Why the SubFab?
Wafer output, yield, uptime, and most importantly safety are critical success factors of the semiconductor fab. Although the SubFab is recognised as a contributor to success, it is unlike the highly automated clean room: it is a harsh and complex environment where people interact closely with machines and processes.
Smart Manufacturing is seen as a way to improve effectiveness, but if the focus is too much on IOT technology, environments like the SubFab can’t support the success of the wider fab. Our approach is to reduce risk and uncertainty and create value by connecting machines, people and processes to fab objectives. This approach is what we call Operational Excellence.
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Learn more about Edwards’ approach to enabling Smart Manufacturing in the SubFab
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Market Insights
The Circular Economy: What is the business value of the circular economy?
The environmental benefits from the circular economy are widely known, what is overlooked is the true business value of circularity.
Read moreInfographic: Clean Room Vs the SubFab
Identify the opportunities to improve yields, reduce downtime, avoid scrapped wafers, decrease maintenance costs and more.
Read moreWeb Cast: Data Sharing and the cost of inaction
Erik Collart examines how customers are using data to improve effectiveness of the SubFab and avoid unplanned downtime
Read moreBlog Post: Evaluating Service Maturity
Fast and flexible operations from the clean room to the SubFab are propelling customers ambitious growth targets, but how does this translate to the maintenance strategy?
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