Sizing a pilot production line using simulation

Author

Qu, Peng ; Skinner, Geoffrey E. ; Mason, Scott J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1188

Abstract

The semiconductor industry is rapidly expanding worldwide. With the continuing advancement of technology, companies are continually striving to develop and maintain cutting edge products to stay "ahead of the curve." As a result, old and new companies alike often have the need to develop pilot production lines to test new engineering and processing ideas. We present a case study example of how simulation can be used to establish the initial tooling and operator requirements for pilot production lines, as well as to estimate the fixed and recurring costs associated with the line

Keywords

digital simulation; electronics industry; integrated circuit economics; tools; cutting edge products; fixed costs; operator requirements; pilot production line; production line sizing; recurring costs; semiconductor industry; simulation; tooling requirements; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Electronics industry; Maintenance engineering; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Production facilities; Semiconductor device manufacture; Silicon; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7307-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2001.977432

Filename

977432