Caterpillar assembly lines to AI agent fleets. Same process discipline, different scale. 82% of AI initiatives never reach production. In manufacturing, that defect rate is not acceptable.
Every AI deployment passes through 12 cryptographically-signed gates. No bypass. No exceptions. No "urgent" line changes without verification. This is what makes AI board-defensible on the factory floor.
Manufacturing data integrity verified before AI touches it. Corrupt feeds, missing sensors, out-of-spec signals caught at the boundary.
Full test suite must pass. No exceptions for line urgency. If the test fails, the deploy fails.
Hash-verified artifact comparison. If the model output changed, you know exactly why.
Risk-tiered: confidence above 85% auto-executes. 70-85% requires validation. Below 70% escalates. Safety-critical decisions always escalate.
HMAC-signed audit trail. "Done" is cryptographically verifiable, not a shift handoff note.
OSHA, ISO, quality logging, model drift detection, rollback triggers, board reporting. Gates 6-12 in the full checklist.
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