Business phone systems, resilient leased lines and PTZ CCTV for UK manufacturers.
Manufacturing sites are unforgiving environments — noise, dust, forklifts, 24-hour operations, ERP and MES systems that cannot afford a full-day outage, PPE compliance to enforce, and stock worth more than the building itself. Atom IP deliver cloud phone systems with rugged DECT handsets, dual-carrier ethernet leased lines with 4-hour repair SLAs, PTZ CCTV with PPE and safety analytics, and managed IT to manufacturers, engineering firms, distribution centres and industrial operators across Hampshire, Dorset and the south of England.
The problems this sector actually has.
Not a generic technology pitch — the specific patterns we see in Manufacturing every week.
ERP and MES cannot afford a full-day outage
A manufacturing site running SAP, Sage 200, Epicor, IFS or Made2Manage cannot process orders, dispatch, invoice or receive stock without connectivity. A full-day outage typically costs five figures in labour and lost throughput.
Rugged environments break consumer hardware
Deskphones covered in grease. DECT handsets dropped from a fork-lift. IR cameras coping with high-bay lighting that changes six times a day. Consumer-grade kit does not last on a factory floor.
Forklift and yard safety
Pedestrian-vehicle interaction is the single biggest source of injury claims in warehousing and manufacturing. PTZ CCTV with people-counting and safety-zone analytics is genuinely useful — not marketing fluff.
PPE compliance
Hi-vis-off in a designated zone is a compliance failure that can end in a fatal accident and a criminal investigation. Camera-side AI can now detect PPE non-compliance in real time.
Multi-site coordination
HQ in Southampton, factory in Fareham, distribution in Basingstoke — three sites, three phone providers, three broadband providers, three CCTV systems. Nobody accountable when anything goes wrong.
Phones, broadband and CCTV — designed as one system.
Most providers deliver these separately. In Manufacturing, that's where the problems start. Under one team, everything is designed to work with everything else.
Cloud phone systems built for factory-floor environments.
Explore business phone systems- Rugged DECT and Wi-Fi handsets for shop-floor and warehouse staff.
- Loud-ring reinforced deskphones with visible-alert LED for noisy environments.
- Emergency and panic buttons on shop-floor phones.
- ERP integration — click-to-dial from SAP, Sage 200, Epicor, IFS.
- Overhead paging integration for factory-wide announcements.
- Skills-based routing across sales, order-processing, dispatch and technical support.
- Time-of-day routing across shift patterns (day, twilight, night).
Dual-carrier resilience for sites that cannot go dark.
Explore ethernet leased lines and sd-wan- Primary ethernet leased line with 4-hour repair SLA and 99.99% availability.
- Diverse-route secondary from a different carrier with automatic BGP failover.
- 5G tertiary for card payments and voice-only during full-fibre outages.
- SD-WAN across every site with central policy and voice prioritisation.
- Cloud-managed firewalls with two-factor admin.
- Segmented networks — ERP/MES on separate VLAN from office/guest.
- Documented business-continuity runbooks tested at handover and annually.
Industrial-grade CCTV built for warehouses and factory floors.
Explore commercial cctv — ptz, anpr and analytics- 4K bullets and turrets covering aisles, dock doors and perimeter.
- PTZ cameras with auto-tracking for loading bays and outdoor yards.
- ANPR on entrance/exit with white and black-list matching.
- Thermal cameras for perimeters and low-light zones.
- AI analytics — PPE detection (hi-vis, hard-hat), safety zones, line-crossing.
- People-counting at pedestrian crossings.
- RAID NVR with 60–90 day retention plus cloud-backup for critical zones.
- IP66-rated cabling and containment throughout.
How it plays out.
Anonymised, illustrative of the kind of Manufacturing business we work with every month.
Precision engineering manufacturer, 24-hour operations
Precision engineering firm running SAP, MES and CNC machines 24/7 across a 15,000 m² factory in Hampshire. Single FTTC broadband, aged PBX, patchy CCTV from three different eras. A half-day outage the previous quarter cost £42,000 in labour, lost throughput and delayed shipments. Two forklift near-misses documented in the past year.
Primary 1 Gbps ethernet leased line from Openreach with 4-hour repair SLA. Diverse-route 200 Mbps secondary from a different carrier on a physically separate cable route. 5G tertiary for card payments and voice. Cloud phone system with rugged DECT for shop floor, click-to-dial from SAP for order-processing and dispatch teams. 88-camera PTZ CCTV deployment with PPE detection at pedestrian crossings, auto-tracking on loading bays, ANPR on entrance/exit. SD-WAN across HQ, factory and distribution site. Full BC runbook tested at handover. Insurance premium reduced.
The differences you'll feel in manufacturing.
Same technology on paper. Very different experience in practice.
The tools your team already uses.
Click-to-dial, screen-pop, call outcomes and AI call summaries flow into the systems you already run.
Common questions from manufacturing.
Can you deliver dual-carrier resilience at a Hampshire manufacturing site?
Yes. Primary ethernet leased line from one carrier, diverse-route secondary from a different carrier on physically separate fibre, plus 5G tertiary for card payments and voice. Automatic BGP failover, tested at handover, documented in a written BC runbook.
Do you work with SAP, Sage 200, Epicor and other manufacturing ERPs?
Yes. Native click-to-dial, screen-pop and call outcome capture into SAP Business One / S/4HANA, Sage 200, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Made2Manage, NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Can your CCTV detect PPE non-compliance in real time?
Yes. Camera-side AI analytics detect hi-vis, hard-hat and other PPE compliance in defined zones. Alerts to shift supervisors within seconds; recorded evidence for post-event review.
Are your deskphones rated for a factory environment?
Yes — we specify IP54/IP65-rated deskphones, rugged DECT handsets, loud ringers and visible-alert LEDs suitable for noise-heavy shop floors. Panic buttons are configurable per-user.
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