Dupuy Group Case Study: Switching to Managed IT in Jacksonville

Someone at The Dupuy Group put it like this: I’m dealing with so many IT problems that I couldn’t focus on doing my actual work.

That is a bad sentence to live inside if you run a warehouse. Trucks still show up. Orders still have to move. If the systems that tell people what to pick, where it sits, and what goes out the door keep stalling, the day turns into a waiting room. Staff were spending hours each week just keeping those systems on their feet.

They already had an IT partner. The people on the other end were pleasant. They had the credentials that look fine on a website. The results were not there. Nice is not the same as the network staying up.

That is when they were introduced to us.

The first month

We treat this as managed IT, not a pile of tickets you chase. Monitoring and a service desk sit in front of the problem so a printer or a failed login does not eat a whole afternoon on the warehouse floor.

In the first month the IT pain came off the plate. After the fires were out, the work changed shape.

After the fires

Once people could do their jobs again, Dupuy sat down with us and talked about where the company was going. Not a stack pitch. What they needed next, and which systems and workflows would actually get them there.

That second stretch is the part most “we fixed your tickets” stories skip. Our job is helping a client make effective use of technology. For a logistics shop that means the people on the floor spend their day on freight, not on holding for a callback. Do more with less, because the tools stopped fighting them.

Where they are now

Dupuy runs on our managed IT / IT-department-as-a-service model. Issues still happen. Hardware fails. People forget passwords. The difference is those things get handled, and the warehouse does not stall while someone babysits the network.

If you are in a similar spot (an IT vendor who is easy to like and hard to get results from) the longer market view is the 2026 Jacksonville MSP guide. If you want the same conversation Dupuy had, call (904) 992-6970 or use the contact form.

The napkin-math version of “hire three people vs. call a managed team” lives in Managed IT vs. hiring internal IT staff.

FAQ

What was broken about Dupuy’s previous IT setup?

The prior partner was easy to work with and looked qualified. The systems still failed often enough that staff were spending hours a week on IT instead of warehousing and logistics work.

How fast did things improve after they switched?

In the first month the IT pain was gone. After that we moved from firefighting into joint planning and workflows.

Is this fully managed IT or a one-off project?

Fully managed. Monitoring and the service desk stay in place so issues are handled before they pile up.

Can we talk to someone at Dupuy?

Not from this page. If you want a fit conversation for your own shop, call (904) 992-6970.

ryan drake president nettech consultants inc

Ryan Drake

Ryan is the President of NetTech Consultants, a Jacksonville based managed IT services provider that serves organizations in Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida. Ryan started with NetTech in 2013 and since then has led consistent strategic business growth by modernizing operations before assuming responsibility for all facets of the business in 2016 and continuing the trend. He holds several high-level industry certifications including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

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