Yield Improvement at a Major Semiconductor Chip Manufacturer

A major semiconductor manufacturer of memory chips was concerned that their manufacturing yields were not competitive and hired this expert consultant to first assess their current manufacturing yields and yield management methodology and make recommendations if they were not as competitive as they suspected. Because of this consultant's broad experience in semiconductor manufacturing and detailed knowledge of manufacturing yields and yield management methodology in plants worldwide, this expert was able to confirm that the company's yields were indeed non-competitive and to point out where the company was losing much of its yield. This consultant then recommended two major actions the company should take to improve its yield to or above its competitors' yields. At this time the company is implementing these recommendations.

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