| dc.description.abstract | The semiconductor industry originates from the Silicon Valley, United States in 1950s. As of today, the 21st century, the development of semiconductor industry has driven to a maturity stage, which makes the intelligent technology such as 5G and artificial intelligence grown rapidly. Furthermore, the global semiconductor industry has become more competitive due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S.-China trade war. In order to enhance the competitiveness, the global semiconductor industry is seeking for the production of smaller and faster chips; however, all these productions need to rely on semiconductor equipment. Therefore, the development of semiconductor industry has a direct and significant impact on semiconductor industry.
The semiconductor industry in Taiwan has already developed a vertical semiconductor supply chain, which combined the design, manufacturing, packaging and testing since the ITRI led the first semiconductor manufacturing production line in 1970s, and makes Taiwan occupies a niche in global semiconductor industry. All the more reason, Taiwan has attracted investment from a lot of multinational semiconductor equipment manufacturers recently. In order to fulfill the demand of the equipment in the industry, supplier selection plays an important role in the semiconductor equipment supply chain, so that it is able to meet the expectation of quality, cost and delivery. Therefore, the manufacturer can stand out in the competitive industrial environment in case they establish a comprehensive supplier selection mechanism.
The thesis uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process method to evaluate the weight of each criteria of the “supplier selection” issue for the semiconductor equipment industry. Summarizing the selection criteria and analyzing the weight of each criteria by sorting the appropriate criteria through the relevant literatures, and seek for the opinion from experts, as the basis of constructing the “supplier selection” issue for semiconductor industry in the future. | en_US |