管理层在物料管理方面的最大机会是将战略业务目标转化为工作系统。然而，在半导体行业安装材料管理系统（MMS）充其量也很困难。最终，材料管理系统将与半导体设施的几乎每个方面进行交互。因此，必须鼓励考虑三个主要因素:商业环境、计算机控制系统和物料处理设备。从业务角度来看，随着客户需求或处理技术的变化，MMS必须能够几乎立即适应流程的变化。从计算机的角度来看，这些系统必须提供数据收集功能，生成各种报告，并提供可迁移的体系结构。 最后，从物料处理的角度来看，系统必须

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