Global consumer products company adopts product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for global NPD and specification management initiative to help speed time to market

UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, has announced that PZ Cussons, global consumer products provider of  household name brands such as Imperial Leather, Pure, Carex, Morning Fresh and Cussons Baby, selected Teamcenter software to help speed time to market for new products.

Teamcenter will enable PZ Cussons to rapidly share product and technology information to hundreds of key employees at multiple locations worldwide. Information systems as diverse as product dossiers, patent and customer information will be readily accessible, allowing the company to standardise new product development practices across the business. Working in a more collaborative environment, the company will also be able to identify opportunities to consolidate product variations on a local, regional and global level, saving time and resources.

"After a thorough evaluation, UGS emerged as the best choice to replace our specification system," said David Jones, Group IT Director of PZ Cussons. "With Teamcenter as our global NPD and specification management system, we will improve our ability to share product technology across the company allowing us to bring more winning products to market faster".

"PZ Cussons can now harness its global expertise while maintaining the flexibility of a local company," said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, UGS. "Teamcenter will give key areas of their business improved access to customer and product information. This sharing of best practices and opportunities across sites all over the world is one example of how UGS is helping companies in all industries maintain their competitive advantage through improvements in their processes of innovation."