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The semiconductor industry is distinguished by its short product life cycles and truly global supply chain networks. Time is a crucial factor in this industry for there is only a limited amount of time available for fabless semiconductor companies to maximize their profits from new product introduction to obsolescence. Within this short time frame;
- the demand has to be accurately forecasted
- capacity allocations with foundries and A&T sites need to be firmed
- the right wafer starts have to be initiated to keep the right die-bank inventory
Working with international satellite offices, offshore manufacturing sites, and global
customers further complicates this situation, introducing complexities related to multiple currencies and languages in an operating environment with a 24/7 schedule.
The OEMs and distributor demand agile, yet reliable suppliers that can provide the right
product at the right time, and at the right place. This requires a best-in-class organization
with the right technology infrastructure and processes.
Microsoft Dynamics AX and Olive-3’s WebOps Total Suite helps Fabless Semiconductor Manufacturers and Component Distributors to transform their business into a competitive, demand-driven enterprise.
webOps TOTAL - Integrated Business Planning Edition
- Align financial planning with design-to-win and demand management activities
- Financial forecasting based on collaborative demand forecast and time phased ASP
- What-if scenario based rough cut capacity planning to determine foundry and back- end capacity requirements
- Intelligent allocation of limited finished goods supply to divisions and channels
- Multi-dimensional financial analysis of rough-cut capacity and allocation scenarios
- Multi-level statistical forecasting with history mapping for New Products
webOps TOTAL - Inventory Management Edition
- Determine optimum die-bank inventory targets for each die-bank stock location
- Alerts based on shortage or excess inventory for finished goods and die bank
- Intelligent wafer starts management based on die bank replenishment requests
- Channel fulfillment order management based on VMI
- Full financial inventory analysis based on FIFO, LIFO and weighted average methods
- Real-time inventory performance management with measures like inventory turn, fill-
rate, Customer Request Date Service Level,
- Full visibility into WIP and inventory with automated foundry and back-end site data
updates
webOps TOTAL - Order Management Edition
- Real-time intelligent price quotes based on trade agreements and dynamics inventory status
- Real-time delivery date commitments based on die-bank inventory and allocations
Full customer order visibility and traceability all the way down to wafer starts
- Drop-ship support from test sites to customer site via web-based collaboration using
Microsoft Enterprise Portal and BizTalk Server
- Multiple ship-to-site support for the same customer with different delivery lead
times and transportation modes
webOps TOTAL MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
- Multi-Site MES integrated with ERP to track in-house back-end operations
- Intelligent Assembly and Test routing based on capacity and process performance
- Lot splitting and merging
- Binning and Grading
- Rule-based scheduling and sequencing for in-house Assembly and Test operations
- Out-of-the-box Role Centers with built-in KPIs and Unified Task information for Supervisor, Production Manager, Operations Manager and Operator roles
- Expediting of assembly and test lots
- Equipment logs and qualification management
- Equipment supplier quality and performance management
- Predictive and Preventive Maintenance Management with MES and ERP integrated planning, scheduling and tracking
- Spare-parts optimization and management
- Statistical Process Control
- SECS/GEM interface for test management
- Real-Time, web-based assembly and testing equipment status visualization
- Active RFID based lot and probe-card tracking
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