Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Toray Industries (H.K.) Ltd. (Toray Industries), part of the global materials innovator Toray Industries, Inc. has successfully gone live with Centric PLM™ to drive efficiency in product development and cost management. Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated, end-to-end AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization. Fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail teams can plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
Toray Industries, founded in 1926 and headquartered in Japan, is a global advanced materials company. In addition to textiles, Toray operates across a wide range of sectors including resins, chemicals, films, carbon fiber composites, electronic materials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and water treatment solutions. Through a global network of more than 300 group companies, Toray serves customers across the fashion and apparel industry.
As market needs and client requirements became more diverse and complex, Toray Industries saw the need to streamline information management across production and development. To address this, Toray Industries implemented Centric PLM to improve visibility and coordination across cross-functional teams.
The implementation was driven primarily through Toray’s Hong Kong operations, a key hub for production management, and reached go-live through a phased approach. Using Centric Software’s phased implementation methodology, the project stayed on schedule, within scope and within budget. Kotaro Kishi, Division Manager, Transformation Hub at Toray Industries (H.K.) Ltd., says, “Given the number of stakeholders involved, the project required extensive coordination. With the expertise of the Centric Software team and strong alignment across the project teams, Toray is pleased to have reached go-live on time, within scope and within budget.”
To ensure early user adoption, Toray Industries and Centric Software teams focused on cross-functional alignment, clear ownership and practical user engagement to build momentum early and encourage a smooth transition at go-live.
With Centric PLM now fully deployed, Toray Industries has established a centralized foundation for development specification and cost information. “We expect Centric PLM to contribute significantly to higher profitability, more precise cost management and stronger development oversight. We will continue to utilize the system to bolster our competitive edge in the long run.”
“We are delighted that Toray Industries, known for its cutting-edge materials and innovation, has gone live with Centric PLM to drive efficiency and respond faster to evolving customer requirements,” says Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software. “Centric Software is proud to partner with Toray on this milestone and on the next phase of its digital transformation.”