Elite 100 finalists: How 3 Wrike customers deliver results

The Results category of our Wrike Elite 100 competition is really two-pronged. Finalists need to demonstrate how they transformed processes using Wrike to deliver results — and how they used Wrike to effectively measure those results. 

And that’s really the name of the game, right? Using Wrike to improve daily work — and achieve better business outcomes. But results are only as effective as your ability to show them and pivot to further improvements. That’s where these finalists excelled, and we can’t wait to share those insights with you.

Today, we’ll dive deeper into the stories of how two finalists have transformed how their teams work, collaborate, and achieve strategic goals with Wrike. 

Let’s get started. 

Transforming creative workflows and team alignment 

Our first finalist, Sarah Ogalla from Ace Hardware, addressed the challenge of meeting the growing creative demand on her team, as well as the complex task of prioritizing projects. In an effort to maximize her small but mighty team, Sarah used Wrike to overhaul their project management system. She introduced custom fields and automation in a way that quickly streamlined project intake, saving a considerable amount of time in the process. Adopting Wrike also helped management assess priorities and visualize capacity.

This process improvement yielded big results, allowing the team to scope, assign, and forecast project timelines with vastly improved precision. The impact was immediate: turnaround times for quick-win deliverables dropped dramatically, and high-impact initiatives received the focus they deserved.

“Wrike became our single source of truth, improving efficiency, resource allocation, and stakeholder satisfaction,” Sarah shared. “Custom dashboards and automation rules enabled us to execute faster, reduce miscommunication, and maintain high-quality outcomes.”

Key results included:

• Reduced project turnaround times
• Improved on-time delivery rates by 40%
• Increased stakeholder satisfaction and team alignment

Thanks to her impactful Wrike implementation, Sarah’s team delivered impressive results. 

Centralizing collaboration and proofing

Our other finalist, Ali Moses from Varsity Yearbook, spearheaded a transformation in the company’s customer art review process that spanned multiple departments and customers. 

In a tale as old as, well, emails, Varsity Yearbook previously managed its art review process through emails, resulting in overwhelm for its creative team and potential project delays. By implementing Wrike’s proofing system, Ali was able to fully centralize the process, shortening turnaround time and drastically reducing internal email loads. 

Ali designed custom request forms, workflows, and automations to ensure every step,  from art creation to customer approval, was tracked and managed within Wrike. Shared dashboards and permission-controlled folders kept teams focused and accountable, and built-in proofing tools reduced errors and turnaround times. 

The process improvements also drastically improved communication between the end customer and the artists, since they were no longer playing a drawn-out game of telephone.

When the results are so impressive that they spread to other areas of the organization, you know you’re onto a winning equation. 

Driving business impact with Wrike

The details behind these finalists show that putting Wrike into action for process and project management improvement really is worth the effort. These finalists worked hard at the change management required for real success, maximizing Wrike’s features, blueprints, and dashboards — and it paid off in spades. 

Interested in learning more about how more Elite 100 finalists are transforming their work with Wrike? Check out our finalists from the rest of the Wrike Elite 100 categories— and stay tuned for more inspiring stories from other top teams.