Co-managed IT Services for Manufacturing Companies
Keep production moving, securely.
Teal’s co-managed IT services help manufacturing technology leaders reduce risk and modernize their operations without slowing down production. From automation assessments to supporting CMMC and other compliance initiatives, we bring the process maturity and security expertise needed to support your complex environment.
Trusted by manufacturers in aerospace, medical devices, defense, machining, electronics, and more.
Production doesn’t wait. Your IT shouldn’t either.
Your systems need to keep pace with production schedules, supplier demands, and compliance requirements.
Gain a partner who helps you:
- Minimize downtime and bottlenecks across production and office systems.
- Modernize your infrastructure and monitor the market for upgrades.
- Prevent ransomware from halting production and delaying shipments.
Free your team for the projects that give you an edge.
As your co-managed Microsoft 365 partner, we help you:
- Free your IT team from repetitive work so they can focus on innovations that give you a competitive edge.
- Gain transparent visibility across users, devices, and infrastructure with intuitive dashboards.
- Push forward on strategic goals like artificial intelligence rollouts or cloud transitions.
- Give leadership visibility into IT health so contract-critical operations stay on track.
IT that keeps up with your build schedule.
We can help you plan for what’s next – whether it’s scaling for new job sites or modernizing legacy systems. As your strategic co-managed partner, we align IT strategy with project timelines, budget, and field needs.
You’ll gain:
- A clear roadmap that minimizes downtime and protects supplier trust. and remote access.
- Visibility to balance modernization with cost control.
- Solutions that flex with seasonal demand and new sites.
- Proactive planning for compliance that protects defense contracts and customer relationships.
- Advisory that bridges operations with executive goals.
Security gaps put your reputation and revenue on the line.
- Sophos
- Blackpoint Cyber
- Cisco
- Blackpoint Cyber
Threat actors are betting you’ll pay up - fast. Thwart them with sophisticated protection.
Disruption isn’t an option when every minute of downtime impacts production schedules and supplier commitments. Keep things moving with complete attack surface protection.
Key components:
- M365 & Azure Virtual Desktop secured to keep floor and office teams connected.
- Entra ID with role-based access, lifecycle policies, and audit visibility tailored to manufacturing workflows.
- Backup and disaster recovery that ensures you never lose production data or miss delivery commitments.
- 24/7 U.S.-based SOC with EDR/MDR to reduce ransomware risk before it halts production.
- Endpoint encryption & application control to protect mobile crews and assets.
- Email protections (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) to block impersonation, supplier fraud, and phishing attacks.
Harness advising that was built on decades of audit success.
Manufacturing is one of the most targeted industries. Our role is to help you meet compliance regulations before they become costly roadblocks to production or CMMC contracts.
You’ll gain:
- Expert support across plants, offices, and mobile crews.
- Tested backups and privileged access controls to protect proprietary designs, production data, and communications.
- Compliance playbooks that keep you eligible for defense contracts and trusted by commercial partners.
- Documentation and mapped controls that meet evolving compliance demands.
We support you.
CTOs / CIOs / vCIOs / CISOs
IT Operations Managers
VP of Technology
IT Directors
How Teal implements co-managed IT solutions.
Hear directly from Teal’s cofounders how co-managed IT empowers manufacturing IT teams to scale faster, mitigate risk, and reclaim control.
Delivering Exceptional Results
Keep your roadmap. Gain a partner.
You know your environment best. We’re here to strengthen it with the support, expertise, and transparency you’ve been missing.
Picking the wrong co-managed IT provider costs more than time…
Use our guide to identify red flags, ask the right questions, and choose a partner who genuinely supports you.
Manufacturing FAQ
We support IT teams managing multiple facilities, supplier access, growing cybersecurity risks, and increasing compliance requirements. We help you scale operations without slowing production – from Microsoft 365 support to ransomware protection and CMMC alignment.
Yes. We secure and manage laptops, tablets, phones, and Azure Virtual Desktop environments to ensure crews and office staff can access production data and collaborate from anywhere.
We deploy layered protections including EDR/MDR, encrypted endpoints, and tested backup & disaster recovery – all monitored by a US-based SOC. This reduces ransomware risk, minimizes downtime, and ensures a fast recovery should an incident occur.
Absolutely. We support manufacturers that must meet DFARS, NIST 800-171, or CMMC due to defense contracts. Every control is mapped to your risks, frameworks, and documentation needs to keep you eligible for contracts.
You gain access to experienced professionals, including cybersecurity engineers, vCISOs, and senior project managers. They understand the demands of multi-facility operations, mobile workforce security, and manufacturing-specific workflows. We can help implement secure identity access, EDR/MDR, M365/AVD, and scalable cloud infrastructure.
Absolutely. Whether you’re onboarding suppliers, opening new facilities, or expanding into defense contracts, we help securely scale your IT environment.
Yes. Co-managed doesn’t mean giving up control. You maintain access, visibility, and oversight. We support, configure, and manage tasks based on your goals.
Critical issues are automatically escalated to senior technicians, with real-time updates and clear next steps. You’ll always know who’s handling it, what’s being done, and when it will be resolved.
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