MICROSOFT 365 FOR MANUFACTURING

Connect the Shop Floor
to the Back Office.

Production data trapped in spreadsheets is data you can't act on. We use Microsoft 365 to put live operational visibility in front of the people who make decisions.

Production KPIs
LiveProduction KPIs
Downtime Reporting Lag
-30%Downtime Reporting Lag
Shift Coverage
24/7Shift Coverage
THE CHALLENGE

What's Slowing
You Down.

These are the issues we see most often in Manufacturing before we get involved. If more than one sounds familiar, the fix is usually configuration, not more software.

You find out about problems too late

Production issues surface in next week's report, long after the shift where they could have been fixed.

Maintenance requests get lost

Equipment faults are reported verbally or on paper, then disappear until something breaks properly.

Shift handovers lose context

The incoming crew inherits problems nobody wrote down.

Supplier coordination by email thread

Purchase approvals and delivery changes are buried in inboxes with no shared status.

Recognise these? A free 15-minute call is usually enough to tell you which are fixable with the licences you already own.

WHAT WE SOLVE

Built for
Manufacturing.

Each of these is a scoped piece of work with a clear outcome. We start with whichever one is costing you the most right now.

01

Real-Time Production Visibility

Power BI dashboards pull shop-floor data into live KPI views, so managers see problems as they happen instead of in next week's report.

02

Maintenance Request Automation

Power Apps forms route equipment issues straight to the right maintenance team, with status tracked from report to resolution.

03

Shift Handover Communication

Teams channels structured by shift keep handover notes, incidents, and priorities from getting lost between crews.

04

Supply Chain Coordination

SharePoint document libraries and Power Automate approvals connect suppliers and procurement without endless email threads.

Want these scoped for your manufacturing business? We'll put rough timelines and effort against each one.

YOUR TOOLKIT

The Microsoft Tools
Your Sector Needs.

These are the products we configure for Manufacturing — what each one does, and why it matters here specifically. Most are already included in the licences you own.

ANALYTICS

Power BI

Live dashboards that pull data from your production and ERP systems into one screen.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

Managers see output, scrap, and downtime as it happens instead of reading about it a week later.

CUSTOM APPS

Power Apps

Simple mobile and tablet forms built for your process, usable with gloves on the floor.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

A maintenance issue is logged in seconds and routed straight to the right team with a tracked status.

COLLABORATION

Microsoft Teams

Channels structured by shift, line, or site for messages, files, and handover notes.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

Every incoming shift starts briefed, with the last shift's incidents in writing.

AUTOMATION

Power Automate

Routes approvals, alerts, and notifications automatically based on rules you set.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

Purchase approvals and downtime alerts move without anyone chasing them.

DOCUMENTS

SharePoint

Controlled libraries for work instructions, certifications, and supplier documents.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

Operators always work from the current revision, and audits find the right document first time.

DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Microsoft Intune

Manages shared floor tablets and kiosks, including shared-device sign-in.

WHY MANUFACTURING NEEDS IT

Shop floor devices stay locked to their job and are replaced without an IT visit.

Already paying for most of these? We'll audit your tenant for free and show you which are switched on, which aren't, and which are misconfigured.

HOW IT WORKS

From First Call
to Fully Running.

The same three steps for every manufacturing client. No long discovery phase, no surprise invoices — you'll know what's happening at each stage.

01

We Audit What You Already Have

Before anything is bought or changed, we look inside your tenant: which licences you hold, what's switched on, what's misconfigured, and where your sector's risks actually sit.

  • Full licence and usage review
  • Security and compliance gap report
  • No commitment, no cost
02

We Configure Around How You Work

We turn on and shape the tools your sector benefits from — access rules, automation, dashboards, device policies — and leave out the ones that would just add noise.

  • Sector-specific security baseline
  • Automations built for your workflows
  • Staff onboarded as it goes live
03

We Stay On It

Environments drift. We monitor, patch, review, and adjust as your business changes, so the setup that worked at go-live still works two years later.

  • Ongoing monitoring and support
  • Regular posture reviews
  • A named team that knows your setup

Step one is free and takes 15 minutes. You'll get the audit findings whether or not you work with us.

THE OUTCOME

What Changes
Once It's Live.

  1. 01

    Problems visible in the shift

    Live KPIs mean issues are addressed while they still cost you one shift, not one week.

  2. 02

    Maintenance with a paper trail

    Every fault tracked from report to resolution, with time-to-fix you can measure.

  3. 03

    Cleaner handovers

    Structured shift channels mean nothing important is lost between crews.

These are the results our clients report. We'll tell you honestly which are realistic for your setup before you commit to anything.

PROVEN RESULTS

Case Studies in
This Industry.

Real deployments in your sector, with the numbers the client actually measured afterwards.

A logistics company

Manufacturing

Before, an invoice was approved by forwarding an email. Someone then retyped the details into a spreadsheet to track who had signed off. We replaced that with a single Power Automate approval flow inside their own tenant. An invoice arrives. The flow checks who should approve it. The actions fire in parallel, and the decision lands as a record nobody has to type. Here is the shape of what we built. The history and data live in SharePoint Online within their own tenant. Approvers can action requests right inside Microsoft Teams. It is the same approach behind every Power Automate workflow we build, on the Microsoft 365 a client already owns.

100%Of approvals logged with who and whenRead story →

A field services company

Manufacturing

Before, every inspection and claim ran through a rented tool that almost fit. Field teams keyed details into screens built for someone else's business. The office retyped the same information to track status. Updates traveled by phone call and message, because the one view they needed was never there. We rebuilt the process around how they actually work. The field user opens a single app and captures the job with only the fields that matter, setting status, priority, and deadline as they go. Power Automate then carries that record forward. The office sees the same update the moment it is saved, with no retyping and no chasing, all inside their own tenant. It is one of many tools we build inside Microsoft 365 instead of outside it. The same approach sits behind Listique360, our ClickUp replacement built in SharePoint. The capability lives in your tenant, and the data never leaves it.

$0Platform fee on top of Microsoft 365Read story →

A growing construction firm

Manufacturing

The plan is built to feel calm. A named team that already knows the firm, a known channel for every request, and regular health checks. The people side of growth is handled too, so onboarding a new hire or offboarding a leaver is routine, not a scramble. It is the same continuous care behind every Microsoft 365 managed support retainer we run. No lock in surprises. And honest advice in the mix, including the times the answer is that you do not need to spend at all.

1Address for every IT problemRead story →

A manufacturer

Manufacturing

The whole point of the sweep was to turn a shrug into a clear picture. We reviewed six areas of the tenant in one pass and ranked each one. At a glance, leadership could see where the risks were, what was already healthy, and what to fix first. Here is the shape of that report, from the flags we raised to the plan that closes them. Email and deliverability were part of the sweep. Want to see where your own domain stands first? Our free DMARC record generator shows you in minutes.

48 hoursTo a full report and a 90 day planRead story →

Alden Manufacturing Co.

Manufacturing

We built live Power BI dashboards fed by shop-floor sensors and a Power Apps maintenance request system, so issues surface the moment they happen instead of the next morning.

3xFaster issue response timeRead story →

Want to know what a result like this would look like for your business? We'll walk you through the closest comparable project we've delivered.

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