Smarter Operations in High Tech with RFID Dinesh Saigal

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Smarter Operations in High Tech with RFID Dinesh Saigal Senior Manager SSG-MDP AppsLab

Applied Materials External Use

SSG Structure

Etch CMP ECP Implant

FEP DSM MDP PDC

Silicon Systems

Group

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

A New Method to Do Business

“There has to be a better way”

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

Asset Components : Sub-fab areas

Asset Components: Clean-room

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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

Antenna Mountings

Innovative Asset Tracking

MDP RFID DASHBOARD

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Location! Location! Location!

Passive

RTLS

WiFi RTLS Viewer

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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

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