From the floor.
Notes on manufacturing, process, statistical process control, and building data systems that engineers and operators actually use.
Why we built our own MES — and shipped it to two factories →
The build-vs-buy call behind an in-house manufacturing execution system — and why the hard parts were bilingual launch gates and floor trust, not code.
2026-08-10NPI · ProcessThe pilot build is a question, not a milestone →
A first pilot that only proves "we can build one" wastes most of its value. Treating the pilot as an experiment that answers whether the process is ready to scale.
2026-07-05Yield · Root-CauseReading a yield signal: from noise to a ranked cause list →
"Yield dropped to 84%" is an alarm, not information. How to stratify, bound, and reproduce a yield loss until it becomes a short list of things you can actually fix.
2026-06-22Process · DataBuilding an SPC system operators actually use →
Control charts only work if the line trusts them. Notes on standing up statistical process control at Infinitum — and the data plumbing underneath it.
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