Integra Technologies’ Partnership with yieldHUB Drives Significant Reduction in Marginal Parametric Failures
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October 18, 2024
With decades of experience in the semiconductor industry, Integra Technologies Inc. has grown to become the largest OSAT (Outsource Semiconductor Assembly and Test) provider in the United States, operating facilities in California and Kansas. The company has ambitious plans for further expansion with the recent drive for domestic manufacturing of semiconductors as incentivised by the US Chips Act and Science Act.
Specializing in high-reliability applications for defense, aerospace, and medical markets, Integra Technologies offers world-class testing services for some of the most demanding sectors.
As a company committed to quality and innovation, Integra Technologies began searching for a yield management solution to handle its expanding data needs.
For Don Warring, VP of Quality at Integra Technologies, this decision was key to streamlining their data analysis processes and improving efficiency.
With over 40 years of experience in semiconductor quality and reliability, Mr Warring was well-versed in yield management systems. After joining Integra Technologies last year, he sought a fast, flexible, and scalable solution, ultimately choosing yieldHUB.
Before using yieldHUB Integra Technologies used simple spreadsheet tools for data analysis.
“We track Return On Investment (ROI) and with yieldHUB, we have greatly exceeded our goals in a shorter time frame than expected.”
“Our biggest limitation is we didn't have an easy way to do statistical analysis on large datasets, we were still mostly using desktop solutions. This is our company's first yield management system," Mr Warring said.
"When I started at Integra Technologies, I recognized that we needed something like this in place. I selected yieldHUB as the optimal provider to work with because your features compare favorably.
“yieldHUB is an excellent solution for Integra Technologies needs, and it’s been a very positive experience, especially considering the remarkably short amount of time that it took to set up.”
He said the level of support has been “outstanding”.
“We track Return On Investment (ROI) and with yieldHUB, we have greatly exceeded our goals in a shorter time frame than expected.
“So that's been one of the first systems that we've deployed here. We're using it to set statistically-based limits and get rid of marginal parametric failures.
“It allows you to look at the data in different ways without a lot of manual manipulation and upload. Using desktop tools can be really tedious. For example, if you want to look at multiple tests from a single product type.”
“We were able to reduce average cycle times by over 70% by eliminating the failures”
He explained that yieldHUB enables users to look at large datasets all at once so you're able to identify issues by reviewing and setting limits or parametric abnormalities.
Integra Technologies saw significant improvements in its testing operations after implementing yieldHUB.
For a critical project, the platform helped them reduce marginal parametric failures, which had a direct impact on customer satisfaction and project timelines.
“We use it to help our customers diagnose quality problems in the products that we’re testing. In one pilot project we had struggled with a previous phase.
“By leveraging the power of yieldHUB’s statistical analysis, we were able to clean that up and the next phase had shown a dramatic reduction in failures, so we’re very pleased with the outcome.
“Previously, the failures cost cycle time because we had to obtain dispositions. We were able to reduce average cycle times by over 70% by eliminating the failures.”
In addition to being quick to implement, yieldHUB offered the scalability that Integra Technologies needed. As a company with ambitious growth plans, they required a solution that could grow alongside their business.
“We’re a smaller company now with big expansion plans and yieldHUB decided to work with us as a customer, so I really appreciate the flexibility and ability to ramp up with us.”
One of the key differentiators of yieldHUB is its customer support. Throughout the implementation and beyond, yieldHUB’s team was always available to help resolve issues and make necessary modifications to meet Integra Technologies’ specific requirements.
“There's been a few things that we requested modifications for related to data integration and the yieldHUB team has just been great to work with, we really appreciate that.”
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