Industry solution
IT for trades and light manufacturing – right-sized for 10 to 200 employees.
Trade businesses need IT that fits the workshop reality: stable, easy to use, with fair costs. We deliver it so it does not become a side job.
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Typical problems
What we hear again and again in this industry
Four points that surface in almost every discovery workshop – and that we tackle concretely.
Dedicated IT staff? Rare. Full time? Never.
Trade businesses often have one IT-affine employee who does everything "on the side". When that person is sick or leaves, the company stops. External specialist knowledge is missing.
Software sprawl from grown structures
Trade software, payroll, office, maybe a cloud uplink – grown over years, nobody has the overview, every update brings surprises.
Mobile staff and on-site IT
Fitters and site managers need tablet / smartphone access to jobs, plans, time tracking – securely, without private devices.
Cyber risk is underestimated
Even a 30-FTE company is a ransomware target. An encrypted job database paralyses a trade business for weeks – without a backup concept this often becomes existential.
IT requirements
What your industry expects from IT
Software, infrastructure and compliance – the three fields that must fit together.
Software stack
- Trade software (Sander, Streit, KWP, ConAktiv)
- Payroll and accounting software (DATEV, Lexware, Sage)
- Office suite (Microsoft 365 or comparable)
- Mobile solutions for site data capture
Infrastructure
- Stable, fail-safe internet uplink
- Cloud-capable server solution – without your own server room
- Mobile device management for smartphones and tablets
- Backup with tested recovery
Service & contract
- Flat-rate service instead of on-demand (predictable cost)
- A named contact instead of a hotline
- Clear contracts without IT jargon
- Training for the internal point person
Matching services
How we deliver this for you
Out of our nine service building blocks, the four that are especially relevant for this industry.
Cloud infrastructure
Your trade software in our cloud – no server room, no climate worries, predictable flat fee.
Backup & data protection
Backup with object lock and tested recovery – also when ransomware strikes.
Business internet
Stable internet with 5G fallback – so order intake never stops either.
Custom IT solutions
Consolidation of your grown IT landscape with a clear fixed price and a written concept.
Anonymised industry case
Heating and plumbing company, Bavaria – 45 FTE, 1 site + field jobs
Profile
Family-run trade business in the third generation, specialty in renewable energy, 18 fitters in the field.
Starting point
Server in a warehouse extension (no climate, no fire protection), backup on a USB drive (rarely rotated), trade software very slow during peak weeks, fitters without secure mobile access to jobs.
Our solution
Migration of trade software into our cloud, backup with object lock and monthly restore test, mobile device management for the fitters' 18 tablets with secured app access to the job database.
Outcome
- Jobs accessible in 5 sec instead of 30 sec – peak weeks survived
- 0 data-loss risk – no more USB backup
- 18 fitters with an identical, secure tablet solution in the field
- Predictable IT flat fee instead of on-demand bills with every incident
Frequently asked from this industry
What customers from Trades ask us up front
Usually yes. We test cloud compatibility in a pilot. If the software is cloud-hostile we tell you honestly that a migration is not worth it – and propose alternatives.
Next step
Let's talk about your industry's requirements.
30 minutes are enough for us to place the typical points of your industry and say where the biggest leverage sits.
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