will remain competitive and agile, delivering exactly what the customer wants, at the price they expect,” concludes Lopes.
“We are delighted to partner with Kyly Group and look forward to working together,” says Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software. “We are confident that Centric PLM will be critical to Kyly Group’s go to market strategy and will bring a rapid return on their investment.”
