MEMS Product Engineering
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The document discusses challenges and methodologies in MEMS product engineering, emphasizing the need for customer involvement and collaboration among multi-disciplinary teams. It outlines the importance of methodologies such as stage-gate and PRINCE2 for effective project management and highlights the benefits of shortened time-to-market through improved knowledge transfer. The document concludes that combining tailored methodologies can help navigate the complexities of MEMS product development.
MEMS Product Engineering
- 1. MEMS Product Engineering Product Development vs. Technology Development Dortmund, 20.11.2013
- 2. Difficulties in collaborative MEMS development Wealth of information / technologies / data / … Diverse Variances, Options and Variability Multi-disciplinary teams required Collaboration along the value chain Fabless Houses MEMS Process Development Specialists Design Houses Design Centres Assembly & Test Houses Distributors, Fabless Houses, Wholesalers, Trading Companies (Wafer) Foundry Services, Semiconductor Contract Munufacturer (SCM) CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 2 Integrated Semiconductor(Device Manufacturer (ISM/IDM)
- 3. Market pull vs. Technology push CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_push http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497208000898 Slide 3
- 4. … with Customer Involvement The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge Methodology must reflect customer interaction Customer: Define requirements and constraints, initiate, supervise and control product realization Customer-Driven Product Engineering Development Turns idea into technically feasible product description CONFIDENTIAL by customer guided Process Relations GmbH Manufacturing Implementation, Verification Produce device from product description to meet customer needs Slide 4
- 5. … with Customer Involvement The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge Methodology must reflect customer interaction Customer: Define requirements and constraints, initiate, supervise and control product realization Customer-Driven Product Engineering Task Definition Product description guided by customer control CONFIDENTIALthe right things” “to do Process Relations GmbH Result Validation Implementation, Verification Produce or result assessment “to do things right” Slide 5
- 6. Product Engineering … Specifying „what to do“ and roughly „how to do it“ Product Development Stage Gate Project Management Quality Assurance Specifying „how to do it“ on a detailed level Making sure „to do it well“ PRINCE2 CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 6
- 7. Product Engineering – Overview Project Management PRINCE2 Product Development Stage Gate™ CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 7
- 8. CORONA Methodology Methodology for fine granular control during stage execution Multi-disciplinary teams including finance, marketing, sales, legal, etc. Product / Deliverable driven approach on product engineering Deliverables are generated by Tasks within Stages Tasks are separated (and connected) by Transitions Transitions Check the deliverables of the preceding Task Are controlled by persons in charge for the subsequent Tasks Hierarchical model Customer involvement can occur in Transitions only CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 8
- 9. Documentation of this approach http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-7091-0705-8 CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 9
- 10. Benefits from MEMS PE Shorter time-to-market: Reduced cycle time 100 % level Fewer learning cycles 3rd 2nd 1st cycle product Access to knowledgeMEMS PE enables reduced bases on design and development times, shorter fabrication cycles reduced time to market time ICT based structure and tools Improved transfer of knowledge from design to production Customer-lead multi-site product development CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 10
- 11. MEMS Product Engineering challenges can be overcome by Combining methodologies suiting it to multi-partner collaboration along the MEMS value chain Stage-Gate + Prince2 + T²M can effectively drive MEMS product engineering Customer centric, multi-disciplinary and business case driven development essential Right collaboration infrastructure needs to be in place CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH Slide 11
- 12. References: MEMS product engineering: methodology and tools by Dirk Ortloff et. al. Micro and nano product engineering using data management for siliconbased fabrication process development by K. Hahn, et. al. Distributed product engineering for microsystems devices by K. Hahn, et. al. MEMS Product Engineering: Handling the Diversity of an Emerging Technology. Best Practices for Cooperative Development by Dirk Ortloff et. al. Alternate link: Amazon Applied discussion: Product Development_ Solid State Blog by David DiPaola CONFIDENTIAL Process Relations GmbH ( series example) Slide 12