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Industrial engineering:
Getting more out of hat you've got
The semiconductor industry has been engaged in a headlong race to make (I), (II), (III) chips for so long taht the time has come for companies to take a step back and re-examine their basic needs to embrace another path to achieving increased output without relying solely on new and costly process flows.
Old paths have driven the insdustry into an expensive rut. Many manufacturers believe taht the only means to grater prodction capacity is augmenting the old with the new, Virtually all of the world's leading semiconductor companies are building new fabs to satisfy projected demand, despite concerns about monthly book/bill ratios. This multibillion-dollar building frenzy could be significantly reduced. If the companies had done as much insdustrial engineering as market research before beginning fab construction, they might have found that their presente facilities could meet much more of the anticipated demand. (...)
Industrial engineering uses data gathered and analyzed from diverse areas of manufacturing, including staffing, plant layout, equipment utilization, and work flow. This complex procedure is made painless by sophisticated analysis software.
although proven to be an excellent manufacturing strategy, surprisingly few US or European IC manufacturers are using established industrial engineering principles. Those who have, however, have become true believers due to the gratifying results.
Industrial engineering and productivity management have become critical ateps in our industry. It is no longer enough just to buy another tool or build another fab. It takes too long and it costs too much. The time and capital resources saved will confirm the value of industrial engineering.
In this way, the industry will travel a new course to achieving increased output without paying the high price of technological advances. It simply comes down to wise management: Industrial engineering allows fuli use of avaiable resources, to get more out of what you've already got.
by Eli Pelleg - presidente of Tefen USA. Adapted from Solid State Technology - June 1996,pp 271-272
A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:
1. to be engaged = estar empenhado em
2. headlong = acirrada, impetuosa
3. race = corrida
4. for so long = há tanto tempo
5. time has come = chegou a hora
6. to take a step back = repensar, refletir
7. needs = necessidade
8. to embrace = abraçar
9. path = caminho, rumo
10. to achieve = alcançar
11. increased = aumentado
12. output = produção
13. to rely on = confiar em
14. solely = unicamente, somente
15. costly = caro
16. flows = fluxos
17. to drive, drove, driven = levar a
18. expensive = caro
19. rut = buraco
20. manufacturers = fabricantes
21. to believe = acreditar
22. the only = o único
23. means = meio
24. to augment = aumentar
25. leading = principais
26. to build = construir
27. fabs = fábricas
28. demand = procura
29. despite = apesar de
30. concerns = preocupações
31. monthly = mensais
32. bill = conta
33. ratios = relações, proporções
34. frenzy = loucura
35. market research = pesquisa de mercado
36. to meet = ir de encontro a
37. facilities = instalações
38. data = dados, informações
39. to gather = reunir, juntar
40. staffing = pessoal
41. plant = fábrica
42. painless = indolor, sem sofrimento
43. although = embora
44. however = no entanto
45. to become = tornar-se
46. true = verdadeiros
47. due to = devido a
48. management = administração , gerenciamento
49. steps = passos
50. no longer = não mais
51. enough = sufuciente
52. tool = ferramenta
53. too much = demais
54. resources = recursos
55. to save = poupar
56. in this way = desta forma
57. high price = preço alto
58. wise = sensato, criterioso
59. to allow = permitir
60. full use = pleno uso
61. available = disponíveis
62. already = já
As funções (sic) gramaticais dos termos "means" e "leading", sublinhados no texto, são, respectivamente:
