Stesi Featured on TechCompany360: A Story of Growth and Innovation in Logistics
A recent article published on TechCompany360 highlights the journey and ambitions of Stesi, our company specializing in supervision software for integrated logistics systems. The interview with Stefano Cudicio, Stesi’s CEO, sheds light on the rapid growth we are experiencing and our future prospects.
The TechCompany360 article emphasizes how, from an initial team of three, we have grown to twenty employees, with the goal of further doubling our workforce in the next two years. This expansion has driven us to seek new premises and actively engage in the search for specialized talent, through collaborations with schools and universities, offering internships and scholarships. As the article points out, “we desperately need specialized resources.”
TechCompany360 also reports on the interest that investment funds are showing in Stesi, recognizing our growth potential. Cudicio, with his pragmatic vision, explains our desire to maintain control as long as possible, but with the awareness that if our structure becomes “larger than our management capabilities,” it will be necessary to consider new perspectives.
The interview traces Stesi’s origins, which began in 1996 as a consulting firm. Cudicio, leveraging his experience gained at IBM, was able to grasp market evolution, intuiting that Logistics, initially considered a mere “commodity,” would transform into a fundamental strategic asset. This forward-thinking vision led us to develop our first proprietary software products in the early 2000s, culminating in the launch of the Silwa WMS (Warehouse Management System) platform in 2007.
The recognition from TechCompany360 underscores how Stesi has become a solution provider capable of offering end-to-end solutions for the supervision of Supply Chain Execution Systems. The article also mentions our collaboration as a system integrator partner, as in the case of Logistics Solutions by Toyota Material Handling Italia, which offers “a system ‘powered by Silwa from Stesi’.”
Stesi’s success, as recounted on TechCompany360, is attributable to our ability to anticipate market needs and invest in the development of a specific platform for managing logistics and production flows. Although the initial years were challenging, the article highlights how the market has finally understood the importance of specialized systems, moving away from relying on extensions of ERP systems. Our “winning card,” according to the interview, has been our characteristic as a “small, technically-driven company, capable of developing an absolutely high-quality product,” which has allowed us to be at the forefront of technology and competitive in terms of efficiency and service.
Finally, the TechCompany360 article illustrates our recent advancements, particularly the evolution of our user interfaces. We chose to “completely rewrite them,” investing in User Experience experts, an approach that has led to “unexpected” appreciation from clients. Today, Silwa’s user interface is comparable to any app in terms of simplicity, ensuring a very rapid learning curve. This innovation, combined with the ability for our clients to use all IoT (Internet of Things) devices and independently develop their own apps, has opened our solutions to a much broader audience. As the article concludes, this transformation is a response to the growing need for companies to be independent of individuals and their experience, pushing towards the informatization and automation of executive processes.