TYPICAL QUESTIONS WE ANSWER:
- What is the true cost?
- What are the major cost drivers?
- What is the trade-off between cost and risk?
- How can I lower costs?
- What is the risk vs. cost benefit for a new project or product?
- What is the expected return on investment (ROI)?
- How do the risks of a project impact costs and ROI?
EXAMPLE CONSULTING PROJECTS:
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| Project Description | Company Description | Benefits | Related Links |
| Manage/execute Air Force MANTECH program | Defense contractor | Reduce cost of major ECM product | |
| Consolidate/simplify product design | Defense electronics | Reduce parts & options counts, costs | |
| Implementation of cost Of ownership analysis for electronic assembly industry. Adapting cost of ownership methodology for electronic assembly equipment | Electronic assembly equipment manufacturer | Understand true manufacturing cost | ACM Jun 1999, p.9 |
| Cost analysis of test system and wafer prober combination | Equipment supplier | Combined COO | |
| Cost analysis of 300mm manufacturing support tool | Equipment supplier | COO | |
| Integrated analysis of cost of ownership for a new metrology inspection equipment and its impact throughout the fabrication process flow | Equipment supplier | Equipment performance impact to production | ACM Mar 1999, p.1 |
| Review and assess equipment designs for quality, reliability, safety, manufacturability, and maintainability | Equipment supplier | Higher quality reliability, and safety; better maintainability and manufacturability; lower COO | Link to recommended book “Hi-tech Reliability” |
| Reliability predictions | Equipment supplier | Higher reliability; lower COO | |
| Reliability test, planning and results analysis | Equipment supplier | Higher reliability; lower COO | |
| Cost analysis impact of production test time to cost of ownership, good wafer throughput and OEE | Equipment supplier | Lower COO of test time | |
| Created product costing models for three different flat panel display manufacturing technologies | FPD manufacturer | Strategic advantage | |
| Forecast impacts of a new technology on the cost and profitability of a semiconductor wafer fab | Research & development organization | Validate continued R&D, establish marketing strategy | ACM Sep 2001, p.5 |
| Cost of ownership analysis comparing equipment for new gate process | Semiconductor manufacturing | Equipment with lower COO | |
| Cost of ownership analysis comparing new process and materials on photolithography | Semiconductor manufacturing | Justification of additional cost resulting in lower COO | ACM Fall 2005, p.1 |
| Integrated supply chain evaluation of cost structures for commercialization of ChipSeal process from military application | Semiconductor materials supplier | Combined cost analysis | |
| Comparison financial analysis to understand process cost impact of interlayer dielectric materials | Semiconductor materials supplier | Lower cost | |
| Evaluation of cost of ownership for new CVD and CMP processes | Semiconductor materials supplier | Lower cost | |
| Evaluated a passivation material and process technology for overall product cost inpact on semiconductor fabrication and final assembly | Semiconductor materials supplier | Lower cost | |
| Comparison financial analysis to understand process cost impacts of planarization methods | Semiconductor materials supplier | Optimization | ACM Sep 1999, p.10 CMP Drivers |
