Manufacturing & engineering
Coverage in the parts of the building where signal dies
Steel, concrete and machinery are very good at stopping a mobile signal. That is a solvable problem, but not one you solve by changing tariff.
What usually goes wrong
The dead spot is usually inside your own building
Manufacturing sites tend to have excellent coverage in the car park and none at all on the floor. Switching network rarely fixes it, because the obstacle is the building rather than the mast.
The cost of that is not just inconvenience. If a line goes down and there is no fallback, production coordination goes with it, and the loss is measured in hours rather than pounds a month.
In-building coverage surveys, connectivity with automatic failover, and devices that survive the floor.
How we help
What we actually do about it
Surveys before recommendations
We check coverage inside the building, on the floor and in the places people actually stand, then work out whether the answer is a different network, a booster or a small cell.
A fallback that switches itself
Primary connectivity with automatic 4G or 5G failover, so an outage becomes a slower connection rather than no connection.
Devices for the environment
Handsets rated for dust, drops and gloves, rather than whatever came free with the tariff.
What you get
The things that matter in manufacturing and engineering
- In-building coverage surveys and boosting
- Connectivity with automatic failover
- Devices that survive the factory floor
- Multi-site billing on one account
- Data controls per team or shift
- A named contact rather than a ticket queue
Common questions
What people in manufacturing and engineering ask us
Will changing network fix a dead spot on the floor?
Sometimes, but often not — the building is usually the cause. A survey tells you which it is before you commit to anything.
What does failover actually do?
It keeps you connected on a mobile link if the main line drops, automatically. You notice it as a slower connection rather than an outage.
Can you handle several sites on one account?
Yes, and it is usually cheaper and far easier to manage than separate accounts per site.
Also worth a look
Other sectors we work in
Tell us how your operation runs
We will look at what you have, tell you what we would change, and put it in writing. No obligation either way.