Amkor Factory Intelligence Enables Industry 4.0
February 23 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leader in advanced
packaging technologies that support high-growth markets, including
smartphones and 5G, advanced automotive systems, high-performance
computing and consumer IoT, recently unveiled new measures that
help the company achieve Industry 4.0 initiatives, extending its
leadership in quality and efficiency excellence.
Leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and
interconnected systems, Industry 4.0 challenges companies to
surpass factory automation and achieve factory intelligence. The
goal of factory intelligence is to improve product and service
quality, decision making speed on the factory floor and utilization
of high-value assets.
Amkor now uses real-time, in-process decision making to drive
gains in quality, asset utilization and efficiency. The application
of Industry 4.0-era tools reduces cycle times for advanced
packaging processing.
“Amkor’s most advanced factories exemplify Industry 4.0,” said
Umesh Manathkar, Amkor Corporate VP and CIO. “K5 in Incheon is a
superb example of a factory that is truly interconnected, automated
and enriched with artificial intelligence and real-time big data
analytics.”
With deeply integrated systems, K5 has increased efficiency on
the factory floor and throughout the manufacturing process. Amkor
is now able to apply lessons learned from K5 planning, construction
and operation to other facilities as they are upgraded.
Amkor aligns to an eight-pillar structure to ensure success in
Industry 4.0. Five of the pillars are foundational, while three
enable an intelligent factory framework. The foundational
technology pillars are:
1) Autonomous machines and material handling 2) Industrial IoT
for universal connectivity 3) Universal system integration with all
backbone systems 4) Image analytics based on Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) 5) Big data analytics for
correlating structured and unstructured data in near real time 6)
Cybersecurity to protect enterprise data and intellectual property
7) Simulation to allow experimentation with manufacturing scenarios
8) Cloud computing, which enables scaling up of data gathering,
analysis and decision making
By applying weighted scoring to continually monitor plant
progress toward the automation goals supported and enabled by these
pillars, Amkor has adopted a reliable standard for gauging Industry
4.0 readiness.
Since implementing Industry 4.0 initiatives, Amkor has seen a
60% improvement in productivity for process engineers from
Engineering Data Analytics (EDA), and Fault Detection &
Classification (FDC) will enable real-time quality control, which
ties directly to quality improvements.
Amkor’s QualityFIRST continuous improvement program is the
cornerstone of its commitment to deliver zero-defect products. This
is especially relevant for the automotive market, which demands
zero defects in the component manufacturing process. Leveraging the
intelligent factories of Industry 4.0 is a way to achieve
zero-defect quality for automotive and other high-stakes
applications.
“It’s never been easier to take defects out of the manufacturing
process,” Manathkar continued, “and this is just one example. The
Industry 4.0 innovations Amkor is leveraging yield improvements in
every part of the manufacturing lifecycle.”
Another example of the impressive possibilities unleashed by
Industry 4.0 is unit-level traceability (ULT), a long-desired
capability for many customers. With ULT, Amkor maintains visibility
into materials and processes at every stage. Delivering the ULT
data via standard B2B formats and delivery protocols further
strengthens supply chain traceability.
Amkor continues to empower its customers with solutions that
embrace proven new technologies. By transforming its factories into
highly intelligent, automated systems, Amkor is leveraging Industry
4.0 tools to stay future-ready while delivering near real-time data
accuracy with maximum efficiency.
For more information: https://amkor.com/smart-manufacturing/
About Amkor Technology, Inc.
Amkor Technology, Inc. is one of the world’s largest providers
of outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services. Founded in
1968, Amkor pioneered the outsourcing of IC packaging and test and
is now a strategic manufacturing partner for the world’s leading
semiconductor companies, foundries and electronics OEMs. Amkor’s
operational base includes production facilities, product
development centers and sales and support offices located in key
electronics manufacturing regions in Asia, Europe and the USA. For
more information, www.amkor.com.
Keywords
OSAT Semiconductor packaging Advanced IC packaging Assembly and
test Factory intelligence Industry 4.0 QualityFIRST Smart factory
Smart manufacturing Unit level traceability
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