Centric Software Offers New Suite of PLM Solutions

OpenPLM connects to multiple data sources; integration time reduced to days

San Jose, CA October 4, 2005 Centric Software, Inc., a provider of OpenPLM (product lifecycle management) for the extended enterprise, today introduced a new suite of solutions designed to assist in bringing more products to market more quickly, driving top line revenue growth while reducing costs.

Centric's OpenPLM offers connectivity to multiple Microsoft certified application developer (MCAD), electronic design automation (EDA), computer-aided engineering (CAE), product data management (PDM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM) and document management systems. Such connectivity, according to Centric, provides distributed product and project teams with automatic extraction and aggregation of real-time product and operational data for more informed decision making. Further, the company said the