Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, Wolverine Worldwide.
Based in Rockford, Michigan and established in 1883, Wolverine made a name for itself early in its history with ‘1,000 mile shoes.’ The company today is a global and diverse business model with a presence in about 170 countries and territories around the world with familiar brands like Merrell®, Saucony®, Sperry®, Sweaty Betty®, Hush Puppies®. Focused on footwear but also carrying apparel and accessories.
The company had a vision 10 year prior to digitalize their workflows. Charlie Hall, Senior Product Operations Manager at Merrell talks about the different tools that Wolverine is using to speed product development along, “From 3D design and development to photogrammetry and digital materials/swatchbook. We understand that to win in this environment, we need to have speed from a materials perspective.”
Stringent business requirements narrowed the field down to two PLM vendors, with Centric Software winning in the end. Hall says, “Centric scored the highest [in the selection evaluation]. In addition, the relationship we had built with Centric was super positive. That sealed our decision to go with Centric Software.”
PLM set the foundation with big benefits including time savings, sustainability, 3D.
To digitalize assortment planning, Wolverine added Centric Visual Assortment Boards that give teams a strategic, visual view of assortments, allowing pivot-table functionality in a fraction of the time it takes to cut and paste heavy digital files. Last, but not least Wolverine is making use of Centric Pricing to inform pricing and assortment strategy, with the ability to look at competitive assortments.
