Manufacturing

Connectivity that keeps the line moving

Production stops are expensive, and more of the plant depends on the network every year. We help manufacturers connect plants, warehouses and offices, cover large floors with wireless, and keep machine networks apart from office traffic.

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What makes this industry different

Big buildings, patchy coverage

Steel, machinery and distance make wireless hard to get right.

Plants in out-of-the-way places

The best sites for production are not always well served by carriers.

Machines on the network

Sensors and controllers need to be reachable but isolated from everything else.

Suppliers and customers expect uptime

Orders, shipping and scheduling systems all run over the connection.

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The line stopped, and the cause was a router

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

Production halts on a Tuesday afternoon. The machines are fine. The scheduling system cannot reach the cloud, so nobody knows what to build next. The plant is in a town with one obvious carrier, and that carrier's line is the one that failed.

What a consultant changes

A Telecom Agency advisor looks past the obvious carrier. There is usually a second path: fixed wireless, a different fiber route or satellite. The advisor also brings in designers for wireless across the floor and keeps machine networks apart from office traffic. Manufacturers measure downtime by the minute, and a broker who knows the alternatives can show what it costs to prevent it.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for manufacturing

The advice: An advisor looks for a second path to each plant, brings in designers for wireless across the floor, and keeps machine networks apart from office traffic.
The price: Plants are quoted together across carriers. The cost of redundancy is set against the cost of downtime, so the decision rests on your own numbers.
The service: The advisor manages carriers across sites and reviews coverage when production lines are rearranged.

No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
Every provider compared, none favoured
One contact for every carrier
Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among manufacturing. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

Diverse connections per plantFiber where it exists, with wireless or satellite as a second path.
Designed wireless coverageAccess points planned around the floor, not guessed.
Segmented networksProduction equipment kept separate from office and guest traffic.
Device supply and sparesRugged handhelds and tablets sourced, staged and replaced quickly.