The Selmo machine behavior study · 100 lines
Where do things stand right now?
We are looking at 100 lines — will yours be one of them?
The losses, performance and risk of your line depend on a question that rarely gets asked: against which document do you check whether your machine behaves correctly? We answer it together with you — on site, at your line.
01 — Why take a look
These sentences are heard
in every plant.
The cause rarely lies in the motor or the sensor. It lies in the fact that the machine’s behavior was never described as a checkable target. That is the BlackBox — and it can be identified on any line.
Losses
“The machine stops — and nobody knows why.”
Performance
“The line runs — but nobody knows which step costs cycle time.”
Risk
“The data is there — but everyone reads something different into it.”
02 — The gap
The actual gap
Even a passed acceptance test proves less than it promises.
A passed acceptance test is a snapshot of a sample: it holds for the section that was checked and for the moment it was checked. What was never observed has not been tested — it simply did not come up. And a later change can alter what the evidence says.
The Behavior Reference (BR) is not after-the-fact documentation of the code. It exists before the code. Verification asks: was it built right? Validation asks: was the right thing built?
03 — What we look at
Five criteria.
None of them is technical.
Every no is not a verdict but a finding. WhiteBox does not mean you can see the code. WhiteBox means conformity is decidable rather than a matter of judgment.
Defined
Is there a separate document for the behavior — like the wiring diagram?
Decidable
Can you check the behavior without reading the program?
Diagnosable
Does the machine show which expectation was not met?
Changeable under control
Is a change made in the target behavior first?
Transferable
Does the knowledge stay when the person or the supplier leaves?
04 — What you receive
At the end there is a clear decision
— yours.
Both steps work with your people and your documents. They require no upfront work and no changeover.
Step
The question
What you receive
Strategy Workshop
Where do you want to go — and where do you start?
Target picture · use case with rationale · scope and boundaries · roadmap · open assumptions
WhiteBox Assessment
Where do things stand right now — at your line?
Classification report · maturity profile L0–L5 · gap list by impact · action path · open assumptions
Your effort does not increase — it moves to the front.
The savings come in implementation, in operation and on add-on tools. Most of all where today things are judged, interpreted and tried instead of decided.
05 — Why a study
Never again without a Behavior Reference (BR).
Just as never again without a drawing or a wiring diagram.
Nobody has a machine installed without a wiring diagram. For machine behavior, that is normal today. 100 lines show what this means in production — evidenced, not claimed.
06 — Request participation
Let’s start
with 15–30 minutes.
In the intro call we clarify which line is suitable and whether the Strategy Workshop or the WhiteBox Assessment is the right starting point. We bring the answer, not the presentation.
We will get back to you within [10] business days to schedule a call.
07 — Frequently asked questions
Do I need to prepare anything?
Only your existing documents and the people who know the line. No changeover is needed.
What does participation cost?
[Price or study terms for Strategy Workshop and WhiteBox Assessment]
Do I have to keep working with Selmo afterwards?
No. You receive a classification, not a purchase recommendation. You may use the documents internally and with third parties.
And if it does not fit for us?
That is a result too. Workshop and assessment may show that now is not the right time.
What the method does not do
Decidability requires technology. Where no reaction can be detected, nothing can be formally decided either — the method makes this visible, it does not remove it.
A question for you
Against which document do you check whether your machine behaves correctly?
Request participationFirst an intro call: 15–30 minutes, free of charge and without obligation.