Eli Lilly & Co – Monitoring by Exception: Transforming Asset Qualification Monitoring Processes

Matthew Kishe, Sr. Principal Engineer, Eli Lilly & Co 

Eli Lilly presents a forward-thinking assets qualification monitoring (AQM) by exception initiative. Ensuring assets remain in a “qualified state” is critical for producing quality medicines. But traditional processes were manual, inconsistent, and time-consuming—taking up to 10 hours per month per asset.
Using Seeq Vantage and AI, Eli Lilly built a system that monitors qualified equipment across sites, flagging only exceptions rather than flooding teams with routine data and automatically generating routine reports for submission to the regulatory bodies. This shift empowers engineers to focus on real risks while maintaining a state of control—faster, smarter, and with fewer compliance headaches.