Zenture Partners, a consultancy-led and AI-powered telecom lifecycle management provider, has unveiled a new blueprint designed to modernise how global manufacturers manage, procure, and optimise their telecom networks.
The blueprint responds to mounting operational risks faced by manufacturers as production facilities, logistics hubs, and offices become increasingly dependent on resilient, always-on connectivity. According to Zenture, many manufacturers today operate sprawling telecom estates characterised by fragmented contracts, limited visibility, unmanaged renewals, and hidden network vulnerabilities that expose operations to costly outages.
By combining artificial intelligence, independent sourcing, and governed lifecycle management, Zenture says its model enables manufacturers to regain control, improve resiliency, and significantly reduce telecom costs across multi-site global operations.
Telecom Complexity Becomes a Strategic Risk
Manufacturing has become one of the most network-dependent sectors globally, with production automation, cloud platforms, AI-driven analytics, and real-time supply chain coordination all relying on uninterrupted connectivity. Yet telecom management has often remained decentralised, manual, and reactive.
Zenture said manufacturers commonly struggle with missing or incomplete contract data, circuits that appear “diverse” but share the same last-mile infrastructure, and a growing lack of carrier support as telecom providers downsize account management teams.
“These challenges have created a perfect storm,” Zenture noted, where internal IT teams are expected to manage increasingly complex networks with shrinking resources, limited transparency, and outdated procurement models.
The company said its blueprint was developed in response to repeated engagements with manufacturers seeking to reduce risk, regain accountability, and modernise telecom operations without adding further administrative burden.
Proven Results From 2025 Deployments
Zenture said that in manufacturing deployments completed in 2025, companies were able to modernise their telecom environments in as little as 90 days.
Across these engagements, manufacturers achieved an average 18 percent reduction in monthly telecom spend. The savings were driven primarily by the removal of unused or “ghost” services, renegotiation of outdated contracts, and correction of over-market pricing.
In addition to cost reductions, Zenture helped manufacturers consolidate telecom vendors from more than 40 providers to a smaller, strategic set. This shift significantly reduced operational complexity and improved accountability across supplier relationships.
For the first time, many of the manufacturers achieved complete and accurate telecom inventory visibility across more than 200 global sites, addressing a long-standing challenge where neither internal teams, telecom expense management providers, nor carriers themselves could provide reliable data.
Improving Network Resilience and Reducing Outage Risk
Beyond cost and efficiency, Zenture said a critical focus of the blueprint is risk and resiliency management.
The company revealed that many manufacturers unknowingly operate with “fake redundancy,” where primary and backup circuits share the same last-mile infrastructure. While these circuits appear diverse on paper, they fail simultaneously during outages, creating significant operational risk.
Zenture said its blueprint provides full transparency into last-mile diversity, allowing manufacturers to identify and remediate hidden vulnerabilities across global sites. This approach reduces the likelihood of network outages that can halt production, disrupt supply chains, and compromise worker safety.
“In manufacturing, network uptime is a board-level concern,” said Rob Bye, Founder and President of Zenture Partners. “A single outage across a multi-site operation directly impacts revenue, productivity, and safety. That’s why networking can’t be treated as a background utility. It must be managed as a strategic asset.”
From Manual Procurement to AI-Driven Sourcing
Another key outcome of Zenture’s model is the transformation of telecom procurement processes. Traditionally, manufacturers rely on carrier-led sales cycles that can take weeks or months to generate quotes, often requiring repeated manual follow-ups.
Under Zenture’s blueprint, quoting cycles were reduced from weeks to minutes through an independent comparison-based sourcing model. Stakeholders can instantly evaluate multiple providers without engaging directly with carrier sales teams, significantly accelerating decision-making.
This shift also delivered meaningful productivity gains. Zenture estimates that manufacturers saved the equivalent of one to two full-time employees previously dedicated to telecom administration, freeing internal teams to focus on higher-value initiatives such as digital transformation and automation.
Core Components of the Blueprint
Zenture outlined several foundational elements underpinning its telecom modernisation framework.
Inventory Reconstruction is a critical first step, involving the consolidation of all contracts, circuits, invoices, and providers into a single platform. Zenture said it often rebuilds up to 60 percent of missing or unrecoverable data that internal teams, carriers, and legacy systems cannot provide.
Vendor and Cost Optimisation focuses on identifying redundant suppliers, unused circuits, expired contract terms, and pricing that exceeds market benchmarks.
Risk and Resiliency Mapping detects shared last-mile infrastructure and other vulnerabilities that create hidden outage risks, allowing manufacturers to design genuinely resilient network architectures.
Governed Lifecycle Management introduces a formal responsibility matrix covering quoting, ordering, activation, renewals, and disconnect validation, ensuring accountability across the telecom lifecycle.
Independent Sourcing enables a comparison-based quoting experience that removes reliance on carrier-led procurement and improves transparency.
Continuous Optimisation uses AI-driven insights to identify cost leakage, capacity constraints, and network improvements needed to support cloud computing, automation, and AI-driven manufacturing operations.
A No-Cost Model for Enterprises
Zenture said a distinguishing feature of its approach is its no-cost model for enterprise customers. All fees are funded by the service providers selected through the sourcing process, eliminating licensing fees or consulting charges for manufacturers.
“Enterprises gain a dedicated partner and a modern procurement framework at zero cost,” Bye said. “This model aligns incentives across all parties and allows Zenture to focus entirely on improving outcomes for the enterprise.”
The company said this structure removes financial barriers that often prevent manufacturers from undertaking large-scale telecom modernisation initiatives.
Positioning for Cloud and AI-Driven Manufacturing
The blueprint launch follows a series of large-scale manufacturing engagements in which Zenture helped enterprises replace fragmented, spreadsheet-driven telecom management with fully governed, data-driven environments.
Zenture said these modernised telecom estates are better positioned to support cloud adoption, automation, and AI-driven manufacturing processes, all of which require reliable, scalable, and transparent network infrastructure.
As manufacturers increasingly integrate digital technologies into core operations, Zenture said telecom management must evolve from a background administrative function into a strategic discipline aligned with business resilience, efficiency, and growth.
