Zenture Partners has released a blueprint aimed at modernising network procurement and lifecycle management for global manufacturing organisations, as enterprises face growing operational risk from fragmented telecom environments and reduced carrier support.
The blueprint addresses a set of systemic challenges common across large manufacturing networks, including incomplete contract records, unmanaged renewals, vendor sprawl, and the use of shared last-mile infrastructure that undermines assumed circuit diversity. These issues are being compounded by ongoing restructuring within telecom carriers, which has reduced account-level support for large enterprise customers.
According to Zenture, the blueprint is designed to restore visibility and control across complex, multi-vendor telecom estates by treating network services as a governed operational asset rather than a background utility. The model focuses on inventory reconstruction, procurement governance, resiliency analysis and continuous optimisation.
In recent manufacturing engagements during 2025, Zenture reported that organisations were able to rationalise their telecom environments within months by identifying unused services, consolidating vendors and renegotiating legacy contracts. These programs reportedly reduced monthly telecom expenditure and improved inventory accuracy across large, globally distributed site footprints.
A key element of the approach involves reconstructing fragmented network inventories by consolidating contracts, circuits, invoices and provider data into a single operational view. Zenture said this process often uncovers significant gaps in existing records, limiting manufacturers’ ability to manage cost, risk and continuity effectively.
The blueprint also places emphasis on resiliency validation, particularly in identifying situations where multiple circuits marketed as diverse rely on shared last-mile infrastructure. According to Zenture, this hidden dependency remains a common cause of simultaneous site outages during network incidents.
To reduce procurement overhead, the model incorporates an independent sourcing framework that enables comparison of carrier offerings without relying on traditional sales-led quoting processes. Zenture said this shortens procurement cycles and reduces the administrative burden on internal IT and sourcing teams.
Governance is another focus area, with the blueprint defining accountability across the full network lifecycle, including ordering, activation, renewal management and service disconnect validation. Continuous optimisation is supported through analytics intended to identify cost leakage, capacity constraints and network changes required to support cloud adoption, automation and AI-enabled manufacturing systems.
Zenture said the blueprint reflects a shift in how manufacturers are managing network infrastructure, as uptime, resiliency and supply chain continuity increasingly carry board-level significance in highly automated, multi-site operations.
Image: Rob Bye, Founder and President at Zenture Partners
