The document is a thank you letter from the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance to individuals from Fairchild Semiconductor who presented at the Institute's recent TPM Kaizen conference. It expresses appreciation for their presentation and the contribution it made to the success of the event. It also offers to provide any future support needed for their TPM implementation and hopes their plant continues efforts for world-class manufacturing status.

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Septernber 9, 1999
Mr. Clifford Se5rmour
Manufacturing/TPM Engineer
Fairchild S emiconductor
333 Western Ave.
South Portland, Maine 04106
Dear Mr. Seymour:
On behalf of the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, I would like to extend my sincere
thanks to you, John Bye, and Alice Jenkins for your superb presentation that was delivered
at our TPM Kaizen Conference held on August 26-27, 1999, in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
We were very pleased to have received your gracious letter commending the conference.
We appreciate very much the time and effort exuded for such a fine presentation as yours.
Your presentation was well received by all in attendance. Sharing your kaizen ideas and
experience in focused improvement directly contributed to the value and overall success of
this conference.
Once again, thank you for your cooperation. Please let us know if there is anything we
can do to help support your TPM implementation. We hope your plant strives to continue
its kaizen efforts for world-class manufacturing status.
Best regards,
(<?,d__
Karyn HydF'
chiio Watanabe
Conference Coordinator/Asst. Mgr. Training
eneral Manager

2. The upcoming QS 9OOO Things to remember
QS 9000 is off and running with all of
schedule is:
the 20 elements assigned to individuals Fairchild's quality policy is found in
across the lnterface & Logic Group. Quality Manual (FSC-QM000l) which
Decem ber
Current activities are focused contains Fairchild's Mission Statement
Fill in the gaps & get prepared
on reviewing ISO 9000, QS 9000 stan- and Strategic lmperatives. South
January Portland-specific clarifications are avail-
dards, and creating a gap analysis with with external
Penang pre-audit
able in the manual's Maine Addendum.
corrective actions. Once this is complet- assessor
ed, both the QS Core Team and internal Fe b r ua?y This Addendum also provides site-spe-
cific references to standards compli-
auditors will review compliance to the Portland pre-audit with external
ance and may hold the answers to any
QS 9000 standard. assessor
March of your questions.
Since South Portland is the
headquarters for the lnterface & Logic Penang final audit
What you can do to help
May
Group, many documents originate here.
Support the QS 9000 team:Get familiar
South Portland final audit
Because of this, the CoreTeam has
withFSC's Quality Manual and Maine
June
spent a significant amount of time align-
Addendum.
lnterface & Logic Group is QS 9000
ing with the lnterface & Logic Group's
certified The QS 9000 process helps the
assembly site in Penang.
lnterface & Logic Group make better
products on time, using documented
processes at all stages, from concept and
design to manufacturing and delivery.
Glassl continued
of 100 reclaimed wafers per period (at
average
$ l5 each)-a 90 percent reduction in costs!
The team then focused on training
operators on all shifts to use the new procedure.
A new standard operating procedure (SOP) and
Spec was written and on-line trainers were
instructed in use of the new method. An opera-
tor on each shift was designated to read the par-
ticle wafers for acceptability after completion of
the cleaning process.This helped maintain the
team's momentum.
According to Carolyn Chapman, Particle
WaferTeam leader, organization was l<ey to the
team's success. quot;We had to ensure that the effort
was organized and its implementation easy,quot; she
notes. quot;For example, by simply placing a rack in a
centralized area where the particle wafer boxes
could be stored,we were able to streamline the
job of keeping the particle wafers in order while
making the job easier for operatorsl'
Other organization tasl<s include clearly
labeling wafer boxes, staging wafers properly, and
writingTestWafer SOPs for each process.
Many people contributed to the team's In late August, Alice Jenkins, John Bye and Cliff Seymour from Fairchild
success, some on their own initiative and time,
traveled to a national JIPM conference in Atlanta, Georgia to present a
attending regular meetings designed to improve
paper on Predictive Maintenance using data acquisition. Their presentation
their work area. A number of individuals in Thin
Films and Etch have also played an integral role in focused on the Sputter workcell group and the development of an automated
recleaning test wafers.
system with operator reaction paths that pre-
The Particle Wafer Team's effort, with
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substantial support site-wide, has proven once
again that teamworl< is the key to success as 3180. The trio received an award for their
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Fairchild maintains its focus on cost-effective man-
outstanding contribution to the conference.
ufacturing to help maintain a competitive edge.

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