Manufacturing & processing — your machines finally talk to your management system.
For Quebec manufacturers, the gap between the production floor and the office is costly: manual data entry, stale data, reactive maintenance, unmeasured energy. Aptitude IoT connects sensors, PLCs and RFID readers directly into ERPNext — and our managed IT services take care of the rest.
Six gaps that cost you silently.
End-of-shift data entry
The foreman transcribes the paper sheet at 5 p.m. The numbers reach the ERP the next day, with the usual transcription errors.
OEE by gut feeling
No one really knows the overall equipment effectiveness. People suspect, estimate, argue — but don't measure.
Reactive maintenance
Equipment breaks down, you call. Preventive work orders exist on paper but track neither operating hours nor real thresholds.
Partial traceability
A customer recall requires finding a lot. You end up searching poorly dated Excel files. It's manageable but it's not control.
Unmeasured energy
The Hydro bill climbs without anyone knowing why. Which furnace, which compressor, which line consumes what? Impossible to allocate or optimize.
Merged IT / OT network
The PLCs share the same network as office computers. A compromised workstation can potentially halt all of production.
A dev + tech team that speaks to both sides.
Most integrators are either on the IT side (workstations, M365, backups) or the OT side (PLCs, SCADA, MES). We operate on both sides with the same team — it's in our DNA.
Aptitude IoT — the heart of the project
Advantech ADAM-6000 modules for production counting, temperatures, machine states. MQTT drivers for your modern equipment. Device + Driver architecture, data straight into ERPNext.
See the framework →ERPNext — Manufacturing
Manufacturing, Asset Maintenance, Quality and Stock modules. Multi-level bills of materials, production orders, inspection sheets, native lot/serial traceability.
See the pillar →IT monitoring
Workstations, servers, M365 services, backups. The foundation of your office and production IT must run for everything else to follow.
See the pillar →IT / OT segmentation
UniFi networking with VLANs dedicated to production, access control to PLCs, logging. An office breach doesn't reach the shop floor.
See the pillar →Managed IT Services
Identity, MFA, backups, monitoring: industrial cybersecurity starts with the basics. Predictable monthly commitment, rental option.
See the pillar →3CX telephony
Standardization of communications, ERPNext integration (contact popup), technical-service call queues. 3CX Bronze Partner, proven expertise.
See the pillar →Microsoft 365 Connector
Your plant projects live in Teams: a team and channel per project, tasks in Planner, files in SharePoint. Production tracking stays tied to the management system, not scattered across emails.
See the app →Three typical manufacturing projects.
Real-time production counter
An ADAM-6000 module on each press, automatic cycle counting, a real-time OEE dashboard in ERPNext, SMS alert to the supervisor on prolonged stoppage. Typical go-live: 4 to 8 weeks.
Smart preventive maintenance
Reading of operating hours + critical temperatures. Work orders created automatically in ERPNext Asset Maintenance when a threshold is reached. No more spreadsheets on the shop wall.
Complete lot traceability
RFID tagging of containers at each step, scanning at critical stations with the Chainway C72, complete genealogy stored in ERPNext. Targeted recall in minutes rather than days.
45-minute diagnostic — get clarity on your blind spots.
One of our architects calls you, listens, then gives you in writing the three priorities we would identify if we were your IT department. No sales pitch.