Case Study: Marc Jacobs achieves faster time-to-market and reduced errors with Centric Software PLM

Optimizing Product Performance at Marc Jacobs with Centric PLM

Marc Jacobs, the iconic New York fashion house, brought its footwear division in-house and found its existing systems couldn’t handle footwear’s longer lead times, earlier seasonality and unique processes. Independent teams and disparate tools left product data disorganized, duplicated work, and no centralized libraries or product history—creating delays and user errors across planning, development and merchandising.

Marc Jacobs selected Centric PLM for its fashion and footwear credentials and high configurability, rolling out a phased implementation across merchandising, product development, production and logistics. The result: a single source of truth with centralized color, material and style libraries, dramatic reductions in user error and rework, better early-stage costing visibility and faster time to market—improving collaboration and efficiency across offices.

Marc Jacobs

James Earles

Director of Enterprise Applications