Semiconductor manufacturing strategy: Where in the world to locate a fab or cleanroom?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 000454-000462
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Rothrock
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
New Production ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Manufacturing Operations ◽  
One Year ◽  
Global Uncertainty

Abstract The global market for advanced technology manufacturing assets is becoming ever tighter, compelling semiconductor companies, including OSATs (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test), IDMs (integrated device manufacturers), and foundries, to carefully explore all available options when planning manufacturing operations relating to fabs, tools, and cleanrooms. Despite the semiconductor industry's optimistic growth forecasts, global uncertainty generated by the continuing trade wars between the U.S. and China is causing anxiety among advanced technology companies and forcing them to constantly rethink their manufacturing strategies – buy vs. build, best fab location, risk mitigation, local incentives, etc. In 2018, semiconductor companies showed increased renewed interest in U.S.-based manufacturing in the midst of a continued lack of 200mm and 300mm capacity. As we have seen with the recent sale of Texas Instrument's 150mm / 200mm facility in Greenock, UK to Diodes Incorporated and Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation's acquisition of GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 200mm Fab E3 in Tampines, Singapore, 200mm fabs are still in very high demand and manufacturers are becoming increasingly proactive as they look to expand capacity. In 2019, infrastructure-rich cleanroom manufacturing assets are going to continue to play an essential part in shaping these strategies to ensure global competitive advantage as more wafers are needed and more facilities are being built worldwide, particularly in China. Despite a slowdown in semiconductor mergers and acquisitions activity, the global semiconductor market will continue to consolidate as the manufacturing needs of advanced technology companies evolve with market changes. This has put a strain on manufacturing space and resulted in a number of new capital projects and expansions that may become difficult to fulfill in the current market. A shortage of existing manufacturing space means cleanrooms and operational fabs will sell at a premium. Many companies are also looking at greenfield sites with local government incentives playing an active role. Running in tandem, there is still a shortage of used and new production tools with lead times in excess of one year to purchase new fabs from OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) or equip new fabs. Drawing on some 20 years of infrastructure-rich manufacturing asset dispositions and acquisitions as well as a series of real-world fab transaction case studies, ATREG Founder, President and CEO Stephen M. Rothrock will provide insights into how to best approach manufacturing strategy decisions in the context of today's global semiconductor landscape.

Advanced Turbofan Engines for Low Fuel Consumption

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Sens
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Commercial Aircraft ◽  
New Production ◽  
Turbofan Engine ◽  
Fuel Savings ◽  
Turbofan Engines ◽  
Aircraft Fuel ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
Year 2000

The anticipated commercial aircraft fuel usage through the year 2000 is divided into three categories: that which will be consumed by existing engines, new production of current type engines, and new turbofan engines with advanced technology. Means of improving fuel consumption of each of these engine categories will be reviewed and the potential fuel savings identified. The cycle selection and design characteristics of an advanced turbofan engine configuration will be discussed and the potential improvements in fuel consumption and economics identified.

Strategic Impacts of Advanced Manufacturing Technology on American Textile Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory W. Ulferts ◽  
Terry L. Howard ◽  
Nicholas J. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Textile Manufacturing ◽  
The U.S

This article describes how U.S. manufacturing was stricken when companies embraced outsourcing beginning in the 1990s as a strategy for taking advantage of lower labor costs in developing countries. The U.S. textile and apparel industries lost 76.5% of its workforce, or 1.2 million jobs, between 1990 and 2012. The catalyst which has renewed the interest in manufacturing textiles and apparel in the United States is the narrowing gap between the U.S. and Asian labor costs. The sector changed in response to technology and the global market, and both the number and type of employees demanded turned as well. The advanced technology currently drives the domestic textile industry. Despite a positive outlook on growth, it is unlikely that textile manufacturing will create the large number of jobs that it did in the past. Furthermore, it is only viable because of the technological improvements to its factories. The current production is designed to employ fewer workers in order be more productive and less dependent on labor costs. Nevertheless, the high demand for specialized and unique textiles in the U.S. and Europe will likely continue to drive improved manufacturing technology and performance. China's transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy will increase its manufacturing operational costs, while probably growing demand for the sorts of specialized textiles on which American textile manufacturers tend to focus. If such manufacturers can increase their market shares in China and other Asian countries, while maintaining such markets in the U.S. and Europe, the American textile manufacturing industry will likely grow at a moderately high rate.

Proposed Model for Inventory Review Policy through ABC Analysis in an Automotive Manufacturing Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nallusamy ◽  
R. Balaji ◽  
S. Sundar
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Inventory Level ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
Automotive Manufacturing ◽  
Abc Classification ◽  
Abc Analysis ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Control

A global market inventory is one of the largest and most significant resources of a manufacturing business. ABC analysis is one of the methods used extensively in manufacturing industries for inventory classification. The familiar ABC inventory classification approach categorizes inventory items as A, B and C classes according to their annual consumption value. To direct and control the inventory items more proficiently the inventories managers regularly classify and group all the inventory items. The objective of this paper is to create a periodic review policy based on the ABC classification in order to control the raw materials more efficiently. Based on the data collected through original equipment manufacturer, the necessary analysis was carried out. From the observed results, it was found that the developed periodic review policy improved the inventory turnover ratio from 3.15 to 2.13 by optimizing the inventory level for one year.

The Knowledge Economy in New Zealand

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M. Kirk ◽  
D.M. Bibby
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Bus Stop ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Market Focus ◽  
Key Steps

Emanating from its ‘last bus stop on the planet’ remoteness, New Zealand has traditionally faced significant barriers to the development of its export base. In the new knowledge-based economies, many of these barriers no longer apply. In order to take advantage of this new global environment and turn around its declining economic performance, New Zealand must take a number of key steps. The authors propose an approach that will enable the country to develop a knowledge-based advanced technology sector that will: specialize in niche products; be flexible and responsive; have a range of products and services across a number of industrial sectors; and have a global market focus. In proposing this solution, they focus on the respective roles of government, industry, research providers and education providers, and make recommendations accordingly.

scholarly journals Dynamics of the Obligation to Register Birth Certificates as a part of the Right to Issuance Population Documents

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Winda Wijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Birth Certificate ◽  
Active Role ◽  
District Court ◽  
Birth Certificates ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Government ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Right ◽  
Improve State

The state is obliged to protect and recognise the legality of a person’s birth. Registration of birth in the form of a birth certificate is proof of one’s origin issued by the competent authorities. However, in practice, the time limit of one year given for such registration has proven a burden to citizens, such that complaint of constitutional damages has been brought before the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. Population administration is regulated under Act Number 23, Number 23 Year 2006 and amended by Act Number 24, Number 24 Year 2013 in accordance with Constitutional Court Decision 18/PUU-XI/2013. In order to take an active role in the registration of births, the government and local governments have to remove the deadline to report the birth of a child, as stipulated by the district court and as an effort to improve state responsibility. This requires that citizens have the "right to be heard" and, in future, there should be an integrated service from the government for the registration of births.

scholarly journals special feature: vitamin C identification

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 31-33 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Dietary Supplement ◽  
General Public ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Chewing Gum ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
New Production

Today, our nutritional need for vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is well known and understood by the general public. As a dietary supplement, it is the vitamin with the largest commercial volume; some 108 kg (>US$600 million in the global market) are sold each year as tablets, a component of multivitamin products and an addition to many foods and drinks with the intention of promoting health. However, it can also be added to products simply to enhance the sales appeal. It can appear in unexpected places, such as chewing gum and sweets, personal care products and even in pet and animal feed (ascorbic acid is not considered to be a vitamin for animals other than humans). The demand for vitamin C is growing fast and new production facilities that are coming online in China are restructuring the manufacturing and supply of this product.

scholarly journals National Technology Initiative as a Platform for the Diffusion of Convergent Technologies in the Russian Mining Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 03014
Author(s):  
Elena Dotsenko ◽  
Natalia Ezdina ◽  
Oksana Galiuta ◽  
Michal Cehlar
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Technology Initiative ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
New Production ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Technological Convergence ◽  
National Technology

In recent decades, the global processes of technological development of industry, due to innovative modernization, have become comprehensive, affecting both manufacturing and raw materials industries. One of the components of global technological modernization is technological convergence – the combination of technologies from different industries, resulting in a inter-industry genesis of new production methods. Despite the fact that technological convergence is transforming, first of all, the industries associated with the deep processing of raw materials and highly intelligent intangible production, mining industry is in the greatest need for modernization. This is due to turbulent demand and volatile prices for mineral resources in the global market, with the widespread introduction of energy and resource saving technologies. Therefore, the mining sector of the Russian economy is looking for a "fulcrum" in initiating the diffusion of convergent technologies in mining and management processes of industrial enterprises. This "fulcrum" is intended to be the National Technology Initiative, the key target markets of which are fully consistent with the technological requirements of the Russian mining complex.

A Brief Analysis of Global Rare Earth Trade Structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 3324-3331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
An Jian Wang ◽  
Jiang Wu Li ◽  
Qi Shen Chen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
International Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Earth Structure ◽  
New Production ◽  
The Past ◽  
Import And Export

Since a large number of cheap rare earth from China entered the international market in the late 1980s, the rare earth structure in world started to change, and China replaced the United States as the largest rare earth producer and exporter. However, due to Chinas rare earth management and other factors, rare earth prices have rebounded. The foreign rare earth new production capacity is about to increase production in recent years, and the global rare earth structure will change in the future. Through analysis of rare earth import and export, as well as rare earth prices over the past decades in three major trading countries, China, Japan and the United States, this article points out that the diversified pattern of global rare earth supply will be formed, and China will continue to be the main supplier of the worlds rare earth. China should abandon the practice of one to support the global market in the past, and create a harmonious international trade environment.

A Case Study on Quality and Productivity Optimization in Electric Discharge Machining (EDM)

2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Dalai ◽  
S. Dewangan ◽  
Saurav Datta ◽  
S.K. Patel ◽  
S.S. Mahapatra
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Parameter ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Desirability Function ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Electric Discharge Machining ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Productivity Estimate

Quality and productivity are two important aspects have become great concerns in todays competitive global market. Every manufacturing/ production unit mainly focuses on these areas in relation to the process as well as product developed. Achieving high quality necessarily requires higher degree of skill, sophisticated machine/ tools, advanced technology, precise control, immense attention-inspection and considerable time. Improvement of quality results reduction in productivity and vice versa. Thus, optimality must be maintained between quality as well as productivity. The case study highlights EDM of stainless steel in which best process environment (optimal) has been determined to satisfy productivity and quality requirements simultaneously. Material Removal Rate (MRR) during the process has been considered as productivity estimate with the aim to maximize it; whereas surface roughness i.e. (Ra value) of the machined surface has been chosen as surface quality estimate with the requirement to minimize it. These two contradicting requirements have been simultaneously satisfied by selecting an optimal process environment (optimal parameter setting). Desirability Function (DF) approach coupled with Taguchi method has been used to solve the problem.

scholarly journals GB-InSAR monitoring and observational method for landslide emergency management: the Montaguto earthflow (AV, Italy)

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 7247-7273 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ferrigno ◽  
G. Gigli ◽  
R. Fanti ◽  
N. Casagli
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Observational Method ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
The Road ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar System ◽  
Landslide Kinematics ◽  
Engineering Projects

Abstract. On 10 March 2010, due to the heavy rainfall that occurred on the previous days, the Montaguto earthflow reactivated, involving the road SS 90 "Delle Puglie", as had happened previously in May 2005 and in September 2009, and reaching the Roma–Bari railway. This determined a special attention of the National Civil Protection Department and a widespread monitoring and analysis program was initiated. A monitoring activity using GB-InSAR (Ground Based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) system began, in order to investigate the landslide kinematics, to plan urgent safety measures for risk mitigation and to design long term stabilization work. In this paper the GB-InSAR monitoring system results and its applications in the Observational Method (OM) approach are presented. The paper also highlights how the OM based on the GB-InSAR technique can produce savings in cost and time on engineering projects, without compromising safety, and how it can also benefit the geotechnical community by increasing scientific knowledge. This study focuses on the very much active role played by the monitoring activities, in both the design and plan modifications; with a special consideration for the emergency phase.

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