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MEMS Product EngineeringProduct Development vs. Technology Development

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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

Design Houses

Design Centres

MEMS Process

DevelopmentSpecialists

Assembly & Test

Houses

(Wafer) Foundry Services, Semiconductor

Contract Munufacturer (SCM)

Integrated Semiconductor(Device Manufacturer (ISM/IDM)

Distributors,

Fabless Houses,

Wholesalers,

Trading

Companies

X-Fab

Business Model

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Market pull vs. Technology push

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_push

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497208000898

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… with Customer Involvement

The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge

Methodology must reflect customer interaction

Customer-Driven

Product

Engineering

Customer:Define requirements and

constraints, initiate,

supervise and control

product realization

Implementation,

Verification

DevelopmentTurns idea into technically

feasible product description

guided by customer

ManufacturingProduce device from

product description to meet

customer needs

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… with Customer Involvement

The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge

Methodology must reflect customer interaction

Customer-Driven

Product

Engineering

Customer:Define requirements and

constraints, initiate,

supervise and control

product realization

Result ValidationProduce or result

assessment

“to do things right”

Implementation,

Verification

Task DefinitionProduct description

guided by customer control

“to do the right things”

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Product Development

Quality AssuranceProject Management

Specifying „what to do“ and

roughly „how to do it“

Specifying „how to do it“

on a detailed level

Making sure

„to do it well“

Product Engineering …

PRINCE2

Stage

Gate

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Product Engineering – Overview

Project Management

PRINCE2

Product Development

Stage Gate™

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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

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Documentation of this approach

http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-7091-0705-8

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Benefits from MEMS PE

Shorter time-to-market:

Reduced cycle time

Fewer learning cycles

Access to knowledge-bases on design and fabrication

ICT based structure and tools

Improved transfer of knowledge from design to production

Customer-lead multi-site product development

100 % product

level

time

3rd 2nd 1st cycle

MEMS PE enables reduced

development times, shorter

cycles reduced time to market

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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

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References:

MEMS product engineering: methodology and tools by Dirk Ortloff et. al.

Micro and nano product engineering using data management for silicon-based 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 ( series example)