Centric Software Named as an Example Vendor in Gartner® Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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Centric Software Named as an Example Vendor in Gartner® Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Download the report for the latest trends shaping the industry
The Gartner Market Overview examines how F&B PLM is evolving to address growing complexity, tightening regulations and rise of AI product development.
Key priorities for F&B manufacturers include solutions that:
Manage the full product lifecycle, from ideation to commercialization
Apply AI across formulation, compliance and commercialization
Maintain real-time, region-specific compliance and traceability
Manage growing SKU and portfolio complexity efficiently
Centric Software is named as an Example Vendor in the report.
Download the report and discover how Centric PLM™, a named Example Vendor, gives F&B teams one connected environment to:
Keep product data connected from formulation to market
Eliminate disconnected tools and duplicate data entry
Turn product data into faster, AI-powered decisions
Scale product development across teams, categories and markets
“The F&B PLM market is converging from fragmented software solutions into connected product platforms. Driven by time-to-market pressure, cost inflation, supply chain instability and strict regulations, PLM is now central to F&B product development. Future market leadership requires transitioning to proactive, AI-driven workflows, utilizing agentic capabilities and agile formulation to manage unprecedented complexity at speed.”
Gartner, Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing, By Brady Barnes, Rajan Saini, Claudia Clemens, August 19, 2026 (ID G00851587).
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