-20σ DECONST

The 12
Pilots
That Ship

82% NEVER SHIP · 82% NEVER SHIP · 82%

SIX SIGMA · LEAN MFG · IE DEGREE

GOVERNANCE = PRODUCTION

// FRAGMENT 001 — THE PROBLEM

AI dies in pilot.

Caterpillar assembly lines to AI agent fleets. Same process discipline, different scale. 82% of AI initiatives never reach production. Not from bad technology. From no operating model. In manufacturing, that's not a statistic. It's scrap.

82%Never Ship

$16BWasted/Yr

2%At Scale

// FRAGMENT 002 — THE GATES

12 checkpoints.
Zero blind spots.

01 Production Line Validation — manufacturing data integrity verified at the boundary
02 Quality System Tests — full suite must pass, no urgency exceptions
03 Change Verification — hash-verified artifact comparison
04 Human Approval — risk-tiered, safety-critical always escalates
05 ProofPacket — HMAC-signed audit trail, not a shift note
06 Safety & Compliance — OSHA, ISO, drift, rollback, board reporting

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The 12PilotsThat Ship

AI dies in pilot.

12 checkpoints.Zero blind spots.

Get the Manufacturing AI Readiness Scorecard.

The 12
Pilots
That Ship

12 checkpoints.
Zero blind spots.