DESIGN INGENUITY REMAINS THE UNITED STATES VITAL WORLD-CLASS COMPETITIVE RESOURCE; PARTICULARLY SO, IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY. PRODUCTIVITY IN MANUFACTURE IS, HOWEVER, CONSTANTLY OUTPACED BY OFFSHORE, LOW-WAGE CULTURES WHICH ARE GREATLY MOTIVATED TO EMERGE FROM THIRD WORLD ECONOMIC STATUS. CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (CFM'S)--COMPUTER INTEGRATED AND HUMAN RESOURCE INTERACTIVE--ENHANCE AND QUGMENT U.S. WORKERS' PRODUCTIVITY TO THE POINT, WHERE IN SPITE OF THEIR HIGHER WAGES, THE UNITES STATES REMAINS COMPETITIVE. DESIGN-PHASING BUSINESS APPROPRIATE AUTOMATION, AS EXPERIENCED IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, ESTABLISHES A TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH THAT IS IN TUNE WITH U.S.-RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHIES. THIS PAPER GIVES A PROVEN APPROACH TOWARD CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURE, BASED ON MANY FACETS OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION.