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Cloud Architecture Design

Design cloud infrastructure that fits your operation, not someone else's template. Manufacturing architecture must account for ERP latency, plant and warehouse connectivity, partner interfaces, recovery objectives, data ownership, security, and support capacity. We design the smallest cloud footprint that meets those operating requirements.

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The Problem

The cloud design does not reflect manufacturing workloads, dependencies, and recovery requirements.

Custom-software problems begin when the operation has a real capability gap but has not separated what should be configured, integrated, modernized, purchased, or deliberately owned in code.

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What leaders see

Packaged tools do not fit the required work.

Teams rely on workarounds because standard products cannot represent a critical workflow, rule, interface, or decision.

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What is actually happening

The durable requirement is not isolated.

Business rules, legacy dependencies, integration boundaries, user needs, and support ownership remain mixed together.

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What gets worse

Every workaround becomes a software dependency.

Uncontrolled customizations accumulate without architecture, testing, documentation, or a maintainable change path.

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What Changes

What Cloud Architecture Design includes.

Manufacturing architecture must account for ERP latency, plant and warehouse connectivity, partner interfaces, recovery objectives, data ownership, security, and support capacity. We design the smallest cloud footprint that meets those operating requirements.

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Workload Assessment & Sizing

Profile every workload -- CPU, memory, storage IOPS, network throughput, and latency sensitivity. Right-size cloud resources from measured data, not vendor calculators.

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Network Architecture

VPC design, subnet segmentation, VPN or Direct Connect to on-premise systems, and inter-region connectivity. Designed around ERP, WMS, database replication, business applications, and integration workloads.

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High Availability & DR

Multi-AZ deployment, automated failover, backup strategy, and disaster recovery architecture with defined RPO/RTO targets. Your ERP doesn't go down because an availability zone does.

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Hybrid Architecture

When specialist execution or legacy systems must stay on-premise, Metrotechs defines the enterprise data and integration boundary and coordinates connectivity requirements with the responsible specialist vendors.

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Storage Architecture

Block storage for databases, object storage for documents and archives, file storage for shared drives. Tiered storage policies that balance performance and cost automatically.

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Architecture Documentation

Full architecture documentation -- diagrams, decision records, sizing rationale, and security controls. Your team inherits an architecture they can maintain and evolve, not a mystery.

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How It Fits Your Operations

How Cloud Architecture Design fits your operation.

Custom Software EngineeringWhat gap is worth owning in custom code, what can remain standard, and how the capability will be supported and changed.
Governance dependencyCustom software is warranted only when a documented manufacturing capability cannot be delivered cleanly through existing products, configuration, or a smaller integration.
Capability the operation requires
operating rules
system interfaces
user decisions
exceptions
support and change history

What must be defined before engineering begins

  • What the business needs to change and why.
  • Which systems, records, risks, and readiness gaps shape the work.
  • What should be built, how it fits the architecture, and in what order.

Related Services and Planning

What the operating problem may require next.

Follow the dependencies behind this service instead of treating it as an isolated project.

Start With the Operating Problem

Define the smallest sound response and delivery sequence.

Metrotechs determines what the operation actually requires before selecting technology. When a structured assessment is warranted, Launchpad turns evidence into priorities, risks, architecture, and an implementation Roadmap.

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Metrotechs designs, builds, integrates, and supports the approved solution.
Launchpad is available when the engagement needs assessment evidence, a Roadmap, and ongoing delivery governance.

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Delivery sequence

How Metrotechs delivers Cloud Architecture Design.

Manufacturing architecture must account for ERP latency, plant and warehouse connectivity, partner interfaces, recovery objectives, data ownership, security, and support.

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Discovery & Profiling

Inventory all workloads, measure performance baselines, map dependencies, and document compliance requirements. The architecture is designed from data, not assumptions.

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Architecture Design

Design the target architecture -- compute, storage, networking, security, DR, and cost model. Present to stakeholders with alternatives where trade-offs exist.

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Proof of Concept

Build the core architecture in a non-production environment. Validate networking, latency, and workload performance before committing to migration.

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Architecture Review

Final review against security, compliance, performance, and cost requirements. Lock the architecture before migration begins.

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FAQ

Questions that usually decide the scope.

Straight answers to what operators ask before committing budget to this work.

Cloud control gives operators clearer ownership over compute, storage, networking, monitoring, security, recovery, and integration paths. ERP on your Cloud is the pattern we evaluate when the business needs governed infrastructure around the operating record.