The addition was revealed at this week’s Rooted-in Manufacturing Conference. The Gold level is for those organizations with expertise successful implementations, up-to-date Rootstock product knowledge and an implementation certification. Three organizations were named to the Gold tier—Deloitte Digital, Alto Consultants and Praxis. The other two levels are Referral Partners, where firms start in the ERP software company’s channel. They can then achieve the status of SI Consulting Partner. Rootstock’s prepared statement said, “This level signifies deeper engagement with the systems integrator (SI) partner providing services that complement and are guided by Rootstock’s internal professional services team.” The Rootstock Implementation Certification was announced in January, and was termed a pivotal part of the Partner Program by the company. Rootstock said several SIs achieved certification before this month’s conference.