Manufacturing
Small and mid-size manufacturers with a shop floor, an engineering function and an ERP — often across more than one site.
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Sound familiar
Downtime has a dollar figure and you already know it — You don't measure this in tickets. You measure it in the hour, and most IT companies have never had to think that way.
One license server takes out the whole engineering department — CAD licensing is centralized. When it drops, it isn't one person waiting — it's everyone.
Your office and your shop floor share a network — Which means one failure can stop production and payroll at the same time.
Machine controllers can't be patched — Equipment worth six figures runs software the manufacturer froze years ago. It shouldn't be reachable from the office. Usually it is.
Assembly files outgrew the backup window — Large models quietly stop completing, and you find out the night you need a restore.
ERP projects are run by people with day jobs — Upgrades and migrations carry real operational risk and take months, and there's rarely anyone whose only job is to see them through.
Your customers keep sending requirements downstream — Larger customers impose security and documentation terms, and there's nobody in the building set up to meet them.
What you're held to
CMMC, if you're in the defense supply chain — CMMC requirements reach you through contract clauses rather than all at once. The program and acquisition rules are both in force, and the phase schedule has shifted more than once — what matters is what your specific contracts say. (32 CFR Part 170; DFARS 252.204-7021)
NIST SP 800-171 — The control set underneath CMMC, covering how controlled unclassified information is protected on your systems. (NIST SP 800-171)
Export-controlled technical data — If your drawings are covered by ITAR, there are restrictions on who can access them and where they can be stored. (22 CFR Parts 120-130)
Injury and illness records — Recordkeeping and retention obligations. (29 CFR Part 1904)
What your customers require — Often stricter than anything in law, and enforced through your supply agreements rather than by a regulator. (Your supplier agreements)
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