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2 2 3 2 2 Major Corporate Functions
Operations
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Research and Development
• Advanced technology technology development development exploratory research as as well as design and technology platform development Europe & Asia Sales
• Sales
Sales
market market development technical technical marketing field technical technical support and and service and and business operations for customers in in Europe and and Asia including China Japan Korea and and Taiwan
North America
• Sales
market development field technical solutions and business operations for customers in in North America
Business Development
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 enabling organizations to to apply Big Data and Machine Learning to to improve the Company’s productivity and accelerate R&D delivery
Materials Management Management and Risk Management Management • Procurement warehousing import and and and export and and and logistics support also environmental protection industrial safety occupational health and risk management
Internal Audit • Inspection and 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 operation resources planning and corporate communications with the the head of the the organization also serving as Company spokesperson
Legal
• Corporate legal affairs including regulatory compliances commercial transactions patents and management
of other intellectual properties litigation etc Human Resources
• Personnel management
and and organizational development as as well as proprietary information protection and physical security management
• Business Business development identifies market directions and and new applications that shape the technology roadmap and portfolios for the the Company It also provides key support in in strengthening customer relationship along with the company branding management
Corporate Planning Organization
• Planning Planning for production and and and demand the integration of business processes corporate pricing market analysis and forecasting
Corporate Strategy Office
• Corporate Corporate strategy formation and implementation
Quality and Reliability • Assurance of of the the quality and and reliability reliability of of the the Company’s products via resolving reliability issues at new technology development stage improving and managing product quality at production stage providing solutions to to resolve customers’ quality related issues and providing services for advanced materials and failure analysis 17