IT support for manufacturing & engineering

IT support for the shop floor, the design office and the back office — under one contract.

Overview

Why manufacturing in Lincolnshire come to us

Manufacturing in Lincolnshire ranges from single-shed engineering firms to multi-line food processors, and IT has to sit alongside real machinery. We keep the ERP running, the CAD workstations fast, the shop-floor Wi-Fi rock-solid, and the OT/IT boundary tight enough that a phishing email in the office can't take out the CNC.

What we solve

The specific problems manufacturing tell us about

ERP & MRP systems

Sage 200, SAP Business One, MS Dynamics 365 Business Central, Epicor and Access Orchestrate supported day-to-day and through upgrades.

Shop-floor connectivity

Industrial Wi-Fi, hand-scanners, label printers and shop-floor terminals kept running — with a network design that survives forklift knocks and welding interference.

CAD workstations

SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Fusion 360 and Inventor on properly-specced workstations, with fast file access and backups that don't kneecap large assemblies.

OT/IT segmentation

PLCs, CNCs and inspection kit on isolated network segments, so an office ransomware incident can't reach production. Cyber Essentials aligned.

What's included

In your manufacturing support plan

  • ERP / MRP support and upgrade planning
  • Shop-floor Wi-Fi survey, install and monitoring
  • CAD workstation build, deployment and support
  • Backup and DR sized for production data — daily, off-site, tested
  • Cyber Essentials Plus certification suitable for manufacturing supply chains
  • OT/IT segmentation to protect production from office-side incidents

Signs you need us

If any of this sounds familiar…

  • Hand-scanners drop off the network in certain corners of the warehouse
  • The ERP is on a server whose warranty expired years ago
  • CAD users complain that opening large assemblies takes forever
  • A phishing incident in the office would land straight on production kit
  • You've been asked for Cyber Essentials Plus by a customer and don't know where to start

FAQ

Questions manufacturing ask us before signing up

Do you support Sage 200 and other ERPs?+

Yes — Sage 200, Business Central, SAP Business One and Epicor are the common ones we see. We handle the infrastructure and the vendor liaison; your finance team stays in charge of the numbers.

Can you segment OT from IT?+

Yes. We design shop-floor networks with proper VLANs, firewalled boundaries and one-way data flows into the office where reporting needs it, so an office incident doesn't hit production.

Do you cover multi-site manufacturers?+

Yes. We support multi-site groups across Lincolnshire and the East Midlands with a single support contract, standardised builds and consolidated reporting.

Can you help us pass Cyber Essentials Plus?+

Yes. We run the gap analysis, remediate the fails, and then coordinate the certified hands-on audit — which several tier-1 customers now insist on before they'll place orders.

Other sectors we support

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