I like to resume with the posts on the topic of FAB cycle time drivers. As mentioned in an earlier post – these are some of the key drivers for factory cycle time: overall factory size (number of equipment available to run a certain step) overall equipment uptime and uptime stability M-ratio rework rate product…… Continue reading Equipment Uptime and FAB speed, part 1
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Bottlenecks, part 1
Almost 15 years ago I had the opportunity to attend a 4 day seminar with the authors of the well known book “Factory Physics” LINK In the opening session we talked about what is limiting factory performance and sure enough bottlenecks came up. The question was asked , what can be done to improve a…… Continue reading Bottlenecks, part 1
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