https://aseembhandari.com/blog.html Notes on manufacturing, process engineering, statistical process control, and building data systems that engineers and operators actually use. en Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aseembhandari.com/blog-mes-build.html https://aseembhandari.com/blog-mes-build.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 MES · Leadership 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. https://aseembhandari.com/blog-pilot-build.html https://aseembhandari.com/blog-pilot-build.html Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 NPI · Process 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. https://aseembhandari.com/blog-yield-signal.html https://aseembhandari.com/blog-yield-signal.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Yield · Root-Cause "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. https://aseembhandari.com/blog-spc-system.html https://aseembhandari.com/blog-spc-system.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Process · Data Control charts only work if the line trusts them. Notes on standing up statistical process control at Infinitum — and the data plumbing underneath it.