Coristo GmbH
PLM at the highest level with Coristo
Coristo is a leading expert for implementing end2end product lifecycle management strategies based on SAP PLM.
We provide maximum support for holistic approaches and data consistency, from the initial product concept to product development, product validation, logistics and production processes and service. We are wholly dedicated to the objective of digital consistency.
About Coristo
Coristo GmbH is a consulting and technology enterprise active in the SAP field and a member of CENIT Group. We focus on process and IT consulting in SAP product lifecycle management and on integration of logistics and production processes in (SAP) ERP.
We advise you throughout all project phases, from devising a strategic roadmap for your company to detailed implementation of your IT solution. This lets us offer an all-round package for process consulting and IT implementation. For you as a customer, this means maximum security regarding optimum implementation of your requirements from the concept phase to go-live.
We have also turned 20 years of SAP and PLM experience into innovative software solutions, expanding the SAP standard for easy and user-friendly process mapping.
We are equally well-versed in consulting and implementation based on SAP standards as we are in realizing innovative development projects based on SAP technologies. We have high technical expertise particularly in the SAP Cloud Platform field.
What defines Coristo as an enterprise?
Our portfolio far exceeds consulting on SAP-based PLM projects. From strategic roadmaps to solutions architecture and implementation to go-live, you profit from our 20 years of experience in the SAP world and the maximum motivation of our team.
As SAP solutions experts, we at Coristo are there to make your SAP processes simple and user-friendly. With SAP, we give you the basis for transparent data across all technical disciplines and business locations.
By pooling our capabilities with CENIT Group in 2016, we have greatly expanded our sphere of activities and gained access to a wealth of additional expertise.
What makes the Coristo team special?
At Coristo, we don’t need rigid hierarchies to be successful. Our company management knows the business intimately and is actively involved in operative issues. Short decision-making paths help us exploit the strengths of our portfolio to the maximum.
To meet our high standards, we need a highly qualified team that is prepared to continue developing at all times. Our working atmosphere is based on openness, mutual trust and understanding. We all contribute to securing our quality standard in order to satisfy our own demands and those of our customers.
We all consider ourselves to be a part of the Coristo team, to which each of us contributes according to his or her capabilities and aspirations. Every employee receives sufficient freedom to develop personally and professionally.
Management
Beate Koch and Oliver Loose founded the company in 2008 and have been at its helm since. As former employees of SAP SE in Walldorf, we possess extensive technical SAP skills and many years of experience in product lifecycle management. We are conscious of the opportunities of digitalization and work with a highly motivated and excellently trained team to realize these opportunities in sophisticated client projects.

Beate Koch
Managing partner and founder of Coristo GmbH
Beate Koch studied mathematics at the Hochschule für Technik in Stuttgart.
She began her professional career in 1993 as software developer and consultant at CENIT AG in the product data and CAD field. Since 1993, she has been active as architect, project and program manager in a wide range of national and international PLM projects, from conceptualization to solutions architectures to implementation. Her industry focus lies in the fields of automotive, aerospace, mechanical and plant engineering as well as medical technology.
Prior to the establishment of Coristo GmbH in 2008, Beate Koch was employed at SAP in Walldorf, initially responsible for PLM topics in the company’s Industry Business Unit Automotive and later acting as SAP PLM Principal Consultant, developing, heading and implementing a wide range of SAP PLM projects.

Oliver Loose
Managing partner and founder of Coristo GmbH
Oliver Loose, born in 1970, studied business information technology at the University of Mannheim, concluding his studies with a graduate degree in 1997. In 1994 / 1995, he pursued studies in Nice and Monaco. In 1997, he went to Bordeaux to complete his Master’s thesis.
From 1998 to 2008 he was employed at SAP Walldorf and active as consultant and project manager in a wide range of SAP projects, particularly in automotive, mechanical and plant engineering as well as aerospace. In 2008, Oliver Loose became co-founder and managing partner of Coristo GmbH in Walldorf.
In addition to business management, his work focuses on project management as well as consulting and introduction of SAP projects, particularly regarding PLM and ERP / S/4HANA, but also conceptualization and implementation of innovative development projects, largely in the SAP Cloud Platform field.
History
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2008
Establishment of Coristo GmbH by two SAP employees based in Walldorf.
The company was founded under the name ProNovia Deutschland GmbH.
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2010
The company relocates from Walldorf to Mannheim.
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2014
ProNovia Deutschland GmbH is renamed Coristo GmbH.
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2016
Coristo GmbH becomes a part of CENIT Group
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2022
Coristo GmbH becomes a full part of CENIT Group
Studies and training
Bachelor in Business Information at Coristo & dual University Mannheim
In collaboration with DHBW Mannheim, Coristo offers a course of dual studies in business information. Dual studies combine scientific studies with business practice, offering students important career skills.
Bachelor Studies in Business Information at Coristo and the Dual University in Mannheim are an ideal combination between scientific studies and hands-on work in a business.
The course takes three years. It is designed in such a way that three-month practical periods, which take place at our premises, alternate with theoretical segments at university.
The content of the practical segments is closely oriented on business workflows at Coristo. It offers students the opportunity to directly implement the content which they have learned at university in our SAP consulting projects, along with the respective business management processes and information challenges.
During the study course, students receive a working contract and remuneration.