DocumentCode
3366820
Title
Capacity planning in the face of product-mix uncertainty
Author
Kotcher, Robert ; Chance, Frank
Author_Institution
Headway Technol. Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
76
Abstract
This paper describes a straightforward method of quantifying the sensitivity of production capacity to product mix. In capacity planning over horizons with unpredictable product mix, this methodology quantifies the risk of under-investment in capacity. Actions that can be taken to prevent mix-driven capacity shortfalls are described. The implementation of this methodology at Headway Technologies is also presented
Keywords
integrated circuit manufacture; planning; Headway Technologies; product-mix uncertainty; production capacity planning; semiconductor wafer fabrication; Capacity planning; Disk drives; Fabrication; Investments; Magnetic heads; Manufacturing; Microscopy; Production equipment; Production facilities; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, 1999 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Santa Clara, CA
ISSN
1523-553X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5403-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSM.1999.808741
Filename
808741
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