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A Modern CMS for Complex Manufacturing Environments

Deliver scalable product and partner experiences, accelerate product content operations and help marketing and IT move faster together.

Progress Sitefinity CMS empowers manufacturing teams with a modern, cloud-first CMS that supports global digital operations—without adding complexity. 

The Challenge

Why Scaling Digital Operations is Harder Than It Should Be

Manufacturers are investing in modern product and partner experiences to support global growth and faster innovation. Yet many organizations still face operational and content challenges that make it difficult to scale efficiently across regions, brands and partner ecosystems. 

Disconnected Digital and Product Ecosystems

Fragmented platforms and legacy systems make it difficult to maintain consistent product content and governance across global operations. 

Complex Product Information at Scale

Managing specifications, technical documentation and product data across channels slows updates and limits content reuse. 

Growing Partner and Distributor Expectations

Partners increasingly expect secure, self-service access to product knowledge, technical assets and personalized support. 

75%

of manufacturers report they are at mid-to-advanced stages of digital transformation.

Progress Recognized in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms, Q4 2025

Progress has been named among the most significant digital experience platforms in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms, Q4 2025.

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The Solution

A CMS for Product and Partner Operations

Progress Sitefinity CMS brings marketing, IT and product teams onto a single content foundation by combining structured content, secure architecture and flexible integrations to power product websites, partner portals and AI-ready manufacturing experiences. 

How Sitefinity CMS Benefits Manufacturing Teams

AI-ready Structured Content Architecture

Model product specifications, technical documentation and digital assets using reusable content structures designed for AI discoverability and semantic search. 

AI-powered Search

Enable semantic search that retrieves answers from manuals, datasheets and external repositories with source-level citations to improve self-service and product discovery. 

CMS-Driven Product Information Management

Manage product catalogs and attributes directly within Sitefinity CMS, reducing reliance on heavyweight PIM systems while keeping product content accurate and reusable. 

Secure, Authenticated, Personalized Experiences

Build partner, distributor and customer web portals with localization controls, role-based access, hyper-personalized content delivery and centralized governance. 

Deep Enterprise Integration

Connect ERP, CRM, PIM and industrial systems through flexible APIs and low-code integrations. 

Hybrid and Headless Delivery Options

Support traditional websites, portals and modern front-end frameworks without forcing teams into a headless-only model.

What Manufacturing Organizations Gain with Sitefinity CMS

  • Accelerate product launches and updates across global markets

  • Reduce operational friction between marketing, product and IT teams

  • Increase partner and customer self-service through smarter content delivery

  • Future-focus digital investments with AI-ready content and scalable architecture

Sitefinity CMS Manufacturing Use Cases

Self-Service Knowledge and Support Hubs

Give customers, distributors and service teams fast access to troubleshooting guides, policies and service documentation—reducing support volume while enabling AI-assisted answers across support and operations. 

Technical Product Documentation and Knowledge Centers

Centralize specifications, manuals and technical assets in a governed content model that keeps product information accurate, reusable and ready for AI search across every channel. 

Global Brand and Manufacturing Websites

Manage global corporate and product websites from a shared platform that maintains brand consistency while giving local teams the flexibility to publish and localize efficiently. 

Authenticated Buyer and Partner Experience Portals

Deliver secure, personalized environments where buyers and partners receive context-aware content, AI-driven recommendations and guided journeys throughout complex purchase cycles. 

Why Do Leading Manufacturing Customers Choose Sitefinity?

Explore our customer success stories to learn why global manufacturing companies continue to choose Progress Sitefinity.

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American Air Filter International Aims for Global Growth and Brand Consolidation with Progress Sitefinity

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Terex Corporation Standardizes 36 Websites, Consolidates Platforms and Increases Website Visits by 40% with Sitefinity

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Aprilaire Partners Increases Partner Network with Sitefinity

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Fujitsu General Australia Enhances Brand Identity and Optimizes Mobile Experience with Progress Sitefinity

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First-class Services & Support for Our Customers & Partners

From implementation to onboarding and optimization, our support, services and partner ecosystem are here to help you go further, faster.
Customer Success & CVP

Shape the product roadmap, request features, share ideas and connect with thousands of fellow Sitefinity customers.

Consulting Services

Simplify planning for infrastructure, system architecture and critical project needs with Progress Professional Services.

Support & Upgrades

Leverage tailored support services to address issues, prevent downtime and efficiently achieve business objectives.

Training & Certification

Maximize your Sitefinity skills with self-paced, on-demand or instructor-led courses. Available for all levels, online or in person.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please request a quote for one of the available product packages.

We will discuss your needs and provide you with a price estimate. You can then sign the estimate, which will be treated as a binding purchase order, or you can send us a purchase order. In both cases, we'll issue an invoice and activate the product license(s). You will have have 30 days to remit payment. Alternatively, we can generate a pro forma invoice and activate the license(s) upon receiving payment.

We also accept bank transfers, checks and all major credit cards as forms of payment.

You can also request a quote through one of our certified partners or via the Microsoft Azure marketplace.

 

APIs are programming rules that enable applications to interact with each other. Often, APIs allow one system to receive another system’s information or data, so it can then utilize that information in its own internal analysis or use. 

Sitefinity has an extensive set of APIs that allow organizations to connect external business systems – enabling each platform to exchange information. For example, utilize Sitefinity’s APIs to connect to Google Data Studio, and send that information to Sitefinity Insight to track, analyze and optimize content based off data that accounts for all business functions and activities. 

A headless CMS, as opposed to a traditional CMS, omits the frontend and is not bound by a specific delivery channel, such as a website. There is no presentation, no frontend development toolset out-of-the-box. In other words, there is no head – hence the name. In a headless platform, the content is made available to be consumed via APIs and you can have anything on the receiving end: websites, mobile apps, AR and IoT devices and various integrations with third-party systems.

Unlike Headless, a Decoupled CMS has kept the publishing tools of traditional content management, meaning it has a frontend layer and frontend development tools are available right out of the box, which is why it's referred to as hybrid. A hybrid headless content management system has an architecture that clearly separates the management and storage of content from the pages and templates that display it. That is to say, the presentation (frontend) is decoupled from the backend. The two layers communicate via APIs. A set of endpoints expose the content to one or many consumers, from websites that can be developed with the built-in toolset (widgets, templates and the like) to various platforms and frontend frameworks that can take in and interpret the data in the API responses. 

Need help with creating a well-crafted Request for Proposal (RFP)? Download CMS RFP Template Guide.

Agentic RAG combines retrieval strategies with language models to generate answers grounded in trusted content. Progress Agentic RAG for Sitefinity CMS ingests structured and unstructured assets, selects the most relevant context using semantic and contextual retrieval, and produces responses based on verified sources. Instead of relying only on prompts, agents help orchestrate ingestion, retrieval and evaluation so answers remain accurate, contextual and explainable.

APIs are pieces of code that expose data and functionality to enable applications and services to interact with each other, exchange information and perform tasks. APIs let your apps and services connect securely, share data and boost productivity. Sitefinity uses both standard-compliant REST APIs and the Sitefinity Web Services SDK to expose content.
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