Downtime is dollars
Every hour the line is stopped is shipping delays, missed deadlines, and overtime to catch up. Your IT has to be measured in production minutes, not help desk tickets.
Manufacturing
Floor Uptime. ERP Reliability. Built for Production.
When the line is down, the meter is running. We build infrastructure for small and mid-sized manufacturers in Joliet and across the Midwest. Patrick has hands-on manufacturing IT experience, not just office-side support.
Floor and office
The systems your team uses on the production floor and the systems that run the business. Both supportable, both documented, both working together.
ERP that holds up
Implementation, support, and integration for the ERP, MES, and quality systems that actually run your operation.
Cybersecurity for OT
Manufacturing is a top ransomware target. We harden the office network, the floor network, and the gap between them.
The Reality
The Floor Was Built First. The IT Was Bolted On Later.
You started small. The IT happened in pieces. A cousin set up the network. The ERP vendor handles their stuff. The accountant handles theirs. Nobody owns the whole picture, and nobody knows what would happen if a server went down on a Monday morning.
Floor systems are vulnerable
A lot of manufacturing software runs on aging Windows installations that were never patched. Ransomware targets exactly this. One missed patch can stop the entire operation.
Integration is the work
ERP, accounting, scheduling, quality, shipping, customer portal. Every system needs to talk to the next one. Most operations have manual workarounds where integration should be.
What We Do for Manufacturers
The Systems Behind the Operation.
Network and Infrastructure
Office network, floor network, secure separation between them. Wi-Fi that actually reaches the back of the warehouse. Documented, supportable, built to last.
ERP and MES Support
Implementation, ongoing support, and integration for the systems that run your operation. We work with your ERP vendor instead of leaving it all on you.
Backup and Disaster Recovery
Tested backups, documented recovery, and a real plan for when the worst happens. Manufacturing cannot afford a multi-day rebuild.
Cybersecurity for Manufacturing
Ransomware-specific defenses, endpoint hardening, and monitoring designed for environments where every patch has to be tested before deployment.
Manufacturer Website and SEO
Real B2B website with capabilities pages, customer portal options, and SEO for industrial buyer searches. Built to bring in qualified buyers.
Fractional vCTO
Strategic technology leadership for shops that have grown past their part-time IT person. Roadmaps, budgets, vendor decisions, and the technology voice in your leadership team.
An hour of downtime costs more than a year of doing IT right.
How It Starts
Three Steps. No Mystery.
1
Tell Us About Your Operation
Send a message. We learn about your floor, your office systems, your ERP, and where things have been breaking.
2
We Propose a Plan
We come back with honest options and clear pricing for what we recommend. No filler. No upsell.
3
We Get to Work
You sign off on the scope. We get started, scheduled around your production hours, with clear documentation of what was done.
Keep the Line Running.
Talk to someone who has actually built and supported manufacturing systems. No sales team. No runaround.