Case Study: Cera Stribley achieves scalable cloud-based project management with Total Synergy

How Cera Stribley Architects enabled their continual growth by extending into the cloud

Cera Stribley Architects, an Australian architecture practice with 80+ staff, grew rapidly from a small team into a multidisciplinary firm, but their informal processes and disconnected systems couldn’t keep up. They struggled to get clear visibility into day-to-day financials, relied on separate timesheet and accounting tools, and found it difficult to manage files, reporting, and resourcing across different locations. Total Synergy’s cloud-based enterprise software was introduced to support their expanding operations.

With Total Synergy, Cera Stribley centralized project accounting, timesheets, invoicing, forecasting, and document control in one cloud platform, with integrations to other business systems. The team now uses WIP reporting for monthly invoicing, has replaced spreadsheet-based resourcing with the planning board, and is preparing to roll out earned value management for better performance tracking. The result has been stronger financial insight, less manual administration, improved collaboration from anywhere, and significant time savings through more standardized, efficient processes.

Cera Stribley

Kat Lethbridge

Studio Operations Manager