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Smarter Operations in High Tech with RFID Dinesh Saigal Senior Manager SSG-MDP AppsLab
Applied Materials External Use
Operational Challenges Work environment:
1. Unknown asset attributes
2. Gown-in / gown-out process
3. Restricted movements
Business Impacts:
1. Loss of productivity
2. Re-purchase tool components
3. Expense valuable items
Pain Points
1.Limited intelligence on:
• Inventory
• Movement
• Ownership
2. Customer IP Management
3. Managing Opex budgets
4. Quality Audits
Goals
Improve operational intelligence
Capitalize expense items
Improve ISO & IP compliance
Reduce
annual spend Asset Visibility
Improve productivity
Asset Types Asset
Category Value
Targets $10 - 100k
E-chucks $40 - 75k
Power
supplies $10 - 50k
Inspection,
Test,
Measurement
Equipment
ISO
Compliance
Customer
Wafers
IP
Compliance
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Methodology Project
Team
•Engineering
•Operations
• IT
• Finance
Executive
Commit
•Opportunity Assessment Review
•Executive Project Review Board
•Enterprise Architecture Council (IT)
Vendor
Selection
•Research (Gartner)
• Industry references
•Customer visits
•On-site demo
•5 potential candidates
Vendor Assessment
Study
•Business
•RF Noise
• Site
•Asset Types
•Technology
• Investment
•ROI analysis
Execution
Process Analysis
Deployment Planning
• On-premise
• Phased
• Vertical
Rapid Inventory
• Handheld readers
• Enrollment
• Inventory
• Location
• Taxonomy
• Reservation
• Reporting
Perimeter Control
• Fixed readers
• Custom Antenna
• Edge servers
• Alerts
Real-Time Visibility
• Wi-Fi based
• Integration of two systems
Movement
notifications Quickly locate assets
Depreciate valuable items
Share and re-use assets
Improve productivity
Accurate fixed asset reports
Generate ROI
Locate assets in real time
Prevent movement violation
IP Protection
Time Scale
Results & Summary
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• ISO compliance No sharing of assets
• Unnecessary Opex spending
• Risks with IP loss
• Asset visibility
Rapid Inventory
Perimeter Control
Precise Asset Location
Custom antenna
Equipment reservation system
Depreciation of high value expense items
Increase in asset sharing
IP/Quality compliance
Payback achieved
Lessons Learned
• Enterprise level protocol for asset enrollment
• End-user buy-in
• Adequate funding by proliferating throughout sister organizations
• Dedicated administrator
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: IT, finance, operations, engineering