Pentagon Kit Management

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You are under constant pressure to increase part life, decrease particles, lower defect density and reduce cost of ownership. But with the thousands of variables and options available for reaching these goals, are you taking advantage of every opportunity?

When you take advantage of Pentagon Kit Management™, you add the expertise of our highly skilled engineers and researchers to your operation. We will locate every opportunity for improvement in your chamber, and put them into practice.

The team makes the difference. Our material engineers work to develop cutting edge coatings that maximize efficiency. Equipment engineers examine every aspect of part function, and process engineers act as liaisons between our team and your fab, customizing our solutions to your operation.

Adding our team to yours using Pentagon Kit Management™ will enable you to focus on what you do best. Our completely customizable program creates PM predictability and long-term stability in your fab. Our unique set of services will enable you to realize your goals – extending kit life, increasing productivity and decreasing operating costs.

Our services cover every facet of kit management, from cleaning, coating and refurbishment to inventory and cost control. Our kit management capabilities are the most innovative and comprehensive in the industry.

  • Our continuous improvement program (CIP) helps improve each cycle, bringing years of experience and best known practices to bear on your tools now, and in the future. Every quarter, our team will meet with you to review the entire kit management process, and find ways to reduce particles, extend kit life and improve our service.
  • Our services are completely customizable. From an on-site Pentagon technician to inventory management and the most comprehensive data analysis and reporting in the industry, our team brings you an unmatched set of resources for you to choose from.
  • We work in the background. You can choose to monitor the status of each part and each process, both in your own fab and in our facilities, or leave it to our experts. Either way, you have the confidence of knowing that your kit will work exactly the way it should every cycle. We guarantee it.
  • We monitor the life cycle of each part in your kit through full dimensional analysis, hours run, and cycle count to determine when parts need to be replaced.. With our CIP, we also let you know what we can do to extend the life of your parts, and show you ways to increase green-to-green time.
  • Inventory management is a thing of the past. Turnaround time is eliminated. Pentagon Kit Management™ is the ultimate lean solution. We customize every aspect of our services to make sure that you pay for only what you need, and we make sure that what you need is what you have on hand. We guarantee that you will always have replacement kits - on-hand whenever you need them. We also guarantee that your kit will work when it’s installed. We keep your fab flowing smoothly.
  • Your kits are completely integrated, preassembled and ready to install, right out of the cleanroom-ready container. Each kit is customized for your application and color-coded for ease of use.
  • Kit maintenance becomes an entirely predictable cost. Instead of keeping track of the billing and payments for dozens of parts and services, the entire process of kit management is reduced to one summary invoice.
  • “Reduced” is the operative word. Our clients can recover up to 45% of their current logistics, administrative and ownership expenditures when they begin the Pentagon Kit Management™ program. And, since the program increases operational efficiency, our clients recognize increases in revenue from increased wafer production and decreased defect density.
  • Kit integrity and process kit performance are guaranteed.
  • There is no tool that we cannot handle. If your tool is not included on the list below, we will retool our services to enable you to participate. Currently, we service the following kits in the Pentagon Kit Management™ program:
  • PKM Kits
    • Applied Materials
    • Lam ResearchNovellus
    • Anelva
    • “Ultra” Kits
      • AMAT Preclean PIK2
      • AMAT TiN / TiW / W clampless / SIP Ta
      • AMAT Super E
      • LAM 2300 / 9600

Pentagon Kit Management™ can improve your operation. For more information, take a look at some of our case studies.