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SugarCRM Case Studies23 Customer Stories & Results

Creative Foam, Agfa HealthCare, Agfa and Wieland are among the 23 companies with published SugarCRM stories. Most run it alongside ERP, and Manufacturing is the most common industry. Filter by industry or ERP below to find companies like yours.

23 customer stories17 with measured resultsUpdated August 2026

23

Customer stories

ERP

#1 ERP alongside

Manufacturing

#1 industry

United States

#1 country

ERPs these customers run

  • ERP1 (4%)
  • Integrated with ERP1 (4%)
  • Syspro1 (4%)

Industries

  • Manufacturing6 (26%)
  • Healthcare3 (13%)
  • Financial Services2 (9%)
  • Retail2 (9%)
  • Automotive1 (4%)
  • Construction1 (4%)
  • Food & Beverage1 (4%)
  • Food and Beverage1 (4%)

Countries

  • United States5 (22%)
  • Germany2 (9%)
  • Australia1 (4%)
  • Denmark1 (4%)
  • United Kingdom1 (4%)

SugarCRM customer success stories

Each story records the challenge, what SugarCRM replaced, the ERP it runs alongside and the results the vendor reported. Filter to find companies like yours.

Industry

CF

Creative Foam

Manufacturing · United States

Mid-Market
Replaced Microsoft Excel5 months

42%

Pipeline Growth

13%

Total Hit Rate Improvement

14%

Monetary Value Per Vehicle Increase

Challenge

Relied on Microsoft Excel for customer data analysis with data accuracy and consistency issues; lacked real-time pipeline monitoring and advanced KPI tracking

Results

Achieved 42% pipeline growth in first fiscal year, 14% rise in monetary value per vehicle, 13% improvement in total hit rate, gained insight into EV market positioning with 55% ICE and 45% EV pipeline distribution

Source ↗
AH

Agfa HealthCare

Healthcare

Enterprise
Replaced fragmented systems

139%

Roi

$1M

Annual Benefit

1.3 years

Payback Period

Challenge

Wanted to implement first global CRM platform while meeting varying data privacy requirements worldwide

M

Materion

Manufacturing · United States

Enterprise

100%

Adoption Rate

67%

Efficiency Increase

Source ↗
S

Speedpanel

Manufacturing · Australia

SMB
Replaced Disconnected systems across sales, customer service, and manufacturing

50%

Admin Time Reduction

95%

Forecasting Accuracy

Challenge

As company grew, teams worked with separate information management; sales, customer service, and manufacturing each managed information differently; hard to get clear view across business; forecasting accuracy was constant challenge

Results

Improved forecasting accuracy to 95%; 50% reduction in admin time; faster customer responses; teams can now see unified view

Source ↗
W

Wieland

Manufacturing · Germany

Mid-Market
Replaced Regional independent systems with separate tools and disconnected data

40%

Processing Time Faster

25%

Technical Support Response Faster

Challenge

Regional teams operated independently with separate tools and disconnected data; global visibility nearly impossible; joint strategies difficult to implement

Source ↗
C

Cells4Life

Healthcare

SMB
Replaced manual processes

17%

Web Sales Increase

7%

Overall Sales Increase

Challenge

Building trust and increasing security while managing stem cell repository

DT

Deutsche Telefon

Telecommunications

Mid-Market
Replaced legacy telecom systems

50%

Processing Time Reduction

2X

Order Throughput Improvement

Challenge

Telecom company modernizing order processing and customer management

C

Credaris

Financial Services

Mid-Market
Replaced manual processes

60%

Yoy Growth

50%

Cost Reduction

Challenge

Financial services firm needing operational efficiency and growth

Source ↗
A

Agfa

Healthcare · United States

Enterprise
1.3 years to payback

139%

Roi

$1M

Annual Benefit

SugarCRM case studies by industry

SugarCRM in Manufacturing

6 stories · 42% pipeline growth

Creative Foam, Materion, Speedpanel, Wieland and 2 more.

Read Creative Foam's story ↓

SugarCRM in Healthcare

3 stories · 139% roi

Agfa HealthCare, Cells4Life, Agfa.

Read Agfa HealthCare's story ↓

SugarCRM in Financial Services

2 stories · 60% yoy growth

Credaris, Kennebunk Savings.

Read Credaris's story ↓

SugarCRM in Retail

2 stories · 22% database growth

Tangelo, Backcountry.

Read Tangelo's story ↓

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Where this data comes from

These stories are summarised from SugarCRM's own published customer stories, with the customer, industry, prior system and stated ERP extracted from each page. Figures are the vendor's claims and are not independently verified by ERP Research — treat them as directional, and ask for references covering your industry and ERP when you shortlist. Every card links to its original source.