Operations management system for continuous flow manufacturing

Semiconductor manufacturing, like other industries, has to manage quality, cost, throughput and serviceability to continuously satisfy its customers and improve its performance. We have devised with the help of IBM Consulting Group a fully operational and practical operations management system based on ranges (i.e. one day sections of our production line). We have used novel approaches (modelling, design of experiments) directly derived from the field of quality engineering to improve the management rules of our logistic system. We have defined prospects for future improvements to our system which will enable us to sustain the growth and success of our fab