The evolution of employee empowerment

The authors present the evolution of employee involvement programs into empowered self-directed work teams (SDWTs) to drive continuous improvement methodologies. With the primary goal of increased manufacturing performance and customer satisfaction, SDWTs are responsible for the day-to-day operations and directions of existing wafer fabs at Harris Semiconductor in Palm Bay, Florida. The SDWTs were formed to improve key fab performance indices such as throughput yield (TPY), cycle time, performance-to-schedule and reduction of costs.<
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