Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, Stio, a leading outdoor lifestyle and technical apparel brand located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care products as well as multi-category retail, to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
Stio was founded in 2011 to inspire connection with the outdoors through beautiful, functional products infused with mountain soul. Headquartered at the base of the Grand Teton mountain range, Stio’s collection of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and gear can be found online and at one of its 13 owned retail stores or select distributors. Technical performance, quality and versatility are hallmarks of its products and sustainability is at the heart of the Stio brand promise.
Faced with the challenges of rapid growth, an outdated legacy PLM system and evolving compliance regulations, Stio selected Centric PLM™ to streamline operations in 2021. Sandy Flint, Senior Materials Manager at Stio says, “When Stio launched in 2011, we started off with spreadsheets and eventually moved to a basic PLM for a couple of years that was not nearly as robust as Centric PLM.”
Stio needed greater visibility of materials and product development, reporting capabilities to achieve sustainability targets, real-time data and an innovative solution to expand its categories and channels. They selected Centric PLM for its actionable source of truth, features and scalability. Flint shares, “Today, Centric PLM is very much a part of how we run our product creation team. I can’t imagine how we would do it without Centric PLM.”
Since implementation, Stio has embedded PLM throughout the company, streamlined product development, achieved sustainability milestones and expanded its categories and channels. Stio is thrilled with the results and excited about its future with Centric Software. “We’re always thinking about how we are able to flex even more with PLM,” says Flint.
Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software, says, “We’re pleased with the outstanding results Stio has achieved with Centric PLM, particularly in expanding its channels, categories and sustainability wins. We’re excited to see how they will continue to innovate exceptional products while upholding their high standards of environmental responsibility.”
