Gartner® Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Centric Software is recognized as an Example Vendor in this Gartner report.
Gartner® Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Centric Software is recognized as an Example Vendor in this Gartner report.
Food and beverage manufacturers are facing rising complexity ingredient volatility, tightening regional regulation, and rapidly multiplying SKUs making it essential to connect formulation, compliance and commercialization in one continuous process rather than managing them as separate systems.
The Gartner Market Overview examines how the F&B PLM market is evolving. According to the report:
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).
[Why We Think It Matters]
To stay competitive, F&B manufacturers are prioritizing solutions that:
Extend beyond formulation to cover the full product lifecycle, from ideation through commercialization
Leverage AI across formulation, compliance and commercialization, not just one function in isolation
Maintain real-time, region-specific compliance and traceability as products expand globally
Manage rising SKU and portfolio complexity without adding operational drag
[Centric Software in the Gartner Market Overview]
Centric Software® is named as an Example Vendor in this Gartner report on the food and beverage PLM market.
Centric PLM™ connects the full product lifecycle from formulation and packaging to labeling and commercialization, so product data created early in development flows through to market without being rebuilt across disconnected tools. Centric AI works across that same connected data to accelerate decisions at every stage, while real-time, region-specific compliance capabilities help manufacturers stay audit-ready and expand into new markets with confidence.
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Gartner, Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing, By Brady Barnes, Rajan Saini, Claudia Clemens, 19 August 2026
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