Case Study: National Semiconductor achieves multi-million dollar savings with JMP software

National Semiconductor - Customer Case Study

National Semiconductor faced the challenge of reducing process variation, cutting waste, and extending tool life across its high-technology manufacturing operations as part of a Six Sigma initiative. The company needed a consistent way to track and improve processes across multiple sites, and it chose JMP software, with support from Thomas A. Little Consulting, to help practitioners analyze manufacturing data more effectively.

JMP helped National Semiconductor standardize analysis, automate reporting, and use Design of Experiments to identify root causes and improve performance. The results included dramatic manufacturing improvements, thousands of dollars saved through reduced variation and longer tool life, a 1% yield improvement in the first wave, and 52 completed projects that contributed to multi-million-dollar savings and tens of millions more in soft-dollar benefits.

National Semiconductor

Tom Little

President