Creation of a Plan for a Structured Data Collection System in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Environment
Lawton, Robert (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024051311336
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The objective of this thesis was to develop a plan for a structured data collection system for the semiconductor manufacturing site at Company X. The importance of structured data collection to create extensive data histories and subsequent analysis has been emphasised throughout the thesis.
After current state analysis of Company X’s data collection techniques, the decision to create a new structured data collection system was agreed by all stakeholders. Data collection, system architecture, and platform development are researched to successfully create the architecture. Architecture creation is performed with the aid of the stakeholders to ensure user requirements are captured and change management purposes. An implementation plan to continue to the design stage of the application is also supplied.
The data collection system collects data from each manufacturing step; records engineering interactions; records batch histories; tracks batches during the semiconductor fabrication process; and enables engineering ad-hoc actions. Microsoft PowerApps is used as the software platform for the architecture as it meets the requirements for data collection; access control; functionality; and data analysis.
Beyond this thesis, the author must ensure that all engineers engaged with manufacturing data analysis know the value of the data. Data collected in a structured format ensures data quality, enabling automatic analysis immediately after generation, historic data analysis for improvement projects, and preventative maintenance.
After current state analysis of Company X’s data collection techniques, the decision to create a new structured data collection system was agreed by all stakeholders. Data collection, system architecture, and platform development are researched to successfully create the architecture. Architecture creation is performed with the aid of the stakeholders to ensure user requirements are captured and change management purposes. An implementation plan to continue to the design stage of the application is also supplied.
The data collection system collects data from each manufacturing step; records engineering interactions; records batch histories; tracks batches during the semiconductor fabrication process; and enables engineering ad-hoc actions. Microsoft PowerApps is used as the software platform for the architecture as it meets the requirements for data collection; access control; functionality; and data analysis.
Beyond this thesis, the author must ensure that all engineers engaged with manufacturing data analysis know the value of the data. Data collected in a structured format ensures data quality, enabling automatic analysis immediately after generation, historic data analysis for improvement projects, and preventative maintenance.