Managed IT for Manufacturers
NOC Technology has been supporting manufacturers in the St. Louis region since 2009, and our CEO, Jon Lober, is a CMMC Registered Practitioner. We understand the challenges faced by manufacturers, and are built to handle them.
Why Manufacturing IT is Different
Most IT companies are configured to support office workers on laptops. Manufacturers have an entirely different set of challenges. Production floor systems, industrial controls, and machinery connected to corporate networks create technical complexity that general IT support was not designed to handle. Add CMMC compliance requirements for defense contractors, supply chain data security obligations, and the 24/7 uptime pressure of a production environment, and you have a situation that demands a provider with specific experience.
NOC works with manufacturers in St. Louis and the surrounding region who need an IT partner that understands both the office and the shop floor.
From Our Clients
NOC takes care of us. We had a license managing server for our SolidWorks program that our engineers use daily, go down.
NOC realized it was down, called us, and had a tech in route before we ever knew it was down.
Doug Holdmeyer,
Schwoeppe Machine & Tool
What We Manage for Manufacturers
OT/IT Network Segmentation
Operational technology (OT) systems on the production floor need to be properly isolated from your office network. We design and implement network architecture that keeps PLCs, SCADA systems, and connected machinery separated from business systems while still enabling the data flows you need. This protects both your production environment and your corporate data.
CMMC & NIST Compliance Support
If your company works with the Department of Defense or is part of the defense industrial base, CMMC certification is becoming a contract requirement, not a suggestion. Jon Lober, NOC's CEO, holds credentials as a CMMC Registered Practitioner. We help manufacturers understand their current compliance posture, identify gaps, and build a realistic roadmap toward the appropriate CMMC level.
Production Floor Uptime Monitoring
We monitor your production environment around the clock. When something goes wrong, we know before your floor manager does. Our team dispatches immediately for critical failures. Schwoeppe Machine & Tool found out their system was down from us, not the other way around. That is the standard we hold ourselves to.
Supply Chain & Vendor Security
Your business data does not stay inside your four walls. Supply chain partners, vendors, and customers all connect to your systems in some form. We help you establish secure access policies, manage third-party connections, and ensure that your data is protected across every handoff in the supply chain.
ERP & MES System Support
Your ERP or Manufacturing Execution System is the backbone of your operations. We support the infrastructure and network environment those systems run on, coordinate with your software vendors when issues arise, and ensure that performance, availability, and data integrity are maintained. We work with your ERP vendor, not around them.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
A production environment needs a disaster recovery plan designed around the specific cost of downtime in manufacturing. We build and test recovery plans that account for your production dependencies, supply chain obligations, and data retention requirements. When something goes wrong, you have a tested playbook, not a scramble.
St. Louis Manufacturers We Serve
NOC Technology works with manufacturing companies across the St. Louis metro region, including Alpha Foundry, Schwoeppe Machine & Tool, and Electro Core. Each of these clients came to us with specific challenges around production uptime, network complexity, or compliance requirements. Each of them is still with us.
Who is This For?
- Manufacturers with 25 to 150 employees who need professional IT management without the cost of a full internal team
- Companies pursuing or working to maintain CMMC certification for DoD contract eligibility
- Manufacturers with both office and production floor networks that need to be properly managed and segmented
- Defense contractors or DoD supply chain participants with data handling obligations
- Companies with aging OT systems that have become connected to the corporate network and need a security review
- Businesses that have outgrown an IT generalist and need manufacturing-specific expertise
Pricing & Next Steps
Manufacturing IT engagements are scoped based on the number of users, production systems involved, and compliance requirements. Our pricing is published at noctechnology.com/pricing so you can see what to expect before you ever get on a call.
Schedule a conversation at noctechnology.com/contact. We will start with a quick assessment of where you stand today.
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Not happy? We will refund your previous month's service costs, facilitate your move to another MSP, and hand over every piece of documentation we have compiled.
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