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75 p. This report discusses about the manufacturing outsourcing in Singapore, which the author believe that when executed successfully, manufacturing outsourcing can help businesses reduce costs and working capital while maintaining and even improving product quality and design. It can even speed up supply chain velocity, by facilitating closer proximity and technical integration with supply chain partners. As the IT hardware and consumer electronics markets have become increasingly price aggressive, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like HP, Lexmark, Sony and Apple find profit margins shrinking to less than adequate levels. Risking substantial loss in market share by increasing price, OEMs are forced to look to margin increases by more efficiently managing back end costs. As a result, they have increasingly turned to less labor-intensive regions of the world to fulfill manufacturing needs, outsourcing up to all of the product manufacturing/development to contract manufacturers. Master of Science (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)

To stay competitive in the booming rig-building industry and era, world leading rigdesigner and builder like Keppel Offshore and Marine endeavors to manage the construction resource in a scientific way to cut cost and improve operation efficiency. Although a leader in operation and manufacturing excellence, it is eager to exploit room for management improvement in the areas of painting operation resource, scaffolding resource and manpower resource. ​Master of Science (IMST)

93 p. The recent year's development in the industry has led to procurement activities increasing in their importance. With companies increasing their activities in global sourcing and the intensity of cost pressure, companies have no choice but to respond to this changing landscape. In order to cope with this development, companies are developing new sourcing strategies as a way to achieve greater competitiveness and enhance the overall supply chain performance. It also means there need to be a paradigm shift in the areas of supplier relationship management. The traditional arms length approach will no longer be sufficient to build a successful working relationship together. Instead, companies need to move into mutual collaboration with suppliers in order to align their suppliers strategically within the supply chain network. Master of Science (Logistics)

Due to the volatility of market demand, short product lifecycle, long manufacturing lead-time and huge capital investment in semiconductor industry, planning becomes an increasingly challenging task to perform. ​Master of Science (IMST)

In today's cost driven semiconductor industry, utilizing the available capacity to its maximum limits is of prime importance for being competitive. With the equipments being expensive and the technology changing very fast, utilization of the available resources, by minimizing the repair time brings to the forefront production capacity that would have otherwise stayed hidden or lost. The other key issue that any company needs to address is that repairing complicated machines (such as Wire Bond) requires training of personnel and this leads to extra costs. Thus a system was felt necessary that would incorporate the knowledge base of the most skilled maintenance engineers and also aid in online breakdown diagnosis, so as to reduce MTTR. The e-Diagnostics system that has been developed as a part of this project aims at making a wholesome online diagnostics tool. This e-Diagnostics system also aims to centralize the database of all the wire bonding machines, thus easing the access of information and providing key information, that would otherwise require another tool such as data mining. This system would hence provide a long-term solution to the company, as it can be modified to serve machines other than Wire Bonding machines. ​Master of Science (IMST)

Today's industrial environment is becoming more and more volatile and product life cycles are getting shorter. In this scenario, it becomes very important for companies to reexamine their supply chain and to do effective operational planning. The following thesis proposes scientific methodologies to look at some issues of the supply chain such as Capacity Planning, Production and Procurement Planning. The performance of supply chain is limited by capacity constraints on the system. Hence, it becomes vital to plan capacity wisely in anticipation of certain demand. The thesis presents an effective method for planning capacity in terms of equipment selection and resource allocation. The next stage after Capacity Planning is that of production itself and various tactical modes for production management are suggested. One model utilizes a fast transportation mode to reduce lead-time while the other model tries to compensate for the obsolescence cost by introducing the concept of obsolescence risk. The high fluctuation in demand also gives rise to the need of an effective procurement plan so as to minimize excess and obsolescence costs. The amount of safety stock that needs to be set in such a sienario is presented, as inventory costs are a significant contribution to the excess costs incurred. The focus is on making the entire system more flexible at the minimum cost. ​Master of Science (IMST)

This project studies the different facets of the semiconductor backend manufacturing industry. The author looked into manufacturing systems issues, e-Business, state-of-the-art developments in semiconductor test operations and equipment, and emerging techniques in semiconductor product development. Master of Science

Computer simulations and modeling have become a popular analysis technique to achieve the objectives of shortening cycle time and increasing resources' utilization and production throughput in manufacturing companies. Being able to model and analyze the dynamic characteristics of existing shopfloor activities, and being able to predict the behavior of shopfloor activities prior to the actual implementation of decisions will enable companies to plan and control their constrained resources. Furthermore, by evaluating the flow of raw materials and parts through workstations and examining the conflicting demands for limited resources, companies will be able to evaluate the physical layouts of shopfloor, equipment selection and operating procedures more effectively. Master of Science (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)

This is a report describing the designing, planning and implementation for an automated real-time data collection system relating to equipment efficiency. The system is to be implemented in the operations area of a semiconductor company[l]. The work reported will form the foundation for planning and implementing subsequent phases of the corporate wide C1M architecture. The thesis begins with the explanation of the equipment efficiency, data collection and its relevance in the industry. An overview of the company, with the current architecture is provided. This is followed by an explanation of the new corporate architecture and the proposed system. System design, integration and implementation plans are discussed in detail. The thesis ends with the discussion chapter where the implications of implementing this system in the company are elaborated. Master of Science (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)