ROHM demonstrates manufacturing process optimisation
Summary
As a result, in the past it was common to perform operations (process allocation) based on basic calculation rules, utilising accumulated knowledge and expertise. The specialised formulation technology involved leverages quantum and classical computation techniques as well as the vast knowledge, expertise, and data accumulated by ROHM to date. After testing and validating the prototype at ROHM’s domestic and overseas factories, the results showed that key performance indicators such as utilisation and delivery delay rates could be improved by several percentage points. Going forward, both companies will work to further deepen their collaboration to improve the accuracy of the manufacturing system through a series of trial operations at overseas plants, with the goal of full-scale introduction in April 2024. The aim: Providing semiconductor products through a supply chain that is continually optimised on a daily basis using quantum-related methods – which holds great significance as a large-scale practical application of quantum technology.