Reducing Cycle Time at an IBM Wafer Fabrication Facility

• Main Authors: DEMEESTER, Lieven, TANG, Christopher S.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• 主題: High technology industries; production scheduling; Flow shop; Business; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Technology and Innovation
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1064; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2063/viewcontent/ReducingCycleTimeIBMWafer_1999.pdf

In 1991, IBM San Jose decided to produce and sell magnetic heads for computer disk drives on the open market to original equipment manufacturers. However, as IBM's wafer fabrication facility increased the number of products it manufactured, its manufacturing cycle time lengthened. Since cycle t...