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APC: Successful implementation
Method, prerequisites and best practices for successful implementation of APC on your shop floor Automated Process Control (APC) is a method for controlling production in a loop...

ELLISTAT announces the integration of its APC solution with TOPSOLID CAM and accelerates machine shop automation
ELLISTAT makes fully automated machining available to TopSolid users Poisy (74), January 13, 2026. Ellistat announces the integration of its APC (Automated Process Control) solution into TopSolid CAM via...

SPC is dead!
Since 2014, we've been working with machine shops, quality teams, process engineers and industrial managers on training and quality consulting, and one thing is clear. The...

Interview with Davy Pillet, Ellistat founder
How did the Ellistat adventure begin, and what vision guides you today? When we started out, nearly eight years ago, there were two of us, whereas today there are twenty-five. These...

Process control: AI can work wonders
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a formidable tool for optimizing industrial processes. Today, industrial AI is used to build a predictive model from data. But in...

Reinventing the industrial workshop
A specialist in automated process control, ELLISTAT develops software capable of piloting machine tools without human intervention, with the ambition of transforming workshop organization in the long term. At the head of ELLISTAT,...

How does APC - Automated Process Control - work?
Davy PILLET is Vincent TOURAINE's guest on BFM Business TV to present Ellistat's APC - Automated Process Control solution: Enabling manufacturers to optimize their...

Process control: AI can work wonders
Artificial intelligence is transforming the industry, but its deployment requires method, reliable data and a clearly defined strategy, argues Davy Pillet, CEO of Ellistat. Artificial intelligence is establishing itself today as a...

APC solution integrates FAO data (ELLICAM)
By integrating CAM data, APC software and its ELLICAM module automatically calculate the best fit. Set-up time is greatly reduced, and the first...

When Machining 4.0 Achieves Full Autonomy
Ellistat unveils ELLICAM, a module that simplifies machine-tool autonomy and guarantees compliant parts right from the first production run. It will be presented at the Global Industrie show in Lyon. Ellistat announces...

ElliFAO: When Machining Becomes as Easy as 3D Printing
Ellistat announces ELLIFAO, a major innovation in its APC software, which will revolutionize the world of machining. French industry is facing major challenges in terms of reindustrialization, adaptation to climate change,...

Machining: The Four Phases of Product Realization
Although it is a standard for many manufacturers, SPC is still difficult to maintain over the long term and restrictive (training time for set-up personnel, etc.). Automated Process Control (APC)...
