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title: Are Your Mobile Devices Putting Plant Operations at Risk?
description: Outdated MDM tools increase downtime and risk. Learn how to assess your exposure and protect operations with insights from AbeTech and 42Gears.
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# [Are Your Mobile Devices Putting Plant Operations at Risk?](https://www.abetech.com/blog/are-your-mobile-devices-putting-plant-operations-at-risk)

 Written by [AbeTech](https://www.abetech.com/blog/author/abetech) | Apr 24, 2025 8:04:29 PM

Your mobile devices are the backbone of your warehouse and production workflows—but what’s protecting them?

For many enterprise operations teams, the answer is: **an outdated MDM solution that’s no longer supported.** It might still be running. But behind the scenes, it’s creating risks that can bring your workflows to a halt.

📄 In a new co-branded white paper with 42Gears, we unpack:  
👉 *The Hidden Risks of Running an End-of-Life MDM Solution*

### Here’s why operations leaders should care:

- Devices go unmanaged, updates go missed, and uptime suffers
- IT spends more time chasing issues, and less time improving throughput
- An EOL MDM can’t support new hardware, modern OS versions, or enforce standardization
- Emergency fixes and workarounds cost you more in downtime and labor hours than you realize

### 📉 **The result? Delayed orders. Missed shipments. Strained teams.**

Instead of a “tech decision,” this becomes an **operations risk** with real bottom-line impact.

### 🛠️ What you’ll learn in the white paper:

- The hidden operational cost of sticking with unsupported MDM tools
- A step-by-step risk assessment framework tailored for operations environments
- How to future-proof your infrastructure without being forced into cloud lock-in

📥 **Download the white paper now** and safeguard your workflows before hidden tech debt becomes an operational failure:  
[The Hidden Risks of Running an End-of-Life MDM Solution - White Paper](https://www.abetech.com/hubfs/The_Hidden_Risks_of_Running_an_End-of-Life_MDM_Solution_White_Paper.pdf)

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