Increase Supplier Profitability by:
- reducing product development cost and cycle time
- increasing reliability
- allowing focus on unique value-added features
- enhancing market penetration/ensuring product acceptance
- remaining at the forefront of technological advancements
- smoothing technology migration
Increase Customer Satisfaction by:
- reducing factory integration costs and production ramp time
- lowering manufacturing costs
- minimizing maintenance costs
- clarifying expectations for suppliers
- enabling incremental change at proportional cost
Increase Industry Efficiency by:
- reducing/eliminating duplication of efforts
- providing level of commonality
- defining new markets
- promoting competition by lowering barriers to entry
- enabling evolving technology trends
Quoted from the SEMI Standards web page.