IT for Manufacturing & Distribution

The line doesn't stop for IT problems

Northern Nevada's manufacturing corridor is booming — and production floors can't pause while somebody figures out why the scanners dropped off the network. We keep plants, warehouses, and front offices running, from the shop floor to the AS/400 in the back room, for one flat monthly retainer.

Warehouse supervisors reviewing operations on a laptop on the shop floor
What we handle

From the dock door to the front office

The systems a plant or warehouse actually depends on — supported day to day by a local team.

Shop-floor & warehouse networking

Wi-Fi that actually covers a metal building, plus the barcode scanners and label printers that live on it — designed for racking, forklifts, and interference.

ERP & line-of-business apps — including IBM AS/400

The systems many plants still run on, and most IT shops won't touch. We support AS/400 / Power Systems day to day, and bring IBM or your software vendor in for the hard stuff.

Office IT & Microsoft 365

Email, files, workstations, and the front-office side of the business — managed, patched, and secured like any of our clients.

Cybersecurity for OT and IT

Segmentation between production and office networks, so a phishing click at a front-office desk can't reach the equipment running the line.

Encrypted backup & continuity

A ransomware hit shouldn't stop the line. Encrypted backups, tested restores, and a continuity plan sized for how long you can actually afford to be down.

Cyber-insurance readiness

Carriers now require MFA, EDR, tested backups, and incident-response plans. We implement them and document them — so renewal questionnaires stop being scary.

Access control & door systems

Who can get into the building, the warehouse, and the server room — badge and door systems installed and managed alongside the rest of your security.

Vendor & machine-integrator coordination

When a machine integrator needs network access or an equipment vendor blames "your network," we handle that conversation — and get it resolved.

Why manufacturers choose us

Built for how a plant actually operates

Manufacturers and distributors run on tight margins and tighter schedules. Here's why they fit us — and we fit them:

  • A flat monthly retainer fits tight margins — predictable IT cost, with out-of-scope work quoted up front
  • We're local — when it has to be onsite in Reno–Sparks, we're there fast, not dispatching from another state
  • We speak both AS/400 and modern cloud — one partner for the green-screen system and the Microsoft 365 tenant

Add 24/7 monitoring across servers, workstations, and network gear, and most problems get fixed before first shift notices them.

AI, done right

AI on the floor and in the office

Your estimators and office staff may already be using public AI tools — which means your designs and pricing may already be leaving the building. We bring it under control: Claude and ChatGPT rollouts with guardrails, and private local AI models for the sensitive work, so quoting, documentation, and busywork get automated without leaking what makes you competitive.

Sized for 8–75 employees

Big enough that technology breaks faster than one person can fix it; not big enough for an internal IT department. That's exactly the operation we're built for.

Making the change

Switching is easier than you think

Assess

We inventory your setup — shop-floor network, ERP and AS/400, backups, and security posture — and give you an honest read on what we find.

Stabilize

Security gaps closed, production and office networks separated, backups verified with a tested restore — without stopping the line to do it.

Manage

Quiet ongoing management: monitoring, patching, vendor calls, and responsive business-hours support. Your ops team goes back to running the plant.

Keep the line moving

Book a consultation. We'll walk your floor and your server room, look at the network, the ERP, and the backups — and show you exactly what a manufacturing-ready retainer would cover.