The collaborative semiconductor yield forecasting system adopts the client server architecture, and therefore the necessity for all experts to gather at the same place is relaxed, which is especially meaningful for a multiple-factory case.
This is what happened in the Bangladeshi textile industry in the run-up to the collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, despite multiple factory collapses and a factory fire in previous years.
Foxconn has been under some serious scrutiny lately, constantly under the watchful eye of human activists groups after a series of suicides in the past few years and multiple factory fires.
Perhaps it was the Toxic Fashion campaign led by Greenpeace or the multiple factory tragedies that occurred in Bangladesh, but college students, activists and people working in social responsibility roles are all starting to hear the rumblings of "where did you get that?" and "who are you wearing?" as both a recognition and response to the diverging ethically ways in which apparel is manufactured.
"If Walmart's audits are not ensuring that a multiple-story factory in Bangladesh has functioning fire emergency exits," Mr. Nova said, "then they're not really auditing for fire safety".
In addition to the original Andrew Geller logo, Mr. Geller expanded the family business to include over six brands, multiple factories and over a dozen Andrew Geller retail stores in various parts of the country.
Working with multiple factories is also a competitive advantage when it comes to pricing, fail rate and quality assurance.
Walmart has a habit of placing multiple orders with multiple factories for the same products, then forcing each to accept lower prices at the last minute or walk away with nothing.
Besides, the collaborative semiconductor yield forecasting system was also considered as a convenient platform for the product engineers or quality control staff from different factories to share their opinions about the yield improvement process of a product being manufacturing with the same technology in multiple factories.
Additionally, tracing the origins of all the working parts that go into a single toy, for instance, is difficult because it involves multiple factories.
Also they may have multiple factories which are linked to each other to produce a variety of products.
