Manufacturing and Industrial
Connect the plant floor to the business, without replacing what already works.
The problems that come up every time.
Most manufacturers are not short of data. They are short of a single view. Control systems, energy meters, maintenance records and workforce data all exist, in separate silos, none of them talking. We integrate rather than rip and replace.
- Operational silos with no single view across production, energy and workforce
- Legacy control systems nobody wants to touch and nobody wants to replace
- Fault diagnosis that takes hours because visibility stops at the panel
- Energy billed as a single number with no production context
- Quality and maintenance checks recorded on clipboards
- IT and OT teams operating as two separate organisations
The stack we typically put into a manufacturing operation.
Drawn from across all nine pillars and assembled for this environment specifically. Rarely all at once, and almost never in this order.
Industrial Automation and IT and OT Integration
Control, SCADA and instrumentation engineering with technology-agnostic gateways that protect existing investment.
Industrial Equipment Monitoring
Run-hour, fault signal and uptime capture on critical plant, feeding predictive maintenance triggers.
Energy Monitoring and Sustainability Reporting
Circuit-level metering connecting consumption, cost, carbon and production output.
Digital Forms and Mobile Data Capture
Quality checks, maintenance rounds and inspections captured offline and landing structured.
Asset Tracking and Real-Time Location
Track tooling, work in progress and materials handling equipment across the plant.
Frontline Employee Engagement
Reach shift workers directly with schedules, safety content and company communication.
SD-WAN and Managed Networks
Application-aware networking across plant, warehouse and head office with centralised policy.
Network and Perimeter Security
Segmentation and next-generation firewalling between the corporate network and the plant floor
Vodacom Business Mobile and SIM-Only Contracts
Plant supervisor handsets plus machine-to-machine SIMs for equipment monitoring, on one Vodacom Business account with private APN options.
What a client in this sector should expect.
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fault diagnosis through connected line visibility
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energy reduction with a costed investment roadmap
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operating view across OT, IT, energy and workforce
Figures depend entirely on the starting position. We size the expected result during the design stage and agree how it will be measured before anything is deployed.
Let us walk one of your manufacturing sites.
We come out, look at what is actually running, and give you a written view of the gaps.
No obligation attached to it.
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