OpenText Core Signature - Centric Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between OpenText Core Signature and Centric

1. Digital approval of product specifications and design sign-off

Data flow: Centric to OpenText Core Signature

Centric can route finalized product specifications, technical packs, and design approvals to OpenText Core Signature for legally binding electronic signatures. This supports formal sign-off by product managers, design leads, sourcing teams, and compliance stakeholders before a product moves to the next development stage.

Business value: Reduces delays caused by manual approval routing, creates an auditable approval trail, and helps ensure that only approved product data progresses to launch.

2. Supplier agreement and compliance document execution

Data flow: Centric to OpenText Core Signature

Centric can trigger signature workflows for supplier agreements, quality commitments, and compliance acknowledgements tied to specific product lines or materials. Once signed, the executed documents can be stored back in Centric as part of the product record.

Business value: Improves supplier governance, shortens contract turnaround time, and keeps commercial and compliance documentation linked to the relevant product lifecycle.

3. Change request approval for product development revisions

Data flow: Centric to OpenText Core Signature and back to Centric

When a change request is raised in Centric, such as a material substitution, packaging change, or specification update, the system can send the change approval package to OpenText Core Signature. After signatures are completed, the approved status and signed record can be returned to Centric to update the change control workflow.

Business value: Strengthens governance over product changes, reduces the risk of unauthorized revisions, and provides a clear audit trail for regulated or high-complexity product categories.

4. Cross-functional launch readiness approvals

Data flow: Centric to OpenText Core Signature

Centric can compile launch readiness documents, including product data sheets, artwork approvals, and market-specific compliance confirmations, and send them to OpenText Core Signature for final approval by merchandising, legal, quality, and regional business owners.

Business value: Helps coordinate launch approvals across multiple teams, prevents incomplete product launches, and accelerates time-to-market by replacing email-based sign-off chains.

5. Signed quality and regulatory documentation linked to product records

Data flow: OpenText Core Signature to Centric

After quality or regulatory documents are signed in OpenText Core Signature, the signed PDF and signature metadata can be attached to the corresponding product, style, or material record in Centric. This is useful for certificates, declarations, test approvals, and compliance attestations.

Business value: Centralizes evidence of compliance within the product lifecycle record, simplifies audits, and reduces the time spent searching for signed documents across systems.

6. New product introduction approval workflow

Data flow: Bi-directional

Centric can manage the product introduction process by assembling the required documents and routing them to OpenText Core Signature for approval. Once signatures are completed, OpenText Core Signature can return the signed package and approval status to Centric, which then advances the product to the next lifecycle stage.

Business value: Creates a controlled end-to-end workflow from concept to launch, improves visibility into approval status, and reduces manual follow-up between product, legal, and operations teams.

7. Executive approval of commercial launch documents

Data flow: Centric to OpenText Core Signature

Centric can send commercial launch documents such as pricing approvals, assortment decisions, and market entry sign-offs to OpenText Core Signature for executive approval. This is especially useful when launch decisions require formal authorization from leadership or regional stakeholders.

Business value: Speeds up decision-making, ensures accountability for launch approvals, and provides a compliant record of executive authorization.