PLM Implementation Partner Program
PLM Implementation Partner Program
Build your expertise. Grow your practice.
Help define the next generation of fashion PLM as we transform how brands and suppliers collaborate.
Build your expertise. Grow your practice.
Help define the next generation of fashion PLM as we transform how brands and suppliers collaborate.
WHO YOU ARE
Fashion Expert
Someone who helps brands scale, streamline operations, and achieve operational excellence.
WHAT YOU DO
Transform Workflows
You demonstrate how Kobo is the foundation for next-generation fashion brands and modern supplier partnerships.
WHAT YOU CREATE
Solutions that deliver
You create comprehensive implementations that help fashion businesses turn their visions into profitable realities.
WHO YOU ARE
Fashion Expert
Someone who helps brands scale, streamline operations, and achieve operational excellence.
Transform Workflows
WHAT YOU DO
You demonstrate how Kobo is the foundation for next-generation fashion brands and modern supplier partnerships.
Solutions that deliver
WHAT YOU CREATE
You create comprehensive implementations that help fashion businesses turn their visions into profitable realities.
WHO YOU ARE
Fashion Expert
Someone who helps brands scale, streamline operations, and achieve operational excellence.
Transform Workflows
WHAT YOU DO
You demonstrate how Kobo is the foundation for next-generation fashion brands and modern supplier partnerships.
Solutions that deliver
WHAT YOU CREATE
You create comprehensive implementations that help fashion businesses turn their visions into profitable realities.
Perks & Benefits
Perks & Benefits
Designed for fashion freelancers & consultants ready to differentiate themselves as PLM implementation experts. By partnering with Kobo, you'll offer clients a comprehensive solution that transforms their entire product development workflow, from design to delivery.
Professional Certification
Position yourself as a certified PLM implementation expert with official Kobo credentials and badging.
Professional Certification
Position yourself as a certified PLM implementation expert with official Kobo credentials and badging.
Professional Certification
Position yourself as a certified PLM implementation expert with official Kobo credentials and badging.
Early access to features
Stay ahead of the competition and test new Kobo features before they're publicly available.
Early access to features
Stay ahead of the competition and test new Kobo features before they're publicly available.
Early access to features
Stay ahead of the competition and test new Kobo features before they're publicly available.
Partner Commission
Earn 15% commission for the first year on any brands you recruit for Kobo subscriptions.
Partner Commission
Earn 15% commission for the first year on any brands you recruit for Kobo subscriptions.
Partner Commission
Earn 15% commission for the first year on any brands you recruit for Kobo subscriptions.
Co-marketing support
Amplify your professional presence with case studies, testimonials, and joint marketing from the Kobo team.
Co-marketing support
Amplify your professional presence with case studies, testimonials, and joint marketing from the Kobo team.
Co-marketing support
Amplify your professional presence with case studies, testimonials, and joint marketing from the Kobo team.
Implementation resources
Access exclusive playbooks, templates, and tools designed to ensure your client success.
Implementation resources
Access exclusive playbooks, templates, and tools designed to ensure your client success.
Implementation resources
Access exclusive playbooks, templates, and tools designed to ensure your client success.
Direct access to the team
Collaborate with Kobo's product and partnerships teams to influence the future of fashion PLM.
Direct access to the team
Collaborate with Kobo's product and partnerships teams to influence the future of fashion PLM.
Direct access to the team
Collaborate with Kobo's product and partnerships teams to influence the future of fashion PLM.
Expand your offerings with End-to-End Solutions.
Expand your offerings with End-to-End Solutions.
Modern fashion brands need more than spreadsheets and email. Kobo provides a complete product lifecycle management platform that connects design, development, sampling, costing, and production in one unified system.
Design Management
Design Management
With version control and approval workflows
With version control and approval workflows
Sample
Tracking
Sample
Tracking
With integrated quotations & fitting workflows
With integrated quotations & fitting workflows
Supplier Collaboration
Supplier Collaboration
With cloud file sharing and real-time communication
With cloud file sharing and real-time communication
Costing &
Pricing
Costing &
Pricing
With automatic calculations and margin tracking
With automatic calculations and margin tracking
Production Planning
Production Planning
With integrated Purchase Orders and Shipping Workflows
With integrated Purchase Orders and Shipping Workflows
4 Step Implementation Framework
4 Step Implementation Framework
Our partners don't just sell software — they deliver transformation. Every partner receives our proven 4-phase implementation methodology that ensures client success and reduces time-to-value.
1
DISCOVER & CONSULT
Assess brand’s current workflows, data practices, and bottlenecks.
Map processes across design, development, and production.
Define success metrics, timeline, and implementation scope.
2
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Configure Kobo workspace (styles, categories, workflows).
Clean, standardize, and import core data (BOMs, tech packs, libraries).
Set up templates and approval flows.
3
TRAINING & ADOPTION
Deliver role-based training for brand team and suppliers.
Run pilots with current season styles to validate workflows.
Capture feedback and refine processes.
Document quick-start guides and internal champions.
4
OPTIMIZE & EXPAND
Establish reporting for costing, timelines, and supplier performance.
Create best-practice documentation and ongoing optimization plan.
Celebrate quick wins and expand rollout across categories/teams.
1
PLAN
& PREPARE
Assess brand’s current workflows, data practices, and bottlenecks.
Run a Digital Maturity Assessment and calculate ROI potential.
Map processes across design, development, and production.
Define success metrics, timeline, and implementation scope.
2
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Configure Kobo workspace (styles, categories, workflows).
Clean, standardize, and import core data (BOMs, tech packs, libraries).
Set up templates and approval flows.
3
TRAINING & ADOPTION
Deliver role-based training for brand team and suppliers.
Run pilots with current season styles to validate workflows.
Capture feedback and refine processes.
Document quick-start guides and internal champions.
4
OPTIMIZE & EXPAND
Establish reporting for costing, timelines, and supplier performance.
Create best-practice documentation and ongoing optimization plan.
Celebrate quick wins and expand rollout across categories/teams.
1
PLAN
& PREPARE
Assess brand’s current workflows, data practices, and bottlenecks.
Run a Digital Maturity Assessment and calculate ROI potential.
Map processes across design, development, and production.
Define success metrics, timeline, and implementation scope.
2
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Configure Kobo workspace (styles, categories, workflows).
Clean, standardize, and import core data (BOMs, tech packs, libraries).
Set up templates and approval flows.
3
TRAINING & ADOPTION
Deliver role-based training for brand team and suppliers.
Run pilots with current season styles to validate workflows.
Capture feedback and refine processes.
Document quick-start guides and internal champions.
4
OPTIMIZE & EXPAND
Establish reporting for costing, timelines, and supplier performance.
Create best-practice documentation and ongoing optimization plan.
Celebrate quick wins and expand rollout across categories/teams.
How easy is it to set up these integrations?
Is there a limit to file storage with the Dropbox integration?
How secure are the integrations?
What if I need an integration that isn't listed?
How easy is it to set up these integrations?
Is there a limit to file storage with the Dropbox integration?
How secure are the integrations?
What if I need an integration that isn't listed?
What makes someone an ideal Kobo Partner?
What kind of support will I receive?
I don't have existing Kobo clients — can I still apply?
What's the difference between Implementation and Production Partners?
How easy is it to set up these integrations?
Is there a limit to file storage with the Dropbox integration?
How secure are the integrations?
What if I need an integration that isn't listed?
Ready to elevate your practice by becoming a certified Kobo partner and connecting your expertise to fashion's most innovative brands?
Transform your consulting business, command premium rates, and build a truly scalable practice that supports your professional growth.