Answer true or false. (NOTE: A statement that is not always true should be deemed false, so consider the statements carefully.) For each false statement, provide a corrected version of the statement.

a. If we add an inspection step to a process flow that has the effect of reducing the ramp time for die yield, then lifetime revenue may be increased, even though cycle time was added to the flow.

b. If utilization increases, then OEE increases.

c. To perform accurate production planning for semiconductor manufacturing, one needs to compute workloads associated with flushing the current work-in-process and subtract such workloads from capacity to determine capacity available for new production.

e. Assuming a constant rate of price decline and a known potential market volume for a given product, as the product becomes older, the value from initiating a permanent one-day reduction in the manufacturing cycle time of the product declines.