An agile semiconductor supply chain is becoming increasingly important to prepare for and respond quickly to market changes and unforeseen events in order to ensure supply chain continuity. Today, the rising complexity of the global supply chain and ongoing shifts have created fragmented processes that require standardization for supply chain transparency and timely access to metrics to improve agility across the semiconductor ecosystem.
Athinia’s recent selection as a strategic advisor for SEMI Supply Chain Management (SCM) initiative will improve how data is shared and analyzed across the ecosystem with the Athinia® platform as the foundation for secure data collaboration and continuous sharing of data between many companies. The platform will be leveraged by two SCM teams: The Resiliency Working Group, which addresses tier mapping, risk management and resiliency metrics, and the Agility Working Group, which is focused on developing supply chain agility metrics and dashboards.
The ability for the semiconductor ecosystem to share quality and secure data in a timely manner is fundamental to the success of these working groups. Athnia is working with the SEMI SCM to bring value chain players together to share, aggregate, and analyze data. This collaboration can increase supply chain efficiencies, shorten time to market, and improve data quality and sustainability – all while ensuring stakeholders maintain control of their IP.
Below are some important steps we at Athinia recommend semiconductor companies adopt to share data securely and efficiently to improve supply chain resiliency and agility.
Be open to working across the ecosystem through a secure platform to enable data sharing between chip makers and material and equipment suppliers to track benchmarks and metrics through dashboards. This can lead to significant insights and improvements and reduce time to address and mitigate issues. End-to-end workflows can help facilitate predictive analytics for quality, supply chain and sustainability performance.
Implement ecosystem-level digital twins that can simulate critical materials supply planning during demand changes and supply disruption. This approach, crafted from a systematic supply chain tier map, can offer end-to-end step-change transparency, visibility, and traceability for value partners in the ecosystem. These digital twins have the potential to bolster supply chain resilience, optimize resource allocation, and mitigate the impact of supply disruptions, empowering the semiconductor value chain to anticipate and adapt to potential megatrend inflections.
It’s an exciting time for the industry as we work together to build a supply chain that is not only efficient but also adaptable to the ever-changing technological and geopolitical landscape.
To learn more about the Athinia platform for supply chains, visit this page on our website.
We hope to see you at SEMICON West 2024, July 9-11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Join us at the following sessions:
Tuesday, July 9
Our CEO, Laura Matz, will present Unlocking New Possibilities with AI in the Semiconductor Industry and participate on a panel on Synergies Unveiled: Unleashing the Potential of AI/ML in Revolutionizing Electronic Materials Manufacturing.- Chris Taylor, Ph.D., Head of the Supplier Program at Athinia, and John Solis, Senior Software Manager at Tokyo Electron US, will speak on the panel Extending Digital Twins for Semiconductor Capital Equipment.
Thursday, July 11
- I will join Lita Shon-Roy, CEO of TECHCET, to present A Strategic Semi-focused Supply Chain Digital Twin for End-to-End Transparency.
About the Author
Chris Han-Adebekun serves as Vice President of Business Development at Athinia. She joined Athinia at its inception in 2022, leading the technology development strategy and use case execution at critical lead adopter bases. She brings 20+ years of experience in advanced electronics, including semiconductor application space, and has a track record of transforming innovation into high-impact business growth. Chris holds over 25 U.S. patents, is passionate about value creation through digital transformation, and strongly believes in lifelong learning as the engine for personal and organizational growth. Chris holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA.
