CAPA employs cutting-edge AI to boost manufacturing output

“Spectrum Enterprise is always on top of us, presenting new ways of doing things. It’s been a long journey and we have built a really good relationship.” 

Jorge Salem, Information Technology Manager, CAPA

CAPA, a Texas construction materials manufacturer, supports projects that help realize economic growth across the state. To assure the highest possible quality, at a pace fast enough to meet growing demand, CAPA counts on fiber connectivity from their technology partner, Spectrum Enterprise.

“The good thing about having a strong company-wide infrastructure is that you can grow at a fast pace,” notes Jorge Salem, Information Technology Manager, CAPA. “Having Spectrum Enterprise as our partner since 2016 allows us to do more from anywhere, and manage what we do better from any location.”

Of all the plants CAPA operates, the newest plant in Peñitas designed by Jaime Reyes, Engineering and Maintenance Manager, CAPA, is unique. It is here where Spectrum Enterprise connectivity serves a vital need.

Data passing to and from the plant is used to track weight, moisture, temperature and other conditions. This enables better quality materials, and is achieved using one of a dozen Dedicated Fiber Internet (DFI) circuits installed at key locations in the CAPA service area. These circuits come with a Service Level Agreement guaranteeing 100% uptime.

“In the past, setting up a new project site could take four months, but our clients will want it right away,” Salem explains. “Now, because of what Spectrum Enterprise gives us, we can move to a new piece of land, say a location in the middle of a big desert, and link it up to our network in minutes.”

What makes the “magic,” as Salem puts it, is a comprehensive network platform. This includes a managed firewall that protects CAPA from cyberattack and a Teleworker device with built-in WiFi and LTE capability that enables full connectivity to and from remote sites anywhere in the nation where LTE/wireless service is available.

Providing all of these capabilities and more is Managed Network Edge.

“If we didn’t have this capability, it would be impossible for us to continue what we are doing, which is expanding into regions where our competition does not want to go,” Reyes notes.