Evolution not revolution: Modernising IT in manufacturing

For manufacturing businesses, legacy systems and applications are not always easy to replace or integrate with modern technology. 

Expensive production machinery running legacy ERP doesn’t sit well on a modern platform. It’s not broken, but it’s also not giving you the visibility, the data or the flexibility to respond when a customer, an order or an auditor asks you to. 

Manufacturing businesses want to adopt modern IT solutions to drive efficiency, flexibility and better decision-making, but their challenge is connecting information and operational technologies without increasing production risk.  

Meanwhile, a compromise of connected operational technology, remote access platforms or critical suppliers can quickly disrupt production, delay deliveries and impact revenue. 

When Jaguar Land Rover went down last autumn, more than 5,000 organisations felt it and hundreds of small suppliers came within days of running out of cash. In manufacturing, a cyber incident at one business can threaten the entire supply chain.