IT Solutions for Manufacturing
Industrial-grade IT that connects your production floor, office, and supply chain — and keeps operations running around the clock.
Keep Your Production Floor Running at Full Speed
Manufacturing depends on uptime. Industry studies estimate unplanned downtime costs manufacturers an average of $260,000 per hour — and that number climbs fast for operations running ERP platforms like SAP, Epicor, or NetSuite alongside production-critical systems. When your ERP goes down, inventory freezes, shipping stops, and the production floor goes idle.
Modern manufacturing also faces a growing OT/IT convergence challenge. As PLCs, SCADA systems, and IoT sensors connect to business networks, they create attack surfaces that traditional IT approaches don't address. Defense contractors and DOD suppliers face additional pressure from CMMC 2.0 and NIST SP 800-171 compliance requirements.
Since 2010, IT's IT has supported Southwest Florida manufacturers with IT infrastructure built for the production environment — from the plant floor to the front office and across the supply chain.
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Built for the production environment
IT Challenges Manufacturers Face
Production Downtime
Unplanned IT failures on the production floor cost manufacturers $260,000+ per hour on average. A single switch failure or server crash can halt an entire production line. Proactive monitoring and predictive maintenance catches problems before they stop the line — and keeps your MES, ERP, and SCADA systems available around the clock.
OT/IT Security Gap
Manufacturing is the #1 targeted industry for ransomware, accounting for over 25% of all industrial attacks. As PLCs, HMIs, and IoT sensors connect to business networks, a single phishing email can reach production equipment. Without proper network segmentation, an office breach becomes a plant floor shutdown.
ERP & System Integration
Platforms like SAP, Epicor, NetSuite, and Fishbowl need to talk to your MES, warehouse management, and shipping systems seamlessly. Integration failures create inventory errors, double-entries, missed shipments, and costly manual workarounds that eat into your margins.
How We Serve Manufacturing Operations
- Industrial network design with OT/IT segmentation
- ERP support and optimization (SAP, Epicor, NetSuite, Fishbowl)
- MES and SCADA system connectivity and monitoring
- Production floor WiFi and warehouse connectivity
- Inventory and warehouse management system (WMS) support
- IoT device management and security for sensors and PLCs
- 24/7 monitoring with rapid response for production-critical systems
- Supply chain technology integration and EDI support
- Disaster recovery with RTOs designed for manufacturing uptime
- CMMC 2.0 and NIST SP 800-171 compliance assistance
- Staff cybersecurity training for phishing and social engineering
Compliance & Standards We Support
- CMMC 2.0 — DOD supply chain cybersecurity
- NIST SP 800-171 — Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
- IEC 62443 — Industrial automation security
- ISO 27001 — Information security management
- ITAR — Defense manufacturer export controls
- SOC 2 — Service organization controls
- OSHA 1910 — Safety system data integrity
Services Most Used by Manufacturing Clients
Network Engineering
Industrial-grade network design with OT/IT segmentation, redundant paths for production-critical traffic, and hardened WiFi across plant floors, warehouses, and shipping docks.
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Manufacturing is the most-attacked industry sector. We deploy layered defenses — EDR, network segmentation, SIEM monitoring — to keep ransomware off your production floor and protect CUI data for CMMC compliance.
Learn More →Disaster Recovery & Backups
Production data, ERP databases, and system configurations backed up with RTOs measured in hours, not days. If a line goes down, we get you back to production fast.
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