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Manufacturing across borders

Head office, overseas plants and offices on one network: ERP, MES and design files on optimised links, data centralised in the cloud, so teams across borders work as one factory.

The challenge

  • 01ERP and MES from overseas plants to head office lag and drop.
  • 02Design files run to gigabytes; cross-border sync is slow and versions get mixed up.
  • 03Each site deals with its own carrier, so links, bills and support are scattered.

Reference architecture

Users
SitesL1
BackboneL2
Apps and dataL3

How it rolls out

  1. 01

    Map the sites

    List head office, plants and offices, and the key apps: ERP, MES, video and design files.

  2. 02

    Connect with SD-WAN

    Bring each site onto SD-WAN, with Japan and Korea landing through SoftBank.

  3. 03

    Centralise data

    Move ERP databases and design files to the cloud, read from the nearest region.

  4. 04

    One place to run it

    Links, cloud and invoices all managed from the Labs account centre.

How a customer uses it

A hardware maker with sites in Foshan, Ho Chi Minh City and Osaka

Before
Each site ran its own ERP and orders were merged nightly in spreadsheets; the Osaka design team talked to the plants through email attachments.
After
All three sites on SD-WAN, one cloud ERP, design files syncing live in object storage. Nobody merges orders by hand any more.

  • One

    ERP across countries

  • Live

    Design file sync

  • −60%

    Cross-border link costs

Design notes

Japan and Korea via SoftBank

Offices in Japan and Korea can land through SoftBank's network for steadier routes home.

Design files in object storage

Files and versions live in object storage and are read from the nearest region — no more couriered drives.

One invoice

Links, cloud and storage come on one Labs invoice, with flexible payment terms available.

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