ACELA Consulting
Industry

Manufacturing IT that keeps the line running.

Shop-floor uptime, OT/IT segmentation, and ERP support for Minnesota manufacturers from job shops to multi-site operations.

Precision manufacturing floor with modern CNC equipment

An hour of downtime on the shop floor isn't a service ticket, it's lost revenue, late shipments, and an angry phone call from your biggest customer. Our manufacturing clients run on networks we designed for resilience, with OT and IT cleanly segmented so a phishing email in accounting never reaches a PLC.

We support the ERP and MES platforms manufacturers actually use, Epicor, SYSPRO, Global Shop, Plex, Sage, Infor, and a long list of legacy systems still doing the job. We handle vendor coordination so your machine integrators, EDI partners, and ERP consultants all have the access they need, on our terms, with audit trails.

And because manufacturing increasingly sits in the crosshairs of ransomware crews, we treat cybersecurity as a production issue, not a back-office one. EDR on every endpoint, MFA on every account, segmented backups that survive an attack, and a recovery plan that's been actually tested. When your carrier sends the renewal questionnaire, we answer it truthfully, and the answer is yes.

The other half of manufacturing IT is the boring, invisible plumbing: industrial Wi-Fi that covers the warehouse without dead zones, site-to-site links between plants that don't drop mid-shift, printers and label systems that just work, and clean handoffs when your controls engineer needs remote access to a machine. We handle all of it, so your operators can stop calling your ERP consultant every time a scanner won't connect.

Deliverables

What's included.

OT/IT Segmentation

Production networks isolated from office IT with controlled, monitored crossings.

ERP & MES Support

Day-to-day support for Epicor, SYSPRO, Global Shop, Plex, and others.

Vendor Access Control

Managed accounts and audit trails for machine integrators and EDI partners.

Ransomware-Resilient Backups

Immutable, off-site backups with tested restore procedures.

Industrial Wi-Fi & Networking

Reliable coverage across plants, warehouses, and yards.

Site-to-Site Connectivity

Secure links between plants, offices, and remote workers.

How it works

What to expect when you engage us.

01

Walk the floor

We visit onsite, map every asset from firewall to PLC, and identify the highest-risk shortcuts.

02

Segment and harden

OT and IT get cleanly separated, exposed services get closed, and immutable backups come online.

03

Own the vendors

Machine integrators, EDI providers, and ERP consultants get managed access with a real audit trail.

04

Keep the line up

24/7 monitoring, quarterly reviews, and a tested recovery plan that satisfies your cyber insurer.

The bottom line

Stop treating IT like a fire drill.

The best-run manufacturers we work with stopped losing sleep over IT the day we came onboard. If a single ransomware event or a two-day EDI outage would meaningfully hurt your business, this is the conversation to have first.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Can you support our ERP platform?

Yes. We have hands-on experience with Epicor, SYSPRO, Global Shop, Plex, Sage 100/300, and Infor, as well as long-tail legacy systems. We also coordinate directly with your ERP VAR when escalation is needed.

How do you keep production running if there's a cyber incident?

We segment OT from IT so a compromise in the office can't reach the shop floor, maintain immutable off-site backups, and run tested recovery procedures so you can restore production within a defined RTO.

Do you handle EDI and customer portals?

Yes. We support TrueCommerce, SPS Commerce, and direct AS2/SFTP setups, including connectivity, certificates, and partner onboarding.

Can you wire and cover a plant with reliable Wi-Fi?

We design and install industrial wireless for warehouses, plants, and yards, including barcode-scanner and forklift coverage, and the cabling and switching behind it.

What about cybersecurity insurance requirements?

We map your environment to your insurer's questionnaire (MFA, EDR, backup immutability, training) and remediate the gaps so renewals don't surprise you.

Ready to move forward?

A 30-minute call is the fastest way to find out if we're a fit.