Overall Equipment Effectiveness has been shown to identify the root cause of inefficiencies. A few years ago, the expectation was that big pharmaceutical companies would become R&D and sales and ...

This article focuses on upgrading and improving a packing process to comply with current good manufacturing practices. The authors sought to maintain proper quality assurance for finished products.

When a multi-die package worth $500 fails final test because of a defect that originated three process steps earlier, the economics of advanced packaging become painfully clear. Each excursion carries ...