About STRATO
People engaging with people, since 1999.
STRATO IT Group provides business system solutions that are fit for purpose, seamlessly integrated and cost effectively implemented and supported — through close partnerships with our clients rather than faceless service delivery.
- Established
- 1999
- Head office
- Paulshof, Sandton
- Focus
- ERP, integration, cloud & mobile
Company overview
Consulting roots. Product-led future.
Our team has been providing business and system consulting, implementation and support services since 1999. Whilst most of the services centred around SAP ERP and related products, STRATO's ERP consulting team has good working knowledge of other ERP applications.
STRATO has been involved in the provision of cloud-based digitalisation solutions to the logistics industry and its customers since 2015. Our digital applications complement and integrate seamlessly with established ERP systems, as well as specialised operational systems, and facilitate business process automation and optimisation.
Team members are carefully selected, highly qualified consultants who have obtained subject matter certification in their areas of expertise. The team's consulting skills cover a broad base of business applications and technologies, with technical skills in programming, mobile applications, cloud and hosting services — complemented by a strong team of project management and change management resources.
Vision
To Delight
- Our customers with innovative and professional services.
- Our staff with rewarding and exciting challenges.
- All our stakeholders through sustainable profitability.
Quality policy
Commitments we understand, and can meet.
Quality Focused
- Understand and satisfy our customers' needs and expectations.
- Make commitments we fully understand and believe we can meet.
- Deliver commitments on time, within budget and to high quality standards.
Performance Driven
- Monitor, benchmark and continuously improve our products, services, organisation and people.
- Continuously develop our consultants' technical skills, interpersonal skills and work methods.
Goal Driven
- Sustain and develop business growth and intellectual property.
Our history
More than two decades of enterprise systems work.
From SAP consulting for medium-sized customers to cloud and mobile products focused on digitalising business processes.
1999
Established as Gateway Technologies
Founded in early 1999, providing SAP ERP consulting, implementation and support services to medium-sized SAP customers. Later that year Gateway joined other ERP entities to establish ERP.com Holdings, listed on the JSE, and rebranded as iServe.
2000
SAP partner accreditations
iServe was accredited as an SAP National Services Partner and, later in the year, as an SAP Application Hosting Partner. The SAP customer base grew to include larger organisations and international business.
2004–2005
SAP Value Added Reseller
Accredited as SAP Value Added Reseller for SAP All-in-One (2004) and SAP Business One (2005).
2006
Management buy-out
In December 2006 iServe concluded a management buy-out from ERP.com and refocused the business on SAP.
2013
Rebranded as STRATO IT Group
In January 2013 iServe was rebranded as STRATO IT Group, a name adapted from “stratum” — layers arranged one on top of another, the foundation from which to build and grow.
2015
Cloud and mobile digitalisation
STRATO began providing cloud-based digitalisation solutions to the logistics industry and its customers, and gradually transitioned towards product development and business consulting.
The STRATO name
The STRATO name is a creative adaptation of “stratum” or “strata” — a layer, or one of several parallel layers arranged one on top of another. It is a metaphor for the company's core competency: putting systems in place, from basic to complex, to ensure seamless business operations.
The circular element symbolises a seamless business process from start to finish, and partnership. The arrow points upward to show progress and growth.
Selected experience
Implementation and integration at scale.
A selection of the work STRATO teams have delivered — from group-wide SAP implementations to integration competency centres and the digitisation of delivery documentation.
- 01
Global trading solution on SAP ERP
Implemented a global trading solution, using SAP ERP as the core, developed in South Africa and rolled out to international trading centres. The solution included SAP Business Warehouse, Business Consolidation and Business Planning and Simulation, and is supported from South Africa.
- 02
SAP Warehouse Management for automotive parts
STRATO resources were instrumental in implementing an SAP Warehouse Management solution for a parts distribution facility that is one of the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 03
Manufacturing and distribution group implementation
A group-wide SAP implementation across manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and retail replacing SAP, BAAN and legacy systems, covering core ERP modules, HR/Payroll, Business Warehouse, Advanced Planning and Optimisation, Warehouse Management with RF scanning, and Variant Configuration.
- 04
Retail branch integration with SAP XI/PI
Developed an SAP XI integration layer between a central SAP ERP instance and SAP Business One across more than 50 retail branches, enhanced over time for high availability of information flows.
- 05
Integration for public and financial sector
Deployed SAP PI integration between SAP ERP and third-party claims and financial systems, and established an SAP Integration Competency Centre at a prominent financial institution.
- 06
Digitisation of delivery documentation
Digitised delivery documentation processes for various customers with STRATOPOD, removing back-office capture of delivery data and making Proof of Delivery available in real time.
Board of directors
Cassie Lessing
Chief Executive Officer
Benjy Naggan
Marketing and Sales
Social responsibility
The Joshua Project
STRATO and its CEO take a direct interest in the Joshua Project, donating time and funding to this cause. The Joshua Project is a safe haven for vulnerable children and children living on the street, mainly in Jeffreys Bay. It functions as a drop-in centre where children receive care, support, education and training.
Work with a team that knows your systems.
Discuss your consulting, integration or digitalisation requirements with the STRATO team.