The gigafactory yield playbook
A step-by-step approach to diagnosing where your yield is actually lost, module by module.
Read the noteEverything we know, written down
Practical material for process, quality and plant leaders — whether or not you ever become a customer.
Deep guides
Earning control authority: a quality team's checklist
What evidence a quality team should demand before arming an autonomous control envelope.
Read the noteFormation cost reduction without risking cycle life
Per-cell protocols, scheduling and grading, with the qualification implications spelled out.
Read the noteIndustry benchmarks
First-pass yield by chemistry and ramp stage
Anonymised ranges across NMC, LFP and silicon-anode lines at each stage of ramp. [PLACEHOLDER]
Read the noteScrap cost per GWh
Where scrap value concentrates by module and what the top quartile does differently.
Read the noteTime to target yield
Distribution of ramp durations and the practices correlated with the fastest quartile.
Read the noteCalculators and templates
Yield ROI calculator
Model the annual value of first-pass-yield points on your line, by volume and cell value.
Scrap attribution template
Allocate scrap to modules and root causes in a consistent, auditable way.
Ramp planner
Compare a conventional ramp against a twin-led commissioning plan.
Autonomy readiness checklist
Assess whether your line, data and quality process are ready for control authority.
Connector inventory
Map your coating, inspection, formation and MES systems before an assessment.
Evidence pack template
Structure autonomous change records for IATF 16949 and customer audits.
Technical papers
Physics-informed surrogates for electrode coating control
Model structure, calibration against as-built lines and measured control performance.
Read the noteMultimodal fusion for internal defect detection
Combining inline CT, surface vision and process telemetry to raise recall on rare failures.
Read the noteFederated learning across cell manufacturers
Sharing rare-failure priors without exposing recipes, images or cell-level records.
Read the noteThe measured results behind the material
+14.6 ptsFirst-pass yield lift across design-partner lines
38%Reduction in electrode and cell scrap
17%Less formation time and energy per cell
<250 msInspection-to-decision latency at the factory edge
Used by process and quality teams across the industry [PLACEHOLDER]
Northvolt-class OEMVolta CellsAmperex ESSHelion MotorsKestrel EnergyAnode WorksPrisma CellsSilica PowerTerra Grid StorageMeridian EVCathode LabsAurora Gigafactory
Terms we use precisely
Manufacturing claims fall apart when definitions drift. These are ours.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| First-pass yield | Cells passing all quality gates without rework, as a share of cells started |
| Control envelope | The setpoints, ranges and conditions under which an agent may act without a human |
| Autonomy level | Shadow, advisory, bounded control, supervised autonomy or full autonomy |
| Cell genealogy | The graph linking a finished cell to every material, machine and setting that made it |
| Twin validation | Passing a scenario set in the as-built digital twin before an envelope is armed |
| Escape | A defective cell that passes end-of-line test and reaches the customer |
What readers say
“We were stranded at 63% first-pass yield for five months. Anodela ran in shadow for six weeks, then took bounded control of coat weight and drying. We crossed 91% in the next quarter.”
“It reads our CT and vision streams the way a great process engineer does — except it does it on every metre of web, on every shift, and it writes the correction back before the defect becomes scrap.”
“The audit trail was what got quality to yes. Every proposal, approval and executed setpoint is linked to cell genealogy, so our IATF evidence got stronger, not weaker.”
Built for the assurance bar of battery manufacturing
Cell manufacturing is safety-critical and IP-dense. Anodela is designed so quality, IT/OT and EHS approvers can say yes.
SOC 2 & ISO 27001
SOC 2 Type II program with encryption in transit and at rest, SSO/SAML, SCIM and RBAC down to the line.
IP & recipe protection
Chemistry, coat-weight and formation recipes stay in your tenant. Optional fully on-prem deployment with no egress.
Assurance-grade audit trail
Every perception, proposal, approval and executed setpoint change is immutably logged for IATF 16949 and IEC 62660 evidence.
Data residency
EU, US, Korea, Japan and China-domestic regions, or air-gapped factory edge for sovereign programs.
About these resources
Yes. Most require only an email so we can send updated versions when the benchmarks change.
Anonymised, aggregated data from design partners plus public industry sources, with the method documented in each publication. [PLACEHOLDER]
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Want the numbers for your own line?
A line assessment produces a modelled ROI range specific to your chemistry, volume and baseline.