Method for generating a suggestive dispatch lot list that considers upstream/downstream stage requirements
US7006885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for generating a suggestive dispatch lot list for use by a production line operator in selecting, from a plurality of lots, the lot to process at one of plurality of fabrication stages to maintain a predetermined production plan and fabrication target. The method involves sorting a plurality of lots, that are to be processed in the production line during a predetermined time period, in a list according to production line demand and supply between upstream and downstream fabrication stages.
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