Abstract
Abstract IC design industry is a highly competitive Industry in the world. Although there are many demands for different applications such that IC design companies can survive by fulfilling these requirements, products are has shorter and shorter life cycles, However, they face a mask design cost wasted issue (over 400%) and an high level inventory cost. A factory of wafer production cycles need usually 2 to 2.5 months. It has the most effort of an IC design company who produces his devices and tries to deliver to his customer. How to shorter an IC design company production cycle time would be an important issue for increasing an IC design company’s kernel competitive a advantage. To solve these issues, this study proposes a novel postpone strategy methodology which base on design for manufacturing in which We propose a concept of common mask design within multi- decoupling point concepts to plan wafer production schedule. In this paper, we develop a which can integrate and optimize design process and production process for an IC design company. In addition, we provide some production damping composite design and optimization algorithms to make product plan and management method smarter than traditional management method of production plan which includes: (1) multi decoupling point and (2) integration DFM concept (Design For Manufacturing) within common mask design principle. After Implemented our research concept in case study company, we receive some good consequences which included (1) production cost reduced 40%, (2) inventory cost reduced 50% and (3) lead time reduced 20%. II This study collected the opinions of experts and scholars, and industries concepts of mass Customization and postponement strategies under various customizations to investigate how to enhance an IC design company’s kernel competitive capability. Furthermore, our research integrate four methods which include modular design, postponement strategy and multiple damping point execution, process standardization, process rearrangement and push-pull production strategies to increasing an IC design company’s kernel competitive capability.