Title :
True employee empowerment vs. one more job we have to do
Author_Institution :
United Technol. Microelectron. Center, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-1 Oct 1992
Abstract :
The EFFORT (Employee Find and Fix Obvious Risk Teams) program in a semiconductor fabrication facility is discussed. The philosophy of the program is that employees, not managers, could see and find the problems causing a high risk of scrap. The employee teams would be expected to fix the problems they found, not assign them to another group. Results show that the increased output of improvements due to improved enthusiasm more than outweigh inefficiencies. In contrast to traditional management principles, the EFFORT program showed that specific goals and defined objectives are not necessary for worker empowerment teams to make significant contributions to factory performance. Lack of such goals and their implicit `this is for the management´ message can in fact lead to improved enthusiasm, morale, and productivity
Keywords :
integrated circuit manufacture; management; personnel; production; semiconductor device manufacture; EFFORT program; Employee Find and Fix Obvious Risk Teams; employee empowerment; employee teams; factory performance; management; planning; semiconductor fabrication facility; worker empowerment teams; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Employment; Foundries; Insulation; Microelectronics; Productivity; Risk management; Silicon on insulator technology; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop, 1992. ASMC 92 Proceedings. IEEE/SEMI 1992
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0740-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASMC.1992.253799
