Innovation and manufacturing excellence in mature multi-product semiconductor fabrication facilities via design for flow by 3

Bringing manufacturing excellence and innovation into balance, like yin and yang, in mature multi-product semiconductor fabrication facilities is the scope of the paper. This is done with the new approach called “Design for Flow by 3” which includes Product Process of Record (POR), Production Control, and organizational Design for Flow. It is derived out of the challenge to face the increasing pressure to combine efficiency goals and the speeding up of innovation. Therefore, industry specific approaches of optimization are left behind to adapt new ones from other industries. As a result, an iterative introduction of flow production, fulfilling the aforementioned requirements is depicted.