International sports brand Scott Sports has invested in a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution to harmonise product data and processes across its entire infrastructure to create a central base for improved workflows.
Established in 1958, Scott Sports develops, markets and sells bike, winter sports, running, motorsport, and outdoor products, footwear, and clothing. The brand portfolio includes Syncros, Bergamont, Bold Cycles, Avanti, Malvern Star, Dolomite, Powderhorn, Bach, and Lizard, with more than 1,500 employees worldwide, operating in over 100 markets.
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Due to a growing demand for outdoor and sports products during lockdown restrictions, the company’s bike and running divisions came under more pressure than ever before. The company experienced disruptions to its supply chains during the pandemic, resulting in longer lead times for some products.
It has implemented Centric Software‘s Product Lifestyle Management (PLM) system.
“We were facing disrupted supply chains and needed to cope with ongoing enforcements, traceability of materials, and international product regulations such as the safety of a product,” explains Pascal Ducrot, vice president of Scott Sports SA.
“Centric PLM provides us with the functionalities needed throughout the whole value chain. It enables a flexible implementation of services depending on our needs, allowing steady communication alongside the whole infrastructure in order to increase transparency and establish a seamless flow of information.”
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By GlobalDataFollowing a couple of initial face-to-face meetings in February 2020 before the first lockdown took place, the entire PLM project was implemented online.
Ducrot adds: “Centric helped to not only align, but rather improve existing workflows (BUC) due to new opportunities given by the PLM, helping us to harmonise the different businesses, processes, product complexities and divisions.”
