Archive for 'Optimization' Category
The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing - Part 3 (Final)
4 September 2008In this final part of my review of The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing, an article that you can find at the IEEE Spectrum site, I mean to go over the capabilities of Fab PowerOps (FPO) and contrast it with the essence/framework that Toyota Production System (TPS) offers. In the earlier two parts, The New […]
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The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing - Part 2
13 August 2008In this part of The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing, an article that you can find at the IEEE Spectrum site, I mean to look at the specific claims and experiences that the authors of the article had in their TPS consulting journey at the unnamed IDM. The following are the four specific "distilled" rules […]
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The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing - Part 1
30 July 2008The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing is a new-ish article that you can find at the IEEE Spectrum site which delves into the application of Lean methodology into the wafer fab (fabrication facility) of as yet unnamed integrated device manufacturer. The authors of this article are Clayton M. Christensen, Steven King, Matt Verlinden, and Woodward […]
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Ten days in Istanbul…
22 July 2008I spent ten days in Istanbul from Jun 18th to Jun 27th and this was a vacation that I’m not likely to forget for a long time. And with the recent attack outside the US Consulate in Istanbul(actually Istiniye), I have a couple of lumps in my throat. That’s because I was at the consulate […]
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Two challenges on your plate…
17 May 2008Or rather on my plate. I want to draw your attention to these two challenges that are floating out there in cyberspace - prize money being offered for your (my) troubles as well if one contributes something of value:
1. The first one is the older of the two - The Netflix Prize, which is a […]
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Its alive, its alive, its alive… (to be read along with suitable music)
14 November 2006SC Digest has an article by Dan Gilmore, editor, on Creating a “Living Supply Chain”, a concept put out by Dr. John Gattorna of the Sydney Business School (Australia) and Cranfield School of Management (UK).
So what is a living supply chain?
In part, because in the end, it isn’t driven by networks and assets and […]
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Learning to manage complexity
8 November 2006In an article titled Learning to manage complexity, Jonathan Byrnes writes about how growing companies succumb to complexity - their own complexity brought about by growth.
“Success often hurts, and even mortally wounds, well-run small businesses.”
In the article, Jonathan recounts a particularly compelling observation by Daryl Wyckoff,
Wyckoff described a rather strange profitability pattern of trucking companies. […]
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