the rules and principles of lean manufacturing will be offered to semiconductor professionals during a week of courses and lectures surrounding the Fourth Annual ISMI Symposium on Manufacturing Effectiveness.
Lean Methods in Semiconductor Manufacturing, a four-hour short course taught by Intel productivity expert Kurt Woolley, is one of a dozen courses being offered during ISMI Manufacturing Week, Oct. 22-25 in Austin, Texas, which culminates in the ISMI Symposium on the final two days.
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ey, lean program manager with Intel Corp., has had specialized training and direct application experience in lean manufacturing methods and lean thinking.
“This class will focus on semiconductor manufacturing and will use examples from the wafer manufacturing line to show how you can become more productive,” said symposium chair Mike Schwartz.
Other ISMI educational offerings include workshops in equipment chamber matching, predictive and preventive maintenance, second source parts, and environment/safety/health (ESH); and short courses exploring factory simulation and understanding LEED for high-tech facilities.
This year’s symposium speakers will share information and methodologies for reducing manufacturing expenses in both existing and next-generation fabs through advances in equipment, process, resources, fab design, and manufacturing methods. Challenges will be addressed in several parallel sessions dealing with fab and equipment productivity, ESH, fab design, defect inspection, statistical methods, modeling and simulation, e-manufacturing, and lean manufacturing.
Key offerings will include:
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A look at how statisticians can become better teachers by recognizing and responding to the learning styles of their students.
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An expert panel discussion on trends in cost-effective fab design, as perceived by a blue-ribbon panel representing designers, builders and factory owners.
During the entire week, more than 30 companies will exhibit their hardware, softwar