Publications

Field notes, analysis, and research from Kwark Industrial Labs deployments and research programs.

Title
Type
Date

KIOS Field Notes: Month 3 at Bebida Viva

Inventory discrepancies down 73% in 90 days. What changed, how it changed, and what KIOS did and didn't do.

Field Notes
Mar 27, 2026

The case against tribal knowledge in manufacturing operations

When your best operator retires, what exactly leaves with them? A structural analysis of why knowledge lives in people — and how to stop it.

Blog
Feb 14, 2026

What an operating system for manufacturing actually looks like

Not software. Not a methodology. Not training. An operating system for a plant is a set of living documents, structured meetings, and evidence protocols that run independently of who is in the room.

Blog
Jan 9, 2026

KIOS Deployment Standard v1.0.0

The normative document governing how KIOS is deployed, maintained, and validated documentally. Phase-gated conditions, RACI matrices, naming conventions, evidence standards.

Report
Dec 15, 2025

Why we don't compete with consultants

Consultants leave. That is not a criticism — that is their model. We are building something different: operational infrastructure that stays when we do.

Blog
Nov 3, 2025

Structural census methodology for industrial KIOS deployments

Four-layer census schema for mapping the operational state of a manufacturing plant prior to KIOS activation. Capa 1 (existence), Capa 2 (structured content), Capa 3A (flujo state), Capa 3B (junta state).

Paper
Oct 20, 2025