Making Quality a Competitive Advantage:
Visualizing QA Test Results

Client: Fast-growing IC manufacturer


Business Challenge:
To continue to guarantee the high quality of products in the face of a 700% annual growth rate and an extremely competitive marketplace


Technology Challenges:
To collect and transform millions of data points from:
• HP-based robotic wafer-testing machines
• User-driven, PC-based assessment
• Flat files
• Microsoft ACCESS
• Other nonrelational sources

... Into usable, high-performance information in SQL Server and then produce:
• Reports
• Charts
• Graphs
• Color-coded graphical views of the IC itself

Solution:
The Creative Data solution maximizes the value of a vast collection of output by transforming it into graphs, charts, and views of the IC itself that include color-coded feedback on component performance. As a result, QA technicians can quickly and easily verify the quality of products by lot, time, and workgroup.


Benefits:
• Streamlines QA processing by providing an intuitive view of test results
• Frees QA experts to focus on technical issues while less skilled personnel
• review the easy-to-read test results
• Lowers production costs by allowing QA to pick up on defective
• runs more quickly
• Ensures customer satisfaction and avoids lost orders in a market
• where quality is paramount

NEW!
Since the solution hand-off, the client has added additional complex, parameterized engineering tests to their product verification process. Thanks to Creative Data’s robust data architecture, the solution was able to present the results of these new tests graphically without requiring edits to the application code.

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