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 FEO5: Business Infrastructure FEO Volume 5, November 20, 2008
We have collectively become experts in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, theory of constraints, self-directed work teams, total productive maintenance, and will become experts on whatever “world-class” technique comes along next. We might even buy the book.
Bill C. Smoak, Intersil Corporation
FEO4 Section 1: Business Infrastructure FEO Volume 4, August 28, 2008
As competition becomes fierce, and being cost-effective and efficient is a must, Lean Manufacturing will become the preferred platform by numerous semiconductor companies.
Yonathan Wand, Numonyx
FEO3 Section 1: Business Infrastructure FEO Volume 3, May 28, 2008
An overview of the historical role of industrial engineering.
Bill C. Smoak, Intersil Corporation
INTRODUCTION: Business Infrastructure FEO Volume 2, February 29, 2008
The Business Infrastructure section of the
February issue of FEO focuses on the growing
need for equipment manufacturers to pay
attention to the 200 mm fabs’ needs. While it
is exciting to be at the bleeding edge of technology,
it is apparent that, business-wise, many
manufacturers, as well as products companies,
are better off focusing on and expanding in
the more mature 200 mm technologies.
Tower Semiconductor
Introduction: Business Infrastructure & Operations FEO Volume 1, November 20, 2007
This section delivers two
examples of how multidimensional the issues
of maintaining and operating a fab today
have become.
Bill C. Smoak, Intersil Corporation
FEO5: Business Infrastructure FEO Volume 5, November 20, 2008
The current economic downturn magnifies an old problem – that manufacturing jobs are at the lowest level since 1950, and this does not include the current factory shutdowns.
Juergen Woehl, International Rectifier
Industrial Engineering in Semiconductors: The Evolution of Operational Excellence FEO Volume 3, May 28, 2008
When asked to give an overview of the
role of industrial engineering in the semiconductors
industry by the magazine, we
were of course delighted to provide our
opinion. However, since we are part of a
company that lives by the sword of operation
excellence and industrial engineers by
trade, we thought that rather than providing
our personal opinion – IE is the driver for
manufacturing excellence – we would provide
an overview of the historical role of
industrial engineering.
MAX International Engineering Group
Where Is the Innovation on 200 mm Silicon? FEO Volume 2, February 29, 2008
The concentration of money chasing the
ITRS roadmap overshadows the myriad
efforts happening in many 200 mm fabs
worldwide. Conventional wisdom holds that
the challenges of sub-65nm devices make
300 mm wafers “where the action is,” so
why bother investing in 200 mm innovation?
We see a different picture: 200 mm silicon
has plenty of innovation life left. We will
describe some areas of innovation and
implications for continued investment in
200 mm development.
Scott Marquardt, SVTC Technologies, Wilbur Catabay, SVTC Technologies
New Regulations for Everyone’s Chemical Security FEO Volume 1, November 20, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has adopted new chemical security
regulations that require screening by
50,000 to 80,000 chemical facilities.
AMEC Geomatrix, Inc.
The Yo-Yo Effect FEO Volume 5, November 20, 2008
An examination of why new “final solutions” don’t seem to help factories run more efficiently and why managers seem to make the same mistakes, as well as what might be done to achieve significant, sustainable improvement both in factory performance and management decision making.
Manufacturing Science Consultant
200 mm Fabs Have a Long and Promising Future! FEO Volume 2, February 29, 2008
The semiconductor industry has been
following Moore’s Law for the past four
decades. With the progress to smaller
geometries came, also, the increase in wafer
size. In the past five years, leading manufacturers
underwent transition from 200 to
300 mm wafers.
Tower Semiconductor
How to Motivate Employees FEO Volume 1, November 20, 2007
Employees are the most critical asset of many businesses. Specifically, the success of semiconductor manufacturing companies hinges on the quality, productivity and effectiveness of their employees.
Tower Semiconductor
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