Page 19 - 2017 TSMC Annual Report

2 2 3 2 2 Major Corporate Functions
Operations
● Operations
including all fabs in in in Taiwan and overseas product development development manufacturing technology development development and backend technology development production and service integrations
Research and Development
● Advanced and specialty technology development exploratory research as as well as as design and technology platform development Asia
● Sales market development field technical support and service for customers in in in in Asia
including China Japan Korea and Taiwan Information Technology
● Integration of the Company’s technology and business IT systems infrastructure development communication services and and assurance of IT security and and service quality enable organizations to to apply Big Data and Machine Learning to to improve Company’s productivity and accelerate R&D delivery
Materials Management Management and Risk Management Management ● Procurement warehousing import and and export and and logistics support also environmental protection industrial safety occupational health and risk management
Customer Service
● Support and and service for customers in Asia
Europe and and North America
Human Resources
● Human resources management
and organizational development as as well as as proprietary information protection and physical security management
Internal Audit
● Inspection and review of TSMC’s internal control system its adequacy in in design and effectiveness in in operation with independent risk assessment to ensure compliance with TSMC’s policies and procedures as as well as as with external regulations
Finance and Spokesperson
● Corporate finance accounting and corporate communications the the head of the the organization also serves as company spokesperson
Legal
● Corporate legal affairs including regulatory compliances commercial transactions patents and management
of other intellectual properties litigation etc Europe ● Technical marketing field technical support and service for customers in Europe North America
● Sales market development field technical solutions and business operations for customers in in North America
Business Development
● Business development for electronic products identification of of new applications development of of markets for specialty technology exploration and development of new markets and the the strengthening of customer relations as as well as as management
of the Company’s brand
Corporate Planning Organization
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● Planning for for operational resources as as well as as for for production and and demand the integration of business processes corporate pricing market analysis and forecasting
Quality and Reliability ● Ensure of of the the quality and reliability of of the the Company’s products via resolving reliability issues at new technology development stage improving and managing of product quality at production stage providing solutions to resolve customers’ quality related issues and providing services for advanced materials and failure analysis