Name
Abstract | ||
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Wafer manufacturers must make decisions regarding tool elimination due to changes caused by demand, product mixes, and overseas fab capacity expansion. Such a problem is raised by leading semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan. This paper is aimed at developing a sound mechanism for tool portfolio elimination based on determining which equipment can be pruned. In the proposed mechanism, product mix, wafer output, capital expenditure, tool utilization, protective capacity, and cycle time are taken into the overall evaluation. This paper develops an integer programming model to avoid trial-and-error and to obtain the optimal solution. Compared to the current industry approach, the results show that the proposed mechanism can effectively identify the correct tools for elimination with a large capital savings and little cycle time impact. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2008 | 10.1016/j.cie.2007.09.009 | Computers & Industrial Engineering |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
capacity planning,wafer fab,sound mechanism,tool elimination,tool utilization,correct tool,large capital saving,semiconductor,tool portfolio,long-term tool elimination planning,capital expenditure,cycle time,cycle time impact,proposed mechanism,tool portfolio elimination,semiconductor manufacturing | Product mix,Wafer,Integer programming model,Wafer fabrication,Capacity planning,Portfolio,Engineering,Operations management,Capital expenditure | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
54 | 3 | Computers & Industrial Engineering |
Citations | PageRank | References |
2 | 0.42 | 4 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shu-Hsing Chung | 1 | 119 | 10.75 |
| Ming-Hsiu Hsieh | 2 | 3 | 0.78 |