What tech challenges are modern manufacturers facing?
Manufacturers must prevent downtime, secure OT and IT environments, modernize legacy MES and ERP systems, and turn plant data into insights while maintaining continuous production and operational reliability across factories.
Key challenges manufacturers face include:
- Preventing network outages that halt production lines
- Securing both OT and IT environments across plants and cloud systems
- Modernizing legacy MES and ERP platforms without disrupting operations
- Managing increasing volumes of factory and sensor data
- Supporting IIoT devices and connected production environments
- Maintaining uptime during infrastructure upgrades or system migrations
How can manufacturers reduce unplanned downtime?
Manufacturers maintain production uptime with resilient connectivity, scalable networks, and managed infrastructure designed for factory environments, ensuring MES, ERP, and IIoT systems operate continuously during upgrades, migrations, and disruptions.
Claro’s Foundation Engine delivers infrastructure designed specifically for manufacturing environments.
Capabilities include:
- Managed connectivity engineered for high-availability manufacturing environments
- Cloud infrastructure built for hybrid factory operations
- Networks supporting MES, ERP, IIoT sensors, and production systems
- Infrastructure upgrades and migrations with minimal disruption
- Real-time network monitoring and performance management
The result is reliable infrastructure that keeps production lines running and prevents network bottlenecks from impacting manufacturing output.
What technologies can help to secure OT and IT environments across operations?
Manufacturers secure plant operations through integrated OT and IT cybersecurity that protects factory networks, industrial devices, and cloud systems while maintaining production reliability and minimizing operational disruption.
Claro’s Shield Engine delivers security built specifically for industrial environments.
Security capabilities include:
- OT and IT network security monitoring
- Managed detection and response (MDR) for manufacturing systems
- Endpoint protection for industrial devices and employee endpoints
- Zero-trust security architecture across factory networks
- Threat detection across plant floor, edge, and cloud environments
This defense-in-depth approach protects production environments while allowing operations to continue without unnecessary friction.
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Why partner with claro for manufacturing technology solutions?
Manufacturers partner with Claro for integrated infrastructure, cybersecurity, automation, analytics, and engineering expertise delivered through one accountable provider designed to support modern smart factory and industrial transformation initiatives.
Claro combines five integrated technology engines to help manufacturers modernize operations:
- Foundation Engine – resilient connectivity and infrastructure
- Shield Engine – OT and IT cybersecurity protection
- Innovation Engine – automation and operational modernization
- Accelerator Engine – predictive analytics and AI insights
- Talent Engine – nearshore engineering and technical expertise
With Claro, manufacturers gain one partner that helps reduce downtime, strengthen security, modernize production systems, and unlock real-time operational intelligence across the factory ecosystem.
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