| COMPANY: | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Austin, TX |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Electronics and semiconductors |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Power management solutions, microprocessors, microcontrollers, sensors, radio frequency semiconductors, analog and mixed signal circuits, software technologies |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Advanced Intelligent Manufacturing (AIM) |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To use advanced information technology to significantly improve manufacturing efficiency and boost gross margin by attacking productivity, yield, and scrap |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | N/A |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Advanced process control allows engineers to see beyond statistical process control and track drifts in processes; able to detect corrupt recipes before wafer processing; optimized equipment maintenance schedules, processes, and strategies. Investment was $39.9 million; ROI $103 million |