Customer satisfaction determines customer loyalty, customer purchase intentions and in turn, a company's revenue stream. Product quality improves customer satisfaction. Reducing variation in both key ...

During The Assembly Show last fall, we sat down with Anthony Leo, president of IPR Robotics, to talk about new product ...

SE: Especially with advanced nodes, there are many types of variation in the process and today’s design and verification tools have to understand this. How does variation impact the sphere of your ...

Today's mechanical design engineers are tasked with much more than conceiving and designing a functional product with structural integrity. Well-designed products are a culmination of many integrated ...

Chipmakers are pushing into sub-threshold operation in an effort to prolong battery life and reduce energy costs, adding a whole new set of challenges for design teams. While process and environmental ...

Designing for yield is an afterthought in today's design flows, whether it is digital, analog/RF or mixed-signal. The lack of design for yield tools has forced the digital world to accept overly ...

Special cause variation, I love to see it! That’s because I know I’m about to learn something important about my process. A ...

San Mateo, Calif. – Process integration engineers are gradually losing their battle to keep process variations hidden behind the defensive barrier of tight design rules. Variations in metal line ...

Six Sigma is a data-driven approach to quality, aimed at reducing variation and the associated defects, wastes, and risks in any process. This article explores the basics of Six Sigma process quality ...

Wide variation in the way clinical services are provided to similar patients for similar visit types results in highly variable costs but similar clinical outcomes. Objective: To identify optimal ...