Case study · Manufacturing

Multi-Site Manufacturing Expansion

Opening an additional plant location without rebuilding the technology environment from scratch.

The situation

A manufacturer was adding a second facility with a compressed timeline. Circuits, cabling, network equipment, ERP locations and user access all needed to be ready before the first receipt, and the existing site had no documented standard to copy.

01

What was standardized first

  • Repeatable VLAN, addressing and equipment standard
  • IDF placement and cabling specification for the new floor plate
  • Site-to-site connectivity with defined failover
  • Identity, device policy and licensing model
  • ERP location, bin and dimension conventions
  • Central monitoring covering both sites
02

Sequencing against the lease

Circuit lead times drove the schedule, so connectivity was ordered as soon as the address was confirmed and cabling was designed before tenant improvements finished — avoiding rework in finished walls.

03

Result pattern

The second site came online as a repeat of a documented process, and consolidated inventory and financial reporting worked from day one because location and dimension conventions matched.

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