CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

12 March 2008

Implementation Investments

ASM Europe Increases Quality Process Standards for Semiconductor Industry

ASM Europe, a division of ASM International N.V. an equipment supplier to the global semiconductor industry, has selected Dyadem's FMEA-Pro software to standardize quality processes. Dyadem FMEA-Pro is a desktop software solution that automates the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) engineering quality method.

Dyadem is helping ASM Europe transfer its quality processes from a manual spreadsheet-like application to FMEA-Pro, which is configured to allow teams to carry information from one FMEA to the next, use a common library of terms, and share best practices across divisions.

"Until we began using Dyadem's software, FMEAs were rarely performed. Now the tighter quality control gives us a great competitive advantage," said Max van den Berg, Principal Engineer, Research, Development & Engineering, ASM Europe B.V. "Our implementation of FMEA-Pro has eliminated the use of time-consuming spreadsheets, and changed the way we look at quality across our European operations.

"After an initial adjustment period, our employees are impressed with the new FMEA quality process, and the value it brings to our organization. Our management team is enthusiastic about the new program, and can now attach tangible metrics to safety. We were also pleased to discover that some of our presumed risks are actually lower than our estimates," said Léon Limonard, Senior Engineer (RD&E) at ASM Europe B.V.

ASM Europe has standardized its FMEA quality process across its 700-person European operations with common templates that align consistent quality standards. Information is captured with continuous metrics and consistent FMEA analyses.

"ASM Europe is raising the bar in the semiconductor industry with FMEA quality standards," said Kevin North, president and CEO, Dyadem. "There's no doubt that strict and consistent quality processes are valuable in any manufacturing environment. Everyone in the value chain benefits from better quality and the only way to address quality holistically is to manage it across the entire lifecycle."

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