It is SAMSUNG's commitment to provide uniform quality products to our customers by stabilizing the manufacturing process based on the specifications. To this end, all employees are committed to the concept of "No Spec, No Work" and performing all applicable quality improvement activities on a continuous basis.
As a result of this, the number of the registered Specs is increasing geometrically, but the TAT (time required from originating the Spec to applying it steadily decreases.

Period	Activity
SMP Introduction Period ( ~ 1991)	SAMSUNG has established the Spec operating system under which the Spec that is necessary for all manufacturing processes is drafted without fail and can be utilized easily. It conducts a continuous audit of compliance with the Spec in order to improve and
SMP Development Period ( 1992 ~ 1998)	SAMSUNG has computerized all processes for performing the standardization work which has resulted in an efficient work process. As the number of sites, at home and abroad, increases, Samsung has put the Spec operating system in place by which SQS (Single Quality System) can be operated. A dedicated Samsung home page has been constructed for suppliers and subcontractors
SMPM Innovation (1999 ~ )	The automated production line, based on the MES (Manufacturing Execution System), leads to the rapid improvement in the production environment of semiconductors. This production line raises the need for integrating the Spec operating system into the MES.

The Specification Management Program (SMP) implemented by our company represents an effort to continuously maintain the concept of "No Spec No Work", while responding actively to the ever-changing production environment with the keen interest and hard work of all employees.

Our company has set up and is operating the Corporate Audit Program, covering all semiconductor sites, to upgrade the level of the quality management systems by creating a desirable culture of objective diagnosis and improvement.

Our company has divided the qualifications of internal auditors into 3 categories while training and controlling auditors specialized in each category.
( Auditor Certification Stage : Auditor -> Lead Auditor -> Special Lead Auditor )

Our company has seen improvement in all areas of semiconductor manufacturing by conducting the ongoing audits for each purpose at the corporate and each individual site levels.

Category		Audit Activities
Corporate Level	Internal	SCQA (SAMSUNG Semiconductor Corporate Quality Assessment)
		Corporate Theme Audit
		New Assessment System (SIMAP; SPC Implementation Maturity Assessment Program)
	Externa	Supplier Audit(SSCI PGM)
Site Level	Internal	Quality System
		Site Theme Audit
		Specification Audit
	Externa	Subcontractor Audit
	Customer	Customer Audit (SAMSUNG & SAMSUNG's subcontractor)

It is the system under which the audit is conducted for all business units and sites and for each unit of the team/division/line units, at home and abroad. The audit is conducted once a year to ensure the provision of information at the quality management level and is mandated to improve all related areas based on the R&R(Rating & Ranking)of each unit in each development and production area.

It is the system under which the audit is conducted at the corporate level to diagnose and improve weak areas at the corporate level and to prevent the occurrence of accidents.

It is the system under which the audit is conducted to ensure improvement by providing new certification, the ratings, and the incentives for suppliers, based on the SSCI (Semiconductor Supplier Continuous Improvement) Program.

Our company conducts an integrated control of all information generated from the establishment stage of the audit plan until it is closed upon its conclusion.

Our company makes every effort to provide excellent quality products at fair prices, and at the right time to ensure the customer's satisfaction. In order to achieve this goal, our company continuously improves productivity by controlling the variation in various processes in a stable way. Continuous improvement is implemented by a Closed Loop methodology consisting of a selection of critical parameters, evaluation of the measurement system, monitoring of critical parameters, process capability improvement, and includes a reaction plan.

It is designed to control variation of process and is composed of the three stages.

• 1) Process Recipe Interlock
• 2) Equipment Parameter Interlock, and
• 3) Process Output Interlock.

• Process Recipe Interlock: It is an Interlock System that is designed to stop the process when the Process Recipe fails to match the Recipe registered in the Server.
• Equipment Parameter Interlock: It is an Interlock System that is designed to hold the equipment or lot if the representative value of the equipment parameter, measured during the ongoing process deviates from the specification limit.
• Process Output Interlock: It is an Interlock System that is designed to hold the equipment or lot if the representative value of the measurement data, after process is run, is out-of-control.

Our company is pursuing the ultimate goal of achieving six sigma level quality status with continuous improvement in the variation of the process. To this end, we are actively utilizing the scientific tools and six sigma processes, such as SPC (Statistical Process Control) and DOE (Design of Experiment), and continue to conduct ongoing systematic training of all company members

In an effort to continuously improve and share the results of the activity, our company has been holding a contest for the presentation of the best annual CIP/Six Sigma improvement case for every year since 1992. As a result of this activity, our company was selected as the winner of the Presidential Award for continuous improvement in the National Quality Contest for the years 1992 and 2000.