Background
For manufacturers and operational businesses, the real concern is downtime, missed orders, production errors.
Questions to ask yourself
- What systems are needed to manufacture, label, dispatch, or invoice?
- Are factory systems separated from office systems?
- Are old machines still connected to the network?
- Could ransomware stop production?
- What manual workaround actually exists?
What you can do today
Walk the floor on Monday
Three things.
- 01Find every Windows PC on the line. Note the OS. Anything older than Windows 10 / Server 2019 is a problem.
- 02Ask the line manager: “Which of these, if it died, stops production?”
- 03Ask: “Are factory systems on the same network as the office?” If you don't know, the answer is almost always “yes.”