In this presentation, FabTime has introduced the fundamental drivers of fab cycle time (utilization, variability, and number of qualified tools) and shared how improving these leads to increased fab profitability. Examples will include:
- Increasing fab capacity by reducing forced idle time on key tools due to lack of operators;
- Reducing fab cycle time by showing stakeholders the impact of hot lots on regular lot cycle time (and thus driving reductions in the quantity of hot lots);
- Improving cycle time of new products by demonstrating where "soft dedication" or insufficient tool qualification is occurring.
- And more.
Speaker:
Jennifer Robinson
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
FabTime
Bio:
- Dr. Robinson has been offering productivity improvement services to the semiconductor industry since 1992. Prior to founding FabTime, Dr. Robinson consulted in factory productivity analysis for the semiconductor industry for several years. Her clients included Digital Equipment Corporation (now Intel Corporation), Siemens AG, Seagate Technologies, IBM, Wright Williams & Kelly (WWK), and SEMATECH. For SEMATECH, she developed and delivered (as part of an international team) a series of two-day courses on measuring and improving wafer fab capacity. Dr. Robinson has a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.S. in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is based in San Jose, California. You can find more detail on her LinkedIn page.