StatSoft Inc.'s STATISTICA Enterprise-wide SPC System (SEWSS) Chosen at Photronics

Photronics management recognized the need for a well-thought out enterprise-wide SPC System and conducted a thorough investigation of several SPC packages.

"Because of the high precision nature of the semiconductor industry, it is important that we control our products and processes to ensure the quality of the photomasks that we ship to our customers," noted Barbara Manville, Director of Corporate Software Development for Photronics. "We selected SEWSS because of its ease of integration with our existing manufacturing execution system and because it provides flexibility beyond our existing systems."

The implementation of SEWSS has been coupled with a rigorous SPC training program for the quality and engineering organization, focusing on the comprehensive analytical tools in the STATISTICA Analysis Pack, which includes hundreds of statistical analyses and graphs. Additional training will be provided for the Advanced Statistics modules and the Automated Data Collection (ADC) modules of SEWSS. By standardizing its statistical analysis tools enterprise wide and providing thorough training for its employees, Photronics will be able to share gains in the quality improvement process between manufacturing sites.

About SEWSS
SEWSS provides an efficient, reliable and cost effective solution of processing and integrating the incredible amount of data overwhelming today's companies. Resulting from StatSoft's extensive expertise with real-world SPC (statistical process control) applications, SEWSS is an integrated multi-user software package that provides a central database and all tools necessary to process and manage data from multiple channels and coordinate the work of multiple operators, QC engineers and supervisors. The SEWSS solution fully integrates the award-winning STATISTICA data access and analysis technology (STATISTICA has received the highest rating in EVERY comparative review of statistics software since its first release in 1993).

About Photronics
Photronics (http://www.photronics.com) is a leading worldwide manufacturer of photomasks, high precision quartz plates that contain microscopic images of electronic circuits. A key element in the manufacture of semiconductors, photomasks are used to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits and are produced in accordance with circuit designs provided by customers at strategically located manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

About StatSoft
StatSoft, Inc., founded in 1984, is now one of the largest producers of enterprise and single-user software for Data Analysis, Data Mining, Quality Control/Six Sigma, and Web-Based Analytics. Its products are used worldwide at most major universities, corporations, and government agencies and are distributed and supported with training and consulting services by a worldwide network of StatSoft subsidiaries and a large number of authorized distributors on all continents.

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